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[halfblaked]

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[halfblaked]

[ David does not normally get calls from anyone other than colleagues or the occasional spam call.

He's hesitant, when he speaks. ]

Erm -- It's February? I haven't noticed any problems, but... I'm British? It's far to early to turn it on.

Is -- is this a solicitation?

[baphlement]

What! You haven't been using your 'air conditioner?

Well that explains the receding 'airline!


[HAIR CONDITIONER!!!!!!]

[halfblaked]

[
Just





Fucking










Silence. ]

No, it's my torrid lifestyle of hookers and blow. [ Said oh so dryly. So dryly, it must be a joke, right?? ]

Are you one of my students?

[baphlement]

Let's just say I put the stud in student.

[Cameron is a university dropout.]

[halfblaked]

None of my students are this clever.

[ A beat. ] Or this foolish.

Which leaves someone from my world, yes? Alternatively, an import with a lot of time.

[baphlement]

Hey now! My time is infamously important! Maybe I'm simply a fan, Doctor David Blake PhD.

[halfblaked]

[ UGH. ]

I don't have many of those. [ Is that bitter? That's bitter. ]

I'm going to guess my world, then. [ There's only one pantheon member who is both this obnoxious and witty. ]

[baphlement]

Ding ding ding! And they said a degree in -- what, Theology? -- would never make you a winner.

[halfblaked]

[ Sigh. ] Theology and Pantheon studies, Baphomet.

[baphlement]

The years of student debt pays off! For it is I, BAPHOMET! Just as you surmised.

Aren't you the lucky mortal?

[halfblaked]

[ Sometimes, having a double life does not, in fact, pay. ]

Ah yes, very.

Is there a reason that I have been graced with this...honor?

[baphlement]

Found you from your Network interactions, thought I'd check you out.

[halfblaked]

Why?

[ A Beat. Perhaps that is too direct. ] I mean, you never expressed an interest in me before. I'm rather boring, compared to your friends.

[baphlement]

Didn't really KNOW who you were before. But this handy dandy Network filters a lot out.

[And he saw that David made contact with Urdr, so. Took two seconds of Googling after that -- imPorts make a quick impact in this world, and the internet knew who Doctor David Blake PhD was.]

[halfblaked]

You... you didn't?

[ He actually sounds...either annoyed or upset. Or both. ]

I thought all of the pantheon knew who I was...

[baphlement]

All the fantheon gods did. Morrigan and I were not... Into that.

[DnD 4 lyfe!!!!!!!!!]

[halfblaked]

I see. And you never...decided to look into it? The pantheon as a whole?

[baphlement]

How many ways can I say "not my thing"?

[halfblaked]

Interesting. Even now? Sorry -- if you'll indulge me... we haven't had much of an opportunity to talk.

[baphlement]

Now it's different, in a navel-gazing way, and yes I do appreciate the irony. "Local goth kid turned local death god, didn't see it coming."

[halfblaked]

It could be worse. [ A snort. ] I predicted it would be in Asia, and days later, out comes Baal and Sakhmet.

Have you given much thought to your role, as Baphomet? There aren't many times that you have surfaced.

[baphlement]

I am, as I have been told -- [By Cassandra.] The first of my name.

So, no. Not at all.

[halfblaked]

Mhmm. [ A beat. ]

Likely due to the unusual origin of the Sabbatic Goat. [ Yeah he knows. ]

How does that make you feel? Being the first?

[baphlement]

How would it make anyone feel? Absolutely great.

[He can almost muster the gusto.]

[halfblaked]

Sarcasm doesn't fit well to godhood. [ A beat. ] Is it...as invigorating as they pretend it is?

Or is it like a burden too heavy to carry?