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Turning this question around to the divine and adding the following: How do you like your rp? Does it bother you oocly when random mortals show up to ask inane questions? 

For me, it's less about what RP I like and more about what RP I have time for.

My personal time online these days is usually limited to certain windows, and sometimes, those windows are brief or don't align with when my order is online. You would laugh and cry to see the amount of times I am about to head to bed and suddenly I notice everyone else in my order has popped on!

I try to prioritize with my online time, though. What is the most important thing I want to accomplish as Lantra right now? What are the things I need to do and work towards to achieve my goals? For example, my first priority after releasing was getting a lot of one-on-one interactions with Celestian players while I built the foundation of Lantra's order with clear tenets and crowdsourced initial order tasks.  Once I had that established, I wanted to be sure I had several trusted orderlings rise up to a rank where they could oversee progress through the outer circle without my guidance.

Right now, I'm working on making more lore about Lantra the character accessible to players and building more foundational things that my order as a whole can enjoy. One small example of this was the new Rhapsody quest in Celest. I have been doing a lot of work in this vein behind the scenes, and I'm thrilled about how close I am to sharing it with you!

That is probably my favorite type of RP, to be honest: building something cool and getting to share it with players.  

Lantra herself isn't a very social god, but I like keeping an eye out for ideal moments to appear and RP with players (such as when @Neladahi completed a blessing in Celest). I often attempt more public Divine RP, either as Lantra or Nabithia, when I have that time to give because I want more people to enjoy it; I find the kind of RP that is born organically from an action or a story point is generally more satisfying than playing a game of 20-questions with a Divine, though I certainly don't mind being asked things and have had some very enjoyable Fulcrux one-on-ones.

Which brings us to...
I can't think of one so far! @Crumkane jokingly told me once I would know Lantra's brand of toothpaste if someone asked me it. Sometimes people ask about other Divine and it's something Lantra wouldn't know, or it's something that I the admin can't confirm because the god role isn't active.

There are however other questions I intentionally avoid answering, because I want the impact of their answer to be received a different way. For example, I had only told @Faragan about Lantra loving Rhapsody before that quest released, which I think helped create a more dramatic reveal.

Terentia said:

This might have been a long-winded answer, but I hope it helps. @Lantra and I joke that Celest admin become, much to our chagrin, verbose writers. We blame Eventru. 

PS: the curse continues.

Aeldra said:

Reading this, I am reminded I am at some point guilty of not taking opportunities myself at times and offering tidbits as to what I actually want or need from a divine, though I do realize it's mostly through me still getting super nervous with interacting with godroles, I probably should try to be a little more concise in prayers etc as to what I do seek and require. Thanks for those insights and the reminder. <.<

Even just a clue is plenty! The difference between 'hey can I talk to you' and 'hey can I talk to you about my order tasks' is huge. As long as it actually tells us the area of the question and isn't too general - such as 'can I ask you some questions' - then you've done plenty.

Nels believes that firefly squid are little beacons when the Inner Sea is dark to help guide ships away from danger (though it didn't help poor Cpt. Narule). She also believes that each firefly represents a star in the sky (which doesn't work with mechanics, because there's only 48, but a girl can dream).

Ev has always held, and to this day still believes, that curios are insidious little devices/creatures that are taking their time to slowly infiltrate the Basin of Life, waiting for the perfect moment to assert their collective independence and launch a devastating surprise attack that no one will see coming.

Maylea tends to be more personable and down to earth than some other Divine. As such, She does tend to show up randomly sometimes, visibly or not, and can be curious about minute details of a character's life; that is part of Her philosophy.

However, this doesn't mean that Maylea is no longer an Elder Divine, with concerns that can be very different from mortals, and I think sometimes that is forgotten due to Maylea's relative approachability.

I think one point of what I've found odd at times about mortal interactions is when characters call Maylea just by the bare name 'Maylea', to Her face. While this can be a deliberate RP choice for certain characters who may have a specific reason to do so, sometimes it can seem like it comes out merely as an expression of the character (or player's) lack of internalization that Maylea is actually a real Divine with powers that could unmake people. That Maylea usually chooses not to do so when people address Her that way doesn't take away from Her ability to do so.

Likewise, while Maylea and other Divine may have certain opinions regarding different organizations and their politics, it is somewhat disconcerting when mortals approach Her to talk politics when there are political disagreements, especially as a way to determine whether or not a certain political decision or orientation should be made (and potentially use Maylea's words for support). Maylea is one Goddess with specific opinions that may be very different from that of other Divine (including Serenwilde Divine), and Her thoughts may change, just as any other character's may change, over time. It can become especially awkward when there then also comes the expectation that Maylea (or any other Divine) -must- think a certain way because They are associated with a certain org, or resentment against the Divine when They don't agree with a philosophy, or even sometimes carrying over the resentment for the admin (who are separate from Divine roles).

