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[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

Ok, you win. I logged in as instructed by the e-mail but I'm warning you all now that I'm from Texas, and I know how to shoot a gun so don't try to come after me. My name is Philippa, I just graduated for Texas A&M and since I don't know what you want, I don't know what else to say. I suppose I'll just poke around some and try to see what this is about.

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[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

Trust me, the gun won't be much use here. Though if you could shoot our hosts I certainly wouldn't stop you.

My name's Christopher. So Phillipa, you wouldn't happen to have odd dreams that seem like flashbacks, would you?

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

And who are our hosts?

It's nice to meet you Christopher, though asking about my dreams seems very personal.

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

If I told you straight off you'd probably think i was crazy. ..Well i do take medication for that but that's beside the point really.

Yes, though I assure you I'm positively subtle compared to some here.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

...

Is that what this place is? Some kind of psychological experiment?

[kingoftwoworlds.insanejournal.com]

Perhaps that was something best left untyped..oh well.

No, though it may seem like that at times. No, it's a gathering of people who've had..memories of an alternate life.

[inked-oak.insanejournal.com]

Wow, surprise!

Hello there! As far as I know, none of us are in Texas right now, so I doubt we'll be coming after you or anything like that.

I'm Alan Cleary--or Big Al, or Coach, as the kids like to call me. I teach high school English in Kansas City.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

It's nice to meet you, Alan. What do you coach?

[inked-oak.insanejournal.com]

Depends on the season, but football and wrestling, mostly. Sometimes I help out with the track team too.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

I love running, but I do distance mostly.

[inked-oak.insanejournal.com]

That sounds like you.

I tend to help more with the shotput and discus, but to each their own, right?

Oh, and don't let my half-brother up there freak you out or anything. The people here are good people, by and large.

[originaladonis.insanejournal.com]

Welcome! Don't worry, everyone here is pretty nice, from what I've seen. I'm Ben, also known around here as Adonis. And I'm from Texas too! Austin. Though I'm not there right now, I'm travelling for work at the moment.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

Adonis? That's narcissistic of you. Or is that your past life thing like he was talking about up there?

I love Austin. I'm in Caldwell, which isn't too far away. Not that I accept any of this, nor am I convinced this isn't some psychological experiment but if I'm playing along for the moment? Then I have to say that of course Adonis would be from Texas.

[originaladonis.insanejournal.com]

Ha! Yes, I actually am Adonis. Or was once. And I know it sounds crazy. I thought so at first, too. But I did have dreams like other people were saying.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

So not only am I to believe that we've had past lives...but that at some point all of you were figures from mythology?

[originaladonis.insanejournal.com]

I know... for me, seeing was believing. I've met some of the others. And we've definitely had shared experiences. Shared memories.

[mr-bes.insanejournal.com]

Hello, Phillipa. It's nice to meet you. I'm Cal Hobson, a second-grade teacher in NYC. I hope you can settle in easily enough here. I know it's kind of iffy coming from a stranger and all but believe me when I say that everyone here is pretty nice and a lot more sane than they seem.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

Nice to meet you as well, Cal. Lots of teachers! I hope you're right. I'm...my mind is kind of fuzzy right now with all of this.

[mr-bes.insanejournal.com]

I'm sure. If you have any questions and I can help, feel free to ask. I know it's all a lot to take in.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

Thanks. At this point I don't know what to even ask.

Who were you? Or is it are you?

[mr-bes.insanejournal.com]

There's no rush. Just ask the questions as they occur to you.

I'm Bes, part of the Egyptian group.

[monkeyshinez.insanejournal.com]

Hi, there! It's great to meet another new face around here! I'm Javi but you can also call me Hanuman if you want. What major did you graduate with? I'm just finishing up my own freshman year at UofC: Berkeley.

Don't worry about people getting too serious. Just let it all come back to you and don't get spooked at weird dreams. We're all a little mad here so you're perfectly safe.

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

I think Javi is a little easier to spell. I was an Animal Science major, with a specialty in Animal Husbandry.

I just need to view this as Wonderland, I suppose.

[monkeyshinez.insanejournal.com]

Javi is fine. I've spent the past 19 years with it so I promise I'll always answer. :) That's cool! Do you have any specialty in the animal kingdom? Any favorites?

This is probably where I should warn you that I am a monkey god and I'm not the only animal god around here so don't get worried if any of us get a little fuzzy at the edges sometimes.

Wonderland. NeverNeverLand. Oz. Middle Earth. Narnia. Take your pick! :)

[divine-mare.insanejournal.com]

Horses. I also work with cattle but horses are my favorite.

Can we talk about the Monkey God thing? As in...you are a Monkey or you're just the God of Monkeys?

[monkeyshinez.insanejournal.com]

Horses are gorgeous animals. Not that I've gotten to meet many of them but the ones I have were smart, too. What's Texas like? I've never been there. Not yet, anyway.

Oh, I'm a monkey. Well, I can be. Sometimes. Not usually because it seems like I have to be fully in god-mode to go all monkey-man but it's an experience you don't forget soon when it happens. What I really did, though, most importantly, was help the divine Rama find his wife Sita. Unlike most of the deities around here, I'm not really a "god of" so much as a sort of "jack of all trades" god. :) I got around.