[He drops the two prototype goggles out of his deck. Yes, Sorey and Mikleo don't need them. He still made them in Sorey and Mikleo's respective colours, with GOGGLEOS all sleek on the side like a sports logo. Because Dirk's a nerd.]
These are the prototypes. I've installed it onto the rest of the equipment on a toggle on status, so you'll have to ask people to turn it on. It's just to ensure the equipment still works as goggles if the video equipment falters.
[picking up his pair and trying them on, testing the toggle to see how it works. he doesn't need them, but he'd like to be able to show other people how to use them if needed.]
I think Edna would hit me if I started referring to everyone as "my flock". But it could have had a more literal connotation hundreds of years ago. Things change with time, right? I think we would have heard about it if Earth still had a Shepherd.
It's likely that kind of semantic shift. Jesus was part of a region that was pastoral and fishing-based. Two of the major recurring themes are of the Lord as the Shepherd and of his fishermen disciples. You also get a lot of talk about the Word.
Basically, the guy sacrificed himself to cleanse humanity of its sins. I guess it'd be the default malevolence that every human used to be born with, if we're translating it to your world's perspective. He's been revered by different groups ever since.
[he can't help but looks over at Sorey a little uneasily, struck silent; it's not like Sorey's done anything like that yet (that either of them remembers, at this point in time), but Sorey has the personality set to do it if the option presents itself, and haha, wow! that sure is concerning]
[Sorey is less concerned about the implications of sacrificing himself for everyone's sins and more interested in the historical similarities between Glenwood and Earth.]
It sounds like there are some similarities, semantic shift or not. But Shepherds are more or less considered a legend in our time, and there have been multiple Shepherds over the years. If Earth has only had one it's not wonder he's revered so strongly.
[Sorry, Meebo. Dirk doesn't response to the unease, although he registers it. He feels kinda bad.]
There are other similar figures for other religions, but Jesus is definitely one of the major ones. That gets into the broader anthropology of Earth religions.
[it's fine. he shakes it off after a moment, or at least shutters it away where they can't see it]
...there's a lot of odd terminological overlap we've noticed talking to people, honestly. 'Seraphim' seem to belong to some kind of order, servants of a god; 'Elysia' a reference to the afterlife...now 'Shepherd.'
Shepherds and seraphim could be common enough across worlds, at least as words used in everyday vocabulary. Elysia stands out the most out of all of those. But maybe those connections are the reason we're here? It could be a baseline commonality, anyway.
Personally, I find it bizarre that there are so many humans from places that aren't Earth. In Paradox Space, humanity is an Earth-exclusive compared to the other species out there.
The universe is a big place, isn't it? It doesn't seem that surprising that there would be other humans. Your Paradox Space could be the exception...
It could be that whatever is pulling us here is ensuring that level of commonality--that we're all human, or a species that has come into contact with humans. So everything just appears to be more skewed towards a larger population of humans from different planets.
You're theorizing selection bias in either case, then. [Hm, he wonders.] You might be right that no one here has never had any kind of contact with humans. No one seems that surprised about us anyway.
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Date: 2016-11-02 01:39 am (UTC)Sorey. Mikleo.
It's done. The Goggleos have landed.
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Date: 2016-11-02 02:34 am (UTC)—They're done?! You did it? That was so fast!
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Date: 2016-11-03 03:07 am (UTC)These are the prototypes. I've installed it onto the rest of the equipment on a toggle on status, so you'll have to ask people to turn it on. It's just to ensure the equipment still works as goggles if the video equipment falters.
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Date: 2016-11-03 11:46 pm (UTC)[hovers at Sorey's shoulder a little, reaching out -- hesitating, like he's not sure what he's seeing is real -- and then touching the side of one...]
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Date: 2016-11-03 11:46 pm (UTC)W-wait, you named them?
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Date: 2016-11-05 09:26 pm (UTC)Naming them makes it official!
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Date: 2016-11-05 09:32 pm (UTC)Jesus gets it.
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Date: 2016-11-05 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-05 11:28 pm (UTC)[looking at Dirk for confirmation. Who knows, maybe Jesus is just Sorey in a different Earth language??? Same number of letters.]
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Date: 2016-11-06 02:18 am (UTC)[He's a helper.]
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Date: 2016-11-06 03:19 am (UTC)Did he...also talk to spirits? Is that a thing?
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Date: 2016-11-06 05:09 am (UTC)[Jesus was the first Shepherd pass it on]
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Date: 2016-11-08 02:08 am (UTC)[Dirk should stop but he can't because he's trouble.]
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Date: 2016-11-12 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-13 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-14 03:00 am (UTC)Basically, the guy sacrificed himself to cleanse humanity of its sins. I guess it'd be the default malevolence that every human used to be born with, if we're translating it to your world's perspective. He's been revered by different groups ever since.
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Date: 2016-11-14 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-14 05:56 am (UTC)It sounds like there are some similarities, semantic shift or not. But Shepherds are more or less considered a legend in our time, and there have been multiple Shepherds over the years. If Earth has only had one it's not wonder he's revered so strongly.
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Date: 2016-11-14 10:55 pm (UTC)There are other similar figures for other religions, but Jesus is definitely one of the major ones. That gets into the broader anthropology of Earth religions.
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Date: 2016-11-15 03:54 am (UTC)...there's a lot of odd terminological overlap we've noticed talking to people, honestly. 'Seraphim' seem to belong to some kind of order, servants of a god; 'Elysia' a reference to the afterlife...now 'Shepherd.'
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Date: 2016-11-18 10:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-20 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-20 08:15 pm (UTC)It could be that whatever is pulling us here is ensuring that level of commonality--that we're all human, or a species that has come into contact with humans. So everything just appears to be more skewed towards a larger population of humans from different planets.
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