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[heresyandlace]

"I'm sorry that I'm away from my device. Please leave me a message and I will get back to you when I can."

[BEEP.]

[open for voice, text, video, or shared files.]

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[noctiphile]

Then that's what all this was? Teasing?

[Affection? It's an odd idea but not an unpleasant one. Better than the alternatives, by far. He struggles to write the next message, but only in order to make it sound... a bit less formal.]

I guess I could try that out. But you might have to be patient. I'll likely forget myself.

[heresyandlace]

Practice makes perfect. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.

[noctiphile]

So, does this mean no clue?

[heresyandlace]

You haven't seen my real face.

But maybe you've guessed that already.

[noctiphile]

The eyes were a bit of a tip. It means something in my world though it seems unlikely now.

[heresyandlace]

Oh? Enlighten me.

[noctiphile]

Eye colors change depending on the god one hosts. Sometimes they're natural colors, sometimes they're pink. Or gold. Or black.

Something tells me that's not the case with you.

[heresyandlace]

[there's a pause while he mulls this over.]

It's maybe not so different, actually. Our eyes vary according to the element that we house and control. Little pieces of something greater.

And I have chosen not to hide mine.

[noctiphile]

[Interesting. So it's the same between worlds.]

Is that my cue to guess?

[He laughs as he writes it.]

Love?

[heresyandlace]

[and oh is he laughing while he reads it]

Love?

[as if he didn't 'hear' it the first time.]

[noctiphile]

Yes. Hearts are pinkish. Sort of. In an abstract way.

[heresyandlace]

[he is so... tickled by this...]

I don't think anyone has ever made this association with me before.

It's cute.

[noctiphile]

[ oh... well... thank god this is text and not video because he is blushing something furious. ]

Really? I thought it was the obvious choice.

[ A minute later: ]

Goddess, that sounded like I was flirting with you.

[heresyandlace]

[also messing around with settings now, trying to find a way to save this whole conversation to his personal drive. he's loving this too much.]

Yes, it did.

[noctiphile]

Unfortunately, even the god of love is too pretty for my tastes! Woe.

Although, I'm curious. Are there gods of such abstract concepts where you're from, Tek?

[heresyandlace]

Oh? What kind of comment is that?

And of course. Everything has a god responsible for it. Aside from poor mankind, anyway.

[noctiphile]

Teasing?

Interesting. So mankind is godless? Does any god protect them?

[heresyandlace]

You may need to work on your form.

[but gods bless him he's trying. he has to give him that.]

And yes, one god took pity on them while the others argued over whose fault it was, and she spent part of herself to create guardians to watch over them.

[noctiphile]

Practice makes perfect.

How noble of her. Does she suffer for the choice? And the guardians... if they are created from a god, would they still be gods themselves? Or something less?

[heresyandlace]

[give him a minute to type it all out. he's not nearly as quick with a keyboard as he is with pen and paper.]

The answer to the first element is widely debated. A common theory is that she is somewhat diminished and relies on her creatures to do much of her work for her. Many others find the notion insulting, however.

And the creatures themselves were at first fewm and exceedingly powerful, much like lesser gods. But they soon found that they were yet still too far beyond the mortals to aid them properly, and so each fractured themselves into many smaller pieces. This decreased their strength and invincibility, but brought them even closer to the humble creatures that they were meant to guide and protect.

[noctiphile]

How wonderful. To have gods that would sacrifice so much simply to get closer to their wards... I can't imagine it.

[It seems too selfless.]

The people they watch must be blessed, indeed.

[heresyandlace]

Well, the closer you get to the flawed mortal realm, the more problems naturally arise. I'm sure you can imagine.

And, there is also the fact that as further generations of the guardians were born into the world, and found that they only existed to serve the purposes designed for them, some of them didn't take kindly to the fact.

It was not a perfect system.

[noctiphile]

There was more than one generation?

What happened to them?

[heresyandlace]

Being nearer to mortals, they were then able to reproduce and spread across the land, yes.

And they are still around. They've become very good at hiding, however. According to mankind, they are merely legend, and this belief suits them just fine, for the most part.

[noctiphile]

They hid? But they're guardians. What about the people they serve? Where are they without their guidance?