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[imhome]

[ On the Network today is an anonymous post, with what appears to be a transcribed fairy tale. How interesting... and random. ]

The God of Peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look in a mirror, and blows his horn every day.
The God of Peace's horn makes everyone happy.

The God of Peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look in a mirror, and pours his magical water.
The magical water creates green mountains, ripens crops, and makes flower gardens grow.

The God of Peace is always busy.
He is too busy to look in a mirror, and gives everyone a name.
"Your name is Otto. Your name is Hans. Your name is Thomas. Your name is Johan."
Johan gave his hat to the god as a gift in return.

The god was very happy.
Because he wanted to see himself wearing the hat, he stood in front of a mirror for the first time.
However, what he saw in the mirror was a demon. From inside the mirror, the demon spoke to him. "I am you, and you are me."

"Oh no! No one can live in peace with a demon like this! What should I do?"

So the troubled god ...

Tell me. How does the story end?

Comments

[notnina]

I don't believe I ever said that.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Ever heard of leading questions? You're pretty much a pro at them.

But okay, you don't think he's evil. What is he, then?

[notnina]

The answer's in front of you.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

You've already said that demon can be taken a lot of different ways. And when I tried to say it was something that was in all of us you shot it down, so that's not what you mean.

Once more, a bit less vague?

[notnina]

What else could the god have done, if he wasn't able to accept the demon?

[ex_outofcontrol435]

If it's really him, he gets to accept it, fight it or die. That's all I can see.

[notnina]

Can one exist without the other?

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Well, yeah, if he can just kill the demon without killing himself, fine. He's good. And it's a kid's story again, or closer to it.

[notnina]

[ A brief pause! ]

It's intriguing, what the gods have done to us here. Frustrating as well.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Even not knowing what you're talking about, I'll agree with the frustration part. But what the hell took you there?

[notnina]

Your comment about the demon being a part of all of us lead my train of thought.

The gods took something away from many here. Including me.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Yeah. Tell me about it.

[notnina]

They try to replace what they've stolen by taking us to this world. Giving us new abilities. To appease us. Or mock us, perhaps.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Doesn't matter why they did it, it's more than just mockery. It's a fucking insult.

[notnina]

You're right.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

So why are you hiding? There's other people who are pissed. The gods and their stupid little curses aren't worth hiding out like a bitch when there's work to be done.

[notnina]

There's more than one way to accomplish a goal.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

You should hook up with red text. You two could bond over the power of anonymity in a city where one of the gods runs the damn network.

[notnina]

What did the gods take from you?

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Pretty much everything but my life. They actually one-upped the humans back home on the asshole scale.

[notnina]

Then we have something in common.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

What are you?

[notnina]

Not human.

They tried to change who I am here. However, they'll learn that's an impossible feat.

[ex_outofcontrol435]

Good. Attack on two fronts should get the message across.

[Once he would've worked on recruiting, but without Magneto here... there's still more to do before he can get back to that point.]