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This half of the postlogue was mostly translated by Hokuto.
Ah, you're all here. Sit wherever you like.
Y-Yes, thank you...
Wow, I can't believe we're talking with a god. Watch what you say, or we could end up fighting again!
Rumia, please, whatever you do, stay quiet!
Aww, why me and not Cirno?
Relax, don't worry about manners here. Help yourselves to some tea or fruit or something if you want a snack.
Wow, look at all these different fruits and vegetables.
I assume you got this food from the youkai?
That's right. We get it in periodic tributes made as demonstrations of faith.
Whoa, you get to take all the food you want? I wish I could do that!
We don't just take it. We bestow great divine virtues in return.
Blessings granted in return for offerings make up the basis of the relationship between gods and humans. For example, the recent harvest festival held at the human village doubles as an offering to the god of fall.
I think we snuck into that festival...
I wanted to go to that, too. Did you put on a puppet show there, Alice?
Yes. It was a passable debut performance, I suppose.
Whoa. Youkai attending human festivals? That's nuts.
It's normal here in Gensokyo. Nobody passes up a festival.
Here in Gensokyo, hm? Do tell me more. Learning more about this land should help us gather even more faith.
You keep missing the point, don't you? I dunno much about this faith stuff, but you gotta get out and mingle. What's the point of gathering a bunch of faith if you can't enjoy it?0
Yeah! That shrine maiden girl didn't have any friends at all!
Ouch. They hit where it hurts, don't they, Kanako?
Quiet, you. I know that we're not making life easy for Sanae. But we can't do anything without first reclaiming the faith that we've lost.
Sure, that makes sense, but you could at least talk to people.
Didn't some old great man once say that man cannot live on faith alone?
I've read that in the outside world, fanatical humans like to hold self-hanging ceremonies.
Now you're all just spouting nonsense.
It's still true that you have to live with your feet on the ground, though. That's something very important for humans, and she did seem lonely.
What would you have me do? Leave the mountain and build a shrine in the village?
All I'm saying is to stop turning your nose up and start hanging out with the mountain youkai. A party every now and then should help break the ice, right?
Ooh, I like that idea. Sign me up!
Don't just butt in like that, Suwako!
But I had so much fun playing with everybody. Besides, we haven't had any parties lately. Why not invite some people over and raise the roof?
Is that really the issue here? And who would throw a party on a shrine's grounds...?
I think it's a nice idea. It would make the Moriya shrine a hangout spot for youkai, and that could help them see the gods as more approachable.
The shrine, a hangout spot? Is that how this works?
...Was this where you two were?
Oh, that voice...
Hey, Sanae, welcome back. Man, they got you good, huh?
Lady Yasaka, Lady Moriya. My deepest apologies for the state that I return i-
!
Heya. Don't mind us.
You took too long~. Were you messing around somewhere?
Er, what is Reimu's group doing here? I thought Lady Yasaka drove them off...
As you can see, she didn't. We lost this time.
...That's one way to put it. It piqued my interest in them, so I let them in, and we've been hearing them out.
Oh, no! If Reimu's group has won, then all of our plans ar-
Up in smoke, sorry. We won fair and square, so no complaining.
Then what does that mean for our future...?!
Don't worry, Sanae. I have a new method in mind already. I'll give it a try and see how well it goes over.
Ooh, do you mean...?
Let us start by gathering the youkai of the mountain at the Moriya shrine. Not for business, though. For a party.
Huh?! Why did you change your mind so fast?!
Now that we've come to Gensokyo, we need not cling to the past. You're all welcome to join in, if you wish. I'll show you the power of the Moriya shrine's faith, in the form of a fancy feast.
W-Wait a moment, Lady Yasaka. Are you sure about inviting youkai onto the shrine grounds...?
Your god just said to forget the old ways.
Bring everyone on the mountain, regardless of if they're youkai, gods, or whatever else. We shall hold a drinking party here, tonight, at the Moriya shrine!