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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.

Comments

[adventurology]

Well, yes and no. I'm rarely in England anymore, but my last trip that lasted longer than two weeks was a real headache. Made me miss home all the more.

Two weeks though? Hopefully nobody thinks I'm just coming in and mucking about with their friend's things. Takes me longer than that to realize friends of mine are away, sometimes.

[reformedsinner]

When gods disappear, their temples disappear, too.

You're the first instance I've heard of where a new person has appeared to take up the mantle of a recently vanished god. So, to be precise, it's more that Tenpou's belongings have returned with you.

[adventurology]

How odd.

Perhaps it's trying to tell me something. Pity I never met the fellow, I feel I'd have liked him.

[Or the mun didn't know that and Athena's temple is still on the location page...]

[reformedsinner]

Perhaps so! You might have liked him. He was an interesting person.

[Oops. ... You can do whatever you want with your temple, so you should be fine!]

[adventurology]

Ah, that's my curse. I think everyone is interesting, and I'm not good at talking to them! Quite the conundrum.

[reformedsinner]

You aren't doing badly at talking so far.

[adventurology]

Online's different. I'm a wreck in person, but thanks.

[reformedsinner]

I suppose I couldn't speak much to that. We were a little busy.

Speaking of which, I hope you managed to get through that unfortunate incident without injuries?

[adventurology]

No, no injuries worth noting. Just a few scrapes, and believe me I've had a lot worse.

You?

[reformedsinner]

A bite.

I haven't had any unusual urges to lurch or devour human brains, so I'd say it's healing well.

[adventurology]

Thank goodness for small favors, eh?

I wonder just where those things came from? Nobody said anything about an Akayashi.

[reformedsinner]

Oh, yes. I'm glad I'm the wrong kind of dead for that.

It's hard to say where they might have come from, although it seems that all those bodies must have come from somewhere. It's a big city.

[adventurology]

Tokyo's beyond big. It makes London seem small.

I wonder if anyone has thought to check and see if there was anything missing from the morgues?

[reformedsinner]

Not that I was able to discover. Not unless it wasn't just local morgues.

How big is London? I'm not familiar.

[adventurology]

And the Tokyo metropolitan area is too large to feasibly scour. A corpse here, a corpse there. Not likely we'll be able to follow their trail in that case.

London? It's the largest city in the UK. 8000 square kilometers, 8 million residents. Compare that to Tokyo? Something like 2 million square kilometers, and 13 million people.

[She is, in fact, a know it all.]

[reformedsinner]

I thought Tokyo was crowded! In London, they must be living on top of one another. How fascinating.

[adventurology]

Practically, yes. I don't miss it, honestly.

private; text

[reformedsinner]

[...and a few minutes later, he adds a private message:]

As a matter of fact, we did find a few interesting things.

May I ask for your number?

private; text

[adventurology]

Absolutely.


[And she'll provide that number. Which, let's just say it's 867-5309]

phone, voice

[reformedsinner]

[Hakkai punches the number into his own phone, strolling outside the school as he types. It's a few minutes before he settles back against a wall and puts the call through.

His voice is quiet, a little roughened by all the tile dust he's been breathing, when she picks up.]

Lara? Hello. Excuse me for bothering you, but I'm afraid I just don't know who might be watching on the network....

phone, voice until further notice

[adventurology]

[Lara, expecting the call, slips out into a private room and answers quickly.]

It's no trouble at all, Hakkai. I understand completely. Believe me, after the last few years this is relatively normal.

[She lets out a breath, and there's the sound of springs as she flops down on a couch.]

What's up?

[reformedsinner]

Well. [He sounds a little embarrassed.] Please excuse me for misleading you, to begin with. We did find the source of at least some of the bodies -- they were in mausoleums and morgues in the area.

[adventurology]

Hey, don't worry about it. [Really, she sounds okay with it.] I'm familiar with secrecy, don't worry.

So, bodies taken from around Tokyo, then? Did there seem to be any pattern, or just random samplings?

[reformedsinner]

In terms of the people involved, no. None of them came from too far away from the parade route, and the bodies were relatively fresh, that's all.

[adventurology]

So...what? We have a necromancer on the loose?

[She clicks her tongue, muttering to herself.]

Christ, I can't even believe I just said that. I sound like Alex and one of his damn video games.