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POSTED: 31 May
FROM: Lilka Eleniak

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I think tsuzuki's—um, I mean tajimamori's—gone again. he left for a little while before but he didnt say he was leaving again. Ive been looking around for a loooooooong time and I cant find him anywhere.

does anyone know where he went? did he go visit anyone else? and it sounds weird but I cant find the temple either. I was so sure it was here but I cant find it.

I think I just got lost again （◞‸◟）it's getting dark now too...

anyway tsuzuki's coming back though right?

right?

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really? thanks! thatd help a lot!

[She would probably see Lilka walking around nearby despite her thinking she was lost. Denial was a hell of a thing.]

[Lilka would likely hear Psyche's boots clapping against the pavement as the redhead approached. Her eyes were focused on the spot where Tsuzuki's temple had been, a flicker of confusion becoming sadness and then recognition. He was really gone then. She slowly pulled out her phone, motions automatic, as she typed]

I'm sorry. It's gone.

[...Right to the girl walking nearby.]

[Considering what she was being told, it was pretty easy to overlook the sounds of footsteps, especially since those weren't particularly rare. She stopped in her tracks and plopped down on the sidewalk. What was she supposed to do now? Her magic couldn't fix this!]

where am i supposed to go now

[Sniffle.]

[Psyche started another reply, as she walked away from where Tsuzuki's temple had been, when she heard the sniffle. She stopped, eyes instantly going towards the girl on the sideway. She took a few steps forward, before she looked at what the girl was looking at, before a light of realization flicked behind her eyes.

[She approached the girl and said, slowly, carefully]

Um, hey...Are you Lilka?

Huh? [Lilka looked up on reflex, only to look away just as quickly and rub away her tears with her sleeve. She wasn't crying! Not at all!]

Y-yeah... How'd you know that?

I had a feeling, I guess.

[She tried to smile reassuringly. It was difficult, when the empty space where the temple had been weighed on her mind, along with the girl's puffy eyes. However, she was genuine enough, as she said]

We've also been chatting over the network, so it's not that hard to figure things out.

[She held up her phone and showed the girl their convo chain as proof - she had been messaging under 'anon' after all...]

Ah! [It took her a second for her attention to snap to the phone and recognize what she was seeing.]

...Aw, that makes this kind of embarrassing. [She tried to smile like she always did. Lilka was pretty sure that she had been caught crying, but there was still a chance it might work. Right? Maybe?]

A little. Sorry, I should've realized a bit sooner.

[Psyche said sheepishly, though the 'embarrassing' she was referring to might not be the one Lilka was. After a moment, she sat down next to the younger girl on the curb and said]

My name's Psyche, I work for Lakshimi. I...knew Tsuzuki a little.

[At least while they were investigating the school incident....and enough to know he'd been a 'god' before he was brought there.]

No, it's okay... [So she was a shinki too? Well, shinki or no, it was still something of a figurative punch to the gut when Tsuzuki's name was mentioned. Lilka was already caught crying once, and she didn't want to start tearing up all over again.]

You did? [A pause.] Don't say "knew" though, okay? He still might come back, so it's not like he's gone forever...

[Psyche bit down that rational thought that pointed out there were some things that were easier to accept sooner than later. However, she also realized, Lilka didn't need that and, to a degree, she was right. It was unlikely, given the current trend of disappearances, but...]

Okay. And yeah, I did. He wanted to look into an incident that happened on the Far Shore and me and some others agreed to help. He even arranged for stuff like doughnuts and drinks before we went.

[She smiled a little, though there was an uncomfortable twinge at the memory now. After a long, careful moment, she continued]

But, you're right. I heard there is a possibility of people coming back, though we don't know when or why. [Versus never. And it seemed like a small one at that] Until then, though, do you have a place to stay or any friends who'd put you up for a while?

Edited 2017-01-17 23:04 (UTC)

[She very much wasn't surprised to hear that Tsuzuki has brought sweets. Hearing that made her crack a smile for the first time in a while.]

That sounds like him all right! There was always lots of sweets at the temple! Cats too. [Though she didn't really get why there were as many as there were. That was the least of her troubles now, but it gave her something else to focus on.]

A god said it was okay for me to stay in her manor for a while. I just wish I had a better way to thank her, 'cause just saying thank you doesn't seem like enough.

I see. It sounds really nice.

[To her credit, she managed to not say 'sounded', though the instinct was there. She wondered what happened to the cats, now that the temple was gone...Jakob had said that one god left him books, but not everything sounded like it was just left behind. The more immediate issue, though, was what was going to happen to Lilka.]

Well...you can always ask her when you get there? I'm sure even the sentiment would make her happy.

Do you want someone to keep you company for a while, till you get there?

You think so? Then I'll ask! But now that I think about it, I don't know her that well either, so it might be hard to get her a present or anything like that. [All things considered, maybe that wasn't the thing to worry about when she was going to stay with a stranger and all. She had always been on the trusting side.]

Oh, sure-- [Wait. There could be a problem here.] But... I forgot to ask where she lives.

Oh-

[Well that was a problem. She fiddled with a strand of her hair, as she thought about it]

Can you reach her on the network? Which god was she?

[Psyche didn't know where all the temples were but it was a start]

Um... [What did it say again? She was struggling to remember on the spot. It was a long-ish name that she wasn't used to seeing.] Just give me a second, I know this!

[She stood up and paced back and forth a bit. It was on the tip of her tongue!] Bisha...something? Ah, why can't my magic help me remember things?!

Bishamon?

[She blinked. That was one of the old gods, right? Long blond hair, lion shinki, and so on. She nodded]

That's a pretty good lead, actually. I've never gone to her temple before but she's well-known enough. If she doesn't respond to you on the network, just asking around should find someone who knows where she is.

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