Personification Life - IC Part 7.5 [open]

[Tiltjuice]

"Oh, hello Dora." Albert said, waving to her. "What are you doing here?" He hoped she hadn't heard their conversation, because that would be quite embarrassing. Especially if she had heard the last thing they had been discussing.

"I came out for a walk, to clear my head. I was originally going to do something else, but what I was thinking about had to do with - well, anyway, it wouldn't have helped."

"Then would you like it if I wore a skirt for you?", Ray blushed yet giggled at the thought of embarrassing Albert even more.

She laughed. "Live it up, boss!"

[Torsiedelle]

Torii smirked. "So...she's trying to keep you...dumbed down?"

She kept reading.

At this point, there was no more clear writing, though there were seemingly nonsensical instructions and graphs. At first they had been written calmly in an average black print, but seemingly as of the writing of the last entry, several red marks and edits had been made all over them in a rather urgent manner.

--

Giovenith nodded, also grateful for the raptors' help, but eager to get home for some sleep.

"Pipa Michelle, what's up with Gio!?", Torii asked. "This is all weird!"

She flipped through some more pages to see what was written.

[New Aksarben]

"Oh, hello Dora." Albert said, waving to her. "What are you doing here?" He hoped she hadn't heard their conversation, because that would be quite embarrassing. Especially if she had heard the last thing they had been discussing.

"I came out for a walk, to clear my head. I was originally going to do something else, but what I was thinking about had to do with - well, anyway, it wouldn't have helped."

"Then would you like it if I wore a skirt for you?", Ray blushed yet giggled at the thought of embarrassing Albert even more.

She laughed. "Live it up, boss!"

Albert couldn't help but laugh that Ray had said that right in front of Dora. "Wow, Ray....." Was all he was able to think of saying at that. He hugged his boyfriend and continued chuckling.

[Erucia]

"Oh, hello Dora." Albert said, waving to her. "What are you doing here?" He hoped she hadn't heard their conversation, because that would be quite embarrassing. Especially if she had heard the last thing they had been discussing.

"I came out for a walk, to clear my head. I was originally going to do something else, but what I was thinking about had to do with - well, anyway, it wouldn't have helped."

"Then would you like it if I wore a skirt for you?", Ray blushed yet giggled at the thought of embarrassing Albert even more.

She laughed. "Live it up, boss!"

Ray blushed heavily from knowing that Dora had heard his suggestion, but immediately started laughing at the response. "I'm trying to get him to wear some girlish clothes but the yellowbelly won't listen!", he said to Dora.

[Tiltjuice]

Ray blushed heavily from knowing that Dora had heard his suggestion, but immediately started laughing at the response. "I'm trying to get him to wear some girlish clothes but the yellowbelly won't listen!", he said to Dora.

"Is that right?"

Dora began circling Albert, looking him up and down.

[Giovenith]

"Thanks for helping as well, Gio. Let us just hope that she does not guess that it was Octavian who killed her. Because it would be best for us to try to get this feud between them over, so they don't end up causing more problems...."

"True, it wouldn't exactly sit well with anyone that a prince of one country practically single-handedly an entire different one," the girl sighed. "It would be unhealthy for all the people who do not need to be involved."

"Pipa Michelle, what's up with Gio!?", Torii asked. "This is all weird!"

She flipped through some more pages to see what was written.

The lady golem gave Torii a rather sarcastic face that read, 'You act like I'm supposed to be smarter than you or something. What's up with that, child?'

Most of the other entries were standard diary stuff, notes, ideas, reflections, talks of the day... from between the pages, however, fell out a small folded up piece of paper, with the words, 'Report' written on it in clear, graceful handwriting.

[New Aksarben]

"I came out for a walk, to clear my head. I was originally going to do something else, but what I was thinking about had to do with - well, anyway, it wouldn't have helped."



She laughed. "Live it up, boss!"

Ray blushed heavily from knowing that Dora had heard his suggestion, but immediately started laughing at the response. "I'm trying to get him to wear some girlish clothes but the yellowbelly won't listen!", he said to Dora.

Albert blushed heavily, and hid himself a bit behind Ray. "Ray! You don't have to tell the world about what we were talking about!" He blushed from Dora's circling, and he asked, "What are you doing now?"

---

Jacob nodded in agreement. "Octavian's a bit.... well he doesn't let things go easily, to say the least. Yuri can be prideful, but she's been trying to change, I have noticed. So the problem right now's likely with Octavian holding a grudge for whatever happened."

