[7rings] catchall for mahito

[shiftingwinds]

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[touchups]

Ah...! So it's like, the whole- [He makes a motion with his hands, stacking one above the other.] -three separate worlds thing, huh? Our world doesn't have that.

[Who knows if JJKverse has a heavenly realm but it sure doesn't have a ghost realm, all the devils are hanging out at the movie theater eating popcorn and watching Human Earthworm 3.]

I didn't know you could change your shape, either. Does it bother you to be stuck like this here?

[shiftingwinds]

Something like that. The ghost realm and the mortal realm aren't entirely separate, it's easy to get from one to the other...

[she waves a hand]

It's a little odd not being able to change when I want to, but whether I'm in this form or my male one, I'm still me. As long as I'm beautiful, there's no problem with it!

[touchups]

Ah... That kind of makes more sense.

[A little nod! And then an amused grin because good LORD. First of all why is everyone here so obsessed with looking good--]

Hah, I guess that's one way to look at things! Are those the only two forms you have?

[shiftingwinds]

I can assume other forms if needed for disguises, but I usually just swap between those two. I was born a man, but I've got more worshippers as a woman, so this form is actually stronger.

[also it's pretty. sighs about sqx's ego.]

I take it such things aren't common where you come from?

[touchups]

Ah, I see! That's pretty useful. [A little nod. Curiously:] So the number of worshippers you have ties in to how strong you are?

[Meanwhile, sqx just looking at a mirror like "damn, we love to see it." He's shaking his head at the question, anyway.]

Nope! It's really rare. Most people can't do anything like that! But we don't have gods or anything.

[shiftingwinds]

That's right! The more worshippers, the stronger a god's spiritual power. If you don't keep your followers happy, and they worship other gods instead of you, you'll lose your divinity. So it's not about just sitting up on high and being all smug and mighty; you actually have to be good at what you do!

["damn we love to see it" while looking into a mirror is peak sqx, yes.]

I see... none at all? That's surprising.

[did the humans fuck that up too]

[touchups]

Ooh, wow! I like that system. It's not a bad one... Seems like it'd be at least a little hard to game, right?

[love that for sqx though. ANYWAY, he just shrugs.]

Ah, well - we have god-like things, yeah! But nothing like you. No worshipping systems, nothing like that. Followers don't matter. They just kind of do whatever they want.

[shiftingwinds]

Well, you'd think that...

[(laughs in tgcf)

anyway!]

Really? What sorts of things do they do, then?

[touchups]

[Yeah he doesn't look surprised by the implications there...]

Hm. [JUST "HM". But it's fine, he'll move on--] Not much! Sometimes they're blamed for heavenly pacts, so I guess it's mostly just favoring or cursing people at will?

[shiftingwinds]

So, just because they feel like it, not for any other reason...?

[huh]

[touchups]

Pretty much! No rhyme or reason. Heavenly pacts are pretty shitty any way you cut it, since they happen when you're born so you have no way of agreeing with the terms.

[It is absolutely just as sketchy and terrible as it sounds.]

[shiftingwinds]

[wow. sqx scowls immediately.]

That's... how can a pact like that be valid, if one side can't even agree? And it just... [she crosses her arms] ...it's just decided for you at birth...

That's not right.

[touchups]

[Mahito hilariously doesn't care much for weird nebulous heavenly powers that may or may not exist, but he does find the disapproval of another, more humanoid god in their general direction to be very intriguing.

With a smile that's a little less lively than his usual ones:]

Right? Not much can undo a heavenly pact, either. You're just stuck with whatever you get. Some aren't too bad, but others are brutal.

[shiftingwinds]

[give me a memshare you asshole

but like. right after this barrage of memories which explains why shi qingxuan has such strong feelings about this.

...and also after she, like, isn't frozen up after they come out of it.]

[touchups]

[STOP I'LL PICK ONE IN A SECOND

Anyway wow that's rough buddy. Mahito is stuck for a second too, frozen, as the lingering remnants of fear cling to him. Fear is different from a lot of other emotions; not the cobwebby sort that's easier to brush away and wipe your hands free of. It's sharp, and it sinks in with a bitter edge.

His hand rises reflexively to his chest. After a second, with some hesitance:]

--Did you... get rid of it?

[shiftingwinds]

...I'm going to. Once I leave this place.

[assuming someone doesn't murder her first!]

[touchups]

[britt for endgame!!!]

Mm. [A little nod.] I hope you do. It's gotta be scary, right? It felt scary.

[shiftingwinds]

[fuck off!]

Aaah... it's scary. But it'll be over just as soon as we're done here.

[touchups]

Is that what you came here for?

[Seems like an entirely valid reason, honestly...

Though, perhaps before she'll be able to answer, they're both launched into an entirely different memory...]

[shiftingwinds]

[SIR YOUR HAND?

she saw it heal - well, no, she saw him maintain the shape of his soul - in the memory, but she can't help but look swiftly to his wrist when they come out of it, her expression concerned.

that had to hurt...]

[touchups]

[HIS WHOLEASS HAND.

Mahito blinks himself out of the memory, but when he notices where she's staring, he kinda covers his wrist with his opposite hand for a second. Nothing's wrong with it; it's just reflex, seemingly.]

Ah... You don't need to make that face! It's fine. Spirits are really tough!

[shiftingwinds]

But he almost took your entire hand off...!

[touchups]

It's okay! It wasn't that bad. [Reaching out to gently pat her arm...] See? All fine.

[ALL FINE.]

[shiftingwinds]

[pats his wrist as if to make sure it's actually, like, solid]

[touchups]

[Her hand goes through it and Mahito immediately disperses into a thousand bubbles that vanish into the ether, freeing me from any future threats of flucking.

No unfortunately it's perfectly solid.]

Haha... [THIS AWKWARDASS LAUGH.] This is kind of weird. People don't really worry about us?