driftfleet | voice

Who: Sorey et al
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Iskaulit
When: Shortly after drifting (late September)

.voice.

Hi everybody. My name's Sorey; I'm First Mate on the Huntress, but uh...

[He pauses. Sighs and starts over.]

A lot of people are missing. People we love. People who we don't know if they'll be back; there's a chance, definitely, a good chance, but that doesn't mean the pain and fear and the grief will go away. Sometimes, it even gets worse. The uncertainty is almost as terrible as the loss itself.

I'll be conducting memorial services in the Interfaith Center for the next week, every day at noon. Anybody is welcome to attend. It won't be anything fancy; lighting candles and burning incense, tea, reading some things from texts I've picked up along the way. If you don't want to come but you'd like me to say something for you during the service, feel free to leave it here. I'll add it to everything.

Also, if you'd like to come by just to have some quiet, or for a listening ear, I'll be here most times. There's an area where you can pray or set up altars or anything that you'd find more comfortable; we just ask that you cover up any symbols you make when you finish. If you need any help building anything, please let me know, I've got a shop area back on my ship.

Religious ties aren't necessary, either, and there's a meditation room next door if you just need some space to think. Please come by if you need anything.

.action. - Iskaulit

[Sorey can be found puttering about the Interfaith Center on most days during the current drift. He's usually in the kitchen, sometimes with Mikleo, as well as praying at the small elemental altar in a corner of the prayer chamber, separated from the lounge area by a curtain.

Sometimes he's curled up on one of the couches in the lounge with a book or a set of hand-drawn maps, frowning as he scribbles notes and erases lines.]

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... Lord Mikleo did comment that he wasn't fond of the way Lady Lunafreya sent out wedding invitations. He really doesn't like dogs, does he?

Still, I think it looks endearing.

Right? I think it's cute too! [Sorey grins and picks up the globe, shaking it up to make snow fall before placing it back in its place.] The pinwheel...a friend made it for me. And the crystal is from another one of those singing planets. The candles are from here. [Sorey kneels in front of the altar, all proper and everything. He's been practicing!]

[ It's good to see Sorey so excited, really - it's like a complete turn around from when they lat spoke to one another.

She looks to Sorey, mimicking his movements, then. ]

Then, please allow me to offer my own prayers to it.

[It's admittedly a little weird, taking pride in a shrine supposedly to people he's known all his life, but at the same time it makes him feel human in a comforting way. He doesn't have a lot of those. Most of his human experiences tend to be negative.]

Please! Here, [he passes over the matchbox,] to light it.

[ She takes the time to light one of the matches, almost immediately lighting those candles after. ]

Thank you.

[Sorey watches her closely, almost eagerly. He's never seen someone who's prayed to seraphim all their life go through the routine, so he's kind of hyped to see what it's really like.]

[ She'll clasp her hands together then, bowing slightly as though offering a prayer. It isn't as though this is commonly done at home these days, so perhaps she looks a little silly... ]

[Hmm, yes, that's how he does it...] ........are you saying anything special? [sorey that's rude]

[ BRUH.

She looks towards Sorey then. ]

... To tell you the truth, I hadn't been saying anything particularly special. [ He shakes her head. ] I was thanking them.

Oh, I see. [That's right, Alisha had mentioned being mocked for her belief in the Shepherd legend too. Maybe her worship of the seraphim was the same...?] Did you get made fun of for praying back home...?

[ Her expression falls, though she doesn't look discouraged at the memory. ]

I won't deny the fact that some think that it's a little silly to pray to seraphim. But... I believe even more strongly now in the fact that we should offer our gratitude to them.

Hmm... [Sorey sits back on his heels, folding his arms in thought.] I've been thinking a lot about the Shepherd's role, and about you. And Father Breunor, too. I understand the seraphim side just fine, but when it comes to how humans have lived through the years...I really am lacking.

... It does make sense, all things considering. Still, I... may not be the best teacher when it comes to things like this. There's a great deal that I myself haven't been able to experience that many other people have.

Do you think that the journey's helped you? [ He does get to travel a lot. ]

It did! It did, I definitely learned a lot and got to speak to a lot of different people. It's just... [Sorey rubs the back of his neck. He doesn't regret his journey, or his decision to take it, but...] You're the only human who's known me before I was the Shepherd. Asking other people things like, 'how do you pray,' it's kind of... [He doesn't want to let anybody down. Everyone looks to the Shepherd as some kind of religious figure, right? If he asks them something as clueless as that, he's sure to disappoint someone.]

... As far as I know, praying does differ from person to person in some way or another. I feel as though those who are counting on you wouldn't take offense in your questions.

[ It's likely a weak way to reassure him, but... it's also an honest answer. ]

Maybe you're right. [Sorey's not so sure, but it's kind of a moot point in any case. Since he's asleep and all.] Thanks Alisha, I'll...think about it some more.

In the meantime, is there any other way I may be able to help you?

[ She doesn't want him to feel so awkward if she can help it... ]

Oh- no no, that's okay. I just wanted you to see where it is, in case you wanted to use it. I dunno if it would make you feel better to pray to something watery- did you ever end up praying to Uno, or did you just leave Father Breunor to it?

[ Shakes her head. ] The shrine that you and Lord Mikleo put together is wonderful. [ She never really felt awkward praying here or anything. ]

I've tried to offer my own prayers, though at the same time, I haven't been able to devote as much time as I should. [ Look... She's really busy. ]

That's not really fair to yourself, is it? Everybody knows how hard you work for the sake of your people. [Reaches over to pat her on the hand.] I know Uno understands, and the Father will look after his vessel. I know it.

Even so, thre's always something more that can be done. [ Her work is never really done. Still, after a moment or so, she offers a small smile in gratitude for his show of comfort. ]

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