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[Due to the increasing temperature in our lovely Death City, Nevada, Sasha is dressed in a light-weight, skin-tight tanktop and has been sticking around inside, out of the sun, for as long as he can, but the long baggy pants have yet to make a disappearance.

Unfortunately, his attempts to both stay cool and stay out of the sun are in conflict. Specifically, a light sunburn across his shoulders is visible.]

It's been almost a month since I showed up, so I suppose it's time to make leisure use of this device.

I've noticed that, in this part of the world, people believe in a dichotomy between science and religion. Is there some sort of war that broke out in America that I haven't heard of, or is it just a custom around here to view things in stark black and white?

On a lighter note, I've been considering taking up a hobby to entertain me during my stay here, and I'm open to suggestion. Maybe something involving music or computers, some sort of creative outlet. Something that isn't too hard on one's hands.

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[ack, he knows that sunburn pain, bro. there's a reason he'd taken to wearing hoodies everywhere despite the heat.]

I cannot say for certain what the history of this version of Earth includes, but in general, man has always desired an explanation for all things. Faith was the old way, with science taking over more and more as time progressed. With new explanations for things once only understandable through faith, many seem to have lost what trust they had for a higher power. Too many expect all answers to come from science and label all religion as mindless behavior, while still too many others cling too closely to their faith to accept any new form of reason, even if it proves more logical.

[They should share hoodies. They'll never be able to figure out whose head the stray hairs belong to.

There's a point Sasha has been wanting to bring up, and Kaworu is one of the few that Sasha feels would be appropriate to mention this to.]

There are things that science will never be able to explain. There will be moments where they attempt to, and that's what happens to people like me.

Our war is fought with both science and faith. While the core of the war is our faith in the miracles that we witness, the battle itself is of science. When faith acts without the understanding of science, it leads to death; likewise for science acting without a reverence for faith.

[well, that all sounds rather familiar.]

I understand, more than you could know.

...Is that so?

[You have his attention.]

The war in my world was largely the same. Though I wonder how many of the humans were actually aware of the religious side of it, beyond what I am sure they thought was nothing more than an ironic name for their enemies.

[Sasha squints suspiciously at him. "The humans"? He's becoming more and more convinced that you are from out of this world.]

[he just stares coolly back, unfazed. he's kind of used to that look by now -- though to be fair it's probably because he's never been very good at talking like a human that he's used to people being suspicious of him.]

[In the end, Sasha ends up skirting the issue.]

Self-given name or names of coincidence?

Accurate names given by those who know the truth of it all. The rest simply went along with it under the assumption that it was more of a joke than anything.

Nothing about war should be treated like a joke.

Not so much as a laughing matter, just a bit of irony in their fight to avoid the end of the world as they knew it.

[and he pauses for a moment, frowning like he was deciding whether the information was worth mentioning before he eventually just shrugs.]

Man's enemies were called Angels, you see.

...Angels?

[Yeah, give Sasha a moment to digest that one. When he finally does:]

What could have possibly sparked a war between mankind and God's messengers?

Possession of the Earth. Humans were once God's favored children, but some felt mankind had reached its peak and plateaued. For the Angels, it was a fight to reclaim the Earth, while some of the Lilin thought to use that war to bring humanity back to nothing, or elevate themselves to the status of God.

Most of the Angels took monstrous forms better suited to their chosen methods of fighting, however, so the majority of humans simply struggling to survive saw no reason to take the name seriously.

...I don't understand. The angels acted of their own accord, rather than following the orders of God?

God has fallen silent on the matter. Some believe He has lost faith in his earthly children. More recently, I have come to wonder if He simply had a greater plan in mind all along.

...We're talking about the God who had loved the human race to the point that His only Son had been sacrificed to absolve us of sin?

Edited (hurrr) 2013-02-26 08:38 (UTC)

There are many stories associated with Him, some more accurate than others. While the Bible tells an interesting tale and does manage to convey His love, most of what it contains are simply the interpertations of ancient believers of what they believed to the the Lord's work. While there may well have been a man called Jesus spreading His word, God has never dealt so closely with mankind. He had no such earthly son.

[just an albino fake-human angel child who similarly died for your sins. you're welcome, by the way.]

[Sasha's eyes sharpen with unspoken offense. Of course, Kaworu has a level of trust with Sasha, so he's not in danger of incurring his wrath.

He does, however, turn off the communicator to give himself a moment, taking a deep breath (or several of them) and reminding himself that he is, after all, dealing with a bunch of people from different universes.]

[About half an hour later...]

There are many differences between Christian churches, but one of the fundamental constants between them is the Trinity.

[he's not so oblivious that he doesn't pick up on the reason for the sudden break in the conversation. humans do get so defensive of their religions...]

You are free to believe what you would like. Faith at its root is a good thing, and you are certainly reasonable enough to handle it the right way. I am only explaining why the situation has come to this in my world.

[In Sasha's case, it's more than just being defensive. But he's not going to jump at the chance to explain the facets of what he does at home. Tries to avoid even bringing it up.]

No, I understand. It is...merely difficult to fathom.

I do understand. It was difficult for me to accept that, in other worlds, different forms of religion and myth are "correct", but there are Greek gods here, a Japanese goddess... I may not wish to accept it, but to blatantly ignore the evidence present here would be beyond stubborn.

I find the gods around here much easier to accept.

[Sasha is surprisingly tolerant of other religions despite his deep-rooted faith in his own.]

I simply have a difficult time allowing others to claim to be at His level without becoming angry.

Considering what you've just told me, I'm not surprised. But they aren't malicious.

[Pause. Well, he hasn't met all of them.]

...At least Amaterasu isn't.

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if sasha joins drama club then they should chat in russian in front of takuto to confuse him :>

WE'RE SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT YOU, TAKUTO

they could just chat about the weather and make takuto think they're gossiping about him

complete with suggestive glances

and occasional laughing

i'll be impressed if Kaworu gets more than a chuckle out of Sasha.

how about it's his first test as an actor. try to make takuto panic.

...that could work, actually

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