Raineh Daze

Touhou: Tranquil Spring

I have no intention of spending my free time arguing with the GMs.

@ShadowKingman

Then we're done.

Touhou: Tranquil Spring

Okay, I'm saying this one last time and not having any more argument on random trivialities: dullahans are not psychopomps by the word's definition. That is not, in and of itself, enough of a problem but it's not helping. The whole feel of the train doesn't fit that well--and nor does the invisibility actually make any sense, especially in Gensokyo. If a self-railing unstoppable train was going to be included within the setting, it registers itself as one of those "big incident" things that I'd rather include later rather than immediately removing any slice of life scenarios.

And finally, there is no reason to have multiple characters doing the same effective job! Especially not one so reliant on "Well, Eiki has forgotten how to find Komachi".

PS: western ideas are acceptable. But the cultural history of how various youkai came to be is completely irrelevant. <_<

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Well in western culture the grim reaper "escorts the dead to the afterlife" but he doesn't take you by the hand to do it

he's just like "yo dead fam" and then you go to the afterlife, but he's generally seen as an escort

I think you're trying to apply eastern ideas/concepts to western myth, which won't work that well

@Priscilla

The OED would like to have a word with you. Also, please stop posting in the OOC if you're not going to join. :/

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While I agree that invisible trains might be a bit much, I must disagree with you about Dullahans not being psychopomps. While being a headless horseman is the general appearance of a dullahan, they do have roots in mythology where seeing or interacting with a dullahan is a sign of death, effectively making them sorta like Shinigamis in the sense that you don't see them until you're dead/about to die.

@Lucius Cypher

They're explicitly not psychopomps in that they don't actually escort the dead anywhere. Much like Banshees, they exist to let you know you're gonna die. And also, in their case, blind or kill anyone that happens to see them and shouldn't.

Touhou: Tranquil Spring

No unstoppable invisible trains. Was I not clear enough on that part? Especially not trains that would therefore be invisible to almost every playable character the series has had, discounting the pair-ups and Mystic Square.

And it still doesn't fit to have a Dullahan doing Komachi's job because: A) Eiki doesn't let her slack for that long, and B) dullahan are not psychopomps.

Touhou: Tranquil Spring

Doing it tomorrow.

Touhou: Tranquil Spring

Er, use actual names, because for a second I had no idea.

1) Maybe? She falls into the "not actually part of Gensokyo and has never been seen IN Gensokyo" camp.
2) No. If anything, Eiki would probably be her boss. Nor are the onis actually... in hell. Neither is the Palace of Earth Spirits, so... random offhand comments are unimportant. <_<
3) Yup. Except where you can have them stuck in the recent past.
4) Please stop asking so many questions.

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• Games, yes; manga etc... well, so far as I know them (haven't read Forbidden Scrollery); Akyuu: please bring a salt mine.
• Yes.
• They'd need a very good reason to be here. And no replicating SSiB's ridiculousness. Also a reason to be here that doesn't get everyone trying to get them to go away.
• Obviously not common. Obviously possible because Youki was a thing, but definitely not common.
• Given that the Alice bio involves Makai and being a maid, take a guess.

Touhou: Tranquil Spring

ok holy fuck

<sub>has there ever been a 2hu rp in the history of the Guild til now?

also why didn't i notice this</sub>

@easy modo

I've done one before.

Imaginary District: Youkai, Magic, and Youth, An Urban Fantasy RP

Ryuuko, Newcomer Dragon

A small person had come in! Why there were small people wandering around a police office, she had no clue, but maybe that was just a normal thing here. The description of police work made it sound like a job for Big People and not grumpy lambs... but this seemingly-lost boy obviously proved the contrary. He had also, rather unfortunately, made an inaccurate assumption.

"I didn't fall! I was there first and the planet ran into me." Ryuuko said, correcting any strange ideas he might have about a dragon falling down. Falling was for people whose reference point actually had the planet in a downwards direction; she had been hit from slightly above and to the left.

At least she was agreeing about the dragon part.

@ghastlyInc