[OPEN] moving day!

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Who ⬤ Minato, Eiichi, and anyone
What ⬤ July substories in a get-along “shirt” / knb camera footage / catchall post.
When ⬤ July to August because it’s already middle of the month orz
Where ⬤ Various
Content Warnings ⬤ Substory 2 has the naked guy? The camera threads may discuss elements of violence and horror imagery.

[ Around one of the Sutoku residential buildings, it’s a nice peaceful morning broken by the sound of an argument. What else is new. ]

[ The excuse for Minato’s presence this time (not that anyone in this building is buying it now) is he’s helping Tama with packing and moving. It’s a relatable plight to many others, honestly, after their residences were made uninhabitable after the cursed month. The arrival of their mutual friend Eiichi has only made the move that much more urgent. ]

[ That isn’t the cause of the argument. But it might be easy to guess, considering that for the rest of the day, Minato and Eiichi can be found together. Quite… literally together. Is… that a set of handcuffs…? ]

[ The sight of them makes for an odd mirrored effect, given their similar appearances. The only real difference is their expressions: Minato looks distinctly harassed, Eiichi has a permanent scowl — they do seem to be agreed on one thing: Doggedly go on with their day as if there is nothing weird about the situation. ]

(( All Substory logs below are duo threads with both Minato and Eiichi handcuffed together and trying to play it cool. Though if you’d rather only tag one or the other, it can be handwaved that they’d gotten out of this daft predicament at some point. If there’s something else you have in mind, hit us up or pm watermemory / frogmarched. ))

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[ He's nodding along -- Norimune's Cain's superior, after all, and the man had been pretty affable in Minato's own meeting with him -- but his chin jerks up at the mention of Cain's meeting. ]

You actually--? After that public address, I assumed he wouldn't be talking with anyone.

[ While he isn't like his friend Tama (who's made his opinion of the king of hell very loud and clear), the news that Lord Enma was deigning to talk to any mere Lost Soul is genuinely a surprise to Minato. ]

[ Also. "Profane"? ] Well... I can tell you what I know of the mythology. They're a god of soil, who came into being when the goddess Izanami was dying in childbirth. They're one of many deities who were 'born' from her agonies. Sometimes Haniyasu is a single being, sometimes they're a pair, male and female... But I don't know any stories of them doing anything like what they did.

[ He rubs his forehead. ] If their malice isn't inherent to their myth, I can only assume it's from some personal grievance they have with Lord Enma. [ Who isn't even in the same mythos! >:\ ] Did he mention anything like that? What else did he say?

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[Honestly, Cain was suprised too. He hadn't expected even asking would work, which is even more why the Enma's answer hurt.

He did listen to the mythos of the Haniyasu, though, as it seems they were actual gods to some people.]

I was recently promoted, so I decided to stick around a little longer and ask him a couple things I'd been meaning to. I...didn't think he'd answer me either.

[He was hoping the profane part maybe held a clue to someone who knew more, but perhaps in that case it really was something unique to this world and this being. The Enma's remarks still cut deep and he was still reeling from it despite having not told anywone.

Somehow Minato seemed almost safe. He was a good companion, none of the baggage of being a wizard and-he'd seen how Cain hesitated when Nicholas had appeared.]

Otherwise....there's not much else. He said he told the people who needed to know what they needed. And I was-am, not one of them.

[It is very obvious that he does not want to make eye contact again because he absolutely couldn't control his expression.]

I,well...I can't deny the things he said are true, so I'll just have to keep working to earn his trust.