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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

[curingidiocy]

There is a certain irony in assigning a grade to a teacher.

[ Because he hasn't directly stated to Tezcatlipoca that he was one, though if he sniffed around he'd figure it out easily. ]

[uncourteous]

Was it not? If it wasn't, you would be quite skilled in shaking people down in a dark alley.

[ a natural... at threats. ]

Unfortunately, I have never heard of that word. [ apologize, what is that? ] Also, do you believe people should make invisible amends for speaking their minds?

[gimu]

[ curious. something here makes him wonder if kabru is being truthful, but he can’t put his finger on it. maybe it’s just his imagination. ]

i am the product of a human and a cursed spirit. this form is the shape this body took when i inhabited it. so, i suppose, yes to your question.

[fursuit]

it's fitting you mean

besides! it's a good grade!

...least I think so. kind of a new thing relatively speaking. thought A was at the top but who knows. maybe it's the opposite where you're from

haha F- if that's better

[curingidiocy]

You were correct the first time, though I prefer a numerical grading system.

[fursuit]

98

points deducted because it's long for what it is

but also not many because some people just need to read damn

[curingidiocy]

I will concede that it could more concise, but it is far from difficult to read. Too many people are complaining for what amounts to only two sheets worth of writing. Honestly, I worry for the future of humanity.

[curingidiocy]

It's only two pages worth of writing. Surely you can stand to read that much.

[curingidiocy]

I see. A difference in vision that fundamentally incompatible would naturally lead to conflict.

[ And he can't fault them for warring over limited resources. That was the origin of war, after all. A desperate struggle to survive, even if it means trampling on others. ]

Interesting. We've yet to confirm the existence of the soul, so such revival technology would be impossible in my world, if it truly involves the soul. Is it possible that they were merely copying your memories and inserting them into a newly created body?

[zauneyete]

Oh? I wouldn't doubt that you would have answers to provide.

[ Set, after all, is a god of many talents, and he knew that Set would have plenty of ideas. Would they be right? Who knew! ]

Perhaps they could adapt to it. Perhaps they would then not need us. After all, if they bring someone like me, then why could they not recruit among their own? I am no different than they are, after all. Particularly at the moment. Is the nanotechnology so rare?

[ Sometimes, Silco, structures need to exist for the good of a game. But he's stupid and petty and will latch onto this. ]

[zauneyete]

Her judgement? It was a pathetic, simpering thing. It tried time and time and time again to beg me to be less than what I am. She would have had me give up everything that I fought for to make her feel better.

[ No she wouldn't have, but Silco deluded himself into it, given that she'd stumbled time and time again into the little hints about Silco that he so meticulously, carefully covered up. ]

I can assure you, the only thing I have misunderstood about people is that there was once a capability for camaraderie. I availed myself of that long ago. Then again, I do not expect gods to understand such things. You all have often had... alternative perspectives when it comes to that.

Or perhaps that is only the gods I respect.

[ which is. unfortunately. the ones she's already met and doesn't like. ]

[uncourteous]

... Are you basing this off of your observations, or your own regrets? Unfortunately, neither applies to me as I do not believe I am living a fulfilling life. [ even now his life sometimes just feels like a hellscape. not that he can complain about that here, considering he doesn't view this world any differently. ] Nor do I desire to. I will simply become the emperor. Nothing more, nothing less.

[ he doesn't believe in the illusion of living a happy or content life.

set's words sound a lot like words men tell themselves while at war. ... it's as odd feeling. ]

I cannot tell if you have too little faith, or too much of it. I would really love to take a gander at the inside of your mind, Sir Red. Are you that attached to this world already, or are you actually weak to the idea of being needed and operating out of a sense of duty?

[uncourteous]

[ "then is it not fine if it falls" is the first thought in his mind.

why not forsake the empire and world who had abandoned him first, or so he might have argued, but he also doesn't quite know if that's truly his goal. his bitter thoughts, his resentment— despite these emotions consuming him, is it not true that he had been fulfilling his duties flawlessly? it's a complex mix of emotions when he hears ereshkigal's advice. ]

You need not concern yourself over the state of my own affairs. [ the rest of her words sound more like lines he would have heard out of a play, or an old prophecy. fortunately, he believes in neither. ]

That may be the case. To begin with, I think you misunderstand me, my lady. I do not desire to be emperor for wealth, or power. Instead, you have only solidified my own resolve. [ to kill the nobles, maybe, but it's a brief thought he brushes it off. ]

Regardless, does that mean your own decision is set?

