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Onmyodo Monogatari (Japanese Heian-era fantasy)

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[x]: I bless the carriage to protect us, before i do anything else! This will probably take a few moments!
-[x] then run through the enemy and pick up jun-san before speeding away

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    • You make the Chiken-In mudra, your left hand pointing up, your right hand griping that index finger and pressing its thumb against the nail, and you recite the mantra of Dainichi Nyorai to bless the carraige.
    "On irotahi chanoga jiba tai sowaka!" you chant, recalling the meaning as you do - All hail the radiant divine all-illuminating light, bursting and streaming forth in all directions!

    You suddently sag, feeling, somehow, even more tired, as if your strength left you with the chant. You look to the face of wood and paper on the wall of the carriage.
    "Please!" you say. "Ram into that thing with all your might! I've blessed you to fight it, so please, help me!"

    The eyes of the face grow wide with fear, but then, hesitantly, it nods, and the entire carriage tilts. It rolls back slightly, and you hold Tomiko tight - she's slowly blinking awake, but you don't have time to explain.

    And then, the carriage rolls forward. Well, the wheels spin, but you've never seen a carriage go this fast, like if it was pulled by galloping horses instead of an ox, and it hits something, something which half falls through the front curtains, and Tomiko screams. The thing is hazy and indistinct, but furious, in roughtly a bird's shape, with eyes like burning coal. It's half-trapped beneath the cariage, but twists around, staring at you with undisguised hate. It's pushing against the carriage and will be free in moments.

    Further behind it, on the ground, bleeding, is Jun-dono, crying and praying for his life.
    You are very very exhausted, and could barely stand up if you wanted.

    What do you do?

    [ ]: I recite the holy sutras! Their sacred words themselves have their own power, which may turn away the demon. While unlikely to destroy or harm it, they are one of the most common ways of keeping demons away. Specifically, I chant the Lotus sutra, held by many to be the most holy sutra of all, containing the complete and necessary teachings of the buddha.

    [ ]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.

    [ ]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, but i also do the complex mundras, hand gestures, related to each syllable, as fast as i can speak them. The gestures are complex and difficult, and i am not certain i can do them that fast, but if i can, it will be much more effective.

    [ ]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.

    [ ]: I Chant the shortest version of the great compassion mantra, Ōmu Mani Padomē Fūmu, a mantra of blessing and, crucially, protection. I won't be able to chant it forever, but i may be able to keep the creature at bay for now. This is protective, where the other mantras are more aggressive.

    [ ]: I start kicking the creature as hard as i can! Even though It's a spirit, it's clearly physical enough to get trapped by the carriage?

    [ ]: Something else! Write in!
    Adhoc vote count started by Magnusth on Mar 24, 2019 at 9:58 PM, finished with 6 posts and 5 votes.
    • [x]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.
      [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
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    • [x]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.

    We seem pretty tired as is, if we make it complicated we're probably more like to flub it and I don't want to end up offending the divine warrior folk or something by accident.
     
    [x]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.
     
    [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.

    So this needs to end quickly. K here is tired, probably drained by his blessing the carriage, and there's no particular reason to believe anyone is rushing to his aid. He can't sustain a defensive effort for long, so he needs to drive away or banish this creature ASAP. It's not clear his own spiritual reserves are enough - such as they are. Thus better to gamble on the potentially most effective mantra, and more importantly, the one that invokes outside spiritual power more so than relying on his own spiritual power.

    Like I don't think that K being so weak he could barely stand is just a minor detail here.
     
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    [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.

    Yeah I don't trust us to have enough fuel for the rest. Outside help please
     
    The "difficult and more involved" wording is what makes me hesitate when we're already exhausted. I'm not really sure what happens when we're too low on spiritual energy but I also think it'd be bad to mess up a gesture & stand there waving around our hands uselessly while the spirit gets free and eats us. Who knows, we might even offend the spirit king guy and get another foe for our troubles. I just think it's better to hit him with something, anything that's a more or less sure shot; maybe that show of force can scare it away or give Jun time to get up and do something constructive. I do see where y'all are coming from, though.
     
    The problem is we don't have enough spiritual strength left, so fudo myo-o who won't rely on ours will have better chance to be casted in full strength, with downside of higher difficulty.

    The youkai is currently trapped, so K has some time to chant and imminent danger is one hell of motivation not to mess up.

