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[minorgod]

[ Considering the last instance of Yato's face being flashed all over the network - and the rest of the city, for that matter - was a horribly unflattering picture of him, one could be forgiven for almost not immediately realizing that this is the same person. But it is! Though he looks far more subdued than most people in Aifaran have ever seen him. ]

Hey, Aifaran. I'm not sure what exactly happened, but I'm back. Or-- if you don't remember me...

[ The way he says it is quiet, like he expects that to be the case. ]

... then I'm Yato, nice to meet you all.

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[ OOC - For those unfamiliar, the living can easily forget about Far Shore beings like Yato once he's not around, even up to the point where their memories alter themselves to exclude him. Feel free to have your character remember him or not - even if they don't at first, their memories are likely to come back once they start interacting with him again. ]

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[minorgod]

[ Becuase that's the way it works, Yato wants to say, but there's no point in repeating it again. Instead, he's just going to be grateful that wasn't the case here. ]

A party huh? You've gotta catch me up on what's been going on! And I'm starving.

[ilda]

[ She grabs his hand, bouncing on her heels as she tugs him along. ] I know this super cool new place! I think I even have your poster on the wall there, I asked the owner and he's really nice and he let me do that!

You didn't miss a lot, really... except the weird towers that appeared! I went with big sis and we didn't find anything, just a weird computers orb thingy.

[ Oh right, they were starting to talk about a party! ] But let's talk about your party! Do you want one? We can make it a Yato festival! Although we probably don't want it happening along with the creepy ghost festival that's happening now.

[minorgod]

Weird towers? Computer orb thingy? That sounds like a lot DID happen...

[ he beams ]

Like I'd ever say no to a party! Creepy ghost festival? Like with real ghosts?

[ilda]

[ Worried that he might worry about missing a lot in the time he's disappeared, she waves him off as if the shunt's no big deal. ] They weren't really interesting!

Sooooo... about the party! [ Not the smoothest subject change, but that's how she normally does it, anyway. ] The locals are saying there's something called Night of the Many Many Ghosts in a few weeks and there will be real ghosts running around the city and we should light red candles if we want to keep them away but if we want to invite them we can also light lanterns. We don't want people thinking you're a death god or a ghost god so we shouldn't have our festival then. That'll give me more time to prepare too, we can wear costumes and have our own parades and put up a mini-shrine!

[minorgod]

[ Yato perks up as Ilda describes it. ]

So it's similar to Obon then, just later in the year. Or like Halloween? That's just recently caught on in Japan, and I mean... really recently. Within the last decade or so.

[ He utters a soft "heh" at her remark about not wanting people to think he's a death or ghost god. ]

Yeah... let's avoid that.

[ilda]

What’s Halloween?

[ If she finds out about trick or treating... ]

[minorgod]

A Western holiday based on sources from... Europe originally, I think. Started out with sort of the same idea, ghosts and wandering dead, evolved into a big commercially driven thing like pretty much all the big holidays have. You dress up in scary costumes and ask strangers for candy.