(D13 ME-expecting) Gaki Study Group

[Asahina Hoshiko]

Hoshiko nods at Shiori's reasoning. "That's wise, and as angry as the elements are at this thing, perhaps a site where the earth is already so active about it, will bolster us*"

"Now, the choice of object for binding. Doji Shinnosuke has an array of masks, made with all the traditional blessings of the craft upon them. My thoughts had initially been to something more blunt--a stone carved to the shape of a closed box or barrel--but masks are made from the beginning to contain a personality that the actor brings life to." She looks a bit uncomfortable at that. We will want to make sure it's clear that it shouldn't be worn until the personality trapped in it is banished back to whence it came." She glances around. "Do we have other suitable objects at hand?"

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* not mechanically any more than already detailed, but fluffy bolstering also nice

[Agasha Sanjuro]

Sanjuro produces two small iron boxes and one lid that was slightly smaller than the top of the boxes. "Here is another option. If we can bind it to the lid, I can mold the boxes on either side to contain the lid inside."

[Asahina Hoshiko]

Sanjuro produces two small iron boxes and one lid that was slightly smaller than the top of the boxes. "Here is another option. If we can bind it to the lid, I can mold the boxes on either side to contain the lid inside."

"If a mask would fit within the molded boxes, it seems that would seal it away equally well, while the mask retains that affinity that can be important, and are already ritual objects of a sort." Hoshiko looks to Shiori as the one who pulled everything together in the end.


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ooc, iirc research has indicated that the thing used for a binding works better with care toward material, blessing, and affinity for a given spirit.

[Agasha Sanjuro]

"Yes, I believe that any mask could be made to fit within." says Sanjuto, following Hoshiko's gaze to Shiori and awaiting the latter's reply.

[Kuni Shiori]

Shiori gave this some thought as she narrowed her eyes at the proposal on the matter. "I have to admit that this idea is a bit strange to me, especially on the focus on the lid itself. It would probably be for the best that a focus such as the mask be a means to bid the spirit to it. We can perhaps consider a box or a chest to contain the item later."