Group Intros

[oi_theoi]

Who: Anyone
When: Day 142, morning
Where: Shrine Area
What: New Arrivals!

[Some new people have arrived! At least one of them has that strange "scent" on them that the gods might sense.]

[ TOP-LEVEL COMMENTS
Nagisa Kaworu | Hibari Kyouya (AU) | Ayanami Rei (PG) | Isaiah (Scorpion) (OC) ]

Comments

[from_adam_down]

I imagine most people are, all things considered.

[thisrosehasthorns]

As you say. And yet, you were not.

[from_adam_down]

My death wasn't a surprise.

[thisrosehasthorns]

Is that the difference, do you think? I suppose I was not particularly expecting it at that moment, but I did intend to die at some point. How much of a surprise is too much, I wonder. You say yours was not at all.


Well, if you were to put it on a scale of one to ten, where on that scale would the surprise of your death be?

[from_adam_down]

Hmm. Every person expects to die eventually, don't they? Which doesn't usually make it any less unpleasant or surprising when it happens.

Yours is a complicated question to answer. The timing wasn't a surprise; the way it happened was. Does that average out to a five? That makes it sound worse than it was.

[thisrosehasthorns]

Hmmm.


So very many creatures seem alarmed by death, though you are correct to say we should all expect it.

[from_adam_down]

Because all creatures are born with the will to continue living. Death is inevitable, but still, they fight against it.

[thisrosehasthorns]

Of course we do. But that's very different from surprise, isn't it?

[from_adam_down]

The opposite, in fact.

[thisrosehasthorns]

The opposite? Do you say that to fight is the opposite of surprise or that to you the truth is the opposite of what I have said. If it is the latter then I will disagree, as I find what I say to be general congruent with the truth.