The Day of Thunder

Soju left.

"Perhaps." She shrugs again. "Perhaps not. No matter what you two may believe, most people - normal people - do not know a spirit realm from a village on the other side of the Empire. If you tell them that the realm of sharp sticks is agitated, and as a result the king of leaves has become corrupted...

"Life is better for those who are samurai," Soju says, her mood turning more serious. "Larger houses, more food, many luxuries to enjoy. Your family has done much for those they placed in power. For those who are not samurai... many of them were moved from their ancestral homes, where their families...

"Oh? What have you heard?"

"No, I was a Shoji. I've only been a Scorpion for a few years. What about yourself?"

"I don't know for sure," Soju says, walking it back a bit. "I just keep hearing people call that Shinsei person a donkey fucker. At first, I thought it was just an insult, but lots of different people were..." She shakes her head and waves it away. "You know, let's forget it, I'm probably wrong. Jus...

"Neither am I," Soju admits. "I am probably just riled up from our earlier discussion. Not everything is a disaster waiting to happen ."

Soju shrugged. "I think that your theory makes more sense than some wandering man - who I am told fucks donkeys? - being able to see the future and gather people together at random places to do vague things of great importance. I am not a priest, but it seems to me that someone who knows so much abo...

Otomo Akutou wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:24 pm

I'm sure *somebody* profits.

I just don't know who.

People trying to save oil for the war effort...?

"Build bigger libraries?" she asked. "Ai, you beautiful sunfish." Soju motions with her hands. "Imagine you are your great-granddaughter or some such. You wish to learn about legendary irritable person, Jiyo Sora, so you go to the libraries to find a book about his exploits. But, as it turns out, t...

"Interesting." She glances at Ai, then looks back to Sora. "In time, though, someone will have to choose which records to keep, right? There is only so much space that can be set aside to records, and as the years march onward, and each event and proclamation gets its own scroll which takes up space...

"I am just a performer," she says, sighing softly. "I was sent here to sing a few songs and generally raise public opinion of the Scorpion. I'm technically allowed to stab exactly one Crane, but the only one I've met is rather nice, if a bit naive, so I'll probably pass on that." Her tone was half-j...

"There are multiple versions? As in, there isn't a single official account of what happened?" She seemed genuinely surprised by that. "Is there a... someone who decides what the 'most official' version is?" Something else occurred to her. "Does that happen a lot? Multiple versions of the same accoun...

"Yes, well. Be careful, you might end up marching into Jigoku to rescue a Kami and wondering how the hell any of that happened..." He tapped the side of his nose. "Complicates the hell out of your life if you survive. Causes all sorts of unreasonable expectations." "Not least of which seems to be t...

"Bold of you to assume he's an idiot. Perhaps you were pointing in the wrong direction? I'm the one standing right here." "If he disagrees, then he can say something about it," she shrugged. "I'm a reasonable person and won't murder him for voicing his opinion." "Well. An honest question honestly a...

"And you must have been dropped on your head if you think I'm the one who can't read the fucking room here. You think these people don't know? You think they haven't seen it happening? You think they haven't seen those bad dreams turn their friends and family into literal monsters who attack all ar...

Soju turns to face the new arrival and returned the wave, but that felt awkward, so she stopped. "Not quite siblings," she said, glancing over at Norikage. "I am Haka Soju, and this is Bayushi Norikage. We have been discussing the village and its headmistress. Do you have any thoughts?"

Kaijarisuigyo wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:44 pm

Oh, next week is the week where Europe has already gone through DST but it's still pending in the US (source). Be ready for even more confusion about the concept of tomorrow.

Only parts of the US!

Because we can't get our shit together.

Soju listened, arms crossed, as Sora told his understandably lengthy story. "So you met all of the fallen sky gods - or nearly all of them - and the vast majority of them were self-absorbed, stubborn, and petty, and only one of them seemed at all interested in listening to the mortals around them, i...

Soju’s eyebrows raise, and she crosses her arms over her chest. "Oh? Do tell."