WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[Well, this is...happening. This is a thing. This is your life now. The Commander is expecting you to just up and kill one another, and then try to get away with it. No big deal, right? You guys can handle this. You won't fall for what she has. She's clearly an idiot. A loud idiot, but still an idiot. She's not going to get one over you.

...Right?

In any case, the Commander's quarters are now open for anyone who decides they can actually stand to be in the same room as her, but beware - any favor you might ask of her is going to come at a price, and who knows what she'll ask you to do if you decide to gain a boon from her. Unless you're a suck-up like Baku - then she'll apparently be flattered. Maybe that's a good tactic to use?


Whatever you do, try not to murder the bread again. The Bread Did Nothing Wrong.


There are fifteen strangers in this place.]



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Comments

[losergod]

If we're discussing things about ourselves, that's ridiculous. God has no such thing as family members.

[ It's said flatly. Wow, did it just get cold in here or what. Kinda like he's shutting down that possibility? ]

But I am willing to answer any other questions.

[crouching_sin]

That depends both on your world and on your interpretations of various things.

[losergod]

There is no interpretation.

[ He says this flatly. ]

I have no family. I remember that perfectly clearly. There would be little need for such things in my... "line of work", as you might say. ... I don't know what other people might think, but...

[crouching_sin]

In my world it's up for interpretation. You are not the God of my world, otherwise you would already be dead.

[losergod]

... That's quite a violent statement. Do I sense some distaste?

[ He's trying to swallow the fact that this statement actually really bothers him. ]

I am not the kind of person religious texts make so much fuss about, Mister Naoya. I do not want people to serenade my name in the streets. I would much prefer to blend in with the people who live average lives and help where I can.

I am an Observer, I do not Interfere... unless I deem it necessary, at least.

[ Charlotte Wiltshire was special. ]

[crouching_sin]

'Distaste' is a mild way of putting it.

I don't really care what kind of god you are in your world. It's not my concern - my goals concern the one in my world. If you don't interfere, and let humans work it out... we have no problems.

[losergod]

... Your goals sound very single-minded.

[ He smiles cheerfully. ]

If I had to venture a guess, I would assume you have some issues with authority.

[crouching_sin]

I have issues with unjust authority, specifically.

[losergod]

It leads me to wonder how said God might view people. I know I had trouble seeing humans as, quite literally, actual humans for quite some time.

[ This is not a lie. He could not stomach being around most people after a point. ]

[crouching_sin]

As pawns. Less than pawns, really. Toys for His amusement.

[losergod]

[ He frowns. Yeah, he's got no sympathy, then. ]

I'm trying to sympathize, but it's really very hard to when someone is... controlling. I hate people like that.

[ For a lot of reasons. ]

[vividsins]

[ Baku will remember that.

SIP. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

Forsaking the son, eh?

[Hello my first name is still Christian.

Also he's just assuming that C is a bastard now, but there's no need to be touchy about it]

[losergod]

... I have children, technically. But it seems a bit... narcissistic, to refer to everything I've made as "mine".

[ He's not about that life. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

My dear boy, 'tis narcissistic to proclaim yourself God at all, but that hasn't stopped you so far.

[losergod]

It isn't my fault that none of you believe me. I am God.

[ He won't waver in his conviction on that. ]

And I'm not a boy.

[stealsyourduelist]

Even if you were, it's been stripped of you now. It's impossible for there to be a higher power than God, so how can you explain this?

And you're not a man, either.

[losergod]

[ ... Oh, you just hit a major sore point, but it's probably not the one you think. ]

... I don't need your input to tell me what I am.

[ His words are terse and his expression icy. It's likely Rosenkreuz probably meant age, but... that's such a sore spot for him it doesn't matter. ]

In all likelihood, the only reason that I am stuck here is because they stole me while I was still in this boy's vessel.

[stealsyourduelist]

[Well, yeah, he saw C trying to correct him to not call him a boy as disrespect toward his elder. But he really doesn't care that he's angry, the guy hasn't earned himself much respect yet.]

Is being a god not synonymous with omniscience? Pray tell how this could have happened in the first place.

[losergod]

[ ...

Ah.

No, he's right, of course. He... isn't omniscient. Not even omnipotent. ]

... I... don't know.

[ It's an honest answer, and he looks... upset, himself. ]

I don't remember how I ended up in this vessel in the first place. I know I had good reason for it, but... whatever power I had isn't fully present when I'm stuck like this. All I could do in the House was open doors others couldn't... and I can't even do that, here.

[ He's quiet for a long moment. ]

I...

[ Our god is a loser, scrawled on the class blackboard. Getting his head smashed into bowls of soup. Getting jumped just trying to go home. He suddenly feels very sick, and very unclean, because all those doubts he'd had about the validity of his identity before are coming flooding back. He knows who he is, doesn't he? He's... he IS God. He's supposed to say something else, anything, but he freezes up. ]

[vividsins]

[ > Baku will remember this ]

[losergod]

[ You're lucky he's too busy being upset to notice you creeping, Baku. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

[Whoops, he broke the kid. Well, what he's saying doesn't make much sense to him, but it wouldn't do to appear antagonistic at this meeting, so he's just going to stare him down for a moment and then step back to give him some space.]

Why don't you have some tea. It may ease your nerves.

[if tea is also your trigger he gives up]

[losergod]

... I'm sorry. It's not your fault.

[ He will probably take some tea, though. Rosenkreuz is right--he really needs to calm down. He's not in the School right now. ]

You're not the first person to express that I'm not exactly what most would "want" in a higher power.

[backuphero]

[He's not stepping in because... well, what is chronology anyway, he's yelled at the poor bastard enough for one day and 1400s Guy is already trying to make up for whatever he just did, but... well, shit.

His roommate's convinced he's a trapped, maybe even broken God? That explains a lot.

So yeah, Baku's not the only one eavesdropping....]