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Zulf ([personal profile] leaveyourstarburning) wrote2012-06-26 10:41 pm
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003. [Video]

[Zulf finds it easier to post at night, away from the bustle of daily activity; it feels far less like he's shouting over everyone else, and more like he can just speak his mind.

He's kept mostly to himself today, distancing himself from Zia and simply spending long periods of time sitting alone near one of the small streams winding its way through the trees, allowing her to explore as much as she liked without nagging her to be careful; it was unlike him, perhaps, but he hadn't exactly been too open with his thoughts on the Bastion, either. The Calamity had sobered him a good amount; what had happened afterwards...well. It wasn't anything to be talked about, either.

He should be used to losing people by now; he isn't sure what to do with the fact that he probably never will be.

The feed hums alive to depict one of the routes, though it's difficult to tell which; there's a rather large magenta...mass behind him, curled up and appearing to be breathing - those that are familiar with Scolipede's coloring may recognize it. Zulf had simply found its ball among his belongings, taking up that sixth slot after he had finally given in and left one of the creatures he had obtained in the box, given that he didn't have the heart to keep it in the ball when it was within plain sight and that hadn't been an option around his previous company.

He had scanned it with the PokéDex, as he had been instructed to; its name was Hanako.

Original Trainer...]


I don't know how many others here knew this man; for those that did, Kariya Matou is no longer in Johto.

He will be missed greatly; may he feel Mother's love and protection, even now that he's returned to his home world.

[And that is, quite frankly, all.]
shakespearealien: (Cross-planetary conundrum)

[Video.]

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-06-27 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Once again, Gorthan finds that there's something unexpected and surprising about Zulf's sincerity.]

Ah... Thank you.

Ten? Two times five... What a perfect number. I would like to hear about the others, but... there is that promise I made, correct?

As for whether or not I am a religious person. Up to a certain point in my life, biology made sure I could conceive no such things as proper metaphysical concerns. That's a barrier I was able to tear down with my own hands, however. But I have yet to find definite answers to the new questions in my mind.
shakespearealien: (bwuh? ;;)

[Video.]

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-06-27 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, for starters... what are their names? What do they rule over? Are there other female goddesses? If so, what is the Mother's role regarding them?

[There's no stopping the flood of questions, unless he stops it voluntarily. Which he promptly does.]

... I am sorry. That was quite a lot of questions just now. Take your time - you don't have to answer all of them, either.
shakespearealien: (bwuh? ;;)

[Video.]

[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-06-28 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gorthan listens, and a myriad of emotions passes in rapid succession on his face, with no effort, on his part, to hide any of them. Awe, surprise, admiration, respect, horror, thoughtfulness... Such a system of deities strikes him as absurdly foreign, and yet there's a kind of rationality to it that one can easily make sense of.

In other words, this is beautiful to him. And Zulf's excitement only fuels Gorthan's own as he listens.]


How... how fascinating! It really is as if your gods embodied both opposite extremes in order to bring balance into your lives...

I have one more question, however, if you do not mind. You seem to conceive them as extremely... physical, with very definite appearances, so I wonder... how much of a presence do they have in your every day lives? Have they ever appeared to someone who had prayed to them?
shakespearealien: (Ohshhh-!)

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[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-06-28 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[... He doesn't even have time to comment on the answer he just received. His mind is flooded with questions at the moment, aah.]

Moreover... only three goddesses out of ten deities... don't you think that is quite the disparity? And there is something tragic about all three figures, a kind of empowerment in submission, as paradoxical as that is... Ah, I am sorry. Is it even acceptable to think in these terms? It is your religion, after all...
shakespearealien: (bwuh? ;;)

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[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-06-28 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
... Yes, I thought so. My apologies. [He bows his head.]

Do you have a personal favorite among them? If I may ask.
shakespearealien: (Not expecting something overwhelming.)

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[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-06-28 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[He lowers his head gravely.]

Even in a completely unknown world, you believe she can hear your prayers...

... that must be a beautiful certainty you have. The supernatural entity my species turns to in times of need is not even properly supernatural - it is the spirit of our planet and society. In a universe where those two things do not exist, I reckon that praying to it makes absolutely no sense.
shakespearealien: (Cross-planetary conundrum)

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[personal profile] shakespearealien 2012-06-29 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If Evron exists in this universe... then I sincerely hope they never find out about this version of Earth.

But tell me more about yourself. What have you accomplished, since the last time we talked? What places have you seen?