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[forceofnature]

[voice, public]
[Viridi has learned her lesson.

...Well no she hasn't she never does, but she can at least recognize the fact that the people here were too stupid to be expected to understand why gods needed to communicate the way they did.  Or how, exactly, this sort of communication worked. 

The telepathic broadcast is once again aimed to everyone within the city.  Instead of ringing directly in the ears of the unwashed masses, though, it seems to be reverberating from their communications devices instead.  There's an oddly echoing quality to it, and they'll find that her voice is impossible to shut off through the COMP, but hey.  She tried.]

So.

You've all been busy.  Paying visits to the mysterious 'Velvet Room', huh?

I couldn't help but notice that you're all practically lining up out the door to do favors for some strangers you don't know from Adam.  I'd call it altruistic, but we all know you're just hoping to get some shiny trinkets out of it.  A new weapon here, a better Persona there...  Call me crazy, but it's almost like you're making offerings in the hopes of receiving a blessing from some higher power you're pretty sure is benevolent.  Isn't it weird how familiar that sounds?  And you know, come to think of it, I could use a spare hand for some fetch quests, too.  Since you're all just so eager to be helpful, I'm sure you have time to spare.

Of course, I don't need anyone's faith, but a few favors here and there might just mean some handy-dandy divine intervention in your future.  I'm a goddess of my word.

You can even ask Pit!  My Treasure Hunt board had the ideal balance of difficulty to reward.  Palutena's was the lamest thing ever and Hades basically made his for sadists.  So act fast!  Once I've got what I want, you're just plain old out of luck.

Comments

[forceofnature]

That was a joke.

And your world has different gods; things probably work differently there.

[bondsofsuffering]

I was joking too, you know.

I guess it would be too convenient if all the worlds were that similar, huh?

[forceofnature]

The sad thing is how you're all still exactly the same regardless of which world you come from. It's actually kinda depressing.

[bondsofsuffering]

In which way, exactly? Across so many worlds, there must be different cultures and beliefs that change things up at least a little.

[forceofnature]

The way in which you stick your fingers in your ears and start whining about how wonderful you are whenever anyone tries to warn you about your destructive lifestyles.

The way in which you insist on polluting every part of nature you can lay your grubby little fingers on.

The way in which your defining character traits are selfishness and a lack of consideration for the possibility that maybe the world would appreciate it if you didn't chop down every tree in sight and drill holes everywhere for worthless rocks.

Do you want me to go on? I have a list that's about 953 bullet points long.

[bondsofsuffering]

That's a pretty dedicated list! Then again, you've probably had a lot of time to build it...

I'm not exactly a good person to speak for all of humanity, but believe it or not, there are some of us who realize we can be harmful to not only each other, but the world around us.

[forceofnature]

Also the way you always have the same response as if that somehow means your species isn't completely destroying the world and everything in it.

For being so good, you're sure not doing anything to stop it.

[bondsofsuffering]

I never meant to imply we weren't. I just wanted to point out that we aren't all exactly the same as you seem to think.

And, well, there's only so much a single sixteen year old can do about that kind of thing. It doesn't matter if the topic is genocide or nature conservation; there will always be multiple sides disagreeing on whether or not it's a good idea, and to what extent. And of course, each side will have at least one person who, as you pointed out, will stubbornly defend their opinion on it regardless of what the rest of us do.

[forceofnature]

So every single sixteen-year-old says that, and no sixteen-year-old ever does anything.

Everyone goes 'I'm just one person!' so no one ever does anything! The truth is that you're all just complacent and you don't care. You know on some level that it's wrong; you just don't care enough to do anything about it. Someone else will do it! No one does!

That's almost worse.

[bondsofsuffering]

So you actually believe entire world nations will listen to the pleas of one of their young? For someone who's made a point of watching humans to the point of listing out each of their faults, you're pretty uninformed.

[Though with Yaiba's "blessing", he probably could have talks with all the right people... But the environment is hardly one of his major worries.]

[forceofnature]

I'm using that as an example of an excuse, you oaf. Everyone in the world has an excuse, so nothing ever gets done. It's not a hard concept to understand.

[bondsofsuffering]

Still, some of those excuses are legitimate ones, I'd say.

[forceofnature]

Yeah, I'm just gonna be over here listening to each of your individual excuses about why your whole society is hell-bent on destroying the world and everything in it and mark off the ones that are good and give you a pat on the head. That's a productive use of my time instead of, you know. Making you all stop.

[bondsofsuffering]

And what was your plan to make us all stop?

[forceofnature]

To destroy your civilization so thoroughly that you wouldn't have the power to ever harm the earth again, of course.

[bondsofsuffering]

...Of course.

[forceofnature]

Naturally, I gave them some time to clean up their act.

Then they decided to start another war. It's their own fault, really. What do they think a goddess is, all-forgiving?

[bondsofsuffering]

Yikes. Then again, with so many countries, it's hard to find a time when there isn't any sort of war going on between at least two...

What was this one over?

[forceofnature]

A wish.

A fake wish! Have you ever heard anything so bone-headed?! They were razing the earth and destroying everything in their paths - not to mention the lives of hundreds of their own - so that one of them could get their hands on a fake wish. And they'd probably use it to wish for gold or ultimate power or something awful.

Humans are the epitome of greed and selfishness. There's no help for you.

[bondsofsuffering]

People will go through a lot to get what they desire...

I'm assuming they didn't know about the fake part?

[forceofnature]

Even if they found out, they'd still keep fighting anyway. You're just that special.

[bondsofsuffering]

If it's not because there could be a sliver of hope that it really is a wish granted, it's because the other side already wronged them and now they need to get revenge... Or something like that?

[forceofnature]

They say acceptance is the first step to rehabilitation, except you all recognize how moronic you are and you don't change, anyway.

[bondsofsuffering]

Actually, I think some people a probably just that ignorant!

[Wow Hizumi you are not helping much with opinions of humanity here.]

[forceofnature]

Aren't you supposed to say something about how you're working on it?

Well. At least you're honest.