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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

Anon

[volksdaemon]

1. No

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

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How far would this consideration go?

[volksdaemon]

How far? Gods can teleport anywhere with ease. I don't see how that matters.

[He actually does suspect that Youji means something else entirely, like 'would you actually kill the person' but he doesn't want to seem too blood-thirsty on anon.]

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[And Youji seriously debates whether or not the correction is worth it. Seriously.]

Yes, how did that question even occur to me.

[...no seriously, how do you miss that?]

Has anyone asked about this before, I wonder.

[volksdaemon]

[Playing dumb just to mess with people can be pretty fun, but at least here he's more than willing to be direct.]

It's probably come up before. Wishing that someone was out of your life is one of the top things people turning to gods look for help with, so I hear. Some people just aren't picky how that happens.

[slantedcross]

Leaves it to us to be picky, then. Rather inconsiderate to the god doing you such a big hypothetical favor.

[volksdaemon]

[He has no idea who this is of course but it still makes him think of someone who prefers being told what to do.]

So you're the type who follows recipes to the T?

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Only if I have no clue what the hell I'm doing otherwise.

[volksdaemon]

Then what's all this complaining about being picky? You act like we don't get to have some imagination, fulfilling these prayers.

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Imagination in the method or in the result?

[volksdaemon]

Method of course. The result is very specific when it's requested, isn't it? That's my understanding.

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We are a generous lot, aren't we?

It was always my understanding that not every prayer is answered, or answered how you expect.

[volksdaemon]

I don't think so.
I think it's a trickle down sort of thing from one god to the next.

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Are you saying we pawn our prayers off on each other, or something else?

[volksdaemon]

I'm saying that portfolios overlap.
If the God of Weather won't answer your prayer for a bountiful harvest, maybe the God of Farming will.
Or maybe if you ask nice enough, the God of Insects & Pests will pass you over.
That sort of thing.

[slantedcross]

That sounds like a fight waiting to break out.

"Why'd you get involved, I was getting to that!"

"I specifically wanted that mortal to suffer, what the hell."

and so forth

[volksdaemon]

Hah, I bet.
Luckily that requires you know which god took care of the problem for you and most don't leave calling cards that I'm aware of.

[slantedcross]

I dunno, someone petty and determined enough could probably figure it out... though if a god is always just, and two gods act in opposition... though I suppose being just doesn't preclude failure.