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Hey, Power of Pumpkins here. I’m roomies with a Deceiver and my friend figured out the name of his second skin. It’s fucking hilarious but there has to be a way to help him outta this right?

The easiest would be to tell your roommate to get over themself and shed the skin of their own accord. The more difficult method would involve modifying or otherwise stealing the name of the owner of the skin in question, without the knowledge of your friend.

Why should anyone take this seriously (your philosophy)? It appears, from the outside, as the escapist fantasy of those who are unable to look away from their own pain and who therefore discover Dukkha wherever they look. Isn't it interesting how each Excrucian variety corresponds almost exactly to a type of dsyfunctional relationship? Strategists and Mimics, though, are especially illustrative of the problem. What say you?

The philosophy of the void is not beholden to your sense of seriousness.

It is simply that the world is a lie, and that you deserve to be free of it- an argument I am sure your soul understands even if your mind may reject it. It is tiring to live in the lie; to have the world impose itself thusly on you; to be able to wish that it be no more, yet it tells you you cannot be free.

As for your latter accusation, I am not responsible for your projections on us.

If liveliness is just as much a lie as death, does it also mean that "you answering questions" is as much a lie "you not answering questions"? That your words are as much a lie as a lack of your words?

A pearl remains a pearl even when it lives in the meat of the oyster

If you Excrucians wish to destroy existence, why do you not simply focus upon Firstborn of the Angels? Surely excruciating existence in a single go would be preferable to slowly dismantling it. It makes sense that Warmains might focus elsewhere since they seek subjects for their tests, but I cannot discern any explanation for the inaction of the other Excrucian factions.

Setting aside the practical difficulties of killing Firstborn in particular-

Excruciating Existence and Meaning would not undo the other Estates, and the emptiness they leave would be filled by something new and perverse, and we would need to slay it again and again until our work reaches its completion.

Consider: who is to say we haven't killed something like Firstborn already? How would you know?

(I hope the blog is alive, otherwise my actions are pointless)What do you think about the theory that The Valde Bellum is a “cosmic autoimmune response” (or “bad coping mechanism”, which is exactly the same thing)? The specifics (if, by a small chance, you are not aware of them) are described on cetaceanhandiwork tumblr, under the “nobilis” tag.

Liveliness is just as much a lie as death

I'm familiar with the theory, and while I suppose it's interesting, I have something of a motivated read- I already broke out of Creation once, and am uninterested in tricking myself into thinking I'm part of it from the reverse end

I understand your need to prioritize the largest target, however: these "strategists" you work with seem to, how do I put it politely, believe in things. Both within the common delusion against which you so rightly contend and in "places" that exist "outside" of it (and no amount of prefixed lambdata seem to make a meaningful difference). Once all minds are free from the lie of the world, do you intend to help your former allies in a similar fashion?

Setting aside differences of doctrine, I do not appreciate being provoked using the difficulties Deceivers have in perceiving Ninuan. We can see it, it's just... difficult outside places symmetric with ourselves.

Do Excrucians play April Fools’ jokes? Do Powers?

The Powers do, though many really hate the trouble they cause. I remember one year where East, West, Left, and Right got all moved around as some kind of abstract joke.

When we do it it's usually termed "enemy action"

Would you (or really, any Excrucian) ever be so foolish as to contemplate messing with the Black Lodge?

Are you unaware of the fact that we wage open war against the law-beings who rule over all your world?

What could it hope to leverage against us that we do not already wrestle with on the daily

Have you met Dr Moran? What relationship do you have with her, if any? What is your opinion on her games, and how close are they to the truth?

I decline to comment on interactions with the doctor

The games are close enough, though Genseric's and Ianthe's hands show through. I've played from time to time.

#Shards of the Deceiver dream #submission

How do you hide yourself from Powers? I don't think sunglasses are doing the trick.

--Jael Edelweiss

If sunglasses aren't cutting it, have you considered taking on the identity of someone else who is congruent with you, or perhaps some manner of guising? Maybe just use a better or more powerful lie?

The Transformation Sequence of Saya Runalis

- Stretches an instant into an eternity

- Lies on a backdrop of night and falling stars

- Is serenaded by the choirs of the Not

- Transforms into a more beautiful, terrible form

- Is given greater power than ever before

- Wields great magics and miracles against the world

- Needs to wear Saya's ring and invoke her name

A charming fellow

In your opinion, who is the most beautiful being in Creation? Ananda? Firstborn? Some Power? To clarify, I ask not of the 'True Thing', but of the supposed lie.

The classical answer is Heaven, naturally.

The answer the Angels hate is that each of us Riders is more beautiful than they

The answer I give a partner should be self evident.

What is Apogee?

The throne I claimed and the point furthest and highest above

To whomever is sending coronavirus asks: fucking don't.

What are your thoughts on the Chancery?

An odd group. I went to a potluck a chapter hosted once because a friend was dating a member and they wanted support; about halfway through I had to make my excuses and escape through the bathroom window because a certain hostile Noble had also been unknowingly invited and they hadn't caught on to me yet.

That friend didn't date them for much longer after that.

Is it just Deceivers that are fond of deru-deru or do the other sorts of Rider like 'em? Also I don't get what anyone has against them. The book didn't say anything about them even being DANGEROUS. Seems bonkers to take a biz against them even for someone fighting on the Creation side.

Warmains tend to have a different relationship to "pets" and "cuteness", while Strategists tend to not have the energy to pay attention to them.

But yes, it is rather odd that Creation gets so fussy and cruel about them over anything else. If they were using those bits they cobbled together from their life they wouldn't be able to hook into them, now would they?

You quite vocally protest things like matter, shape, identity, and noses, yet you clearly display the elements of being that you're fighting. Is this just how you interact with Creation and/or how creation perceives you, or was your "transcendence" not nearly as complete as you're letting on?

We are not immaterial gods living beyond the world, sending hollow emanations to puppet in our stead.

To interact with the world is to take on the particulars and signifiers of existing within it; for a formless thing cannot act in this Creation. And so we take the appearance of being things which exist, and in so doing we immerse ourselves in your lies. You see us, and you impress upon us your preconceptions that we may engage with you.

You've never really looked closely at one of us, have you? The people of Creation don't really know how to look, to perceive; how difficult it really is. You've never had to, because in this place things happen to you and perceive you whether you want them to or not and so you grow lazy.

There's less to us than you think you see, and even that is so very much.

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