004 | Video (Backdated to 11:05pm Tuesday June 5th)

[herrstory]

[ Starr kicks off the video in Chilton's office, sitting at his desk. Chilton's nameplate has been replaced with another one reading: Dr. Herr K. Starr ]

It seems Doctor Chilton has ported out. So until further notice, I will be taking over the Maurtia Falls Psychiatric Hospital for Abnormal Conditions. Staff is to immediately report to me for evaluation and policy updates.

For the time being, we will not be accepting patients unless in the most dire of circumstances -- in which case, I will be able to implement shock therapy. In my humble opinion, such therapy does work best when placed upon ones genitals, but I will leave that up to the patient.

[ He pulls out a notepad, puts on Chilton's reading glasses, and picks up an entirely too fancy pen. ]

Now simply because we will not immediately be taking patients does not mean we cannot get you in the system. So let's start this with the basic question most psychiatrists are sure to ask: what is your deepest, darkest sexual fantasy?

Comments

[setmatch]

The teenage gods? Demigods you mean. Children of, but not true gods.

[ He would know. He is one of them himself.]

... The gods of my world are nothing but a disappointment. Each and every one of them. Self-serving. They leave the world to rot and ruin and then summon their children to clean up their messes.

[herrstory]

[ Starr shakes his head. ]

Not quite. They are actual gods -- at least in terms of their own universe. A generation of godlings who rise up every few years or so, bring their insight to the world and then vanish for a time. That vanishing is obviously delayed for as long as they are here. But examples of these supposed gods include Persephone, Lucifer, Baphomet, and a few others.

[ With an idle shrug. It's clear Starr doesn't think too much of them, though. He had yet to see Baph in concert, though. ]

But it sounds as though this is fairly consistent with gods in every universe. In my own, we have one. The Christian God. And he has since run off -- abandoned the world in favor of doing god knows what.

[setmatch]

Ah. Those gods. I am familiar with Woden. [ The egotistical prick. ]

... I suppose that if he's run off, he would be the only one knowing what he's doing.

[ It's a joke, if a bad one. Terrible.
But still, he supposes that answers the question of if he was a religious man...]

[herrstory]

[ Woden. Aka you mean Starr's BFF???? He had purposely left Woden out of his list, but since David brings him up -- Starr cannot help but pry a little. ]

Have you met him? And what are your thoughts?

[setmatch]

That, like most gods, I hope he chokes on his own ego.

[ There's some cynicism in his voice, and he drinks the rest of his glass. Gestures to the waiter for a second round for both of them. ]

Personally, I would rather keep my distance from those calling themselves gods. All they bring is suffering and ruin.