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[molotov]

[Happy April, Paradisa! Molotov is aware that it's April Fool's Day, and she's also aware of the stupid weather, but she has a task that just can't wait.]

[Delivered by ghost this morning, to: Ezio Auditore, Hellboy, Dr. Gregory House, Mark Hunter, Kate Kane, Kermit, Mindy Macready, Corporal Maladict, Cross Marian, Princess Nudge, Spike Spiegel, Damian Wayne, Alleria Windrunner, Sylvanas Windrunner, and Veeresa Windrunner.]
[All of you should have previously received a save the date card. Well, now, in an envelope addressed to you "and guest", you've received this:]



[You know, for all your formal invitation wedding needs.

Inside the envelope, there's an RSVP card, mostly because Molotov is pretty big on traditions. You know, like formalities and proper execution methods. The card literally just says to contact her through the journal. Because Molotov is dumb.

Some of your envelopes might also contain a special, handwritten note! These are mostly chastising, such as telling you to dress properly, to be on your best behavior, etc. Because Molotov is also a bitch.]

[Molotov is actually out in this terrible weather, taking care of her poor bears, making sure they're happy. Once that's done, she just holes up in the reserve's office with Mishka, reading and waiting for the rain to break.]

[ OOC: Open to anyone who might be out in that weather, for whatever reason. TO THE WEDDING INVITEES: feel free to apply whatever bitchy little note might work best for your character, if they got one. Also, the invitations went out regardless of how she feels about each particular person, so you might get attitude when you RSVP >:3 ]

Comments

[assassino]

I'm not going to believe you just because you told me to, especially when other people from your time disagree with you.

And so? It is not intelligent thought. You could teach a dog to come or sit, or a horse to bear a rider, but they only learn because of a master's hand. They do not go out and seek knowledge on their own, as men would.

[molotov]

Monkeys use tools without man's interference. Pigs can play video games. It has been proven time and again that animals are not brainless and stupid.

You should believe me because there is an entire library filled with books that back up what I say. No one is stopping you from doing further research.

[assassino]

I have not seen proof of any of these things.

[Scowl]

And I do not have time to look up millions of things.

[molotov]

You have not seen proof of many things you believe in, I think. And your refusal to look up things that you seem interested in is not my concern.

[assassino]

I live amongst the things I believe every day, why would I need proof? My entire life is confirmed by those things.

[molotov]

What is your solid proof of God? The soul? Heaven and Hell? I do not mean "things you believe", or "things you have been told", or "things you think symbolize those things".

Tell me when, exactly, you saw God. Or any of those other things. Solid proof.

[assassino]

[Wow hard questions. He pauses for a moment.]

Well, surely there was some reason for humanity to believe those things in the first place.

[molotov]

Not all of humanity believes in your God, in Christianity. Creation myths have always existed, because the first humans lacked the science and history to create an accurate retelling of how Earth came to be as it was. The "reason" is that people make things up when they cannot explain something. Christians and Muslims and Jews created a man in the sky who made everything. Ancient Greeks and Romans had dozens of gods, each responsible for different aspects.

"A huge man who watches us did it" is much easier to swallow than "I do not know and neither does anyone else".

[assassino]

The gods of the old world were pagan gods.

[But he doesn't really know how to argue beyond that.]

I don't want to think about this if there aren't answers. I cannot dismiss all I know and replace it with nothing.

[molotov]

If your god was not even the original god, what is the point of believing? If I tell you about a new god who just spoke to me, would you believe me?

There are answers. They are in books. You have told me you do not wish to read them.

[assassino]

No, because you could not prove it. The Christian faith has over a thousand years of proof.

And how would I know what books are right and which are wrong?

[molotov]

The Christian faith has no proof at all, it just has a very old book that was written by men, edited by men, and translated over and over by men.

You cannot know. You just read as many books on the subject as you can, take into account all of the cited facts that keep popping up, then draw your own conclusions.

[assassino]

There has to be some truth out there.

[molotov]

Of course there is.

[assassino]

Then why is it not printed clearly somewhere? Why must anyone read and compare and study and draw conclusions when there are irrefutable truths?

[molotov]

Because humans are the ones who discover and advertise the truth, and humans have ulterior motives.

Read science textbooks, modern ones. I am sure there are some in the library. Those are likely to be the best source of information. But always take everything with a grain of salt.

[assassino]

[Sigh. He wants something, for once, to be easy.]

Your people have had hundreds of years to discover these things, but they don't make an easy way to learn about them.

[molotov]

It is easy to learn if you are from that time. We do not have people popping up from centuries past, so we have never needed to create a way to easily condense all of this information.

[assassino]

Children of your time must manage it, unless they are born knowing all these things.

[molotov]

They are simply never taught all of the wrong, outdated information. It is much harder to change someone's way of thinking than it is to draw on the blank slate of a child.

[assassino]

[SULKING. >:(]

[molotov]

[Molotov is quiet for a beat before she figures out what his silence means. Then she teases:]

Poor Ezio. You just need modern women to draw on your slate, don't you?

[assassino]

[take pity on him, beautiful woman :'(]

Probably, yes...

[molotov]

Surely there must be someone besides me who is willing to enlighten you.

[assassino]

[Chuckle...]

My lover from home is here, but she is not in the position to be doing that.