[ OPEN ] Let No Soul Hunger For Justice: An Inquiry.

[fleurdesel]

FORM: Sending Crystals
SENDER: Adelaide LeBlanc
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: Vaguely philosophical question time
WHEN: Current
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Part of Let No Soul Hunger For Justice.

[ Adelaide’s voice is even, if tired- but what else is new? Still this is a requirement for the next ritual and to that end, she must find some sort of acceptable truth from a variety of opinions. Sequestered in ‘her’ desk in the Library, full pot of coffee warmed to one side, sheaves of blank paper and bottles of fresh ink before her. To her right? Anders with a similar set up, papers, quills, ink- a kitten. To her left, Roul to take just as many notes. Prepared as they are ever going to be- she asks. ]

A few questions for the Inquisition:

What is a soul, truly? What fundamental differences are there between a mortal’s soul and the embodiment of a spirit? Is it the culmination of our thoughts and experiences, our emotions? Is it a combination of our self given purpose and our ambition?

A mortal might change their purpose, might grow and become more due to our experiences- most spirits do not. But what more than that? What sets one soul apart and makes it distinct from another? Can the same be said of similar spirits?

Answers need not be religious or academic- merely true. What do you believe to be the difference, what do you believe to be a soul?

[ ooc: threadjacking is welcome and encouraged ]

Comments

[fleurdesel]

I can, I do not often have cause, I spent most of the day not speaking, afterward.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Well now I'm sad I missed this momentous occasion of...trying to sing a spirit-and-or-soul out of someone.

[fleurdesel]

Spirit. We were attempting, through the 'magic of song' [ The wry bent of her voice here makes it obvious she thought it was bullshit but tried anyway. ], to send a Spirit back to the Fade.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Guessing that one didn't work out so well for you, huh. [His voice sounds like his face looks.] I'm super, super surprised at that, lemmie tell you.

[fleurdesel]

It was the least dangerous of our available options.

[motherfucking_ghost]

So, hold on. So are you saying a spirit and a soul are different, here? Because they seem like pretty interchangeable words, a lot of the time, except for the fact that I don't think I've heard anyone from here talk of souls before.

[fleurdesel]

They aren't. A spirit is formed and driven by a singular purpose. They are not changeable, they do not remember as we do, and are not motivated as we are. Mortal souls are...what make us who and what we are.

[motherfucking_ghost]

So then where do spirits come from? They have to come from somewhere or...someone, right?

[fleurdesel]

Strong emotion or memory resonating through the veil to the fade, collecting to become a singular entity. Some theorize a spirit is what a soul becomes when a person dies but there is no true way to test that.

[motherfucking_ghost]

There isn't really any true way to test this, either. You're saying they could be the same thing. Just kinda...hyperfocused on something particular.

[fleurdesel]

...this is the opposite of helpful, Church. I hope you are aware of this.

[motherfucking_ghost]

You asked a question, you need to get prepared to be told there might not be an answer! C'mon, am I wrong?

[fleurdesel]

I am saying there are similarities but they are not exactly the same.