mayfield_rpg | 17th☆

[Phone]

So, since he's a little shy, I'm calling to let everyone know that Pope Alessandro is going to have a meeting this afternoon in the Park to talk to those of us that believe in non-Christian faiths. He wants to understand the other religions out there, like Buddhism, Shinto or some others, like any good religious leader should do!

So, come down to the Park at 3pm and talk to the Pope. Maybe everyone will get some understanding out of this.

[Action - Park - Afternoon]

[Marisa had picked Alessandro up from his house in the car and drove him to the park. Now the two of them sat on a bench by the statue of the mayor and waited to see if anyone showed up for the meeting. Marisa knows she railroaded the Pope into this, but she really thinks he needed to talk to the non-Christian people of faith and learn that calling them heretics just isn't nice.]

[ooc: Replies to the action prompt will be from Marisa or Alessandro. If you want one of them specifically, toss it in the subject, plz!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Shinto is the original faith of Japan. Whereas Buddhism and Taoism both came across the sea from China, Shinto developed entirely in Japan itself. It's a polytheistic religion in which... well, pretty much anything and everything has a god or spirit associated to it, and there are many shrines all over the land to honor those things. Some shrines have a specific god known for bringing good fortune in business, or love, for instance, and so you could go to those shrines to pray for those things.

[He raises his hand slowly having another question.]

Wh-what are China and J-Japan like...? And... wh-where are they?

[Er...

... Well, he's obviously not from her world, so she'll have to humor at least that]

Despite the earth being a sphere, Japan is considered the furthest eastern country - the land the sun touches first when it rises. It is a group of islands, though most refer to the main, large island as 'Japan' properly.

China is a part of the larger world a bit west of Japan. It is a much larger country, with its own set of workings and customs, though there are many similarities between the two if you're simply looking on the surface. For instance, one of the major alphabets of the Japanese language is directly borrowed from one of the major alphabets of the Chinese language.

They s-sound like countries that u-used to be east before the d-darkland was formed.

Hmm... I can't say I'm all too familiar with the world you come from to yet know of those things. But, perhaps they are.

W-well... a l-l-long long time ago there was a w-war, it was the e-end of the world. M-most the world was scorched and made u-unlivable. N-nothing is known to exist E-East of E-Europe.