I’m bad. And that’s good. I will never be good. And that’s not bad. There’s no one I’d rather be than me.
No, that's close, but the point is there are specific ways I'm bad that can never change. But I'm going to be LessEvil anyway while using my comparative advantage.
Try again.
We do what we can because we must.
For the good of those of us except the ones who are dead.
I think Overlord is a good choice for some of our theming, but I really do want some good affirmations Dad.
Like it's better than 3 drug, that shit is a full milli-sandy of evil.
But, hanging and bullets are still beating it by a mile.
"I know we haven't gotten on in the past, but I am trying to do something good for once."
"Actually, I think it's cool what you're doing. I was just going to tell you not to fuck it up like when Danny tried to be good."
"Right I'll try to not be kidnapped by the literal devil and forced into a weird Star Wars rp that results in me actually falling to the dark side irl."
"I was thinking things like. Remember, that the world has weird bullshit coincidences and Mythos faking them for bits so don't ignore weird shit or always take it at face value. Pay attention to what the systems have de facto and de jure jurisdiction over you, and what rules are actually enforced with the caveat that many of these people hate you. Don't be a hero when you can't afford it. You know actually having common sense instead of being a dumbfuck kid.
And of course have fun and be yourself, girl."
"All of those are things I learned a long time ago, but I'll keep in mind that you thought they bore repeating."
*game day, in front of a mirror*
I am peace in a world of suffering.
I am solace in a place of torment.
I am the lesser evil in a cacophony of sin.
I am the worse and best of humanity.
Mythos are people of power, destiny is in my own hand.
Mythos are creatures of destiny, my fate is my power's and not my will's.
I will guide my power neither fighting it nor allowing it to master me.
Awlso I'm a really cute kitten and a good poet even if no one else likes it.
Ok everything I can't take in in the Highlander scarf. Really glad how much enchantment we packed in to it. Obviously can't bring it through the security cordon but I'm confident it will keep all of my stuff safe while I'm inside.
For everything else:
Papers check.
Athame check.
Secondary ID crystal, implanted and active check.
L-pill check.
Peacemaker check.
Pentobarbital *sigh* check.
Bullets check.
Rope check.
Not happy with the numbers they gave me on these but getting this much redundancy through at all was hard.
Suicide set how's it going? I could use some love from the other immortal girls and our gay, cause project Stop It With This Chelish BS is depressing as.
Will miss out a bit short to mid term but we'll still beat the market and are on track to unfuck the economy a bit.
So tante isn't going to do anything involving pirouettes? Because we can not afford an angry owl.
The pirates and other stuff you and Ellen brought in help. He'd play it more aggro but is also in it for the long haul. And she knows how hard it is to coerce a Prophet long term and how much Zoey rakes.
Anyway, I checked my gear and am just putting on my outer vestments before I ghost walk to work.
No last minute news on the lawfare front?
"To confirm I am Bat Qayin Kryptos Violet of Trismegistus Lesbiakos — lajchaʼ bʼaktuun, waxaklajuun kʼatuun, oxlajuun tuun, wuk winaal, kanlajuun kʼiin; wak Ix, wuk Yax — ór fyrirsát Skarð. Prōtos additionally a penitent of the Nestmates of Swift Mercy. As I can confirm with both athame and crystal.
And I have been dispatched for the purpose of providing spiritual counselling, and sealed record interviews on the behalf of the one I believe you mean. As well of course as carrying out the order of your superiors in your place in a manner respectful of our religious dignity and legal rights.
If you can please confirm that my written orders and crystal data match who you are expecting for my fledgling, and that the orders have not been modified or rescinded."
You racist pri...
Ok I normally get pissed at the whole Motte and Bailey thing around darklings. Since it got me forced into becoming a monster in a very self fulfilling prophecy way.
But I am literaly introducing myself with Krypt ID.
Like I wouldn't put it past these yokels to jump straight from purple hair to ontologically evil.
But I very much introduced myself as violence von murderer daughter of kinslayer, the chopper who's gonna jump out of the dark and fuckin get you of the school of what if we put Rigatoni in charge of Monster's U.
*speaking loudly and slowly*
"You need to tap your athame to the stone for two factor authentication. Then stow anything that you aren't bringing in in the locker and double check the declaration list filed for you to make sure you don't have any contraband not covered by your exemption.
That includes the cig."
"Of course, I will comply with regulations. Do you want the cig it's got a lot left. Or if I'm too far ahead of schedule do you want to have one with me out here so I don't have to wait around inside the cordon.
I'm an Earth θ resident so it is all above board, no booshing."
"I don't want anything to do with you. Stow your shit, stick the cig in the ashtray and wait in the waiting room."
"No worries, mate. Stowed my shit. Here's a fresh cig for you my colleague. Let me just double check I have everything I am supposed to take in and I'll be out of your way."
Athame, vambrace, inner vest. All seals intact gtg.
"No English here, speak Park. Anyway, I don't know what a colleague is, but don't call me one shadow."
"Of course. Not to tell you how to do your job, but to avoid the appearance of impropriety on my part I must note that procedure indicates I should be either scanned or frisked at this point or in the waiting room if you are not capable of doing it before first level entry. I do not see a scanner in a form factor I am used to.
Please, confirm this step is being waived on your facility's end or provide a female guard or a scanner."
I read on tumblr that during the civil rights movement they did sit-in training to learn how to not react to deliberate provocations from people looking for a way to make them violent. Setting up our own version of that and going through it was really hard. Not Sandy bad, but bad.
Anyway it would be really bad for multiple reasons if I killed this fuck, or even just hit him though I'd actually have strong legal grounds for the latter as a greater Mythos. At least if I gave him a chance to apologize and he didn't take it.
