you can't handle the truth meme

[pyrogue]

forced truth meme

1. Post your character(s)
2. People respond to your character with a question
3. Your character must reply, and they must reply honestly
4. ????
5. Have fun. Fun is obligatory. Lack of fun will result in severe repercussions.

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[girlybruiser]

Do you enjoy godhood?

[selfconducts]

Parts of it. Under different circumstances maybe I would have. Here it's not so bad.

Back home, no. Not anymore.

[ If he ever did. ]

[girlybruiser]

That doesn't sound pleasant...

What makes it more enjoyable here?

[selfconducts]

We all get more than just a few more months to live. Inanna's here. The Great Darkness isn't. Even my powers are preferable.

Isn't there anything about this place you like better?

[girlybruiser]

Ah... of course. I had forgotten, how silly.

[ Who wouldn't want to live? ]

The Great Darkness?

I like that most of my friends are here so we still get to see each other. And I like the anonymity this place provides. It's nice not having everyone know who you are.

[selfconducts]

The Great Darkness is destructive force that'll consume the world if we don't put a stop to it. If I don't. But it isn't easy.

You're not used to anonymity then, I take it?

[girlybruiser]

[ #yikes ]

So, the end of the world then? That's... that's horrifying.

[ Why is it always an end of the world situation? ]

The Okumura name is well known in my world. My father was the president of the family company and founder of a fast food chain.

[selfconducts]

Something like that. Yeah. I don't know much more than what I've seen already for myself, but what I've seen is... it's bad shit. And it'll only get worse before it gets better.

So you're an heiress. Is the attention and money really so bad?

[girlybruiser]

I'm sure you can stop it. You stopped Woden.

[ Not sure if it's the same... at all, but it must count for something. ]

At the cost of others' unhappiness, it is. Father was so blinded by ambition and greed he didn't care that his employees were suffering.

[selfconducts]

I've been trying. But even just delaying it comes at a heavy cost. Sometimes I don't know how much longer I can keep it up. It's...

[ The worst part of being a god. Worse than everything else. ]

That's CEOs for you. I guess that would be a relief. You're not burdened by it here.

[girlybruiser]

You have the other gods to help, don't you?

[ Or is it really his burden to bear? ]

It's changing for the better with a new president back home. No more scandals or employees overworking themselves to death. Slowly... it will get there, but it is a bit nice not to have people whisper about you in public.

[selfconducts]

Yes and no. It's because of who I am. It means I have to be the one to take care of it.

But I know what you mean. A little bit, anyway. Sometimes you just want to live your life. I think everyone wants that. [ A beat. ] To at least have the option.

[girlybruiser]

That's quite heavy to carry on your own.

[ But... maybe she can understand a little. ]

Yes, I've wanted my freedom for a long time. I have it now.

[selfconducts]

[ And that's not even the half of it; it's the truth, but still barely the tip of the fucked up iceberg. ]

Is it what you imagined?

[girlybruiser]

Yes... and no.

[ There are things missing from her life now; mainly her father. ]

But I am happy now. I don't feel trapped anymore in a cage.