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maskedsmile) wrote2019-04-04 07:12 pm
maskedsmile) wrote2019-04-04 07:12 pm
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Marion Wing was born as a completely normal human, to completely normal human parents. His mother was very young at the time of his birth, and quickly abandoned by Marion's father. She struggled to raise her son on her own, often lamenting the fact she had him at all. Marion looked nothing like his mother and had unnatural white hair and creepy, cyan eyes which almost glowed.
When he was five years old, Marion's world was flipped upside-down. First, for outside reasons: Spirits and Kami were becoming common gossip, and were being blamed for the world's problems. That outside reason then became a personal issue: His mother joined this popular train of thought. The young woman became convinced that her son was not her son at all: He was some sort of spirit from legend, and he was there to curse her for her sinful early life.
So she did what any responsible adult would do... Just kidding. She abandoned her young son by an ocean deity's shrine, and tried to physically escape her supposed demons. All the while, her son turned out to be exceptionally bright. Marion understood every word from the fortune teller and he understood why he was left at the shrine. But despite being smart enough to understand these things, he was still a young child. Since he saw the adults in his life believed he was a curse, Marion came to agree with their assessment. He made no effort to chase after his mother, because he loved her and didn't want her to be cursed anymore.
Fortunately, the shrine was not abandoned like Marion was. When the nearby villagers discovered Marion, they jumped to their own spirit conclusions: They believed Marion was a Kami. He was "The Curse of the Sea," foretold by folklore, and explained the fishing village's poor season. This was not helped by how Marion refused to give his name, afraid of getting his mother in trouble. The boy was renamed "Shiro," for his white hair, and taken back to the village. They spoiled him at first, hoping he would change the tides in their favor.
But Shiro was not a Kami. The actual Ocean Kami was a benevolent spirit who lived at the pristine shrine. Though they had tried to bless the people of the village with good harvests and calm seas, the humans did not credit good things to Kami. They only blamed Kami, and only believed that the Ocean Kami took away. Thus they only gave their Kami the power to hurt them, even if that spirit wanted to help them.
The Ocean Kami took Shiro as their Sacred Child and shrine. Their hope was that Shiro would change the villager's opinion of the Ocean Kami and change their power in the process. However, that never came to pass. Instead, Shiro became the new target of blame games. Whenever something went wrong, the villagers blamed Shiro. They would pile him with luxuries and spoiling to 'appease' him, and when that did nothing they would become even more hateful towards him.
All the while, Shiro was a confused and oblivious child. He came to believe he was a Kami like everyone said, and he hated himself for only causing pain. No children his age wanted to be near him, and the adults only treated him well for a power he did not have. His growing mistrust eventually reached its peak, but not in time to save his life.
When Shiro was eight years old, the villagers got tired of being nice to him. By now, rumors and fairytales of spirits were becoming increasingly popular. Popular enough that you could locate Spirit Hunting Businesses in the phonebook. Someone from the village called such a service
When he was five years old, Marion's world was flipped upside-down. First, for outside reasons: Spirits and Kami were becoming common gossip, and were being blamed for the world's problems. That outside reason then became a personal issue: His mother joined this popular train of thought. The young woman became convinced that her son was not her son at all: He was some sort of spirit from legend, and he was there to curse her for her sinful early life.
So she did what any responsible adult would do... Just kidding. She abandoned her young son by an ocean deity's shrine, and tried to physically escape her supposed demons. All the while, her son turned out to be exceptionally bright. Marion understood every word from the fortune teller and he understood why he was left at the shrine. But despite being smart enough to understand these things, he was still a young child. Since he saw the adults in his life believed he was a curse, Marion came to agree with their assessment. He made no effort to chase after his mother, because he loved her and didn't want her to be cursed anymore.
Fortunately, the shrine was not abandoned like Marion was. When the nearby villagers discovered Marion, they jumped to their own spirit conclusions: They believed Marion was a Kami. He was "The Curse of the Sea," foretold by folklore, and explained the fishing village's poor season. This was not helped by how Marion refused to give his name, afraid of getting his mother in trouble. The boy was renamed "Shiro," for his white hair, and taken back to the village. They spoiled him at first, hoping he would change the tides in their favor.
But Shiro was not a Kami. The actual Ocean Kami was a benevolent spirit who lived at the pristine shrine. Though they had tried to bless the people of the village with good harvests and calm seas, the humans did not credit good things to Kami. They only blamed Kami, and only believed that the Ocean Kami took away. Thus they only gave their Kami the power to hurt them, even if that spirit wanted to help them.
The Ocean Kami took Shiro as their Sacred Child and shrine. Their hope was that Shiro would change the villager's opinion of the Ocean Kami and change their power in the process. However, that never came to pass. Instead, Shiro became the new target of blame games. Whenever something went wrong, the villagers blamed Shiro. They would pile him with luxuries and spoiling to 'appease' him, and when that did nothing they would become even more hateful towards him.
All the while, Shiro was a confused and oblivious child. He came to believe he was a Kami like everyone said, and he hated himself for only causing pain. No children his age wanted to be near him, and the adults only treated him well for a power he did not have. His growing mistrust eventually reached its peak, but not in time to save his life.
When Shiro was eight years old, the villagers got tired of being nice to him. By now, rumors and fairytales of spirits were becoming increasingly popular. Popular enough that you could locate Spirit Hunting Businesses in the phonebook. Someone from the village called such a service