Ah, a compliment as opposed to the insult... All kidding aside.
I have always been something of a traveler. My duties often require me to travel across the continent for and with the Pontiff, let alone the journey I have been on recently. So I suppose it's a natural conclusion. He'd be beside himself if he knew, though.
... Yes, he was. The Pontiff is the head of the Order of the Sacred Flame. And the position of Inquisitor was established by the Pontiff as an investigative body that worked directly for him.
I see Sacred Flame sounds like it does a lot of work Interesting... I met an inquisitor once. She asked me about trolleys and fat men and daughters. Don't know if she liked my answers very much.
You're the second person to tell me that. Though, the inquisitors of the other person's world were far different than myself. An entire organization of them, as opposed to merely one.
The question asking, though - that is the nature of my job. I'm not sure what a trolley is. As for the rest, it sounds as if you were being interrogated...? Were you in trouble, Io?
I see. ...Unfortunately, that is not uncommon behavior. I believe Gregor's inquisition was quite similar - but for us, such is not the case. Rather, it is a different institution entirely that prefers to sweep information or scapegoat. I choose otherwise. All I have ever sought as the Inquisitor, and my predecessor before me, is the truth.
I'm sorry that you had to deal with something like that, Io.
Well. In my experience, I can think of several fat rich men who would deserve it.
[ that is not a holy thing to say ]
As for what brings someone to it: I was chosen to be the Inquisitor by the Pontiff himself. However, I have been training for it since I was very young. It requires memorizing the histories and scripture of the Church ad nauseam, among other things.
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Perhaps we will discuss your... pantheon at some later point.
It sounds fascinating.
[ a transcription of chicken-type noises goes here. ]
But in any case, call it the curse we must bear
Sounds like you deal with this sort of nagging even when you aren't among the stars.
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Are you farming?
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[ you said mother hen. ]
If I were farming I'd be happier maybe.
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HELP CUTE this is the first thing that makes him laugh that isn't a hallucination of roi in like 24 hours ]
Perhaps it doesn't translate all that well through text.
I laughed, nevertheless.
Sometimes, I do crave the simple life of a shepherd literally, instead of metaphorically.
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They make for good one-sided conversation perhaps?
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🤠(Ichiban has informed me this is a laughing face.)
Believe it or not, my life was quite sleepy before the past few months. I live in a very small village.
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[ tittering behind thine Holy hand. ]
I know someone who would talk themselves to death happily
Rare that such people can back it up with cleverness, however
From a small village to a vessel among the stars.
They call that "humble beginnings" right?
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All kidding aside.
I have always been something of a traveler. My duties often require me to travel across the continent for and with the Pontiff, let alone the journey I have been on recently.
So I suppose it's a natural conclusion.
He'd be beside himself if he knew, though.
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Don't have much in me.
You are indeed far more heavensward than most think a person can get.
This Pontiff's someone you work with?
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... Yes, he was.
The Pontiff is the head of the Order of the Sacred Flame.
And the position of Inquisitor was established by the Pontiff as an investigative body that worked directly for him.
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I see
Sacred Flame sounds like it does a lot of work
Interesting...
I met an inquisitor once. She asked me about trolleys and fat men and daughters.
Don't know if she liked my answers very much.
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Though, the inquisitors of the other person's world were far different than myself.
An entire organization of them, as opposed to merely one.
The question asking, though - that is the nature of my job.
I'm not sure what a trolley is. As for the rest, it sounds as if you were being interrogated...? Were you in trouble, Io?
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Ours was just the one. Sent to our home.
Trolleys - they're like carriages but on rails
They take people from place to place quite fast
Usually in a city.
And no, I was not in trouble so to speak.
I was just the easiest to blame.
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I see.
...Unfortunately, that is not uncommon behavior.
I believe Gregor's inquisition was quite similar - but for us, such is not the case.
Rather, it is a different institution entirely that prefers to sweep information or scapegoat.
I choose otherwise. All I have ever sought as the Inquisitor, and my predecessor before me, is the truth.
I'm sorry that you had to deal with something like that, Io.
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There are worse things than Inquisitors asking
if you'd push a fat man onto some tracks to save children from a runaway trolley.
Thinking about it now gives me a headache
What brings someone to decide to be an inquisitor?
The truth and only the truth?
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[ that is not a holy thing to say ]
As for what brings someone to it:
I was chosen to be the Inquisitor by the Pontiff himself.
However, I have been training for it since I was very young.
It requires memorizing the histories and scripture of the Church ad nauseam, among other things.
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Exactly.
Ah, so a whole lot of study prior to...
Would make sense for someone whose task it is to ask the critical questions.
Quite the responsibility you hold then.
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To some.
To others, I am merely the hound of the Pontiff, barking and biting to his command.
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Or something else?
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Nothing more than that.
You'll find I don't particularly believe in following orders blindly as the title insinuates.