Darcs

The Dust

I thought, when I first read through it, that it might be Mark Zuckerberg, but that makes like no sense. Unless Facebook somehow bought Nike before the Fall.

The Dust

Hmm... How about Mount Gabriel for one of the mountains? From what I gather Christianity is still "A thing" (at least for Motum Diversum), and I wouldn't be surprised if they named one of the mountains after an arch angel.

@kapuchu

I mean I agree but the mountain should be named Nike.

The Dust

The thing at the bottom of the sea is like class 10 calling it.

The Dust

I, for one, welcome our new Colossus overlords. SOTC was freaking art Also hey Vandy!

The Dust

Shengriantō

After the Fall, what remained of the eastern pacific was, generally speaking, a confederation of wealthy individuals with a vague understanding of a religion that had been tertiary to them for most of their lives. Religion provides a certain comfort, and those who could afford to survive the end of the world as they knew it, spent a significant time returning to the religions of their homelands. The 30 years spent in the bunkers saw a rise in the reliance and understanding of those beliefs, and those who knew more; who preserved documents, who could recreate recall the proper rites and rituals, those who could teach it, or at least what an imperfect and privileged memory could tell of it. Basically, saw themselves emerging as leaders in the world of Dust. The bunkers in what is now the Aqueous region quickly formed tribes based on ethnic lines, splitting between the Korean north, the Central Asian south, and the Japanese central region. Over 300 years they became united over shared resources, negotiations, the rise of other nations, tradition, and, the cross pollination of their religions. Today, this religion is known as Shengriantō. Shengriantō is a fusion between the Old World religions of Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Tengrism, and Shinto with heavy ethical-sociopolitical teachings being derived from Confucianism and the ways of Ancient Japan. Founded officially in 2105, Shengriantō has a focus on maintaining honor, following the traditions of your bloodline and country, and ancestor worship. Shengriantō believes enlightenment can be achieved through particular the cultivation of an honorable life basically 'picking up from where your ancestors left off' and as such has a heavy emphasis on the importance of the family, both through blood and oath. This stance rests on the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable, and perfectible through personal and communal endeavor. From it's Buddhist parents, it derives that the ultimate goal is to reach transcendence, not by elevating oneself to the status of the gods (the kami, asura, and deva). But instead, by living in harmony with the gods, nature, and others you can achieve immortality for your consciousness (shen) practically, by going about a "right way of living." In Shengriantō, there is no morality and ethics separated into 'right' and 'wrong,' instead, there is what is honorable, and dishonorable. By living an honorable life, your shenachieves immortality through those you touch. In this life, while living honorably, we must also achieve feng shui with others (through shared traditions and oaths), with nature (through active rituals), and the gods, through worship-- One must only allign themselves with one group of the gods-- the kami (those gods who represent perseverance and creation) asura (those who represent power and destruction) and the deva (those who represent intelligence and rebirth). Asking for the favor of gods outside of your chosen pantheon is seen as one of the most dishonorable acts one can make, and while those who worship a pantheon that is not your own are not considered enemies, you are to consider those who share your own pantheon family. If a homeless man were to come to your home and ask for food and shelter, and he shared your pantheon, it would be considered as dishonorable as switching pantheons altogether. Breakdown by region:

• Northern Aqueons (descended from Old World Koreans) follow Shengriantō for it's ethical and philosophical virtue, and tend not to allign themselves with the gods
• Central Aqueons (descended from Old World Japanese) have waning or casual faith in Shengriantō and tend to worship the kami
• Southern Aqueons (descended from Old World Central Asias) practice Shengriantō rigourously and worship the asura and the deva

I was thinking of adding something about Orb worship, but I dunno, the Edenites prolly have that covered Edit: Also, Aqueous flag

Glorious Aqueous

The Dust

Duuuuuuude, Octavia's gonna be pissed if that was the same Cass. Will we get a fight??? It'd pretty much be Azula v. Zuko. Also fuck Jake, what an asshole. EDIT: I was writing a little for Tas, and I got the idea that maybe Aqueon society is heavily influenced by religion? Not just one old world religion, either. But like, a corrupted creole of a bunch of Pacific/Asian religions. Specifically; Shenism, Taoism, Shintoism, Tengrisim, Japanese Buddhism, and maybe even a little Hinduism and Confucianism? With each city having a slightly different tradition and interpretation of the super-religion based on which region Old World they're descended from. Tas, I was thinking, would be more Vietnamese, and the River Dragon Triad would be heavily religiously influenced.

