#reputus

[grokebaby]

Miscellaneous pride district info Pt.1

- Despite the whole thing being like a corporation, there is no money, or any other currency. In fact, depending on situation, trying to introduce currency or bring money into the district can get you in serious trouble. All the living essentials are provided automatically, such as clothing, office supplies, food, bathing spaces ect. The amount of stuff you have depends mostly on how good you are at trading or finding whatever items are imported from other districts. But be careful with trading, it may also get you in serious trouble depending on context. Demons and creatures native to the district, aka the punishers, are allowed to own more items, whereas the souls doomed there (the ones being punished) don't even own their clothes.

- If you don't come via dying in the mortal realm, it's possible to move up the ranks to some degree. Pride district often takes in demon criminals or other miscreants that have been sentenced to community service or other punishment. Hell of course deals with their own criminals case by case, and district by district. Except when it comes to the neutral district, since it has no High judgement and thus isn't anyone's Court automatically

- The pride district is direct neighbours with the void district. Sometimes this manifests in the Void leaking over to the office spaces, creating a sort of "abandoned" area of backrooms where entry is forbidden, but, nobody enforces it. Don't go there, but if you do, good luck and bye bye. Very few know how to properly navigate the backrooms and come back to the safe office sites again. Although even if you know a fair amount, the backrooms are fluctuating and unpredictable. The building is finicky at best around these areas and you may get caught in a collapse or fall through the floor. Or get lost wandering forever (punished souls are sometimes sent here, but only if ruled by the high judgement aka Delilah). Or end up as Reputus' prey

- Oh yeah, about that^, Reputus nests in the abandoned backroom areas. And they're usually hiding, but if it feels like something is slithering through the walls get the fuck out. Since this area isn't technically ruled by anyone (see: abandoned), they have permission to roam and plant a watchtower here as well. But if they were to enter the normal office spaces, Delilah could legally punish Reputus. Legally of course only means she's allowed to, but that doesn't mean it'd be easy. Worst case scenario, she has to call Hart over to deal with Reputus, which has only happened once fortunately. Of course, knowing that Reputus is a big gossip, and also has towers quite literally all over hell, they'd be convenient to ask for favors, but they drive a hard bargain most of the time. Still, they're a good source of information, acquiring items you typically couldn't, or delivering things (like messages) in places the Pride district doesn't ship them. Just hope that they're in the mood to make deals, instead of hunting you

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[grokebaby]

I would like to know about Reputus :) and/or Godwatcher too if you want, tho I feel like Godwatcher is meant to be mysterious? Idk, I just found these characters very interesting ^^

This was a really refreshing ask to receive! The two obscure background characters that get mentioned in the cracks of the story. It seems my posting about Mihail drew attention to er teacher more. I'm glad to get asked more about lesser known characters :] It's true, Godwatcher is meant to be mysterious! But I can still talk about the character overall.

Above^ is some basic info about both, taken from this post. I'll put the rest under the cut bc I anticipate it getting long (For navigation: Black text is about Reputus, blue text about Godwatcher)

Godwatcher (Any pronouns, I'll be using thon. Often also referred to with it/its) and Reputus (plural they/them)

Let's tackle Reputus first! They were a creation of Hart, made a long long time ago. And by long I mean way back when Heaven's gates were first built. Hart saw that and was like "Oh shoot let's do that too" and made the watchtowers.

Reputus is usually referred to plurally. Think of them like a mushroom network, there's the mycelium under the ground which connects all of the mushroom buds to each other. In Reputus' case, each head tends to look somewhat unique, depending on the environment they emerge in. But every tower you see is part of the same organism and if you harm one, all of them will know. This makes Reputus an absolute gossip. They know, or strive to know, everything that's happening in hell. Since their towers make a complete circle around the entire area of hell, they have povs into each district. So definitely if you want to know shit, ask them. Although, they usually exchange info for info, or some favors, often petty or superficial. Reputus is a whole bastard.

They worked as a general wall around hell, seeing who goes in and out, and often tempting people in (like non-hellborn demons, mortals and even angels sometimes). They used to have a good amount of authority, which is why the Watchtowers are still classified as high demons. But once heaven proposed a gate for hell too, and it was accepted and built, Reputus lost their job. They're extremely bitter about it, especially at their creator Hart who could've prevented that from happening but didn't. Hart didn't think of it as anything personal against the watchtowers, since they can still do most of the things they were created for, but the anger led to Reputus going rogue and no longer taking orders or reporting back to Hart at all. Except in absolute emergencies. They love to piss off Hart but it's surprisingly difficult..

Then good ol Godwatcher, also known as The forgotten. Thon never moves from thons spot. Thon does move literally ofc, sometimes adjusting thons position or "looking" into a different direction. People often wonder what that weird ghost looking thing at thons side is, or if thon has free will, is capable of reproduction, why thon won't move and how it knows everything ect

Thon doesn't really take personal questions. As Godwatcher is an old entity, there's been alot of discussion and speculation surrounding it and what thon is. Demons think about the God aspect more as many of them wonder whether or not there really is a god and why someone's watching it. There's been theories that Godwatcher is a fallen angel who was banished to Limbo in the ancient times, and/or the creator of Limbo itself. Thon will deny the latter however, claiming that limbo has always been around, apparently even before the times of heaven and hell.

Godwatcher is also someone who you should ask for knowledge! And unlike with Reputus it doesn't have a price or any bias. Godwatcher is of the opinion that unfiltered information should be available and accessible to everyone and anyone. Thon doesn't take sides - not even good sides. Thon simply wants to state any information so it's usable to anyone. Thon does answer some questions with explaining certain moralities that go with them. For example if asked whether or not murder is wrong, thons reply will contain why some people think it's wrong and why other people justify it. Thon will also state the harm that murder or violence causes, since that is an objective fact. Every action has consequences and thon acknowledges that some people do bad things for good causes. That doesn't minimise the damage of them however, but it's also objectively true that some people use that to justify what they do. This is what I mean with Godwatcher trying to be an unbiased source of info. Thon won't tell you what it thinks is the best option, just tell you what the options are. Good or bad.

So does Godwatcher have any actual connection to God? Sort of. Thon is connected to God's throne, who's the most powerful angel. But he isn't The God©, just an angel. Thon will tell you that something like God is very hard to define into one singular concept or person, and it depends on what you'd think of as a God, or a deity in general. By some definitions, thon could also be called a God, with it's very extensive knowledge and vision capabilities. Thon won't confirm or deny this, see the previous explanation.

But some people still think thon could be a god