    [x]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.

    Not sure how effective this is with low spiritual fuel.
    [X]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.
     
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    I'm not too sure expect of the buddist chant whereas we know the comparative difficulty of the shinto ones.
    Anyone able to help me out?
     
    Maybe it is about time to call that Tsuzura spirit thing before trying anything else?
     
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    I'm not too sure expect of the buddist chant whereas we know the comparative difficulty of the shinto ones.
    Anyone able to help me out?
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    I'm not sure which of these you think are shinto, but the answer is none of them. The Kuji-in is chinese, and Fudo Myo-o is the wrathful incarnation of Vaicarona, the unmanifested primal buddha from which the Gautama Buddha arose.
    Further, the 'shinto'-buddhism distinction is not one that Kogitsunemaru would make. While you understand buddhism has been transmitted from China, and that there are practicies that are native to japan and do not originate with buddhism, you also understand the great gods of japan, such as Amaterasu, empress of the heavens, to be also... a version of? an emmanation of? the various buddhas, though the fact has not been emphasized in your education, and you mostly concider them distinct.
    Adhoc vote count started by Magnusth on Mar 25, 2019 at 10:59 AM, finished with 12 posts and 7 votes.
    • [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
      [x]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.
      [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
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    Adhoc vote count started by Magnusth on Mar 25, 2019 at 4:25 PM, finished with 17 posts and 10 votes.
    • [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
      [x]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.
      [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
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    Chinese folk religion shares similarities with onmyoudo in that you got a structure of:
    -Animism foundation. For Japan this is the Shinto gods(some of which are reskinned chinese gods, some aborigine, some original). For China this is the Taoist gods.

    -Buddhist additions. This ranges from the concepts of spiritual enlightenment, ascetic discipline to wholesale imported Hindu gods translated into Buddhas translated into animist figures. The prayers used in rituals tend to draw heavily from Buddhist prayers(maybe because Sanskrit sounds badass?)

    -Taoist esoterica. This is the 'magic' side, of alchemy, astrology, numerology, of magic talismans and spiritual invocations(including divine channeling and whatnot).

    Put them all in a blender and set to Chunky to get Onmyoudo, where you summon Shinto deities using Taoist apparatus and Buddhist chants.
     
    [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
     
    [x]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
     
    [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
     
    [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
     
    Magnusth said:
    I'm not sure which of these you think are shinto, but the answer is none of them. The Kuji-in is chinese, and Fudo Myo-o is the wrathful incarnation of Vaicarona, the unmanifested primal buddha from which the Gautama Buddha arose.
    Further, the 'shinto'-buddhism distinction is not one that Kogitsunemaru would make. While you understand buddhism has been transmitted from China, and that there are practicies that are native to japan and do not originate with buddhism, you also understand the great gods of japan, such as Amaterasu, empress of the heavens, to be also... a version of? an emmanation of? the various buddhas, though the fact has not been emphasized in your education, and you mostly concider them distinct.
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    The things you learn, very cool.
    I was thinking about this one:
    [ ]: I recite the holy sutras! Their sacred words themselves have their own power, which may turn away the demon. While unlikely to destroy or harm it, they are one of the most common ways of keeping demons away. Specifically, I chant the Lotus sutra, held by many to be the most holy sutra of all, containing the complete and necessary teachings of the buddha.

    Since it explicity referred to the Buddha I felt it was a fair assumption it was related to Buddhism and I slotted all others into Shinto because I thought that our spiritual education implied that spells and such would fall into either category.
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    or tell you that while Buddhism is the best guide we have for morality and ethics, onmyoji cannot forget the native gods of the land, as they often are the cause of, or the remedy to, many of the supernatural problems that onmyoji must solve.
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    I don't understand where you're going in the second half of your post, I didn't realise China was involved in any of the other Sutras so that wasn't part of my thought process.
     
    [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
     
    Dark as Silver said:
    The things you learn, very cool.
    I was thinking about this one:
    [ ]: I recite the holy sutras! Their sacred words themselves have their own power, which may turn away the demon. While unlikely to destroy or harm it, they are one of the most common ways of keeping demons away. Specifically, I chant the Lotus sutra, held by many to be the most holy sutra of all, containing the complete and necessary teachings of the buddha.

