Interactive Religion [Tuesday, April 8]

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"Today I get to bitch about talk about the Twelve," Biff said with a slightly predatory gleam to his eyes. "Of course, there were fifteen of us, when you add in me, Josh, and Maggie." He frowned. "Who wasn't a harlot and I have no idea how that rumor got started. Probably her ex-husband."

He shrugged. "Anyone, the fourteen of us were in charge of logistics and security for Josh's events. As you might've guessed, that boy was a security nightmare. After the Sermon on the Mount--and if you think that was just off the top of his head, you're out of your mind--the apostles split up to spread the Word of the Messiah and Josh and I stayed out of the public eye for a little while."

Biff grinned. "Your activity today is to go forth and preach as the apostles did, heal the sick, and bring the good news that, frankly, not a lot of fairly important people were eager to hear. The computer will generate a number of scenarios that the apostles encountered. And you, lucky, lucky you, get to be one of the apostles. That's also been randomly assigned."

Austreben, Karal - John
Booth, Seely - Andrew
Katara - James
Kessler, Billy - Nathaniel of Cana
Madrox, Jamie - Thomas (and his imaginary friend Thomas 2)
Mizuno, Ami - Philip
Montague, Romeo - Peter
Reno - Simon the Canaanite
Rikku - Judas Iscariot
Serra, Inara - Mary of Magdela
Tarkheena, Aravis - Matthew
Wells, Andrew - Thaddeus
Winchester, Sam - Bartholomew

Comments

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[the_merriest]

That earned him a glare.

"Fabulous. So I should wander around kicking the other students when they aren't looking?"

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

"Not at all," Biff replied. "Judas wanted the Kingdom to come, but he wanted a kingdom on Earth, not the one in heaven at a date to be determined. He thought of Josh as a constant reminder of everything we could never live up to."

He shrugged. "He wasn't wrong about that last part."

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[the_merriest]

"Oh." Rikku chewed her lip, considering that for a few seconds. "He thought everyone was doing it wrong and he was trying to change it."

She frowned. "But selling him out? That's just ... that's evil."

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

"Josh knew it was coming," Biff said. "Told Judas where he'd be and everything. He was hellbent on being sacrificed."

He shrugged again. "Didn't mean I was going to forgive Judas for doing what he did, of course."

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[the_merriest]

Rikku blinked. "Was it one of those loop-things?" she asked. "Like. He got ticked because Josh said he was gonna be the bad guy, and that's kinda why he was the bad guy? Except no, you said he was already being kinda grumpy before that."

"Was ... selling him out what got him killed?" She tried to picture Lulu, handing Yuna over to the Maesters. Wow. "I don't think I could have forgiven him, either."

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

"Josh didn't do himself any favors in court, but he wouldn't have been there if the priests hadn't followed Judas."

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[the_merriest]

Rikku shuddered. "He knew? I mean. He knew that ... doing that would get your friend killed? It wasn't just a big mistake, it was ..."

Re: Boggle at Biff!

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

"He knew," Biff said, voice hard. "Everyone knew."