Musings on Divinity (Open)

[a_sweet_little_peach]

Sender: Ralsei
To: Anyone
Subject: Could use advice

So, um... We made it through! Congrats to everyone for beating the story eater out of here. It wasn't easy for me, and it can't have been for all of you.

But, um...

Well, I think I might have invoked a deity that a friend from the waking world told me about. I'm not really sure what to think about that... Like, should I set up a little shrine to Bahamut? He didn't seem the type to care, really, but... I'm not sure. Does anyone have advice?

Comments

[noblegarnet]

Huh.

[Sure... well, if this guy wants to believe he called upon a real god, it's no skin off Ferran's back. It's not that he doesn't believe that supernatural entities can reach this place at all—but one of them, as dreamers, able to reach anything outside of this world consciously? It seems far fetched.]

It's a term that's new to me. [Sadly, this version of Ferran has very limited experience with connections to higher beings.] Who's this friend who told you about it?

[a_sweet_little_peach]

Oh, he's not around here -- he's from where I came from. Not my original world. It's a long story why Bahamut would take an interest in him in particular, but -- in short, he martyred himself for the sake of his friends. If Bahamut hadn't intervened, I'm pretty sure his soul would have been claimed by Tiamat. She's... bad news.

[Truthfully, he doubts that he'll be hearing anything more from Bahamut, at least without something as extreme as the story eater to serve as a beacon. But still... it seems respectful to do something for them.]

Me, too. I guess I'll ask around!

[noblegarnet]

Another place like this, then?

[That much he's familiar with. As much as he hated it there, his friends... well, that's what made it bearable. The martyring sounds complicated, and he's just as far out of his depth talking about souls as he is gods, but—]

Wait, so Bahamut isn't even from where you're from?

[a_sweet_little_peach]

Yeah, another place like this. But no, Bahamut's not from there, or from where I'm from.

[There's an extended pause in his writing. It's been nice being here at Songerein, but he does wish his friends could be here. It's not like he can just yoink them away to this place, though!]

It's a little complicated, haha!

[noblegarnet]

No, I think I get it. I was in a world separate from mine before, then I went home for a little while before I ended up here.

[... wasn't there something about the opportunity for others to leave that place for a friend's world instead of their own? Ugh, he can't remember. Anyway, that's not quite the same as calling on a god from an unrelated place...]

Did your friend talk about him a lot?

[a_sweet_little_peach]

Um, no, actually. They just mentioned him in passing a few times. He talked more about another god, Tiamat... which, I'm really glad I didn't get the attention of, based on what he told me about them... She wasn't a very nice god.

[You know... maybe he shouldn't be saying her name. He'll... avoid that in the future. He sure doesn't know how gods work!]

[noblegarnet]

That's especially weird, then.

[Called upon a god they don't even have a great conception of. Incredible.]

And pretty lucky, given just how many personal nightmares were wandering around. What was it even like, invoking him?

[His scientific curiosity must be satisfied.]

[a_sweet_little_peach]

Oh, he was actually pretty respectful. Uh, I couldn't actually hear him until... well, I got a sense that he was asking permission to do what felt like a combination of talk to me and read my past, without really, uh, any differentiation between them? So I said yes.

[It was a bit of a whirlwind encounter, really.]

It didn't hurt or anything, but he seemed to figure out pretty quick that I intended well, needed his help, and had done... well, things in line with his domain, in the past, I guess? Like helping out dragons.

[noblegarnet]

[Not quite what he was asking for, but certainly... interesting.]

That definitely sounds better than the alternative.

[Not that Ferran would ever consider a being trying to get into his head anything other than a nightmare, helpful or no... but if that doesn't bother Ralsei, then there's no point bringing that up.]

What about before he actually showed up, though? It sounds like it was an accident. Were you focusing on something else, or trying to channel some other power?