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[minorgod]

Turtles? I'm not entirely sold on what was described when I got here by the people at the Dreaming Bridge, although there are turtle gods back in Japan. Gen-bu, Oto-hime, Mino-game... so it's not unheard of.

But what I can't figure out is, where are all the shrines around here? You've got tons of different peoples all living in the same place, but no one thought to set up proper shrines??

[ And then he flashes the camera a grin, because he's got just the solution! ]

What you all need is a new god to take care of those prayers of yours that have probably been going unanswered!

So here I am: the Yato God at your service! 24/7 wish-granting, fast, reliable and affordable!

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[powertotearer]

Wish-granting? Like what, exactly?

[minorgod]

Whatever you need! Within reason. Any odd jobs you need done?

[powertotearer]

That's not really a wish, then, is it?

[ilda]

Sooo... what’s the catch, Yato? Do you want my firstborn child? My spleen? Or should I start like, a cult, for you?

[ She’s grinning. Of course she knows you’re not that kind of god. But she couldn’t resist. ]

[minorgod]

Definitely don't need another kid, the one I'm looking after is already a handful.

I don't want a cult, I want a proper following of believers!

[ He sounds miffed by the mere suggestion. ]

[ilda]

But cults are fun, they get a lot more publicity. And we can do all sorts of cult meetings!

[choseanidiot]

Pretty sure there are shrines all over the place.

[Here, he'll even turn the yimo around for a second, since he's so handily walking past one of said shrines right then, then flips it back to aim an arch look through the feed.]

There's a temple, too, for one of the faiths 'round here. But I guess that's nice of you, few gods tend to be that hands on.

[minorgod]

I've seen the turtle shrines and the 'spirit houses', and neither of those are the sort I'm looking for. They don't...

[ a vague motion of his hand; he's not sure how to explain that they don't feel right ]

Wait... you know other gods?

[choseanidiot]

[Arching his eyebrows, Rokuta frowns.]

Just 'cause they're different doesn't mean... [A thoughtful pause. Well, whether he literally is a god or not, if he is, the shrines being different probably means they aren't of use to him. So he shrugs, accepting that.] Not quite right, huh?

And yeah, sure I do. Or about, anyway. Haven't met any personally or anything, unless we're supposed to count Lady Gyokuyo since she mediates with the Heavens.

[Not since he hasn't met Kouya since Atsuyu's death, but then, Kouya wasn't thought of as a god then.]

[iseeall]

So you say you're a god. That means you can give my sister back her eyes, right??

[Leo may or may not be sounding really hostile right now. Otherwise he didn't care about any of the stuff he was spilling about shrines.]

[minorgod]

[ Yato can be dense, but even he's not oblivious enough to miss that tone. ]

Umm. Sorry, have we met?

[redlightgreenlight]

I've always found gods to be fairly useless and unhelpful in the grand scheme of things.

[minorgod]

[ staunchly undaunted: ] Clearly you haven't been praying to the right ones, that's all!

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[lasergrenades]

There are some temples in the city, and the spirit houses, but I guess shrines aren't really the style of religion around here.

[Although, to be fair, she hasn't explored all that much. She's not super religious.

Pepper blinks, and her eyes go wide.]

..wait, sorry, did you say god?! Like an actual, literal, for serious god?

[He's kind of... dorky, for a god. She'd expect something more serious and imposing.]

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[minorgod]

I've visited a couple of them, and none of them really... felt right. Plus I didn't see that any of them had a pure spring.

[ he flashes her a big grin ]

That's right! 100% bonafide member of the gods, right here!

[consumeation]

Even if you are really a god, I doubt you could grant my wish.

[minorgod]

What is this 'even if'?! I'm not lying about it.

[dendranthema]

[A responding video turns on. It's, uh, not quite angled at Kaltz's face, so all that's visible is a horn, some hair, and, mostly, a wall.]

I've seen so many of you, yet you're the first one who's admitted to being a god.

[minorgod]

[ Yato squints at the video feed, trying to determine of the obscured angle is intentional or accidental. ]

Wait... you've seen so many of who?

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[ninjainviolet]

So what, exactly, is your definition of a "proper" shrine?

[ Yeah, Sheena is so not impressed by the fact that he's a god. ]

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[minorgod]

[ Why all the hostility, Yato thinks. ]

It wasn't an insult. The ones I've found around the city don't have...

[ There's really not a word for it. At least not an adequate one. ]

They don't feel like they have a connection to the Far Shore.

[colonelnope]

Spirit houses don't count?

[Just what she needed, someone claiming to be an actual god.]

Kind of a big assumption, thinking everyone around here's just waiting for their prayers to be answered.

[minorgod]

They don't feel right. That was the first thing the locals pointed me to.

Really? I'd say it's a safe bet based on past experience. All people want something, that's just the way the living are. That's not a bad thing.

That's what keeps us around, after all.

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[annihilist]

[Without preamble:] A god sucking up to mere mortals. That's something you don't see every day.

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[minorgod]

Good clients can be hard to come by, that's all.