Uh, what do I put here

(pokeirl) Tatsu, he/him, miko of the Celestic Town shrine

[reverencedflower]

Um, hi

I'm Tatsu. I live in Celestic Town, and work at the shrine there with my family. I only just got a phone, my parents wouldn't let me get one for the longest time cause they said it'd distract me from school and shrine work, so I don't really know how people use Rotomblr, but well, here I am anyway.

I'm going on a pilgrimage to Spear Pillar, and I thought it might be a good idea to do the gym challenge too while I'm at it, with my buddy Tama. He's a Shinx. I guess I'll post about how it's going here?

Oh right, people usually put a photo on these things, here.

Current Team: Tama the Shinx (Non-combat) Kagura-maru the Prinplup

//hi so with the absolutely Atrocious vibes surrounding faith on pokeblr lately i thought itd be cool to write a character thats more positive about that stuff and do some worldbuilding while im at it. mail is on, m!as are off. i dont have a plan here ill figure it out as i go.

//also he's part dragonair but is nervous about that being public. pic here

[reverencedflower]

did- did you reach the threshold? Or were you stoped?

One person is very much below the threshold, as it turns out.

[reverencedflower]

Fun fact: Celesticists invented the concept of drifting.

[reverencedflower]

So there's this thing called a danjiri matsuri. Basically a big group of people and pokemon carry a huge portable shrine (the danjiri) on a cart, REALLY fast. It's crazy. The thing smashes into buildings and goes all over the place. There's usually casualties, but it's a LOT of fun.

[reverencedflower]

One time I pulled one on my own, but there's apparently a threshold of amount of people you have to hit before it starts being "religious ceremony" and not "wanton vandalism".

[reverencedflower]

Fun fact: Celesticists invented the concept of drifting.

[reverencedflower]

So there's this thing called a danjiri matsuri. Basically a big group of people and pokemon carry a huge portable shrine (the danjiri) on a cart, REALLY fast. It's crazy. The thing smashes into buildings and goes all over the place. There's usually casualties, but it's a LOT of fun.

[reverencedflower]

Fun fact: Celesticists invented the concept of drifting.

[reverencedflower]

yknow that does sound very brutal, how long did it take him to do his laps?

A few hours. He went slow.

[reverencedflower]

I was telling Kagura-Maru about how Dad trained me for my work, and he was saying even for a starter-bred mon like him it sounded brutal...

[reverencedflower]

One of his favorite things to do was have me squat in chair position against a wall with my hands out, and he'd put these bowls full of heavy rocks on my hands and head, and have me hold that position while he flew a lap around the region.

[reverencedflower]

I was telling Kagura-Maru about how Dad trained me for my work, and he was saying even for a starter-bred mon like him it sounded brutal...

[reverencedflower]

how are Tama and Kagura-maru doing? What are their thoughts on Date?

I don't think either of them know he exists. They just get really on edge whenever he's around, and clearly don't know who I'm even talking to.

[reverencedflower]

Hey. It's me. Grabbed the phone for a sec.

So, uh. Noticed something while I was possessing Sakaki. So he...used to be a woman, but he's a man now, right? That a thing humans do these days?

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

.

It is, it always has been. But it's rude to tell that fact about someone else without their permission. Don't do that.

[reverencedflower]

Shit. Okay. Well he says he's mentioned it before and it's fine. He'll probably kick my ass about it if I say anything too out of line anyway.

I was asking cause it was making me almost remember something, but it wasn't quite landing. Feels like a hell of a thing to go through though. Again, for reasons I can't actually remember but I feel like I should know.

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

That's good. About the best way it could have gone honestly, so yeah.

Have you heard the terms 'trans' or 'transgender' before?

[reverencedflower]

Can't say I have, but it's hard for me to understand most human folk. And they can't hear or see me, so not like I could ask.

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

You want the super most basic definition, keeping in mind that I'm not in that subset myself?

When a kid is born people use visual cues to figure out if they have a boy or a girl or something else on their hands. But the visual cues are not always accurate, and the kid lets people know later what they actually are. Simple enough?

