A general message from DDD!Issei.

[unknownrival]

I see that some confusion has crept up, so I'm stepping in to make things clear.

Diarmuid is my Servant. I am his Master. I am also his boyfriend.

However, this is different from BDSM and in fact shares no resemblance to it at all.

Thank you.

Comments

[touchofgenius]

Hey, any time Issei. I'm more than happy to help with this sort of thing. I know it well.

[unknownrival]

I suppose I could help out any time you need to talk to someone about religion, but otherwise I'm not sure how to pay you back.

[touchofgenius]

I think I've known enough gods by now to know how to hold my own with religious discussion.

Though actually I guess I can get you to answer a question for me: What's the whole Buddhism thing about anyway? Give me the short version of your religion.

[unknownrival]

The teachings of the Buddha are meant to help all sentient beings reach enlightenment. Learning how to improve oneself and end ignorance, craving, and suffering.

Everything else is secondary, even trying to attain Nirvana.

[touchofgenius]

Sounds pretty selfless.

[unknownrival]

That's part of the point.

[touchofgenius]

It's a nice idea, certainly. Though maybe it just appeals to me because I'm used to being the only person in a relationship who gives anything.

[unknownrival]

To be fair, most religions prize selflessness, don't they? At least in name.

...are you all right? I'm sorry about... what happened recently.

[touchofgenius]

Yeah, but they also have a tendency to prize selflessness in the name of how it'll help you get points for the afterlife.

And don't worry about "it". I was planning on getting a worldhop back there and unleashing a zombie apocalypse to help me feel better soon enough. It's as good a way as any, right?

[unknownrival]

Maybe it's just because I already know how you end up in my world doesn't have anything to do with any religion, but I don't put any weight on that part.

...No, I don't approve of that. It's not his fault.

[touchofgenius]

It's not his fault he forgot about and lost access to the community, no. But it is his fault that he refused to listen to my explanation, kicked me out of my house, made sure that I lost my job in that world, and literally threw me out of our house. That's all him.

[unknownrival]

What would you have done if a strange man was in your house spouting off some bizarre explanation?

[touchofgenius]

...Okay, point, but considering how we were sleeping prior to the kicking out, he really should have been a bit more... Gentle about it.

[unknownrival]

That is true.

[touchofgenius]

I guess it just goes to show how much nicer I must have made him, how much of an effect being with someone who understood how he worked had on him. It's kind of empowering, thinking of it like that, almost feels like I did something good for someone, for a short time.

[unknownrival]

You have done good things. You don't have to say 'almost'.

[touchofgenius]

Yeah, maybe so.

[unknownrival]

You should still come by sometimes.

[touchofgenius]

Well as long as I wouldn't be intruding... Or, you know, be forcibly removed from the premises.

[unknownrival]

Of course not. Why would I ever do that?