KENOS INBOX

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COMMUNION

Reaching out to Rin is like stepping into a moonlit parlor. Everything is quiet, muted, and neatly tucked away. Almost like a "lobby," of sorts to keep visitors away from the rest of what goes on in her head... and her heart. This space is cool, and placid. Much like the surface of a lake in winter as it reflects the pale glow of the celestial bodies hanging above it in the sky.

A reflection of serenity rather the true thing. A mask of elegance to hide anything that may be unsightly. Anything that may betray her.

✧ Specifics

✦ Unable to block out: Harbinger
✦ Compatible with: Iconoclast | Advocate
✦ Discord Accrual: Exalt

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Comments

[erbe]

—Actually.

[You know, she's curious about his opinion. Especially as someone who came from a relatively normal point of view. Now that he brings of "beating Meris"...]

Who do you think the biggest threat in Meridian is?

[settingup]

Dunno honestly. I've kinda avoided goin' toe to toe with most of 'em in an actual fight.

[ Though... ]

Set's an actual god though, ain't he? And he's already gone and offed one of ours at one point, so he's takin' it real serious.

[erbe]

[Oh. The name Set brings a few complicated feelings to the surface. Mostly confusion and frustration. She doesn't understand him, and she doesn't like him.]

Mm, yeah. He seems troublesome and annoying. Quetzalcoatl is also a god, but she seems much more reasonable.

1/2

[settingup]

[ This is a very serious conversation they're having right now. They touched on some real insecurities here, and some pretty sore subject matters, but... ]

[settingup]

What the fuck?! They get two gods, and all we get is a demon?!

[erbe]

...You're surprised? Think about the nature of gods and demons. Shouldn't the division be obvious?

[settingup]

[ It's sinking in a bit, but... ]

We ain't the bad guys, are we?

[ Not that he's jumping ship just because he's the villain of the story, but damn that feels bad to be on the side naturally picked by demons. ]

[erbe]

["I am," is something that gets held back in favor of a different answer that she believes just as much.]

Think of what gods have to lose and gain. In a new world they are not omnipotent nor the beings of all creation. In a new world they would be the same as us. But if brought back to their old worlds they would still get to bask in faith and tribute given to them by their worshippers. Why would someone give that up?

[settingup]

I dunno about you, but I wouldn't say they're the same as me.

[ Not omnipotent or not, they still presumably have some degree of god power. ]

Guess that makes sense though...

[ And does at least assuage some worries. ]

[erbe]

Besides, I wouldn't call any side that Set is aligned with wholly good, ever. Even if he were to switch to ours I wouldn't consider "our" side in any way good. It's not about Evil or Not-Evil. It's about what comes out of the end goal. By returning their worlds they have more to gain than starting fresh somewhere else. Meanwhile I think that many of our worlds don't deserve to be revived from destruction. Even people on Meridian's side are trying to revive worlds that have no right to live again.

[settingup]

[ Before he can even begin to ask what her beef with Set is, he's immediately derailed by her display of being a much better Zenite than he is. ]

Kinda harsh, Teach.

[erbe]

It's the simple truth. If it wasn't, then why would they try and placate people by telling them that even if they revive their old world that was terrible to them that they don't have to return to it?

[settingup]

I don't really get why people would wanna go revivin' worlds like that in the first place, but guess it's all moot anyway.

[ Says the boy who doesn't believe it's possible. ]

[erbe]

I suppose if there is nothing else then we are done here?

[settingup]

Yeah, fine.

[ He kind of got what he was looking for, and it's not like he loves talking about dead worlds. ]