006. accidental video

[meitori]

[Yuuta is the kind of person to follow the rules to the spirit and the letter of the word—so when he images some things up, he is careful not to make anything too familiar. No special brands, nothing he can imagine inside of a box or container.

So in a cleaned corner of his home, the smell of burning wood hovering in the air despite all of the cleaning he has done and all of the other fires he has put out, he is kneeling in front of a small altar: on it is a carefully cut branch from a pine tree he dared to go into the forest for, a plate of a few mochi balls that he made himself (he couldn’t very well conjure up something he could picture so clearly, so the things to make them seemed to be a good loophole), a bowl of some sort of soup, and some tangerines.

Someone is going back to tradition today.

But with a small match, he lights up some incense, and starts to pray.]

Rulers, if you can hear me, please contact me when you are able. I want to know why you are so temperamental with us when you originally brought us here.

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[naltorian]

It certainly doesn't, but try to not get too invested, okay? Don't want to get your hopes us too soon, right?

[meitori]

I won't. If the gods do not always answer, why would the Rulers?

[naltorian]

Hilariously, I think the Rulers think they are gods.

[meitori]

[He rolls his eyes.]

Gods do have their moments, but true gods would have the wisdom not to do something like this.

[naltorian]

Depends on the perspective of the people looking at them. But you're right. Someone who's supposed to really be holy, wouldn't pull this kind of cruck.

[meitori]

I am thinking that perhaps they just have the powers of such a being and have assumed those roles in this world.

[naltorian]

Great. So if there's anything classical mythology has told us, it's that, gods aren't easy to kill. I can't imagine how not easy they are to capture.

[meitori]

People are quite hard to kill if you don't have the right tools either.

I doubt that they could even be cornered.

[naltorian]

But they can be outsmarted.

YES A REASON TO USE THIS ICON

[meitori]

I think I like that idea.

MWAHAHAHAHA

[naltorian]

Something my politically inclined husband is really good at is knowing how to manipulate how you feel in your environment. Make someone so paranoid that they stop thinking clearly and turn erratic. But the trick is, you have to start with the lowest denominator. We can do the same with the Rulers and this island.

AND SORRY FOR BEING LATE

[meitori]

[He nods.]

And I am sure that there are others here who know how to do the same, or who can grasp the concepts easily.

[Like him... but his knowledge is second hand from his father.]

Hopefully we can get others to join in on this. One person going at it alone would be too obvious.

IT IS OKAY MY LUPINE SWEETHEART

[naltorian]

I think I have someone in mind already who can help at the forefront.

[ Emma. Definitely Emma. ]

There are definitely a lot of people who want to get the sprock out of here as much as we do.

B'AWWWWWWW

[meitori]

Good. Perhaps we could hold a meeting somehow and keep it under wraps.

[naltorian]

First thing's first. We need to check on The World. She's the one who has been helping us all this time.

[meitori]

Yes, we do owe a lot to her.

How will we be able to check on her?

[naltorian]

I'm not sure. That's why it's a "First Thing" basis.

[meitori]

I agree. Perhaps we should do some investigating.

[naltorian]

That's a good idea. Better to do our research before sounding the horn, right?

[meitori]

She will have to be somewhere on the island. The castle is the most likely place.

[naltorian]

But that's where the Rulers live.

[meitori]

All the better to keep her: close by.

[naltorian]

That doesn't have a creepy Red Riding Hood feel to it. Nope.

[meitori]

A lazy man keeps a valuable within reach, a vain man with him, and an arrogant man near by. Only cautious people hide them, and the Rulers do not seem like the last one.