soulping | hiyo haato

[ as the stone fragments hit the water, an eerie black fog rises harmlessly off the rocks and is dispersed in a gentle wind ]

[ well, that's done!

heading back to TOMONE, then. ]

Alright!

Thank you. I'm sure that will be a big help. Wait just one moment.

[ she goes, and then returns with two boxes, one stacked on top of the other. She opens the top-most one, revealing the stone head of an elephant-like creature. ]

This creature is believed to protect this part of the shrine. If you'd help hang both of these, it would be much appreciated.

( taking the boxes. )

Just anywhere?

On the corners of the eaves here [ she points above them ] and there. [ she points down to the other end of the "hall" where the raised platform ends ]

( GOING TO DO EXACTLY THAT. )

[ hanging them is surprisingly easy, and once you do, you feel like something significant--you're not sure what--has changed. ]

[ GOOD JOB, TEAM. ]

The ema should definitely be the last one!

[ It is. There's yet another priestess waiting for you here at the rack of hanging wooden plaques. she asks as you approach: ]

Are you the ones who have come to help us take care of these?

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Yeah. Whaddya need?

As you know, ema are meant to be used for making wishes. But someone has defiled the requests originally written on these ema. Now they're...

[ she frowns ]

Well. See for yourselves.

[ She stands aside and allows them both to get a good look:

What if I forget again?
If my family knew my secrets, they'd reject me.
Is my presence just a burden?
I can't keep anyone safe.
Does he wish I'd just go away?
I can't do anything for my team.
Please don't let Yato find out about his cross-dressing.
What if I'm the last one here?
My words have no power anymore.
I'm not good enough.
I'm not strong enough.
I can never be forgiven.
I'll be left alone.

They go on like this, in a mostly serious vein, in repeated variations, numbering in the hundreds. ]

You can't even call most of these wishes.

Cross-dressing. . .

( A SHARP LOOK AT YATO IMMEDIATELY.

THEN RIPPING THEM ALL DOWN AND PUSHING THEM AT YATO. )

Destroy this junk. We gotta write better ones for her!

[ TAKING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING PUSHED ON HIM SUDDENLY ]

--Eh?

Who said that??

[ you say this as though he hasn't already discovered the joys of a skirt, Hiyoheart. ]

( pulling out the one that says "please don't let yato find out about his cross-dressing" and shoving it in yato's face. )

Hiyori did! You some kind of pervert??