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[mace_pray_love]

[Here's another newbie! Jessica turns on the recording, has that awkward moment of waiting for it to start.]

now? ok! Hello everyone! I'm Jessica. I'm new here and I've got a few questions.

[She holds up one finger.] Is killing kaiju the only way to make money around here?
[A second finger.] What sort of style clothes do you wear to a wedding in this town?
[A third finger.] Does anyone have experience setting up a shrine?

Thanks in advance! If I can help any of you out with healing or monster clean-up, count on me!

[She flashes the camera a smile, then has another moment of blinking and fumbling to disconnect the recording.]

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[voidbound]

[ he shouldn’t ask. this won’t be recorded within the five minutes, so asking is a waste of data. ]

Why?

[queenofkur]

Because he loves you.

[ There, she's said it. Yes, Tezcatlipoca uses the word "favor" but he's made it clear what he means with that word when it comes to some people. And because she is a goddess who refuses to let romance go untold: ]

I don't know how your five minutes a day work,
(Yes, he told me about that, he talks about you all the time)
But you better remember it,
Or I'll send you a message with this every day until you remember it.

I will not allow for people here to not live their lives to the fullest!
And you two deserve to live happy lives while you can.

👀

[mace_pray_love]

[Gasp, this is even more romantic and tragic than the soap operas she bullied Taryon into showing her on his iPad!! Love, self-sacrifice, amnesia!]

not here

[immortalpoet]

[Annnnnnnnd this is why he's going to keep his relationship as secret as possible THANK YOU this is EMBARRASSING]

not here too

[queenofkur]

[ it's okay, everyone knows now. old men should be open about their love too! ]

still very not here

[immortalpoet]

[literally nobody wants to know this PLEASE]

not here but 👀

[vivisexual]

[YOOO THEY GOT FREE OLD MAN YAOI ON THE NETWORK (he's 17 they're old to him)]

[voidbound]

[ there is a lot to unpack here. and there’s no point in unpacking it, because these things aren’t even worth keeping around. not because they’re useless, as he’s sure that the beauty of romance is something that many can and want to appreciate.

he just can’t give himself that liberty. if he harbors those feelings, then eventually he will have to deprioritize them in favor for something more important and pressing. and, when that happens, then both his body and mind will forget them, too. it will only cause misunderstandings and pain to others.

so what’s the point in carrying them in the first place? ]

Do not push your fantasies onto me, Ereshkigal. That’s all I’ll say on the matter.

[queenofkur]

[ That's the next level of denial, huh? But she supposes she ought to clarify something very important: ]

You're mistaken.
Those are not my fantasies.
They're Tezcatlipoca's.

[ She knows better than anyone by now. ]

[voidbound]

What a shame.

[queenofkur]

[ She's not getting through to him, huh? She supposes she should get serious. Well, even more serious. All of this is very important! And that's the last thing she'll say on the matter. ]

Do you now why there is a need for an Underworld?
It would be simpler for the souls to directly return to the root and be reborn.
Well, it's because most human souls carry sorrow with them upon dying.
The things they wish they could have done while alive...
The regrets born from lives unlived.

Though it takes different forms in different culture,
The Underworld is a place for human souls to find peace.
And what I know all gods who reign over death wish for,
Even if sometimes we don't realize it,
Is that someday, Underworlds will no longer be needed.
Not because humans have overcome death,
But because they have learned to live their lives fully and die with no regrets.

I shall no longer talk to you of this. However...

I ask you think on this question:
The day this fleeting chance in this distant world is gone,
Will you be happy with what you did of your time here?
Or will you mourn the possibilities you denied yourself and are now gone forever?

You need not answer now.
I only ask you remember this question.

[voidbound]

I can answer you now.

Everything I have done, including my attempt at destroying the world, I’ve done because I believed it was the best course of action. As you have pointed out to everyone, I don’t have the time to regret what-ifs.

I’m ending the conversation here. Any more will be indulging whatever delusion of romance that you so desperately want to see bloom between us. I suggest you use that energy on your own romantic endeavors instead.