[D0 EA] High Noon Prayers

[Mirumoto Jakuchou]

"I would say it is. Because the creator is capable of appreciating their own creation. Often times they are the person that most appreciates what they've created because they did all the work. Without an audience it can't be popular or controversial. But even without a mortal audience, the heavens can see your creations. I would go so far as to say it would be possible, however unlikely, that a person might create something so beautiful that they are elevated by the fortunes to Tengoku with their piece never to be seen by mortal eyes. How many times do you think that might have happened in history and nobody will ever know?" she asks with a light smile.

[Bayushi Choudai]

"I was under the impression that to become a Fortune, one had to be named as such by the Emperor..."

[Mirumoto Jakuchou]

"Then where did the fortunes that predate the emperor come from? Emma-O predates the empire, but Lady sun existed even before they did. And who is to say previous Emperors residing in Tengoku do not still retain that right?" She asked with a smile.

"I suspect that the emperor's power to name fortunes is likely limited to the context of the Emerald empire, much as his temporal power."

[Bayushi Choudai]

"I defer to your experience in this matter, Mirumoto-san."

Not least because Choudai honestly didn't care much about theology.

"I will simply note that without an audience, my own art is far hollower."