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[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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a goddess is here. how shocking. there was no goddess in the other. but oh dear. no. do not be angry at them. human passion and human desire should burn brightly until the world is devoured. they are most beautiful when most bright. humans are wilful anyway. theyre hard to crush. resilient. like cockroaches. in a good way of course. their stubbornness and self preservation is the most beautiful of things so no do not be angry at them for devouring this world you are a goddess yes you should see that they cannot help it it is part of their nature

[Okay, ow. This was suddenly very loud on both Meetra's hearind and her other senses. She counted herself lucky she had been eating lunch and not meditating.]

Er...

[Still how do you even respond to a demand this sudden from someone claiming to be a goddess? Agree? Bow? Those and "stall until context is established" seem to be her only feasible options.]

Can you really blame people, though? They didn't start the process, it was their ancestors and everyone who came before them who fucked nature up to whatever degree you're talking about.

Anyway; I guess I can answer a few questions as a spokesman for the human race; but don't expect me to have all the answers.

Where is nature? Who knows; wasn't there some kind of disaster here?

Who did this? The fuck should I know? Ask someone else.

Are we happy? I'd say so; usually destroying nature provides fuel and other bonuses to make life easier; it's a pretty sweet deal.

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OK, why are you typing; I'm speaking with you telepathically, you doofus.

And no. Wrong! Try again! The world does not revolve around humans and what they want! Never has, never will! We created them to tend to the earth, not to turn it into their dumping ground!

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What?! Was that not clear? I thought I was pretty clear there. Do you need to hear that again?

you feel strange in my head and i do not like talking to strange things in my head. but if you wish to talk normally I shall indulge you.

We have a difference in opinion it seems. Humans are the pinnacle of brilliance and should not be forced into servitude towards a host that would die eventually.

I am biased though. I love humans and the destruction they wrought. Although, I love the creation they are capable of as well. Why hinder their talents by making them tend to the earth?

That just means your iniquities run so deeply that you're evil to the core! Maybe you should try, I don't know, changing instead of sticking your fingers in your ears and whining about how it's not your fault!

And sure, go on razing the earth, right up until the point you've destroyed all of it and there's nothing left to live on. Case in point - look around you! How long do you think you'll last in a city without enough farmland to grow a stalk of corn?!

You're such shortsighted idiots it's a wonder you even lasted long enough to destroy anything. The only thing you're good at is avoiding responsibility.

One hundred million other living things. That's ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine species that aren't humans. I'm not letting some bipedal apes ruin it for everything else!

And if you love humans so much, why are you encouraging them towards self-destruction? Their only talent is bottomless greed.

There weren't that many species over the world I presided. The world was half-dead. The only thing to care about is humans, and so that is all I shall care over.

Ahah! Incorrect! Humans have multiple talents - they can bend and break so many laws of the universe, because they are greedy, but also curious. I want to see where that will bring them, be it their ascension, or their destruction. Either way, the end result would be breathtaking to witness.

Oh my god, Viridi, use the COMP network!

They're not your pet science project! If you don't want to take responsibility as a god, fine. Your world, your mess. But some of us have duties we take seriously, and some of us care about mass genocide!

It was kind of abrupt.

Then why are you so angry over the state of this one? This isn't your world, and so, this world is not your responsibility. If those here cause their own mass-extinction, it will be brought about by their own choices, and you should probably not meddle in it.

Besides, this world seems to have its own God. I feel that it would be rude to step on his toes, so to speak.

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Are you swearing fealty to me? You shouldn't take the gods' names in vain.

And NO. This is more comfortable. My telepathy is 100% proven to not give you brain cancer, unlike these little pieces of plastic.

They run on magic, okay? They won't give you cancer! But your telepathy will give me a headache!

Get out of my head.

Because standing inside a dead zone is a little more upsetting than hearing about one from some pseudo-deity who could be lying out of his teeth. I'd care about your dead planet if I went for a visit, too.

And that wasn't a god, that was a spiritual projection of human ideals in an anthropomorphic form. Like... Justice. Or Vengeance.

To humans, their ideals may as well be their God. They fight and die for them, they dictate their lives around them, and let it command their every decision. Perhaps he is not a God of the traditional sense, but he is still an influential entity. I am merely being polite.

[Suddenly, Anant's mood shifts from neutral to jubilant]

I am enjoying this conversation! It is not often I get to debate with one that is not a human. Humanity's thoughts function on different planes than a Goddess's, although I am finding your passion somewhat human-like. It is bizarre. You are angry and upset, defiant and confrontational... how did you manage to possess such range in emotion? I wish to know, because they escape me.

I want to know.

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You've got a point, I guess. Apart from the fact that they could just, I dunno, pull in some corn like they pulled in all of us.

And, hey, if nature is so great then why didn't it defend itself a little better? Not doing anything to stop itself being torn apart was like screaming "please use me as fuel, please use me to build houses", right?

[but if we ruin the world we just go live on towers in the sky, right????]

Um- I get that you're angry, but I don't think killing demons will help it any... Or yelling...

At least that makes one of us.

I'm not human-like; the humans are god-like. They're the one species closest to the gods, the one that had enough intelligence to understand and appreciate the gifts of divinity. Not that that means they deserve any special treatment. It's just natural that they take after us.

Arguably, you could say that their understanding of divinity has shaped our personalities as well. Don't think I started out this bitter. It was intended to be a mutual give and take situation. Humans would reach their full potential under our guidance; the path they were meant to walk was bright. In return, they were expected to honor us, each other, and all of creation.

Then they decided they had better plans that involved mass carnage.

They only pray nowadays when the forces of darkness besiege them. Like we're some sort of emergency services speed-dial.

All this screaming is straining my telepathic throat. Let's make it simple.

PROTECT THE REST OF THE PLANET!

You got it now?

You are so dumb. This is incredible. Thousands of years of evolution and humans have finally succeeded in creating the most idiotic sapient creature that's ever walked the land. I can't believe it. This must have been the reason you all went so wrong.

CORN DOESN'T HAVE A SOUL YOU BUFFOON.

And you chop down one tree and I'll be using you as firewood. You want a defender; you're looking at her.

...Metaphorically.

Magic cancer! It's even worse! You'd probably mutate into a Monoeye or something.

And you've been listening to my telepathy for a whole game; you can deal with it for one more day.

No.

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