Mm. Well, what we know about that entity isn't all that different from the sort of possession you might come across in my world. Ayakashi-- spirits-- are drawn to the weaknesses in the human heart; infecting a person and feeding off their negative emotions wouldn't be out of place at all, though it's unusual for something to pose the same threat to my shiki as it would to me. That said, someone described it in a way I thought was useful-- the rules here are written differently than they are back home, just as my 'rules' are different from your own.
[It's not a new concept to him-- the ayakashi world operates on its own rules separate from the human one, both in terms of legality and the actual laws of physics. He used to think being an exorcist meant he understood the limitations of the entities that live alongside humans, but here he's realized it just means that he has some tools to try to apply to a situation much larger than what he's used to seeing.]
With that in mind, I can really only speak to my shiki contracts, and we have to guess about the rest of it. But... forming a contract is an agreement between a human and an ayakashi that the ayakashi will fight for, protect, and obey the human. It doesn't strip my shiki of their free will-- that would only be possible if I knew their true names. But in forming the contract, I give them a name that they agree to be bound by, and that arrangement gives us both power. The longer we're connected to each other, the stronger we both become. I don't know if it's... that it's capable of tapping into the increase in power through our connection, or maybe that having control over both of us would make it stronger than having control over two unrelated people. It could also be that it could use the terms of the contract itself against the rest of the residents.
[It's all very theoretical, but it's a way of thinking out loud about what the key factor could be-- describing the contract to someone who has no concept of it could help him identify the weak points in it. For what purpose, he doesn't know-- to argue with the Admin more, maybe. To identify other potential problems before they start.]
Haha, I'm just talking your ear off, aren't I? But I wonder. My shiki are tasked with protecting me. If that "me" is also host to another spirit, my shiki might then be bound to protect that spirit as well. Fight back against other exorcists trying to remove the possession, maybe even actively work to spread it if that could be considered preemptive protection. If everyone's infected, then no one will try to stop mine, right?
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[It's not a new concept to him-- the ayakashi world operates on its own rules separate from the human one, both in terms of legality and the actual laws of physics. He used to think being an exorcist meant he understood the limitations of the entities that live alongside humans, but here he's realized it just means that he has some tools to try to apply to a situation much larger than what he's used to seeing.]
With that in mind, I can really only speak to my shiki contracts, and we have to guess about the rest of it. But... forming a contract is an agreement between a human and an ayakashi that the ayakashi will fight for, protect, and obey the human. It doesn't strip my shiki of their free will-- that would only be possible if I knew their true names. But in forming the contract, I give them a name that they agree to be bound by, and that arrangement gives us both power. The longer we're connected to each other, the stronger we both become. I don't know if it's... that it's capable of tapping into the increase in power through our connection, or maybe that having control over both of us would make it stronger than having control over two unrelated people. It could also be that it could use the terms of the contract itself against the rest of the residents.
[It's all very theoretical, but it's a way of thinking out loud about what the key factor could be-- describing the contract to someone who has no concept of it could help him identify the weak points in it. For what purpose, he doesn't know-- to argue with the Admin more, maybe. To identify other potential problems before they start.]
Haha, I'm just talking your ear off, aren't I? But I wonder. My shiki are tasked with protecting me. If that "me" is also host to another spirit, my shiki might then be bound to protect that spirit as well. Fight back against other exorcists trying to remove the possession, maybe even actively work to spread it if that could be considered preemptive protection. If everyone's infected, then no one will try to stop mine, right?