savetheearth | Entry #A-4: "Ante" [February 21, Text]

Though the police and the Blood Keys obviously represent a threat to many numbered individuals, I have a question about organized religion, and what pulses might mean when framed within certain philosophical contexts. No matter how natural it might feel, if there really is another being nudging its way into an existing consciousness, changing a person's aptitudes, physical attributes and even their personality... there have to be at least a few churches that would consider that demonic possession, right? Has anyone tried to reconcile what's happening with influential religious practices, and do we have any resources for assisting anyone who might wind up the subject of an attempted exorcism? Those still happen today, they can be extremely dangerous, and I'm concerned about the possibility of frightened numbered people seeking out such assistance, or being subjected to it by their families and communities. Thinking you're crazy is one thing, but sincerely believing that the devil is wielding you as an instrument is another entirely. Probably not something that the FAQ page can successfully assuage, for the most tenaciously convinced.

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Honestly, I don't think so much about the big conflicts at all.
If I stick to viewing all this strictly through a personal perspective, it makes it more simple to deal with.
I don't spend any time thinking about how impossible it all is or wondering why it's happening because it's pointless.
It is happening.
I just concentrate on getting myself through it however I can. I suppose I'm selfish that way.

It's not selfish to want things to be simpler. It's only selfish when others have to make the complications you're ignoring their own.

I suppose that's one way of looking at it. Though others would argue that not contributing to the group (the cause?) is selfish in itself. Being dead weight.

Being neutral isn't necessarily being dead weight. I guess that indicates that being a burden in any capacity is being selfish, though. I will stand by that logic.

I don't know. Any capacity seems harsh.
Someone who is a burden but tries not to be is less selfish than someone who just exists on the edge of things, going with the flow instead of trying to be something better.
At least, that's what I think.

I'm sorry. Here you are trying to talk about happy things like insanity and demonic possession, and I drag everything down. My manners are awful. :ヘ)

Those aren't happy things, though. ...Ah. The nose-face. That means you're joking, right.

It does. Emotes are very useful for that kind of thing.
I also use them a lot when I'm trying to be intimidating or passive-aggressive. They're so versatile.

Do you really have cause to be intimidating and passive-aggressive that often?

Entry #A-4: "Ante" [February 21, Text]

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