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[gforceinmyfaaaace]

[ The feed, as it is wont to do, flickers on, showing a chipper boy of 13, blue eyes and messy brown hair and--is that a golden laurel wreath on his head? And is he wearing a tunic? And are those wings visible behind him? ]

Hey everyone! My name's Pit. I'm new here! Thought I'd just say hi to all my new neighbors. It's nice to meet you, whoever you are!

Comments

[getoutclaus]

You get some pretty realistic fakes, you know.

You wouldn't watch a horror flick and think "oh shit that's a real murder", would you? No matter how brutal and real it is.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Yeah, that's because you're watching a movie. It's totally different in real life! You don't look at a real murder and think "wow that's a fake murder" do you?

[getoutclaus]

What if, and let's just think about this possibility for a minute, what if an accident killed a human and they went un-found for a good few hours, days, minutes, whatever you want.

That would look like a murder to most people, but a detective might be able to look at it and say "wow that's a fake murder" because it was the result of an accident.

So it's not totally different, is it?

...Besides some of those movies are really fuckin' realistic.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

That is not even the same thing!

[getoutclaus]

Hahaha!

[Give him a second to laugh for a while before he replies...

Although he was being completely serious, and he would like to think he could tell an accidental death apart from a murder, Santa had only been proposing the question as a slight way of messing with this kid.]

Yeah, I guess you're right. It isn't the same at all.


...Anyway, have you ever seen a murder in real life?

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Yes.

[ Santa, you have no idea the things this kid's seen. ]

[getoutclaus]

You ever seen a pretend murder?

A professional one, someone who looks dead but isn't, or a fake body,

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Um, I...

[ Ponder, ponder, ponder

For several moments ]

Were we talking about something?

[getoutclaus]

Movies.

[That's not... completely inaccurate, right?]

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Oh yeah! What's your favorite movie?

[getoutclaus]

...The Titanic.

[A horrible, horrible lie.]

I've got a thing for tragic romance.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

It was pretty sad. All those poor humans...

[getoutclaus]

Pretty weird that it was based on a real event, isn't it?

[Smug!shrug]

I guess even if Goddesses and Gods exist they're too busy to save one and a half thousand people.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

1/2

[getoutclaus]

...I mean I can understand not saving that many people, must take a lot of work, right?

But in cases where one person dies before they're old; how is that supposed to be fair?

[What is a carrying a massive chip on your shoulder?]

[getoutclaus]

I'm sure your Goddess isn't to blame though, so don't worry.

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

...you sound like Magnus.

[getoutclaus]

Who the hell is Magnus?

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

A human I met three years ago. He's real skeptical of the gods, too.

...so's Pittoo, for that matter.

[getoutclaus]

I can see why a human would think gods didn't give a shit about humanity, though. Can't you?

[Who?]

...Pittoo?

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

You don't wanna know about Pittoo.

[getoutclaus]

Touchy subject?

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

You could say that.