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[emet_sulk]

Who has been placing these indecent effigies around the area?!

[ Context? You don't need context. Someone finally found some of the offerings left by the natives. ]

Even after I remove them they return.

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[heavensdragon]

The natives. Leave them be; it is their way of "honoring" us.

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[suicideprototype]

If you want to know so much, why not try doing a stakeout?

[emet_sulk]

If they wish to erect a statue or paint a mural they are more than welcome to do so.

But there is no need for such salacious imagery.

[emet_sulk]

I would much rather sleep.

[heavensdragon]

Ah so you received portraits of that nature as well? I wasn't sure what to do with mine.

[suicideprototype]

Then I guess it'll just have to remain a mystery.

[emet_sulk]

On a simple stroll I can clearly see that I am not the only one suffering this sudden bout of mass reverie, hence why I - clearly mistakenly - thought someone else might be able to provide an answer.

[emet_sulk]

I burned them.

[suicideprototype]

It's highly unlikely that the pervert responsible for improper portraits of you is also the one responsible for improper portraits of me.

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[alethiological]

Fans, probably.

Leave a sign with your preference. Else they keep doing whatever.

[heavensdragon]

More will come.

[emet_sulk]

My preference? My preference would be for them to cease their worship of me. As if burning their effigies isn't already enough to dissuade them.

[emet_sulk]

Do these people have nothing better to do with their lives? I don't know why they feel the need to thank me for anything when I did nothing to help them.

[emet_sulk]

Such work is usually commissioned rather than self-made, in my experience. The human anatomy is more difficult to capture than it looks.

What did you do with your...offerings?

[suicideprototype]

I haven't decided yet.

They say that every artist paints himself. Perhaps there might be something interesting to be gleaned from these works.

[If he's feeling particularly bored one day, maybe he'll do a case study. This is hardly his first exposure to behavior like this, but the last time he ran into someone who liked to craft such vulgar fantasies of him, they at least had the decency to be ashamed of themselves. He's curious to know what delusion would compel an individual to think that items like this are flattering, let alone appropriate as tribute.]

[alethiological]

Think of em like zealots. "Adversity is a test to strengthen our faith" and all that. Denial makes them double down.

Used to say I preferred handwritten stories, then burnt the letters when they came to my mailbox. Kept their other methods to a minimum. Displacement as a tactic is your best bet of successful dissuading.

[emet_sulk]

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Are you suggesting that the artist or artists of these portraits are imagining themselves in depicting us?

[ He can't decide whether to be disgusted or not. ]

[heavensdragon]

They look at us like heroes no matter what we do or don't do. If you fought in any battles, that is doubly apparent.

[suicideprototype]

I wasn't.

But I suppose there might also be a decent chance of that.

[emet_sulk]

I fought against one of their so-called heroes.

[emet_sulk]

Zodiark give me strength.

Fine. I will try and catch the culprit and then mayhap put a stop to this nonsense.

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[touchofcashmere]

What kind of indecent effigies?

[Inquiring minds want to know... so they can be on the look out for them obviously.]

[heavensdragon]

Which one?

[emet_sulk]

You speak like one who is accustomed to this sort of thing. Famous, are you?

[emet_sulk]

The kind which involve nudity.