tothepoint: (Of superior stratagem)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-21 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ One assumes when a 'God' requests sacrifices to supply the one beseeching them with items or answers then they're likely to consider themselves superior. Whether they are, whether any of it is real, well.

Brow. Lift. He's going to question the living shit out of you, sorry.]


Energy for?
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Hmm)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-21 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's okay, I'm always good with answering them. Whether my answers are good is always up in the there.]

...their power?

Energy cannot be created from nothing. It had to come from somewhere. And from what I get on how gods work, they can't just eat and drink and sleep and get their energy back. Because they have access to so much more, they need a lot or special sources.

I'm assuming the special sources are just naturally a lot.
tothepoint: (In between the words)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-21 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yes okay Science talk is good but science talk mixed with mythological magic is not good. It warrents you a slightly sharp look. ]

Isn't being all powerful regardless of logical sense that what makes them Godly?

{ Sigh ] Assume that their power comes from their worshippers. Then, with what I've heard, before about a month or two ago they didn't exist or something came along to wipe out their previous worshippers.

So what happened? Why do they need us now?
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Huh?)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-21 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[I often mix science and 'myth.' :)]

Why would they need to be all powerful? Why would you want anything to exist that IS all powerful?

First off, there were previous people. This building we're in? It was present before any of us. There's more buildings outside. But we didn't make them. They're also overgrown with nature which means the last of the people died out a while ago. Something killed them. Probably some chemical agent considering there are buildings standing.

Energy doesn't just vanish into thin air either just because the source is gone. There's still a charge they gotta work through. At least from my previous experience, it took a while before gods were getting dangerously low on power enough to cause this kind of desperation.
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tothepoint: (Of superior stratagem)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-21 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh no that's just fine by mun it's Arthur who is like, wtf woman. Although in some ways she's making more sense. ]

I'm not exactly what you would call a believer. I wouldn't want anything to be all powerful now would I want this; but points taken. [ And brief nod. ]

No one has asked them what happened to those who lived here?
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Well you see...)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-21 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
A beli-oh, worshipper, got it. You won't be the only one who doesn't pray to the gods, no worries.

Maybe. I haven't. [Paaaause.] I kind of assumed they wouldn't even tell, but it might be worth trying. But I doubt a lot of people would believe them anyway.
tothepoint: (Nothing wrong with being curious)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-21 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He was expecting six feet of dirt. Not sure he liked this better. Still not convinced it's not someone elses dream. ]

Worth a shot. They want us here, they can't really expect everyone to just obey because they say so without giving any answers.
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Whatever)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-21 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it's not so much that they're giving us orders as letting us do what's for our own good.

Nature kind of wants to kill us. Be it the animals trying to eat us or the fact everything is poisoned.
tothepoint: (Knows too much to be smart)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-21 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Caring Gods, Obviously. ] Sounds a little counter productive if they actually need us. If we're already dead, what harm can dying again do?
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Well you see...)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-21 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
But if we're not doing anything they want to us do and they're the sort we DON'T want to be helping, then they'd leave us to die.

And we're revived. New bodies. Human, or whatever you may be, bodies.

Which do need to eat. Which we can, the gods can purify the poison. But that involves interacting with them.
tothepoint: (Casual conversations of probabilities)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-21 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It just seems like a method that's not entirely effective. In ways it is, because the general population wants to live and not experience death again, but if they just bring them here as servants and don't really give any appeal save for this and that with even more sacrifice. Bad strategy in his opinion. He really shouldn't be thinking about these types of strategies. ]

Eventually everyone would cave. [ He gets that, but at what extent and what level of what they once were? Stubborn types probably don't do so well here. ] Do you believe this is an afterlife?
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: It's cool it's cool)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-21 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
What? No, no, definitely not. This? Another dimension. Possibly alien world, not sure if Earth has evolutions that can go this way.

No, we're revived. Bodies are just as alive as they were before whatever killed you, hit you. All strengths, weaknesses, illnesses and whether or not you're bond to strange items for your survival.

Taking us when we died is just to get some gratitude, I think. Which I do appreciate, it was kind of a stupid reason to die.
tothepoint: (Casual conversations of probabilities)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-22 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wasn't sure he believed in 'another dimension' more than 'afterlife'. He felt pretty alive but he feels alive in dreams too so that doesn't say much at all, if anything. There's a moment he considers saying something but. Stops. ]

Mh. Well, thank you. [ Leaving now. ]
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Huh?)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-22 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa, hey there. [And moving to walk beside him.]

You still only seem to have part of the information. And you're not like us from Sabra who know about this sort of thing if you were that confused by the gods.
tothepoint: (Calm the shit down)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-22 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Arthur. Can you really just swallow that pride for a second please. You don't actually know everything. ]

I wasn't confused. [ That might have been a bit more hard sounding than it should have been. ]

I'm disbelieving, there's a difference.
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Eyeroll)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-22 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
...yeah, that's totally safe. [Judging look.]

All right then. Then what is this place?
tothepoint: (No gravity can stop me)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-22 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ About the Gods. The Gods. He knows how sacrificing works, old time gods, folklore. Excuse him for not being born 300BC or earlier. Although he seems okay with admitting: ] Don't know.

[ And continuing to go away because. He'll figure it out eventually and as much as you know he's certain you also don't know what this place is. Not with certainty. /skeptic. ]
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Whatever)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-22 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sadly, she's stubborn.]

Hey!

...do you have superheroes in your world?
tothepoint: (In what logic holds your theory strong?)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-22 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Stubborn people for the win. Still walking, but he'll answer. ] Only real ones.
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Huh?)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-22 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fffffollowing.]

Real ones?

So you do have the superpowered people? Super strength, flight, laser beams, cool outfits?
tothepoint: (You aren't possibly serious)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-22 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
In comic books. [ Is she seriously. ]
ghostofthesparklelizards: (H: Totally innocent)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-22 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, so that's what you meant.

Well then, let's get rid of a few possibilities, neh?

[And grabbing his hand and pulling it up to her neck to the pulse.] Feel the pulse, right?
tothepoint: (A master of logic)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-22 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ARTHUR DOES NOT REACT WELL TO PEOPLE GRABBING HIM. But manages to suppress that knee-jerk reaction with a slight jerk of his body. ] Mh.

[ That's all you're getting. His defense wall just went up about fifty thousand billion. ]
ghostofthesparklelizards: (G: Can play it cool)

[personal profile] ghostofthesparklelizards 2012-04-22 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's never good at noticing that.]

Good. [And letting go and stepping back.] Since it's easier to show I'm not gonna have one in a second.

[And then white rings of light appear around the center of her body, one traveling up, the other down, change her clothes and appearance. The hazmat suit certainly seems like a super hero outfit. (And for some reason there's a ton of tattoos all over her midriff.) Something black and white with a logo. And her hair white and eyes a glowing green.]

Razzy Erlic is my real name. Superhero handle is Dani Phantom.
tothepoint: (The glare that will DESTROY YOU)

[personal profile] tothepoint 2012-04-22 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's a good thing on his part -- he doesn't like having his weaknesses or triggers being known either. Isssuuuuesss, man he could challenge Cobb on issues level.

But that doesn't matter. This does. Just. Stare. What is this shit. ]

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