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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #540 on: April 28, 2014, 11:05:06 PM »
>"Yes, it does."

>"I still have... How can I face her tonight? Knowing what she did."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #541 on: April 28, 2014, 11:56:15 PM »
>"I do not know. I think what we do tonight at all will need consideration in light of this, once you feel your memories are more... settled."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #542 on: April 29, 2014, 09:00:19 PM »
>"I do not know. I think what we do tonight at all will need consideration in light of this, once you feel your memories are more... settled."

>Kiku shakes her head. "No, it... It doesn't change what I have to do. Toune's rite still will go ahead, and I still have to be there for that. Unless.... Unless Satori did something to her, too, but..."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #543 on: April 29, 2014, 10:28:58 PM »
>"She may well have done something to many of you; there is no telling how far it may have reached if it's extended down to even to a part-timer like Lily. Probably we have to assume someone has been affected unless we have confirmed that they have not."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #544 on: April 29, 2014, 11:09:59 PM »
>"She may well have done something to many of you; there is no telling how far it may have reached if it's extended down to even to a part-timer like Lily. Probably we have to assume someone has been affected unless we have confirmed that they have not."

>Kiku rests her head against the wall again, closing her eyes in thought. It is a lengthy moment before she speaks again. "I must return to the shrine."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #545 on: April 29, 2014, 11:28:58 PM »
>"So quickly? Are you sure you should not give yourself some more time for your memory to... settle?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #546 on: April 29, 2014, 11:44:59 PM »
>"So quickly? Are you sure you should not give yourself some more time for your memory to... settle?"

>"I have to contact the Tiger himself again. I have to know if what we've done has changed if he can protect me, as he did before."
>"And I have to know before tonight." she adds, clenching her teeth. "Before the ritual begins."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #547 on: April 29, 2014, 11:51:08 PM »
>"That sounds like a sensible precaution, yes."
>"Do you remember anything else than what you told me?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #548 on: April 30, 2014, 12:38:59 AM »
>"That sounds like a sensible precaution, yes."
>"Do you remember anything else than what you told me?"

>"I have a sense that...." Kiku passes her hand over her eyes. "It is hard to explain. But I don't feel that there are very many more memories of mine that have been altered. Instead, I... I think it is my.... my emotions, my mindset, that has been affected more strongly."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #549 on: April 30, 2014, 12:46:54 AM »
>"What do you mean?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #550 on: April 30, 2014, 12:57:28 AM »
>"What do you mean?"

>"I don't know that I can explain more than that, not yet. It barely even makes sense to me right now."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #551 on: April 30, 2014, 01:11:26 AM »
>"I can scarcely imagine what it must be like to experience."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #552 on: April 30, 2014, 02:02:05 AM »
>"I can scarcely imagine what it must be like to experience."

>"What I really don't understand, though, is why I don't feel angry about this. I know myself, I know I should.... And yet, I don't."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #553 on: April 30, 2014, 02:08:01 AM »
>"Let us consider that a small miracle. Anger would be no comfort, I imagine."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #554 on: April 30, 2014, 02:51:19 AM »
>"Let us consider that a small miracle. Anger would be no comfort, I imagine."

>"But it would make sense, considering..." Kiku sighs and pushes herself back to her feet, your arm sliding off of her shoulders. "If this... If she's been doing this for all this time, then it can't be due to these new demons of yours. But I... just can't imagine her as someone who'd do this for evil reasons. It's not just the influence on my mind, Lotus, it's instinct. There HAS to be more to it than that."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #555 on: April 30, 2014, 03:01:15 AM »
>"What were the exact circumstances under which she arrived and took the position that was intended for you?"
>"And do you perhaps recall any other oddities with the sacred flame in past, now, aside from this one recent event which she concealed?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #556 on: April 30, 2014, 09:07:56 PM »
>"And do you perhaps recall any other oddities with the sacred flame in past, now, aside from this one recent event which she concealed?"

>Kiku ponders that, then shakes her head. "No, nothing's come to my mind. There was a time about two years ago when the Flame chamber was closed, but that was for repairs to the room itself. And the room beyond, as well. There was an... altercation between a pair of Oni."

>"What were the exact circumstances under which she arrived and took the position that was intended for you?"

>Kiku winces. "It's still... It doesn't sound right, that."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #557 on: April 30, 2014, 10:55:20 PM »
>"No, I imagine not. Perhaps in time."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #558 on: May 01, 2014, 12:27:34 AM »
>"Did anyone leave at that time?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #559 on: May 01, 2014, 12:42:02 AM »
>"No, I imagine not. Perhaps in time."
>"Did anyone leave at that time?"

>"When Satori took over? No. Well, only the previous elder, but she had left the shrine almost two months prior to Satori's arrival. Residence at the shrine actually increased after Satori's arrival. She seems to attract youkai, especially animal youkai."

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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #560 on: May 01, 2014, 05:48:04 AM »
>"Has she done anything strange since then? Or failed any important duties?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #561 on: May 02, 2014, 02:26:07 AM »
>"Has she done anything strange since then? Or failed any important duties?"

>'"Strange' is a rather broad term, Lotus." Kiku retorts. "Although there is something. Over the years, she's been more aloof than the other temple heads. There are a number of matters in which the four temple heads meet to discuss or handle certain affairs, from the mundane to the serious. But Satori almost always sends one of the silver rank to act in her stead, myself or another of my station."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #562 on: May 02, 2014, 04:09:55 AM »
>"How are the heads chosen in the first place? And what explanation did she or anyone else give for taking over where you had previously been intended? Is there anyone else who ought to have been involved in this?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #563 on: May 04, 2014, 12:38:47 AM »
>"How are the heads chosen in the first place? And what explanation did she or anyone else give for taking over where you had previously been intended? Is there anyone else who ought to have been involved in this?"

>Kiku presses her hand against her temple as you grill her. "Could you repeat that, perhaps one at a time?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #564 on: May 04, 2014, 12:41:40 AM »
>"My apologies. I'm sorry if I am rushing you."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #565 on: May 04, 2014, 01:21:27 AM »
>"My apologies. I'm sorry if I am rushing you."

>"Mm...." Kiku murmurs, stretching out her tail behind her. "You were saying?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #566 on: May 04, 2014, 01:23:24 AM »
>"How are new heads of the shrines normally chosen?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #567 on: May 04, 2014, 01:31:30 AM »
>"How are new heads of the shrines normally chosen?"

>"The choice is made by the faith's leaders at the main shrine, out in Muenzuka. This shrine used to be the head of the faith in Yamato, but it was moved out west after Mayoiga was destroyed in the war. They consider a number of factors: personality, ability to lead, how well an elder will fit into the community they're going to, and more besdies. There's a lot more to it than simple devotion to the Tiger."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #568 on: May 04, 2014, 01:38:47 AM »
>"And so the decision was made by them for you to become the new head here?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5
« Reply #569 on: May 04, 2014, 01:41:30 AM »
>"And so the decision was made by them for you to become the new head here?"

>"Yes. The exact details of their decision are still... foggy, in my mind, but of this fact I have no doubt. It was to have been me, before Satori arrived."