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[ This message is sent to anyone Ereshkigal hasn't talked to since the event ended, even if she's never had any CR with them. Each message is personalized and individual but I - the player - cannot write individual messages for every character in the game. So please assume there are variations to the message your character got, thank you. ]

Greetings,

I have done terrible and inexcusable things over the course of those past few months. Though I was corrupted through the power of the rift, I take full responsibility for those things I did. The rift did not create anything: it only exploited what was already there within my heart. It is entirely my fault for having allowed emotions and feelings that could later be exploited to fester within my heart.

I have been allowed to stay and continue helping in the efforts to help this world, and I intend to do my utmost to prove myself an ally of humanity. I do not expect anyone to forgive me and I understand if you are afraid of me or would rather never see me again: I shall do my utmost to be invisible to you. However, I shall not relent from helping LILITH as my love for humanity is unwavering and has never changed.

Most importantly, please do not hold any grudge towards others who have been corrupted. If you find yourself having negative thoughts towards them, such thoughts are misplaced. They are kind souls who sought to help me, and suffered as a result of it. They are amongst the most beautiful souls I have ever encountered and they in no way deserve to be treated poorly. Note this statement only partially apply to Silco. Though you should bear no grudge towards him for what transpired last month, I do not consider him to be a kind and beautiful soul.

Furthermore, I would like to put an end to some strange rumors that reached my ears. It is said I took people in relationship to assist me when I was corrupted. Well, just about every of the people I consider close to my heart are in relationships. It would have been more surprising had one of the seven guardians been someone not in a relationship. The pattern some of you may have observed is as such, not a pattern at all.

Lastly, I would like to issue a warning about those rifts. Please avoid them at all costs. Though I dare not presume your heart bears the seeds that could lead to an apocalyptic outcome, it is evident the potential for evil exists within us all. Rifts should be avoided entirely until we understand them better.

I am sorry for everything.

-- Ereshkigal

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[ W-What the Kûr? What is she supposed to reply to that? Can she disappear under a rock? No? Can she just stop replying? No? That would be so impolite!! ]

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goodbye

[At first, Johnny had no idea what happened. One minute he was explaining the meaning behind the word "babe," and the next, the goddess sent him an emoticon and peaced out in a hurry.

He sits there staring at his phone screen in confusion before texting the following.]

And there she goes, the most beautiful babe in the world.

Mm. You did a number on them, for sure.

So what's the plan? Words are fine and all, but bad karma can only be offset by good. You said you were doing something.

Okay, cool, as long as you're not just handling this alone, you're guuci.

Doing a mass apology is kind of a big ask. Like, you can't always make everyone happy. Say your piece and let people do whatever. You already did your part, now people gotta figure themselves out.

I plan to be as useful as possible next mission.

I'm also going to give LILITH every information I can possibly think of about this accident.

... I wish I could do more, but honestly I'm at a loss. Punishment for such a sin should be death, but this would be a cowardly way out.

You are a very kind soul.

Are
Are you the brother @Bootyyyshaker9000 mentioned?

[ She's taking deep breathes because typing that user name mentally drained her even more than this entire post. ]

Kind soul is a stretch, but thanks.

....Yes? Now I'm worried about what he told you.

And whats the point of killing a death god? All that does is send you home.

[ ... ]

You want a suggestion, or are you gonna bite my head off again if I say something?

hello, ereshkigal-san.
i was corrupted too, so i understand.
i would say "you don't have to apologize to me" or "it's okay" but that's what people have been telling me and it doesn't really feel right.
i still feel responsible for my actions too.
so maybe then it's better to say: apology accepted.
does that help?

for what it's worth, i'm really sorry as well.

[ For not holding back during the battle. His corruption might not have mattered much there when holding back against a goddess would have seemed unwise even in his right state of mind. ]

cool just a minute

[ It's more than a single minute, but why split hairs? The door to Ereshkigal's room opens thanks to a cybertentacle, and Lucy steps through with a bag in her hands. That's not all she brought, however. Two of her tentacles hold what look like drinks. Some kind of specialty coffee? ]

Knock knock.

Nothing bad, fear not.
He cares about you.
If anything, this is heartening to see.

Well I would lose my current self.
My memories, experiences and the fragment of divinity I entrusted this vessel with would be lost.
This would be a fitting punishment, I suppose.

I am open to suggestions,
Though I do not remember biting your head off.
This is not the sort of things I do.
It is most undignified.
Nor do I think you would still be alive had I done it.

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It does
Thank you kindly.

But I must admit to being confused,
Why would you apologize to me?
You have wronged me in no way.

H-Hi...

[ Possibly the most casual greeting Ereshkigal has ever given. Likely the shakiest one, too. Indeed, the goddess is sitting on her bed, hugging her Scrooge McDuck plushie while crying. ]

S-Sorry, I am not really presentable right now...

Dunno, I'm pretty damn durable. You're just hair trigger on reactions and sensitive to boot, so it's like walking on glass around you sometimes. And saying that "you'd be dead if I lost my temper" stuff really detracts from the rest of the sentiment.

[ not that he's particularly mad or irritated about it this time (or even worries about divine retribution, frankly) but. man. it's hard for a guy who doesn't even mince his words for people he likes to make headway. ]

But anyway, it's festival season, and Obon is soon too. Do something to help; good actions to repay for ill. If you need tasks to do, I can always find you work.

neither i nor rika-chan held back in the fight.

[ While most others did and tried reasoning with her, he went for the throat... ]

so for that i'm sorry.
but also that you had to go through all that.
what happened to you wasn't your fault.
the rift could have gotten any of us.

I do not understand what you are saying.
I didn't say I would kill you if I lost my temper?
I do not even like killing.

You spoke of me biting your head off.
And I still do not remember having ever done that. Nor do I plan to.
This sounds undignified and barbaric.

[ Yes, she thinks he means it in the most literal way. How do you even bite a head off? Probably by the hair or the throat. She would have said Ishtar may do it, but then she'd get accused of saying bad stuff about someone once again! ]

I am already helping in such matters.
I am assisting Yuji with creating decorations for a festival.
I do not consider this as a good action however, it is only natural I would help.

[ ... huh? ]

... Ereshkigal, no.

It's a figure of speech. Biting someone's head off is — [ uh. can't say "chew someone out" can he. Uh. ] Speaking with excessive harshness in response to a smaller... issue? Like—verbal collateral damage. Not actually biting, with teeth.

... I meant, I didn't want you giving me shit for making a suggestion.

Which is also a figure of speech.

For the record.

Ah.
I am quite happy you didn't hold back.
I was going to spread the plague to civilians afterward.
Had you not held back, there is a chance I may not have been defeated.

[ That may have spelled the end for mankind, and she really doesn't want that! When she's not corrupted, that is. ]

I
I suppose you are right.
But I feel bad thinking like this
It's like I'm trying to escape responsibility?
And I shouldn't.

We haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet, but it's good to see you back and in your right mind just so Taryon will stop fussing over it.

["Fussing" over a friend's disappearance is maybe not the best way to put it, but.

I
I see...

But then, aren't you the one who bit my head off?
I remember you being overly rude and tactless.

Y

Are you Astarion?!

Tch, I don't bite people's heads off. Talking straight is something different.

[ no, she has the right of it. he just forgets almost immediately and is way too good at letting go of stuff when he doesn't want to linger on it, so it doesn't count... right? (wrong. muramasa, be nicer.) ]

And tact is for the young people with time to kill. Old timers like me can't waste air on making nice.

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