Maritza
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Quote: "Maaaaaybeee..." They say God moves in mysterious ways. As far as the Board are concerned, their Glorious Leader is one of said Ways personified. While She doesn't appear to be the Cosmic All Herself, as far as Earth is concerned She's close enough for most intents and purposes. To the Board's more fanatic elements, she is an object of worship or veneration, although she takes a dim view of sacrifices. To FLEET, she is Local Civilian Authority and Earth's head of state. To the few others who know She exists, She ranges from chapters in mysterious volumes to just "Her..." While the Goddess's exact nature remains unknown, if dealing with mortals in a situation wHere the full divine glory is overkill She identifies Herself as "Maritza" and appears as a short, stocky woman of faintly Mayan descent. A male version, known as "Mario", is also occasionally seen, and She has been known to take other guises (sometimes several at once), but Her signature accessory is always a large pair of glasses, the lenses an opaque white that extends back into Her eye sockets. When strongly emoting, they flare and crackle. She has never removed them in living memory. In fact, many tend to prefer it when they flare. It's a lot easier to know where you stand when Ze Boss is ordering Mass Divine Justice on the people over there Right Now than dealing with Her bizarre speech patterns, which range from the enigmatic to the downright weird. More modern generations of Boardie assume Her perspective on events is so far removed from the human (anthromorph/cyborg/sentient energy/giant starfish, etc, etc) viewpoint that She has difficulty narrowing it down far enough to communicate with those around Her. Oldbies just tend to assume She has a warped sense of humour...but whatever the explanation, She plays Her cards very close to Her chest, responding to queries with answers that stop short of enigmatic, but tend to be answers to other questions entirely...often ones the speaker was deliberatly leaving unsaid. Asking the Goddess about Her plans for next week can get a petitioner next week's sports results, the charge and spin details on every atom in his body, or something even weirder. External contradictions aside, Her motivations at heart appear to be a mixture of curiosity towards humanity, concern for Her "children", and a hefty dose of anger at Hell and it's slippery dark lord for interfering with Her work. The first is what She originally created the Board for, to be living expressions of aspects of Her Will...the last is what called in FLEET, but She is stopping short of the full-scale invasion they endlessly lobby for. Most suspect the traditional Divine interest in free will has a hand...others wonder just what she's grooming Her little pet project for. Everyone hopes that's it something big. |
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