BBS #2 Video

[royaltyloyalty]

Date posted: June 5th, midday
From: Kshitigarbha (*)

Hey - so this temple.

[Doku has the camera aimed away from himself and it's a bit lopsided, but the place looks abandoned. It's not a very large temple, besides. He's at least learned that taking video means he doesn't have to text, so there's that.]

Any gods live here? Askin' 'cuz there's Soulless shinki around here and that seems like it. Just them.

[Apparently this is where Soulless shinki reside until they're assigned to a God.]

[*OOC: K'SHIH-TIH-GUHR-BUH]

Comments

from: chikusa kakimoto

[kokuyoyo]

[...You know what, even Chikusa would have to admit that's kind of creepy, although it also makes perfect sense. Soulless shinki have to come from somewhere.]

There's no hints to who the god might be that owns it...?

Re: from: chikusa kakimoto

[royaltyloyalty]

I don't think anyone does, honestly. I haven't been to a lot of other temples, but this one looks abandoned - like the soulless are the only one who live here and they don't exactly roam much.

[kokuyoyo]

...Strange… I wonder what would happen if you moved all the shinki elsewhere…. Would more fill their place or would they just return…?

[Something to check out- is it just a place to go, or somewhere they’re ‘born’?]

[royaltyloyalty]

I wouldn't suggest trying it if the Heavenly folks are the ones responsible for assigning them. They'd probably get upset they can't find them.

[kokuyoyo]

Then they should watch over them better. Gods and shinki aren’t the only thing around the Far Shore after all, right…?

[A talking two-tailed cat has invaded his life, he’s pretty sure there’s worse. Pessimism seems right. Although frankly... Chikusa isn't entirely sure if gods and shinki can be trusted either.]

[royaltyloyalty]

Aren't they?

[Doku hasn't heard about any... other sorts of beings. Maybe those little balls of light? Maybe the demon showed up?]

Unless you're talking about some kind of invading force up from the Near Shore, I thought Gods and Shinki were the only ones who lived here, full time.

[kokuyoyo]

[And with that, Chikusa just lays the phone down on a flat surface- a dresser maybe?- and walks away. For a moment, there’s just silence…. And then the sound of something scrambling against the floor and tearing down a hall.]

[Another bit of silence.]

[Footsteps, then, and soon enough Chikusa is just holding a cat over the camera. The cat, notably annoyed and sulking, is twapping around what looks like a split tail.]

[....Also enjoy those cat balls, Doku, uh, sorry]

[royaltyloyalty]

I thought you meant other kinds of people, not animals!

[Some people are so literal, huh.]

That's why I said lived up here, like in the temples.

[Doku you're not helping. Some people have flocks of birds and litters of puppies.]

[kokuyoyo]

And what would you know about what qualifies as ‘people’, you wandering jackanape?

[Yes, that is the cat talking. Yes, they are grumpy about still being held up.]

[royaltyloyalty]

... Is your cat a shinki?

[That's the only logical conclusion he has around here.]

[kokuyoyo]

I don’t think so….

[The cat gives a kick, still not happy. It would bite, but that hasn’t affected Chikusa yet.]

SOMEone doesn’t know their Japanese lore.

[royaltyloyalty]

[He frowns at the cat.]

Of course I don't. I'm not Japanese.

[He crosses his arms over his chest too.]

And this isn't even my world anyway. What kind of cat is this then?

[kokuyoyo]

Ignorant jerk.

[Chikusa’s voice comes from around the cat again.]

I think it’s something called a nekomata…. It just came into our temple and started hanging around one day…

[royaltyloyalty]

So what, should I apologize to a talking cat because there's all of one of them in the whole Far Shore?

[He doesn't understand what other purpose the cat heckling him could serve.]

[kokuyoyo]

Yes.

Just ignore it…

[Finally letting the cat go, it lands on what is apparently a dresser and then scurries away off screen. Chikusa picks up the phone again.]

But my point is…. There can be all sorts of things in the Far Shore. I didn’t know there were cats like that who could just get into your house and start eating all your food…. So there’s probably worse.

[Murphy’s Law, you know]

[royaltyloyalty]

[Dokugakuji nods at that, still a little weirded out but willing to let it go.]

Well... thanks for the advice. I should check in on my shinki right about now, though. I'm not at the party yet.

[kokuyoyo]

Alright... If anything interesting is found, let people know, I suppose...