I guess the point that I want to make is that the Divine are Divine, and that They are also characters, and not synonymous with the admin behind the roles. Keep this in mind as you approach Divine, and you might find it a lot more enjoyable!

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but the only thing I ever find 'bothersome' about questions is when people interact (prayer, speaking in fulcrux, etc) but don't actually say what they want. E.g. praying 'I need to speak to You, my Lady'. Most people who have interacted with Czixi will know that she won't actually respond unless you tell Her what you want.

This is even more significant now that I'm online as Czixi much less, so tend to be responding to things belatedly rather than at the time - if your prayer doesn't say what it's about, I don't know how much time I need to make for you, which makes it much harder for me to get back to you IC or to have the flexibility to make that response cool.

In terms of physically appearing/not - it's very rare that Czixi appears in person, and this is a deliberate choice. It has more power if it's not used as frequently! There are rules about when I will and won't use it, but that would be telling.

I've never been asked a question I didn't have an answer for, but I have absolutely been surprised by questions. The one that comes immediately to mind is from years ago now, when @Tirah asked Czixi whether she opposed the Traitors or not. It was surprising not just because it came quite out of the blue, but also because it came from someone who I hadn't expected to have the courage to ask such a hard question. Tirah was the first person to ever ask it, in fact, and remains the only person to have ever asked that directly.

I think part of my answer is alluded to in the question! I am ambivalent to visibility. @Eritheyl mentioned in the other thread about imagining the onslaught of player interest and excitement when you go visible, and from my experience, that isn't really the case. At most I get a couple "Hail Lady" on CT or on OT, but that's about it. I've never really been a fan of the kind of god-player RP where I suddenly appear or interact with them; I feel like I need a reason to do that, and honestly, I have very few reasons.

And I think part of that is because there isn't a lot of initiative (on my end and player ends) for RP. I have been noticing that a lot of engagement with Terentia is "service," which is to say, people "want to serve" Terentia, but never give any indication on what exactly that service looks like. It isn't clear what they want to do, so I am not sure what I want to do. Something that I think is slowly being named, at least amongst Terentia's followers, is that Terentia favors boldness. I take that to mean that I don't want players or followers to wait for Terentia to give them a task, I want them to start thinking: oh, what can I do? What am I good at and can provide? I want players to feel like they can just do whatever they want (of course, within the sort of boundaries of Terentia's ethos), and that I can try to do my best to help with that. 

In which case, does it bother me when mortals show up to ask inane questions? Not really. I don't entirely know how useful it is for either of us to entertain them; does learning whether or not Terentia likes fishing really help you know anything more about Terentia? I don't think so. But I do think it opens up the possibility of the kind of stop-in-your-tracks questioning like @Aonia mentioned above: someone might ask a question that is very core to the character. I will say, I think of Terentia as a TTRPG GM might. I have scattered notes and general ideas about things, but I don't really have 100% solid stories or answers. So you could ask Terentia about Her relationship to Meridian, for example, and I can sort of talk around it, but I may not have yet fully written out stories between her and him (and this is more just my slowness in doing that kind of work--some of my colleagues in the Havens can easily draw out complex stories or scenes with gods and histories very fast!). 

This might have been a long-winded answer, but I hope it helps. @Lantra and I joke that Celest admin become, much to our chagrin, verbose writers. We blame Eventru. 

Echoing Mysrai's sentiment a bit here. Despite bouts of relatability, Elder Gods are eons old, and part of the fun for us is to explore what that means. For me, that means Viravain gets to show off as this innocent, green-eyed maiden who once made cute little bugs and birdies, but to Her order, She reveals Herself as this terrifying scythe-wielding force of nature, literally; She's warped and twisted by wielding the Seal of Nature and Her subsequent possession by Kethuru, all culminating in Her evolution as the all-mother of the Wyrd. She just knows how to wear makeup really, really well.

I'm guessing at this, but I think similarly, Drocilla presents Her face to the world as this sly and sassy lady with a provocative lilt, but to Her order (and maybe Magnagora -- I guess if you're lucky/unlucky), She's something else entirely. Lisaera is an enigmatic storm-warden badass, but to Her order, She's a motherly figure. And so on.

So, while Elders do sometimes put on a Mt. Olympus show for y'all, how they interact with mortals on any particular occasion definitely runs the gamut. Remember that to them, mortals are the sharded vestiges of people they once knew, and in some cases, they're old friends/enemies. Fractured. Not like them, but familiar.

If we appear in person, it could be because we're Making A Point, driving a plot forward, or are feeling like we want to terrorize people a bit (I don't know what good gods do, 'cause I hold a scythe for Aonia's sake). If we send an emissary, it could mean all of those same things, and we're trying to suggest that the Elder God might not know what's going on, but their priest is all over it. 

And sometimes, Viravain reminds folks that She's the brood mother of all arachnids, so if you see something scuttling just out of sight, it's Her reminding you that She has eyes everywhere...