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[Hot on the heels of Amaterasu's announcement, there's an angry post from Barry. It shows up as fast as he can slam it out, because he is pissed.]

Awright, listen up, gods and shinki! And not the ones like me an' Hiyoko an' the others that've been comin' here from other places. I'm talkin' to the rest of you guys - the ones who already lived here before all this. You guys're supposed to know what's goin' on, right? And not a single one of you was able to see this comin' or stop the people who did it? What's the point of havin' all those shinki when they can't even do anything to save their goddess from some jerks with a photocopier and a book of matches? ~~That precious perfect sunshine child~~ She works so hard... tries so hard for all of us, every single day, and this is what she gets - a burned down temple that she has to apologize for. That's bullshit. We can do better. She deserves better.

(OOC: The strikethrough above was edited by Barry shortly after putting up the original post.)

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[Oh boy, Shun has so many complaints about this post he doesn't even know where to start.]

You've never experienced anything like this in your life, have you?

This isn't some petty little instance of arson. This is war. War is unpredictable and messy, and you can have all the knowledge in the world and still no idea where the next attack is going to be coming from. To have burned down her temple at all, to have that kind of access, we're already dealing with something more powerful and insidious than just about anything else we've dealt with here. She's not apologising for having her temple burnt down, she's apologising for letting it escalate this far, and if someone who doesn't care either way can tell that, you should be able to.

And are you honestly stupid enough not to know that spreading the information Amaterasu is a child isn't going to help her? Congratulations on endangering her even more than she already was by spreading the fact that she's in a much weaker form than most people here probably realised.

How the hell should I know? I'm a shinki too. All I know's I want to help her, which is more than I can say for the people who're supposed to be doin' that so far. These stupid flyers have been showin' up for months now, and nobody's found out a damn thing. It's like they're not even looking.

And I, uh... kinda thought everybody knew that other part already. I mean, she comes to the public parties and stuff.

While I'm relieved that she seems to be all right, this might not help her out either.

There can be enough of us to go around and investigate, but if this has happened before and no one's been able to find the people responsible, then it could be someone more powerful than any one of us, especially since they've managed to set her temple on fire.

You have a right to be angry, but for whatever reason, there's someone or some people out there who isn't happy with her.

That's the problem. I don't think anybody's really been investigating. And if they have, it sure doesn't seem like they're gettin' anywhere. Keepin' the rest of us in the dark about it isn't gonna help her either. If they need help, they should ask for it.

Even if you don't remember, a shinki who'd experienced something like this in life would retain enough experience to handle this with some sense even if they didn't know why. If you want to help her, doing this isn't helping her. There's a huge amount of people looking, no matter what you think, and we still haven't turned up anything. Doesn't that tell you anything in itself?

She might come to public parties, but she doesn't offer her name openly last I checked. When I met her during the picnic fire I had to coax her name out of her to get it at all. She doesn't broadcast her identity, but since you just did it for her clearly that's not going to help her anymore.

What if the reason no one's told any one of us about is because they don't trust us? Amaterasu has some people on her side investigating, right? What if they think that we could somehow be responsible?

Yeah! It tells me they're not looking hard enough!

[Barry is a simple creature.]

You done yet? Yellin' at me is probably doin' her a big world of good, huh?

I'm afraid it isn't that simple. While there are many that tend to Amaterasu that does not mean gods or shinki alike can stop or predict exactly when and how something will occur. What happened was awful and it is being looked into. I can assure you that....so please don't dismiss efforts of those that are doing their best to protect her. Many of such are her own shinki and did get hurt from the incident searching for their god.

What is important is that Amaterasu is safe. But you are right. She does deserve better.

Why bring us here and then not trust us to handle important things? It doesn't make any sense. If one of us is responsible, they created their own problem for no reason by bringin' us here in the first place.

You really are an idiot, aren't you?

I've already contacted her on that other post, and I'm certain being one of the ones to find her in that fire yesterday counts as more good than you've ever done her. Calling out reckless stupidity when I see it helps more than you probably realise.

It's just a theory. But it's a good question as to why they've brought us here, isn't it? Maybe one of the older gods isn't pleased with that.

Good to know you've got the whole thing handled all by yourself. Guess the rest of us can rest easy.

So you think this was an inside job?

So what've you guys found out so far?

[He asks, as if he expects an answer.]

Just remember, you're not the only ones who care about her.

Don't bother being intentionally obtuse, you're stupid enough for it to just look like more of that anyway.

I'm done here. Clearly you're not going to start thinking before you speak for other people and endanger their safety even more.

I don't want to say that it is, not until we can at least manage to get some information. It'd be bad to start accusing anyone without being sure.

Fine by me! I never asked for your opinion anyway!

You got that right. I think we need to start doin' some digging of our own.

I can disclose that to you. The more information of our personal efforts that gets out, the more likely it is to get back to those it shouldn't. While I'm sure your intentions are pure, it's not my place to make such decisions.

I am aware.

Name one thing she's done to "try so hard" for us.

I'm willing to lend a hand. This can't keep happening until they decide to target the rest of the Heavens as well.

Nicely put Barry!
I agree with at least 85% of it.

Although I haven't seen much discontent against Amaterasu until now..

...What precisely has she done?

Is she actually a literal child?

She throws picnics and beach parties and stuff! It's moral support!

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