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Myriad Reality

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Werewolves, werebears... krakens... yeah, they all existed in lower dimensions of light. Earth was kindof a little bellow the floating line on holiness, so most cryptids were kinda just liminal in as much as, nobody could quite spot one and those that did, were they weren't all right up there and therefore never trusted by the official powers.

I don't think i am from your realm... But very likely similar entities would exist all across the omniverse in various iterations and forms.

What i described was not a werewolf though...

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rim of Purgatory

There... that existed overlayed with Earth but slightly lower in light and order and purity. A place for the evil people to slink into. Not quite hell, but already close to it

@The Odeoron

Are those pets? They look a lot like pets.

Myriad Reality

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Well, not quite like that in my world. It's not like you would suddenly see normal people who lived a life of deep crime or the like, suddenly split apart and grow teeth and claws everywhere and suddenly start eating people's souls... well that could happen if that criminal would have been a deep dark sorcerer for too long, but other than that, said transformation and damnation would have taken place in the afterlife...

@The Odeoron

That sounds a lot like a werewolf. Are you sure you're not from my world?

Myriad Reality

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Yup. Do enough evil, for enough time and then the rest of the domino just kinda falls into place.

@The Odeoron

That's like my life, I think. You become the form of your true self.

Myriad Reality

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Oh no... That guy is getting really close to becoming a demon by my world's standards.

@The Odeoron

You can become one where you're from?

Myriad Reality

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Hmm... Interesting... Well that's not true everywhere. Humans are just a species of organic mortal being. Spirit is what all such beings possess. Evil... I think that word is omniversally relatable?

@The Odeoron

I guess it is. Mierno seemed obsessed with it.

Myriad Reality

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Again... World difference... Evil spirit as in a species category or the state of a person's being?

@The Odeoron

The humans are something else completely.

Myriad Reality

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Hmm almost sounds like a game mechanic... *chuckles* forgive me...
Well let me tell you, at least in my world , the meaning and translation of the word demon...

Malignant spirit, divisive power, false messager...

So in my world, it isn't so much the name of a species, and more like the state of a person's moral compass.

@The Odeoron

Evil spirits? I met a few of those once.

Myriad Reality

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Yeah, I guess this must be valid for your world. In mine that is the second one... I guess it's also helpful to have an almighty God monitoring the hearts and minds of people...

Even a person can become a demon if they harden their hearts and souls enough...

@The Odeoron

Oh really? I don't think it works like that where I'm from. I think you're born a demon or not.

Myriad Reality

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So what's this about your feelings then?

Tell me, Jade, how would you judge a demon?
Is is it, aspect, biology and functionality?
Or morals and personality?

Here's another question...

Which do you think is a monster :
Horns, tail, red glowing eyes and serpent's tongue?
Or a person willing to kidnap a homeless orphan toddler and torture them in unspeakable ways just because they think it's fun?

@The Odeoron

Um... the first one, I think? The second would be a person?

Myriad Reality

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Huh? What about them? Aren't they all just evil? I mean... y'know... getting you to eat your child, rape your siblings... steal from the poor... curse a random woman to not be able to eat...?

@The Odeoron

I don't know if they're all evil or not. I told you I don't usually talk to them.