(Heaven's BBS)

[stonebird]

From: Dali
Date: July 7th

What wishes do you desire the most? Are they simple? Complex? Have your aims grown in magnitude since you were made a god? Have they decreased since you were made a shinki?

I have noticed a certain hierarchy, you see, and I mean no offense. I should like to hear from a shinki who has seemingly impossible wishes - or a god who possesses a simple nature. There is nothing wrong with either and, in fact, I applaud both natures.

(Ambition is dangerous, but not bad - if it is held in check by a good heart and a strong mind.)

Comments

[antepone]

Well... right now I just wish to settle in well. Aside from that... I'd like to be the best shinki I can be.

But that's a wish a lot of shinki have... isn't it?

[stonebird]

How would you define being the best shinki?

I have encountered both gods and shinki who think differently. Your perspective is the best one to have in my opinion.

[antepone]

[ For several minutes, she doesn't respond. Mostly because she actually has to think about her answer. ]

I think it's being there for your god. Doing what you can to make sure they're able to defend themselves with you.

I also think... I haven't been here nearly long enough to really know what being a shinki truly entails.

[shortprogram]

You think gods are people with ambitions and shinki aren't?

What about the whole "shinki are people who died" thing?

[Otherwise, from his experience, it sounds like she's really on to something.]

[stonebird]

I did not say that; I merely stated that the size of their ambitions could differ greatly.

They are, but it is not as if they recall their life.

[shortprogram]

I think if I forgot who I used to be, I'd still be me. I'm in this for me, though, so it would be hard to find a god who'd be worth it to me if I was a shinki.

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[nopixiedust]

[It actually takes a good long while before Wendy replies- partially because she's looking over Hibiki's whole big thing and partially, when she does look at her BBS out of boredom when there's a break, she suddenly doesn't know what to say.]

[Sure, she'd ducked out to Tanabata curiously when she could, and wrote out a wish, but.... Telling it to someone...]

[She doesn't know how to make herself anonymous and, even if she could, she has a feeling she'd give herself away, so she sends a private message instead.]

i made a wish to grow up

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[stonebird]

(This answer in particular tugs at her heart-strings. How can they expect a child to serve a god - or be a god - and fight monsters? It leaves a bitter taste in her mouth.)

Why? Being an adult isn't as good or simple as it might seem.

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[nopixiedust]

but does it really mater when you are dead anyway

[A dead kid is in the same position as a dead adult, as far as she's concerned. At least in the Far Shore.]

[heptagram]

I would characterize my desire as simple, but a lengthy process to reach.

[stonebird]

So the complexity lies in the journey. Do you believe you will fulfill your desire here or elsewhere?

[heptagram]

I could not say for sure.

I think I may have access to more obscure knowledge here, though.

[madcuriosity]

Gods can have wishes too? I thought we were only supposed to grant them.

[stonebird]

Of course. Most of us were mortal once and we have memories of that life. While we grant prayers and wishes, we are not immune to them ourselves.

[madcuriosity]

Oh! So then, no one here is a true god, like in the stories? I was a bit confused. I suppose I have a few wishes myself. I miss my family and I would like to see them again, that and a toy stuffed rabbit. Those are my wishes.

Text; Owain

[thehandhungers]

[After a few failed attempts to type out his messages, he finds speech to text option and tries that.

For what it's worth.]

I am a shinki though no wish is beyond my grasp. No wish is impossible. Gods reign over us and our memories are lost to us, but there is mystery and power to us as well.

Text; Dali

[stonebird]

(The technology is foreign and downright odd to her too, but she is growing accustomed to it.)

I agree. You needn't let your position dictate the size or strength of your convictions.

[rev13_3]

My aims have neither grown nor decreased. They have merely become clear.

[stonebird]

Do you think experiencing the realm of the gods has given you that clarity?

Text - From: Kairi

[pure_radiantics]

I'm sorry, but I don't know how a shinki would be able to answer your question about if anything increased or decreased.

Text - From: Sansa

[stonebird]

True - unless they speak of how their desires have changed since their arrival. In a way, they have been reborn.

from: Epona

[lovemguns]

I have been living just for the day without many desires at all, and definitely no desires set in the future, so everything has been a bit turned over. Two days ain't enough to get to terms with the situation. Being told to be a God is much weirder than being transported to another world. I suppose it's time to figure out if I desire anything beyond cigarettes, if I'm supposed to be stuck here for a while. Though I'm not going to change my mind on living in the present and not the future.

from: Dali

[stonebird]

Nor should you! All we have for certain is the present. The future may not even exist.

(As grim of a thought as that is, she accepts it.)

What are cigarettes, might I ask? Do you have any questions regarding becoming a god? I have not been one for long myself but the experience is jarring.

[bussounoshima]

I try not to get caught up in wishes. I'd say my goals have grown since I arrived here, in the sense that they've been added to, but my previous ones are no less important to me.

[stonebird]

Is that so you do not feel disappointed? What are your goals? I am curious, I admit, and if I am intruding, I apologize.