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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. :) :) :) :)

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Oh. That sort of makes sense, I guess.

[Spoilers, he doesn't get it.]

So you want people to convert and believe in you to help THEMSELVES?

yes. i am benevolent. i hate to see humans suffer. unless they brought their own suffering upon them. then it is interesting. they bring about their own misery just as they bring about their own happiness. the choices they make. the consequences. it is enjoying to watch them struggle. to see how they try to escape their unhappiness. but they are weak species. despite being so incredibly strong. i am moved to assist. even if i do not wish to meddle in the actual free will of the human condition. does that make sense.

Yes.

[Spoilers, he still doesn't get it.]

Can you really help people be happier without meddling in the whole human condition thing though?

it is difficult to judge when the time is right admittedly. but i have it as such. those that choose to be within my cult. choose to throw themselves beneath my protection. i will only assist is something outside of their choices moves to harm them. such as. if a demon appeared and attempted to kill them. i will move to assist. demons are not as interesting as humans anyway. so i have no hesitation in obliterating them if needed. although i do dislike killing things. even demons. especially human looking ones. but again i am off topic. so although i cannot directly affect their happiness. i do try to prolong their lifespan to continue pursuing their happiness.

Hey, I'm friends with a few demons! Some of them aren't so bad.

[Well, his, are pretty cool. Don't worry he's mostly joking.]

Still, that's not so bad. What if someone's on the path to self-destruction or something though?

i wont help them. it is their own choices that would bring about their self-destruction. in fact. it would be absolutely fascinating to witness. as much as humans defeating the odds of defeat is fun. so is watching humans dig themselves a bigger and bigger hole for them to tumble into when their choices bring them to failure. free will is a glorious and terrible thing. you are free to do as you wish but you are also free to destroy yourself in the process.

So basically you just want people to do whatever the hell they want?

yes. be it for good or ill.

That sounds kind of dangerous, doesn't it?

but the full potential of humanity can flourish when unrestrained. that is what i want to see.

I guess, but... It seems like a lot of people could get hurt or in trouble that way. Or some people would "flourish" at the cost of others.

[...Aw fuck this was just like the Meritocracy vs. Equality debate all over again.]

yes. i know. is that not beautiful. it would be amazing to watch. humans thrive best when thrown into chaos. they scramble and claw themselves to higher and higher heights. i do not like to see them die. such potential snuffed out. but if they fight and fight til the end of their time. i cannot complain. they would have lived to the very limits of their being.

From a certain point of view I suppose, but I don't really think that's very beautiful. I'd rather live like a normal guy if I could.

and what is living like a normal guy.

NOT scrambling around in chaos and going out in a blaze of glory? (・_・ヾ

i dont understand. humans are forever in chaos and in strife.

I guess so, but not the kind where they die! Usually people are trying to get out of it...

to attain nirvana yes. but humans can never escape their human natures. humanity and chaos go hand in hand.

Why would we create governments and rule systems if we wanted chaos though?

[It's half a philosophical hypothetical, and half an actual question.]

because humanity also wishes to maintain control. they are a living paradox. safety and order. chaos and self-satisfaction. humans instinctively rebel against the laws the government makes. humans defy base nature to try and control such instincts. at constant war with ones self...

Don't they rebel against the government to make one that makes a better one? One that would be able to keep the order better. I don't think their base natural is to just keep squabbling...

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