un: jonas. cw: blood chatter.

[coherer]

ik this is going to sound like an episode of 60 Minutes that never got aired, but I have smelled worryingly like blood for the past week or so.

Please pre-emptively cool it on the wild guesses, though. God forbid any of this winds up vaguely sexual like Keith's thing (F, buddy). No, I haven't even been injured lately. No, it's not my time of the month. No, I'm not actually a murderer. I woke up one day, sniffed foul air, and have been increasingly ill since.

Does anyone have any idea what I can even do about this? bc I feel like I've tried literally everything but bathing in bleach.

Oh, actually, for ppl who don't want to interact with my TMI, what are your favourite movies? I work at the theatre in Mirth now and I'll get a 2% raise if I bring in more traffic, so I kinda have a vested interest in knowing what kinds of things you'd wanna see screened. Set can't pay for everything yk lol.

Thanks.

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[coherer]

No, I haven't. I mean, I've been coughing/gagging but I figured it was just a result of me reacting to my own blood smell.

Maybe it's smth contagious. Do you smell like blood at all?

[dodgeouttahell]

I don't suppose any flowers burst up with that coughing, did they?

Well, as much as I do when I get injured I guess.

[coherer]

FLOWERS?????????????

(wasn't at that stage yet, but now he's worried about that too.

WAY TO GO, BRO.)

[dodgeouttahell]

[BRUH CALM DOWN]

Well, to be entirely honest, the blood came later for me. I have a suspicion that it's not the same thing.

[coherer]

(you're used to bleeding profusely, don't @ me)

Oh, God, this is so messed up. Maybe we have the same thing just in different stages or whatever?

Like are you doing okay?

[dodgeouttahell]

But there's no actual blood for you, is there?

I've been through worse.

that icon i'm dying

[coherer]

No, just the smell.

Seriously though, that doesn't mean what you're going through now isn't crappy.😓 Tell me fr if you're okay or not.

tis but a flesh wound

[dodgeouttahell]

That's so odd.

I don't think I ever recall there being a time when I could smell blood and there not being any, to begin with.

At least it sounds like it's different, even if there's a theme to both.

It can be quite

[...]

Inconvenient at times, I guess.

It's definitely new, I'll give it that! I don't even think any blessings involved breathing and flowers back where I come from.

[Although, now that he does think of it, perhaps a dual-blessing from his mother and Aphrodite would probably look like this. Or maybe Apollo and Persephone?

Something to mull about later.]

Thank you for asking, mate. I appreciate it. Is there anything I can do to help you out with this thing?

[coherer]

h/o man, bc I think we've got very different ideas about what "blessingx" is supposed to mean. Blessings are usually considered good things, right?

Having trouble breathing and hacking up flowers is not a good thing.

[dodgeouttahell]

If you'll allow me to be philosophical here.
It's not so much us having different concepts of blessings.
But the gods that give them have a different concept of what good is.

[coherer]

Ohhhhhhh

I never thought of it like that before. Thanks for taking the time, man. In your personal opinion, do you think what you've got is a blessing? You could have info on this we don't tbh

[dodgeouttahell]

Sometimes, when I received a boon from Master Chaos, it would come in two halves. The first one would be a curse, and the other a blessing. They are a trickster but not a deceiver, so the purpose was to test me by bestowing me with those.

Although I did bleed with some of them, if I wasn't careful. So, it's not very different.

[coherer]

jfc that sounds hard. Or kind of stressful yk, being tested all the time?

Still, ig I see the point. "Blessing in disguise" is a big human thing to say, which probably came from ppl interpreting weird things as God's will. I find this stuff p cool actually.

[dodgeouttahell]

Oh, I don't know that one. 'jfc'?

I won't hide it's stressful, but I really needed that at the time. It's a small price to pay in comparison.

Do you? The expressions or…?

[coherer]

Oh, this one's my personal favourite, I'm shocked I've never used it on you before. It means "Jesus fucking Christ" lol

I find religious stuff cool. ig god-related stuff isn't automatically religious, but a lot of ppl must worship you guys. All the teachings and guidance really helped me through really rough times.

You needed those blessings, so I get it, sorta.

[dodgeouttahell]

[...

He really has to ask.]

I have a feeling that this is probably a hilarious question to ask but here goes:

Who is Jesus, and why are they sleeping with Christ?

Well, the Olympians are the ones that are the most worshipped, with large temples and subjects. I suppose many turn to Lady Hekate when they're in need. Those Chthonic aren't called upon so much.

I surely hope there's a blessing in here somewhere, though. It's getting dull at this point.

[coherer]

(rereads this message three times in order for the humour to wriggle its way between his ribs and strike him true. the resulting snort is explosive, coming out of his mouth and nose like he's choking on his own spit.

two minutes later:)

It really really really was, so thank you for that.

Jesus Christ is the son of God and a saviour guy who died for humans' sins. He's like this prominent figure in the bible and stuff. It's debated whether he was real, but most believe he was ig. A lot of prayers and stuff are dedicated to him.

So "jfc" is just taking his name in vain. But I think Jesus was a cool dude, so my version of Jesus would be chill with me using it as an exclamation yk?? Like if I said "oh, Set" instead of "oh, shit" I think it'd hit the same but with extra godly oomph to it.

jsyk though man, if you ever need help or just wanna chill somewhere quiet with another sick person, you can come over anytime (once I get this blood thing figured out so you don't have to smell me). I'll make us soup or smth. It's better to be ill with others than to be ill all by your lonesome.

[dodgeouttahell]

[Well, at least that's a win/win for both.

His own lip quirks at that.]

I aim to please, mate.

Thank you for explaining.

No God I know would ever die for another person's sins, so that's a kind gesture, but I wonder if that's because it doesn't seem so practical. Did it redeem anyone, as the tale tells it?

I am used to the smell of blood, actually. The Styx is made of it, you know? Runs across the House. So it wouldn't bother me. I'd appreciate it.

[coherer]

I mean Jesus may have supposedly been the son of a deity but he was just a regular guy, so no actual Gods died in the """GREAT SIN PURGE""" (I just made this name up). ig it helped strike the fear of God into ppl and there are a bunch of humans who live well following Jesus' good teachings and stuff, but there a bunch who use it to do bad things/spread bad msgs.

It's super complicated, I'm totally not doing it justice.

Man, though, you gotta visit my place in the Shadowlands if I'm ever brave enough to go back there. bc one of my tethers is my old cell phone and there's this band called Styx and they rock. You'd totally dig them.

I'll show you sometime. In the meantime, mi shack su shack. It's the one off the main strip up a ladder and it's got a smiley face painted on the front. idk why but whatever.

[dodgeouttahell]

Ah, that's interesting. The fact that he was the son of a god, I mean. Most heroes where I come from do descend from divine blood, but aren't exactly divine.

What kind of bad messages?

A band called Styx? I'm very curious, now.
If we ever do go there, I'd be happy to show you something in mine. There's a book there, written by my mentor. An index of things, people, and entities from where I'm from. You're welcome to take a look at it, I feel you'd like it, too.

Oh. I can actually see it in the distance from my place, actually. I'm at the one at the edge of the dock, with the window on the attic?

[coherer]

omg fr (for real)?? I see it rn lol, dude we're like next-door neighbours.

I don't really wanna get into the bad msgs thing though...... idk just think of a religious crusade (nonviolent and violent) against ppl who don't share the same faith as you. Then picture it happening for everything someone could be considered "different" for. Some ppl read a good thing and interpret it to mean smth shitty, that's all.

Anyway thanks for the invite to your door. That'd be cool, taking a look at other ppl's. Mine's kinda a super creepy island. What's yours?