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Posted: May 2
From: Hedone


I have a sneaking suspicion I could find the answer to this by going through the archives, but let's give me the benefit of the doubt and say I want to be as accurate as possible and allow for new people's responses, or else opinions evolving over time... any shinki out there who wish they were gods? Or the reverse, gods who wish they were shinki? Why do you think you got the better and/or worse deal?

Devil's advocates welcome; I may indulge in it a bit myself.

Comments

[koukai_kirai]

And I've met a god or two who could use the guidance, human or not.

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By that point, they may be beyond help. How many non-human gods are there?

[koukai_kirai]

Hell if I know, but I wasn't really talking about non-human so much as "inhuman".

[slantedcross]

You say "inhuman" but I'm reading "inhumane." Is that off-base?

[koukai_kirai]

You're not wrong.

[slantedcross]

That's very serious. Are you talking of a specific individual, I wonder, or just the hypothetical potential for such?

[koukai_kirai]

It's not entirely hypothetical. I have at least one person in mind specifically, but it's not as if I'm able to rule out the possibility of others.

[slantedcross]

Especially if you assume everyone is a master actor who lies like a rug. Then you can't rule out anyone.

Try it; it's fun.

[koukai_kirai]

"Master actor" is a stretch, but I tend to, as a rule.

[It's... pretty exhausting, really?]

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[And depressing. That too. They're not mutually exclusive...!]

Mm, malevolence really doesn't require that kind of intelligence or guile, it's true.

How often do you find yourself breaking that rule? I find it to be a hard thing to judge, and I'm usually wrong.

[koukai_kirai]

More often than I should, and less often than I'd like to be able to. That said, my initial instincts have tended to be fairly accurate.

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Did you have a particular line of work before you ended up here, I wonder. Or just a very good vantage point to human nature in general.

[koukai_kirai]

An awfully particular one. I'm afraid I can't go into too many more details without compromising my anonymity, though.

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I can respect that. I appreciate your attention span, even so.

[koukai_kirai]

Attentiveness and patience are requirements for my particular work, too.

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So I'd expect you to want a break from them eventually! I would.

[koukai_kirai]

Being here is probably the closest to a break that I can imagine. I don't deal well with idleness.

[He doesn't deal well with himself without distractions, but, y'know, details.]

[slantedcross]

If you can get over the nagging feeling you should be doing something else, it isn't so bad.

Sorry for how slow I've been on this thread!

[koukai_kirai]

That, regrettably, isn't one of my strengths.

no worries!

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Hedone recommends mindless hedonism as an alternative.

[koukai_kirai]

Tried it when I was younger. Not sure if I've got the taste for it anymore, I'm afraid.

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One of those, then? Used to wonder when I'd hit that point.

Then they told me I was the god of it, so clearly, it's a lesson I never can learn, and hopefully will be absolved from trying.

[koukai_kirai]

I never really expected to hit it, and then I just... ended up settled down somehow.

Still, if it works for you, I'll be the last to judge.

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One of the perks of being anonymous that I wouldn't know who you were even if you did.