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[imaginemeandyuu]

Who: Anyone
When: Day 49, Late afternoon/early evening
Where: Anywhere
What: Mingling

[This is a mingle! GO WILD.]

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[epicracy]

What? And why?

[familiarized]

The larger reason, perhaps was pride . . .

[ trails off ]

. . . is this truly the question you wish to pursue? It is one that I do know the answer to, but there are some questions better left unasked.

[epicracy]

This is hardly one of them. And I have noticed their pride.

[familiarized]

Do you still care for the gods?

[epicracy]

[i don't get this question]

They are the gods. Of course I care for mother and father and Shamash, but I do not know why I would care for or hate all gods.

[familiarized]

[ ppppause, this is distressing hrrfff ]

Is there no one who stands by you, Gilgamesh? Shoulder to shoulder, as a true companion?

[epicracy]

If you are as you claim, you should know there is not.

[familiarized]

It is possible that your life is not as I expect it, isn't it?

[epicracy]

...

[nods]

There is no such person.

[familiarized]

. . . it seems unfair that you are always so lonely.

[epicracy]

I do not consider myself lonely. I have what none other has.

[familiarized]

And what is that?

[epicracy]

[obvs]

Being me.

[familiarized]

[ . . . laughs, but it's just a happy laugh. Happy at you being you laugh even. ]

That is true. There is only one existence that is 'Gilgamesh'.

[epicracy]

[nods]

I cannot complain that what sets me apart sets me apart.

[familiarized]

Are you simply content with that fact? That you are 'Gilgamesh' and by nature of that something entirely unique?

[epicracy]

[?.?]

Why would I not be content with it?

[familiarized]

There is no reason you should not, but it has always been curious to me. 'Enkidu' was made of soil and so I strive to be a man.

[epicracy]

[=|a]

Do you not think of yourself as a man?

[familiarized]

Yes and no.

[epicracy]

[=|a =|a =|a

nods]

My answer is the same.

[familiarized]

I see.

[epicracy]

You have not answered my question.

[doesn't seem upset but is d. still expecting an answer]

[familiarized]

It will be difficult to imagine. You, my king, who is consoled in loneliness because you are the singular existence of 'Gilgamesh' and does not 'want' in the same way that other men do. There is no need to strive because you are already at the top.

I, too, had an existence unlike any other. 'Enkidu' had no match other than yourself. We fought, we became friends, and it was a bond that moved us both higher. I love 'Gilgamesh' in a way that eclipses what I am.

Then, for our hubris and success the gods cursed me to die. To punish us and take something away from him. I left him alone and it brought him nothing but pain and ruin.

[epicracy]

. . .

[un.sure]