>>38851122For clarification, the ritual is the graduation of trainees into fully-fledged shrine maidens, traditionally undertaken at age 14 (for reasons, Rei is taking the trial for the second time at 15). "Classes" of girls are brought before the Shitomo in the ritual hall, inundated (drugged)), then undressed and placed in ceremonial coffins that are carried out to scattered, deep parts of The Underworld along with the white ritual robes, their mask, and a weapon. Their objective is to slay one of the Lost (which, in the most extreme cases, have not only gone completely feral but also been grotesquely transformed by chuubanite) and find their way back. If they pass, they can assume the full duties of a shrine maiden and be moved into their new accommodations on the temple campus. I didn't really envision the black robes to be in use by anyone except the most senior shrine maidens or the administrative/elite body of the Faithful
