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[thirdreturned]

Many of you seem to be unhappy.

We don't all necessarily want you to be happy, but acceptance and adaptation to your situation would be a start. The only question that remains is: how?

It is clear to us that your species resolves many issues through communication. Unfortunately, none of us understand the human psyche as clearly as others of your species, and so I leave it to you to communicate with and to help one another.

You may consider this post an open forum in which you can discuss what's been bothering you. In turn, I will conceal your identities, so that you may help one another without preconceived biases. If you'd like to reveal yourselves to one another, the option is there, but unnecessary.

Heal. Recover.

I'll leave you to it.

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Comments

anon

[hotspurred]

You do not betray your duty if you seize this opportunity to have what you could not, unless you abandon the former. We are trapped here with no known escape despite our efforts. If you find happiness as we seek a way back... perhaps that is a gift, rather than a failing.

This experience is yours, even if only for a time. It is only a mockery if you make it one.

anon

[devotional]

I only fear that my happiness will translate to complacency. As far as I know, my world is burning while I am here... drowning in my own self-satisfaction. While your words ring true in that I have not abandoned my vows, I still cannot help but feel that I am not doing enough to seek a way back.

I do not wish to disregard your words, as they are appreciated. But I am so unused to having my own wants and needs at the forefront of all. Anything not done for the sake of my station feels treasonous.

anon

[hotspurred]

I write this as someone who has been present for some time: there are very few paths that have not already been explored to no avail. But Love is the last of the gods to be revived, and experience suggests that Hope shall do so next month. After that their goals will change. It would serve you better to wait and prepare for that change, when surely new opportunities will open for us. If you fear complacency then you have not embraced it.

What station demands absolute obedience?

Regardless, high spirits give an advantage. The converse is also true. A balance would serve you well.

anon

[devotional]

Love... a heartening aspect. I've only been in this place for a little over a moon, and I admit that I have not been the most proactive in discovering its inner workings... Hence my admission of complacency. I've yet to properly meet Hadriel's gods, though I know enough of them as it stands.

On my world, I am what is known as an Oracle. It is a station that runs in my blood, intimately tied to the bloodline of my King. A terrible darkness threatens my star, and it is my purpose to aid the chosen king in banishing it from our world. I commune with our gods and forge covenants with them in order to aid him. One would think that I should try to do the same thing here.

I fear that balance has always been something that's escaped me. But your words are heartening, stranger-- pray, what is your world like? I feel I have spoken overly much of my own without concern for yours.

anon

[hotspurred]

Your experience as an Oracle sounds of inestimable worth. These so-called gods do not think much like us. I would encourage you to act. Rather than think of what you have yet to do, focus on what you shall do.

My world? To begin with, it lacks any of these devices that we avail ourselves of here. Our countries are also ruled by kings. For generations my family has defended our northern border. Yet for a good few years I have been abroad, fighting a war under the command of my prince. A year before the Door dragged me into this cavern, all changed. Monsters were once mere fairy tales for us. Then one day they breached our realm and poured into the land in their thousands, destroying all that they came upon and corrupting where they trod. Our enemies became our allies as we found ourselves fighting a new war to save humanity.