soul_logs | [OPEN] June 2012 Intro Log

Characters: OPEN
Where: Inside Shibusen - The Tour
Rating: Gen
Time: March 1 onwards
Description: Welcome to Death City! Ignore the sand.

It’s one of those days when the BREW starts making the weird energy readings it gives when about to pull people into Death City. Shibusen prepares the place as usual, setting up their tables, the communicators, and calling for the agents who kindly volunteered every time this happened.

Just before the BREW starts, however, a cloud of sand rolls over the city and covers it in darkness, dust, and wind, going high enough to envelop even Shibusen on top of its normally safe location overlooking the city. The alarms go out, the residents quickly retreat to shelter, and Shibusen...

Needless to say, Shibusen isn’t happy about this, and resignedly prepares the dorms instead.

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He had seen her approach, but had been unable to immediately speak with her. Now that he was free however, he waited before seeing if he could provide any further assistance.

"I'm sorry I couldn't see you earlier, but if there is anything else you'd like to address or ask, I'd be more than willing to listen," he said once he had the chance.

She was grateful for how accommodating everyone seemed to be. Disciple still couldn't help but be a little wary about the situation, but she was less so than she had been when she first arrived. Naoto had answered a good number of questions before Disciple had decided they would probably like the opportunity to speak with some of the others, but she certainly wasn't going to pass up the chance to have more answered when Kid offered. With Naoto, Disciple had asked them a lot about the trolls, with Kid, she supposed she would ask him more about Shibusen itself.

She indicated her neck, and gave a small shake of her head to hopefully communicate her voicelessness, and then took up the communicator and wrote for him.

It is quite alright. You s33med awfully busy, but there are a couple things, thank you. This war that you speak of, and these witches. What exactly are you fighting for?

He had noticed that she had texted with Naoto before, and seeing the gestures he nodded in understanding. He would text back, however...since he was in front of her and given how in depth her questions were, he decided it would be better if he just spoke the answer. Hopefully she wouldn't mind.

...But that was an interesting way of typing, one that he had grown accustomed to from the other trolls that had passed through.

"Peace and order. The witches are naturally inclined toward destruction and chaos, and while some of that is necessary to help the growth and regeneration of new things, they take it to the extremes. Thus as a shinigami, it is my duty to help maintain this balance so that everyone within this world is able to live out their lives in peace."

It was strange to hear someone speak so candidly of peace and order. Coming from a land where strength and brutality were esteemed, where violence was accepted as a norm and the weak not only left, but deserved to die, it wasn't often you heard people in positions of power speak that way. It reminded her of the Signless in a way, and she couldn't help but smile. It made her wonder just what these humans held up as virtues. She nodded to show that she understood.

How long has this war b33n going on, and how is it faring so far?

The smile was a bit unexpected, but he only read her next question. And what a question that was. His expression hardens a bit as he thinks about the long, bloody history.

"This war...has been going on for over eight hundred years, even during the time my father led as Shinigami. It only worsened when Asura became this world's first Kishin and spread the power of Madness. However, my father was able to vanquish Asura and the witches went to hiding and we were graced with a long period of peace. There had been a recent uprising when a witch revived Asura. My friends and I were able to defeat them, but unfortunately the ensuing peace did not last."

There was just the briefest of moments as he paused before continuing.

"With the Kishin still at large and our current state, the witches have once again taken the opportunity to attack. We've been doing our best, but I won't lie. It's been a hard struggle. But despite the difficulties, I will continue and fulfill my role as a shinigami and restore the peace and order my father envisioned for this world."

A long war indeed. Imagining a war that long made Disciple queasy. The revolution she had been a part of had been long enough for her tastes, and it didn't even touch to being close to that. The smile dimmed a little at this news but a curious thing happened as she continued to listen to him.

Perhaps it was just because of how he held himself, in a truly respectful manner, or because of how much his ideals aligned with her own and all that she and her companions had fought for but suddenly, she very clearly and distinctly felt that he was telling the truth. It was difficult to think otherwise when he spoke so passionately about it.

There is much I still do not understand, but peace is certainly a noble cause. I am not certain of how much help I could be, but I will do my best to help k33p innocents from being harmed.

"Thank you." It was always good to have someone not only understand, but also willing to help and be on their side. "Of course my cause and the plight of this world is not of your own, so you do not have to participate if you do not want to. But Maka and a few other volunteers will help you determine whether you are a meister and weapon, and from there you may have a better understanding of what you can do to help if you still wish to do so."

Technically he could tell her right now what she was, but he did not want to take the job away from those assigned to it.

That I will do. I know you must be very busy with so many newcomers right now. For now my last question concerns a term you used a moment ago. Kishin. What is that?

This Meister and Weapon business was something else she was puzzling over, but she supposed she could always ask this Maka person more about it when she got to them. Hopefully the crowd would be a little thinner there.

"It's all right. But the Kishin is one who has consumed a high amount of innocent souls for their own power and is very powerful and strong themselves. It is one of the most destructive forces of this world."

Now it was time for a quick lesson on souls and why one should not kill others.

"In this world, a person's soul holds a lot of power. Should you kill an innocent and consume their soul, you will absorb that power. However, it comes at a price. Your own soul will become corrupted and you lose all sense of reasoning, basically becoming evil. Those who are on the path of Kishin are called kishin eggs. Through their corrupted souls, the Kishin and kishin eggs produce the Madness wavelength, which is also destructive. That is why we forbid anyone to kill innocents and to consume their souls."

Eating souls? Disciple was very curious to learn how that was possibly. She had never imagined the soul to be a corporeal thing, or something that could be touched in any manner but from what she was beginning to understand--or at least get from all of this, was that they were in fact very manipulable.

She nodded again to show that she understood (for the most part).

Thank you, Death was it? I appreciate your patience. I go by the name Disciple. Might I in the future call upon you again if I have further questions?

"My full name is Death the Kid, but you can just refer to me as Kid." He did not quite feel ready to take on his true first name and title.

"But it was pleasure to speak with you Disciple," in a manner of speaking, anyway, "and you are more than welcome to contact me if you have any further questions."

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