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[curingidiocy]

[ Soon after LILITH hands the decision to Outsiders, Ratio makes a post on the ocular network. ]

I hope you have all had ample time to rest from the aftermath of the kaiju's attack. However, it is time to turn our attention to the future. We have been given an opportunity to decide our next step.

1: Stay in Seoul and assist the city.
2: Chase after the escaped Imugi.

I imagine opinions may be divided on this front, so I would like to open the forum for discussion. Please state your choice and provide thorough reasoning for your decision. You will not convince anyone with a half-baked argument. You may respond to any comment as you please, but remember to stay civil and do not resort to derogatory or inflammatory comments. Should you break this rule, I will revoke your comment permissions.

Keep in mind that your choice will have a grave effect on the people of this planet. It is not one to be made lightly, so do not treat it with levity.

You may use the form below to keep your comment clear and easy to read.

<b>Decision:</b> State your decision here. <b>Reason:</b> Be concise. Bullet form preferred. <b>Other:</b> If you have any other comment to make, do so here.


[ ooc: This is meant to be a mingle text log! Feel free to comment on each other's posts, yadda yadda go wild! Also the form is only a recommendation, feel free to disregard Ratio's instructions and annoy him. ]

Comments

[gimu]

if i don’t die horribly would you try it?

[fursuit]

[ He's a bit confused by the names at first, but when it dawns on him... Oh, that's kind of cute, isn't it? Consider him just a little bit charmed. ]

hahaha nah I think there's just a misunderstanding here

talking about sex, to be clear. dick's just slang for a penis

[thundercrashes]

you just said you have poisonous blood, where as i have normal blood last i checked.

even if you don't die horribly there's a chance i will, so there's no way this is happening unless we're absolutely sure i am not going to choke and die in the process

[queenofkur]

[ She's not going to point out the hypocrisy of him pretending to be concerned for the future of the people when he's admitted to be literally working against proper human history.

She knows there's more to it, but she's so done. She wants sleep! ]

Then we no longer need to speak.

Farewell.

[ Little does she know he's stalking her other threads and about to say horrible things!! ]

[30storieshigh]

[ Okay he understands... even less now??? Is this person taking the urine, as people say? ]

Ah. Procreation? I do not see how that will help anyone 🤨. We must focus on our duties, there is little time to devote to raising hatchlings 🐣.

[redsoil]

I do not mind that about you. You are more like the divine than you are like humanity — for they were made weak, but graced with freedom of will in exchange.

Beings like us were made to be powerful, and beholden to greater wills than our own. I cannot care too much for them, little menace. If I lose myself to their freedoms, I will become a danger to that which I am required to hold above all.

They are part of the world's history, but not the only part. I hate them, for making other gods and beautiful creation like you believe that life revolves around them.

[gimu]

you will only choke and die if you somehow fail at chewing properly.
if it is a toxin stronger than mine then you will experience dizziness and confusion before it begins to affect your respiratory system. ideally by then you will be unconscious so as to avoid the unpleasantness of your body shutting down around you.

regardless i would not make you eat something that would destroy you so easily.

[thundercrashes]

that's... reassuring, I guess?

[good to know that he's not just going to let manjoume die apparently]

[gimu]

you are a precious ally. i will preserve manju’s very human life to the best of my ability.

[30storieshigh]

Regrettably I must agree, our stances are vastly different.

I am very old, Golden Furred of Kûr, I have seen many battles like the one we've fought 🏢🦖💥🐉🏢. There will always be small ones dying as a result, it is a fact that can not be avoided.

[thundercrashes]

manjoume-san.

it is not that hard to say or even type.

[yes, he is still bitching about the manju nickname here]

[fursuit]

you're cute, you know that?

[ this is genuine, not that it's easy to tell, ]

it's just where how our world works comes into play. to make a very long story short, there are some beings like ereshkigal that are aren't exactly "alive" in the traditional sense. can't really make their own energy, or not enough to do all the cool shit for fighting. you can think of that energy as the concentrate of life itself, and there's some different ways to get it.

most efficient is what lingers in bodily fluids. so doesn't really have to be procreation. blood works too. but most people ain't into that.

and for what it's worth, don't think that whole system totally applies here. some of that juice is coming from elsewhere, otherwise they'd just fade away. LILITH if I had to guess but since I don't have my omniscience, couldn't tell you for sure

[gimu]

it sounds like manju, which are delicious. manju and sour plums. i like that better.

[hitokiller]

you ain't got an ounce of shame in that body of yers, huh
just puttin' it all out there for folks to read

[fursuit]

what's shameful about it? just relaying facts. I'm a god of magecraft, you know?

[thundercrashes]

well I don't! just call me by my name, for god's sake

[gimu]

manjume-san

[hitokiller]

and a god of a whole buncha other crap
includin' being messy, i guess
ever think the other "familiars" out there didn't want everyone in on it?

( tch. )

least these human bodies are comfy

[fursuit]

did I name those other familiars?

[ ...now, granted, he only didn't because of a whim rather than any sense of propriety. but. ]

so they really are fully human bodies? kinda thought you were fucking with me on that one. there's so many loopholes that I figured they just figured one of those out. a full body is pretty difficult. when I make them it's a real pain in the ass

but hey it's a good deal. not messing with the whole master/servant thing is for the best

[thundercrashes]

why are you like this

[hitokiller]

you can make 'em...

( like a homuncully... a homunculus? or whatever. )

and who do ya take me for?
'course i was serious
haven't been able to shift into spirit form since i woke up here
which, like you said... ain't entirely so bad

( aside from the dying for real part. )

[gimu]

a series of strange events and circumstances have led me to this moment.

why are YOU like this?

[ what does it mean??? he don’t know, but it seems polite to return the question, like a badminton volley. pwonk. ]

[cranekin]

Without humans, there would be no gods.
The poem stories and songs they share invoke the gods.
All words have power and each word is a vessel for the divine.
Created by stories and imbued with human feelings, we are born into this world and live as legends.

At least! That's how it is for me.
Maybe that's why I can't hate them no matter how I may feel.

[fursuit]

sure. probably still could, but wouldn't exactly be survivable for me. takes an organ to do it. last guy took one of my lungs. compared to that, fishing their soul outta Mictlan ain't hard.

[ So not exactly a homunculus, but something much more impressive and terrifying. And clearly, it's not something he considers secret or a big deal, since he's admitting it casually. ]

and hey, nothing personal. you're from chaldea, so figured there's a good reason to stretch the truth a little bit yeah? and wouldn't be any offense on my part either

[vorous]

Yeah, you're right about that. It's just been a few hours since I've eaten, so I'm hungry again.

_{[ chubby boy problems ]}

I'm trying to stay focused, but my stomach always gets me in trouble.