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[ This is something Persephone probably should have done a few months ago.

There is a very pink young woman on the screen. She gives a sheepish little wave as she smiles.

] Hello, my name is Persephone and I'm the Goddess of Spring back home. Yes, I'm an actual goddess, it's not just a title. Yes, I am as pink as I appear, I'm not sunburned. [ Her gaze drifts away from the camera as ticks off things that have been brought up to her. Her tone is cheerful. ] And yes, for the humans from various different versions of Earth, I am the Persephone of Greek Myth. But the stories you know are wrong...to an extent. If you have any questions pertaining to that I'll do my best to answer them.

Also, you don't have to treat me special or anything just because I'm a goddess! I'm really normal aside from the fact I randomly grow flowers in my hair sometimes. [ It's really not that random. ]

A-anywho! I'm making this post for a reason beyond that. One, I'm curious if there are any other deities from other worlds here. I've met one and spoke with another, though I believe she's gone now. If you are a deity I'm curious how being here has affected your abilities. I-if you wish to share, that is!

For anyone else, I'd like to hear about the gods of your world. If you have them.

Thanks!

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Hello again! [ She smiles brightly though it turns into a bit of annoyed frown. ]

It might have come up a couple of times.

[ There's a short pause. ]

Asgardian? ...So Norse. You mean you're traveling with Thor? That's really neat!

So you're a demi-god, then? I think we have a few of those running around back home because so-- [ She cuts herself off because she even if he isn't here she really shouldn't badmouth the King of the Gods. ] Uh, yeah.

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[ She really doesn't think it's that big of a deal. She's a small fry in the grand scheme of things and here she's even less important. ]

She sounds fierce. Though have there always only been the twelve gods?

Hello!

[ She smiles and offers a little wave. ]

So you're a wind deity?

[ She frowns as she bobs her head in a nod. ]

I'm still really young so I'm not even sure of the full extent of my abilities. The use of Chroma has certainly limited how much I can do.

Huh. So did your god travel from elsewhere to create your world or...?

[ Persephone understands the confusion. She's often met with it or outright panic when she mentions she's a goddess. ]

Yeah, they do, see? [ Little white flowers begin to bloom in her hair as she smiles at the camera. ]

Th-that seems a little strange that you can only wear that dress. But I completely understand the Moons causing your abilities to run amok. [ Her own cheeks darken.

Nike might have noticed a wall of green behind Persephone that could be mistaken for her sitting outdoors. Exception closer inspection of the video will prove for a lack of ambient sounds found outside and the wall seems to be just that, a wall covered in greenery. ]

Aside from goddesshood.

[That could include... a lot of things.]

Is that how you would describe the rest of the gods in your world? Are they also "not that different" from mortals?

In some sense, maybe. But most of them also think themselves much better than mortals. Your lives mean little to them.

[ Sure she had her wrathful moment, but she feels plenty of guilt over that and is trying to understand mortals better. ]

[That's not exactly a shock to hear. There are definitely some gods back home who view mortals as a resource at best and as prey to be hunted at worst. The only thing stopping gods like that is other gods.]

The closest thing we have to a goddess of spring where I come from is the god of the weather and nature. I'm not much of a religious scholar, but I believe they spend most of their time blowing around the world in the form of waves or storms.

[Sure Gozreh can take a human-like form, but Lilias doubts the twofold god/goddess spends much time that way.]

I have a hard time imagining them living in a city.

Yeah, I could see how that might get annoying.

[Like a wrongly recorded "history" being spread around. At least he doesn't have to deal with it... yet.]

It depends, but humans usually leave offerings at shrines and pray to the gods. Usually for peace, prosperity and fortune.

Hm... As long as the people prayed to Heavens, it didn't matter.

But since you know how your temples look like, does that mean that you visited them?

I see.

Hermes has told me about them. They sound very large and beautifully crafted.

Ah. It seems like mortals all over worry about the same things.

[ As Hades once told her, mortals are a dime a dozen. Which speaks volumes of how the gods view them. ]

And it's just them doing all of that? They don't have others they work in shifts with?

So visiting them is not something every god can do?

Ah... I'm sorry if I'm asking too many questions.

I'm sure they can, it's just that I haven't seen much of the Mortal Realm. Everything I've learned has come second hand from others.

Oh, I see.

So do gods of your world actually talk to humans? In mine, they very rarely did that. I know that the grim reaper Thanatos did, but that's about it.

We can interaction with mortals however we please...so long as it's within the bounds of our laws or we've gained permission to do so.

My mother didn't give me much of a chance to do so though. Before coming here I'd barely laid eyes upon a human.

Ah... I'm sorry to hear that.

I-its okay. I didn't have a lot of free time to go exploring anyway.

Well, all gods have servants. I imagine Gozreh has elemental creatures and animals to do their bidding, for things that don't require a personal touch.

[Work in... shifts? Like a job? Do... do gods from Earth get to clock out and go home at the end of the day??]

What would they be doing if not that? Actually, what does the goddess of springtime do once spring is over?

...Is being a goddess difficult? Did you have some tasks or jobs to do?

I think it depends on the goddess. Momma is usually busy with work not doing her godly duties.

My days were spent working in the fields, growing flowers, and studying. If I did have downtime it was usually spent with the flower nymphs picking berries and swimming.

I'm not sure how well that answers your question.

I see.

[ That's very much how things work in her world. The gods run things like a business. ]

Well, my mother's been taking care of most of my duties since I'm still really young and left the Mortal Realm shortly before arriving here. But when I wasn't making flowers bloom I was busy studying. And what little downtime I did have was spent with flower nymphs picking berries and swimming.

Hmm.

[Yeah, that sounds like... normal Young Person stuff. Pretty normal person stuff in general, honestly.]

I see what you mean. A few of the gods from my world used to be mortals, but I don't think most of the gods ever had "childhoods" in the human sense. Or if they did, it was so long ago that no one could possibly remember.

Mortals can become gods? [ It might be possible in her world, as well, but as far as she knows it isn't. ]

I don't think any of the older gods are old enough to have forgotten their childhoods. Not that they had particularly pleasant childhoods to begin with.

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