Monarch of the Moon (Sept 19th, 6:50pm)

[Dr. Moran]

"Alright so in Jericho I met the moon and she was this really nice lady with a scarf made of stars and she was running from the sun. It wasn't the actual moon of course but it was a magic book making a story about the moon come to life. So. Did I meet a sort of maybe representation of Dietremen or would you say that was something else entirely."

[Carrion]

"Uuuuuuuuh..." For a moment he is very clearly taken aback, and stares at Ursel. "Well. Dietremen isn't the literal moon, he just governs it. While it's possible that one could imagine him choosing such an appearance, what seems more likely is that this woman represented the moon itself. Much like how Eindridil has dominion over the sea, but isn't the sea herself."

[Dr. Moran]

"Oh. That makes sense then. How do you give Dietremen secrets? In a prayer? Burn a paper with it written? Just scream it at the sky?"

[Carrion]

"All of those work, though screaming is discouraged. Because secrets."

[Riven Shadowlight]

"I'm still pretty adamant he uses a crystal ball to spy on people--ooo maybe the moon is his looking glass." He looks up and mouths something silently to the sky before looking back at Carrion "Well, the follow up to my question is, whether Dietremen and his flock desire to, there are a number of gods who seek open conflict. How do you handle dealing with the pressures of your peers? Is there a hierarchy that even your god adheres to and does it impact your worship or even your every day life? Though it is you, so I imagine there is no degree of separation between those two things" he grins

[Carrion]

"I am pleased to say I've never felt any pressure from other dark followers to be more militant. Only a handful of dark gods have tenets that call for it, just as there are many light gods who speak only of self betterment and personal action, rather than demanding you purge all wickedness. My stance won't change until Dietremen himself decides it is time. I serve, body and soul, but in the mean time I can continue to a passive, unapologetic coward about all things conflict."

[Zia Sashana]

Zia looks up form her knitting.

"How do you reconcile your openness with the tenet that says... oh, what is it - to keep yourself cloaked at all times, not to expose your person or your motives.... hide everything from everyone? Something like that? Do you find it isolating?"

[Carrion]

"That tenet always amused me. Odd, to expose the faithful as secretive and misleading. Probably another reason so many avoid admitting to it in these parts," he muses. "But when you ask about it being isolating, do you mean my openness isolating me from my less forward kin, or my secretiveness isolating me from those outside my faith?"

[Zia Sashana]

* Zia tilts her head. "Either, I suppose, But I mean more that - announcing yourself as a follower of Dietremen tells people that there will be things you say and so - or things about your person, that they will never know. I expect that's probably easier with other faithful, who have the same expectations, but I could be wrong. But it also means not being able to share your whole, true, self with people you care about or who care about you. While that's...arguably true of a lot of relationships anyway, it isn't always something that people are conscious of in the same way. So uh... I guess... how's that working out for you?"

[Carrion]

"I am more lonely than you could ever imagine," he says dully, then beams. "But religiously I'm doing quite well for myself. So there's that."