faithfulflame | Second Prayer: A Proper Greeting and Mysterious Arrivals[Video/Action]

Backdated to March 16th

[Early on the morning of her fifth day in Luceti, Rei Hino leaves the house she shares with the other Senshi to go about her business for the day when she is surprised to find two very familiar faces perched in a tree not far from the house. Excitedly, Rei calls out happily to a pair of large, black crows]

Phobos?! Deimos?! Is that you?!

[The birds CAW loudly and wing down, happily skipping around on the ground at her feet. These birds had been her friends and companions for many years, and...without them it just wouldn't be as comfortable for her in this odd land. Plans now forgotten, Rei spends the morning playing with Phobos and Deimos, walking all around the village in her Miko robe with the two birds flapping around with her. Anyone unfamiliar with Rei catching the spectacle might be incredibly taken aback by just how familiar the corvids seem with the strange girl, actually allowing her to gently touch them, quorking happily]

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[Later that afternoon, a Video feed will start up over the journal system.

Rei is sitting on a bench outside, fiddling with the journal for a moment before setting it down and standing up to address the camera properly. Her speech is very formal, and unlike her last broadcast, she sounds much more calm and collected, despite the pair of crows that peer into the camera a few times during the broadcast]

Good Afternoon everyone. I would like to take a moment to properly introduce myself when I'm not screaming and worrying about everything. My name is Rei Hino, and I am from Tokyo, Japan. I would like to apologize for my outburst the other day, and especially to anyone that I may have yelled at or been rude to.

I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone that helped me when I arrived. I promise that I won't ever forget it. Additionally, I want to thank everyone who helped take care of my friends Mizuno Ami-san, and Tsukino Usagi-san in the time before I arrived. They are very, very dear to me and I am glad that they seem to have found the inhabitants of this village to be welcoming and kind. They have told me many good things about many of you, so I look forward to meeting you.

And...I gather from other broadcasts its customary to ask a question. So, my question is this: What are the spirits of this land like? Are they kind and helpful, or are they capricious and mean? Also, I would like to know more about the spirits of your homelands. Studying such things is one of my fondest hobbies, so I am very curious.

Thank you for your time.

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Thats pretty normal then. Sounds like my world for the most part. The spirits like to stay hidden, because lots of people just don't believe in them anymore

[She may sound a bit sad at that]

You think that's it?

I guess that's kind of sad. I wonder if Moro ever feels that way.

I know thats it. I speak with them, but most people at home just don't believe. They only come to the temple for good luck charms, and on festivals. Some people do, but...its hard to say.

[and she can't really talk about her own supernatural powers with a stranger so...]

Ah... I see.

[And Fujiko is so very guilty of that. Oops.]

I guess it's kind of hard to hold to some old traditions in a modern society sometimes.

Well, I guess. Television, movies, video games. That stuff is whats really undoing the old ways. I'm...not fond of that stuff.

None at all?

[Oh girl, you just lost Fujiko. She officially doesn't get you at all anymore.]

No, we don't have a TV in the shrine. I mean...I've seen television before, but...its stuff like news broadcasts. We get most of our news from the radio, really.

[Blank stare.]

So not even old classics like Casablanca or the Phantom of the Opera.

Not those. I've seen some, because Usagi-chan dragged me to see them.

Wow. No offense, but I think I'd rather take the modern technology in that case. And I've been known to run away from civilization tons of times.

Most people would. I don't hold it against people unless they absolutely can't just let me live how I want to.

Well that'd be pretty stupid of them. It's not like you're trying to make them live like monks, right?

No. But it'd be nice if they'd come to the temple more.

I guess... though a lot of people are falling out of faith with those kinds of things.

I'm aware. But does that mean I should give up trying? No.

[She's spunky, Fujiko. Careful]

[Oh dear god, you will never convert Fujiko. She doesn't understand faith and religion.]

I guess if you feel that strongly about it...

Would I have become a priestess if I didn't?

You're already one? [Rei must be older than she thought :O]

Mmhmm, I tend the shrine, and do fortune telling.

Whoa, really? Must be a lot of work.

It can be. But I like it. Especially fortune telling. Its very important, so I can always make time for it.

Why is it important?

Because it helps keep my friends safe. My readings are very, very rarely wrong.

That does sound important. Kind of like Goemon I guess.

Goemon?

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