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[fionnuisce]

'You've reached Lord El-Melloi II. Leave a message and I'll get back to you.'

[network username: silverrose]

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[fionnuisce]

Never would have guessed from the username, thanks.

I thought I was pretty clear. Which part didn't you understand?

[nmc0204]

I'd like more information. If it really does seem like we're going to have to deal with something like that, I want to make sure I'm actually prepared for it this time around. As well as you can prepare for anything in this place, anyway.

[fionnuisce]

Like I said, it was just wild conjecture. I can't make sense of what we have and say for certain what's coming any more or less than any other.

[nmc0204]

So we really are back to square one with no way of making a plan.

[ Even through text, her seething frustration is palpable. ]

There must be something we can do.

[fionnuisce]

Knowing slightly less than nothing is better than knowing nothing at all. I certainly can't predict or extrapolate what's definitely coming, but the rapid loss of sunlight does lead me to wonder if that's not the 'something lost'. Framing it around snakes and an eye lead me to assume Egyptian myth and legend, which I am far from any expert in.

That's about all I have, and I'm not sure how to prepare for 'we might have to actually find the goddamn sun'.

[nmc0204]

Assume you're talking to someone who doesn't understand how all that connects to Egyptian mythology and explain that to me again.

[ she's from 2060s japan, you think they teach her that shit!! ]

[fionnuisce]

[Sigh.]

The eye that was brought up is, to the best of my limited understanding, a depiction of the Eye of Ra, who is the god of the sun in Egyptian myth. And if I recall correctly, said deity is also aligned with or otherwise represented by serpents.

From there and looking directly out my window, I can sure as hell tell you it's already pretty goddamn unnaturally dark for this time of day. So I would infer there's some weird shit going on with the sun and any forces that might be invoked with regards to it.

[nmc0204]

You know, I don't know what I was expecting any other answer. Why would anything around here be simple and straightforward? Really, I'm the fool for not expecting to deal with gods right on the heels of dealing with demons.

[ It's impressive how she manages to get the sass through even in plain text... ]

I'll do what I can to research by myself then. It might not turn out to be relevant but it never hurts to be informed.

[fionnuisce]

Running across gods and demigods and whatever else is a matter of 'when' and not 'if' in circumstances this blatantly supernatural.

I don't know what you'll find with research, but I'm certainly not about to stop you. It might even prove helpful one way or another.

[nmc0204]

I take it my chances at finding a reliable method of killing a god in any of the books here are fairly low.

[ her first thought was god killing??? well, it's ryoko, so... ]

If I come across anything useful, I'll let you know to better prepare yourself and your students.

[fionnuisce]

Oh, you'd probably be surprised. Gods die in myth all the time, the trick is keeping them that way.

Thanks, though.

[nmc0204]

If you kill it and it doesn't stay dead, then you haven't done a good enough job of killing it. Things that die should stay dead.

[ you could even go as far as to say people die when they are k– ]

I'll do what I can. Just don't get your hopes up.

[fionnuisce]

It's just a matter of finding the right weakness. Even the most powerful existences can die--some of them even know well enough to fear it, sometimes.

[/spray bottle]

[nmc0204]

This wouldn't happen to be the part where you conveniently have said weakness for these Egyptian gods up your sleeve, would it?

[ come on, kaisou. give her this one w. ]

[fionnuisce]

[no <3]

If it were Celtic, maybe. Egyptian, I don't know a damn thing about in any real detail.

[nmc0204]

Do you think the next gods who make trouble for us will have the decency to be Celtic?

[ probably not. ]

[fionnuisce]

Knowing my luck? It's pretty even odds, depending on whether or not it would be inconvenient for me.

[local 29 year old teacher has personal grudge with fionn mac cumhaill, news at eleven]

[nmc0204]

So it's almost guaranteed it'll happen on a school night. At least we have that to be certain of.

[ sh–she's probably kidding...? ]

[fionnuisce]

I am certain the fae will not respect my office hours.

[nmc0204]

Maybe if you make a point of telling them they're not invited, they'll leave you alone. Or is that vampires?

[fionnuisce]

I'm almost sure that's just vampires.

[nmc0204]

You have nothing to lose from trying, at least. Maybe they'll be particularly polite fae.