deernet | Video, UN: Kassandra

[Kassandra had spent the better part of a day figuring out just how to use the Omni before doing this. She's not technologically inclined, but once she had certain things pinpointed it wasn't difficult to work out some of the basic functions. Including ill-advised videos introducing herself, though she clearly hasn't mastered the Art of the Selfie.

The video feed opens at an odd angle showing a tanned woman, thankfully right-side up, staring at it with furrowed brows. Deep in concentration for a moment more, she simply stares at the camera in silence until she seems to come to a conclusion. Nodding, the woman exhales, and finally speaks up.]

...Hello. If other people are able to hear me, please say something so I don't keep talking to a rock and wondering if it really is magic or if I am crazy.

[Her voice has a heavy Greek accent, and if her attire is any indication she is not of the modern era.]

If I am talking to a magic rock, then know that my name is Kassandra, and I am looking for my family and my crew. Men named Alexios, Nikolaos, Barnabas and Stentor...and women named Myrinne, Roxana, and Odessa. I have hope that I am not alone in being reborn in this strange land, yet I have seen no sign of them.

[There's a pause as she fiddles with the Omni one more time.]

Aletheia, if you can hear this, show yourself.

[And then the feed drops.]

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So I just find a space, move in, and then ask. Got it.

[No problem there. She's squatted before.]

What sort of dangers do I need to be aware of?

Pretty much it!

[That was an easy enough question to answer. The next question? Not so much].

Ok, so when we were all brought to this world, we start as, well, squid things. You probably remember that. When we get back into our bodies, we all have specific blood types that enable different kind of magic. Some of these magics can be enhanced with our blood, some with other people's blood. It seems that other than some of various monsters that are in the world, you can become one yourself through something called corruption.

I remember the squids, yes.

[She wiggles her fingers like tentacles...]

And one of the locals said something about blood magic. Which...seems like nonsense but I suppose it must be as real as the rest.

How does one ward off corruption?

Which you wouldn't have thought was real except it happened to you, right? Trust me, blood magic sort of feels like to me, mostly because the magic I know requires me to cast it.

[Ah, right. Corruption].

From what I hear, it has a lot to do with your state of mind as much as your environment. People who are feeling particularly weakened or mentally compromised are more likely to get corrupted. They say that incense helps, and rituals also seem to play a part, but from what I've heard, meditation can actually help a whole lot, since corruption is enhanced by your mental and emotional state.

Oh. So incense, meditation, and...staying faithful to the Gods then?

[Sounds like a trap. But then, what did she know. She was just a stranger in a strange land.]

Definitely those first two. I think that last thing is something you have to find for yourself, starting with which one you identify with.

And I take it that means not the ones I know?

Well, there are ones HERE now, and you can sometimes talk with them? I'm not sure how it would work with gods of other pantheons. I didn't ask.

I'm not really worried about it. I'm not the most...faithful.

Ah. Well. Me neither, really.

At least, not until coming here anyway. There's something to be said about a god you find you can actually come in contact with, somehow.

Are they frightening?

I don't feel frightened by mine. If anything, I feel like we share attributes, but its not something I can easily put into words. It's more impressions, and feelings.

So you've spoken to one? Where do these beings live?

I mean, they don't LIVE in a place, as far as I know, so much as they manifest.

Wait, you're from Greccian times, I think. Your gods live on Mount Olympus, right?

I am Greek, yes. And they do.

[Mostly. As far as she knows.]

Right. For many gods, I don't think there's a specific gathering place. I get more the idea that they exist within the ether of this world. They come and go as they please and can disappear just as quickly.

[That was her impression, anyway].

Well that's convenient for them, I suppose. Are they nosy?

I mean, god-like status probably tends to be, right?

Nosy? I'd say...no, I think.

Then hopefully they'll take less interest in me than my own gods. Once was enough.

Were your own gods pretty demanding about things you were supposed to do?

Of course. Worship them or they curse you. That's how it goes.

Oh right, the Greek gods. They had some pretty bad curses, from what I remember.

Medusa and Arachne would certainly agree.

The gorgon and the spider lady? Yeesh. I'll bet they would.

So the gods here don't do that to the unfaithful, I hope.

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