The number 244 means angels working with you to make a decision

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley hasn't used his journal since before the Event Horizon mess. He's still living in the Nines, giving South time to deal with everything, assuming she ever can. But he's begun to miss the contact of those he cares about. He's even missed just...talking to people.

He doesn't exactly feel like expressing this, so he'll settle for being vague and annoying instead. He offers no greeting, no explanation for his absence. Just straight to the point.]

You awaken a powerful goddess from an enchanted sleep, in gratitude for this, she offers you three gifts, telling you that you could take one, and one alone.

The first gift is immortality. The second is the ability to alter the past. The third gift is all the knowledge the universe holds.

Which one would you choose, and why?

[Casa de Guts]
My pets better still be alive.

Comments

[atrophied]

[ Bored: ] None.

[onlyanapple]

Not a single one?

[encryptedlock]

Do you get eternal health with the immortality, or is it one of those bum deals where you age?

[onlyanapple]

The whole deal, young forever, always fit and healthy.

[ol_northy]

I'd pick the second one.

[onlyanapple]

[Oh. Well, a part of him expected this guy, eventually]

Any point in particular.

[wolfchild]

Who put her to sleep?

[onlyanapple]

A magician.

written

[i_got_this]

[She'd seen this, and wasn't going to answer, but one of those gifts is something she thinks about daily. So, written, without explanation.]

the second.

[onlyanapple]

[He doesn't recognise her handwriting, of his response would be very different]

Why's that?

Crowley, to end

[fanstheflame]

Nope, sorry. It was touch and go, we actually fed them your plants first, but....

Gale forever

[onlyanapple]

So long as they were the weaklings.

[gottaknockhard]

[Guess who noticed that he disappeared after he saw him losing his mind on the ship? He was kind of hoping that finally got rid of him.]

Is that how they got you?

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley feels the anger boiling up in him, but he fights it back, swallows it down]

No. I was a casualty of war, in that I chose not to choose a side.

That's how they got me.

hope this is cool

[bro_codebreaker]

[Barney looks up from his legal pad, where he's been furiously scribbling notes for the last half hour or so. he's been coming by every other day or so to grab a drink and make sure Crowley hasn't fused to one of the leather chairs]

No no. The important question is: is the goddess hot, or one of the creepy hag ones?

this is totally cool

[onlyanapple]

[It's probably for the best, his visits will have kept the demon going. Given him the chance to start putting the broken pieces of himself together again]

She's exceptionally beautiful. Long flowing hair, the works.

[quadro_dent]

[Well now, that's an interesting question. That's, of course, assuming that she WOULD awaken the powerful goddess from the enchanted sleep but that wasn't the question, was it?]

Nada. [Or rather "I do not believe I would take any of those gifts as none of them seem like gifts to me."]

[onlyanapple]

...Not a one of them, hmm? Why?

[scinlae]

[ Morgana stares at this entry for some time, debating whether or not to ignore it. Simply hearing his voice brings back the disjointed memories and she wants nothing more than to curl into herself.

Questions and words run about her mind, she wishes very much that they would simply stop, but they do not and she reaches for her glass of wine.

It quite a time later that she speaks, voice as measured as she can make it. ]

Why this riddle? Can you think of nothing else to say?

[onlyanapple]

[His heart sinks when he heard her voice. There was was, someone else he wronged in that mess. He stares at the words her voice has formed on the page, before exhaling]

You know me. Sincere words aren't my strong point.

[wilder]

[Zelos replies mostly because after what he heard from South, he feels like stalking. He trusts Ino's word, but hey- gotta make triple sure right?]

Sounds like pretty terrible gifts, but I guess that's fitting of waking up goddesses.

[onlyanapple]

[Hey sexy redhead. Crowley is as yet unaware of any of the vetting process that's gone on. Probably for the best]

Of course, she wouldn't give you anything useful.

[cyan_maid]

[Ooooh! Tricky riddle, very tricky.]

They've all got their problems if you think about them. You would be lonely and alone if you lived forever, you could end up with a present far worse than it is now if you change the past, and, well, what's the fun in living if there's no more knowledge to find on your own?

[onlyanapple]

Very clever. Turns out you're usually better in the situation you already live in.

[toobravehearted]

Otherwise known as no good deed goes unpunished?

[onlyanapple]

Pretty much. That's the way of life, isn't it?

[originalcopy]

I'll pass.

[onlyanapple]

Not even a little interested?

[lightbranded]

Don't think I would pick any of them, really. There is a cost to all three, isn't there?

[onlyanapple]

There is. Most deals which seem too good to be true usually are.

[honeytoes]

[He considers this for a moment.]

This would be a...good goddess right?

Not the she-devil type of goddess that feasts on the souls of man?

[onlyanapple]

She wouldn't tell you one way or the other. You'd just have to hope for the best.

[lord_wizard]

So what is, as they say, the catch?

[onlyanapple]

Every single one of them has their own catch, really. When you think about it.

[waterproofed]

None of the above, d'uh.

[onlyanapple]

Any reason why?

[anytime]

That's a dumb offer if you've got two of them already.

[onlyanapple]

Oh really now? Which two? Enquiring minds, and all that.

[written forever]

[thraxios]

Knowledge, though possessing all of it might prove unsatisfying.

[onlyanapple]

Ahhh very true. Once you have learned everything, what else is there to learn?

[hatedbyfanboys]

[He could alter the past. Maybe go back in time and not snap at Rose when she barged into his room.

Empty as my heart, huh?

But they said they were going to start over. So that means forgiving each other, right...?

Raiden's not even sure why he's replying to this question. This is a complete stranger asking. ... But he has been feeling a little lonely]

I wouldn't choose any.

[onlyanapple]

Oh? And why is that? Is there any particular reason?

[onehundred]

The second. The other two are for instant despair.

[onlyanapple]

And you don't think the second one is?

dictated

[kungfuwitch]

Oh none of them. I've seen the trouble all of them can cause. No. Thank you.

forever!

[onlyanapple]

Probably a wise decision there.

dat filter

[not_mafia]

Crowley? Where have you been?

forever!

[onlyanapple]

[He lets out a slow breath]

Hey kid. I've been...away.

[somanylyrics]

[she's been thinking about this hard, and finally she says an answer quickly before she can change her mind]

Number three.

[onlyanapple]

Oh really? And why would that be?