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[slantedcross]

Posted: 22 May
From: Anonymous

1. Has anyone heard a prayer asking for someone else's death?

2. Has anyone considered answering such a prayer?

Names not required.

[All responses by Youji will be anon unless specified otherwise.]

Comments

[asklepian]

No. I haven't. And no, I wouldn't ever consider that.

[Why does he suspect you would, what with the anonymity?]

[slantedcross]

['Cause he used to, maybe!]

Hopefully that's the general response. I wonder if it's expected or despaired of, but you have to assume most humans would answer like that.

[hontobakabaka]

Is that something that intersects the domain of the god you were given? 95% of my prayers involve tests, and the remaining bits are mostly research or lotto number based.

Still, it isn't our duty to answer every prayer, is it? There has to be some sort of system in place to keep us from just turning into magical wish factories that are abused by everyone.

[slantedcross]

Hell no, it isn't anywhere near. My curiosity is just morbid.

Isn't a god always just, though? It's not hard to trip up on the slippery slope.

[savemeomi]

That's stupid. What gives any of us the right to choose who dies and who lives?

[slantedcross]

You've never met a god with a god complex?

anon forever

[miraculo]

I've heard of another god mention them hypothetically... and I do know that they exist in my own world. Some gods exist to bring curses or calamity.

[ Her own ancestor is one of them. ]

When a human wishes for something, that wish can become a prayer. Of course there would be a few humans who are hurting dearly, wishing for another's misfortune. However, that sort of thing generates great negative emotions and energy, which feed the ayakashi and can hurt the god in the end. The one who is killed may also develop negative feelings in death, consumed by their grudge, and become a malevolent spirit. That's how it works in my world, and I assume it would work that way here, too.

[slantedcross]

All very good points. Your wisdom would precede you, if I had any clue in heaven or hell who you were. =)

I can only hope everyone reads this.

[heatupnever]

[Anonymous.]

Why, you got one?

[slantedcross]

Call it morbid curiosity, if only for the pun's sake. It'd be a damn sick prayer if it ended up under my jurisdiction.

Anon

[volksdaemon]

1. No

2. Yes. If it's a prayer that came to me, it was for a reason.

[slantedcross]

How far would this consideration go?

Anon

[secrowtary]

1. I'm not quite familiar with the prayers yet, but aren't gods supposed to answer them together with their shinki?

2. If my god asked me to do it, I would. It's my duty as a shinki, after all.

Anon

[slantedcross]

1. That's my understanding.

2. There's no chance of disagreement?

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[neitherdevilnordeath]

1. No.

2. If it were sent to me, then I would.

private; un-anon

[slantedcross]

I didn't need to know your answer.

What're you the god of again? I sort of want to know if you'd actually get that kind of prayer. I'm the god of pleasure, for it to fall under my domain... Well. I don't think Ken is praying to anyone these days.

[dioception]

I haven't, probably for the best, but if I were asked to I'd kill someone for a prayer. It is my duty to fulfill the wishes of those who ask, even if it spreads ill will and misfortune. Perhaps especially so.

[Besides, killing is fun and easy! Helping people ace tests or advertising for a business is work.]

If someone makes a request of me, I'm no one to deny it, though I'm sure my shinki would not agree.

[slantedcross]

Especially so? That's a little terrifying to contemplate.

How would you go about it without your shinki?

Dionysus

[erogappa]

that costs extra

[slantedcross]

Damn, how were you getting paid in the first place?!

[justclaws]

[Anonymous messages are a bit of a tall order for someone who still hasn't figured out what 'Edit Post' means.]

I have not heard of anything like that yet but I have not been here for very long.

Does this person pose a threat?

[What are hypothetical questions.]

[slantedcross]

[...kid, how did you get this number?!]

Don't get ahead of yourself just yet. I'm just getting a feel for things, that's all.

[explodokill]

what the fuck

[slantedcross]

I need a slightly more specific answer for my records.

(I'm not actually keeping records.)

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[diehardreaper]

1. Havent.

2. Itd probably depend. Never been how it works from back home. Always been a rule that we arent to take a life. Call it a bit of a habit that I dont fancy breaking.

[ Because hey, who better to ask about death than a death god? ]

Re: text;

[slantedcross]

2. You're saying you were a god before you arrived here as well?

I wouldn't call it a bad habit, no.

text; anon

[cleanmemory]

1. No
2. Maybe.

text; anon

[slantedcross]

2. Maybe you'd consider it or maybe you'd do it?

Anon

[oneblackcat]

[slantedcross]

Hope you're not using too much bandwidth.

[papas_bunnydoll]

Aren't we supposed to answer the prayers people give us?

[slantedcross]

Well, people don't always do what they're supposed to, do they?

[jocularly]

That's pretty awful. I know some of us have the power to fulfill such a prayer, but we gotta examine the reasons why it was given in the first place, yeah?

Death isn't somethin' that should be treated lightly.

[slantedcross]

Well, it hasn't happened, to my knowledge, so all awfulness remains imaginary.

And I agree with that second statement. Death generally isn't something you can take back.