Hybrid Kingdom PSL

[no1likeme]

{ the “beach” episode }
for some more light-hearted/chaotic stuff happening at the hotel throughout the plot

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[theurgie]

I'm not the sort to walk away from a problem.

(( Especially when said problem will, if not stopped or mitigated, concern the whole world. ))

He also made it a little personal when he came after me directly. Twice.

(( He, the very least of Set's enemies by Emmanuel's own estimation. That guy's petty. But maybe Emmanuel can be, too. ))

Horus saved me both times.

(( Just to clarify he's not some super special bestest boy ever who could've bested a god on his own. ))

[multifoodinous]

Spoken with the honor of a warrior... which would naturally offend such a vile creature.

[Inari's more than happy to throw critical levels of shade at Set, and only gets more so every time he learns something new about him. A pitiful excuse for a god.]

It's hard to believe that Horus and his father come from the same pantheon as him, isn't it? Never mind the same family. They've both been exemplars of courtesy and respect since I arrived.

(assuming this is pre-fake war)

[theurgie]

(( Is it honor? Or is it a personal vendetta against all those things that would make human lives harder? Of course, he understands humans are pretty damn good at doing that, too, but he'll prevent those small evils from happening that he can. ))

My understanding, which is not at all nuanced, is that theirs is a pantheon that strives for balance... I suppose in that light it could make more sense that they're all fulfilling their assigned roles: Set's being chaos and destruction.

[multifoodinous]

An interesting way of maintaining balance... I would say that destruction has an unfair advantage, given that it can always feed itself while progress tends to birth greater need.

[Inari shrugs, an unbothered smile lighting his lips.] But then, there's nothing easier than spotting a plan's weaknesses in retrospect, is there? And I've never been put in charge of building and maintaining an entire civilization, thank goodness for that.

[theurgie]

I wonder if destruction was an unforeseen side effect. It doesn't seem tome that chaos has to inherently be destructive.

(( But he'd concede that his experience with such things is vastly limited by his short lifespan and the mere fact that he's human. ))

I only say that because I agree with you. It seems that nourishing growth and progress does take more time and energy.

[multifoodinous]

There is some logic to built-in destruction as well - raze the forest to nourish the soil, bring the storm to clear the stagnant air, that sort of notion.

[Inari rests his chin on his palm, idly tapping his jawline with his fingertips.]

Wouldn't it be a shame if the answer was as simple as... "well, gods can become madmen just as easily as humans," and the one who happened to lose his mind had destructive chaos as his dominion? With a different roll of the dice, we might've had a profusion of nature or a baby boom instead.