[Erucia]

Albert blushed heavily, and hid himself a bit behind Ray. "Ray! You don't have to tell the world about what we were talking about!" He blushed from Dora's circling, and he asked, "What are you doing now?"

Ray smiled and began to pet Albert's head, squinting his eyes at the words. "I'm sorry, Kitty. I just kinda want you to wear some nicer cloths..."

[Giovenith]

Jacob nodded in agreement. "Octavian's a bit.... well he doesn't let things go easily, to say the least. Yuri can be prideful, but she's been trying to change, I have noticed. So the problem right now's likely with Octavian holding a grudge for whatever happened."

"If Octavian can hold a grudge against a personification, it's likely, probably unavoidable, actually, that he may consider doing further harm to the country itself or others like it," said Giovenith, mulling this over without a hint of humor. "It doesn't matter the reasons why two individuals do not like each other, if a larger populace is at risk because of it, the issue has grown much more concerning beyond that of our own comfort and safety within the apartment. Wars could start in the future because of spiteful words now. And if we are able to foresee that, it is our responsibility to at least attempt to prevent such."

[Tiltjuice]

Albert blushed heavily, and hid himself a bit behind Ray. "Ray! You don't have to tell the world about what we were talking about!" He blushed from Dora's circling, and he asked, "What are you doing now?"

"Sizing you up, naturally," she drawled. "Just in a different way from most of the people I do it to."

She slipped off her sundress, leaving herself in a tank top (after all, it wouldn't do to be improperly dressed in front of one's boss), and held it out to Albert. "Try it on!"

[Torsiedelle]

"Thanks for helping as well, Gio. Let us just hope that she does not guess that it was Octavian who killed her. Because it would be best for us to try to get this feud between them over, so they don't end up causing more problems...."

"True, it wouldn't exactly sit well with anyone that a prince of one country practically single-handedly an entire different one," the girl sighed. "It would be unhealthy for all the people who do not need to be involved."

"Pipa Michelle, what's up with Gio!?", Torii asked. "This is all weird!"

She flipped through some more pages to see what was written.

The lady golem gave Torii a rather sarcastic face that read, 'You act like I'm supposed to be smarter than you or something. What's up with that, child?'

Most of the other entries were standard diary stuff, notes, ideas, reflections, talks of the day... from between the pages, however, fell out a small folded up piece of paper, with the words, 'Report' written on it in clear, graceful handwriting.

"Don't give me that look, Pipa Michelle.", Torii said. "No offense."

She picked up the note and opened it up to read it. She wanted to learn more about this.

[New Aksarben]

Jacob nodded in agreement. "Octavian's a bit.... well he doesn't let things go easily, to say the least. Yuri can be prideful, but she's been trying to change, I have noticed. So the problem right now's likely with Octavian holding a grudge for whatever happened."

"If Octavian can hold a grudge against a personification, it's likely, probably unavoidable, actually, that he may consider doing further harm to the country itself or others like it," said Giovenith, mulling this over without a hint of humor. "It doesn't matter the reasons why two individuals do not like each other, if a larger populace is at risk because of it, the issue has grown much more concerning beyond that of our own comfort and safety within the apartment. Wars could start in the future because of spiteful words now. And if we are able to foresee that, it is our responsibility to at least attempt to prevent such."

"That's all true.... Well, we should try to convince one of them to drop the feud, and to try and show that they want to get past it...." Jacob said with a sigh. "But we can talk about this tomorrow.... Its getting quite late, and it might be for the best to sleep on this a little."

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"What?" Albert asked, his eyes widening. "Why?!" He hid behind Ray, burying his face in Ray's shoulder. He really didn't want to wear girl clothes, especially in public.

[Erucia]

"What?" Albert asked, his eyes widening. "Why?!" He hid behind Ray, burying his face in Ray's shoulder. He really didn't want to wear girl clothes, especially in public.

"Sweetie, you don't have to. Dora's just seeing if you would," Ray tried to comfort Albert, although he was surprised at his stubbornness. "It's just something we'd do together, no one would have to look at you in public in a dress. You'll be fine."

[Giovenith]

"That's all true.... Well, we should try to convince one of them to drop the feud, and to try and show that they want to get past it...." Jacob said with a sigh. "But we can talk about this tomorrow.... Its getting quite late, and it might be for the best to sleep on this a little."

"Same. Night," Giovenith made a b-line for her own room.

"Don't give me that look, Pipa Michelle.", Torii said. "No offense."

She picked up the note and opened it up to read it. She wanted to learn more about this.

