IC Contact - Consignment

[forgivetheinsubordination]

vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
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[plex]

1. An Earth breakfast food, though from your question, I guess there's no Turian equivalent.

2. There's dextro-appropriate pancake mix on the requisitions channel. I'm getting you some.

3. Don't argue.

[forgivetheinsubordination]

If I'm being ordered to not argue, I guess I won't argue.

What do you need for them? If they're a mix.

[plex]

Consider it more of a 'strong suggestion'. I don't think I could order you around if I tried. But trust me--they're a safe bet.

They take water. Which, luckily, we have in abundance.

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Well then. I may follow those better. Sometimes. Every now and then.

So there's nothing I can get you back in return?

[plex]

I won't abuse my 'strong suggestion' privileges, then.

Maple syrup, if you can? Levo, since I'll have to share with Loki.

[And possibly his rovermates, but lbr mostly Loki.]

[forgivetheinsubordination]

I can do that. No idea what it is, but yeah, I can order it. Still got some credits left.

...Any idea if he really is a god? He told me he was, but it's a little hard to believe.

[plex]

[w o w garrus way to ask the complicated questions.]

From what I've gathered, arrogance and posturing are a large part of Asgardian culture. Loki is not exceptional.

They style themselves as gods because their comparative strength, speed and metaphysical prowess with regards to humans caused them to be regarded as such.

Gods do not exist.

[forgivetheinsubordination]

Glad to hear that.

My people don't believe in gods, but I know a few species who do. Already have enough things challenged as it is here. Don't need my view of the galaxy messed with too.

Especially when you'd know, when you've seen a bunch of different universes.

[plex]

Kree learn that the idea of 'gods' is mathematically unsound around the same time we learn not to soil ourselves.

I have see entities capable of destroying universes, and I personally know a man who can bend reality with his will; all of them obeyed sets of laws.

True omnipotence is impossible. There is always something greater.

Loki is a powerful sorcerer with a notable affinity for chaos. He's also a consummate liar. But a god?

Pardon me, but: bullshit.

I still like him, though. He and I were teammates.

[forgivetheinsubordination]

Shouldn't be glad to hear that, but I am.

Not that I blame others for having their beliefs. You go with what you trust, and what your people trust. No reason to disbelieve it and leave the faith unless you get disillusioned.

It happens, but still. Don't blame them.

And don't blame him for trying to pull a fast one on everyone.

[plex]

[You're much nicer about it than he is, Garrus.]

Just because it's a comforting lie doesn't make it less of one, but I do see your point. 'Ignorance is bliss'?

I'm curious--how do you not blame him, exactly? I wasn't exaggerating when I described him as a consummate liar.

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It can be. Tradition can be comfort too. Culture, customs, the whole 'how it's done' thing.

Bunch of people here don't know who you are or what you can do, and the files might leave crucial data out.

Do you tell the whole truth? Or do you have some fun and see if you can get a few people worshiping you?

I wouldn't try to fool people to that level, but I've played pranks before. As long as nobody gets hurt, they're fun.

[plex]

[Noh doesn't like the idea of equating religion and culture. He was raised in an ultra-nationalist, imperialistic colonial society, and a part of him will always think the Kree Way is the only way. And the Kree way says religion is for weaker, feebler minds.

He tries to stay open-minded, though; he's seen enough to understand that there's appeal in the unexplainable.]

I don't like thinking that the things I believe in might turn out to be lies.

Even if they're comfortable ones.

Actually, especially if they're comfortable ones. Those are usually the worst.

Loki's fun might seem harmless to him, but it might not be so on the recieving end.

[forgivetheinsubordination]

[Garrus was raised in a society that had no worship of entities, where the obligation was to one's people and world, and he will always feel that's better than making something else the focus of what was due.]

And that's why you ask questions. Make sure what you follow, what you work for, is truth. Sometimes truth's subjective.

The asari worship their goddess. Or the one I know does. I don't really know anything about her, but to them, she's true. She's real. She pushes them to be their best. Can't discount the value of that.

Do I see any truth to it? No. But it brings them together as a people.

And is he actually harming people with his story?