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[nibelungvalesti]

Posted: July 18
From: Osiris

I am aware that many people changed ages recently, for reasons unclear. However, I must ask... did any others here, gods or shinki, in fact become an entirely different entity? As if you were another person, not yourself?

I believe this happened to me because I am a goddess, an Aesir, and not a mortal ascended to this role... but I would like to know.

Comments

[put_a_ring_on_it]

That wouldn't discount either of the possibilities I mentioned, though I do confess I don't know if reincarnation is part of your people's mythology.

[nibelungvalesti]

It is complicated, but to simply things, let us simply say that what you would consider reincarnation is not possible outside family lines.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

But it is possible, yes?

[nibelungvalesti]

And I have no family, save my sisters.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

And Valkyries are simply something you've always been, rather than a role you were chosen to fill like the Einherjar?

[nibelungvalesti]

Of course. It is not as it is here, where random people are selected to arbitrarily assume the title of a god. I believe I have mentioned on numerous occasions that this world's methods are ridiculous beyond words.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

You did mention another name at the time. Does someone named Lucian mean anything to you?

[nibelungvalesti]

I remember precisely what it meant to the girl Platina. That name has no meaning to the Valkyrie.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

Well... humor me, then. What did he mean to her?

[nibelungvalesti]

A friend. A savior. The only person she could trust in the world.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

You had her memories of him as well, then?

[nibelungvalesti]

I have all of her memories. It is strange.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

I wish I could have done something more for her. She seemed so sad and afraid.

okay *wtf DW, wtf LJJuggler*

[nibelungvalesti]

She had just run away from everything she knew upon discovering her parents had sold her to slavers.

Anyone would be sad and afraid, in those circumstances.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

That's terrible... that poor girl...

[nibelungvalesti]

Midgard was not a pleasant world. Humans led rough lives.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

What is the answer to her dilemma, then? Why don't the gods do more for their people? Surely you have a more personal perspective on the matter.

[nibelungvalesti]

Fair questions.

[Noticeably, this is the ONLY answer the Valkyrie can offer. Because she wonders at the questions herself.]

[put_a_ring_on_it]

Can I take that to mean you don't have an answer?

[nibelungvalesti]

I had not been awake for very long before I came here.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

How long had it been?

[nibelungvalesti]

A few days, perhaps a few weeks. I will admit that telling time as mortals account it is not the easiest thing to do while battling the undead, recruiting Einherjar, and training.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

So you were born with all the knowledge a Valkyrie needs to have?

[nibelungvalesti]

Freya taught me of the details when I first descended to Midgard, though much of it was instinctive and inherent within me.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

I see. So you're still learning.