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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-26 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ nods at that first part, but. ]

Not anything that's useful or tangible. We know it doesn't affect your souls directly, so we know we're not looking for some kind of... mark. On heaven or yourselves. God's looking through all of heaven to make sure there's not a hidden extra presence that shouldn't be there in case they're hiding outside this area, so that's taking a while too.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-26 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing about the tree and how it got here, either?

I don't want to joke around that the Devil is having a heyday.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-27 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
The tree being part of the neighborhood isn't the issue, it's the part where it whispers things to you guys. We didn't not plan a tree around here, that's why we weren't surprised when it showed up.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-27 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I meant the concerning parts of the tree—miracle apples and a voice of temptation.

Was it meant to have a different purpose?
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-27 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
To... be a tree? [ wow. what purpose. incredible. ] There wasn't anything in the church backyard, and on Earth those have... graves, and obviously that was out of the question. So. Tree. I don't remember why we settled on a fruit tree.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-27 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
... Just a tree... What a mess.

[ jesus christ ]
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I know. I know. Who knows what would've happened if we'd decided to put in a vegetable garden or something.

[ evil whispering carrots ]
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-28 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think it being vegetables would make it less enticing, actually?

[ do people eat enough veggies, it's a joke. ]
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, why didn't we make it broccoli.

[ very serious reply (no) ]
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-28 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Right, right. Who could tolerate broccoli for a miracle? Certainly not me.

[ obviously. ]

Workload has been manageable, otherwise?
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
No one would damn their soul for a piece of magic broccoli. But it's a good thing we didn't do beans.

[ jokes aside; ]

It's fine. Honestly, no matter how hectic things get here, it's less work than I'm used to. It's just more stressful because I've got less control over it.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-28 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Your project that you mentioned would have maybe taken eight weeks to explain to me, I remember.

[ Thinks about it because it sounds insane to compare, but then he moves his head side to side before one shoulder draws up for a half shrug. ]

I suppose I'd find this less work as well... And be as frustrated by the same reasons as you.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It's not personal; even with people who understand the technology I use on the same level I do, it can trip them up. Takes a while for them to even wrap their head around the scale of what I did. Without that basis, it becomes... just throwing out terms at you you've got no chance of understanding.

[ and she sighs ]

If it wasn't for that interference... It's insidious and I swear it's taunting us.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-01 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't take it personally, don't worry. Usually, at that point, I think explaining the intention and result makes it easier.

[ Shortcuts. ]

Fortunately, the souls are simply lost, you all said. It's not comforting for us, but... Better than exterminated.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-01 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I think too.

It's pretty much impossible to fully exterminate a soul. It's just a matter of the soul taking longer to heal itself, depending on the damage. It's something, at least.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-01 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Then, in a way, there's all the time in the world. [ Nothing? Too urgent? ] Still frustrating nonetheless.

Would you be up for a game, then? Think of it as a break.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-01 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Uh. Sure? What kind of game?
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-02 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Is chess too boring for you?

[ Likely the only one he knows. ]
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-02 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Not at all. I used to play with my dad.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-02 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Then let's see if he taught you well.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-02 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, he definitely did.