Heaven's BBS | Audio

[sweetdeath]

From: Asato Tsuzuki
Posted: July 14, 2016

Hey! Um... so I've been thinking about this for a couple of days, but I heard....

[He trails off before regrouping. He should've rehearsed this before he started recording it, but he's got no idea how to go back and delete and re-record now. Onward!]

I heard I used to be a god! I mean, I don't remember, obviously, but if I really was, I guess I should say I'm sorry. And I look forward to meeting you all again. And, um.

[Really should have rehearsed.]

I don't owe anybody money, right?

[He laughs uncomfortably and rushes ahead.]

-- Anyway I guess that's about it! Nice to meet you all again! Sorry I forgot!

[Nailed it. Before he can think better of this whole idea, he hastily stops the recording and hits send.]

Comments

[timeshields]

Sure.

My name is Homura Akemi. Should I call you Tsuzuki?

[sweetdeath]

Homura! Okay. Asato's fine, you don't need to be formal. So are you a shinki?

[It's kind of a relief to be talking to someone who doesn't secretly know him. They can make friends fair and square this way.]

[timeshields]

I am.

You can tell because shinki have their full names as their usernames on the BBS.

Gods use their god names.

[sweetdeath]

Oh, is that what that means? I thought they must've picked it.

[He hadn't picked his, but then, he's just using his real name... so.]

Although I guess I've got to figure out what's the name of a god and what's the name of a person, in that case....

[Some people around here have weird names! And he hasn't heard of all the gods.]

[timeshields]

Mm. They're assigned when we get here

[At least as far as she can tell. She didn't give the phone her name or anything it was just there.]

Most gods only have one name. Izanagi. Amaterasu. Ptah.

[sweetdeath]

Everybody knows Izanagi and Amaterasu, though.

[Those are big names! Ptah is a little less familiar, and he adds after a moment:]

Some gods have two names too, though. Like Nu... [Crap, what was it?] Nuada Agetamu?

[She only said it once and it was a confusing foreign name! He's trying here.]

Anyway, I'll just look it up if I'm not sure. Thanks.

[timeshields]

Everyone from Japan does.

[It seems a bit silly to assume everybody is actually from Japan and knows the gods.]

If you're not sure, you can always use Google.

[sweetdeath]

[She's got a point: there are a bunch of people here with names that aren't Japanese.]

That's that thing on the phone that answers questions for you, right? Yeah, I've been using that!

[He's been typing full questions into it.]

[timeshields]

Yes. It's been very useful.

[She likes it.]

Even if it doesn't help with borderlines or ayakashi.

[sweetdeath]

Yeah, I guess it's just information from the Near Shore.

Hey, so, is there someplace we can find information about borderlines and ayakashi, and that kind of thing? The library was pretty disorganized when I checked it.

[timeshields]

The network you're using right now. We have to rely on each other.

[sweetdeath]

Well... okay. Is it safe, though?

[There was that one guy...]

[timeshields]

Mostly.

[There's always at least one sketchy person.]

Lady Bishamon is a trustworthy native god and a shinki named Yukine also seems native.

[sweetdeath]

Bishamon's been pretty helpful. I don't think I've run across anybody named Yukine yet, though. I guess I'll keep an eye out!