hiyo haato

[ 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??

[ GAWKS AT IT ]

How'd she find out?!

I mean-- no I'm not!!!

( of course. )

P e r v e r t.

NO!

I'm a god!

Still a freakin' pervert. You sniff her socks too?

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!

--I MEAN NO!

[ FLEEING WITH THESE EMA!!!! ]

( . . .

there's a chord.....

that joins them. . . )

( REELING YATO BACK IN LIKE A SWEATY FISH. )

Disgusting old creep.

[ WAAAAAAHHHH KICKING HIS FEET ]

No way! T-take that back...!

( reel, reel, reel, reel. )

It's too late. I know the truth. Maybe if you pray for forgiveness, Hiyori won't hate you.

Yukine, don't say anything to herrrr~~~!

[ PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE ]

. . .

( G R I N. )

5,000 yen.

EXTORTION--!

No way, never!! What kinda guidepost are you?!

A practical one.

( shrug. )

Guess I gotta tell her then.

[ the priestess clears her throat ]

If you're through playing, you may drop those ema into the water basin -- [ she points to the same place Yato deposited the rubble earlier ] -- and make new ema here.

[ She gestures toward a pile of blank ema, sitting on a table as well as a brush and ink. ]

You may use as many of these as you desire.

--J-just forget all that, will ya, Yukine! We've got important work to do!

[ DRAGGING THE EMA AWAY A SECOND TIME towards the water basin ]

[ well then to the water basin you shall go, unimpeded. drop them in? ]

[ DUMPING THEM IN THE WATERRRR ]

[ the writing slides wraithlike off the wooden plaques forming an oily skin at the top of the water. you feel lighter. ]

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