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[forceofnature]

[More information? One new arrival, at least, has all the information she needs. The influx of energy from this one is massive, completely unsubtle, almost as if purposefully designed to attract the attention of anyone with any sense whatsoever of the divine. It doesn’t fade away nor does it seem to be easily localized. This surely wasn’t ‘Magatama Energy’…

Whatever ambiguity this might present is cleared up almost immediately. Despite that no one may be in the vicinity, the voice of a young girl sounds clearly throughout the city of Hinoto-Ri to nearly every inhabitant, as intelligibly as if the speaker were standing right next to those she addressed. …Perhaps too intelligibly. The first sound they hear is an vehement, despairing cry.]

NO!

This can’t be…! The forests… The oceans… The deserts and mountains, the tundra and the plains! W-Where are they?! Who did this?! What did you do to them?!

[For a few moments, the speaker seems too overwhelmed with ire to speak.  The sound of her breathing eventually slows...]

Humans. Look at this world. Look at it!

I knew this would happen.  In every world across every dimension, it doesn’t matter! You -- you’re all the same! See for yourself! This is what will happen if you tear through all of nature without respect for anything but your own wealth and gain! Are you happy?! My children… 100 million species. One hundred million. There's almost nothing left...

I am Viridi, Goddess of Nature, ruler of the Earth and all living things! And I will not allow this land to be desecrated any further.

They say there are monsters ravaging what remains. If you stand against them, then... heed the command of a goddess and CRUSH them!

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[linefacingforever]

[...Yu and Izanagi are so brofisting in his head.]

We're not exactly the same.

[forceofnature]

Eh. I have a hundred million species to care for; you all blur together into one gestalt entity after a while.

[linefacingforever]

[There's a pause, and Yu is obviously consulting with his own personal head god before continuing.]

Maybe that's why Philemon felt it best you were brought here; you've lost sight of individual uniqueness, and only see the lies that you want to see.

[forceofnature]

...

What lies? Forests don't cut themselves down! Earth doesn't make itself barren! Species don't make themselves extinct!

........OK, no, they do, but not normally at this rate.

[linefacingforever]

And whatever devastated the plant life here also affected humanity, to the point that whatever is left is gathered here in this city.

Humans aren't the only individuals capable of destruction. If you listened to what the people here told you, you would have known that already.

[...a little bit of Izanagi sneaking in there? Maybe; but he's a bit irate at her after that... complete disregard of human life.]

[Seriously, Viridi, he'd got a creation god on his head. Do you really want to keep going with this?]

[forceofnature]

Did you not hear the last part of my speech, or was I not loud enough? Trust me, if I thought you were behind this, that would have gone a lot differently.

[linefacingforever]

I heard plenty of you pointing your finger at humans, even if you did not end with outright blaming them.

[forceofnature]

If you're telling me that you don't think humans played any part in this destruction, you're deluding yourself.

[linefacingforever]

No.

[He's well aware of how twisted some humans can be. Thank you for that, Adachi.]

But I doubt they had as big of a role as you seem to think.

[forceofnature]

Given that it's impossible to know, I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree.

We're obviously both biased.

[linefacingforever]

[...okay, he'll give her that. He will give her that. There's that whole... a thousand die, and fifteen-hundred are reborn thing...]

...right.