Discussions and Conclusions

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Chapter One: Discussion: Religion

On one bored afternoon, when neither had much to do, Allen and Lavi found themselves lounging around in Allen's room. Lavi was sitting on the floor, flipping through a small book he found randomly.

Allen was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling, playing with the red ribbon that was slowly becoming untied from his ministrations. Resting on the top of his head, like a ornate golden headpiece, Timcanpy slept peacefully. A piece of Allen's hair was resting in it's mouth, and mechanical jaws chewed it quietly.

"Hey, Allen?"

"Hmm?"

"We are all religious, here, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"At the Dark Order. Everyone is religious, right? Like, no one's an atheist?"

"Well, I don't know. I never really thought about that."

"Given that we work under the Vatican, which is the very top of the Catholics pyramid, do they, would they enforce their religion on everyone else? We've all heard of the Crusades, and Inquisition......" Lavi trailed off, thinking.

"I think....maybe this is just wishful thinking, I don't know, but, since we are the Innocence conformers, and we are out to save the world and all that, maybe they won't enforce it on us." Allen said.

"But, what about all the people who are pulled from their countries in order to do the bidding of the Dark Order?"

"Like Lenalee?" Allen asked.

"Yeah..."

"I always kinda considered myself to be religious. Maybe Catholic. I like the idea of some of their beliefs. But....Some others less so. Is it okay to do that? To take the bits and pieces that you like from several religions, and put them together? Because, who wants to follow something to the letter, when they know that some of the ideas and doings aren't morally right?"

"Followers do."

"Huh?"

"Followers. You know, like sheep? They all flock the same way because that's what is there. They are too afraid to step out of the conformity, because of what people might say about them, what they might do in retaliation for breaking the mold."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

Lavi thought a moment before continuing.

"And you know the thing about the seven deadly sins? Sloth, gluttony, lust, pride...Ahh, hell, what are the other ones?"

"Lust, greed, gluttony, pride, envy, sloth, and wrath." Allen interjected immediately.

"Ahh, yeah, those. Well, those apply to a few of our exorcists. Take a look at General Cross."

"Master's sins number more than just those seven. But, for him; lust, greed, pride, envy, and wrath."

"Why don't gluttony and sloth apply?"

"Oh...well, they do."

"Hehehe....Your master is going to hell."

"Probably." Allen said dejectedly.

"Don't worry, Allen. Just because he's your master and he taught you almost everything he knows....doesn't....mean....you are....going to hell?"

"Well, taking a look at you, Allen-"

"-Gluttony."

"Well.....No."

"Why not?"

"Because you eat a lot to keep yourself alive. That's not a sin. It's not a sin to live. And anyway, if we were given God-given powers like Innocence, then I don't think that sins apply to us."

"That's an awfully arrogant thought, Lavi. What if God heard that?"

"......"

"That's what I thought."

"What about Kanda?" Lavi suddenly said, a few minutes later. Timcanpy had woken up and was now stamping around on Allen's chest, moving from right shoulder, to his ribs, to the left shoulder and back again. Allen figured that it meant Tim wanted something. The unlucky thing with the little golden golem was Allen couldn't very well ask. So he just watched the cute little golem continue marching.

"What do you mean, what about Kanda?"

"Well, you do know that he's Japanese."

"Yeah."

"Did you also know that the Japanese won't allow Christians to openly worship?"

"Really?"

"Yeah. So...that makes me wonder. Is Kanda a Christian or Catholic? Or does he maintain the religion of his homeland?"

"What would be the religion of his homeland?"

"Ehhh...Taoism?"

"Wouldn't it be Buddhism?"

"No, that's in India and China. Only a small amount transferred to Japan."

"What if he's one of the minorities? Kanda does tend to do things that not a lot of other people do."

"But, then he would be conforming to the Chinese religion."

"But if he did, then he'd be a Japanese Buddhist. That's different than a Chinese Buddhist."

"Good point."

"Then what would that make Lenalee and Komui?"

"Probably...Buddhist."

"Hmmm..."

"What about you, Lavi?"

"What about me?"

"What is your religion?"

"Christian...I think. I've never really thought about it. I'm a bookman. Or...an apprentice bookman."

"Well, what about Bookman? What is his religion?"

"Pandism."

Allen rolled over, looking down at Lavi, sending Timcanpy fluttering up into the air, dive-bombing Allen's head in agitation at being disturbed. Lavi was still peacefully flipping through the pages of his book.

"What the hell is that?!"

"The religion of the Panda-jijis."

"Somewhere in this building, Bookman is plotting your demise, Lavi."

"Hehe...I know." Lavi smiled one of his ridiculous smiles, like a little kid who just thought of something clever.

Oh. Wait...Lavi is a little kid. But, the clever part? I'll leave that for you to decide.

I have been sitting on this particular little bit for a long while now...I am not sure how long, but, I finally took the oppurtunity to post it. I hope you enjoy it. ^_^

The next part, Conclusion: Religion, will be up in about another week.

-Maze Puppet