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meadowlark2019-09-23 05:37 pm
laozu) wrote in meadowlark2019-09-23 05:37 pm
@xuanyu.mo ( dec 25 )
Happy Solstice-month to all! And excellent work to everyone, now that we've had some time to adjust after the Zerzura business, I wanted to say that no matter the "side" you were on, you did what your heart thought you should - what that means, though, is for you to weigh. In the meanwhile, how about a few things for housekeeping? We had a lot of things happening before, I want to know where we are on them now.
[ the text sounds matter of fact, but the only fact is that he's cackling with glee behind the scenes ]
I died! It's not the first time that it happened, but I know for a fact that I did. Yet, I'm still here and for that, you should all be so grateful. ✧⁺⸜(●′▾‵●)⸝⁺✧ Yes, in fact I have dedicated myself to your well-being in the hopes that someone will take this back off my hands one day, and soon. I'm really not cut out for rallying the troops and all that sort of thing. Ahem. Anyways, here goes:
[ why yes, he does think in exactly the same way that he talks: excessively ]
[ the text sounds matter of fact, but the only fact is that he's cackling with glee behind the scenes ]
I died! It's not the first time that it happened, but I know for a fact that I did. Yet, I'm still here and for that, you should all be so grateful. ✧⁺⸜(●′▾‵●)⸝⁺✧ Yes, in fact I have dedicated myself to your well-being in the hopes that someone will take this back off my hands one day, and soon. I'm really not cut out for rallying the troops and all that sort of thing. Ahem. Anyways, here goes:
1) [Bad username or site: clarke @ griffin] mentioned that she and a few others met with a gentleman referred to as "Ball" who mentioned something about godhood and gates. He had coffee to offer, which is exceptional -- are we going to contact him again? Should we divide our forces and seek the gates, or pursue them one at a time? Is this of any interest to any of you in particular?I think there's a lot more that we were all doing on an individual level, but those are the main things I could remember being discussed on the network. Whatever I've missed, please let everyone know - I think we need this, it's been a long time since we talked. Hello again, where are your opinions? I'm bored and it's Christmas!
2) Myself and my countrymen are dreaming in a more, ah. Together-ly fashion. We're very close, though - if anyone else is affected by intimate sharing of dreams and, mm, memories - you are welcome to reach out to me. Mister Johnny and I were discussing training the subconscious before he disappeared. I miss him very much, he had a lot of good ideas! I'd like to argue that because we're all susceptible on a psychological level to dreams and changes -- Zerzura being the case in point -- we should work on shoring up mental defenses! I'm able to help with this, I hope! [Bad username or site: wangji @ lan] and [Bad username or site: wanyin @ jiang] are, too!
3) The humidity suuuuuuuuucks, but I'm glad things are greener now! Any idea if we should set up conservation committees to propose better, like, legislation to anyone we can reach? A whole 'green you' campaign? I know in Zerzura I was very much into green deaths, but reusing the dead is kind of a thing for me. I hear plumbers are making good money too, if anyone has lost their jobs. I did -- I'm stuck volunteering for grief counseling now, how unlucky. (´;︵;`)
4) Speaking of the dead: Kurt Fischer. The UNA. I don't like them at all, they killed my partner. He got better, but are we going to dig into this in any fashion? Should we focus more on dividing Morningstar from ourselves?
5) Has anybody heard from our strange friend, Cassius?
[ why yes, he does think in exactly the same way that he talks: excessively ]
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Prior to coming here, religious beliefs weren't resilient enough to make it to my generation. They did in the civilizations we reached, but we began to believe in what we could do. It wasn't god-like possibilities in any way, but belief in human ingenuity.
So when you say, "One hears of it," I want to scoff. But I know that's not necessarily right or fair. Or even correct.
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As I said, the people of our particular way spend their whole life aspiring for what may be called 'godliness' - immortality, in the simplest form. To achieve it one must be ingenuous, and employ such methods as we think would get us there.
The tales I have heard are of men who have achieved great things, done great deeds as to make themselves known to all men and gods, and thus ascended. There are as many ways to it as there are people who want it.
In the end, it is a simple thing. Achieving the impossible.
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But what about the rest of us?
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We have tales of gods who have done trivial things, ordinary acts that counted toward their ascension. I do not believe it is something that necessarily calls for any singular, great acts.
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So you think all of the Displaced may have qualified for the god of an unfamiliar world's acknowledgement? Or ... ascended in coming here in some way?
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I do not know about truly becoming gods in the same sense of what I know of. But qualified in some way, without a doubt.
There is no other way to explain.
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The people making the shrines certainly think we're special. Of course, we've done some special things, but we weren't alone in helping.
And they aren't making shrines to the police or UNA soldiers.
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We are not.
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