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From: Lugh
Date: Feb. 17th

[There's a muffled sound of Oscar trying to get something to do a thing, only his hands visible for a moment before he sighs and adjusts the phone so it's recording properly. He's standing in front of a large span of land, sheep and some horses visible behind him.

He sort of. Awkwardly waves at the camera before rubbing at his neck.]

Uh. Hi. Ignore the name on the top of this, it's Oscar, not Lugh, I just can't figure out how to change it...anyway! I, um, got here last month and my...temple? Is basically a small farm. There's chickens and a stock pond and horses and you can see the sheep back there...

[He gestures behind him.]

...and there's space for me to start growing things next month. I can handle it for now, but come spring and summer I...may need some help? If anyone wants to help? I don't have any shinki yet, so it's really just me here for now.

[And that's incredibly lonely. Not that he's saying anything.]

There's not a newspaper to put a help wanted ad in or anything, so...I figured this would work? I can't exactly pray for help when I'm a god, y'know?

[He chuckles, it peters out because oh god this is awkward, and then he just shrugs.]

Yeah. Anyway. I can pay people in food or wool or whatever? So. Yeah.

Comments

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What?!

[That would be Oscar's phone flying out of his hands as he flails in surprise. It lands on the grass, at least, and it's undamaged when Oscar goes to get it.]

Wait. Seriously?!

[futhark]

[ Caster lets out a bark of laugh at the reaction. Those reactions are so precious..! He is the worst. ]

For reals!

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You mean Cú Chulainn's dad, right? The god you're filling in for?

[futhark]

[ He's still not as open of his identity as Iskandar is. ..but after half of the year and seeing, well, Iskandar hijinks, he lets himself be a lot more open about it than he was before. ]

There is no such distinction for me. Such a rare case I am.

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...you're joking.

[futhark]

I can joke about many things- this isn't really one of them though.

[ Names are Big Deal and he's quite fond of his own ]

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That's just--Yona said your name was Caster!

[futhark]

I mostly go by Caster around here, yes. It's easier to pronounce don't you think?

[ He might have heard people struggle with his god name/True name few times too many around here. ]

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...but it's literally "Coo Cullen". It doesn't look like that, but if you hear it said it's not hard to pronounce at all!

[futhark]

[ Is this how a guy feels when his boss always gets his name wrong? ]

Sure it's... sorta like that. [ It's all in the accent. Ancient, ancient accent that changed so freaking much till this day ]

Anyway, don't worry about the god-name stuff. I was just teasing ya- there is no hierarchy like that here.

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[Look he's Trying okay.]

Seriously?

[futhark]

It's just the new guys here, who show up for no reason, and the bunch of old guys who are trying to figure out what to do with them.

[ Props for Amaterasu team for trying ]

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You're a troll.

[But he's smiling, so he's not too upset?]

[futhark]

[ Yes, he is! ]

Hey, I got that reference!

[ Even if he's not 100% up to date with modern lingo- he's Trying too tho ]

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[That makes Oscar laugh.]

Yeah, it's...kind of everywhere. So where's Ireland?

[futhark]

[ Laugh is good, the kid seems stressed enough ]

On the opposite side of the world to Japan. Almost. Quite a long way to go. [ A beat ] And you're from where?

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Um, a place called Mistral. On Remnant.

[futhark]

[ Yeah, that sounds like something definitely Not Around Here. Poor kid. ]

That must be even a longer way. The name sounds good- hope the place is too.

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It is, most of the time.

[A small sigh. He misses it.]

[futhark]

Don't worry, you're coming back there, eventually. [ Caster says with utmost confidence as if this was the most obvious thing to say. ]

And if the homesickness hits too hard, then I got a good pair of ears, you know? [ To listen, and stuff. If Oscar is Lugh and part of his pantheon, they are going to run into each other quite often. Might as well friend him right off the bat ]

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[It's easy to miss, but Caster's words seem to relax Oscar a bit. It's likely the kid didn't even realize he was worried about that.]

...thanks. So is it Caster or...whatever your real name is?

[futhark]

[ Literally, almost everyone he knows is worried about that, so he is assuming it's a thing for most people walking in here. Not everyone can be as unconcerned and chill about it as he is. (Probably because unlike him, most people here is Actually Alive) ]

Caster or Cú, either is fine.