The paper indeed seemed to read like a report, complete with title and all:

"On the Golem-

In folklore, a golem is an animated being made from inanimate matter, and given life through mystical means, usually to do servile work for it's creator. They are characterized by having no free will, limited intelligence, usually little to no speaking abilities, and normally posses abilities such as super strength in order to carry out whatever their master orders them to do. The process of creating a golem is, however, a highly difficult one, and can only be achieved by those with very high spirituality and practice.
When bringing a golem to life, the mystic who is doing the work is generally believed to be trusted enough by God to "borrow" the ability to endow some new, once lifeless object with life. However, because the golem is created by a human and not by a god, this is what prevents them from being "real people" with souls, intelligence, and free will. A golem is an "uncultivated" or "unfinished" person, not meant to be finished (and indeed un-finishable by a mortal), thus, many legends about the creation of "first humans" involve the creations starting off as golem-like, before being endowed with "true life" by their gods. In the Talmud, Adam, first many in Abrahamic beliefs, was said to be made of clay and initially a golem before being given a real soul. Similarly, there are other examples, such as Pandora of the Greeks, who were created in a similar fashion like an object before being made "real."
The "recipe" for what makes a real human, human, is not totally known, though generalizations and theories have been put forth. Many of them simplify and come down to three parts, the "physical" (body, shape, looks), a kind of soul, spirit, or intelligence, and free will. The golem only have one of these things, and this is what separates them from being a true person. Sourcing.
However, with the coming of science and all it's newfound glories (we have seen many born of it's ways), we recognize that definitions may need to change someday. Beyond that...

You, Giovenith-Serina, are not a mortal mystic." Apparently the paper had ended it's report here and turned into a letter. "You are a godling, and a godling of Creation at that. When you make something, it does have the ability to be real, but as of right now you are far too young to be able to give out souls, and this is why your golem is still just that, a golem. But she is close, dangerously close to being real because YOU made her, and anygod with the ability could easily give her the extra shove-step to being real. And we can not have that. There is a time to make humans, and that time is right now, we can not just have new, unrelated-to-anyone flesh and blood running willy nilly about. It is too difficult to explain the details of why to you at the moment, but there is a balance to all of this, and she would harm that balance.

I do not know what to do with her or you at the moment. So you best think of something if you want things to go your way."

[Torsiedelle]

"That's all true.... Well, we should try to convince one of them to drop the feud, and to try and show that they want to get past it...." Jacob said with a sigh. "But we can talk about this tomorrow.... Its getting quite late, and it might be for the best to sleep on this a little."

"Same. Night," Giovenith made a b-line for her own room.

"Don't give me that look, Pipa Michelle.", Torii said. "No offense."

She picked up the note and opened it up to read it. She wanted to learn more about this.

The paper indeed seemed to read like a report, complete with title and all:

"On the Golem-

In folklore, a golem is an animated being made from inanimate matter, and given life through mystical means, usually to do servile work for it's creator. They are characterized by having no free will, limited intelligence, usually little to no speaking abilities, and normally posses abilities such as super strength in order to carry out whatever their master orders them to do. The process of creating a golem is, however, a highly difficult one, and can only be achieved by those with very high spirituality and practice.
When bringing a golem to life, the mystic who is doing the work is generally believed to be trusted enough by God to "borrow" the ability to endow some new, once lifeless object with life. However, because the golem is created by a human and not by a god, this is what prevents them from being "real people" with souls, intelligence, and free will. A golem is an "uncultivated" or "unfinished" person, not meant to be finished (and indeed un-finishable by a mortal), thus, many legends about the creation of "first humans" involve the creations starting off as golem-like, before being endowed with "true life" by their gods. In the Talmud, Adam, first many in Abrahamic beliefs, was said to be made of clay and initially a golem before being given a real soul. Similarly, there are other examples, such as Pandora of the Greeks, who were created in a similar fashion like an object before being made "real."
The "recipe" for what makes a real human, human, is not totally known, though generalizations and theories have been put forth. Many of them simplify and come down to three parts, the "physical" (body, shape, looks), a kind of soul, spirit, or intelligence, and free will. The golem only have one of these things, and this is what separates them from being a true person. Sourcing.
However, with the coming of science and all it's newfound glories (we have seen many born of it's ways), we recognize that definitions may need to change someday. Beyond that...

You, Giovenith-Serina, are not a mortal mystic." Apparently the paper had ended it's report here and turned into a letter. "You are a godling, and a godling of Creation at that. When you make something, it does have the ability to be real, but as of right now you are far too young to be able to give out souls, and this is why your golem is still just that, a golem. But she is close, dangerously close to being real because YOU made her, and anygod with the ability could easily give her the extra shove-step to being real. And we can not have that. There is a time to make humans, and that time is right now, we can not just have new, unrelated-to-anyone flesh and blood running willy nilly about. It is too difficult to explain the details of why to you at the moment, but there is a balance to all of this, and she would harm that balance.

