Funeral Service for Adaman and Hodaka Morishima

[giddyundertaker]

[ An hour or two after the first trial's end, Hild and the Undertaker set out to invite as many people as possible to the Restaurant for the funerals of our dearly departed friends.

Why the restaurant of all places? Because there aren't enough chairs and tables elsewhere.

Indeed, some of the tables have been moved against the wall to make room for the seats. The chairs have been set up in four rows of six, like an improvised theater or a church. To the side, a small buffet has been set up courtesy of Obi, Mafuyu, and Hild. As for the main event? Two tables have been set up and decorated in black fabric and white flowers. In lieu of a live viewing, two drawings referenced from the profiles have been set up in the center of funeral wreaths... They're not the best, due to the artist's handicaps, but it does look like Adaman and Hodaka at least.]

Comments

[allatonce]

Huh. Kind of sounds like ghosts. Except for the massive explosions part, I guess, but you never know.

[She makes a grabby hand for the bottle of Malört.]

Are gods real where you're from?

[howveryglib]

…it doesn’t taste particularly good.

[He doubts it matters, but he feels like he should warn about the Malort, at least…]

In any case, it depends on how you define “real.” There are certainly beings that are called forth and worshipped as gods, though truly they are naught but parasites that enslave minds and drain the land of aether.

[allatonce]

Oh, I know.

[It tastes like if absinthe was a sewer and that's exactly what she wants right now. She does take a sip while he's talking though. Then she hands the bottle back.]

Can't believe people are going around making god tulpas where you're from.

[howveryglib]

Whatever those are… yes, they are doing it. I seem to be getting the impression this is particularly uncommon, at least.

[allatonce]

Tulpa's when you, like... believe something so hard you make it real. So I guess if that was a thing, a god would be the best candidate. So many people believing in the same thing and all.

[She can't really say how common or uncommon it is. The multiverse is really big.]

[howveryglib]

Ah, I see. I suppose that would indeed be what they are, then, although they do require resources outside of simple belief to maintain their power. There is a region in Othard known as The Burn that was completely drained of all aether through repeated summonings, and it is now a barren wasteland devoid of all but the most tenacious life.

[allatonce]

Huh. And aether's like energy? Or is it more like lifeforce?

[She's paying attention, but also it feels important to clarify.]

[howveryglib]

I would consider it to be both, really. It is a sort of ambient energy that has various kinds of elemental aspects, but it is something that is necessary to support life. I will admit I am no real expert, but that is my understanding, at least.