Audience - Shadowheart

[holyspirits]

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[sacredpath]

...It does. A person suffering for a very long time so some disgusting old fool could extend his own life.

But doing the necessary thing is not always pleasant.

[as for the answers...]

I did what was asked, and I didn't get the answers I sought. So maybe that bargain was always false.

[holyspirits]

[ they do not like the sound of that, and it shows in their posture. ]

Of course not. But even if it's necessary I don't know if that eliminates how you feel about it. [ unease. guilt. even for someone like shadowheart who follows lady shar so closely... it must have really made a different if it shook her faith enough to make her hesitate. ]

Might be one of the things to reflect on here, too. Maybe the questions you sought the answers to aren't the only ones to be asking. You know?

[sacredpath]

I know they aren't the important ones. My curiosity about my past is a weakness.

[holyspirits]

Even if an answer to your past might be the answer to your future?

[sacredpath]

If my future is serving Lady Shar, it isn't. That simply.

[it's only if her future isn't that that it matters.]

[holyspirits]

Then I guess the question now is really settling on what that future may be. I like to think people are free to choose, but of course circumstances can prevent you from reaching it easily.

[ so. it is up to her. ]

If you really do feel strongly about it being following Lady Shar, then okay. But... if you did want to think about other options, it isn't as if she'd know here. You have time.

[ a suggestion, not a demand. ]

[sacredpath]

[...yeah. that's what she's thinking, though not saying. it's at least something she'd like to think about.]

Perhaps I'll follow an axolotl instead.

[holyspirits]

[ that does get a laugh from them, though it tapers off almost immediately. ]

I never had a god I followed before, but this one hasn't been so bad. I'm sure that makes me slightly biased though.

[sacredpath]

The aesthetic leaves a little to be desired.

[holyspirits]

I won't disagree with that. But some amphibians can be cute... ?

[sacredpath]

Very cute, but that's not quite what I look for in divinity. Ah, well.

[holyspirits]

Appearances aren't everything. Where I'm from people worship a baby. [ shrug. ] But understandable.

[ no she's entirely valid and zuriel agrees. ]

[sacredpath]

A baby...?

[baby Jesus?]

[holyspirits]

Something about a woman and immaculate conception and giving birth to the savior of the world, yes.

[ they are in fact talking about baby jesus. ]

[sacredpath]

[im glad.]

And he just stayed a baby forever...?

[gods giving birth to kids really isn't unheard of for her but the baby part is fucking her up.]

[holyspirits]

I believe he grew up and then was crucified? And then came back from the dead, but so much of the imagery still praises the baby. So both, maybe. I'm not entirely sure I follow what it all means.

[ knows a christianity, but is not religious. ]

[sacredpath]

[hmmm... earth you say... its sabrina carpenter]

Well, I can agree a lizard is much preferable to a baby who later died.

[holyspirits]

[ 100% ]

Even if you may not meet the lizard for some time? [ a pause. ] Not that anyone met the baby either in recent history.

[sacredpath]

I wouldn't mind meeting the lizard. If that's possible.

[holyspirits]

It may not be for some time, but I would be very surprised if you didn't at least at the end during judgment day.

[sacredpath]

I hope he won't eat us if we fall short of expectations?

[holyspirits]

At least you seem to grasp that they aren't a small size. But no, you don't have to worry about being eaten here. I would never work for a monster.

[sacredpath]

You wouldn't knowingly work for one, at least?

[holyspirits]

I've had some questionable bosses in the past, but this isn't one of them.

[sacredpath]

Fair enough. There's no way to know, but for now, I'll take your certainty we won't be eaten as a good sign.

[and i will free you from this week 0 audience]