@rey.nolo, @loki.odinson

[selfimage]

@loki.odinson
Well, well- Hello everyone. We'd like to consider this an open forum of information exchange of this world's divine culture. Hold on to your butts. [ he's gotta be a little annoying about this. ]

Since it’s been popping up here, there, and everywhere, I thought I'd use my Loki-like credentials to give a little lesson. For those newbies who need to be brought up to speed, there are shrines bearing vague likenesses of us Displaced popping up in all forms of street art for the last few months. They depict our greater moments in aiding this world: monster fighting, healing, saving people from "snow storms," along with......... Well! All the rest. If you take a little stroll around New Amsterdam's architecture, you're sure to find one.

One curious thing about these little shrines is the imagery that they contain. If you look closely, there's an array of shapes in intricate patterns. Those newly arrived will notice that they resemble those from some body ink displayed at the market- others may know them from the Insomniac's Ball- but they do have meaning: proof of divinity.

@rey.nolo
I spoke with some of the volunteers at the Harvest Festival, and they said the same thing. They were the ones who made the shrines. And what Loki said about divinity, that's the reason they put them on our shrines: they think we're the same. Proof of God in this world. Or gods, since their religion -- which is what those symbols represent to them -- worships seven.

@loki.odinson
Interlocking circles, usually in sevens, multiplying outward in an overlap. They define creation, entangled in such a way that would delight the mathematically inclined. Geometrically, there are angles hidden in all of them, ways that they can connect to create more layers, and more meaning, including intent and experience, movement and proportion, blah blah and blah. Most important of all they are symbols, and symbols have power.

[ Loki goes on, and no one can see him gesture, but he gestures. ]

@rey.nolo
The volunteers I spoke to said that these symbols, and others like them, had naturally occurred throughout history. They were the same types of symbols I saw in my dream--some of you had the same one, of a blue bridge? The triangles signify a 'linked consciousness,' either with one other, the world, or the gods themselves. The tree was also linked to positivity and unity and how everyone is connected. Just like we are, through the blue light.

Just like they believe we are, through nature. It's all there in their religion: a belief in their gods, and in nature and the natural order. You can see why they'd make themselves scarce in a place like this.

@loki.odinson
It seems that we've struck a chord with the concept. Curious, isn't it? The sites associated I found were a few hundred years old or some such, but they said that they were linked to modern holistic thinking, but you have it here first, it may mean something different.

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@clarke.griffin

[strove]

I told Rey this already, but—

Speaking of that ball, the person who claims to throw it contacted me for a meeting. For now, I'd prefer to keep the exact date and location of that a secret. [To keep people from being reckless.]

I was told there were two others among us. There's me and there's Markus. The messenger pointed me to Markus.

I think that means the other two might be linked.

If you see this, can you contact me and Markus?

[strove]

I also want to ask something.

Are we sure that what's happened to us is really based in science? I'm not saying it has anything to do with gods. I don't think it does, that sounds like their way of explaining us. We're convenient.

But look at all of us. Are we sure it's based in a normal baseline rationality? It doesn't match anything I've seen before.

[forcevisions]

You mean, is it magic?

[ That's what Daenerys had called the Force. That's what Strange called it too. ]

I think it's possible.

Private

[selfimage]

You didn't guess.
I'm a bit surprised.

@markus.manfred

[saviorexe]

Verifying that I was contacted, too. And as Clarke said, we’re hoping to get in touch with the others participating in this meeting.

They promised answers. Let’s make sure we ask the right questions.

@jon.snow

[998]

They follow the Seven?

[why, of all things, this. though perhaps it'd be worse for the old gods to be here, and for him not to feel them. at least it's not r'hllor??]

[Bad username or site: rey @ nolo] I told you a little of the Faith of the Seven on my world. Their symbol is a seven-pointed star. The Seven are the Mother, Father, Maiden, Warrior, Smith, Crone, and Stranger, but they are one being, somehow. I don't know much about it, since I was not brought up in the Faith. [Bad username or site: sansa @ stark] could tell you more, perhaps.

