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yo. it’s your favorite god, tezcatlipoca

[ is he saying this just because he knows people will argue over it? absolutely. this is also not the point of this post, so, ]

I’m sure you’ve either heard or personally seen how our base is in a pretty shit state at the moment. hopefully you’re done crying about it since it’s time to move on, especially when it’s an opportunity

see the way I see it, home base has a hell of a lot of remodeling on the horizon so why not take advantage? this is a prime opportunity to make it, you know, less shit

you ever had a bright idea for how to improve the place? let's hear it. I know exactly who to bother about getting shit done so I’ll take all the good ideas and see what we can do

of course we’re going to be doing the bulk of work regardless. a lot easier to sell an idea when they don’t have to worry about who’s actually going to be getting it done. might as well add our personal touch to spruce up the place, right?

[ ooc ; he’s serious, actually,,,

aka this is an IC companion post to a player plot to help with rebuilding and remodeling the base! While characters can suggest whatever they want on this post, please comment with your serious requests on the companion OOC post. if you’d just be interested in contributing AC points to this effort, see here! ]

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Not me.

[ HATER. ]

Thank you for the compliment.

Well look at that, you can keep your temper in check.

Are you trying to test how long I can keep it in check?
Sebastian isn't there to save you this time.
And Tezcatlipoca will not be there in time to save you if I get angry.

[ A little bit of violence does wonder for your mood! They could probably agree on that if only they could talk normally. ]

Perhaps. After all, you're so quick to anger. Shouldn't a god be better than that?

[ SILCo... ]

Don't worry, I have my ways of escaping danger. If not Tezcatilpoca, then someone else.

[ NOT SEBASTIAN EVER??????? ]

Try to tell Tezcatlipoca something he doesn't like.
See how long it takes to anger him.

[ Look she's just saying, she's actually one of the chillest gods out there. Her kind is notoriously short-tempered. ]

You have found another poor soul willing to take your defense?
I pity them.

I say things Tezcatlipoca doesn't like all the time. He's the god of conflict, you know.

probably enjoys it.

[ Also he did kill his brother (gn) ]

You say this as if there have not been several by now. Isn't it funny how that works?

[ no, actually, pity the poor soul tho ]

I am sure you never said anything he truly doesn't like.
Try criticizing his culture.

[ You'll find a new side to your dear Tezcoo! ]

Several?
Are you implying there are three people willing to take your defense here?

[ Shocking! Next thing you know he'll say there are four!! ]

I've seen his culture, why would I criticize it. At least ask me to talk about something I actually don't like.

Like how much his weed smells.

[ Which he??? Provides???? ]

Perhaps you are not as righteous or as popular as you thought, Little Goddess.

Have you sacrificed an organ for him?

[ Yeah yeah you've seen his culture, it's fine and dandy, but partake in it now!! ]

I don't know about that.
So far the one person Tezcatlipoca personally called to say he's their favorite god, has opted to choose another god instead.
And in spite of your claims, I have yet to see any of your friends who aren't Tezcatlipoca.

Yes.

[ Someone else's. A Kaiju's. Hell, he watched him eat one and perform the ritual. ]

Now, I did not say they were friends. Only that they would be willing to defend me. There are other ways to convince people to do that.

Was it yours?

[ Don't you think she doesn't see what's the play here. ]

Ah.
So you truly have nobody who can bear you here.

Of course not. I'm not willing to die. That doesn't mean I can't give someone else's.

[ He literally has no problems with that. ]

That is a different designation than "friends". I would recommend to not assume.

[ Silco doesn't like using the word friend. Because he's 👏 fucked 👏 up 👏 about 👏 them 👏 ]

As I thought.
But I suppose hypocrisy isn't a foreign concept for Tezcatlipoca.

[ Congrats on lowering what respect he had earned from her down! Honestly it isn't very hard... ]

Call them what you want.
If you cannot call them friend, their "allegiance" is worthless.
They will treat you the same way you treat others.
As disposable and replaceable the moment they no longer need you.

This is the life - or lack thereof - you have chosen.
Perhaps the day you draw your last breath, you will realize.

Is it hypocricy? He favors conflict, and is that not the best conflict of all?

[ Silco thinks it makes perfect sense.

But she keeps going, and Silco... Well.

He doesn't snap, but: ]

Friends have already done more damage than you could ever understand, little goddess. I don't call anyone that because in my experience, it's a veneer.

