audio; un: centuryegg

[fellsound]

( the voice that pipes up on the network only does so after a prolonged pause, and when it does, it's... flat. quiet. spacing out words carefully as though it's trying very hard to think of the right way of phrasing things.

or like it's simply never figured out how to talk correctly. )

... What are humans like, in your world? Are they... good?

( he's met humans here, both otherworlders and natives, and seen Red Wine post asking how Food Souls would be treated on other worlds, but he asks the question anyway.

Cordyceps would not approve of this, but Cordyceps isn't here. the situation is different. the aims and goals are different. and the people he listens to are different too. )

Comments

[fellsound]

( nothing about hearing this contradicts any of his experiences in Avalon, and yet it feels wrong to hear it again and again, from people he assumes to mostly be humans themselves.

this was never the case. not on Tierra, where they looked at their weapons and thought them disposable, beating hearts and nerve endings and all. )

Everything can be good?

( hmm. sounds fake. )

[verytired]

Yes. I think anyone could be good or bad - it just depends on what choices they make. That's my experience with all species - humans or gods.

Or...well, everything. Sounds like that isn't the case in your experience, though.

[fellsound]

( huh. he never did get to properly talk to Flora. well. not that Century Egg ever talks much, but perhaps it would have been interesting to become acquainted with a god at home. )

... It's hard... to explain. I haven't seen humans for a long time.

[verytired]

Ah - that's fine. It makes sense. I don't interact with people a lot, either. Well, humans.

So if you're not human, what are you?

[fellsound]

A food soul.

( yeah, that's all he's saying because why would he need to explain further. )

[verytired]

[ It works because he's not going to ask for details. ]

Interesting. I've never met a Food Soul before. And I've been around a long time. Well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Hypnos...which I realize is my username.

[fellsound]

( thank goodness. )

... Okay. ( God of Beginnings, he might have been good at these kinds of conversations once upon a time, but who really knows. ) I'm Century Egg.

( also his username, but he doesn't think to comment on that. )