About a day into Liminal return...

[crouching_sin]

[Naoya's tone, as he addresses the network, sounds... particularly irritated.]

... All right. I might as well announce it out loud in public, because I've had to explain it enough already and it's not like it particularly matters here.

So yes, it's Naoya here. The long and short of things is that yes, I am literally Cain. And before you vampires freak out - I am not some long-dead vampire come to yell at you or whatever. That didn't happen in my world. As for the question of 'how the hell does that even work' - I reincarnate. I remember every lifetime. Other people reincarnate, but they don't remember their previous lifetimes. It's a curse. Literally. Three guesses who gave me that one, the first two don't count.

... And for those of you who are like 'what the fuck is a Cain' - according to folklore, I invented murder. Which is not true, the way the story is written is incredibly biased. I can give details if you want, but it doesn't really matter.

So yes. There you are.

Comments

[seasoflight]

...you're...

...how old?

[crouching_sin]

Roughly fifty five hundred, give or take a handful of decades. If you total them all together, kit.

[seasoflight]

This explains so much about your attitude.

...good gods, you're old.

[crouching_sin]

Told you I was an old man.

Also I'm coming over again. Deal with it.

[seasoflight]

Fine. I guess I have to make sure you've got a nice place to nap, old man. Can't have you dying on us from exhaustion.

[crouching_sin]

No, you cannot. I'll haunt your furry ass.

[seasoflight]

Oh, great, another soul to take care of.

And this one is a jerk. But you and Midgardsormr can probably have a fun time, you're both old as the seven hells.

[crouching_sin]

What, you want me to take care of one of my friend's kids? I'm sure that'll end well for you.

[seasoflight]

Good gods. You know a Midgardsormr in your realm, too? A child?

You are old. I'll have to make sure to be so very careful around you from now on, your brittle old body might crumble at the lightest bump.

[crouching_sin]

Oh, well. He's quite gigantic. The World-Serpent. But his father is a former god cast down to being a demon. Loki.

He and I have quite the history.

[seasoflight]

You're impossible.

Just come back and rest, already, I heard about you overdoing it.

[crouching_sin]

And you like it that way.

Fine, fine. I will. I have a new trick to show you, anyway.

[seasoflight]

[There's a very distinct set of clicks that follows that.]

Oh, shut up.

A new trick?

[crouching_sin]

You'll see.