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Stage 1, Seventh Spell: The Night So Long ~ The Dream Cut Short

  Definitely_not_a_human

  It was way past bedtime, and I should've been sleeping, yet my mind was filled with thoughts unusual. Aside from the usual making up interaction between two incompatible power system from two entirely different stories I read online and not as usual urge to swap around words in my mind for poetic purpose, there was also the never before felt desire to experience that softness on my lips again and the extremely rare but had happened before don't ask impulse to bury my face in my golden fat cat plushie.

  Speaking of golden furred animals, the yellow fox with the goofy amulet-ridden two tailed hat that frequented my shrine showed up a little ter than usual that day, bringing along another yellow fox with a hat with red tie which looked suspiciously like Maria's (which I found out was called a mobcap). Then Amulet fussed over sitting me while Mobcap sat and stared at us with a very amused expression on her face. At this point I felt like my Mutsumi (六海) Shrine was more blessed by Inari-kami than the Mutsumi (睦) Inari Shrine over at Saitama, Even though my Shrine worships a legendary figure instead, Mutsumi Murasaki. And yes, it was pronounced Murasaki, not Sai or Yukari. I'm not sure why one would go by the name "Violet", but okay.

  Something hard suddenly fell onto my face as I thought that. In a mild amount of pain, I sat up and pulled the cord to turn on the light to see what it was, and it turned out to be the miniature model of a 301 series train. I was in complete confusion as I didn't own any modeled trains, or rather, any kind of model at all. Before I could pick it up for further inspections, it literally disappeared in a blink, no metaphor whatsoever.

  Still very much confused, I turned off the light and lied down again, still not sleepy. As soon as my head hit the pillow, the light clicked on again, and I saw my Migaibu taped on the ceiling, opened to a page about the rules of being a Miko of this shrine, evident by the overly cute stylized purple kanji "discipline" (規律). Then the tape peeled off and the damn book fell, too, on my innocent face. Ouch. I lifted the book and sit up to a more reading-appropriate position, then looked for any changes to the content. Each page contained a single rule along with illustrations, mostly of Amulet and a brown cat with bck ears and tail I haven't met before, with a few photorealistic eyes with a mobcap on top. Thinking about it, wasn't Mobcap wearing the same hat today? Eventually, I found a new rule hiding among the old ones:

  "13. Do not question why Mutsumi-sama is named after a color." Along with it a realistic eye wearing a cartoonish mobcap gring daggers at me.

  Just as I finished reading, the light clicked off again, plunging the room into darkness and searing the afterimage of the new sentence into my retinas. I just sat in the darkness, stunned silent, and was startled by a fox's cries that sounded suspiciously like ughter.

  Somehow, in the state of shock I was, I managed to lie down and properly tuck myself in, and my mind returned to fluffy golden silk and juicy red cherries.

  I should've known that when I stayed up as long as I was day night-dreaming about Maria, I wouldn't be able to wake up on time to do my usual shrine duties. The reverberatingly loud honking of a train and another 301 model woke me up, alright. Things had been way more btantly supernatural at the Shrine after the incident in the locker room, but the train thing was new.

  I was quite frankly panicked out of my mind when I saw that it was only a quarter to six, since that meant only fifteen minutes to sweep the entirety of the, luckily, medium sized Shrine before something bad would happen. It had happened once before, me not completing my Miko duties, that is. I shall never mention that ever again.

  Fortunately, I barely finished sweeping with only 4 seconds to spare, my heart beating so hard I thought an elephant was parading right outside the Shrine, and a sudden realization that I was to meet with Maria and Sumi at the tter's house at 8 to discuss our Capabilities. It was still two hours away, so I was not too pressed to prepare. Thus, I decided to check the rules over again to see if anything else had changed.

  The Miko must brew and enjoy a cup of green tea after doing any official Shrine business.Every time the Miko brews a cup of green tea, she is required to make another for Mutsumi-sama.All clothes worn on official Shrine business should be bck, white, or violet.Official Shrine businesses can be any of the following:- Curbing ghost/phantom/spirit outbreak- Preaching- Sweeping the Shrine- Dealing with fake Supernaturals contesting for Faith- Dealing with other Supernaturals on behalf of Mutsumi-sama* Please note that Mutsumi-sama's Supernaturally Patented Purification "Rod" is avaible for use if all attempts at civility have failed up until the target has been dealt with.The Shrine should be swept clean before 6am.The Miko must make at least 10 ofuda every day.Approved ofuda designs include but are not limited to:- ink on paper- ink on tree bark- carved wooden sheet- engraved metal sheet- knitted wool- embroidery- MS Paint project- oil painting- leaf- origami- repurposed counterfeit moneyGuiding guests is not required, but encouraged.The donation box can be checked at the following time:- 6am-7am- 7pm-8pmThe Miko is entitled to 50% of the money in the donation box every time she checks.The Miko should not feed the brown cat with bck ears and tail unless given direct permission by the accompanying yellow fox.The fridge should not be entirely full at any time.Do not question why Mutsumi-sama is named after a color.The Shrine is protected at all time from all hostile forces, both Mundane and Supernatural.Supernatural activities where Mundane hostile forces might be able to detect is prohibited. For safety, do not perform any Supernatural actions without making sure the other party was part of the Supernatural, or have not, is not and will not have any ill will toward the Supernatural in general.The Shrine barrier will be up by 9pm.The Miko is encouraged to try and break into the Shrine if she is back after the barrier is up.Education about sealing and barrier making is provided and should be completed by the second year of being a Miko.The Miko must take care of her cleanliness everyday.Electric and water bills are... taken care of... by Mutsumi-sama.Clothing and other items can be dyed violet for free if the Miko whishes so.The Shrine's computer is free to use.How to use Mutsumi-sama's Supernaturally Patented Purification "Rod":- To summon sing the first verse of Their Sole Fear.- To unsummon say "yukkuri shiteitte ne~".- The "Rod" is unbreakable with unlimited stored power, so go wild if you get the chance to. It will amuse Mutsumi-sama.- Regur training is required to use the "Rod", and so a training ground will be provided.Further rules might be added as time goes on.It seemed normal enough, other than the fact that the old rules 13 though 23 had somehow shifted one singur page over, illustration and all.

  Seriously, I really hope the Shrine's defenses were as strong as promoted. Too many openly supernatural things happening might cause the politicians to worry, then they might send the JSDF after us or something. Who knows, maybe there was a secret division specialized in dealing with Supernatural stuffs. But then wouldn't the Shrine be on their side? Huh. I've never asked specifically who the Migaibu might consider "hostile forces"...

  I think I'm spending the next hour on Purification "Rod" wielding.

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  Spoiler It's double encoded with text to hex then again with text to bin.

  [colpse][colpse][colpse]I'm not a robot.Spoiler Diversion!

  [colpse][colpse][colpse][colpse]On second thought... Alrighty.

  [colpse][colpse]Not really... Alrighty.

  [colpse]Maybe. *insert image of Reimu fumo lying on the beach with the word "DEATH" above her in white text*

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