[ xie lian was quite interested in the story, but!! when hikaru says that, he pauses, and reaches for one of the strange pieces of paper.
...it's joke money, from the gift shop! for 1 million (questionable currency symbol), with a castle in the center of it. ] ...I was making offerings for the dead, that's all.
...Maybe? It's not a talisman. At home, we would refer to it as "ghost money". When the living pay their respects to the dead, they burn paper money as an offering. That money then appears to that ghost in the Ghost City. I've seen the economy there - it's flourishing quite impressively!
[ he says that last bit with a little laugh. ] It is a way to offer your thoughts and memories to those who have moved on, and to give them a gift, to let them know you're thinking of them, even though they're no longer with you.
Though I know that Miss Hajime, Pikachu and Virid will not be heading to Ghost City [ because if they were, uh... he and hua cheng would be going there. like ASAP, probably. ] ...it is, I think, the thought that counts. It felt wrong not to do anything.
Mm... I have, yes, but not as a ghost. It's not really "the afterlife". It is a place where those who may have been displaced from the reincarnation cycle, or those who may be too full of resentful energy -- demons, and what have you -- can live until they can move on.
[ xie lian smiles, a little, recalling. ] It's a very interesting place, indeed.
Well, in order for it to be delivered, it has to be burned.
[ he picks up one of the joke pieces of money to demonstrate, and touches it to the oven, which i guess is gas? i don't know. i honestly didn't ask francy just said oven and i said yes francy.
either way, it lights on fire! he pulls the paper back once the corner lights, and lets it gently smolder away from the oven over a plate. ] Like so.
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[what is going on with the oven..... anyway she's coming over so she can lower her voice]
I wanted other people to know, just in case I... I lose my memory of it. If something happens, I don't want people to be in danger.
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anyway. he perks, interested! ] Oh? What happened?
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[oh. This oven is warm. And the door is open?
closes my eyes cant believe xl is gonna set the kitchen on fire]
...Chijin-san, this is hot... why do you have the oven on? That's dangerous.
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[ xie lian was quite interested in the story, but!! when hikaru says that, he pauses, and reaches for one of the strange pieces of paper.
...it's joke money, from the gift shop! for 1 million (questionable currency symbol), with a castle in the center of it. ] ...I was making offerings for the dead, that's all.
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[joke money's the eight size, at least, but]
Why are you doing them in the oven?
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[ he says that last bit with a little laugh. ] It is a way to offer your thoughts and memories to those who have moved on, and to give them a gift, to let them know you're thinking of them, even though they're no longer with you.
Though I know that Miss Hajime, Pikachu and Virid will not be heading to Ghost City [ because if they were, uh... he and hua cheng would be going there. like ASAP, probably. ] ...it is, I think, the thought that counts. It felt wrong not to do anything.
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There is a lot to unpack and she is fourteen so FIRST AND FOREMOST]
Are you a ghost, Chijin-san?
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No, I'm not. I'm very alive, I assure you.
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You've... seen a ghost city, though? Like the afterlife?
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[ xie lian smiles, a little, recalling. ] It's a very interesting place, indeed.
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What does that have to do with the oven, though? Do they like toasty money?
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[ he picks up one of the joke pieces of money to demonstrate, and touches it to the oven, which i guess is gas? i don't know. i honestly didn't ask francy just said oven and i said yes francy.
either way, it lights on fire! he pulls the paper back once the corner lights, and lets it gently smolder away from the oven over a plate. ] Like so.
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Can't you just use a match? Or a candle?
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[ HE LOOKED!! I PROMISE ]
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Maybe we can ask a leader for a matchbox? If we promise to keep it outside, then... maybe?
I wanna set up something for them anyway. Like a gravestone. So we don't forget them, too.
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[ ... ] Ah! You were going to tell me something about the votes, Miss Hikaru.
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The Realm changed my vote, Chijin-san.
No one ever voted for Yona-chan. I voted for myself... and the Realm changed it, because it didn't know what to do with my vote.