sacredpath | pc: jiaoqiu

From:

[well. now she's incredibly curious. even if she chafes a bit at the obvious insight he seems to have, she wants to know what he means by that.]

...Tell me?

From:

fried

Of course.

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.

From:

sacredpath

That does sound very similar, yes.

[which, wow. makes her uncomfortable. especially "in the pain living beings suffer." Almost like he understands exactly what Sharrans are.]

From:

fried

[ sometimes you know things... ]

It's a Path I follow, despite everything.

From:

sacredpath

It is?

[oh. because he doesn't seem much like... he should seem.]

From:

fried

It is, yes, though not fanatically.

... I find it hard to find meaning in things, but that doesn't mean I'm not looking for it.

From:

sacredpath

Maybe it isn't similar after all.

[frowning.]

You don't seem like us.

From:

fried

Perhaps not. But it isn't so terrible a way to live, don't you think? Looking for meaning when you're afraid there may be none.

From:

sacredpath

[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.

From:

fried

[ he's kind of prodding and poking at this, because he's curious. ]

Mm. Well. Where I come from, that's known as a Self-Annihilator, and you can guess what happens in the end for them.