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[ della has a slightly serious look on her face... but for those who know her, there's definite playfulness in her eyes. ]

This is one of those "I can't believe I have to say this" kind of deals, so buckle up, folks.

Guys? I know I'm really amazing, very cool, and all around unbelievable. I'm so many things, it's hard to list them all. But one thing I'm not?

A deity. Yes, I am in fact, 100%, absolutely and truly not a goddess. And no, I'm not a demi-goddess either. Not a single trace of divinity in me. I won't name names, but this has happened about three or four times now. Just thought I'd mention it in case there's anyone else out there with this assumption.

... Y'know what? It's a new month, and that means we're getting newbies. Maybe now's a good time for everyone to sweep any other misunderstandings under the rug. So, if there's anything you wanna clear up about yourself, your world, your species, whatever, go for it.

((ooc: feel free to use the above as an excuse to tag others in this post!))

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[ Oh god.

It's this guy again.

Alice hardly even knows what to say in the fact of this elaborate explanation. It's just.. It's just so much.

Hence why her initial response is just a very dry: ]

It sounds like your family is incredibly fun at parties. [ PLEASE, ZAG, WHAT ELSE DOES SHE SAY TO ALL THAT. ]

Well some of them are. One of my Olympian cousins is the God of Wine and Revelry, so of course you invite him to whatever party you're going to. If I had to pick one relative to bring to a party, it would be my Lord Cousin Dionysus.

... followed shortly thereafter by Lord Hermes, he's great.

Edited 2021-06-03 20:16 (UTC)

Whenever I talk to you, I'm mostly reminded of the fact that you and I live in very different worlds.

[ And that's coming from the girl who's been to Wonderland.

So it's saying something. ]

Well it's common knowledge in the lands of... Greece, I believe Senku was saying it's called now? What used to be the lands around Athens and Sparta and Thebes and Knossos, and the like. I don't know if there's a different Underworld where you come from, where the souls of the dead go when they die.

[This is all very simple, Alice. Thanatos works for the God of the Dead, the Olympians have Wicked Parties because of Dionysus, and souls go to the Underworld when they die. What part of this isn't making sense?]

I'm not sure there even is one.

[ After all, Alice isn't particularly religious. You're left with very little reason for being that way after you've been completely abandoned by the entire world and any higher power. ]

Certain people believe that people go either to heaven or hell after they die, but I'm fairly sure there's actually nothing at all after death. Just darkness.

Those certain people are wrong, in our case. Mortals don't get to go to Olympus unless they're one of Lord Uncle Zeus' many... many children, or they did something so magnificent that even the Gods can't deny them a place on Olympus. Also, there's multiple Hells, depending on how well you did in your previous life.

... that sounds lonely. Unless you mean spending your eternity with the Goddess Nyx, although I don't think that's how you meant it. You don't believe that there's someone, or a bunch of someones, who will take care of you once you die?

[ She lets out a small sound, like a 'tsk'. ]

There isn't even someone taking care of me while I am alive. Why would there be someone when I die then?

[Oh, that makes Zagreus even sadder. It's all too familiar, too.]

... I'm really sorry to hear that. It's a terrible feeling, when the people who are supposed to be taking care of you, aren't. Let alone for Gods, I'm sure mortals have it even harder with the struggle to survive.

And for what it's worth, Alice, I'll support you. If you need someone to check on you, make sure you're all right, listen to your grievances... I'd be honored to. And when you die permanently, I'll make sure your shade is provided for, all right? Doesn't matter how many different worlds I'd have to jump across, every mortal deserves a proper afterlife.

Why are you so eager to help out someone you don't even know all that well?

[ Granted, it's probably not something one should ask. You shouldn't look a gifted horse in the mouth, after all.

But exactly considering what she just said - the fact that no one ever cared back home.. that's what's driving her to think so strangely of such an offer in the first place. ]

Even if you say it's what every mortal deserves, it's not as if you have all the time in the world to do this for just everyone.

Because you deserve a better life than you've gotten so far, if what you've said is true. Why shouldn't I help you, if I'm able to, and I want to?

[And he absolutely wants to. Helping out mortals is basically his favorite thing, in the Underworld, so surely helping them out while they're alive will be just as great!]

But I do have all the time in the world, Alice. I'm not ever going to die, not permanently anyway. If you need my help, I'll always make time for you. I mean it. You can come find me any time, all right? Or call me to come to you, if that's easier.

[ This is weird. This is so weird!!

Alice has absolutely no clue what to do in the face of all this kindness being shoved at her. Her initial instinct is to shove it right back, but she manages to surpress it before she actually says something dumb - but that instead leaves her awkwardly quiet for a moment. ]

You are such a strange man.

[ .. not that much better, huh. She's trying, though. Not plaining saying 'no' when she's this confused is already A Lot by Alice standards. ]

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