Inspect Keiko's priestess raiment

With that bonding experience out of the way, the logical next step was for Keiko to step out and show you her priestess gear... But she was taking her time, even though it sounded like she'd finished dressing based on the lack of movement. You encouraged her again, noting your limited window of time. Plus... you were a bit anxious to see what your priestess looks like when she's dressed in your gear, too. Was being excited about something like that a little silly, when the two of you were hoping to end the Kami Kurabe together? Probably.

"Katappashikara-dono... don't laugh. If you laugh, I'll commit deicide here and now," Keiko complained from the other side of the door, before opening it slowly. After hearing her talk about hating gods, priestesses, and the Kami Kurabe, you couldn't help but take a bit of amusement, seeing your name and symbols plastered all over her uniform.

((If you'd like to take a moment, feel free to set variables for your custom logos to appear on Keiko's outfit now! Under the customize tab, use 1st symbol, 2nd symbol, and color to customize her wardrobe.))

A priestess' raiment is a bit like a professional driver's race car; it's ideal to fill every spot you can with branding. The grass green helmet she wore, along with the gauntlets, boots, metal skirt, and breastplate, were all plastered over with your symbol, the Earth. On her back were two banners, like a cross of samurai flags, displaying your name and the second of your symbols, the joined hands. Of course, the most eye-catching part of her garment was the black leotard she wore, with a white racing stripe down one side and thigh high tights rising out from the boots; the back of it was hidden by the short, metallic skirt she wore, which extended about to the tops of her thighs. Still, her legs were one of her best features, and you appreciated that this costume showed them off a bit. The black choker at her neck looked a bit like a collar, which made you feel a bit naughty; it held the silver insignia of the joined hands. Overall, the gear made her look like some bizarre, corporate, fetish version of a samurai. To humans in centuries past, this may have looked like some anime cosplay, but anyone in today's generation would recognize a woman dressed like this as a priestess competitor of the Kami Kurabe.

Looking a little closer, you noticed something that would be considered strange, even in this modern era of gods and priestesses past the Kami Aisatsu... it was her sword. On Earth, you'd seen Keiko use a wooden training sword. Here, she instead wielded the strangest weapon you'd ever seen... it had the hilt of a katana, but the blade, rather than a single straight edge, was composed of magical, free-floating rectangles of metal, connected at the corner tips as though magnetized together. It reminded you a bit of the wands that Shinto priests had used ages ago. You asked her what kind of weapon it was.

She took that indignantly. Her eyebrows lowered and her expression grew even more severe. "This is the weapon you gave me... You're supposed to know what it does," she pointed out, pointing the sword at you in a fashion suggesting she was threatening you with it, rather than asking you to inspect it.

You tried to recall, but it was difficult... you'd never given a priestess a weapon before, so you had no idea what sort of power it was supposed to have. Your instinct, however, told you that it was something tied to your motivation as a god, to your stated mantra. It's a tool... for making others... leave you alone?

"It sounds like a pretty useless tool, Katappashikara-dono," she pointed out, looking discouraged. "I can't win this tournament on my own. I'm going to need you to give me your best weapons and armor if I'm going to succeed!"

You had to sigh and regretfully inform her that you already had. Even if you had no idea what the point of that weird blade was, you knew that trying to summon something else was useless. The process of creating a priestess' gear and weaponry was practically auto-magical.

She closed her eyes, one eyebrow twitching as she tried to maintain composure under these increasingly unfavorable circumstances. She kept quiet, but you felt your priestess was still waiting for something from you. But what?

"Attention! All priestesses! Report to the main stage- move, move! Drop that buffet food and move! The Kami Kurabe's about to begin!!"

An enthusiastic announcer was roaring over the intercom for everyone to take the stage. Crap! You were out of time! This might be the last chance you have to speak to Keiko for a bit... should you take this time to talk strategy? Or is there something more important you need to do?

{if Tips = 1}((TIPS: This is your first big stat choice. Pick based on how you want to build your priestess. The first option is body, second is strength, third is cunning, fourth is faith, fifth is sin. If you pick sin here and lost faith earlier, Keiko will have no way to win the tutorial battle... Though, that may be interesting in its own ways and will not stop progression in the rest of the game. For now, I'd recommend aiming for one of the following options:

1) Gain 20 faith for a pleasant scene with your partner, Keiko...

2) Gain 5 sin and 12 power for a raunchy scene with her opponent, Buchikowasu...

3) Purposely lose the battle with Buchikowasu if you want to see Keiko get tattooed...)){endif}