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[fourthmade]

This is a place to send your prayers to the Fourth god. He may not always respond, or he may respond in ways you don’t expect, but he is always listening.

Speak, he hears you.

OOC note:  As of April 2020, threads with the gods will be capped at three NPC replies! Please keep this in mind when writing god prayers to make sure you get everything you need out of the thread.It’s also possible to handwave prayers by titling your comment HANDWAVED PRAYER. Handwaved prayers lack our usual flourish, but you can expect a faster response!

As of February 2024, god prayers will be handwaved only. Please only submit a prayer if you have a question for either god which needs answering in order to progress your character's arc within Ryslig. If this is something you need to tier up within the god boon system, or just to set up a player plot in general, please don't hesitate to submit a prayer about it! You may shorten it down to an OOC summary of what your character is asking. This will allow any of our helper mods to reply much faster, without having to dig into the specifics of either god's personality/writing quirks. Should this limitation be lifted again in the future, this note will be removed.

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[raidraptors]

[These days are heavy with reminders of the dead - it's been over a year since Shun's unscheduled arrival, since the Fourth zapped him out of that prison and right into an empty living room, since Yuto and Serena and so many others were brought along with him. Remembering those days draws at the cracks left by Yuto's death in his arms and his final disappearance months later, the feeling of Serena's ribbon falling to dust in his hair, the thoughts of inevitable death, the despair of being the lone survivor of their group…

Shun doesn't like lingering on any of that, not for long.

Still, there is something else to voice, things he would have taken months to learn if the Fourth hadn't pulled him in sooner, if he hadn't been turned into an onryo… He remembers the crackle of energy, the feeling of drawing energy out of his first victim, the sound of Serena's teeth cracking the skull that had made it all real, a nod to Gongenzaka before he'd disappeared into the night. Though they have faded a little, he still has the scars from drawing Yuto's nails along his arm so foolishly to feed him. There were many lessons learned that night, that week.]

I still appreciate it.

[The change, the cannibalism… No matter how he feels about the Fourth otherwise, he's glad to have gotten a taste of it before the Fog God had tried her hand on him.]

[fourthmade]

[Shun's computer begins to emit a small noise a short while later. A small icon glows on the far right and if he moves his cursor to it, a message pops up.]

my way was better than hers, wasn't it? ;)
i just wanted to make people happy

and congratulations for the city!
you really did a lot to help the others out
i'm happy to be your friend.

we're friends, right?

[raidraptors]

[Shun frowns at the message, shaking his head to himself. The Fourth doesn't really get what he's grateful about, it seems. That is fine… he doesn't feel like explaining anyway.

As for being friends…]

Every single person I called my friend is dead.

[Even Yuto, now for sure and everyone else in Spade as well. Their comrades in Clover… well, hell only knows. He hopes they are still alive.]

I don't know shit about you anyway.

[And how can he call someone like that a friend?]

[fourthmade]

everyone?

havent you made any friends here yet?

friends are important

is is okay if i call you a friend?

i hope ill be your friend too one day

you dont know about me because you didnt ask silly

we can play a game i learned

ill answer your questions and you answer mine

[raidraptors]

Most of them. [He'll admit that much.] I'm not sure about some.

[Kaito… if anyone is still alive of Clover, it's definitely him. As for the people here…]

I've made allies; I don't need them to be more than that.

[Some he might even call comrades, but that is complicated, with Crow and even more so with Yuzu.]

Do as you like.

[It's not like Shun can stop him. He frowns at that proposal, thinking for a moment before he nods.]

Fine. I'll play your game.

[And since he's answered two questions already, he'll start if off.]

Why are you fighting Her? What do you get out of it?

[fourthmade]

everyone needs friends

youre good at this game

get right to the hard ones

the same thing you get from fighting her

freedom

[raidraptors]

I'm good with what I have.

[He has the kids, who remind him of the things that matter. He has Reira and Yuzu to protect and latter's case work with. He has Crow, who reminded him that not everyone he meets is the enemy, who is so similar in heart no matter what dimension. He has the dead to fight for and his sister waiting.

He doesn't need more than that. That answer just prompts another question though.]

Freedom from what?

[One would think, a god already has every freedom they need.]

[fourthmade]

from who i was supposed to be

dont you want freedom too?

when its all over

well all be free and everyone will be where they are supposed to be with the people important to them

do you have things you care about here?

silly me

thats two questions

you can ask two right back ;)

[raidraptors]

Of course I do.

[He needs to go back, to avenge their comrades, to rescue Ruri. There is no other option for him than to go forward. The second question earns a pause; not because it's so hard to answer, but well… how does that even concern the Fourth. Still, he replies:]

Yes.

[He has the kids that visit his playground, Yuzu… even if their relationship is complicated, he can't deny caring for her.

As for his two questions:]

Who were you supposed to be? Also, what do you want with Reira?

[The second question may be utterly off-topic, but it's certainly an issue that needs to be addressed, so he might as well get to it now.]