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Takamagahara seeks to achieve perfection by banishing anything that was perceived as 'unwanted' to the bottom of the sea. The 'unwanted' ranged from dolls, [[Sacred Artifact]]s, {{Transient icon|Yamasachihiko|show name=n}} memories, or even {{Transient icon|Ebisu|show name=n}} a person. | Takamagahara seeks to achieve perfection by banishing anything that was perceived as 'unwanted' to the bottom of the sea. The 'unwanted' ranged from dolls, [[Sacred Artifact]]s, {{Transient icon|Yamasachihiko|show name=n}} memories, or even {{Transient icon|Ebisu|show name=n}} a person. | ||
In addition, the world also operates under a state of high surveillance where the people believe they are being watched by the heavens above. This places pressure on them to avoid mistakes or doing anything that could be seen as shameful. However, mistakes are inevitable. Someone will lose something they borrowed or forget an important date.<ref name="vsm"></ref><sup>7</sup> | In addition, the world also operates under a state of high surveillance where the people believe they are being watched by the heavens and sun above. This places pressure on them to avoid mistakes or doing anything that could be seen as shameful. However, mistakes are inevitable. Someone will lose something they borrowed or forget an important date.<ref name="vsm"></ref><sup>7</sup> The people would need a method to deal with the shame they've brought upon themselves, one of which was the Dragon Palace. | ||
====''Palace of God Watatsumi''==== | ====''Palace of God Watatsumi''==== | ||
{{quote|text=''Welcome to Dragon Palace. Please enter and forget all that you leave behind.''|sign={{Transient icon|Otohime}}|source=Virtual Summer Memories (Prologue-2)}} | {{quote|text=''Welcome to Dragon Palace. Please enter and forget all that you leave behind.''|sign={{Transient icon|Otohime}}|source=Virtual Summer Memories (Prologue-2)}} | ||
The Dragon Palace, also known by its true name | The Dragon Palace, also known by its true name of Palace of God Watatsumi,<ref name="vsm"></ref><sup>12</sup> is a prototype subsystem of the world of Takamagahara that exists at the bottom of the ocean. It was designed to fill in the holes that the world's System leaves open. More specifically, it allows people to remove and seal away any memories of unbearable shame, suffering, and grief stemming from mistakes one had committed in the past.<ref name="vsm"></ref><sup>7</sup> | ||
The Dragon Palace originated from a microchip that drifted from the world of [[Utopia]] into Takamagahara's ocean. It was built from the accumulation of unwanted items from various worlds due to it being at the bottom of Takamagahara's ocean and made it its purpose to collect and take in all the unwanted flotsam and jetsam from other worlds. The palace's repeated self-modification would result in its managing AI gaining a sense of self, now known as {{Transient icon|Otohime}}.<ref name="vsm"></ref><sup>12</sup> | The Dragon Palace originated from a microchip that drifted from the world of [[Utopia]] into Takamagahara's ocean. It was built from the accumulation of unwanted items from various worlds due to it being at the bottom of Takamagahara's ocean and made it its purpose to collect and take in all the unwanted flotsam and jetsam from other worlds. The palace's repeated self-modification would result in its managing AI gaining a sense of self, now known as {{Transient icon|Otohime}}.<ref name="vsm"></ref><sup>12</sup> | ||
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===Transfer of the Land=== | ===Transfer of the Land=== | ||
The Kuni-yuzuri, also known as the Transfer of the Land, is the day when {{Transient icon|Daikoku|show name=n}} [[Daikoku|Okuninishi]] and his Kunitsukami, the gods of the land, clashed with {{Transient icon|Amaterasu}} and her Amatsukami, the gods of the heavens.<ref name="ch13">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 13|Chapter 13: Invaders ~Undivine Destruction~]]</ref><sup>27 | The Kuni-yuzuri, also known as the Transfer of the Land, is the day when {{Transient icon|Daikoku|show name=n}} [[Daikoku|Okuninishi]] and his Kunitsukami, the gods of the land, clashed with {{Transient icon|Amaterasu}} and her Amatsukami, the gods of the heavens.<ref name="ch13">[[Release Campaign:Main Quest Chapter 13|Chapter 13: Invaders ~Undivine Destruction~]]</ref><sup>27</sup> | ||
{{Transient icon|Takeminakata}}, serving his lord Okuninushi, defended his homeland as acting World Representative but was bested at his own game of sumo, sealing his lord's defeat.<ref name="ch13"></ref><sup>23</sup> To lessen the impact of his defeat, {{Transient icon|Takeminakata}} played the part of the ideal loser, portraying himself as pathetic in order to bring both sides to a resolution with no loss of a single life.<ref name="ch13"></ref><sup>23</sup> {{Transient icon|Sarutahiko}} also helped smoothen out the end of the Transfer of the land, cleaning up the Kunitsukami's defeat and helping the celestial deities settle current matters.<ref name="hot"></ref><sup>11</sup> | {{Transient icon|Takeminakata}}, serving his lord Okuninushi, defended his homeland as acting World Representative but was bested at his own game of sumo, sealing his lord's defeat.<ref name="ch13"></ref><sup>23</sup> To lessen the impact of his defeat, {{Transient icon|Takeminakata}} played the part of the ideal loser, portraying himself as pathetic in order to bring both sides to a resolution with no loss of a single life.<ref name="ch13"></ref><sup>23</sup> {{Transient icon|Sarutahiko}} also helped smoothen out the end of the Transfer of the land, cleaning up the Kunitsukami's defeat and helping the celestial deities settle current matters.<ref name="hot"></ref><sup>11</sup> | ||
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