Why bother, though? That's the thing that's nagging at me. The one I talked to said they're trying out something new, but my god. Have they not had enough time for trial and error? People have only been dying for a few thousand years. Longer, in some galaxies.
And how is it that what we're doing after we bit the big one counts more than all that came before? It's enough to drive a guy bugshit.
[Oh, sweet ic/ooc mechanics which we may or may not ever see addressed. Sorry he's got his panties in a twist over it.]
Well, not to say the whole thing doesn't sound questionable, but a whole weekend did blow by in what they'd thought had only been a couple of hours, so I don't know how much sense we should expect anything related to time to make.
[ plus, like. some of them are thousands of fucking years old, apparently, so time is probably relative. ]
Fair question, though. Abstaining is one thing, but some of the virtues they're lookin' for don't really come into play until things get dire. You really want to measure charity, take away all the food but four loaves of bread, see how well we share.
And was time flying because we were having so much fun? [He looks to him with both brows raised.] Or is it because we're sliding down a slippery slope?
[Thinking only with his mortal peabrain perspective.]
Sure, that works. Or how about Temperance? Maybe they're counting how often we're sitting at this here bar, slugging shots and knocking back pints?
[He says this. Then reaches for a drink himself and cheerses the wee fellow.]
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gross
he looks forward again, and takes a sip of his drink. at least that's one score he doesn't have to worry about. ]
Maybe it's all about improvement. Show how they rated us before we got here, start fresh, do better this time.
[ in which case whoever wrecked the damn place on friday had better hope they weren't counting yet... ]
sorry he succeeded at capitalism...burns his house down
And how is it that what we're doing after we bit the big one counts more than all that came before? It's enough to drive a guy bugshit.
[Oh, sweet ic/ooc mechanics which we may or may not ever see addressed. Sorry he's got his panties in a twist over it.]
How do you think they'd be testing our mettle?
must be nice to be a white guy
[ plus, like. some of them are thousands of fucking years old, apparently, so time is probably relative. ]
Fair question, though. Abstaining is one thing, but some of the virtues they're lookin' for don't really come into play until things get dire. You really want to measure charity, take away all the food but four loaves of bread, see how well we share.
it is!! please fucking kill him
[Thinking only with his mortal peabrain perspective.]
Sure, that works. Or how about Temperance? Maybe they're counting how often we're sitting at this here bar, slugging shots and knocking back pints?
[He says this. Then reaches for a drink himself and cheerses the wee fellow.]
Here's to our failing grades.
[Bottoms up.]