Yoshima and Shou (possibly resuming Shou's diary or maybe translating It onto letters to people like xiang)
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OKOK SO BASICALLY!! There's still a bit that I have to figure out, but I've got the main idea ready. (Also I made a mistake on the original post and It Is 'Yushima' instead of Yoshima<\3)
🕯️Yushima and Shou🕯️-
Let It be known though, that the Yushima I'm talking about Is not the current one (more on that later) but the 300 years prior one.
Yushima was a small town, situated on the seaside with a population density of a little bit over 2000 people. It's territory confined with Ryhmni and Nadaka's forest, which had been regarded as the most haunted for centuries.
While the territory itself was pretty vast, it's inhabitants mostly lived nearby water courses, as their economy and trade relied on everything It had to offer.
Anyways, the most important figure coincided with the one of the Priest.
The Priest had two figures working alongside them; they both were religious functionaries, but they also managed finances in case of the priest's sickness or inability to command. Usually,they were chosen by the importance of their family, however they had to sustain an exam in which they both had to prove loyalty to the priest and their people.
The exam took place in the summer months, and only when the first autumn leaf fell they could return back and get their verdict. If the verdict was negative however, the family of said person couldn't participate until their next heir (if they had any) reached 18 years.
If the next heir was already older, then they had to have another one; same would go for a pair of twins.
Both female and male heirs could participate,although the gerarchy was matriarchal.
For the Priest however It was quite different. They weren't chosen per se, so they were born directly in royalty.
Marriages were mostly out of conviniance, but It was preferred to marry along Yushima's borders to preserve the lineage. If a male heir was born, they were either next in line to becoming one of the two functionaries or becoming a war commander.
However, Yushima's army was never that big either. They relied on exterior protection through deals and marriages, however their fleet was slightly better, with it's commanders being chosen by the Priest herself.
The daughter had the obbligation to continue the family's tradition; she not only had to also reach 20 years of age, but had to sustain a ritual.
I will talk about Shou later but keep the ritual in mind because It Is important.
In said ritual, the priest gave her daughter a small bowl. In said bowl there was an herb mix with a few aromas; after the mixing was done, the fluid was blessed through a sentence the priest said. If everything went well, the daughter would drink It whole in two sips, no matter their personal preferences. The two religious functionaries would also assist in case of need.
Before that, I'll also add that before the daughter reached 20 years she was not allowed to leave her residence. It was thought that way so It would preserve the girl's image, and make her not have external preferences. She was forbidden to make contacts even with her people, or have friendships outside of the court's.
I'll give a few images of how Yushima used to look like, but I'll also link the Pinterest board for all places in this world (which, to fill y'all in will be called 'Aiwia'. If It will be changed I'll inform you all)
NOW ONTO SHOU THE PART THATS THE BELOVED'S!!!
Now, I've mentioned how Shou's mother had Shou unintentionally, after being tempted by a disguised demon during her stay to Rymnhi. She wasn't promised in marriage yet, as she wasn't 30, the age designed for conception. Since Yushima was in a relatively calm period of time, she wouldn't end up marrying, presumably out of fear her potential husband. As to how she made Shou her rightful heir without an husband; when she returned to Yushima, she claimed that a light came upon her, and guided her towards a lost child in Nadaka's woods.
She proceeded to reclaim the child as her own, as though a gift from the gods, to cherish and protect as her own. As we know though, that's not what happened at all. Behind closed doors, only the functionaries and a few members of the palace actually knew about Shou's nature, with however only the functionaries knowing the true story.
Shou's mother resented him, claiming that everytime he would look at him she would be reminded of his father, and even if she did try to raise him, she took It to the extreme especially when It came to his increase on non-human aspects.
Now, to reiterate a lil thing, Shou transitioned only after ,, doing some stuff, so up until that point he was regarded as a woman, and that meant doing the ritual when he reached 20 years. (Which coincidentally, Is the age in which he stopped to grow physically).
When the time came, and It was time for him to drink the bowl, all adorned and cleaned, he could not physically drink more than a sip, since he felt that fluid burning as though It was lava.
The reason as to why Is simple; it's because It was blessed, and even if his exterior body wouldn't mind that, his interior sure did. That meant he would never become a Priest, and this angered to no ends his mother.
Well, the rest Is history.
After Shou's wrath and disappereance, Yushima was left abbandoned for over two centuries, it's inhabitants fleeing after the accidental destruction. What remained was just two reliquies, a few smaller houses and the fundamentals of the palace.
A century later, a small book was found during an excurcion, that book being Shou's diary. As of now, the book is stored far away, in archives only few can access to.
However,only a few years before current events would some people, descendans of people who used to live there to try to adjust the town. Still, most of It remains to be old ruins.
📖The letters and diary📕-
I SWEAR I'll be more short on this section, but also because I haven't gotten much yet.
Shou's diary was a thing I've planned for a long time, but kind of forgot about It until some months ago. I plan for It to talk about Shou's entries up until the day before the ritual, for It to also tangle his desires and such.
I don't know when I'll put myself to actually write It, but It will come eventually. The same goes for the letters.
All of his letters are written after he leaves Yushima. He started to have contact with other local communities, often writing to them and expressing gratitudine for helping him.
He will also adress them to Xiang Qing as well, although only two will be written.
For a period of time, he changed his location not that far away from Xiang's residence, therefore asking for basic needs in exchange of work and knowledge.
However,,, things between the two didn't end on good terms, as Xiang went as far as to blackmail him when he realised who Shou was and Shou had moved back to where he came from. (Keep in mind this happends merely 10 years prior to current events so yeah pretty recent)
Also fun fact; Shou currently resides in the southern east part of Nadaka forest, whereas Yushima was located in the westerner part.
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Petunia - when was the last time that your oc cried?
For the death beloved for research purposes 👁️
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Now onto the question; Death normally doesn't express strong emotions, especially in the more modern era.
There Is however one time in which they cried: that being with the loss of the first human. As I've mentioned, at the start they didn't have their own conciousness, as they matured as evolution did it's thing.
They were mindless, usually just mirroring the living being's shadow, and during their thing everywhere. That Is, until the first one came to exist.
Unlike all other times, death felt something, that something being intrigue, or maybe curiousness. Whatever that might be; they revolved most of their attention to purely observing them, and, of course, mirroring their shadow.
Only as It got along had they gotten their own conciousness. Plus, unlike the others, they physically manifested, even interacting with them. To this day, they can't explain what was about them so different from modern humans, but their connection just hit.
From then they'd learnt a lot about emotions as well, all except for one. When the time came to collect it's first human, Death refused to. In fact, if It weren't for the human's pleads, they probably would've kept them alive.
However, only with their demise had they realised how things have to get to an end, even if they had to lose someone so close to them. That's why they're so impartial about all things, that's why they're strict on controlling that everything goes accordingly.
And that's also why they cried only once. That was the last emotion they'd ever learnt, and one they'd keep only for that human. Only for them, to cherish their memory. And nothing else.
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