smokesmushi | Whispers in the Forest [Video, Action]

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[Ginko is always out and about. During the Zompania draft, he was no fighter - but he was doing his best to help the refugee and injured soldiers that were residing in the city proper. Unfortunately, his medical expertise is limited; there wasn't a great deal he could do, other than to assist more experienced doctors where he could.

He has taken to the forest quite a bit, lately. He's explored around the area, looking at its features and distinctions. It's entirely possible that someone could find him crouched or seated next to a foreign plant, inspecting it curiously, or treading down a path through the forest. He's intrigued by the small "newbie huts" that were constructed, as well as evidence of the fighters training in the forest. This is far and above anything he'd see back home.]

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[He'll be trying out this feature. He has no idea how it works, but hey, there's instructions and enough detail for him to figure it out.]

Assuming this works... I've been reading the guides to this place. I'm interested in speaking with the spirits, and by extension, those of you who are talking to them regularly.

It'd be important for me to find a way to be of assistance in this warfare situation.

[It's important to adapt.]

Hmm... and I'm still looking for my medicine box. It's large, wooden, and meant to be worn on the back. If you find a box like that, please don't just rummage through its contents, if they are present.

((OOC: Once again, Permissions for anyone that needs it!))

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Well, I've known all sorts that keep records for all sorts of reasons. But sharing knowledge is probably the most useful.

Ah, that reminds me. I met a spirit around here, a short time after I arrived. He claims to be a knowledge spirit, though he can't enter the library. I was wondering if there was a standard response for something like that.

[ With everything that happened on the draft, the library altercations from the previous month had been pushed far from her mind. She frowns, though, as she thinks on Ginko's words. ] A way to help rectify that situation, you mean? It's part of a complicated matter that I don't have all of the details on... but there hasn't been any real discussion about it for a while now.

I see. If he's still around, I'd like to set that right.

[It's definitely along the lines of his job.]

That's part of the problem.

When he first arrived, his behavior was very different from the one he now exhibits. He had claimed all of the books found in the library for his own, and refused to allow the library -- well, to be used as a library, and tried to impose bans of his own upon other residents. It caused enough of a stir to have villagers at odds with one another. The situation was extremely tense, though it's ironic how it pales after that draft...

And now, apparently, he recalls nothing of that earlier incident, as far as we know. And I do not know if those who found a way to bar him from the building would readily find a way to undo it, even in light of this.

A spirit is a very single-purposed being... not like humans, who act with much more agency and free will. It would probably be better to find a means for him to fulfill his purpose.

He's a spirit of knowledge, is he not? There are more avenues to make that available to him beyond the library's collection.

That was what I was thinking in line with. He's a bit more complex than the mushi, but most creatures prefer some sort of territory... it's just a matter of what he should be able to claim without causing a territory dispute. Space that's used for humans isn't suitable for a creature as large and involved as him, even if peace can be made.

I wonder. [She's sure that some of the mediators had attempted to offer that same thing, though the spirit had seemed so bent on possessing the library itself... but it wasn't as if she was unfamiliar with spirits, from her observations at home and her dealings with the ones in Luceti.] If he had a space of his own, a shrine where he could thrive... would it suit his needs any less than the library itself?