[text] @goddess of death

[queenofkur]

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

Comments

[queenofkur]

[ Kenos? That's the place where Quetzalcoatl died, according to Set... She wasn't sure until now, but she's not surprised Tezcatlipoca was there too. ]

And in all that time, you haven't learned to handle your finances?
Being "broke" could affect you negatively should LILITH's support be reduced in the future.

[ ... Why is she even telling him that? Does she actually care that he doesn't end up homeless and hungry? Maybe. Slightly. He'd been nice last time.

Sighs. Hopefully he'll do something horrible soon and she'll go back to 100% hating him. ]

[fursuit]

hey not my fault that food and cigarettes are expensive. the pay here sucks? I swear my gig at the bar pays more than they do and the most dangerous thing I have to do there is threaten people with a baseball bat every once in a while

[ or: vibe ]

they reduce the pay further and I'll just get someone to pay for my shit. don't remember the term, but that's a thing you can do in the modern era

[queenofkur]

This is what Ishtar does.
I would ask you reconsider before stooping that low.

[ She can't believe the comparisons with Ishtar are becoming more accurate by the day. Yet again, that really does explain why they don't get along. ]

Why not stop buying cigarettes?
They are bad for your health, which you should be careful with as you are essentially human here.

[fursuit]

why? it’s basically the same as being offered tribute. hell if people are just offering me money that’s even a step down since my usual tributes are a lot more blood-focused.

which before you get pissy about it, that’s just how things work for me. even quetzalcoatl got offered tributes of blood

but anyways. doesn’t really matter if they’re good for my health or not. call it a compulsion. smoke is kind of my thing. not a domain so much as divine imagery kind of thing.

…human bodies just get addicted to nicotine too

[queenofkur]

[ Thankfully, she has no time to get pissy about the blood offering because there is something else that is far more deserving of her ire. ]

And you wanted me to try "smoking" those things?

[ The Kûr? He'd tried getting her addicted to a toxic substance?! It's nearly like he tried poisoning her! ]

[fursuit]

yeah??? it's not like it's immediate. one won't hurt you

[ that makes it better right (no) ]

[queenofkur]

[ Well there it is. The unfortunate yet inevitable accident that brings his approval rating back where it belongs, at zero percent. ]

This is low, even for you.

[ Yes, she takes it just as well as anyone can expect. ]

[fursuit]

what??? why? it’s just tobacco?

like if you’re going to be mad at me at least let me earn it

[queenofkur]

You tried getting me addicted to a toxic substance!!
This could have affected my health and my finances should I have accepted your offer.
I don't care what sophistry you're speaking, this is unacceptable.

[fursuit]

it's not THAT bad

plenty of people smoke! hell, the guy you're helping out here, we met over smokes! bummed a cig off me while we were in that stupid maze

would you take one from him and not me?

[queenofkur]

He's not offered me cigarettes.
And he's not a god.

[ Following this message, what reply he writes doesn't get sent and instead he gets an automatically generated message: ]

The user @ goddess of death has indirectly requested that that you no longer contact her.

transcript: Murderer! Addict!! Psychopath!!! T-That's it, I'm going to curse him with sumerian fever if he tries to justify this once more!

In an effort to preserve peace, you will be unable to contact @ goddess of death for the next 72 hours.

Thank you for your understandings.