Did you hear the names of these seven gods? Are they similar at all? I know the Stranger is death.

[forcevisions]

I wish I had known to ask if those were their gods.
According to the people I spoke with (pictures of them are on my cooltalk reyoflight), their gods have been sleeping for some time. They were involved with the creation of this world, but they don't directly intervene like some religions I've heard of. That's what I could gather, at least.
:( I'm sorry I didn't learn more. But you should see if [Bad username or site: clarke @ griffin] can follow up--she and Markus will be meeting with one of them. Someone important, according to those I spoke with.

[selfimage]

Seven is a number associated with this sacred geometry thing they've got going.
There are seven of many gods, or three.

Somehow I doubt it may be your Seven, 'less they're fond of their naps.

@daenerys.targaryen

[dragonwarder]

[Jon already made the observation she was going to make, so she opts not to be repetitive.]

It would make sense that they might revere nature in some way, given how little of it seems to remain in this realm.

Perhaps they believe our delivery to be this world's natural defense mechanism.

[selfimage]

Protectors of the planet, hm?
That certainly has an unique ring to it.

Though I have to say I'm hardly the one that should be chosen for such a task.

@jon.snow

[998]

That was what I thought when I arrived on the Clock. I thought it was recruiting us.

[he's charmed that she would come to a similar conclusion.]

@diana.prince

[monomachy]

[""loki-like credentials"" she wants to see a transcript, sir]

Being declared divine for doing a few good deeds is something of a leap. [diana, fighting literal monsters is not just "a good deed"] But you're right--symbols have power. It's important for us to know the ones associated with the displaced, and to be mindful of them in the future. Thank you for sharing this.

It's interesting that they'd link us with nature. Everything about our arrival here is very unnatural, though I suppose there isn't much context for that to be found outside the displaced and Morningstar. But if they consider our presence a way to restore the natural order, divine intervention, or something similar, it could be a dangerous context to perpetuate.

[forcevisions]

I don't think we know enough about our arrival here to say if it's unnatural or not. Everything we know about it is based on assumptions.

[selfimage]

[ it's filled with well-written trashy narratives. ]

Possibly, but we could also just be symbols.
I'll not argue that our abilities bring opportunity, nor that his world screams for change, but expectations are a killer, aren't they?

@ardyn.sky

[daemonized]

Gods gone to sleep? A hands-off approach is never a good thing, it only means that they’re waiting to butt in at the most inopportune moment.

I do hate to be associated with anything divine. Perhaps we are simply a convenient vehicle to slap their religious labels upon, hm?

[selfimage]

[ it might be fun to watch Ardyn have to associate with the divine. ]

Symbols have power, even if you remove the divinity from the context.
It's not as if we haven't been acting in accordance to those beliefs.
There's a saying about eating cake here that may be appropriate.

[forcevisions]

If they're placing our hope in us, we should try to rise to the occasion.

@matches.malone

[reneger]

don't know how i feel about being called 'proof of the gods'

[selfimage]

There's a joke somewhere that I'm missing.

anonymous probably.

[hoss]

They wouldn't be the first people to attribute something unexplained to the hand of the divine.

But what're the odds the science is imitating the mythology here?

[forcevisions]

What are the odds it's science in the first place?
We haven't been able to confirm anything about what happened to us or how we got here. We all just assumed.

[selfimage]

There's nothing that makes either of those mutually exclusive.
Different, but not entirely in opposition.
Though generally it's mortal stake personal individuality that turns it to that brand of science.

[ is that commentary, or in general? maybe both. ]

@kitana.kahn [hoping it's not too late to tag in!]

[fantoss]

Is all this to imply that you believe the local pantheon to be illegitimate?

[Frankly, not believing in gods sounds like a short trip to Eternal Penance. Why would anyone be willing to risk it so publicly?]

[forcevisions]

It's not implying anything about what I believe. I'm just telling you what they do.

never too late

[selfimage]

Not in the least.
You could say that we're exploring the flexibility of divinity.