...It's what we believe. Even clinging to hope that we know may be false is a distraction. It may protect us from pain for a while, but that protection is also a burden. It is better to embrace the darkness, embrace loss.
I think our Paths are a little more similar than I thought. [ though - the way he says it, it's not exactly a compliment? just an observation. something a little sad. ]
If THEY cared about anything, I'm sure IX would fit well with your god.
[ general disclaimer that for some reason HSR all-caps pronouns when it comes to gods, and also that IX is pronounced eye-ex ]
Instead of gods, in the place I come from, there are Aeons. THEY are powerful, godlike higher-dimensional beings who preside over our universe, and over specific paths. IX presides over the path of nihility. THEY believe that the ultimate fate of the multiverse is nothingness, and therefore, worthless.
But THEIR followers often try to find meaning in the nothingness - in the dark, in the pain living beings suffer. I find your god seems to complement this, in a way.
[she's not sure how to respond because she's a little trapped. she can't explain that what he's describing isn't what shar is about without acknowledging that a lot of what she said shar is about is the gentle explanation for outsiders.]
...We accept that there is none. Anything else is a comforting lie.
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Date: 2025-02-22 04:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-22 05:27 am (UTC)Those are the words of someone who has been burned one too many times.
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Date: 2025-02-22 02:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-22 03:58 pm (UTC)his ear flicks. ]
I think our Paths are a little more similar than I thought. [ though - the way he says it, it's not exactly a compliment? just an observation. something a little sad. ]
If THEY cared about anything, I'm sure IX would fit well with your god.
[ general disclaimer that for some reason HSR all-caps pronouns when it comes to gods, and also that IX is pronounced eye-ex ]
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Date: 2025-02-23 01:22 pm (UTC)...Tell me?
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Date: 2025-02-24 12:56 am (UTC)Instead of gods, in the place I come from, there are Aeons. THEY are powerful, godlike higher-dimensional beings who preside over our universe, and over specific paths. IX presides over the path of nihility. THEY believe that the ultimate fate of the multiverse is nothingness, and therefore, worthless.
But THEIR followers often try to find meaning in the nothingness - in the dark, in the pain living beings suffer. I find your god seems to complement this, in a way.
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Date: 2025-02-24 01:30 am (UTC)[which, wow. makes her uncomfortable. especially "in the pain living beings suffer." Almost like he understands exactly what Sharrans are.]
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Date: 2025-02-24 01:43 am (UTC)It's a Path I follow, despite everything.
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Date: 2025-02-24 01:47 am (UTC)[oh. because he doesn't seem much like... he should seem.]
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Date: 2025-02-24 01:52 am (UTC)... I find it hard to find meaning in things, but that doesn't mean I'm not looking for it.
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Date: 2025-02-24 02:12 am (UTC)[frowning.]
You don't seem like us.
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Date: 2025-02-24 02:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-24 12:58 pm (UTC)...We accept that there is none. Anything else is a comforting lie.
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Date: 2025-02-24 03:08 pm (UTC)Mm. Well. Where I come from, that's known as a Self-Annihilator, and you can guess what happens in the end for them.
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Date: 2025-02-25 01:22 am (UTC)They self-annihilate?
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Date: 2025-02-25 01:50 am (UTC)