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[foreverphantom]

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w0, monday

[foreverphantom]

[ guess who's in the church, absolutely prostrating himself before the almighty axolotl

that's it, that's the prompt ]

[trifocal]

[ Eupha enters the church and doesn't notice him until she's gotten to the middle of the room. ]

Oh! My apologies, I did not mean to interrupt...

[foreverphantom]

[ sits up ]

Oh--are you here to worship too? I'm sure that Our Lord the Axolotl would want us to share in His blessings.

[trifocal]

You pray to the god of this place? I see...

I have tried offering some prayers to this being, but I wonder if "worship" would be inappropriate, given my position...

[foreverphantom]

It's all I can do now. To repent for my sins. That's the first step to redeeming yourself, right?

...what's your position?

[trifocal]

Well... I suppose...

I am a priestess of the Dragon God.

[foreverphantom]

Priestess? That's...how high up is that in the religious order?

...the Axolotl is still better, though.

[trifocal]

Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinion...

Um, we don't exactly have a hierarchical system, but... there is just one priestess who has a direct connection to our god.

[ so she's at the top...? but with none competition, so. ]

[foreverphantom]

As in, you talk directly to Him? It? Them? Is it just passing down holy scriptures, or do you get to converse with Them too?

w0, monday

[foreverphantom]

[ a few hours after that first encounter: ]

ignore that earlier
that was nothing
might as well not have even been me
tell no one what happened

[trifocal]

????
i'm sorry? what do you mean?

[foreverphantom]

in the church
disregard everything i did and said there
that wasn't me

[trifocal]

it was someone else? were you possessed? should i perform an exorcism?

[foreverphantom]

no
literally, yes, that was me
but i'm not like that
i don't do that
i don't plan to atone for anything
and the best thing any god can do for me is step aside and hope i don't catch sight of them

[trifocal]

you do not wish for a second chance at life?

[foreverphantom]

i was already living it before i died and ended up here

[trifocal]

a second chance, you mean?
you had already died and returned once?

w0 sunday

[foreverphantom]

[ how does one respond to an execution after the murder of an innocent person?

well, in this case, he sits along the boardwalk, chin propped on his knee, as he throws rocks and pebbles at seagulls. ]

[trifocal]

[ watches this... ]

... I don't think the seagulls are at fault for this...

[foreverphantom]

Well it's not like I can do this to the one who is, is it?

[trifocal]

Do you mean Jing Yuan...? I believe he has been punished sufficiently for his crime...

[foreverphantom]

He could've been made to suffer more.

And besides, either way, I wasn't the one who got to do it.

[trifocal]

His suffering would not bring Charlie back. Even if you had all that you say you wish for, I believe you would still feel empty and frustrated in the end.

[foreverphantom]

[ hey! fuck you for knowing him better than he knows himself! ]

So?! At least it'd be something! At least it'd feel good while I was doing it!

[trifocal]

[ ..... hm ]

Would you tell me... did you care about Charlie?