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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]

[ Ilda's not going to have much more than a second to register that Yato's end of the feed goes blank, because the next instant will be a bright flash of light as Yato appears next to her and without a word throws his arms around her in a tight hug, muffling his voice slightly. ]

Don't blame them. I told you, people forget easily.

[ilda]

[ She deflates in his arms, a sob escaping her. She tries not to cry so much, but she can’t help it. She’s come to fear the worst. ]

You’re really here. I was so worried you’d... you’d...

[ She can’t bring herself to say disappear. She knows it’s happened to some people in this place, but with Yato, she’s been fearing a different kind of disappearance. A more... permanent one. ]

[minorgod]

[ Her reaction has him flushed awkwardly, now uncertain if he should pull away or not while she sheds tears. ]

No, it wasn't like that. I was just... gone, from here. From the city. And it was like I was stuck in--

[ Whatever he was going to say, he aborts the sentence. ]

Hey, c'mon, I'm fine...

[ilda]

[ She pulls back and ungracefully wipes her face with the sleeve of her shirt, smiling sheepishly. And sniffling. ] S-Sorry. I’m just... you’re my bestest friend. So of course I worry about you!

[ Then she fishes for something in her pockets, eventually pulling out a copy of one of the wanted posters with her unflattering drawing of him. She holds it out in front of his face, laughing. ] Ta-da!

[minorgod]

[ Yato takes the poster and blinks at it for a moment. ]

You made this? Looking for me?

[ and now he's getting wibbly again ]

[ilda]

[ She panics, thinking that he’s about to cry because her drawing is ugly. ]

I’m sorry it’s not good I tried hiring a proper artist to do it but no one would because your face was blurry in all the pics I had of you so I had to draw from memory because even the yimo forgot you!

[minorgod]

[ what an absolute pair of dorks they are ]

But you remembered!

[ilda]

Of course! How could I forget?

We should celebrate! Do you want to have a party? They said there's going to be a party in a few weeks but if you want a party now we can have one and invite everyone! I don't even care if they forgot you because what's more important is YOU'RE BACK!

[ one dork deserves another, so it seems :p ]

[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.