public channel | day 92, afternoon

[dontpokethat]

Alright, we got any priests here? Tanyuu says we need one.

[There’s a lot more he could say here, like the fact that they’re specifically looking for a Shinto priest, and that they need one so Reira can experience a proper shichi-go-san festival, and that he suggested that maybe it didn’t really matter since it’s all symbolic anyway, and Tanyuu didn’t seem to like that suggestion.

But none of that has occurred to him, so here we are.]

Comments

[scientificist]

Do...the Japanese employ adolescents as priests?

[dontpokethat]

Mm... not usually, no, but I wouldn't say it's impossible.

[Some families sure do make Decisions.]

[scientificist]

Iiii still don't think there are any priests here--what is the event you mentioned to Yukio anyway?

[dontpokethat]

Shichi-go-san? It's, uh... a yearly festival, kind of a rite of passage or... celebration for young kids. It's actually supposed to be in fall, but... if we're going to be setting up any kind of a festival, this seemed like a good place for it.

[scientificist]

A rite of passage.

[A pause, and then he contacts Ginko directly on his personal radio line.]

Does Reira want to participate in this festival? Did you ask her?

[dontpokethat]

[???]

It's supposed to be a surprise. It should just be fun; we're not planning to overwhelm her or anything, here.