[peoplewatch]

[ is a cursed spirit similar to a ghost? was it that he possessed that body? but where did the part of him being half-human come about? ]

The product ... Like an experiment of sorts? [ this is starting to feel like a heavy topic and he should tread carefully. ]

[queenofkur]

I would be a goddess reigning over wisdom rather than death, were I capable of understanding one's character after a mere few exchanges.

It is as I said. You showed me kindness, and so I gave you advice. Do what you will with my words. Contemplate them, deny them or discard them. And perhaps on another day, you may explain to me the depths of your resolve.

[ She'll have plenty other advice to give him once she realizes he's the man who drowned and burned her sims! ]

It is. I suppose now only time can render its verdict.

[queenofkur]

[ The more this man talks (writes?) the less she understands why Quetzalcoatl even tried bothering with him. Did she really go above and beyond to try and redeem him? It's definitely something she would do, but on her end Ereshkigal doesn't think she could. She's only known him for five minutes and already she wishes she could zap him just a little to silence him. ]

Quetzalcoatl offered you her kindness and her love. The betterment, safety and happiness of humans has ever-been her sole concern. I shall not allow you to speak ill of her and twist her intents to vilify her.

[ The gods he respects...? Does he mean... No, Set would have probably murdered this man already if he knew of his presence. Understandably so.

Tezcatlipoca then? He has made no secret of his negative opinion of Quetzalcoatl. Does he mingle with such a detestable human? With one who killed his own sister? If so, that shameful god is even worse than she suspected. ]

I am done listening to your nonsense. You have been warned, and I will not hesitate to do what I must.

[gimu]

exactly so.

[ luckily, or unluckily, depending on the perspective, choso seems entirely unbothered about the circumstances of his creation; it happened, he exists, that’s that. ]

our sire was a cursed spirit of unknown origin, but our mother was human, and a prisoner of intellectual curiosity. the man who used her for this experiment somehow added his blood to the mix.

[fursuit]

it's funny but in a "I don't disagree" kinda way

hey they could go back to the times where reading was only for scribes and nobility. spice it up again

[fursuit]

exactly. not exactly middle ground between bringing back all worlds or creating a new one, since it was one or the other. so, nice, juicy conflict as a result

functionally, that could be about how it worked. other thing was that our souls became a physical object. nice, pretty gem that was embedded into ya somewhere. that's what you popped into the ground at a world tree kinda deal. definitely regrew a new body every time.

but it was the real deal, can tell you that. I can see a soul for what it is. no faking that

[peoplewatch]

[ he's not a monster and he hasn't tried to hurt anyone. it isn't his fault he was born that way. kabru holds certain prejudices toward people who aren't human, but he can set them aside if he comes to understand them. ]

That's awful ... She must have suffered ...

[gimu]

one can only imagine. that is all i know of her; she was gone long before i incarnated.

now, i am here to fight giants for another experimental governing body.

[uncourteous]

[ maybe that's the case, but he's also seen enough of the opposite as well. kingdoms fall, the people perish, or get dispersed to another empires under a completely different form. a fate he'd argue could be much worse. ]

Let us hope your experience holds up, Sir White.

Then may I pose the question of— do you think it better to live a life devoid of decisions but a life nonetheless, or a life of freedom, but only for it to lead to quick, perhaps even miserable death?

I do think you are quite right in that there may be nothing pleasurable to be found here.

[ what i am and what i do aren't the same thing...

at least it's honest. ]

[uncourteous]

Now wouldn't that be convenient? Being a god over wisdom and knowing the answer to every single inquiry, and knowing the true nature of everyone's heart. Fortunately, I find doubting most works just as well.

One day... If you would still like to hear them, I am not opposed.

[ who knows, if it is just their passing fancy, however.

but, with their decision made. ] May you get the result you desire, Miss Goddess.

[fastpaced]

yup
theres no right or wrong answer

glad 2 hear u care about the ppl here tho and not just the data
when we come back from taking that dragon out we can get right back 2 helping em!

[peoplewatch]

Did you have other family?