01 Text - Cult Recruitment!

[selfgodded]

hello residents of hinotori.

i am here today to extend a helpful hand to you all. what a dead world you reside in. a miracle you survive for so long. demons prowl and yet humans still manage to survive in the face of adversary. how does such a weak creature gain such strength. they are wild and conflicting in their ways. their emotions are inscrutable. perhaps it is those things that are their strengths.

they are like cockroaches. i mean that nicely. the humans of my world lived in a world that was dead. this one still has some life.

some.

in any case i should get to the point.

please excuse my poor literacy. i do not know how to write human very well. i am trying however. the spellchecker function on this is very useful.

the point.

cries of assistance was given. i enjoy helping humans. i wish to be benevolent to you. however power lies in faith and faith can only give power. my followers are no more so their prayers cannot reach me regardless. therefore i extend a hand.

i will be blunt. residents of hinotori join my cult.

:)

i added an emote of a smile because smiling is said to make people more relaxed when asking them of things. so please. consider my proposal.

:) :) :) :)

Comments

[selfgodded]

...

[Paaaaaause]

Yes, that would cause unnecessary tension between us. Very well. I respect your decision, although, I ask only that you do not slay me. It will be troublesome.

voice

[selfgodded]

Perhaps, but nevertheless I can offer my own version of Nirvana, if the one your other God possesses is...lacking.

voice

[grancenturio]

No. The idea is sickening.

voice

[selfgodded]

My apologies for making you nauseous. What exactly is off-putting about it? I assure you that my intentions are pure.

voice

[grancenturio]

There is no such thing as a god with good intentions. And I will never be under the sway of a being of such lies.

voice

[selfgodded]

Lie...? I do not lie. Falseness is a hindrance, it...how does one lie about their willing servitude?

[Anant sounds genuinely puzzled]

voice

[grancenturio]

Will you play me for a fool? The easiest path to harming someone is always to make them believe you are their friend.

voice

[selfgodded]

I do not have friends. I am a servant and saviour to my followers - and to those who will otherwise revile me. Therefore I cannot harm those who I do not befriend.

voice

[grancenturio]

I have no more need for a savior than I have for hot coals to be placed in my eye sockets.

voice

[selfgodded]

That is fine. You do not need to believe in, or like me, for me to carry out my duty. The invitation is always open should you change your mind.

voice

[grancenturio]

I doubt such a thing will happen.

voice

[selfgodded]

Life is fickle. We do things we say we won't when circumstances change.

Re: voice

[andcarryabigknife]

Nirvana should be a place where every wish is granted. I do not find it lacking. This world, however, is.

[forceofnature]

Sometimes, a god decides his duty is to become supreme ruler of the universe. Things don't work out so well then.

Unless that happens, I don't think we'd be fighting in the first place.

[selfgodded]

I have no intention of becoming a supreme ruler of anything. I am content in my role of servitude. So there will be no fighting.

[forceofnature]

No, you don't have to go that far the other direction. They'll walk all over you if you let them.

[selfgodded]

I do not mind being walked over if it makes them happy! It is my purpose, after all. I am happy to carry their faiths, their dreams, and their wishes, as well as their anger and blame, so long as it lightens their burdens!

[Anant's tone is greatly impassioned...]

[forceofnature]

...Ugh.

[Viridi sounds like she's wrinkling up her nose. Which she is. From a long ways away.]

The god of awkward displays of affection. I always wondered what a deity of emotion would be like. ...Imitative emotion, anyway.

[selfgodded]

[Anant makes a noise - it's almost like a squeal of complete, fanatic happiness, like a noise a fangirl would make when their OTP becomes canon. You can almost imagine the sparkles and flowers...]

You think I am a deity of emotion? Yes! That is something glorious to preside over! Thank you for such a wonderful compliment!

[forceofnature]

For being in awe of my range in emotion, you sure did a pretty nice job there. Maybe your problem is that you're trying to map your own emotions to the ones that humans can experience and quantify.

Coming from a goddess of millions of species that don't know how to communicate with each other -- it's more trouble than it's worth. Just feel whatever you want to feel.

[selfgodded]

Feel what I want to feel...?

[Anant's earlier happiness was instantly extinguished into a deep calmness]

But I do not know what I feel. I feel slips and snippets of things, but I do not comprehend them - so I imitate the humans, because they are...bright. With their emotions. Their feelings. For a species that is normally so weak and fragile, so wild and impulsive, their feelings are both a hindrance and an advantage...

When a compliment is given, humans act happy normally - very happy! So I act happy! That is the correct thing to do, yes? They even make strange noises! They jump! I did it correctly if you believe I can feel it so!

[forceofnature]

You know how there's no one unified way for humans to express their emotions, right? They feel things, and they act it out - sometimes, it's instinctive, but other times, they learn it through imitation as they're growing up. One group of humans might interpret what you did differently from another.

[selfgodded]

Yes...they are a confusing sort. When I think I have figured out a part of their thought processes and emotions, they do something unpredictable and ruin whatever profile I had created...

It is a daunting task, understanding humans.

[greyerrant]

If you are perverting humans to your worship, I see no choice but to do my duty.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

No!