People use it, but at the end of the day, they will always dispose of the inconvenient.

You're correct about one thing. People treat you the way that they are treated. Perhaps you should reflect on that, and come to an understanding about the meaninglessness of the word. That people are no different, whether they use the word "friend" or not. They will always toss you aside.

Perhaps you'll learn that one day, but I think gods and goddesses understand this already, but like to use their power and immortality to survive despite it. And then they preach it to humans, as if it is nothing more than another lie you all spout.

What a sad little man you are.

[ She may have given his words some thoughts had they met two years prior. But not after what she's experienced. ]

When children take their first steps, they fall. It hurts, it scares them.
But they overcome their fear and pain to get up and try again.

You, however, have given up on trying.
If somethings hurts you, then you allow your fear to take over.
This is what happened with "friends," isn't it Silco?

You once boasted about having defied death.
But you have only done so by refusing to live.
For you are too scared and hurt to try living again.
Each time I am unfortunate enough to talk with you, I understand better why Quetzalcoatl pitied you.

Oh, how many assumptions you make.

[ She's right though.

He won't admit it, because it's Silco, but she's right.

.......for the most part. ]

Quetzalcoatl pitied me because she couldn't understand what it was to survive despite it. Neither can you, it seems. I don't need it, nor do I want it.

I hope that someday that lesson comes for you. I hope you suffer, because you did not listen. Perhaps it will be someone you care about that finally takes everything from you. Or perhaps, as a goddess, you'll finally realize how little you have that lasts.

[ Surviving isn't living. But he won't care if she says that. M-Maybe she needs to try and be terrifying to get her message across! ]

Are you truly trying to lecture the goddess of death on how nothing lasts forever, Silco?

Someone once tried to take everything from me.
My own sister. Ishtar, Goddess of Love, War and Fertility.
Seven times did I stab her with my spears.
And from her mangled corpse, half her divine authority I took as payment for her sins.

[ She regrets it, but she's leaving out that part. Her intent is to scare him and make him regret the way he's talking to her! If she can kill her own sister without hesitation, she can kill a creepy old man. ]

Unlike you, however,
I do not allow that betrayal to define my entire existence.

[ ... ... ... ... Okay she did for thousand of years and it's only a recent development that she got over it BUT he does not need to know that. She wants to be scary right now!! ]

[ Look he has only had like not EVEN twenty yet Ereshkigal, maybe cut him some slack (no)

But this does have the opposite effect of scaring him. Just... Not the effect that she expects.

You can't drop sibling killing into a conversation, and expect Silco to be normal. ]

Tell me, how did your sister try to take everything from you, to draw your ire?

[ ... That's an unexpected reaction. It's a bad memory, but she doesn't mind sharing it. That is the thing she is most famous for in human history, after all. ]

She wanted to take my divine authority and realm.
At first she suggested I should take a break from my duties,
Go to the surface even though she knew this would make me vulnerable.

When I said no she sat on my throne and proclaimed the Underworld to now be hers.
She then proceeded to demand I give her my authority and leave.

[ Now of course Ishtar's intents had been surprisingly pure, all she'd wanted was to free Ereshkigal from her de facto imprisonment. But look, how had she been supposed to interpret that? The spoiled child of the gods coming down and trying to take from her the only thing she had, her pride as keeper of the dead! The nerve!! ]

[ What's even more surprising, perhaps, is that he doesn't mock her. He doesn't even say anything about Ishtar being the more powerful sister, or that she deserved it.

Weird! ]

And what did you do, in response to her betrayal? Bow down? Capitulate?

Or did she take it from you by force?

Neither.

[ ... This story doesn't end with rainbows and sunshine. ]

I stripped her of her divine regalia,
Stabbed her seven times with my spears,
And took half of her divine authorities as my own.

As you should when faced with betrayal.

[ Oh word? ]

How did she take that, losing half of herself to you?

Poorly.
She did what she always does.
Whined and threw a tantrum until the other gods did what she wants.
Resurrect her in that case.
Well she was dead, so a servant of hers did the whining in her stead...

[ Can't even kill your sister and call it a day, sighs. ]

Is that not always the way with the favored one? It does not matter that they are in the wrong. It does not matter that they were doing wrong. What matters is that they are the ones that are liked, palatable.

And thus, they always seem to come back.

At least until their luck runs out.

[ He doesn't even know how much he feels this, bc his "brother" (in arms) was resurrected after he died. lmao. ]

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