Father Paul Hill (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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aionchat2022-06-17 03:02 pm
vivificantem) wrote in aionchat2022-06-17 03:02 pm
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KENOMA | VOICE
[There's something different tonight in Paul's baseline, something strange and energized in a way that he usually is not; perhaps it's evident, in the way his emotions are coming across, that it isn't necessarily a good sort of energized - they're strange and scattershot, almost crackling with a sort of manic feel behind them, though his words are steady enough as he goes.]
As I've made known to several of you, I've never been a combatant; I don't fight, and I've never had reason to become proficient with a weapon. And yet I don't disagree with those of you that have made it clear that we need to play to our strengths, if this is going to be a war we're going to win.
My own strengths have always lay with people - providing guidance, providing leadership. Knowing what they need to hear in order to press on, and knowing what they need to see to carry through whatever needs to be carried through. Finding those willing to serve, and willing to spare nothing in their service.
I've found that there are those here that are more than willing to accept my guidance - in the service of the Regent, and the service of the Kenoma. After all, who better than an Aion to give them what they're after? Those I refer to are more than willing to give up their lives in the interest of that service; it's just a matter of directing them to use that willingness in a more productive way.
I've taken up a position in the sect of Our Dark Regent's Church of the Precious Blood. Decently respected in Achamoth, despite their harsher proclivities. They seem a prudent investment to make - if we're to be at war, we'll need resources of one sort or another, and people are an acceptable resource to have.
After all, that's how the gospel spreads.
As I've made known to several of you, I've never been a combatant; I don't fight, and I've never had reason to become proficient with a weapon. And yet I don't disagree with those of you that have made it clear that we need to play to our strengths, if this is going to be a war we're going to win.
My own strengths have always lay with people - providing guidance, providing leadership. Knowing what they need to hear in order to press on, and knowing what they need to see to carry through whatever needs to be carried through. Finding those willing to serve, and willing to spare nothing in their service.
I've found that there are those here that are more than willing to accept my guidance - in the service of the Regent, and the service of the Kenoma. After all, who better than an Aion to give them what they're after? Those I refer to are more than willing to give up their lives in the interest of that service; it's just a matter of directing them to use that willingness in a more productive way.
I've taken up a position in the sect of Our Dark Regent's Church of the Precious Blood. Decently respected in Achamoth, despite their harsher proclivities. They seem a prudent investment to make - if we're to be at war, we'll need resources of one sort or another, and people are an acceptable resource to have.
After all, that's how the gospel spreads.
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Otherwise, I don't know how close they can get; what's important to them is their beliefs. The way they feel about it, whether or not they feel like it calls to them personally... Matters of the spirit are powerful motivators.
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I believe it. It's kind of amazing to me, really, as someone who isn't that spiritual.
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[It seems like the sort of thing that's worth asking about? Because all of that was a little...
Well, honestly it just seems sort of surreal now.]
It's always struck me as interesting. That people can just be...not spiritual like that. But then, it's always been important to me, and I can see where it's important to these people too.
No matter where they are, people want to believe their lives have meaning. The beliefs around the Kenoma are a good way to provide that meaning - hedonism means that nothing is a waste as long as you enjoy it, the lack of unconditional love also implies a lack of heartbreak, everything leading into destruction ensures that even your death has meaning, even if whatever end you meet is inevitable. It's an enviable way to live, really.
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I do still believe in Him, though I can't say in good faith that I haven't been questioning His presence. Moreso when we first got here than anything.