God Yet Lives

"No one is trying to put you on trial, there is no need to get defensive. I'm just trying to talk."

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Noct looked at Euryale, "Are you alright?"

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"He should realize that I would dedicate my life to making his a perpetual hell if anything happened to them."

*Euryale stops doing what she's doing.*

"Yes. I was praying."
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"Well, don't you get offensive when someone says you're mean?"
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"Okay."

*Senthose walks off.*

Now, quite concerned about Sab and Aroma, Mortal starts heading off in their direction.

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Sab just kind of stares at her for a second, "I believe the last person to call me mean was Aroma, and no, I didn't get offensive."

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"Oh, okay," Noctis makes no effort to follow suit as she begins to eat.

OOC: Ye Gods, I hope this turns out to be the most awkward post in the RP.

Euryale smacks Noctis upside the head with a crucifix while shouting, "The power of Christ compells you!"

*After she finishes talking to herself, Euryale digs in.*
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*Lilith just fidgets uncomfortably.*

A"I don't remember that."
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*Walking...walking...walking...walking....*

"...I once fought a Hollow that was half-turtle-half-snail. It was faster than you."

"Ah, then I've never been called mean," Sab said, "Probably because I try to be nice to people."

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"I don't care," Mortal replied.

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"So, what exactly are your religious views?" Noct asked, "I don't think I've ever asked."

L"I DO TRY TO BE NICE, IT'S JUST NO ONE REALIZES IT!"

A"Inside voice."

L"WE'RE OUTSIDE!"
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*Suddenly, Netzach, EVERYWHERE.*

<You should. If you were just a LITTLE faster, you could have saved them. You want to know what the little sheep one said as I snapped her neck?>

"You did no such thing. I can feel their Reitsu, & even if I couldn't, I just heard Lilith shouting about how nice she is."

<Damn, you called my bluff. And I worked really hard on my Scary Bad Guy Voice. Why are you such a killjoy?>
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"Nothing too fancy. You could describe it as Shinto with a new age flavor."

"Yes, but we're not that far apart..." Sab said, "Also, you can't be nice once, then mean nine times and complain that someone didn't see you being nice."

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Mortal let out a small sigh, "This is going to drag on for longer than I want it to, isn't it?"

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"Ah, how very Japanese hipster of you," Noct said with a smile.

<Nope.>

*All of the Netzachs vanish.*

<Just wanted to tell you that Keter's almost regenerated. And boy, is she gonna be maaaad. I'd hate to be in your shoes!>
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L"I'm not mean! Why does everyone always think I'm mean?! What are you trying to say? That Mom left me because I'm mean?!"

*Lilith starts sniffling & her lip quivers a little.*
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"Umm...I guess?"

Things having taken quite the unexpected turn, Sab tried her best to work through the conversation, "No, I'm not saying that at all," She said, putting a hand on her shoulder, "I doubt your mother leaving had anything to do with her not liking you. If I can see that you're not a bad person, then your mother must have known that too. She probably knew better than anyone else how much of a good person you are.

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"So... what? You came here to gloat and leave. That seems oddly childish."

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"Better than mine I guess," Noct said before taking another bite of food. She may have been a shitty Catholic, but she was one nonetheless.

*Lilith starts crying & hugs Sab, holding on for dear life.*
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"What do you mean?"
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"Malkuth DID introduce him as a 'dangerous, chauvinistic manchild lunatic."

Sab hugs Lilith back, running a hand through her hair and saying, "There, there."

Atae, witness to something she wanted no part of, doesn't know how to interrupt the situation to ask for a garganta home.

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"I can see why," Mortal said, "Though I won't say I like Malkuth any better."

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"I'm Catholic, in name mostly, but the way I've gone about living my life has been so counter to what the bible says I should do that I'm almost guaranteed to be going to hell," Noct replied.

"I don't think you're going to Hell. I'm sure Lilith would agree...& I'd think she'd know."
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"He is a joyless stick-in-the-mud. Though you have to wonder how a group like that assembled in the first place."
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L"Th--thanks, Sab. And you t-too, Aroma."

A"Don't mention it?"