I do not know what to do with her or you at the moment. So you best think of something if you want things to go your way."

Torii sighed. "Is this what I need to see...Pipa Michelle, where's Gio?"

[Giovenith]

Torii sighed. "Is this what I need to see...Pipa Michelle, where's Gio?"

Pippa-Michelle simply pointed down the hall in the direction of Giovenith's door, with said owner tiredly struggling to put a key into the lock.

[Torsiedelle]

Torii sighed. "Is this what I need to see...Pipa Michelle, where's Gio?"

Pippa-Michelle simply pointed down the hall in the direction of Giovenith's door, with said owner tiredly struggling to put a key into the lock.

Torii nodded to Pipa Michelle. "Just for a fee minutes..."

She quietly left the bomb shelter and walked over to Gio. "Um...hello.", She said. "Pipa Michelle happened to cough up your diary again...and you dropped this."

She showed the report.

[Giovenith]

Pippa-Michelle simply pointed down the hall in the direction of Giovenith's door, with said owner tiredly struggling to put a key into the lock.

Torii nodded to Pipa Michelle. "Just for a fee minutes..."

She quietly left the bomb shelter and walked over to Gio. "Um...hello.", She said. "Pipa Michelle happened to cough up your diary again...and you dropped this."

She showed the report.

"Hi Torii. Ah, yeah, that. Thanks," she said, wiping some of the sleepiness from her eyes, and pocketing the report. She did not seem all too shocked or secretive over it. "Maybe I should start putting that diary in a drawer or something if she can't hold it down. It's probably too big and solid for her."

[Torsiedelle]

Torii nodded to Pipa Michelle. "Just for a fee minutes..."

She quietly left the bomb shelter and walked over to Gio. "Um...hello.", She said. "Pipa Michelle happened to cough up your diary again...and you dropped this."

She showed the report.

"Hi Torii. Ah, yeah, that. Thanks," she said, wiping some of the sleepiness from her eyes, and pocketing the report. She did not seem all too shocked or secretive over it. "Maybe I should start putting that diary in a drawer or something if she can't hold it down. It's probably too big and solid for her."

"I-I guess..."

Torii was scared to say it, but she swallowed her fear down long enough to ask. "Gio...Is something going on?"

[Giovenith]

"Hi Torii. Ah, yeah, that. Thanks," she said, wiping some of the sleepiness from her eyes, and pocketing the report. She did not seem all too shocked or secretive over it. "Maybe I should start putting that diary in a drawer or something if she can't hold it down. It's probably too big and solid for her."

"I-I guess..."

Torii was scared to say it, but she swallowed her fear down long enough to ask. "Gio...Is something going on?"

"You mean with Yuri?" she asked, "Eh, kind of. We're going to talk about it tomorrow though."

[Torsiedelle]

"I-I guess..."

Torii was scared to say it, but she swallowed her fear down long enough to ask. "Gio...Is something going on?"

"You mean with Yuri?" she asked, "Eh, kind of. We're going to talk about it tomorrow though."

"No, Gio, I mean with you.", Torii said. "I, uh..., is anything up?"

[Giovenith]

"You mean with Yuri?" she asked, "Eh, kind of. We're going to talk about it tomorrow though."

"No, Gio, I mean with you.", Torii said. "I, uh..., is anything up?"

"Me personally? No, not really. Why?"

[Torsiedelle]

"No, Gio, I mean with you.", Torii said. "I, uh..., is anything up?"

"Me personally? No, not really. Why?"

"I-It's just..."

She didn't want to say that she read Gio's diary again. "It's....nothing...I was just wondering...because Pipa Michelle has been acting sorta strange...I think..."

[Giovenith]

"Me personally? No, not really. Why?"

"I-It's just..."

She didn't want to say that she read Gio's diary again. "It's....nothing...I was just wondering...because Pipa Michelle has been acting sorta strange...I think..."

"She's always acting strange," assured Giovenith. "Extra strange? Like how?"

[Torsiedelle]

"I-It's just..."

She didn't want to say that she read Gio's diary again. "It's....nothing...I was just wondering...because Pipa Michelle has been acting sorta strange...I think..."

"She's always acting strange," assured Giovenith. "Extra strange? Like how?"

"I don't know...forget I asked.", Torii said. "I guess it's just nothing...so..."

She was beginning to feel awkward.