[Honestly, August is only like. Half listening to whatever it is the overseer of the shrine is saying about being able to tip the scales. Even if he was interested in fighting a civil war (he's not), it's not like he'd actually need to get both sides of the store. The Shogun is clearly off her rocker. The Resistance doesn't have to be good people or whatever to be right.
August is literally the antithesis of what's just bog-standard social conservatism in a funny hat (as far as he can tell, anyway). It's kind of funny that anyone might think otherwise.
Eventually the overseer finishes and August...settles down a bit away from the entrance to the shrine, finds a flat rock, and starts messing with his tarot deck. Julian perches on his shoulder, giving August the look of a Very Weird Fortuneteller.
That is kind of the point, and if someone stops and asks for a divination...well, August isn't going to say no to money he gets that isn't reliant on him trying to fight shit.]
Yashinori Island
[Excuse August, he's leaning against a tree and laughing his ass off at the poor guy who approached asking for help purifying the island and fixing the seals.]
No, no, it's not you, dude, I get it, the situation is fucked. It's just this is the single funniest fucking thing anyone has ever asked me to handle. I literally cannot help you here. Literally, I am physically incapable of helping anyone purify anything. I'd probably break out into hives or some shit.
[God, where's Alexandre or Clara when he wants them? This is hilarious.]
Wildcard...ish
[August can be found hopping around the other islands a bit, finding a place to work on his commissions, and at one point at the shrine, to a shrine maiden:]
So if I reverse these characters, will that tell people that I super can't help with any purification anything? Or, like, is there a color or something I can wear for that?
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[Honestly, August is only like. Half listening to whatever it is the overseer of the shrine is saying about being able to tip the scales. Even if he was interested in fighting a civil war (he's not), it's not like he'd actually need to get both sides of the store. The Shogun is clearly off her rocker. The Resistance doesn't have to be good people or whatever to be right.
August is literally the antithesis of what's just bog-standard social conservatism in a funny hat (as far as he can tell, anyway). It's kind of funny that anyone might think otherwise.
Eventually the overseer finishes and August...settles down a bit away from the entrance to the shrine, finds a flat rock, and starts messing with his tarot deck. Julian perches on his shoulder, giving August the look of a Very Weird Fortuneteller.
That is kind of the point, and if someone stops and asks for a divination...well, August isn't going to say no to money he gets that isn't reliant on him trying to fight shit.]
Yashinori Island
[Excuse August, he's leaning against a tree and laughing his ass off at the poor guy who approached asking for help purifying the island and fixing the seals.]
No, no, it's not you, dude, I get it, the situation is fucked. It's just this is the single funniest fucking thing anyone has ever asked me to handle. I literally cannot help you here. Literally, I am physically incapable of helping anyone purify anything. I'd probably break out into hives or some shit.
[God, where's Alexandre or Clara when he wants them? This is hilarious.]
Wildcard...ish
[August can be found hopping around the other islands a bit, finding a place to work on his commissions, and at one point at the shrine, to a shrine maiden:]
So if I reverse these characters, will that tell people that I super can't help with any purification anything? Or, like, is there a color or something I can wear for that?
[Yeah, he's still losing it over that.]