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Thessalonike | Θεσσαλονίκη (inpassingseas) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2017-02-20 18:58:00

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papa ghede, thessalonike

Who: Papa Ghede, Thessalonike
When: Monday afternoon
What:: Event planning, getting lost
Where: Maman Brigitte's shop
Warnings: Likely none

It was a day like most other days for Thessalonike, except that instead of working in her office at the aquarium she was out advertising for an event scheduled for the following month. She had walked around a lot that day, chatting up people here and there, mostly leaving flyers in the shops she stopped by. Her only breaks consisted of lunch and the occasional pit stop. By mid-afternoon she realized it was time to call it a day, only to realize she didn't really have any idea which way to go from there. She looked around at the street signs and attempted to maneuver google maps on her phone while holding a large pile of flyers. That was not going to cut it, so she stepped into the nearest shop to see if it was alright to use their counter space for a few minutes.

She looked around as she stepped inside, hearing a little tinkling bell overhead. She walked to the counter and set her pile of flyers onto, "Hello?" she called out, hoping to speak with someone before getting to business on her phone. She would rather make sure it was alright before unintentionally soliciting the place. As she waited, she couldn't help noticing the pull of others like her. She just hoped they were friendly enough to allow her to find her way.

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	laughatdeath 2017-02-23 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Enchante," he replied. "I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with you, so you'll have to forgive me. Your brother, though...feels like the whole world knows who he is. He's not knocking around here too, is he?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

inpassingseas
2017-02-23 09:18 pm UTC (link)

Thessalonike shook her head, "It's not matter. I don't think many people remember the little sister of the greatest king who ever lived." She hesitated, not sure if it was her place to go around telling people her brother was there as well, and in the city no less. "Well, if I'm here..." she said, possibly suggesting her brother was walking around alive and well. She diverted the conversation elsewhere because she didn't want to get Alexander into any trouble, "So you're from Haiti... I'm afraid I know nothing of the faith there."

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laughatdeath
2017-02-25 11:11 am UTC (link)

"True, true," he agreed. "We get brought back because we're needed, I think. Something keeps up tied to this world."

"Ah, you're not the first to say that, doubtless not the last," he replied. He wasn't angry, he was too used to it by now. "It's called voodoo, or vodou, or vodun. Seen it spelled all kinds of ways, but it's mostly the same thing. The loa are spirits invoked to do all sorts of things. Vengeance, protection, you name it. And after death, they are made into loa Ghede." He winked. "I pop in here and there. It's my job to help the souls cross over into the next life."

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~tagging so much today~

inpassingseas
2017-03-10 12:11 pm UTC (link)

Thessaly smiled and nodded, happy that he left it at that. She was not interested in getting her brother into any trouble, even if that may not be the case here. She had only recently found him again, she wasn't about to let anything rip them apart again.

She listened intently, nodding here and there. She seemed genuinely interested, and she was. She knew the term voodoo, but apart from the name she knew nothing before he briefly educated her on his faith. She repeated the words loa Ghede thoughtfully. "That's very interesting. It's a common theme for various faiths to have gods or spirits of death. Of anything, really. Is there a spirit world, like Hell or Hades?"

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