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[adventurology]

Posted: 29th of May
Sender: Athena

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Hello to whomever might be reading this. My given name is Lara, and I am the current incarnation of Athena.


I've gathered I am not the first to bear her name, and I'd be interested in learning more about my predecessor. What sort of god was he/she? As I've begun settling into her temple here, I've found quite a lot of things that they probably left behind, and I also thought that perhaps it would be right to return them if any were on loan.

And I would also like to ask about the community's feelings on something. Truth be told, I've only recently begun to accept that the supernatural is real and there might be a higher power(s) at work. At least, until I woke up here and was hit in the face with it. It's a lot to absorb.

I'm feeling a touch overwhelmed and I'd like to know what role you believe a god should play. I've my own ideas, naturally, but I'm curious what others think. Do you want to live up to the legends of who came before? Do you want to change those legends into something else? Or is there something else you believe about divinity? I'm curious, so please, let me know your thoughts. It may help me better sort out my own.

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[adventurology]

Those weren't theological texts, Ruri. I've seen all of them. They're actually films for entertainment. Nothing like the texts we've been passed down from classical mythology.

Though, admittedly after two centuries and spaceflight I can see those details lost in the cracks.

[hontobakabaka]

I will be honest, my schooling included almost no history or anthropology, but none of my crew seem to know much beyond things like this either. Most of my training has been in the math and sciences so I can't really even speculate on how something transcended movie to mythological databases.

My Omoikane from home said a lot was lost in the wars of the early 21st century so that may have something to do with it, but since he isn't here I can't inquire further.

[adventurology]

Coincidentally, I'm an archaeologist and anthropologist by training. If you're interested, I can provide you with the actual texts he based his works on. Homer and Hesiod, mostly. And the Japanese creation tales as well.

[hontobakabaka]

Actually that offer would be fascinating. I probably have the actual books here, just I was engineered to socialize AIs, so most of all that is outside of my training.

[adventurology]

You were engineered?

[hontobakabaka]

It sounds better than what I was told. "Allowed to live" is too cold for my tastes.

There were many mistakes in my upbringing.

[adventurology]

I can tell.

Sorry.

[hontobakabaka]

Thank you, but it is in the past now, and without proper time travel technology all we can change about that is our perceptions.

Still, I'm in the temple of Omoikane, it is the library looking one with the river to the side of it, though the river doesn't seem to go anywhere, it just appears and ends. I've given up trying to make sense of this place though.

[adventurology]

I'll come by sometime then. Thank you.