Floor 4, Room 2

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YAMATO

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A worst nightmare...

[ Sheesh, man. That ghost was really not messing around. ]

Do you want to talk about it?

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That's why it's a small blessin' you weren't awake for it.

...Not in the kitchen. [ He still has to decide what he wants to tell exactly too. ]

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No problem. My room, then.

[ He offers a small smile to Day, though it doesn't quite meet his eyes. They are both tired. ]

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[ They're both so tired. Can they go back to having more than one day between incidents?

It'll probably take them a bit before they're both ready to head back up, but once they do Day will wait for the two of them to settle down. He...thinks, he has an idea what to say. ]

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[ He'll settle down next to Day, give him time to eat and digest what he wants to say if he needs to. After a bit, though, he'll lightly nudge his arm. ]

Take your time, alright? This stuff is hard to talk about.

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Heh, I know. [ This, in particular, isn't easy for Day to talk about with most people. In fact, Yamato is the first mortal he's about to tell this to, which is...honestly kind of terrifying. How is he even supposed to broach this? ]

...What if I told you I work for Heaven?

[ Nailed it. ]

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[ For what it's worth, he doesn't get any sort of judgmental expression.

Just one that's very confused. ]

...What?

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Maybe I shouldn't have opened with that. I mean, I'm guessin' the idea of Heaven exists where you're from? Even if it ain't the same as the one I know. I work for that.

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Yeah, of course it does. It's the afterlife, right? ... Are you dead?

[ HELLO? YAMATO? ]

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Wait, why're you so quick to assume I might be dead? [ HELLO? ] Heaven's just where all the celestial gods stay most of the time.

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Isn't that the afterlife...?

[ OR, AT LEAST, IT IS FOR HIM? ]

Sorry, that's just the first thing I thought of. ... Are you a god, then?

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Nah. I count gods among my coworkers, but I'm just a mortal.

[ A beat. ]

Okay, a mortal with a bunch of extras tacked on. But still just a mortal workin' for Heaven.

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Huh. That's...interesting. Completely unheard of, where I'm from.

[ Or, well, he knows there are people out there who probably think they're from heaven or something, but. Day's situation is definitely different! ]

So, what do you do for them?

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[ How many places have a bureaucratic Heaven, anyway. ]

I work for the Bureau of Destiny. Division of Serenity, specifically. We handle destinies involvin' things that bring joy, like relationships and culture.

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Huh. It's a little bit like what I do, then, in terms of the primary goal being providing people with happiness.

[ Actually, though. ]

Is that where the "joyous" in your name comes from?

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Got it. Though people here have made some pretty interestin' assumptions 'bout a name I just picked 'cause I like how it sounds.

[ ...Implying that this is not his actual name, but, you know. ]

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It's a name you picked? Well, it's a nice one.

[ He doesn't seem perturbed by this, probably because he knows at least one or two others who've done the same, here. ]

It matches you.

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[ He pauses for a bit, because it's not as if he's about to disagree with Yamato here, it's just...

...It's just a nice thing to hear when the past few weeks have had some reminders that he hasn't exactly had a most joyous life. ]

...Thanks.

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[ That seems to mean something to Day, judging by that pause. Did he say something good? He hopes so. Day's been nothing but kind to him, after all. ]

Of course. When'd you pick that name?

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Two years ago, when I got assigned to my current mission.

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What's your current mission like?

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Monitorin' a person of interest.

[ ...Does confidentiality really matter here when he's already told so many other things that he shouldn't and wouldn't have back home... ]

I can't exactly give all the details, but basically, someone got the blessings of five minor gods, which ain't supposed to happen. And the...how to say, petition to bless a mortal was filed under a different god's name, so some nonsense must have happened. That god has purviews under my division's jurisdiction, so it's our problem now.

So while we're conducting the investigation, I'm monitorin' that mortal to keep tabs on her condition and try to steer her away from messin' up destiny too much, 'cause it usually don't survive contact with Exalts very well.

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...Wow. Uh...so that's how you got employed by them?

[ This is...hm. This is very interesting! It's not weird, just -- wow. What an honor, to work for the gods. Couldn't be him, ever... ]

So you're trying to keep things as they should be? Is that why you're keeping her from messing up "destiny"?

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Oh, uh. How I got the job's a different story. [ And Yamato would probably hate it, now that Day thinks about it. ] This sorta mission ain't typical of what we normally do, we're just in a weird situation 'cause this involves Heaven's laws.

And, yeah, that's one part of the job. Or if I can't keep her from makin' contact with somethin' involved with destiny, try to make sure it doesn't muck things up too bad. The other reason is 'cause...well, think of it this way, normally a person don't get a chance to be granted power by more than one god, if it ever happens to 'em, and that's already a lot? So a person who's got five different gods' blessings is like a powder keg, even if they're all minor gods. I'm supposed to keep tabs on her condition too.

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Oh.

[ This is...so much. He's following, though, and he tilts his head. ]

Five blessings? She must be pretty special. What kind of condition is that?