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

[dead_black_eyes]

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.

Comments

[dead_black_eyes]

Hopefully nothing more ostentatious will come up, though it's a definite possibility.

Do you know anyone else in the city who is from the same reality you are?

[wonk]

few ppl

10ish or so i think

hbu

[dead_black_eyes]

10? That many?

I don't think there's anyone, but that's just as far as I know.

[wonk]

plus minues 2 but yeah

oh man thats p unlucky

r mb lucky but considerin ur minimum risk lvl its probbly unlucky 4 u

[dead_black_eyes]

I've come close to dying a couple of times, now. I think if it was going to happen, it would have been one of those times. Ultimately I'm a pretty lucky guy.

[wonk]

u realize thast not how that works right

like its not "oh id didnt kill be the last times it wont kill me this time" whether u die i s like

indepenedent of if u died before

[dead_black_eyes]

No... in this case, it definitely works like that. You'd have to trust me when I say so.

[wonk]

k listen up

ive died

trust me u can 2

[dead_black_eyes]

I know I can die. Just that my risks are not the same, anymore.

If you've died, are you from the same place as Octavia?

[wonk]

afaik yeah we both remember fish hitler n stuff so

[dead_black_eyes]

So you know Eri, too.

Why is Octavia so obsessed with him if she hates him so much?

[wonk]

k i think i might kno but theres something i need 2 clear up 1st i dont think i actually knew tavia in her past life bc i dont remember her

we just remember knowing the same person

anway u know how tavia was an alien

they have this thing called blackrom which is hate romance

so u hate some1 a whole lot and then u 2 make out

i think thats their thing but idk exactly

[It doesn't quite hit Roxy that maybe it wasn't exactly her job to tell L these things in Tavia's stead until after she sends the message, but she dismisses it. It's not like Tavia will ever find out, right? And even if she does, she won't be too mad.]

[dead_black_eyes]

[Tavia was... really, really forthcoming when they spoke. L honestly doesn't think that she'd mind and is therefore getting pretty bold with his questions. As long as people keep answering them, no harm done, right? The worst that can happen is that he'll be asked to scale down a bit, or answer a question or two of his own... but surprisingly, and happily, no one seems too invasively interested in the mysterious texter who wants to know all these things.]

But she has a boyfriend, right? Named Alan? Doesn't that complicate the situation?

[wonk]

well yes

from what i remmeber trolls could have normal romance+hatedates together and it wasnt cheating

like u were supposed to have both

but idk how alans gonna feel about that

theres actualyl 4 knds of troll romance but this sit is complicated enough already u kno

[dead_black_eyes]

I don't mind complicated. What are the other kinds?

[wonk]

theres this one called palerom

where its basically like platonic life partners

then theres ashen where 1 person makes sure 2 ppl who could go blackways dont 2 prevent cheating or murder or stuff

they have different names for them

um

regular datin is called matespritship
hatedatins called kismesissitude
paleroms called moirallegiance
ashens called auspisticism

[dead_black_eyes]

[It's a pretty good explanation, and it satisfies him.

But only in that capacity.]

Can I ask how you died?

[wonk]

nope turn back do not cross go do not collect $200 motherffucker

[dead_black_eyes]

Sorry. I did not expect it to be so sensitive.