flat and nero pcs

[escardos]

[ mira do you have an image because i don't ]

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[escardos]

[ to be fair to flat he probably learned this in class because waver is like that. ]

Exactly. So I think the body's turning to dust because it's, like...no longer useful to us? I had gotten a message before that said something about it, and Baraqiel helped me realize that, as long as we don't lose our will to live, the soul can't be defeated. Ummm... basically, I don't think the angels above are, like, people, but more like...concepts? Or like something you can't really touch.

[perfectdistance]

... Huh? Suriel said somethin' like the others are just... somewhere else. I don't think they can write if they don't have bodies to do it with. Qi Rong wrote Xie Lian, so that probably means all of 'em can.

So the higher ups are more like... spirits of a concept or the wills of places than people proper.

[escardos]

Spirits are weird, though! If they have enough willpower, I’m sure they can bring themselves to write a letter.

[ in qi rong’s case, spite. ]

Probably, though! It would explain why they’re so strong. The more people believe in a concept, the more strength they’ll have. I think.

[perfectdistance]

There's a guy teatherin' a ghost to life back home, but they're a weird case.

[Thinking...]

So why did these angel-spirits or whatever they are decide to destroy these places we've been visitin'? Not enough of the concept?

[escardos]

That's the real question, isn't it? The whydunnit.

[ and to that...flat doesn't seem to have an answer. with brows knit together and crossed arms, he tries his best to consider his options. ]

Maybe once they stopped believing in them, they destroyed them and moved on? Kinda like... "you're no longer useful for us, so die". [ he shrugs. ] I don't know.

[perfectdistance]

[He... starts leaning into Flat's space.]

The first question I asked was about why the places we visit are important.

The read I got was disobedience, light, sin, and war. So... If we take your concept and apply it, then it's basically... Those that are disobedient will be destroyed. As a sort of warning to us, maybe? Obey or suffer the consequences.

[escardos]

[ hmm...

... ]

It's kind of like...how it used to be a long time ago in my world. There's lots of stories of people not listening to the gods or disrespecting them, and the gods would punish them by sinking cities or making their crops go bad and making people starve. Sickness and stuff like that.

[ ... ]

Who are you getting your responses from, sir? I know you're asking the Watchers, but...

[ flat's voice dies down, and perhaps nero can interpret the rest of the sentence. is it the watchers that are giving him the answers, from their knowledge? or are they a mouthpiece for something else? ]

[perfectdistance]

[.... Hate That!]

We've been to a sunken city, somewhere fire rained down from above, and now this desert. Seems about right.

'm not askin' the Watchers... But I can't safely tell you what my answers are comin' from.

[Secrets and secrets and more secrets.]

[escardos]

You just ask to the void and the void answers back with images. And you're a neutral role, too...

[ boy oh boy. ]

It might sound like a waste, sir, but have you considered asking them who they are?

[perfectdistance]

'm gonna ask if we can end this game without more death. I think... that's a little more important. 'n if we can... how.

[escardos]

[ well...that's a good idea, actually. much better.

flat nods. ]

I think it'll be possible. And if not, we'll find a way to make it possible.

[perfectdistance]

There's a possibility of only bein' able to lower the amount of deaths.

I'll do what I'm able.

Are the Watchers giving you information directly?

[escardos]

Yeah. They're the ones that give it to me.

[perfectdistance]

What are your errands like anyway?

[escardos]

So far I just give information to people.

[perfectdistance]

[ Why does Nero have to think so much? ]

Specific people?