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Greetings everyone. I am contacting you on behalf of Nicholas D. Wolfwood (user name: punisher).

He recently made a post offering his services as a priest to those who wish to confess their sins. While admirable, the payment he asks in return for such a service is unacceptable. Normally he should be chastised for such behavior, however the money he hopes to earn through his service is to be used for a noble cause: helping the orphaned children of this world. I believe this cause to be an important one and he deserves to be commended for having decided to take it on!

Unfortunately, he lacks the confidence to ask for donations, hence his resorting to selling what should be a sacred service for money. He is convinced nobody will help him, as people typically never give anything away without the expectation of getting something back.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could reassure him that the people in this world are generous. While nothing is prepared yet to receive donations, I am sure he will feel heartened to see the kindness and benevolence we are all capable of. I will personally donate some of my own money when the time comes.

Thank you for your time.

— Ereshkigal, Goddess of Death and Queen of Kûr

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Ah. Well. My sympathies to you then. She sounds...difficult to work with, putting it lightly.

[Truly Dan Heng is gonna side-eye Ishtar so hard if she ever shows up here lmaoooo]

We are, I agree. I do find text to be easier to communicate with...more time to construct my thoughts. But it's still been great to work alongside good people.

I...want to ask, though. You do not have to answer, Lady Eresh, but. Why would you assume people you haven't even met would hate you? [Aside from nearly deafening him upon meeting, she's been rather pleasant company??]

Gods of death have a rather negative reputation.
Death is the greatest of humanity's evils.
The one they can never overcome, only delay.
And when they try to, it always comes at a terrible cost.

So they blame those who represent death for their suffering.
This is how it was in my world.
Even though I do not directly takes lives,
The blame for this evil lies with me.

I assumed this might be the same here.
I am glad to have been proven wrong.

...Ah.

[Aaaaaaah....this is making alot more sense now.]

I wouldn't consider death 'evil', Lady Ereshkigal. In fact...where I'm from, it truly is considered as something welcome. The people of the Xianzhou Luofu are incredibly long lived. Near immortal. It...caused many hardships. Those who lived too long became sick, losing their minds...

[A shell of a man, hunting him down across the cosmos to demand the death he's constantly denied...]

A terrible cost indeed. Death is necessary, I think. All things need an end. Even if it is painful...it makes one cherish what they have, now.
....things I'm sure you know already. Still. As a goddess of death, I think it is a valuable service you provide. The gods of my world care little for the mortals in their care. They just...are. I believe many where I'm from would be comforted to know someone as kind as you oversaw something so unknowable such as death.

...sorry. I suppose it's a topic I'm rather opinionated on. Thank you for sharing, Lady Ereshkigal. I...hope your burden can be a little lighter here.

I thank you for your words of comfort.

What you describe is a scenario I fear for humanity.
While the body can be made to survive for ages,
The mind is not made to handle near immortality.
Even gods must die eventually, after all.

If death never comes, life becomes a prison.
One that drives people to stagnation or madness.

[ Mind you when she says "humanity," she means more the concept of humanity rather than a specific specie. ]

I'm sorry to hear such a fate has befallen your people.
I hope it will not befall you.

Of course, Lady Ereshkigal.

…I see. So that is a tragedy possible in other worlds…you are correct. Many fear death so much that they push themselves to a fate much worse.
The gods of my world, aeons. They are more…concepts, than people like you. They can “die” in a sense more like fading or being absorbed into a stronger entity. But I suppose that lack of permanence supports your point.

While death is not something I seek at this point in time, I know it is necessary, for all the reasons you have stated. People must move forward to actually live after all.

I…thank you, for your sympathies, Lady Ereshkigal.

Do not worry. As a Vidyadhara, I am part of a cycle of “death” and rebirth. That is how we have avoided madness, even if we do still tend to live a long time. It is not indefinite.

While it’s likely unnatural, death is still necessary, even with this. A clean slate, as it were.

[Some slates cleaner than others, but......]

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why does he always get so Like This with her...sorry Eresh. Have more affirmation.

finally someone thinks death is good

Death is good and necessary!!