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[courageousrider]

I've been thinking about something.

Animus: Spirit, mind, soul. They even use the present tense of we in Latin... And the name here, someone's said it's Latin, too. They're not the gods, they don't do with mortal affairs if they can help it. That's why demigods exist...

But I guess I'm wondering what are they? Does anyone have an idea? Animus is a

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[courageousrider]

Somnus is the god of sleep, the son of Nyx.

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[courageousrider]

That still leaves a lot of questions. Like why do they use Latin and what relation it may have. [She gives a shake of her head on her end.] They're nothing I've ever heard of.

[genkireaper]

What are the Animus? Well, pieces of several things. Gods, spirits, essences, things that just are. Some have rather... large names, like Thalatte. It could be several that also hold different roles. I've brought up names of deities and spirits, and I've gotten some sort of response. Not as it actually being them, but knowing or having a relation to them.

[courageousrider]

How can they be gods, though? [She's not certain.] The Gods wouldn't interact in such ways with mortals. Maybe they're children of them? Anyone would know of gods, I guess, but it seems a little strange.

[genkireaper]

Not knowing of, but knowing. There are a lot of gods, from many different regions. How they are normally doesn't exactly apply here. They're physically and mentally fractured, and the parts of them that are functioning are sort of... Mushed together with everyone else that's there as well. A portion of them aren't gods, but more than that in a sense.

[courageousrider]

[--Wait.] Something beyond the gods, you mean? [She's not touching the idea that there might be other gods, since it seems strange with the Roman ones.] So they might not be gods exactly, ever. There's a chance they're something else altogether, right?

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[fanismighter]

I wish I could help, but all those terms are new to me. They don't exist in my world.

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[courageousrider]

No, it's alright. I was curious if anyone knew more. They've reminded me of things I've studied in a way.

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[fanismighter]

What were they? The things you've studied?

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[courageousrider]

Latin, monster fighting, eagle riding, Roman culture... It's not really things you learn in normal places.

[bloodseal_soul]

It seems to me that the Animus aren't spirits, or gods. Spirits would imply they were once alive, and I'm not sure they ever were. But they are sentient, they do have thoughts, and there's more than one of them.

I have a lot of notes on the subject, but we used to call them the Voices before the scientists called them the Animus. They can access the PCD's easily, turn them on and off. They seem to operate through electrical currents easily, but they're also able to strike at a person without any event going on. They've tortured one of my friends before, to toy with me. They're also very possessive of us, they view us as their toys.

They exist in the veil between this world and others, and they control what goes through. They're able to trap and manipulate souls- and they were able to kill someone at least once in this manner.

[courageousrider]

[Hazel listens first before speaking, taking a long while to think on what's said efore speaking.]

It almost sounds like they're trying to act as gods. There must have been a reason they called them animus, mustn't there? It's not a very common name for something... But everything they seem to do is erratic. I'm not sure what to think on this.

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[iceandivory]

The animus don't know what the animus are.

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[courageousrider]

There must be a reason they're called animus, though.

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[iceandivory]

They fit several basic definitions of the word. As a whole, they seem to share a strong dislike for our efforts, and they are hostile more often than benevolent. They are nothing if not a myriad of conflicted passionate emotions, certainly not logical. And they do indeed have some overall purpose, though that purpose is unclear. They are, if they themselves can be trusted, looking for something.

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[courageousrider]

[Hazel takes a moment to take that all in before speaking.]

If they can be trusted, maybe that's why we're here. People showing up and leaving could be there way of searching... but, I'm sure anyone could tell they're neither logical or very benevolent. Since they see fit to do strange thing to us so often. But 'efforts', what do you mean by that? Have people here done something before?