[reverencedflower]

I figured that was how it works... Just didn't think it'd be that simple. For some reason my gut's telling me it's harder than that.

Eh. I'll probably remember why that is at some point.

[reverencedflower]

Hey. It's me. Grabbed the phone for a sec.

So, uh. Noticed something while I was possessing Sakaki. So he...used to be a woman, but he's a man now, right? That a thing humans do these days?

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

.

It is, it always has been. But it's rude to tell that fact about someone else without their permission. Don't do that.

[reverencedflower]

Shit. Okay. Well he says he's mentioned it before and it's fine. He'll probably kick my ass about it if I say anything too out of line anyway.

I was asking cause it was making me almost remember something, but it wasn't quite landing. Feels like a hell of a thing to go through though. Again, for reasons I can't actually remember but I feel like I should know.

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

That's good. About the best way it could have gone honestly, so yeah.

Have you heard the terms 'trans' or 'transgender' before?

[reverencedflower]

Can't say I have, but it's hard for me to understand most human folk. And they can't hear or see me, so not like I could ask.

[bright-eye-anon]

You a ghost?

[reverencedflower]

Yep.

[reverencedflower]

Hey. It's me. Grabbed the phone for a sec.

So, uh. Noticed something while I was possessing Sakaki. So he...used to be a woman, but he's a man now, right? That a thing humans do these days?

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

.

It is, it always has been. But it's rude to tell that fact about someone else without their permission. Don't do that.

[reverencedflower]

Shit. Okay. Well he says he's mentioned it before and it's fine. He'll probably kick my ass about it if I say anything too out of line anyway.

I was asking cause it was making me almost remember something, but it wasn't quite landing. Feels like a hell of a thing to go through though. Again, for reasons I can't actually remember but I feel like I should know.

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

That's good. About the best way it could have gone honestly, so yeah.

Have you heard the terms 'trans' or 'transgender' before?

[reverencedflower]

Can't say I have, but it's hard for me to understand most human folk. And they can't hear or see me, so not like I could ask.

[reverencedflower]

Hey. It's me. Grabbed the phone for a sec.

So, uh. Noticed something while I was possessing Sakaki. So he...used to be a woman, but he's a man now, right? That a thing humans do these days?

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

.

It is, it always has been. But it's rude to tell that fact about someone else without their permission. Don't do that.

[reverencedflower]

Shit. Okay. Well he says he's mentioned it before and it's fine. He'll probably kick my ass about it if I say anything too out of line anyway.

I was asking cause it was making me almost remember something, but it wasn't quite landing. Feels like a hell of a thing to go through though. Again, for reasons I can't actually remember but I feel like I should know.

[reverencedflower]

Hey. It's me. Grabbed the phone for a sec.

So, uh. Noticed something while I was possessing Sakaki. So he...used to be a woman, but he's a man now, right? That a thing humans do these days?

[reverencedflower]

we do be liking ruas around here tho!

Zorua is a pretty popular pokemon these days...

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

They're adorable. Got be strict about feeding all of your pokemon at the same time when you have one though, cause they'll transform into the likeness of one of your others to get an extra dinner if you don't have everyone accounted for at once 😅

[reverencedflower]

Meanwhile I've been dealing with one taking the form of a bratty young man. At least he doesn't ask me for food, since he's dead and all...

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

That stops them far less than you'd think.

<Picture: A very rotund, sleepy, smug Shuppet.>

This guy snores after a big meal.

[reverencedflower]

I've never seen a Shuppet so round before...

[reverencedflower]

we do be liking ruas around here tho!

Zorua is a pretty popular pokemon these days...

[suddenlyauntiemaya]

They're adorable. Got be strict about feeding all of your pokemon at the same time when you have one though, cause they'll transform into the likeness of one of your others to get an extra dinner if you don't have everyone accounted for at once 😅

[reverencedflower]

Meanwhile I've been dealing with one taking the form of a bratty young man. At least he doesn't ask me for food, since he's dead and all...

[reverencedflower]

we do be liking ruas around here tho!

Zorua is a pretty popular pokemon these days...