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[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

—svāhā. [While at first this may seem like an accidental recording, what with the woman sitting with her eyes closed and caught mid-recitation, it most certainly is not, as she begins speaking again in the same steady tone.]

Heh, I can't tell if Lord Bishamonten even heard that. Guess I won't be getting any guidance from him at the present. Then again, these cats seem as though they are providing help enough. These scrolls certainly are providing decent information.

[Shou reaches down to grab the scroll sitting in her lap, and glances over it quickly. When she returns her gaze towards the mirror, she looks rather amused, for some reason, and when she starts talking again, it's much more excitedly than before.]

Yes, though the animals of this place are decent messengers, I would like to talk with the rest of you. Tell me, in your experience, what sort of place is this? Is it better or worse than where you come from?

[She pauses, relaxing her straight-backed posture as she seems to contemplate something.]

And...as a personal question. Would there happen to be anyone from the Myouren...rather, anyone who could tell me if there is a Buddhist temple here? It does not matter much if there isn't, but it'd be nice to just know.

Comments

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

Myouren? Somebody else was asking about that earlier...

... Gensokyo, right?

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm from Gensokyo. ...So there's someone else from there in this place?

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

If you mean just Myouren, only one person's talked about that.

Gensokyo in general, well... there's... a lot of people here from there.

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

I see! So it probably wont' be long before I find someone I know, is that right?

[Shou smiles at the mirror.]

But where is it that you're from? It's obvious by now that you're not from Gensokyo. Are you from the Outside World?

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's right.

I think so? I come from a Japan without celestials, youkai, or flying shrine maidens, anyway.

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Ah, then you're definitely from the Outside World. You must tell me about it sometime! It sounds fascinating.

...Also, my name is Shou Toramaru, avatar of Bishamonten. And you are?

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

Kazumi Hagino. Nice to meet you~

A-ahah... there's a lot to say about the Outside World... it can't be as interesting as Gensokyo. Then again, it's probably as different for you as Gensokyo would be for me, so...

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Indeed, nice meeting you!

No, it's definitely interesting! I hear you have all sorts of things that we don't have in Gensokyo, save for what few things manage to slip through the border. What are those like?

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

There's... all sorts of things.

Like cars, vehicles with wheels that don't need horses. Or airplanes, those can fly through the air.

I-I don't feel like I'm qualified to explain what my world is like, a-ahaha...

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Ah, so all of those things can be done without someone else's or your own power... It sounds like that's a much more convenient world you live in!

How does here compare, though?

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

Huh... that's a good question. It's... not bad around here, but... there's nobody I know from home.

And no new video game releases...

[video]

[undefines.livejournal.com]

[When Nue appears on the Vine, she's leaning in much closer to the mirror than is strictly necessary. It's not that she doesn't know how to use the thing or how far away she has to sit for it to be able to pick up a good image—she's just temporarily forgotten about these factors in her excitement. Hurriedly, she waves a hand in front of herself in greeting.]

Shou...! I'm here. I was the only one, but now you're here too, so...!

[Her voice is excited, and the words tumble out quickly. Normally, she tends to be a little more awkward around the veteran members of the Myouren Temple, but right now she's so happy and relieved to see someone from it she doesn't care about her usual hang ups.]

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

[Well, there's a face Shou would recognize pretty much anywhere. She raises her own hand in greeting.]

Ah, Nue! I'm so glad to see you! I hope this place has been treating you well, has it?

[undefines.livejournal.com]

[Nue smiles in response to the greeting, leaning back to an acceptable distance from the mirror. It's easy to see how relieved she is.]

No, I'm glad to see you! Being stuck in this place with no one but those shrine maidens around... [She trails off, shaking her head.] Anyway, I haven't actually been here very long. Aside from the selection of company, though, I've been fine.

[...She doesn't really dislike them as much as she's making it sound. She's just looking out for her youkai street cred.]

[video]

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure Myouren was the temple that was made in Gensokyo recently, so you know what it's like where I come from. Also there's only a Shinto shrine here, not sure if I can call it legit.

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Indeed, so you're from Gensokyo as well? And you've heard of the shrine, excellent!

...And this Shinto shrine, what about it makes it not a proper shrine?

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

Alice Margatroid, resident of the Forest of Magic, magician youkai.

The person who made it. If I remember right, she made it because she thought she was holy enough to take being a shrine maiden up as a job so she could have fights.

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Pleased to meet you, Miss Margatroid. I am Shou Toramaru, avatar of Bishamonten.

[Her face falls slightly, visibly annoyed.]

Oh dear, such a thing wouldn't be a proper shrine at all. ...has a proper shrine maiden been found yet, or is it still being run by that girl?

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

You have to be one of the more polite people I've met from Gensokyo. It's such a rare thing to see.

Reimu's there. I don't think I have to ask if you know who that is.

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! The people in Gensokyo are certainly unique, to say the least.

Yes, she seems as though there's not a soul in Gensokyo who doesn't know who she is. It's better for her to be there, she seems like she could take care of it.

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

It certainly does have all kinds.

Though this leads me to ask, are you familiar with celestial beings? I don't speak of gods, but beings that can be described as 'angels'?

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Mm, a bit. I do not know any personally, but of course I am familiar with the idea of them. Why do you ask?

[shanghaiworld.livejournal.com]

There's one here. If you meet her, prepare to have all expectations shattered. I bring her up because she is the one who made that shrine. Please recall the reasons for the creation I mentioned.

[is-a-good-girl.livejournal.com]

Toramaru-san! Oh my goodness!

[vaizravana.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's...Miss Kochiya, wasn't it? Fancy meeting you here!

[is-a-good-girl.livejournal.com]

Great! Finally someone who can help me keep Nue out of trouble!

[fatedmagia.livejournal.com]

This place is really different from home, but... It's not a bad place at all.