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Born Of An Umbral Star [DxD Quest]

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With this information, the choice was obvious in your mind.
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This makes me think this is a personality choice for Anath.

[X] The best course of action is clearly to let Sachiel and Baraquiel do most of the talking while you stand threateningly to the side, no better place for the war machine of heaven afterall than next to gods children.

Hm. For the moment I'll vote for the slow to anger, and don't make me come over there holy machine of War. Also the locals are egotistical, and trying to impress the wrath of Heaven upon them might backfire to the detriment of the captive angels who if the bull involved incident Gilgamesh/Enkidu were simply doing their jobs as virtuous angels.

Although if gods children refers to humans it'd be hilarious if the children among them start acting like children, and try climbing onto the pretty lady.
 
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[X] The best course of action is clearly to let Sachiel and Baraquiel do most of the talking while you stand threateningly to the side, no better place for the war machine of heaven afterall than next to gods children.
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
[X] The best course of action is clearly to let Sachiel and Baraquiel do most of the talking while you stand threateningly to the side, no better place for the war machine of heaven afterall than next to gods children.
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?

 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?

"I'm pleading to you now, with tears in my eyes: don't fuck with me or I'll kill you all."
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?

I'm more curious about how Gilgamesh would react if he finds out Anath actually beat his pantheon. Admittedly, theres no guarantee this is Nasu's Gil, but given Altera's presence I'm willing to think there's a non-zero chance he somewhat resembles him. Meta reasons aside, I doubt we would be sent if a diplomatic solution was the plan since, you know, we're literally the Angel of War.
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
Lykantos said:
Meta reasons aside, I doubt we would be sent if a diplomatic solution was the plan since, you know, we're literally the Angel of War.
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There is the counter-point of War being a diplomatic tool, if one of last resort, but... *Shrug* Considering our companions for this are Lightning and Law it's kind of hard to tell what the message is meant to be beyond being a very aggressive statement.
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
I mean, I guess we can technically still be polite while threatening war. It's not like Anath is some kind of uncivilized savage, after all. Plus, Sachiel seems fairly soft-hearted, and Baraquiel at least isn't a trigger happy maniac. We can just loom ominously and I'm sure nothing will go wrong!
 
[X] Your Heavenly Father has set you, the Angel of War, to this task. Perhaps this is a precaution for the safety of your kin, but it is likely also a message you must deliver the only way you know how. Announce yourself boldly, wings outstretched with your brothers at your side. Offer your name and your title, and demand the release of your kin on pain of war with Heaven and certain death. Then challenge the strongest among them to personal combat for the insult they have offered to Heaven.
-[X] As long as the two-wings are unharmed keep to a simple beating, to assert the glory and power of your Father over these fools.

High School DxD is best remembered as an Ecchi, but it's also a Shonen series if the final Hero fistfight didn't give it away. Combat is a social stat here, and if our girl is locked out of everything else she needs to learn to use it as such. We're dealing with egotistical ancient gods so they should accept the challenge without much prodding. Then if we could maybe take them all at once we can dominate one on one to settle accounts and they can re-evaluate whatever it is they're up to here.

Silver Gambit said:
Also instead of the canon ten, I went with thirteen Seraphs in total with twelve of them planned and you the accidental thirteenth.
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Can we get a list of them at some point? I'm curious what the full set is.

Inferno67 said:
So the angels apparently blundered into Ishtar's attempt to get back at Gilgamesh for rejecting her advances by summoning the Bull of Heaven. Also Enkidu is there.
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It's either that or they delivered God's message about the Tower and the Mesos arrested the messengers. If they got themselves mixed up in Gilgamesh though, then I really want to hear that story.

Silver Gambit said:
As a side note, if anyone is interested, the three Angels and the domains that they either help to or fully cover are

Anath = War
Baraquiel = lightning
Sachiel = Law

Why God sent you three over other more diplomatic Angels isn't particularly clear.
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Assuming the Mesopotamian Gods know Angel Flower Language, which is a big assumption, I'm guessing the message is "I'm losing interest in diplomacy and will soon escalate if you don't obey my rules about the sky [tower]. This is your last warning." Sending bad diplomats shows he doesn't care for dialogue, sending Anath is a direct threat of escalation, Sachiel's presence means his law is involved i.e. has been violated so he's threatening war to uphold it, and Baraquiel's presence ties it all to the sky and adds a nice note of elemental destruction from above. He's still only sending three angels without instructions to attack though, and he'd send more to wipe them out wouldn't he, so we're still 'envoys' just very threatening envoys. I'm guessing the ideal outcome here is we get the angels back peacefully, and humble them enough that they fold over the tower [or other cause of tension] before blood is spilled.

 
ShadowAngelBeta said:
There is the counter-point of War being a diplomatic tool, if one of last resort, but... *Shrug* Considering our companions for this are Lightning and Law it's kind of hard to tell what the message is meant to be beyond being a very aggressive statement.
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Well the other side has Ishtar who is probably in the mood to conquer something what with the bull incident, and Anath being sent is simply acknowledging the reality that a war is pretty much unavoidable.

Well that, or God wants to make an example of the pantheon for anyone else looking to pick on his children, which given Anath is the 13th Seraph will probably result in them giving humanity the curse of multiple languages upon their demise.
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?


Honestly, assuming God actually thought a bit about who he was sending, his will is an aggressive solution.

Personal feelings I'm getting from those sent:

Law -- the rules, and how you pay when you break them

Lightning -- the strike from Heaven. Powerful, and possibly comes with a targeted connotation.

War -- the might of heaven.


The only thing I'm hesitant about for this vote is that our lack of orders to engage in hostilities means that while we're a threat, we're still God's envoys here. Not his soldiers warriors.


Edit: Of course I get ninja'd. Really need to reload the page before I most more often
 
No-one of Importance said:
Sending bad diplomats shows he doesn't care for dialogue, sending Anath is a direct threat of escalation,
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You misunderstand. This is not a threat of escalation. This is the escalation.

If you aren't familiar with Altera's character you may have missed it, but go back through the bit where Anath describes her appointment to her current office. She can do one thing and one thing only. Destroy. She has no other skills, no way of solving any task set before her, except destruction. Most of her attempts to widen her skillset fail and result in destruction anyway.
 
SwiftRosenthal said:
Does Heaven actually have universal jurisdiction in DxD, or is this just the Capital G asserting supremacy where he didn't have it before? (and daring the Mesopotamians to resist)

How justified would they be if they told us to fuck off?
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Kinda justified, He had technical authority after he first created humanity, but after Eve ate the apple without the assistance of Lucifer he kinda just gave up on them for a couple centuries it's only now after other gods have come into existence that he has stopped focusing on heaven exclusively, and decided that he wants that worship back.
 
[X] God did not send Gabriel, His messenger. God did not send Michael, His healer. He sent you—which makes your quest a literal act of War. When you arrive, make this clear: your Father considers the mere capture of two of His children a declaration of hostilities. Ask the Mesopotamian pantheon if that's what they want—if that's what their civilisation wants. They know as well as you that a war with Heaven will only end one way, and do they really want to meet that end over this?
 
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