[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

[eyeofmyass]

maybe. you seem pretty positive talking about the kids.

i know you ain't dead. you're a god. but you deal with the dead. so. dead girl. miss grimm? death dealer? grave cuddler?

[now he's just messing with her.]

[queenofkur]

It is always painful when the soul of a child reaches my Underworld.
They're terrified. Their lives are cut short before they could even begin.
Death is beautiful for it makes life precious.
But it is always sorrowful when it comes too early.

I have never been able to help living children before.
I suppose this is why I am so positive.

[ That said, she can't say any of those names sound good. If he was Tezcatlipoca, she'd assume he's trying to rile her up! ]

How about Ereshkigal?

[eyeofmyass]

death is beautiful? not from my angle it ain't. still, don't envy your job.

[funny, his true job makes him a dealer of death and here he is, talking to the actual Dealer of Death here.]

do the dead usually hate the ones that send 'em there?

[He's losing focus here.]

well, the positivity suits ya. but there's no way I'm using that long ass name.

[queenofkur]

Would you say sunsets are not beautiful? Endings are a part of everything.
"Death" is merely the name it takes when it applies to life.

[ Don't get her started, that's where she'd fight because death is pure and beautiful!

(so she says) ]

Some do. Some feel guilty, others resentful. My duty is to ensure they find peace so they can move on.

[eyeofmyass]

[he's not exactly the type to see beauty in much. life is survival, and that's a lens he doesn't even know how to take off. So hell just leave the beauty to dead girl.]

sounds a lot easier than the hell we're promised back home.

might feel a little better if I knew I was sending people to someone like you.

[queenofkur]

[ Oh. He's probably an assassin like Yor, huh.

That said; hell is what they're promised? Does he mean their lives are hellish, or does he mean every souls end up in hell? ]

Are you speaking literally or figuratively?

[eyeofmyass]

[Nope. He just knows if hell exists, that's where he's going. Is pessimism literal or figurative?]

Both.

[queenofkur]

You should speak with your local death deity.
Maybe she's just hurting a lot and will change the afterlife for the best if she finds a friend.

[eyeofmyass]

[Oh. That's actually kind of cute. But definitely not how things work in his world.]

That so? So you're saying death deities are lonely?

[queenofkur]

Most are, yes.
I know my Japanese counterpart has it pretty bad.
I don't think Hades is very happy in his domain either.

Tezcatlipoca will tell you he's doing just fine, but he's not a real death god so ignore him.

[eyeofmyass]

guess the dead aren't a very lively bunch of you're still lonely. there's gotta be millions down there.

[queenofkur]

I cannot understand what they say and they spent most of their time sleeping.
It is how things are meant to be. They are down there to rest and find peace, not to entertain me.

[eyeofmyass]

guess eternal slumber was more literal than I imagined.

sounds like a shit job. and don't bother rattling off about duty. just cus it's noble doesn't mean it sucks any less. isolation, even among a sea of people, ain't good for anybody.

[queenofkur]

[ ... H-How did he know she was about to say something like "that's my duty, it's fine?" Is she that predictable?! She's stunned! It takes a bit for her reply to come in, and it's a very short one. ]

Thank you.