    Since it explicity referred to the Buddha I felt it was a fair assumption it was related to Buddhism and I slotted all others into Shinto because I thought that our spiritual education implied that spells and such would fall into either category.

    I don't understand where you're going in the second half of your post, I didn't realise China was involved in any of the other Sutras so that wasn't part of my thought process.
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    It seems i've caused slightly more confusion than i've intended! i usually talk from the perspective of Kogitsunemaru, what he knows and has been taught, but let me break with that for a moment.
    First things first, no, you don't think magic things are inherently non-buddhist. In fact, most of your knowledge is in the form of buddhist mantras for various things, and even rituals that aren't strictly buddhist may call upon the buddha or buddhist concepts. Your father was merely saying that onmyoji have to pay attention to non-buddhist things as well because that's often where the trouble starts, or the where you find the friends you need to fix the trouble.

    Second, while only few Sutras were written in china, buddhism was transmitted from china to Japan my missionaries from China and emessaries to china from japan, which needed chinese technology and religion for various reasons.
    But my point wasn't about china or buddhism: it was about 'shinto,' which doesn't exist. There are native gods, but they aren't concidered a seperate religion or thing from buddhism, but reinterpreted in a buddhist light where nessecary, and where no you just worship the buddhas and the gods however you need. there is no organized 'shinto' and no real conception of some native japanese religion, though there is the knowledge that buddhism is foreign.
     
    Magnusth said:
    It seems i've caused slightly more confusion than i've intended! i usually talk from the perspective of Kogitsunemaru, what he knows and has been taught, but let me break with that for a moment.
    First things first, no, you don't think magic things are inherently non-buddhist. In fact, most of your knowledge is in the form of buddhist mantras for various things, and even rituals that aren't strictly buddhist may call upon the buddha or buddhist concepts. Your father was merely saying that onmyoji have to pay attention to non-buddhist things as well because that's often where the trouble starts, or the where you find the friends you need to fix the trouble.

    Second, while only few Sutras were written in china, buddhism was transmitted from china to Japan my missionaries from China and emessaries to china from japan, which needed chinese technology and religion for various reasons.
    But my point wasn't about china or buddhism: it was about 'shinto,' which doesn't exist. There are native gods, but they aren't concidered a seperate religion or thing from buddhism, but reinterpreted in a buddhist light where nessecary, and where no you just worship the buddhas and the gods however you need. there is no organized 'shinto' and no real conception of some native japanese religion, though there is the knowledge that buddhism is foreign.
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    Yes however I don't know everything that Kogitsunemaru knows, therefore I talk from the perspective of Dark As Silver. While I'm not fully unaware of the intricacies of Shinto the various native beliefs and gods, there are large gaps in my knowledge, its extremely unwieldy to talk like that and I think there is some value in grouping them to better distinguish local beliefs from Buddhist ones, so when I say Shinto I mean anything belief/religion/superstition that is native to japan rather than imported and I hope you can bear with this construct.
    I am still not sure why China matters to this discussion, I think we might have reached the point where we're talking past each other again.
     
    Dark as Silver said:
    Yes however I don't know everything that Kogitsunemaru knows, therefore I talk from the perspective of Dark As Silver. While I'm not fully unaware of the intricacies of Shinto the various native beliefs and gods, there are large gaps in my knowledge, its extremely unwieldy to talk like that and I think there is some value in grouping them to better distinguish local beliefs from Buddhist ones, so when I say Shinto I mean anything belief/religion/superstition that is native to japan rather than imported and I hope you can bear with this construct.
    I am still not sure why China matters to this discussion, I think we might have reached the point where we're talking past each other again.
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    Onmyodo is hugely influenced by Chinese mystical practices so that's why china matters most of the practices we are using are a Japanese version of Chinese stuff kinda like Tex mex but for magic and Chinese and Japanese shamanistic practices influenced each other sometimes sorta the gods we call on may be local gods and the monsters we fight may be local monsters but the practices are very much descended from Chinese traditions with a tiny splash of Japanese shamanism. Plus in this time period if I remember correctly Chinese language and stuff is popular and a sign of status in Japanese high society.
     