But.
Split 1, Sorry. If you escalate up his chain of command you win the round, but it causes enough fuss that it isn't worth the political capital by your stated preferences.
"Of course, I will comply with security procedures and am willing to accept you as a female guard."
Fuck, that wording is going to sound disrespectful instead of woke by this Realm's standards even if I got extremely lucky with egg baiting and statistically he's probably cis.
Fuck me, ew no phrasing.
But that is technically allowed.
This shit is part of why I go out of my way to be so friendly, but.
I held out through subjective months of being tortured by the literal devil.
And after I did give in I became a symbol of fear and terror among thousands.
Even once I was free of him and could have stopped without risking the freedom of my friends I decided I must just be a monster, and threw in with family becoming the Lilu's best assassin and one of our top interrogators so Chase could impress Grunkle and I didn't have to get a real job.
But, I was getting away with it, all of us were getting away with it and would have kept getting away with it if we let ourselves.
We're greater Mythos. But a few decades away from Trismegistus and a vivid reminder of the possibility of change later.
And now I'll drag myself through the punishment I deserve as long as it is all helping others and just happens to suck for me.
SIR! AFTER FONDLING MY FUCKIN TITS!
I've tortured men for less.
And this is why it is called being a penitent. It's because I used to be incredibly Evil and now I am Good except for when Law or my need to take on the sins of others means I have to do something Pharasma my mental model of a fake deity that is not part of our pantheon and unlike Aroden I wouldn't want anyway... Uh lost my train of thought.
Note to self; get my Leareth fictive working again he's cool.
Hurry up and wait time.
This is supposed to be friendlyish territory. I haven't been to this specific prison before, so maybe that one guard is just a bigot. But jurisdiction mashups, and the use of conscript labour means the locals in this corner of the Park Penumbra are typically happy to have the blood off their hands rather than wanting MoreSadism. Or just throwing a fit about taking jobs. Which like a lot to unpack there, but like I get it I really try to avoid disrupting the umbral economy.
I may have rich relatives, residency on an Earth where magic is secret enough for people not to freak out at purple hair, and enough raw mystic mojo to walk into any mercenary company that does black ops and get a job same day.
But I know how some places treat people with just enough magic for it to get clocked as an umbral affinity.
Yup, is this the point where proximity to the event is causing it to become clearer in Prophecy? And/or when all of the, endorsed to be clear, stage managing of my emotions as a source of operational constraints clear up enough that we talk about how this job is fi- suspicious?
Fishy is not actually racist against merpeople unless you make it. And mostly, but I will have to be weirdly cryptic about bits for reasons.
#justprophetthings
Awesome, I know I'm almost certainly about to feel like I just reread that one thread that I'm forgetting the name of with the helm of opposite alignment or maybe like the first time I got killed irl before I realized it wouldn't stick but let me savor the youness while I can.
#heryouness
Sorry, timing is pretty percise here.
First off all of this should be pretty obvious if you understand decision theory and pseudo-timeless Mythos crafting.
As you know we have clear pre-worked guidelines on the exact duties we have re:entities ordering executions, and the necessity to not be lax versus not enabling certain types of behavior over what counterfactual replacements would provide. And a split between actual order members like yourself and lay practitioners doing a penitence such as myself.
And that while you are in the top percentile relative to humans in certain lawfullness skills there are still as many as several reasons to not let you know everything seemingly relevant I know.
"We're ready to take you through now. We will need you to reconfirm your identity and papers first M'lady."
"Of course, I will comply.
I am Bat Qayin Kryptos Violet of Trismegistus Lesbiakos — lajchaʼ bʼaktuun, waxaklajuun kʼatuun, oxlajuun tuun, wuk winaal, kanlajuun kʼiin; wak Ix, wuk Yax — ór fyrirsát Skarð. Prōtos additionally a penitent of the Nestmates of Swift Mercy.
I will now withdraw the warrant and supplementary papers from my vestments."
Do I actually need to say that, probably not. Do I want them think I'm going for Peacemaker, definitely not.
"These appear to be in order, and sadly have not been rescinded.
Men and Ok will escort us.
Use the id kiosk next to the door, M'lady Bʼaat Kʼayin kiliptos Bayolet Tilismekistus Lesibiako lajchaʼ bʼaktuun, waxaklajuun kʼatuun, oxlajuun tuun, wuk winaal, kanlajuun kʼiin; wak Ix, wuk Yax ol pilisat Sakat Pulotos 雨燕."
"You may call me Penitent Ix if it makes you more comfortable. I use the full name for identification, but as a Penitent I have no personal dignity beyond my duty."
Also, sadly. Guess someone has a shred of decency. Also, also, hi honey, I can tell from context clues that you're in here. Still endorsed btw.
Mental privacy is overrated. Taking over from Zoey. If you play this legit you might get a horse, if you get a horse we'll try to teach it to sing. If you think signamancy and your eyes say there is a way out for her you're right but it means they rush all of the burnings in the inquisitorial queue and while there is a possibility of re-nesting things look bad for the order.
Also, this one is gonna hurt. It's not exactly who you think, meta-physically, but... looks aren't deceiving this time.
I already was worried about the body weight and height they send since this area is pretty human looking, but I am 100% about to kill a kid.
Probably, one that is an obvious frame-job to Ace-Detective Ellen.
Hmm, that doesn't quite fit.
Maybe-
"Don't worry about it. I am Penitent Ix. Are you Fledgling Chuk Tan?"
Chuck Tan as in chúuk ta'an not chuk t'aan there are too many languages and the damn things hybridize. Also the face, not the 1 to 1 match you get from a shapeshifter doing a sick bit, also the burns.
How do I do this it's a fucking Ember.
No I know how I do this.
