morituramfides: (So we Rode down)
Jin Shirato ([personal profile] morituramfides) wrote in [community profile] animus_network2012-08-08 01:59 pm

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We have taken the liberty of doing some research into the Tower's history and past trends, in hopes of uncovering something about the way this place operates, or solving one of the many mysteries that surrounds it. It would greatly benefit us if you could lend your assistance and help us with our research; the more people that answer the better, as it gives us more data to work with.

We understand that someone's probably sick of these kind of forms, questions and questionnaires, but we've done our best to compile the data from the past ones and hopefully not make it too repetitive, and get to the heart of the matter:


Name: (Optional)
Collar Color: (Self-Explanatory; if your collar color was changed during that screw up, if you remember what color it was changed to and the effects it had on you, we request that you record these as well. If you don't remember, that's perfectly fine.)
Special Abilities: (Superhuman or otherwise. Don't sell yourself short, please.)
Estimated Duration of Stay in the Tower: (Also Self-Explanatory)
Any Theories as to the Meaning of the Collars: (Optional, but any ideas would greatly help our research.)
Experiments/Special Events Experienced:(We're trying to put together a timeline of events that have occurred since the Tower was created, but we have not been present long enough to know all of them, and information on the earlier days seems to be scant. Putting them in chronological order would be extremely helpful if you remember about when each took place.)

And here's the form in a handy dandy code:


In addition, we have a few more gaps we'd like to fill about the earlier days of the Tower, but it seems that many of the people that were here at the beginning have disappeared. For those that were here in the very early days, we have a few questions about the environment-- nothing too invasive. Your cooperation would be invaluable.

Lastly, we have one more question to posit, both for discussion and for the sake of our curiosity and research; how do souls work in your world? If you have information on how your own soul specifically works and are willing to share it, this would help us a lot.

For any of these queries, if you feel more comfortable locking your answer, this is perfectly acceptable and we will take steps to make sure it is as private as possible. Anonymous posting may also be used if you're dubious as to the functionality of the lock system.


(OOC: responses may come from either [personal profile] morituramfides or [personal profile] beknightedheroine.)
eyeslikeblood: (attentive; you honour me)

[personal profile] eyeslikeblood 2012-08-08 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Name: Saku Gyousou
Collar Color: Blue
Special Abilities: Entered in the Registry of Immortals.
Estimated Duration of Stay in the Tower: Little over a week.
Any Theories as to the Meaning of the Collars: Having little experience with these, I will simply state the facts: both myself and the taiho, Taiki, have blue collars; whilst we are both immortals in the service of the gods, we are not the same species and Taiki's willpower and magical ability are both far more powerful than I. Having said that, I doubt these collars refer to strength or intensity.
Experiments/Special Events Experienced:
eyeslikeblood: (exposition; have your name)

[personal profile] eyeslikeblood 2012-08-08 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It is not something a kaikyaku can understand easily. I was chosen by the kirin, the physical expression of the gods' will, to rule over the kingdom of Tai. There are twelve such rulers, including myself, and twelve kirin. The two are halves of a whole, with the ruler as the will of the people and the kirin as the heart. So long as my rule remained just and according to the Way set down by the gods, we will live unaging and immortal. Should I stray from the Way, the gods will strike down the kirin. Thus an evil king will be removed from power, so that a new kirin can be born and, in time, choose a new ruler.

The health and prosperity of a kingdom is bonded with the abilities and demeanour of the person that rules over it, and the kirin's health is linked to that of the people of the kingdom. As I have been reliably informed that Tai is no more, I am at a loss to understand why it is both ruler and kirin have been spared.

I am just a human, chosen to rule. Taiki is a kirin, a holy beast and direct servant of the gods. Yet these collars are the same.