[Even as far back as the Han Dynasty, the Taoist beliefs in hungry ghosts were pervasive and informed the base superstitions in their culture. Cao Pi is known among his people as a skeptic, though, neither Taoist nor Confucian and having no patience for superstitions. Not even brushing up against gods and demons has been able to turn him into a believer in ghosts.
But the cold feeling that ripples out after the breach is hard to ignore, as are the visible and sometimes tangible spirits now invading. Cao Pi trusts his eyes, so if he can see them, whatever they are they are real - as real as snake demons he's put his swords through. And from the looks of things, they are the very definition of hungry ghosts: spirits who can't rest, who resent the living, and will make things hell for the living if they can't be appeased.
Before he does anything embarrassing like attempt to build a shrine or set out offerings to appease them, though, Cao Pi would like to investigate. Armed and armored, he heads out onto the streets to see things for himself, whether the ghosts or the people affected by them. Any one of the five days of this chaos, he could be anywhere in the colony; saving people from walking in front of trains, falling victim to unstable powers, attempting to work out a solution, or hastily attempting some folk traditions to try to ward off hungry ghosts, like putting out food or burning incense.
What he doesn't know is that one of those chills was the touch of a ghost which will compel him to speak truth...]
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[Even as far back as the Han Dynasty, the Taoist beliefs in hungry ghosts were pervasive and informed the base superstitions in their culture. Cao Pi is known among his people as a skeptic, though, neither Taoist nor Confucian and having no patience for superstitions. Not even brushing up against gods and demons has been able to turn him into a believer in ghosts.
But the cold feeling that ripples out after the breach is hard to ignore, as are the visible and sometimes tangible spirits now invading. Cao Pi trusts his eyes, so if he can see them, whatever they are they are real - as real as snake demons he's put his swords through. And from the looks of things, they are the very definition of hungry ghosts: spirits who can't rest, who resent the living, and will make things hell for the living if they can't be appeased.
Before he does anything embarrassing like attempt to build a shrine or set out offerings to appease them, though, Cao Pi would like to investigate. Armed and armored, he heads out onto the streets to see things for himself, whether the ghosts or the people affected by them. Any one of the five days of this chaos, he could be anywhere in the colony; saving people from walking in front of trains, falling victim to unstable powers, attempting to work out a solution, or hastily attempting some folk traditions to try to ward off hungry ghosts, like putting out food or burning incense.
What he doesn't know is that one of those chills was the touch of a ghost which will compel him to speak truth...]