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[heron]

[ when the feed turns on, there is a man with large white wings standing too close. he squints at it quizzically before moving back with a frown that barely mars his beauty. his wings flap erratically behind him. ]

My sister, Leanne, seems to be missing. I have searched everywhere but she cannot be found. I — [ reyson bites it off, frustrated before taking a deep breath. ] — I will assume she has returned home as I know there have been cases of people . . . leaving. And I have no reason to suspect foul play. The Gods have deemed it so.

[ but, oh, it is a bitter pill that for a moment his face cracks from the effort from it. but reyson has borne worse. ]

Perhaps . . . if you could, please share some words or prayer to your own Gods to watch over her. Or share me stories of your deities. Are they kind? Cruel? Are Gods strangers to you?

Comments

[astralera]

I am truly sorry, Reyson. I have lost but one of mine, and while my heart has recovered the pain still lingers.

I am fairly certain that your sister has returned home, where she will live her life without her memories of this place.

[heron]

Without memories? How?

[astralera]

When we are sent home it is to the exact moment we were taken from. It is like the time here never existed.

Perhaps the memories are the cost of returning home? I couldn't say. I do know that the so-called gods stole away many memories of mine upon my kidnapping, so they can manipulate memories to some degree.

[heron]

How do you know this? I have not heard of any such thing.

[astralera]

Personal experience.

[heron]

Personal experience has biases. Do you have any proof?

[astralera]

I was sent home — in soul and spirit, but not body. I had no memory of this place, nor the other world I spent time in. That is fact.

You ask for proof, but you should know full well that there is no possible way to prove such a thing. My partner could verify that I was indeed comatose and absent of spirit for a period of days, however he could not confirm anything beyond that. If you decide not to believe my experience, that is your prerogative.

The only bias in my statement was expressing that the 'gods' here stole my memories. I do not trust them in the slightest, and given that I was not missing a significant portion of my memories until I was brought to this world in particular, it is only logical to blame the ones that brought us here. Was it done purposefully? I could not say. But the 'gods' here are certainly at fault for it.

[heron]

[ geez, dramatic. reyson's definitely not going to poke this beehive of issues. ]

So you dislike this place?

[astralera]

To say the least, yes.