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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!

Comments

[forceofnature]

If only the rest of humanity was exactly like you.

.......Actually, no, that wouldn't really work out, either, but it's still preferable.

If you can't deal with violence, then just ignore it. Humans are pretty good at pretending that nothing bad is happening, I've noticed.

[primordial]

Oh, oh no, I wish humanity wasn't like me, I don't think you would like that one bit...

[Another pause, before.] Yeah. No, I know that, it's just...it's hard for me to ignore, really. Because I can't do anything about it, even when its directed at me. I just...falter, really. And it's the worst feeling to have, you can't ignore that so easily.

[forceofnature]

I suggest finding a grizzled old warrior of some sort and segueing into a training montage. Preferably with some singing involved; you get better results with a catchy theme-song.

Alternatively, you could suck it up and learn to face your fears head-on, but that's less entertaining.

[primordial]

...[ARE YOU FOR REAL, VIRIDI] That's what they do in movies, and, um, I don't know about you, but in my world, that actually doesn't do anything to help in real life. It's fun to watch, though.

Well, my fears are way bigger than what any regular person has, I think. And no, I'm sorry, I don't really want to face them...I know that will make people label me a coward, but hey, better a coward than somebody who'll get recklessly hurt by rushing into things.

[forceofnature]

But it works so well in the movies! We've practically got a song tailor-made for you; you want to Make a Man out of yourself, right?

Anyway. You know there is such thing as a middle ground, right?

[primordial]

First of all, the last time I checked, I wasn't in a movie. And second, I-I don't think Make a Man would really work on me, of all people...

Well, yeah. And your point?

[forceofnature]

The point is that you don't have to be a simpering recreant or a reckless fool. I know very few of you come anywhere near the ballpark of what a human ought to be like, but one or two of you manage it every now and then.

[primordial]

So, to be human, in your eyes, of course, you would have to be in the middle of that? Both reckless and simpering and yet neither of the two?

[forceofnature]

To be an ideal human. It's hardly the only criteria, and obviously, none of you even come close.

[primordial]

Oh.

[A pause as he morosely mutters:]

Sorry. That I don't, anyways. Guess I just can't be perfect...

[forceofnature]

Stop sulking! My expectations for humanity are so low that I gave up all hope a long time ago, anyway.

[primordial]

I'm sorry that I sulk, s-sorry.

[A sigh.]

So, why talk with them if you've given up hope for them, though?

[forceofnature]

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[Good question.]

D-Don't question the actions of a god! We work in mysterious ways. Superior, unintelligible-to-man, better ways.

[primordial]

I don't know, you don't seem that mysterious to me. Especially after the whole "yelling in people's heads" thing.

[forceofnature]

((Sorry for the wait! I went on mini-hiatus for a bit. Feel free to ignore if you'd rather drop the thread!))

Oh, so now you're growing a spine. I see how it is. I'm not using those dinky little pieces of plastic; you can mute those things.

[primordial]

((i'll never drop this thread, nope :3))

Oh, no! No, no, no! I'm...I'm just stating what I think, it's not meant as an insult or anything! I'm sorry!

[SO TOTALLY FLUSTERED OVER HERE]

So...it's just more convenient for you, is that it?

[forceofnature]

Why should I use a city-wide communications device when I can already talk to all of you without one? It's pointless.

And the stupid glasses clash with my look.

[primordial]

I-I see...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to question it or anything. I see now.

Your, erm, look? They don't suit you?

[forceofnature]

I bet they'd give me a squint. I haven't existed thousands of years just to get a squint from human technology.

[primordial]

I'm pretty sure glasses don't give people squints, you know. If that was so, everyone with glasses would have squints, and that would be really bad for them...

[forceofnature]

Deitic Rule #4921!

'You're gonna have to live forever with your look so don't chance anything that'll mess it up. Just ask Medusa.'

That's definitely in the Book of Divine Prophecy and not at all made up on the spot, if you were wondering.

[primordial]

...

[Totally, Viridi. TOTALLY.]

Yeah, but wasn't Medusa cursed because she was too beautiful? If the story is correct...but huh, deitic rules? What, is that like "How to Be a God For Dummies"?

[forceofnature]

What? No, she was cursed for randomly turning humans to stone for fun and games.

[primordial]

But wait, isn't that after she got all the snakes and stuff? In the books they say she and her sisters were just regular nymphs before they got turned into the Gorgons, and that's when she got the power to turn people into stone.

[forceofnature]

Unless the Medusa you're talking about is the Goddess of Darkness and lived in a place called Skyworld, we're thinking of two different people.

Same awful hair, though, no doubt.