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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

[nyxterious]

It was, but not all humans wish for the same thing. Those who didn't want the Fall to happen stood against it, and managed to stop it. They did the impossible.

[forceofnature]

We already went through this. It doesn't matter how miraculous humans are if they're the ones creating the disasters in the first place! Who wants to wait with bated breath hoping that they'll decide that maybe they'll make an effort to not cause a cataclysm this century? And how is that fair to the rest of the living world?! There are 10 million other living things on this planet. That's 10 million times as many species as humans, which are, let's count, one species! One species that's ruining it for everything else! Actively destroying everything else - gleefully! You just admitted it yourself, but you still ignore that in favor of your personal biases.

The point of my existence is to defend all of life itself from whatever might be threatening its destruction. And 99.9% of the time? That's humans. Left unchecked, they will eventually bring about the death of the world.

[nyxterious]

And they can lock away the death of the world, as well.

[That's basically all he has to say about that! He knows that too well.]

[forceofnature]

Yeah, right up until a century later when they unlock it again.

[nyxterious]

I don't know when it will be unlocked, or if it even will be. I believe in my friends.

[forceofnature]

Well, it's a good thing they'll live forever to keep things from slipping any further towards catastrophe then, isn't it.

[nyxterious]

The one who sealed it away... his soul will live forever, yes.

[forceofnature]

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Huh!

Wow. That's actually interesting. Gods are immortal, but not even they can claim true immortality. I'm thinking you're just exaggerating things.