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[fortune_detective]

From: Naoto Shirogane
Posted: July 14th

Hello,

For those of you to whom I've not yet become acquainted, my name is Naoto Shirogane, and I'm one of the newer shinki who arrived here a little over a week ago. This is my first time posting to the BBS, so please excuse me if the length of this starter entry is perhaps a little longer than what is typical. First, I would like to thank those of you who I did have the pleasure of meeting at the Tanabata festival. You each have my sincerest gratitude for providing me your time and assistance as I attempted to get my bearings on that first day. There was a lot to process all at once, so your patience with me was most appreciated.

Second, I would like to pose a question at large purely as a point of curiosity. I've noticed that I seem to have a lingering sense of hunger that is never quite possible to satiate. I do not wish to cause alarm, as it's not exactly painful to any degree. Really, it's just an odd sort of sensation that I find distracting from time to time. Has anyone else ever felt something similar? If so, what did you do to alleviate it?

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[fortune_detective]

Is... is that a legitimate concern?

[Naoto gets that it's a zombie joke made in reference to the fact that shinki are all deceased, and it wasn't like she'd noticed any change in her taste preferences... yet, that doesn't stop there being a little, tiny bit of fear in reaction to the possibility.]

[Surprisingly, Naoto does not do too well with monsters or the paranormal.]

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[kokuyoyo]

Yes.

[And.... just that. No clarification.]

[You don't deserve this, Naoto.]

[fortune_detective]

You can't possibly mean to suggest that shinki can develop a taste preference for human flesh.

...

right?

[kokuyoyo]

Technically anyone can. It's meat just like anything else in the end.

But I was referencing an event that happened at a festival a month ago or so. Souls were forced into corpses, and attacked both mortals and those of the Far Shore alike.

[fortune_detective]

That wasn't quite what I meant. But nevermind, it's not important.

[A small sigh of relief on Naoto's side of the screen as it looks like she has no reason to fear becoming a zombie. However, it sounded like undead could very well be something she'll end up facing here all the same. And that alone was still enough to make her skin crawl slightly.]

Souls being forced into corpses and then attacking innocents. How does something like that happen?

[kokuyoyo]

I don't know. If the Heavens did an investigation of their own or have any idea, they haven't shared their findings with new gods or their shinki.

[fortune_detective]

I've noticed that appears to be a common trend.

Were the souls able to be freed again?

[kokuyoyo]

I'm not sure. All I know is that once the bodies were completely destroyed, they were released from those particular confines.

If they went where they're supposed to go, who knows.

[fortune_detective]

I see.

It seems there are ever more peculiarities to this place. I wonder if I'll ever get used to them.

[kokuyoyo]

If you say that kind of thing, then you'll probably just end up getting continuously surprised...

[fortune_detective]

You very well may be right.