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    • You quickly form the Fudō Myō-ō Mudra, thumb and middle finger on each hand interlinking, index fingers pointing up and meeting, and hold it out in front of you. The demon-spirit-thing has nearly wrest itself free. You take a deep breath to steady yourself, recall what you have been taught about the mantra, it's meaning, it's history, it infinite truth.
    "No-maku Samanda Bazara" - The creature pushes up from the ground, steading itself, wounded by the crash with the carraige - "Senda Makaroshada Sowataya" It stares at you with evil eyes, then lunges for you! - "Tarata Kanman!" The meaning of the mantra fills you as you speak it - Homage to the all-pervading Vajras! O Violent One of great wrath! Destroy!

    You finish the mantra as the demon's claw is inches from your skin, and for a moment, the world changes. You see the demon clearly, a hideous bird-like thing with bloodsoaked feathers and the stink of death; you feel immense power, clarity, and purpose, touching something with your mind, something greater than you.

    And with a sound like the crack of thunder, the demon is thrown back, blood-red fire covering its body; it screams in pain and fury and hatred, flailing. You fall backwards from the shock, and the shift in weight tilts the carriage, which careens backwards, and you see the face on the inside of the wall straining with effort to keep it under control. Finally, the carriage stops, and, weakly, you crawl over to the curtain, to see out - the demon is burning and screaming still, fleeing wildly into the evening, and people are finally coming out of their houses and alleyways.

