text; @Goldilocks, after April fight

[likemybooks]

[Everyone has to know. Some saw what happens to Ereshkigal during the fight, some only know that she disappeared. As the one responsible, Taryon feels he's deserved the position on breaking the bad news to ll Outsiders.]

It is with a heavy heart that I must relay to you all that our friend Ereshkigal is not with us any longer.

She was thrown into a Rift by the kaiju and vanished.

She fought valiantly and tried to protect me even in her last moments.

I'm sorry. I wish we didn't suffer such a heavy loss in this fight.

- Taryon Darrington

Comments

[likemybooks]

Really? You fought a goddess? By yourself? That sounds rather improbable.

Trust me, I personally know people who took down a god.

[zauneyete]

I crushed her soul in my fist and watched her fade from all of existence.

So yes, I did.

Why do you think Ereshkigal hates me so? It was her friend, after all.

he's always out here wilding

[likemybooks]

Honestly, I don't blame her for being afraid if you mentioned it to her face.

I'm pretty sure anyone would take it as a threat.

[Even if Taryon doesn't believe Silco can do such a thing.]

god that last bit was supposed to be action. PRETEND IT WAS... 😭

[zauneyete]

Even a goddess? One with all of that power to disbelieve that a mere mortal could?

Either one sees it as a legitimate threat, or they do not. You cannot have it both ways.

Although, I would prefer she take me seriously, given how easy it was to crush her soul.

[ IT WAS NOT EASY. HE LITERALLY SOLD HIS SOUL TO DO IT AND ALMOST DIED. ]

I figured it was! But it would be funny if it wasn't

[likemybooks]

Why are you so eager to besmirch her reputation when she is in mortal peril at the best? Lady Ereshkigal has been nothing but kind and helpful since I met her.

[Conveniently forgetting that their very first conversation ended with Ereshkigal throwing a table at Tary for accidentally offending her.]

silco using the word wilding WOULD be hilarious

[zauneyete]

Why, she's attacked me several times. Why wouldn't I? Even in distress, she threatens to attack me.

Why should I care if she is in mortal peril? Perhaps if she were more competent, this wouldn't have happened to her.

[likemybooks]

[How DARE he speak this way about his friend.]

If you don't care, then I care. Even if no one else here cares about her, I will be on her side. Ereshkigal has been a caring presence ever since I woke up, and I have many memories shared with her. I will not allow you to say such horrible things about my friend in public.

I will block you from interacting with my post if you don't apologize.

[Where is that function? He knows there has to be a temporary ban function for Outsiders.]

[zauneyete]

[ that's exactly what erishkigal said!! ]

Oh? Does a goddess need help defending herself? Does a goddess have so little power that a mere mortal needs to rise to her defense?

Funny. I would have thought she would welcome the opportunity to prove that she was above all of our petty squabbles. I suppose not, if she would be so hurt by mere words.

[ :) ]

[likemybooks]

Every noble lady has a knight who defends her honor. Any lady worth praising always has her defenders speaking up when knaves like you speak ill in her more dire times. I am one such person; it is my duty to stand up for my friends in the way a gentleman and hero can. You, good sir, do not seem to understand that having others come to one's aid is a sign of their good nature and respectability. A true companion does not abandon another in their hour of need, whether they be present or not.

[...He remembers he said he was going to block Silco. But he still has more to say.]

Also, goddesses have clerics and followers so it's not like there's anything wrong with this.

I'm blocking you now.

[There's still time for Silco to have the last word while Taryon works the settings, even if it will only silence him for a brief moment.]

[zauneyete]

[ oh my god taryon, he's actually laughing right now.

Well, and truly: laughing. ]

A lady needs someone to defend her honor? Not able to do it herself? Please.

What makes her more worth having someone to defend it than anyone else? Would you defend my good name were I to vanish? I doubt it. Even if I were not as I was, what makes her stand above me? Because she is "kind"? She still attacks other Outsiders for upsetting her. Is it because she plays at being weak, then? Well, my friend, I am a mere man. I have no powers, unlike most of you here.

Or is it because it gives you some sort of moral satisfaction? Because you feel good for defending someone who plays at being pathetic? Who needs someone to do it for her?

Please. Tell me what honor is worth defending in this land.

Oh, that's if you still can't find the block button. I believe it's in the menu with three bars, actually.

[likemybooks]

[Silco is so frustrating and Taryon has to stop looking at his screen and making his day worse! Each second, he sees another text as Silco realizes that Taryon is struggling with technology. Why did someone invent a way to recieve communication from someone you don't like in the worst moments?

Ah. He's right. There's the menu.]

Thank you.

Anyway. [blocked.]

[zauneyete]

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