Imperium ii [Video]

[callmecaesar]

[Octavian sits amidst a sea of scrolls and maps upon his table] 

My mother swore by the patronage of Ares... god of war. My uncle by Apollo...feast and song to please the people... 

[A frown]

I have always thought Athena... wisdom... the more tempting choice but so many have reprimanded me for it. 

[He turns his gaze to the feed]

Then what is it for you? War? Wisdom? Indulgence?

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[unhappymeal]

A good balance is probably the best choice. Wisdom seems most likely to provide that.

[necrowmantic]

Waaaar.

Though you don't need gods for that.

[voice]

[unrestrained]

[Someone talking about the Gods, eh? Well, his god anyway.]

How about none of them?

Re: [voice]

[callmecaesar]

I suppose that is always a choice for some.

[callmecaesar]

That would depend.

Re: video;

[callmecaesar]

I would agree with you. [He smiles] Wisdom offers a way to approach the others.

[voice]

[unrestrained]

[A shrug.] Ares is a jerk. I guess Apollo's okay, but I've had enough of his songs. [And Athena wanted to kill him, but that's Annabeth's mom.] Anyway, I have a patron.

[necrowmantic]

What do you mean? Humans are pretty good at killing each other without divine inspiration. Though sure, it helps for some.

Re: [voice]

[callmecaesar]

[There is a long quiet as Octavian listens to what he is uncertain may be blasphemy, jest, or a product of the collision of worlds in this place. He decides on the latter and for the moment holds his tongue.]

.....Patron?

[callmecaesar]

Then we speak of different things. Humans are fine killing each other without the aid of gods but there is a difference between savagery and the art of war.

: [voice]

[unrestrained]

Yeah. Poseidon. You know, the best and most awesome?

Re: : [voice]

[callmecaesar]

[At that Octavian raises an eyebrow. Poseidon who drowned the troops of Caesar crossing to Egypt... no, he should think not]

Tell me. What world it is you come from. Describe it for me.

[necrowmantic]

Ehh, really? I mean, I've been in a couple of wars, and gods just sort of made it complicated... And I'm all in favor of a good bit of savagery, nya ha!

[callmecaesar]

And who are your gods?

[voice]

[unrestrained]

You know, the usual. The world of Gods and Greek monsters trying to kill you. Try to survive high school and they just think it's fun to mess with your life once every hour.

Re: [voice]

[callmecaesar]

A strange Odysseus you are then. But there is the difference. For it seems our worlds are not the same and though they share names, nor are our gods.

[voice]

[unrestrained]

Don't tell them that. They like to think they're the same even after a thousand or so years. Old Thunder head wears a suit, it's not very terrifying.

[necrowmantic]

I guess Grima counts... state religion back home, and all that. Divine Dragon Grima. But he's not a god, just an incredibly powerful immortal entity! Different thing altogether. Proper gods though, don't really believe in those.

Sounds like you have a whole bunch where you're from! Are they big world-burning dragons too?

Re: [voice]

[callmecaesar]

Old Thunder? We have no god by this name.

[callmecaesar]

Dragons? It is my understanding those are akin to serpents, yes?

No. Our gods take on the forms of men if they choose to walk among mortals.

[necrowmantic]

Yup! Big ol' snakes, but with legs and wings. Grima's big as a mountain. I guess I can see why we went to worshiping it, even if his stated purpose is just to kill everything. Looks matter!

But your gods look human? Like the Asgardian guys here? Weird. We're pretty squishy and puny, why would a god do that to themself?

[callmecaesar]

They sound akin to the beasts of our tales, but I've not seen any such creatures for myself.

The gods made us. I imagine it is rather we who look however they wish us to look than the other way around.

[voice]

[unrestrained]

Uh-huh. Seriously forgetting about him? King of the Heavens doesn't leave much of an impression.

Re: [voice]

[callmecaesar]

......You cannot be referring to Zeus....or at least not the Zeus of my world, for he would not tolerate such insult.

[necrowmantic]

They are pretty beastly!

Huh... I never thought about it like that. Like they're naturally stuck with our wiggly limbs and lack of claws, so they decided to inflict it on mortals too. Sooo... why are you trying to pick one god to be besties with? Are any of them here to listen to ya?