I need to write up a meta on Shini’s mental state and how all of her trauma affects her and her parenting style, I wanna dive into how paranoid Shini is 24/7 and also how the development of her kakuja mentally fucked her up.
I’m once again back on my tg hyper fixation because I found my copies of the light novels, I will have to change some stuff because I realized my timeline doesn’t exactly make sense
To be welcome into Shini Takashi’s home was something that most would never accomplish, even some of her most trusted people in her life never made it through her front door. But something about @usagimen was different, was it the familiarity that the young ghoul hosted? Or the sense of a past self in a new body? Shini didn’t have an exact answer, but still, she had brought Sayuri into her home, exposing her to what’s most important to the jorogumo ghoul.
Shini sat on the couch, her son in her lap with his eyes on the television that played Princess Mononoke with the occasional stolen glance at Sayuri. Akuma was always decently mindful of his surroundings, especially if someone new was present. Jigoku had already taken a liking to their guest, the girl had already presented Sayuri with her favorite Kuromi plush. What surprised Shini the most was how quiet the toddler’s were, behavior like this wasn’t common for them.
❝ I’m surprised Akuma’s not screaming till his face goes red. ❞ Shini stated, at the mention of his name Akuma squeezes on his mother’s index finger. ❝ Neither of them do this well with new people. ❞
A confused gaze falls right onto @rake-rake, she’s met the boy twice before but he’s the perfect one to answer her question. ❝ Megumi, what the fuck is a chat snap? ❞ She’s not old, just out of touch.
"hmm..." he hums to himself, the knife fashioned from a ghoul's bikaku twirling between his fingers as he analyzes her. the bloodthirst practically swells in his chest, but he has to remain calm. shinohara-san wouldn't want him to get too ahead of himself and potentially ruin this ghoul's kagune. "you don't want to play with me? i was hoping to see how many of my knives you could dodge!"
Her back was facing him, her eyes still glued to the corpse before her. As if waving a white flag she raised a hand as she turned around. The use of a black surgical mask and her choice of baggy sweats paired with an oversized hoodie a sure sign that this kill wasn’t planned, but it was convenient. What was supposed to be a simple errand run turned into much more. ❝ Don’t really feel like fightin’, so I’ll talk. ❞ Left foot kicks the victim’s wallet in the direction of the dove, head nodding to encourage him to take a look.
❝ I got some important things I gotta take care of, so I’ll tell ya want ya want. Don’t gotta worry about me doin’ somethin’ stupid… but can guarantee ya the world’s better off without that guy, probably saved a couple girls their innocence with gettin’ rid of him… ❞
ABOUT: The Byōjakuna clan and how they caused their own extinction.
While the Byōjakuna family had its fair share of strong sorcerers, the clan went unnoticed up until the Taisho era because of their involvement in World War I. Some higher ups in the clan decided to fight in the war in exchange for large sums of money, practically selling themselves and their techniques for financial gain. Having broken several jujustu laws, several members of the clan were given the death penalty. These men, Kokoro, Aegu, and Kyosei Byōjakuna had convinced the rest of the clan to go into hiding with them.
At this point, several members of the Byōjakuna clan had bounties on heir heads for several crimes such as exposing humans to jujustu, murder of non sorcerers, repetitive association with high ranked cursed spirits, murder of other sorcerers, theft of cursed tools, and more. It’s safe to say that tracking down members of the Byōjakuna clan had become an unofficial sport.
The family managed to stay under the radar for decades, but since they kept to themselves their numbers were dwindling down quickly. But they still had their wealth. In order to bring their family forward, most Byōjakuna men resorted to under handed tactics to secure brides, their reputation of being curse users made it challenging to properly court women from other sorcerer families. They weren’t above using blackmail, manipulation, and even murder to ensure a bride. Primarily they focused on families that weren’t in the best financial situations or ones they viewed as weak.
The last head of the clan was Choki Byōjakuna. Born in the summer of 1974, he was the last son to be deemed worthy of leading the clan into a new era. By the late nineties he was the last living member. Dedicated to reviving legacy, Choki decided to ❛ marry ❜ three woman sorcerers. The first being Mitora, after Choki had threatened to kill her father she went willingly. The second was Shini, whose mother Kumo willingly gave her to him in exchange for a comfortable life. The third being Narika whose own father sold her off. While there are other women Choki produced heirs with, Mitora, Shini, and Narika are the only ones with the wife title because of their curse techniques.
While Choki fathers many children, he only favors the ones who are sorcerers, especially the boys. He planned to arrange marriages for his daughters for his own benefit. Any children born without any jujustu talent are given tattoos on their back that say ❛ worthless ❜ as a constant reminder that they will never fit their father’s standards. These children aren’t allowed to leave the property and are tasked with the upkeep of the houses and gardens. Some of the boys who have shown to be especially strong are given the job of guarding the estate and training their brothers in physical combat.
Choki was later murdered by Shini, Akuma, and Jigoku since they hard grown tired of his abuse and finally gained the courage to put an end to it. Any children Choki had later shed their last names and took their mothers’.
Curse techniques seen in the Byōjakuna clan and from Choki’s wives. ( will be adding to this in the future )
Digestion: Choki’s curse technique allows him to temporarily use the techniques of sorcerers he has killed. In order to do so he has to consume the flesh of said sorcerer. He’s able to use their technique until it passes through his digestive system.
Flesh Art: A shikihami technique which belongs to Mitora. Her technique requires her to have tattoos of her shikigami, they’re summoned by her pulling the tattoo off of her skin. The bigger the tattoo, the more cursed energy it takes to summon. But once the shikigami has been used, it can’t be used again and the space the tattoo was in looks as if Mitora had gotten it removed with laser treatment. Depending on the size of the tattoo it could leave some scarring.
Adam’s Rib: Narika‘s technique allows her to take things such as hair, skin, nails, etc from consenting individuals and with these she can create replicas of them that allow her to keep track of their injuries, vitals, and other things regarding their health. These replicas can’t do anything, but Narika can use reverse curse energy to heal them through their replicas. The more things she put into the replica containing heir DNA, the stronger her technique is.
