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_{[The device is easy enough to use. It's not unlike the stuff from back home, so it doesn't take her long to get comfortable with it. The post goes up without a hitch.

She'd easily prefer video--this feels a little impersonal, but it's better this way for now. She's still not quite well.]}

Hello, everyone. My name is Flora. I'm really very sorry if this message isn't...well, it's normally supposed to be, I guess. I'm a little out of it. I can't say I've had to make introductions like this before, but it's nice to meet you, nonetheless. :) This is still just a lot to take in, and what's happened to the Earth itself. I still can't believe it. This planet was once so beautiful.

I don't expect much, but there's no harm in asking. If anyone's heard of or met one of the Winx, would you please let me know? I would very much appreciate it.

Lastly, I have a question for anyone willing to answer it. Thank you, in advance.

Do you believe in fairies?

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Waves from an artifact known as the Zohar. They seem to go out of their way to target sentient creatures, as well.

The Zohar? What's special about it? Do they feed on the energy, or something like that?

That's something we don't know. The Zohar is an ancient relic of unlimited energy, long thought to be a relic of God, but our understanding of the Gnosis' motivations is limited.

A relic from a God? That sounds possible. I wonder why it was left here, though if it has unlimited energy, I imagine it could do a lot of good for everyone if harnessed.

Not knowing what the Gnosis want, though, that must be frustrating, especially with increasing numbers...

I thought along similar lines myself once, such a device under our complete control would have more uses than any single man could imagine. But failure comes at the cost of entire planets, something I'm no longer willing to pay.

It is a pity. One of the uses I had in mind for it was to potentially eradicate the Gnosis. At that point, what they want would have been a moot point.

_{[her next message comes a minute or two later, because she's positive she's read that incorrectly.]}

No longer willing? These planets didn't have people on them. Did they?

If they were just uninhabited slabs of rock, I wouldn't be concerned. But there are no planets capable of supporting life for long enough to prepare for and run an experiment with the Zohar that have yet to be settled.

_{[She can't help but be angry, even if she didn't do what she does, she'd be incensed, but she does. She protects people, pledged her life to their happiness, and to see something that should have been used for the good of others bring so many to ruin infuriates her. She doesn't have words.

No, that's a lie.]}

Those were entire planets full of people! People who will never laugh or cry or hold another or smile ever again. How could you?! How could you do it?!

You would be surprised how easy it is to perform acts of cruelty when you're convinced that your actions serve God's will.

I can't imagine that any god could want that to happen to so many people.

It was considered to be an acceptable loss in the name of the greater good. Our goals were supposedly noble enough to easily justify the sacrifice of a fragment of the universe's population along the way.

A fragment. So it was a question of numbers? As long as it was never too many, it was alright to do?

I was an arrogant fool who only concerned himself with the end goal. So long as the loss didn't threaten that, it didn't matter.

_{[It takes a couple of minutes for her next message to come]}

May I ask you something?

You can ask whatever you want. Whether or not I answer will depend on the question.

That is fair.

What changed your mind?

I learned the truth. That my faith and that of my people and predecessors had been used to manipulate us into acting for a goal entirely separate from what we believed.

With the knowledge that I had been misled, I was able to look back on my past actions with clarity and the ability to recognize my own mistakes. I could see what I had wilfully blinded myself to when I believed my mission to be of divine will.

That's so awful.

What was done to those people was terrible, but having your faith and trust abused like that...that wasn't right, either. I understand.

_{[And she did. He wasn't blameless in this, not by far, but as angry as she was, she couldn't hold everything against him. It was more sad than anything else.]}

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He's not amused, but who cares about that? Also, mind if I add you on Plurk/AIM?

Ikr. Surprise there. Margulis is not amused by something, alert the media.

He's amused by things! Just...mainly his enemies' humiliation.

das kinky, margulis. jsyk. also sob we'd know if we had more games. :'(((( FOREVER A MYSTERY WHY.

STFU, he just likes watching his opponents lose. Also, topic approaching the sensitive XD

It's Margulis, it was bound to happen, lbr

True. Post-death means he has a lot of sensitive spots, especially concerning the Zohar.

wiiilheeeelm (also my internet died)

No, Wilhelm is a 'let me stab him' subject :D (Ewwww, that sucks.)

Good luck, bro. (yeah i was like NO I LIKE THIS CONVERSATION INTERNET STAHP)

Yeah he wouldn't stand a chance. (And my net gave me trouble replying last time...)

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