The Dust

So the last time we hear from Sydney and Jackson is when they're stalking the princess? That isn't suspicious or anything, I'm sure nothing happened to them...

Oakenheim (Modern Supernatural RP)

Wasn't expecting that, do not regret having Jackson ask, need help with a response. Should it make him calm immediately, or should it take awhile to take affect?

@Raijinslayer

You don't regret it now. I have pages of this stuff prepared, just deadpaning for hours about alternatives to weed and the spiritual properties of some plants. But really, it depends on how loudly Apo bitches about it as he begins to lose control.

Oakenheim (Modern Supernatural RP)

“It's also a disgusting habit, keep it to yourself,” "Lil Ugly Mane was disgusting, no one gave him shit about it." was Mary's reflexive reply. Maxwell went on to raise a good point however-- a point Mary would have thought good had she not been preoccupied. With Jackson, specifically. Her face almost showed an emotion other than soul draining disinterest at Jackson asking about her burning botanical cocktail. It appeared she'd only expose her authentic self when discussing something heavy, like otherworldly, trans-spacetime-dimensional horrordark nightmare emptiness beings preying on her plump virgin soul. Although the slight smug smirk that appeared on her face did have a hint of genuine feeling behind it, she was surprised Jackson was being this bold, he seemed kinda mousy. She sat next to him, preparing her speech; "Weed is for scrubs, Jackson." She held the still burning spliff between them, as if observing the perfect avenue of art and science, "Twice ground damiana flowers and wild lettuce, naturally grown and cultivated, of course; they work together to make a way calmer high, you'll feel the electric relaxation, but it doesn't make you a fucking idiot like with cannabis. It's also technically legal." She took a deep breath, exhaling with force. "I throw in some tea for flavor, you know, usually just some spare Earl Grey, or whatever I have lying around. The caffeine helps keep it from making you too sleepy, so that's cool." She looked to the front to see if she had missed anything from the rest of the group, before continuing her righteous delivery of knowledge, "Damiana's sweet and spicey, so it makes for a good aromatic blaze, but it can easily overpower the palate without something besides the lettuce and tea to temper it." "That's where the the lavender comes in. It's the perfect counterbalance to the tea's flavor and the damiana's incense spice, it doesn't really contribute to the actual physical high, it's more just an aesthetic change to the smoke, and flavor balancing... and, I still don't know if this is true, like, I got it from American Horror Story, but like I said, apparently burning lavender helps to clear the air and body of bad spirits, or at least shut them up while. I think it works, I lace all my blunts with it, and I soak the rolling paper in a lavender extract." She regarded her creation fondly for a second, "This is kinda my jam-- and I guess also my ghost repellant?" She shrugged, passing it off to the now boy, now educated on real dank purp. She savored the slight brush against his hand as she stood up. 2nd time she had touched a person today-- that was a new record. Try it-- might help you out with whatever weird shit it is you got going on." It appeared the meeting was more or less over? Mary had missed a bit in her rant to Jackson, but at least she managed to peer pressure a classmate into smoking! Instilling smoke fetishes was an important Janicot family tradition. Mary prided herself on her priorities. "Yep!" She spoke immediately after August, already halfway out the door, "Meeting at park, talking to parents about their murdered kid, leaves or whatever-- see you tomorrow."

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

dead serious. Space Jam is anything but garbage.

@Carantathraiel

YHVH, maybe I need to watch it again.