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]

I only ask because it seems very likely people would come here for, various celebratory purposes, including. Impulsive weddings. It would make sense for them to provide a priest. I'm not sure why you're asking us and not the locals, though, wouldn't that make more sense?

[dontpokethat]

Ah... maybe, I guess, but I wouldn't bet on it. [He can't quite picture someone getting married in a place like this, but maybe it's possible.]

Anyway, if there is anyone in the carnival who can help, sending out a message this way seemed like it'd be quicker than asking around among the locals. We can check around outside the carnival if there's nobody among us who can do it.

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[scientificist]

[scientificist]

Haven't you been here for years? If there's a priest working here surely you'd know.

[dontpokethat]

Not necessarily. People come and go - and I can't very well keep track of the occupations of everyone in the carnival.

[Hell, he barely knows a lot of the people here.]

[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.