I only need to handle them if they're endangering lives and all. It isn't too often.
[ There are assassins, but eh. He can't take them all out. In the end, Gojou doesn't see it as dirty since he would like to protect people when he can. Agreed on too many rules and traditions, though. ]
It looks that way, right? But regular humans can't see them, so they don't worry.
[ There are small curses around, some even hitching rides on people's shoulders, but they don't notice. ]
[Its still dirty work, even if it isn't all that often.]
It was like that in my time, too, but even if they couldn't see them, the people were more or less aware they existed. After all, onmyouji were called to take care of such things in villages and the like who needed the help.
[Douman reaches out to a person passing by, as if wanting to pluck the curse off their shoulders.]
Now, it seems people are truly blind to history as well.
People believed in that stuff back then. They don't now.
[ Unfortunately, this is merely a simulation, so all the images pass through like mere apparitions. ]
For their safety, it's better that they don't know. Pretty sure the shock and fear will just double the number of curses, so that'd be more hours for me to clock in.
[The land feels devoid of magic, in that sense. People living their lives, unknowing of a whole world alongside them.]
[But in a way, it makes them all the more vulnerable. And isn't that, in the end, a sort of blessing? Or rather, a curse, in the form of a blessing...]
You make it sound like you work on your own. You don't have others alongside you in your duties?
[ Gojou doesn't want to imagine what it's like being defenseless—well, he supposes he doesn't need to when he's here. He's just... Normal and that's been something to think about. ]
When I was young, I would go on missions with my classmates, but we're kind of short-staffed. Usually, it's a sorcerer per mission unless there's a crisis.
[ pikagasp. Gojou isn't unfamiliar with this scenery, but it does feel different. The sky looks different. ]
It's nice!
[ Something about it makes him feel like he should behave? But he knows this is a simulation, so he goes to explore. If he gets lost, well. His own fault. ]
[Since that link suddenly doesn't work, here is a similar one in the same vein, but anyways, ah...there Gojou goes.]
[Douman, like the grandpa they are, just clicks their tongue lightly.]
There's not much, here. [And Gojou should see that unlike his simulation, while there are people - servants, officials, nobles, onmyouji - they are hazy, like smoke. There's no clear faces, just moving figures, like ghosts.] But I remember this was one of the buildings of the Bureau of Onmyo.
[ weird cause i was able to click on it before. Anyway! Wow, they really seem like a family picture, though Gojou is an adult pretending to be a child.
[ Well, Gojou isn't going to question it? Though it does come off weird... However, he isn't aware of what state Douman is in. He isn't sure how this place pulled in historical figures, so.
Eh. ]
I think it's cool, either way. This bureau doesn't exist like this in my time anymore.
[ ... ]
Yeah, the headquarters of Jujutsu sorcery is louder than here.
[A little bit of an unexpected question, but Douman turns on their heel, expecting Gojou to follow.]
I didn't have an official office, you see. I was not one who was inducted into the Bureau such as the others, but...mm, they did use my services from time to time. When I was here, I would work in a room such as this one.
[It's just a nice neat little room! Sometimes you're just a freelancer magician.]
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that was a crime in my past
[ There are assassins, but eh. He can't take them all out. In the end, Gojou doesn't see it as dirty since he would like to protect people when he can. Agreed on too many rules and traditions, though. ]
It looks that way, right? But regular humans can't see them, so they don't worry.
[ There are small curses around, some even hitching rides on people's shoulders, but they don't notice. ]
terrible past crimes...
[Its still dirty work, even if it isn't all that often.]
It was like that in my time, too, but even if they couldn't see them, the people were more or less aware they existed. After all, onmyouji were called to take care of such things in villages and the like who needed the help.
[Douman reaches out to a person passing by, as if wanting to pluck the curse off their shoulders.]
Now, it seems people are truly blind to history as well.
pls... i've reformed
[ Unfortunately, this is merely a simulation, so all the images pass through like mere apparitions. ]
For their safety, it's better that they don't know. Pretty sure the shock and fear will just double the number of curses, so that'd be more hours for me to clock in.
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[The land feels devoid of magic, in that sense. People living their lives, unknowing of a whole world alongside them.]
[But in a way, it makes them all the more vulnerable. And isn't that, in the end, a sort of blessing? Or rather, a curse, in the form of a blessing...]
You make it sound like you work on your own. You don't have others alongside you in your duties?
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When I was young, I would go on missions with my classmates, but we're kind of short-staffed. Usually, it's a sorcerer per mission unless there's a crisis.
[ He pats Douman's shoulder! ]
Will you be showing me the land of magic?
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[Though the landscape does change around them to what seems to be a pleasant landscape near the water.]
Modern people these days are all about hustle and bustle, it seems.
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It's nice!
[ Something about it makes him feel like he should behave? But he knows this is a simulation, so he goes to explore. If he gets lost, well. His own fault. ]
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[Douman, like the grandpa they are, just clicks their tongue lightly.]
There's not much, here. [And Gojou should see that unlike his simulation, while there are people - servants, officials, nobles, onmyouji - they are hazy, like smoke. There's no clear faces, just moving figures, like ghosts.] But I remember this was one of the buildings of the Bureau of Onmyo.
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Bureau of Onmyo!!!!! He perks up. ]
Woah... Are they spirits? Or.
[ IS THIS SYMBOLIC? ]
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[Ill-defined, obscure - but why? Douman seems comfortable, even walking through some of the smoke-like figures like it means nothing.]
Still...it feels familiar.
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Eh. ]
I think it's cool, either way. This bureau doesn't exist like this in my time anymore.
[ ... ]
Yeah, the headquarters of Jujutsu sorcery is louder than here.
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[They laugh lightly.]
Well, there seems to be a lot more people in your time, for sure! Not surprising.
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[ Hmmm. ]
Do you have an office?
[ Can he see that. ]
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[A little bit of an unexpected question, but Douman turns on their heel, expecting Gojou to follow.]
I didn't have an official office, you see. I was not one who was inducted into the Bureau such as the others, but...mm, they did use my services from time to time. When I was here, I would work in a room such as this one.
[It's just a nice neat little room! Sometimes you're just a freelancer magician.]
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Very stylish. It fits you.
[ Don't mind if he sits seiza over here like he's a client. Let him use his serious voice: ]
Ashiya Douman. Douma Hoshi... I am here to contract you.
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[And then....Douman lifts up their sleeve, covering a very audible SNNNNRK behind it.]
Ahaha, yes, yes! A client has come, a client has come! Here is Douman, entering kindly!
[And they sweep over to sit directly across from Gojou, smiling brightly.]
Do tell, do tell all your troubles! This humble priest and onmyouji is only ever happy to listen!
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I'd like to curse my rival a bit... Any illness will do.
[ yes ]