Ⅰ. written / voice

[refused]

[ Lukius has been around for a bit, settling himself into Luceti, and while he's spent a lot time lurking on the journals today's his first attempt at actually posting to them. He starts simple enough with a written post, feeling slightly sheepish about the questions. ]

How many of you have a Church or similar in your worlds? Can you tell me about them?

[ He's more than a little curious about the way things are run outside of Areulla, especially considering how well that seemed to go over for them. A few moments after, he switches to voice. ]

If there are others from Areulla here, those who are friends with Caius should know he's arrived safely.

[ And this is hesitation. ]

[ filtered from rommy — but it's a measly 20% or so ]

A young girl named Rommy has also arrived here from my world. She ... may appear harmless, but I'd like for all of you to keep in mind she's not what she seems.

That is all.

Comments

[Voice]

[hotheadedidiot]

You know Caius?

[Voice]

[refused]

[ sup stahn you're not from areulla. ]

I do. You've met him?

[Voice]

[accepted]

What do you mean Rommy has also arrived here?! Since when did she show up?

[Having not run into Rommy yet he's a little unsure whether it would have been best to have ran into Rommy himself or just heard about her like this. Regardless he's feeling pretty upset and angry about this now.]

[Voice]

[refused]

[ ... Oh, yes, he probably should have checked in with Caius regarding Rommy being here, though the fact he's pissed as hell is one of the reasons he's avoided it. ]

Probably a week or so ago. [ A pause, more hesitance. ] She's weaker here, but I don't think it's going to stop her ambition.

[voice]

[hasnobeats]

'Not what she seems'...? What do you mean by that?

[Does she go around stabbing people in the chest--]

[voice]

[refused]

[ no just trying to open demonic portals to her homeworld via the torture of minorities — ]

She's dangerous and manipulative. [ A pause, considering the words. Talking about Rommy in a bad light is ... more difficult than he thought it would be. ] I can't stop anyone from talking to her, but I want to at least warn them.

[written]

[fideliter]

[ Church lady pinged— ]

Is there anything specific you would like to know?

[ Churches have quite a few different parts that can be explained here! (Yesss she gets to lecture—) ]

[written]

[refused]

Their influence in the world. Are they powerful?

[ First thing's first. ]

[Voice | Equally filtered]

[temzan]

Perhaps you could elaborate, if you are so concerned?

[But just a casual, curious tone to her words.]

[Voice | Equally filtered]

[refused]

What would you like elaboration on?

[ voice ]

[rashness]

I grew up in a church!

[ written ]

[refused]

[ He almost replies to this with voice, maybe gets out the first syllable of really before shutting it off and switching back to writing. He's a little excited, okay. ]

What was it like?

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

I'd like to discuss religions in our worlds, if you want. [Which is her somewhat overly polite way of saying she's willing to chat about it.]

[written]

[refused]

Is the emphasis of the religion in your world the primary purpose of the Church, then?

[Voice // not the same filter but equally as measly]

[spotted]

[Oh, she sees that filter; she hears that warning, Lukius. But she'll pretend that she doesn't; information is power, as they say, and advantages are taken as they should be. Although she might've lost some with Caius knowing-- whatever.

She has something more important to address regardless.]

That Lycanth is here?

[gg bro]

[Voice // measly filter numero dos]

[refused]

[ She was going to figure out eventually, wasn't she? ]

He is. [ ... ] Does that concern you?

written

[weaponry]

I'd like to be able to answer your question and all but I'm not sure what a church is.

written

[refused]

A church is ...

[ and then moments later, when he's found how he wants to say it: ]

An organized group with a set hierarchy and various sects ultimately devoted to religious or spiritual ambitions.

[ Another pause before he scribbles something down hastily. ]

Ideally.

[voice|filtered-60%]

[redhairedknight]

[Erza's going to bump up that filter - she's not great with them, but the least she can do is improve on it however she can.]

"Not what she seems"? How so?

[voice|filtered-60%]

[refused]

She may appear and act innocent, but she can be incredibly hostile and tends to use her young appearance as a manipulation tactic.

[ A pause, and ... ]

Thank you.

[Voice]

[estelle_bright]

Um... there are churches in my world. I wasn't all that fond of Sunday School lessons, though.

[written]

[refused]

Sunday School lessons?

[Voice]

[ominousmirror]

I don't know much about churches, but my sister and I used to help out at the shrine back home.

[written]

[refused]

I'm not sure I understand what a shrine is.

[ A few moments later. ]

A place of deification, I can gather, but is there anything specific about it?

[folklorist]

Churches. Shrines. Synagogues. Temples. They're all categorized under places of worship. Depending on what your beliefs you can use multiple, one, or even none of them.

[refused]

There's no one reigning belief?

[Voice]

[kamiyandisease]

There's a ton of churches back in my world. Not all of them were "good and holy" though.

[written]

[refused]

That's understandable. The Church in my own world was the same, unfortunately.

Can you tell me more about it?

[voice]

[first_darkness]

Churches are run by Yuhel and his angels and are used to brainwash humans with his doctrines. They're usually built on light synch points. [ Which makes them prime targets for her angels to try to destroy. ]

[voice]

[refused]

I'm not familiar with any of those terms. [ ... ] Though the brainwashing sounds the most alarming. What sort of doctrines?