Heaven's BBS | Text

[fixed_destiny]

When: June 8
From: Anubis

---

Are gods expected to work with their pantheons? I don't mind if so, but I haven't the faintest idea whom else might be beholden to the Egyptians.

On that note, if anyone has any great need of the services of one of the many gods of the afterlife that seem to be in the mythology of this world, I'm willing to assist in any way I can. Please feel free to contact me on this odd little device or at my temple.

Comments

[fixed_destiny]

I see. I am unsure right now how I'll be able to provide tangible evidence to a follower that I'm 'functioning' given Anubis' duties are limited to the already dead. Something to think about for the future.

Is it absolutely necessary to rely on your own shinki when facing an ayakashi? If another god were there, could you aid them, or ask theirs to aid you?

I apologize for all the questions. There's educational gaps. I'll take a book if you can point me at one and my questions are too troublesome.

[revolutionfalcon]

It depends on what kind of prayers you get. It's going to be the live ones praying for you to do something about their dead even if you are a death god, anyway. And not all prayers we get are even relevant to what we're supposed to represent.

Working with your shinki is the only way to destroy an ayakashi. You can't just use another god's or have two gods take one on.

[Well, technically you can use another god's, but like hell Shun's airing that information when they've already been having a forcible nora problem lately.]

There's not a book that covers it, or I would. But it's information you have to learn from somewhere.

[fixed_destiny]

That seems a bit peculiar. One wouldn't pray to, say, a sun god for safe passage overseas. Much of what I currently have I see no reasonable way to actually answer it, I suppose that will continue. What I can do something about, I will.

Perhaps one will get written. If I find myself with enough spare time, once everything's figured out enough to do so..

[revolutionfalcon]

It is, but almost everything about this place is weird. The prayers being weird too isn't a surprise. Doing what you can is all anyone can reasonably expect.

Shinki could probably use something like that more than gods. They don't even get what bare-bones explanation we do when they arrive.

[And after a brief moment of scrolling down to check the rest of the post...]

I see it didn't take the other Egyptian god I mentioned long to introduce herself. For the record, my name is Kurosaki, not "Kuroro-kun", no matter how much she insists otherwise.

[fixed_destiny]

I wouldn't presume to use something so personal without permission.

[Seriously who does that. Not even his FRIENDS tack a -kun onto his name, how could anyone else do that to THEIR friends? It was just so ... ... informal!]

As for whether shinki or gods need it more, I can't say yet. But any such thing of course would be open to both. Those of us without much memory to draw on to begin with might need a bit more groundwork though.

[revolutionfalcon]

Tell that to her, since I told her not to use it at least three times.

Something that could be used for both would be best, but it'll also take longer to get off the ground. I'd prioritise the shinki side of it over the god one, at least. Especially considering shinki have to trust that their gods will actually be open with the information they need.

[fixed_destiny]

If it comes up, I will be certain to.

I will ask my shinki, I think, exactly what she wanted to know most when she arrived. Things she found especially difficult. I can make some pretty good guesses as I myself have little memory to draw on, but direct advice should be helpful. We too must trust them, so perhaps it will be a learning experience for both of us.

[revolutionfalcon]

That's a decent idea to start with. I'd ask more shinki than just her, but if you're still getting used to each other then something like that could make you a more effective partnership.

[fixed_destiny]

Very much so at the present. She misses her previous god, and I don't even know the shoes I'm stepping into. But with a possible eternity stretching before us, I have time to start close to home and branch out afterwards.

[revolutionfalcon]

That's a sensible way to handle it, at least. Missing a lost god or shinki is one thing, but if she's still willing to work with you despite that, that's a much better position than some people here have been in.

[fixed_destiny]

She seems to be so far. I have not experienced the loss of a friend but I imagine it's difficult to come to terms with. Having a replacement forced upon one can't be easy.

However, more sources are always good as well. When I do have the time and inclination, are there any particular shinki you might be able to recommend who might be able to provide an idea of what someone might need upon arriving?

[revolutionfalcon]

No, but not being forced into replacing them in this place means you're just as likely to end up dead if you're not careful. Neither option is good.

There are a few shinki who've been here since before we started arriving who could probably tell you what's best to pass on to the newcomers. Yukine and Kazuma are the ones people usually talk about.

[fixed_destiny]

There were surely other possibilities that could have been explored, but the point is moot I suppose. This is the way things are done and we have little say at all in it.

Do you know how I can reach either one? Or where they might regularly be found, if in person would be better?

[revolutionfalcon]

It is. I've brought up that kind of point before, but apparently they haven't found any other way to keep things functioning here.

Those phones the Heavens give us should have everyone listed in them, so you could just use that. I doubt they care whether it's in person or not.

[fixed_destiny]

Or don't care to bother. There's something to be said for the status quo.

Interesting. I'd been told one has to manually enter a number to speak to someone but if it's all here somewhere then I'll have to do some poking around.

[revolutionfalcon]

That too. Either way, the system isn't changing anytime soon.

There should be a contact list in there somewhere. Even with normal phones, if you know someone, then you save their number anyway so you don't have to enter it manually every time.

[fixed_destiny]

I see. Thank you, I will look into it.


[RIGHT NOW, in fact, time to see if this thing has a contact list that can be put to use!]