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[halfblaked]

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[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?

[baphlement]

It's definitely the most amazing feeling of being. Like -- I don't know, like the sun always warming against your skin, except coming from beneath your skin.

[halfblaked]

That's...beautiful. It sounds amazing, but it's so...short-lived. Do you think the sacrifice is worth it?

[baphlement]

... Yes. [No.] There has got to be more interesting things to talk about. You're the professor!

[halfblaked]

Sorry, sorry. I just -- haven't had much opportunity to speak with you all. I go to the concerts, but...

Well, nobody's all that interested in talking to a professor when there are cameras around.

[baphlement]

I mean, I think that point stands in general. But I get what you mean.

[halfblaked]

Well, at least we used to record Ragnarok. [ A little dryly. ]

But yes, regardless, I'm glad you understand. Do you mind them -- the questions?

[baphlement]

I don't mind the questions as long as you don't mind my answers.

[halfblaked]

Oh, not at all! I find the honesty... refreshing, actually. A lot of the gods are up on their high horses, and here you are... sharing these nuggets of truth.

Did you always think you would become a god? Something inside of you?

[baphlement]

Uh, no. [Quite the opposite, actually. It was always Marian who seemed to think something more of him.] I was a kid in uni. That's all.

Now I'm an interdimensionally traveling underworld god. Guess I really wasted my time, taking those A levels.