Subject: Weck up to thees.
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Posted on: 2011-07-01 00:12:00 UTC

"If they're in the here and now, with human foibles and making human errors, then they're not the real gods." That was the considered opinion of Professor Suicide, a man with the metaphysical certainty that can only come from being surrounded by large angry philosophical types with spears.

"I mean, there may be more to it than that," he continued, shrugging one shoulder a little. "But if there's anything I've picked up from the Word Worlds and all this continuum crap, it's that we haven't yet seen the infinite. Each of the worlds has their gods, and those gods are supreme there, but the real ones--the ones who made and rule all the worlds--aren't going to be that visible. Only the virtues exist in both their worlds and ours, and that's the only way we know the gods in this life. You can't have a pint with Oetosyr."

At which point he cleared his throat, turned slightly red at the realization that he was in danger of committing Badass-Reputation Seppuku, and took a mouthful of his drink to cover the confusion. Fortunately, nobody seemed to be listening in; most of the inhabitants of the Bleepka Bar were there to drown sorrows and/or each other, and after the days PPC agents tended to have, most of them wouldn't have eavesdropped on a dramatic heart-to-heart if you'd paid them.

"Forget it," he said, putting down the mug. "But if gods aren't gods, then Sues sure as hell aren't." He offered Jenni another lopsided grin. "Most of 'em die too quickly anyway."

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