Trails in bloom

[Chambers]

Yes he had to agree that did sound rather like nonsense. A small chuckle makes it known on this matter he is like minded to the enchantress. "Not exactly the kind of lessons I remember from back when." But then again he hasn't watched those in such a long time how much is accurate memory and how much is his brain filling in the gaps was rather questionable. "I seem to remember them tackling bigger life issues, navigating challenges in friendships, loss, love and how to handle scary or difficult situations. You know things children might actually come up against." Granted using in some allegorical or fabricated settings.

He also lacks the name, but has an image in mind of what she means. "Are those the ones they unfurl? Kind of like you would a parchment or map in a pirate movie?" Okay he was reaching with that allegory, but clearly felt a need to try and explain what he meant at the risk of making it more unclear.

Naturally the Acanthus would know a little more of luck based traditions then he did. "Interesting. Would that mean they have some kind of traveling shrine set up around here then?" Casting a slow look around the stand and stalls. "I don't know much about Shinto other then a little interesting census data, a good number of people in Japan will celebrate the festivals, make the offering and such especially at new years but very few consider themselves to be Shinto. Its more a culture, or tradition then it is a religion as I am more familiar with." And that really was the extent of his limited knowledge on the subject. "If they have them for more specific events or circumstances, I would inclined to think they might be popular with more then just tourists." Passing exams certainly sounded like more then a tourist only element.

No argument there. "Yeah something like that, New positions of responsibility, more demanding ones." And that left little enough time for personal endeavors as it was. "My self employment business has recently gone through something of a growth spurt to boot." Even that had been orchestrated to give the Moros somewhere to meet on more neutral ground.

[Thirteen]

"An important point, I think, is that animation is treated differently over there. It's not viewed as a children's medium. A lot of it can be quite adult, in various ways. Mature, emotional stories. Psychological horror. And other... adult stuff." The last was not her bag, and she dismissed it with a wave of her hand.

"Scrolls? If I recall correctly, they're slips of paper or wood in those brocaded silk packets." The Enchantress thought for another moment, "Do you mean those wall scrolls they hang in dojos? I think that's somethin' else." She wasn't quite sure what else the Moros might be imagining.

She ate another takoyaki, not speaking again until after it was chewed and swallowed. "I don't know of any Shinto shrines in the city. The charms are about all I know of it, other then it's about 'little gods' and protective spirits. I suppose it's possible there's a shrine." Automatically, her phone came out and she started web searching with one hand. "Yeah, I heard Japan's kind of secular."

It was understood that Chambers was unlikely to go into any details about his business, so she merely nodded. "Well, congrats, then."

"Ah, here we go," the Libertine said, looking at her phone screen, "No Shinto shrines that I can find, but there is a Buddhist temple in Sacramento. Northern California Koyasan Temple, and they sell the charms. Omamori, they're called." She'd gotten the first half correct. "Cheap ones are just slips of paper. Wooden ones, and the ones in the silk bags, are pricier."