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Posted: July 18
From: Li Tieguai

Good afternoon, everyone. Please excuse my change of name: this is Cho Hakkai.

I appear to have reappeared. Although I don't want to give undue hope to anyone who's recently lost a god or shinki, I'd like to announce that my classes will be continuing as usual.

To those who were living upstairs at the school the past few days, I expect you to help me clean up the mess. You know who you are.

[There are animal cracker crumbs everywhere.

And apart from that he's just not going to mention the events of last few days. At least he wasn't an actual child, but....]

Does anyone have an idea what might have caused it? I'm certain I felt something in the air for a few hours before it happened.

Comments

[bartenderizing]

... i feel like while your being mostly honest theres some huge understatement in there

[ A lot of that is true. Shizuo wouldn't have asked for her help if he didn't trust Sharak. However he was also less aware of her ways.

At least he's not so petty to go asking about Hakkai's 'wife.' ]

[reformedsinner]

My, my. Are you making fun of her age?

[Because the understatement is her experience, not the "little stressful" comment, right?

It's a good thing he's not bringing that up... although there's also a reason Hakkai's conducting most of this post via text. It's much easier to look calm.]

[bartenderizing]

you know damn well im not

[ Also... He kinda likes that Sharak's a few years older than him. Shush. ]

[reformedsinner]

Well, in that case: trust her. You'll be fine. Don't forget to dodge.

[bartenderizing]

your the type that helps out and is nice enough but also pisses people off a lot arent you?

[ Like, you've done great things, and have technically only been nice, but holy shit, Shizuo also kinda wants to punch you. The blond is certainly open about his feelings and thoughts. ]

[reformedsinner]

*You're

You're not the first person to say that about me.

[bartenderizing]

[ Don't try distracting him by being an actual teacher. He does way worse with his lazy texting methods. ]

probably not the second either

[reformedsinner]

[You left him that opening about helpful-but-annoying, Shizuo. Grammar corrections were the obvious next step.]

To be entirely honest, I've lost count!

[bartenderizing]

[ Clearly the natural thing to do. Luckily Shizuo doesn't hold onto things for very long and he doesn't really like violence. Otherwise he'd remind himself to punch Hakkai the next time they saw each other. ]

...

thats really not surprising

[reformedsinner]

No, I don't suppose it is.

I wish you luck with your training, Shizuo, since it seems you've now been adequately warned.

[bartenderizing]

[ He- Hakkai, he really doesn't know how to deal with someone like you. Save for being his usual straight-forward self, but that's not really dealing. The best he could do, now with that out of the way, was actually answer what he could about what part of the post had been about-

Not the mess. Hakkai already knew that he had no involvement with that. He came and went, having also kept an eye out for someone he was pretty sure wasn't in the Far Shore. ]

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oh yeah

pretty sure whatever happened was someones doing. not some other force. whatever it is wasnt done with a lot of control. probably some sick joke?

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[Threatening violence is a form of dealing with him that he's entirely familiar and comfortable with, Shizuo! Don't worry.

(It's also not very effective, but that's part of why he's so comfortable with it.)]

What makes you think it was a person instead of a random occurrence?

I don't necessarily disagree, but I'm curious about your reasoning.

[bartenderizing]

it feels like a random thing through other means would have more of a trend. too random you know? like whoever did it either didnt or couldnt try to push things a certain way.

if that doesnt make sense then i dunno. call it a gut feeling.

[ Then again, for as quick tempered and quick to act as he is, Shizuo's instincts haven't really steered him too far off so far. ]

[reformedsinner]

In other words, "they're trying too hard to make it look random"?

Hm. That's an interesting idea!

It would take a lot of power for someone to do something like that deliberately, though, don't you think?

[bartenderizing]

not exactly

i dont think they tried to make it look random. i think they pushed for it to be random instead of something specific. like they didnt care as long as most peoples ages were messed with. however it turned out would do.

[ Honestly, for all that it was, it felt like there was probably something else going on that no one noticed. ]

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Then there would have to be a motive, don't you think?

That's a great deal of effort and power to use just for a distraction.

[bartenderizing]

maybe it was worth it for them. its not like im the smart or detective type you know.

its just my gut that says this is someones work

i cant give reliable reasons or clues that point to it being that way.

[ He did admit to probably not being the 'book type' when they had first met. Somehow Shizuo demoted himself even further. ]

[reformedsinner]

Intuition can be based on subconscious hints!

Of course, it can also be based on bad assumptions, which is why it's important to question a gut feeling before you act.

[Not that it's necessarily bad to be honest about your strengths, of course.]

[bartenderizing]

yeah well thats the best i can explain it

it just doesnt seem right if its random through natural or accidental means. between that and other shit before it happened

[ Strength is something else- he's just honest about his weaknesses. Though Hakkai probably has the best experience with Shizuo's intuition-based assumptions. ]

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The timing alone makes me think it isn't accidental. Considering past events.

["Something strange just when new arrivals appear," after all....]

[bartenderizing]

yeah. after i arrived it seems like theres always something followed by dead bodies whenever new people show up

[ Which turns out to be the case this time as well. It's why he had tried warning some of the new arrivals during Tanabata. ]

[reformedsinner]

They don't all come with dead bodies, but enough of them have, yes.

[bartenderizing]

seems like its been all of them. thats probably the timing of when i showed up more than anything else

[reformedsinner]

From what I hear, Tanabata was fairly quiet, although I stayed in that day.

[bartenderizing]

quiet but a festival is busy as it is isnt it? i heard there were 2 more bodies found not too long after everything was cleaned up

[ Which he knows about mostly because he's been paranoid that this would hit someone he knew. Like Yona. ]