[7rings] catchall for eleanor

[shiftingwinds]

i'll find a shitpost later i wasted too much time trying to find one

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[shiftingwinds]

I can put in a good word for you.

[(laughs in tgcf) anyway.]

In my case, I don't remember much about it - I was a bit drunk when it happened.

[messybench]

I'm holding you to that.

[ i'm canonblind but this seems hilarious ]

Really my kinda gal. But tell me more.

[shiftingwinds]

Well, there's not much to say. It was some time after I'd knocked out a crook by pouring wine on him.

[messybench]

Kinda seems like a waste of good wine, but I continue to dig your style.

[shiftingwinds]

He was harassing people and left them alone after that, so I wouldn't call it a waste, although normally I'd agree with you.

[messybench]

Oh, no, definitely. That's hot. I would have drank all the wine and smashed the bottle of his head, though. I'm not that classy.

[shiftingwinds]

That would certainly have been a sight to see!

[messybench]

So, what, shutting up some dirtbag is all you need to ascend to godhood? There must have been like, trials or something.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha, that's not all there is to it. Sometimes it's about the heavens seeing your potential; other times it's through cultivating until you reach a sufficient level of power.

But after ascension, gods go through heavenly calamities from time to time. They'll either increase their powers through them, or...

[...]

...well. The exact result would depend on the severity.

[messybench]

Cultivating... power? Like.. magic?

[ this sounds like a sex thing ]

Kinda seems like you're trying to say it actually kinda sucks, but you're being polite about it.

[shiftingwinds]

Spiritual power.

[...]

What? No, it doesn't... "suck" at all. I enjoy being a god. There are just certain responsibilities that come with it - it's like a job, really.

[messybench]

Sure.

[ sounds the same to her tbh.... ]

See, I think that would just take the fun out of being a god. You gotta work, and deal with calamities? That's basically the same as being a regular person.

[shiftingwinds]

We're immortal, we can use... I believe you all refer to it as magic, and we have people worship us.

[messybench]

So what happens if the calamities go wrong?

[shiftingwinds]

...it can mean the end of a person's godhood, and they can die.

[...]

Gods and former gods don't enter the cycle of reincarnation, either. When one dies, that's the end.

[messybench]

See? Sounds great, but maybe not so great.

... I mean, I wouldn't say no to people worshiping me and having magic, though. And you must have seen your fair share of calamities.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha... [...] Well, there's a difference between calamities and heavenly calamities.

At any rate...

[...]

It's part of the trade-off, I think. We're granted extraordinary power, but we're meant to use it to look out for our worshippers.

[messybench]

Yeah, babe, the heavenly calamities sound worse.

[ yeah, of course. nothing comes for free, life or afterlife. ]

[ still, it beats dying and getting tortured forever. ]

Do you miss it? Being human?

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha, what's to miss? My brother ascended to godhood before I did - and he was the only family I had, back then. So I haven't left behind anyone from my mortal life at all.

Now, I'm eternally young and beautiful, and powerful enough to look out for myself and the people I care about... why should I miss it?

[messybench]

Hells yeah, girl. You look out for yourself.

[ and her bro... can't relate. ]

Eh, I guess if you missed not having responsibilities. They kinda seem like a buzzkill.

[shiftingwinds]

Even with the responsibilities, I'm still more free to live my life the way I want to as a god than I was as a mortal.

[messybench]

Yeah, being mortal is the pits. Even when you die, unless you were super amazing, you get tortured forever. Or at least that's how it is where I come from.

[shiftingwinds]

...

Excuse me, what?

[messybench]

Yep, that's how it is. Be like, the most incredible person over, or get tortured forever. No in betweenies.

And I'm not like, Ghandi, or whatever? But I was okay. I was a medium person.

[shiftingwinds]

[who the fuck is ghandi]

...wait, hold on. "Was"?