    What do you do?
    [ ]: I collapse. I'm done. The demon is away. The adults can take over.
    [ ]: I turn to the face, and ask it, please, to take us to the palace, where i can fetch help for Jun-dono!
    [ ]: I turn to the face and ask it, please, to take us to the Abe residence, where i can fetch help for Jun-dono, hopefully from my father, or another onmyoji.
    [ ]: I turn to the face and ask it, please, to take us to the onmyodo dorms, to ask the onmyodo there for help. My father might be there, or others of my family.
    [ ]: I crawl out of the carriage and towards Jun-dono, to see if there's anything i can do to help, assuming i don't collapse on the way.
    [ ]: I shout at the people coming out of their houses, tell them to get help! Hurry! People are hurt! And then i collapse.
    [ ]: Omu… Omu Mani Pa - Padome Fumu! I chant the great compassion mantra one last time at Jun-Dono. Perhaps it will help him until propper help arrives?
    [ ]: Something else. Write in.
    Adhoc vote count started by Magnusth on Mar 26, 2019 at 1:05 PM, finished with 218 posts and 31 votes.
    • [X]: I shout at the people coming out of their houses, tell them to get help! Hurry! People are hurt! And then i collapse.
      [X]: I crawl out of the carriage and towards Jun-dono, to see if there's anything i can do to help, assuming i don't collapse on the way.
      -[x] then run through the enemy and pick up jun-san before speeding away
      [x]: I bless the carriage to protect us, before i do anything else! This will probably take a few moments!
      [X]: Calligraphy and writing. Writing beautifully is very important in heian society, and it is believed that a person's character and soul can be seen in their skill at calligraphy. A letter written in beautiful characters will always matter more than a letter that is merely functional; and a poem, ugly written, will be considered far beneath a lesser poem, beautifully written.
      [X]: Poetry and art. While not a major focus of your studies, every young man of good birth is required to learn how to compose beautiful poems, which form the basis of nearly every form of formal social interaction, from courtship to seeking allies to simply connecting with friends.
      [X]: The rituals of summoning and communing with spirits and ghosts. These allow a practitioner to speak with hidden or trapped spirits, and summon forth gods and spirits to help with a particular task, and even bind them as shikigami, a role somewhere between patron spirit and familiar. While communing with spirits is a necessary part of nearly every Onmyoji's life and work, the summoning of spirits is a tightly controlled practice, and misuse of it in the form of necromancy or other improper acts can result in severe censure from the Onmyoryo, the bureau of divination.
      [X]: Find my mother if i can, or, more likely, one of her court ladies, and ask her for advice. She is after all the most prominent poet of the era and surrounds herself with poets.
      [X]: I recite the mantra to Fudō Myō-ō, a powerful wisdom king, a god who destroys all evil and banishes all demons and evil spirits. This is more difficult and more involved than the kuji-in, but may be more effective, and rely less on my own spiritual strength.
      [x]: I recite the chant my father told me, to awaken the small gods of various things, to talk to the carriage itself. Perhaps it knows what is going on? Or can help us?
      [X]: The preparation and blessing of ofuda and omamori, small paper talismans used for blessing, protection, good luck, sealing away and a number of other uses. Onmyoji may also use them as part of rituals of banishment, exorcism and other spells. This involves very carefully, and beautifully, writing the correct prayers and mantras on paper or silk talismans, and blessing them with rituals and the invocation of the right divine spirits and patrons. That said. The training itself consists mostly of writing the same prayers and mantras over and over and over again, focusing on their meaning, as well as studying the rituals of their blessing and empowerment.
      [x]: No! I don't give my talisman to Tomiko. I'm scared, this is dangerous, and i'm not very good at mantras! If i have to go do something, it'd be more dangerous without the talisman!
      [X]: I collapse. I'm done. The demon is away. The adults can take over.
      [x]: I perform the kuji-in mantra, the nine symbolic cuts, a mantra consisting of nine syllables, one of the most basic, but also most widely-used mantras, for dispelling evil and banishing evil, directly invoking divine warriors to banish evil. You've often seen your father recite this mantra to banish evil.
      [X]: I ask the carriage to run over the creature! Who knows if it can be hurt by something like that?
      [x]: Yes! I give my talisman to Tomiko. I'm trained for strange things, after all, and know mantras to protect myself if there is something bad happening!
      [x]: I call out to Tsuzura. If she really is a spirit, perhaps she can hear me and help me?
      [x]: I gently push Tomiko aside, then push the blinds aside to look outside, see what is happening.
      [X]: I stay up all night! Or at least until she asks me to return or we fall asleep! We'll definately get in trouble, of course, but we probably will anyway already, and why not enjoy this for as long as we can?
      [X]: Half an hour, perhaps. We compose poems, laugh, talk, eat the moshi, and just enjoy the air as it slowly cools.
      [X] Hand her the return poem with a flourish and enjoy the sunset with her while it lasts.
      [x]: I decline. I don't think my mother is going to help me find out, so i return home to see if i can ask the hearth god for help. He must know, after all, he was there when it was delivered - he is always there.
      [X]: I go to the shrine of Tenjin, a former disgraced nobleman now venerated as the god of knowledge. He was a patron of the arts in life and a great poet - perhaps prayers to him will help me know what to do?
      [X]: Meditation and breathing exercises aimed at honing and expanding your mind, and making you more aware of supernatural energies and spirits. The exercises als focus on calming you down, and sorting through your emotions and thoughts to clear your mind and focus your will. While not all onmyoji deal with demons directly, your father emphasizes that if you plan on doing so, you will need a strong will and the ability to keep your mind clear from the lies of evil, deceitful spirits.
      [x]: Divination by way of the stars, that is, astronomy and astrology. By observing the stars, using astronomical tools like a bronze armillary sphere, and referring to books on astronomy, I learned to predict the future for people, places, families, and the world in general. This is an exceedingly technical skill, moreso than a purely mystical one, but is nevertheless of the more commonly used skills among onmyoji, as divination of every kind is in high demand at the Heian courts.
      [X]: Omu… Omu Mani Pa - Padome Fumu! I chant the great compassion mantra one last time at Jun-Dono. Perhaps it will help him until proper help arrives?
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    Adhoc vote count started by Magnusth on Mar 26, 2019 at 1:06 PM, finished with 13 posts and 11 votes.
    • [X]: I shout at the people coming out of their houses, tell them to get help! Hurry! People are hurt! And then i collapse.
      [X]: I crawl out of the carriage and towards Jun-dono, to see if there's anything i can do to help, assuming i don't collapse on the way.
      [X]: I collapse. I'm done. The demon is away. The adults can take over.
      [X]: Omu… Omu Mani Pa - Padome Fumu! I chant the great compassion mantra one last time at Jun-Dono. Perhaps it will help him until proper help arrives?
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    Adhoc vote count started by Magnusth on Mar 26, 2019 at 3:27 PM, finished with 13 posts and 11 votes.
    • [X]: I shout at the people coming out of their houses, tell them to get help! Hurry! People are hurt! And then i collapse.
      [X]: I crawl out of the carriage and towards Jun-dono, to see if there's anything i can do to help, assuming i don't collapse on the way.
      [X]: I collapse. I'm done. The demon is away. The adults can take over.
      [X]: Omu… Omu Mani Pa - Padome Fumu! I chant the great compassion mantra one last time at Jun-Dono. Perhaps it will help him until proper help arrives?
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