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[aroundthecoroner]

So, uh, anybody seen any gods lately?

[No, this isn't the start of a shitty comedy set, it's the start of a shitty network post. Michael doesn't make these often; this might be his third in more than a year. But this situation seems to warrant it, and if no one else is talking about it yet... well. Someone's got to.]

I don't think it's a coincidence that the power's out, the water doesn't work, and those monsters are coming into the city whenever they feel like it.
That and, um, I haven't been able to contact any of the gods?
They don't show up in the temples, either.
I'm probably the last person to notice this, but I think something's, uh, pretty wrong here?

[Anyone familiar with him will know that this isn't a result of speech-to-text; he really does just type that way.]

Or I could be completely wrong and just missing them.
So, um, discuss I guess.
What's our plan if they really are gone?

Comments

[theladyofhighever]

I'll have to make my acquaintance with them.
I'd imagine that in a place like this, a Clinic is of vital importance.

[sciencelizard]

hhhehehehe yeah
dont worry uhm
really its not gonna be so bad i think
i think we can do this
ive seen the people here go through a lot and i think were uhm
theres lots of good people
well figure it out
yknow??

[aroundthecoroner]

Yeah, it sure is.
People get hurt a lot around here.
And not always because of the monsters.

[Sometimes they're just careless, but he's trying to be polite.]

[aroundthecoroner]

Yeah, that's a good point.
We have a lot of smart people, too.

[Yes, he means you, Alphys.]

I'm sure we'll make it.
We always have.
So far.

[theladyofhighever]

People hurt one another often?
[she immediately assumes it's that]

[sciencelizard]

[She wouldn't get that if it hit her. But it's a nice energy to put out into the world.]

its true
i know it sounds suuuper cheesy lmao but
when stuff gets bad like this i just think of my friends
theyre my power!!!!!
and we can get through anything as long as we work 2gether
so the gods will come back
and until then
well be ok
ok?????????

[Sounds like she's convincing herself more than she's convincing him, but...]

[aroundthecoroner]

Nah, it's usually people being reckless.
Accidents, that kind of thing.
Not that people don't hurt each other.
And sometimes they get sick, but there's not a lot of disease coming in, so that's pretty rare.

[aroundthecoroner]

[Yeah, he's pretty sure that's for both of them, but that's fine.]

Right, okay.
Thanks.

[theladyofhighever]

It's good that disease is rare here.
A small community such as this, disease could devastate the population.

[nonscriptum]

not a bad idea, provided they're armed

guess we'll see what we can organize before the freeze

[aroundthecoroner]

Yeah, don't remind me.
All we need is one guy to bring in a plague and we're all in trouble.
The gods actually made a plague once, so that sucked.

[theladyofhighever]

They made a plague?
I realize that they need emotions to survive, but surely they could have implimented something a little less harsh.
[she has visions of the horrors of Blight sickness in her mind]

[aroundthecoroner]

Yeah, it made everyone paranoid.
Like the flu, but with a side of horror.

[It also almost made him kill two people, but YOU KNOW...]

[theladyofhighever]

That sounds potentially dangerous.

[excuse her, she's new. it has yet to really sink in that everything here is potentially dangerous]

[sciencelizard]

[Best she's gonna get, tbh.]

glad i could help
good luck i believe in you
=^o^=b

[aroundthecoroner]

It, uh, it was.
Like, very.
But so are a lot of the events around here.

[theladyofhighever]

Why?
It seems conterproductive.
They need us to live to harvest our emotions.
It's in their interest that we survive.

[aroundthecoroner]

Well, most people survive.
And one of them can bring people back to life.
So it's not much of a loss for them.

[theladyofhighever]

So we are, in effect, disposable.

[aroundthecoroner]

Well, I wouldn't say that.
I've been kind of painting a bad picture here, I guess.
Not all the gods are heartless.
Some of them actually like us.
Like Love, I think they like us, like, genuinely.
And Hope, I don't think he brings us back just for his own personal gain.
Like, new people show up all the time, he doesn't have to.
I don't know, they're hard to read.
But they're just people, when you get down to it.

[theladyofhighever]

["people holding us hostage to their whims," she thinks but doesn't say. you'd think she'd be used to it, seeing as how she was given a choice between being conscripted by the Grey Wardens or abandoned to die with her mother and father]

I will have to converse with Love and with Hope when they return.
May they prove to be reasonable.

[reasonable is the most she's willing to hope for]

[sallyfaced]

wait a second
the guy named newt has salamanders??
lol thats amazing

[aroundthecoroner]

Yeah I thought it was funny, too.
He probably doesn't, but it is.

[sallyfaced]

thats undeniably funny
maybe one day he'll appreciate it?

[aroundthecoroner]

Sadly his sense of humor isn't fully developed.
It might take a while.