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[Video flickers on, and there is a pair of rainbow-colored eyes staring at you. Yes. Rainbow. No, you are not high on something. Well, maybe. The thing is, it's his natural eye color, and the actual point of this being that he isn't exactly human.
It can also be determined by the way his hair just sort of floats around behind him. Like a boss. Swear to god, that thing has a life of its own.
He sounds bored.]
Daphnephoria. Thargelia. Delia. The Pythian games. Pyanopsia. Stepterion. ... I missed a few of them, probably. I was not bored enough to attend all of them. [Annoyed sigh goes here.] Generally, it began with some ritual with an olive branch, laurel flowers and bronze bells. Maybe a few human sacrifices, contests, lots of music. People gathered around from surrounding towns, and traveled miles across to the city where it was held. And they always built a statue beforehand.
An inaccurate statue. As if I am really that macho!
[A scowl.]
At any rate, humans have been known to make festivities since... since as long as I can remember. They have just gone ahead and made up these weird rituals and expect for us to attend them as if we care. It's annoying.
[A pause.] But I can't say it's utterly pointless. And that annoys me.
[A look at a camera.]
So you, mortals. Tell me. What is the point?
It can also be determined by the way his hair just sort of floats around behind him. Like a boss. Swear to god, that thing has a life of its own.
He sounds bored.]
Daphnephoria. Thargelia. Delia. The Pythian games. Pyanopsia. Stepterion. ... I missed a few of them, probably. I was not bored enough to attend all of them. [Annoyed sigh goes here.] Generally, it began with some ritual with an olive branch, laurel flowers and bronze bells. Maybe a few human sacrifices, contests, lots of music. People gathered around from surrounding towns, and traveled miles across to the city where it was held. And they always built a statue beforehand.
An inaccurate statue. As if I am really that macho!
[A scowl.]
At any rate, humans have been known to make festivities since... since as long as I can remember. They have just gone ahead and made up these weird rituals and expect for us to attend them as if we care. It's annoying.
[A pause.] But I can't say it's utterly pointless. And that annoys me.
[A look at a camera.]
So you, mortals. Tell me. What is the point?