"Not really," Mortal said with a shrug, "Random groups of powerful people with wildly varying personalities is kind of a normal thing in this universe."

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"Do you feel any better?" Sab asked.

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"I wasn't really worried about it. I've always looked at religion as a kind of moral values guideline, and, as far as mine goes, I'm so far off course I might as well not even claim to be a part of the religion."

*Euryale scratches her head.*

"I don't mean to evangelize, but if that's the way you feel, why not look for something else, something with personal meaning that reflects your values better?"
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"A bit. You know...she had white hair. So it's like, when Mortal says all of those things to me...I always picture her. Telling me about why she always cursed her time in the Soul Society, & what a mistake I was."
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"I have to cobble them together through years of scheming & backstabbing. You expect me to believe a Soul Reaper just waltzed in here one day, tapped an Arrancar on the shoulder, & it was the beginning of a beautiful, horrible friendship?"

"I could see it happening actually," Mortal replied.

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Noct shook her head, "I'm quite fine staying where I am. It is a part of my childhood, and for better or worse, I am who I am now in part because things like my religion."

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"I'm sorry to hear that Lilith," Sab said, "From now on, I'll make sure Mortal is nicer to you." She then thought for a second, "Hm... I just realized, I can't withhold sex as a means of getting Mortal to do what I want her to..." She mumbled under her breath, before giving Aroma a glance.

"Like how you get along with Lilith? And Kira? And the late Kenpachi Zaraki? And all of the other Soul Reapers you've met?"
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L"Thanks, I...wait, what was that last thing?"
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"I guess...does this mean that if we converted you to Protestant you'd start wearing pink?"

"That is a bad set of examples, how about the humans, which, as a hollow, I usually. I'm fine with them," Mortal replied, "Plus there was that one Soul Reaper, who's name escapes me, I didn't hurt. I was fine with her."

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Sab smiled, "Nothing, nothing, just thinking out loud."

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"I doubt I'd ever wear pink... unless you want me to. Why, do you want me to? Do you not like black and white? I could wear other colors."

"I was just kidding. Though it might be cute to see you in pink some time."
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"Oh yeah. You're a regular bastion of friendship in the face of diversity. We could all learn a thing or 2 from you & your total inability to understand sarcasm."
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L"...Right. What are you doing?"

*Aroma had just come up from behind & hugged them.*

A"...I felt left out."

Sab hugged Aroma back, "I'm sorry you felt left out." She said, nuzzling her neck.

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"I've had enough of this, I'm going to go to Aroma and Sab," She said, opening a garganta to them, only to be displeased at seeing both of them cuddling with Lilith.

Before she could say anything, Atae tapped her on the shoulder, "Please open a garganta so I can go home..."

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"I don't think I look good in bright colors," Noct said, "They always seem too... upbeat, and I feel awkward sulking around in colors."

"Awkward Noct...trying to be all moody, but just looking confused...so cute."
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*Atae is ignored. Senthose also steps out of the Garganta.*

A"Umm...hi, Mortal. We were just talking to Lilith here...& now we're hugging her."

S"...I swear, if you converted her, I'll perform an imprompteu hysterectomy on the both of you, right here & now."

Noctis looked away a bit embarrassed, with her face flushed pink.

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"I don't think we have," Sab said, "We weren't trying to."

"Sab, why is your chest wet?"

"She was crying on me, I swear."

"Heehee. I knew pink was a cute color on you."
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L"I wasn't crying on her, I swear!"

S"Their stories match."

Mortal folded her arms, and looked a bit jealous, "Fine, what exactly happened?"

"I don't think it would be kind to share what happened without Lilith's consent. It was kind of a personal experience."

Mortal furrowed her eyebrows.

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Noct was embarrassed, but she couldn't help but smile as well, "Maybe I'll wear pink for you sometime, if you like it so much."

"I don't actually know if it's dead. It attacked Senthose and he did something. It's still there, but it can't do anything. And I can't use those powers anymore either."

"Oh, but you can't do that without giving me ideas of what to do for you."
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<That probably means he killed her.>
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A"Please don't be mad. It was perfectly innocent, honest."

L"I was just talking about...how much I love your...hair."