PC: Koharu

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[cupidsammo]

Yeah! I'm pretty sure it's one of the most popular board games basically ever. I don't think it's easy to learn, though...

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[ she looks at a rook... ]

Oh, this one looks like my brother!

[ cheerfully. ]

[cupidsammo]

[ what ]

It... does?

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[ nodding! ] His mask has a shape just like that.

[cupidsammo]

[ well, since she brought it up first this time, ]

Are they all different shapes?

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Oh, yes. Our blacksmiths make them, and then we engrave them ourselves, so every mask is unique.

[ except when atlus needs to put more than two background npcs in a scene. ]

My brothers' is quite tall and imposing... but perhaps he chose it that way, because he is the chief?

[cupidsammo]

—Whoa! Of like, all mustari?

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Well...

All who dwell in the islands, at least. There are many who live on the mainland, under rule of the nations there.

[cupidsammo]

Oh, I see... That must make you a pretty important person too.

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Oh... well, somewhat...

Although, I think most of my "importance" in the village is due to being the priestess...

[cupidsammo]

[ !! ]

That is pretty important! So you take care of a shrine?

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No, it's... more that I commune with the Dragon God? We have a temple, but it's some distance from the village.

Is that what priestesses do where you're from?

[cupidsammo]

Huh... Yeah, nowadays they look after shrines and perform ceremonies mostly, but through history they were figures that would communicate with the gods, too.

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Wow... I'd always wondered if other cultures had anything like us. Even on the island, there are no other priestesses...

[cupidsammo]

Oh, yeah, a bunch of them do! I'm only really familiar with my own, but even we have a lot of them.

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Do you have many deities, then? To have so many priestesses...

[cupidsammo]

Mmhm! At least in Shintoism there are many gods, but it could be different for other beliefs.