Hm, I need to know what you don't understand to know if it's because I'm confusing, or because I'm waiting to reveal a plot point later. I'm holding back on chapters because I haven't decided the chronology yet, and it could change (right now I'm posting in chronological order rather than by story arc), but things might clear up if I add the next two.
EDIT: I guess I'm asking, is the story confusing, or are Okuu's actions confusing? The latter is supposed to not make sense yet. Heck, it might not make sense even after I reveal the motive; as long as the motive is good enough for Okuu. I'm adding another paragraph. Too much conservation of detail.
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Day 2, 10:15 AM
Satori was worried for Okuu. The hell raven had a tendency of getting in trouble when she went missing for more than a few days. In fact, last time she tried to destroy the world. But at least last time Okuu did it from the courtyard.
This time, the hell raven went missing for more than a day without so much as a note. Even Orin, Satori?s cat demon, was getting worried. Satori went around the underground city placing ?Have you seen this Hell Raven? posters while Orin moved to the surface, placing the posters around the human village. She got a few glares; the overworlders did not trust the residents of former hell very much, most likely with good reason. Most the residents were oni, a race of youkai that makes even the other youkai tremble, with the other residents possessing even more fearsome powers. Orin?s job placed her with the latter. She carted corpses all day long to feed the fires of hell, and a youkai with that casual an attitude towards, as Orin called it, the walking corpses above ground, caused a bit of concern. It didn?t help that she asked the overworlders if she could cart their corpses. Orin wasn?t sure why though, she was always pleasant about it. At least she did better than Satori, who didn?t seem to understand that reading minds and then telling everyone the thoughts was not a good way to make friends. Noting a couple of strange activities even for overworlders, and a few very strangely dressed men, Orin placed the last of the fliers. She then walked home and joined Satori in front of the fires of hell (which was also the fireplace).
?Do you really think she would go up there Orin??
?Meow.?
?Yes, I agree. I still worry about her though.?
?Meow, meow.?
?It?s not her safety I?m worried about. Hell has a bad enough reputation as it is, we don?t need her to commit accidental genocide on top of it.?
?Merrow!?
?Or deliberate either.?
?puhrrr.?
?No, we have enough corpses as it is.?
?purr.?
?I hope so.?