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Yukine's Heart (ROUND 2)

❄ Powers and abilities are off.

❄ Items are gone! All characters will find themselves empty-handed and in a fancy new set of clothing.

❄ Death and injury may occur, possibly multiple times.

❄ Memories felt within the heart are very vivid. As if they have experienced them themselves.

❄ Backtracking is possible and perfectly inbounds!

❄ Channel name is #yatoism. (fml)

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( red. everything's so red. from the moment you open your eyes, all you can see is the large torii that stretch their way across the stairs. you can barely the bright sunshine peeking through them or the countless trees that litter the path. just stone stairs and red paint.

while you stand there, stupidly, you notice your clothes have changed when a gentle wind blows through you, ruffling your hair and the soft fabric of your new attire. you feel . . . good? comfortable. the sun and wind feel nice against your skin.

you want to keep going. you feel like there's something waiting for you.

the question is. . . up or down? )

[ ... Up. That seems like the best way to go. or the most likely direction of the temple, anyway.

GOING UP ]

( it takes only a few more steps forward to the reach the top of the stairs. that's when you see it. the last gate emblazoned with small golden crowns, its door open wide to visitors, and the shrine nestled behind it. it's well-lit, well decorated, and clearly well visited.

wait. just where are you?

it hits you then. you're in a temple to the YATOGAMI (夜ト神社) as indicated by the large sign and its frightening gold characters, which you're able to read even if this isn't a language previously known to you. if you look around, you can see a bachi with bamboo ladles off to the left of the path before you reach the shrine itself. there are also ema hanging nearby, both blank and with wishes already written on them, an even an offering box and suzu.

it begins to lightly rain.

you know you can leave if you want, back down the stairs, to the stairs to the left or inside the shrine.

out of the corner of your eye, you also see a shrine maiden sweeping the path just a few feet from you. )

[ HE'S ALSO JOINED HER UP because why would he go down.

but HOLY SHIT LET HIM TAKE A MOMENT TO ABSORB THIS!!!!

DO YOU SEE WHAT THAT SIGN SAYS???! ]

[ she heads to the bachi first to clean her hands before heading on to talk with the priestess.

it sure does seem a lot like last time so far--except at least she can remember who she is. she's probably not dead. although... being dressed in these clothes... does this make her a priestess? maybe the shrine maiden can explain.]

Excuse me. ... Are you the only shrine maiden here?

[ good way to start. need to find out if that stray is still lurking ]

[ backpat ]

Looks like you got your shrine after all.

[ and all of us have been made acolytes or something. silver's going to be traumatized.... ]

Y-yeah...

[ A SHRINE IN YUKINE'S HEART ♥♥♥

he's getting a bit teary-eyed ]

( cleaning your hands with the bachi makes you feel warm inside. like you were an invited guest instead of an intruder.

the shrine "maiden" stops when they're addressed, looking at her. you know this person. )

I wouldn't call myself a maiden.

( a pause. )

But no. There are a few of us here. Are you lost?

Edited 2016-04-09 21:19 (UTC)

[ you big goob ]

It was here before, too, wasn't it? Dedicated to both of you? It only makes sense.

[ OBSIDIAN!? whups ]

Uhm... not exactly. ... I'm looking for these black spheres. I... don't suppose you've seen any?

[ IT'S GOT A FANCY-ASS SIGN.

but while she's chatting with maidenman over there, he's gonna head for the shrine entrance. ]

I'm gonna see...

[ maybe it's changed on the inside!! ]

. . . Spheres?

( shaking his head. )

No, I believe I would have noticed something like that. Perhaps you could try asking Yato-sama's guidepost?

He might know something.

( as you enter the shrine, you feel a sense of . . . peace? calm. you're in a sacred place. the room you step into is decorated with countless swords, knives, and other bladed weapons in glass cases. perhaps, you even recognise some of them (sekki [katana], sekki [katana and wakizashi], asuramaru, an unnamed sword yuu had been seen wearing, green-handled kitchen knives, three daggers with a wolf's sigil inscribed on them). too bad none of them are labelled to help you figure out what they're supposed to be if you don't already know them.

almost everything is blocked off except for the room you're already in with large, thick ropes draped over the doors. there's no where else to go but back out. )

[ GOOD GOD please don't let yato hear you calling him -sama or it's going to go straight to his sweaty head

more importantly though ]

His guidepost? Is Yukine here?

[ SHE WAS NOT... expecting to encounter him so quickly. ]

Wow~

[ ooooh yeah... this is HIS kinda room. swards.

of course, he's immediately gravitating to the evolved Sekki blades, grabbing for both of them. ]

( there's a bit of brow furrowing. almost like this "shrine maiden" doesn't like the way she addresses the guidepost. )

Yes.

( pointing to the stairs to the left. )

He ought to be there right about now.

( there's. . . a glass case in your way.

but it looks like you've attracted some attention. a small hand taps on the glass case. )

That one's my favourite.

( there's a voice from beside you. it's. . . yato? he's very small. very, very young. he's been dressed up in adorable outfit and with just a look you know he's well-loved by whoever is taking care of him just from the state of his appearance alone. )

[ don't be such a prude obsidian THEY ARE BIFFLES she has the okay to go suffixless

besides SHE TRIED AN HONORIFFIC WITH HIM, he didn't like it. he'd probably be super weirded out if she started calling him Yukine-san or Yukine-sama. ]

Okay. Thank you very much, sir.

[ she bows and then turns to go -- but pauses before she leaves ]

...

Is there... there's nobody I need to beware, right? No... hostile shrine keepers?

No.

( a soft smile. )

Not likely.

[ FUCK YOU GLASS CASE. what if he wants to punch through-- ]

Huh? [ wait, who let a kid in here. he glances down, ]

--What the!

[ LOOK AT THIS LI'L CUTIE ]

( he's ADORABLE. )

Hello.

( still too young to be sweaty mcsweatster. )

It's pretty, right?

[ instantly relieved ]

That's good!

[ although really she shouldn't be since that means the danger must be something else now.

ANYWAY--she's going to tell yato where she's going, and then she's going to head up the left stairs. ]

[ sabre pokes her head inside the shrine with every intention of just letting yato know where she's going first-- ]

Yato, I'm going to go up the le--

[ whut ]

Edited 2016-04-09 21:40 (UTC)

[ this is weird.

but also Not Him. ]

It's better than pretty, don't you think?

Hey, kid... what's with the case, though? [ taps it with a knuckle. ]

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