Chapter 4: Beware of God, Please

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**Step 4: Beware of God, Please** is the fourth chapter of YES and of Joey's Special Experience

## Summary

Immediately following the end of Chapter 3, the onlookers realize they love God so much that they wish they were Eren being kissed by him. God boosts about how he was Eren’s first kiss, and that now Joost could not be her boyfriend. God wants Joost very badly, so he doesn't feel sorry for harassing Eren. Eren cleans out her mouth with clay and “black water” from the river, much to the confusion of the onlookers, who thought Eren just had to love being sexually harassed! God them physically abuses her for not liking it.

Later, as Joost plays with Dennis, Joshar talks to God. God tries hitting on him again, but Joshar refuses his advancements. God then wonders of Joost is his boyfriend. Joshar ignores God's question and talks about Dennis the “box” (boxer) dog and Joost’s “first date,” where Dennis is commanded by Joshar to kill Joost. When Joost survived the blow and threatened to attack Dennis back, he was sentenced to death via drowning in a river; no one mourned for the criminal. However, just after he died, Dennis resurrected him despite still being angry at him. Joost and the magic dog were then the best of friends.

Sometime after this, Joost is walking down the street when they notice Eren crying. Onlookers immediately start attacking Joost, calling him garbage. Raging at what Erin possibly could’ve done, Joost runs to God anyway, proclaiming that he does not want to be fucked after God asks for a kiss. Joost calls God "Allah" for some reason and says they will not tolerate God's atheism. The two begin to fight, and Joost says that they do not love God, and cannot lose this fight otherwise Ireland will never return. God decides it's time for divorce, and begins to beat up Joost badly. Joost manages to overturn the fight and use the move "broken heart" on God for a swift victory.

## Appearances

### Main characters:

* God
* Erin
* Joost

### Minor characters:

* Joshar
* Dionisyus

## Lore notes

* The first page states that “war can’t be bad.” Perhaps this is what the government is teaching its child soldiers.

* The onlookers have seemingly never seen another woman before, with how they react to Eren. Said onlookers are also surprisingly hygienic, wondering why Eren isn’t using soap and why she’s so close to the river (perhaps it is full of waste, this is 1800s England after all - this would explain why the river water is black).

* God may not have realized Joost is genderfluid until now, as he is confused when Joshar says Dennis treats Joost like a girl and questions if Joost is his “boyfriend.”
* It is revealed that Joshar tried to kill Joost, his own child, outright saying that “you can blame me.” If the Joshu mentioned in Chapter 3 truly did refer to Joost, this could be why.
* The river seemingly came to life on the day of Joost’s execution. That or it wasn’t a heaping pile of trash for once.
* Dionysus is not only magical, but can talk.
* Joost and Dionysus’s relationship has some similarities to Joost’s and God’s, with how they were dating and trying to kill each other just to become close again right after. Since Dionysus was controlled by Joshar to kill Joost… could God also be under the influence of an evil force, desperately trying to fight back?
* Ironically, God is revealed to be an atheist.

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