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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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...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.