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[dualreaping]

[So he's figured out how this tablet works now, so started reading back a bit. One thing has mostly caught his attention, so here he is.]

A lot of you seem adamant to abstain from offering your loyalty to the initiative, which...I understand in the sense that they are strangers just as much as the United Earth.

But should the claims of their forces attempting to raid your own home world be true, it would have disastrous consequences for the people you know still there. Is that worth the risk?

Or is there something else I'm missing here?

[C'mon people, he suspects he's missed something important. Give him some deets.]

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[skennen]

No. I meant only that they are able to stop attacks against them.

I have not heard of the Initiative controlling anyone directly. At least, not yet I haven't.

[That's an especially troubling thought for him.]

[dualreaping]

According to someone else they tried, once. Apparently the one behind it was removed from their position.

[skennen]

[It takes him a moment to reply and when he does, his voice hisses out between his teeth.]

... Of course. Of course they did.

[dualreaping]

You seem troubled.

Past experience with this kind of thing?

[skennen]

Not a personal experience, no. But there are... stories, where I am from. About that kind of thing.

[dualreaping]

At the very least it seems to have stopped.

Not many people on the network appear very 'pro-initiative' which I'm sure they would have hoped to promote with any sort of mind control.

[skennen]

I would not be surprised if they turned to that idea again in the future. For all we know, the man they claim was responsible for the act may have only been the scapegoat of a failed attempt at taking direct control of us.

We shall see what the future brings, but I do not advise you forget their history.

[dualreaping]

Whatever it is they have planned, I'd be more concerned with myself were I you.

I can assure you their methods won't be effective against me.

[skennen]

How is that?

[dualreaping]

Because I can't imagine their methods were ever designed to take me into account.

Mortals of course, Angels and Demons, "Gods" or those who liken themselves to them.

But not Death.

[skennen]

Death.

[Last he checked death was a part of life. An inevitable and often unfortunate (though sometimes very necessary) part of life.

Not a person.]

Explain.

[dualreaping]

As I said, I am Death.

Different cultures tend to have their own concept, of course; Thanatos, The Dullahan, the Grim Reaper, Angel of Death...some even portray Death as female, although I'm not quite sure where they got that idea from.

[In his universe he's a dude, at least. Maybe it's the long hair.]

I reap the souls of the dead and send them to the afterlife.

[skennen]

[Reap the souls of...]

... You touched in the head?

[dualreaping]

It's of little concern whether or not you believe me.

It doesn't change anything.

[skennen]

No, I suppose it doesn't.

But so you know: a man's soul does not require reaping.

[dualreaping]

Oh?

What makes you say that?

[skennen]

It is what I know. After a man has passed, his soul departs from this world and journeys beyond on its own.

[dualreaping]

A soul can't reach the other side itself.

Without guidance, it lingers. Becomes corrupt.

Becomes dangerous.

[skennen]

No. That is not true.

[dualreaping]

I've seen it myself firsthand.

[skennen]

An empty claim from an unsound mind.

[Or so he's trying to convince himself.]

[dualreaping]

Why does the idea bother you so much?

[He sounds reasonably calm despite all the claims, really.]

[skennen]

[He bitterly wishes he could say it doesn't bother him, but that would be a lie.

He settles for turning the tablet off and tossing it aside with a huff.

Maturity.]