Subject: ((A picture for you.))
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Posted on: 2020-08-18 13:38:44 UTC
Yavanna's busy, so I can't really drop him in here, but I felt the hug needed an art moment. :)
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Subject: ((A picture for you.))
Author:
Posted on: 2020-08-18 13:38:44 UTC
Yavanna's busy, so I can't really drop him in here, but I felt the hug needed an art moment. :)
hS
Pommi admitted. "But I should know when I see it."
Tash hopped back down from the convenient barrel and shook out her robes. "It is a vast space, with much to see. You may lead the way, as I do not know the mind of the god you serve, nor what she seeks."
—doctorlit
before realization sank in. "Oh, no, she doesn't know yet either. I can sort of..." There was a slight pause, though what it was borne of was difficult to tell. "...create information paradoxes. So she asked me to find something for her performance."
((I apologize for interrupting, I just figured I should note that yes, hello! I am still watching the thread and, if people are still interested, have every intend of giving things a kick in the near future once it doesn't seem like life is trying to drown me.))
It's been wildly hectic over here, so I haven't been able to do... well, anything. I promise I will when I get everything back together.
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((School has been hectic. I'll try and find time, I promise, to play with Lucian. I'm already planning to hint at this in my second mission. But, either way, I'm so sorry about school. I promise I'll try and be on more often.))
and dipped her head in greeting, the stone on her head winking in the light. "Ambitious, are we?" she said with a grin. "I should've guessed, you seem a happy-natured sort. I'm glad of it." She smiled and stretched out on the stage, as if the spotlight were a sunbeam. "I haven't performed yet, myself... you know how it is, I'm sure. Not wanting to take someone's spot, and everything. And, well..." she trailed off. When the silence stretched on further, she closed her eyes for a moment. "But enough about me! I came to wish you luck. And to watch, if that's alright."
"I think I'll sit this one out, actually." She examined Gaia and Yavanna with a tilted head. "I don't know how well what I do would work with yours... and I don't know, I might try to do something smaller to start out with. Besides, I haven't gotten to see any performances yet. You guys will do great. She smiled. "I better find someplace quiet to watch things from- wouldn't want to steal the spotlight."
Gaia ran his eyes over the room, then pointed to one set of chairs nestled near a little alcove. "If you don't want one of the front row seats, though those're still open, you could try over there? Or you could probably find another place if you wanted." He smiled back at her. "Thanks for coming and watching. And if you do change your mind - not sayin' you have to, or anything, just letting you know - come and talk to me and I can work you in. No pressure if you don't, though."
"So, there was this concert in the Small Auditorium, and I showed up because I didn't really have much else to do and didn't want to get back to work, y'know? And I thought at first it was some kid, but no, literal god.
"Seriously.
"Yavanna's song was just miraculously good. It was like the forests were being pulled into the room. I'm hoping there's, like, more of that, because I want to hear it again."
Tequila Sunrise leant in, eyes wide. "What, like, actual Yavanna? I know we've got a couple of Maiar floating around, but... a Vala, in HQ?"
She paused as a thought struck her. "I just hope she stays away from my department," she said fervently. "I dread to think how the presence of one of his gods would affect Tolkien's spinning; could do terrible things to the generators."
"Like, either that or someone with some serious power is impersonating a god. I didn't get a CAD scan or anything. He did say something about a pantheon and a recurrence, so maybe there'll be more like him."
"What's all this got to do with the generators?"
"My first thought on anything is 'how does this affect the generators?'." Tequila shrugged one shoulder. "Or possibly 'how am I going to get sarcasm'd at for this when Cal finds out?'. Swings and roundabouts. But as long as she stays away from Tolkien's linkup, we should be fine."
She paused, frowned at Farah. "But wait - you said he?"
Kord had been silent until now, bouncing in his seat as he listened to the others speak. But now he spoke up. "Isn't there a way for us to not be gods? I mean, I only had, like, another five years or so left, so two isn't that big a deal for me, but what about all the rest of them? Two years is barely anything for a human, and nothing for an Elf..."
"Do not diminish your sacrifice." she commanded. "No matter how many years you are giving up, you have still suffered a great loss, and you have every right to feel fear and despair." She turned back to Ananke.
"I am also interested in hearing this. We need to know what sacrifices are necessary, and what we can accomplish. What can be given and what choices we have."
Mary Poppins politely raised a hand, tail folded neatly over his lap and umbrella resting against the side of his chair.
"If we stay too long, we risk becoming no longer interesting to others. What once was magical and mystical will, over time, become dull and normal, so it does make some sense that we... leave before then."
The poster can certainly have been posted by this point. I imagined it as a pretty short timer, but didn't specify so as to let people make use of it if they want. :)
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OrangeFox: y'know what, I'll allow it for the hilarity value. XD Probably tomorrow at this point, we'll see.
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((It would probably be pretty tricky to coordinate anything with all the time I have to spend at work each week. I'll have to poke around and see what I can find this weekend, but unless a very short badfic presents itself, it'll probably have to be something I sit down and do "someday," once my abusive employer is finally out of the picture.))
—doctorlit
I'm not saying you should definitely do some human sacrifice. I'm just saying it would be really cool, and conflict is awesome, and it's entirely possible some of the gods would support you...
I was mostly joking about the Emergency thing, since: A: This is a somewhat widespread (as in, over the HQ) RP B: Some of the gods are evil or could be considered evil. (or, at the time of posting, some had the potential of being evil) C.: Evil gods could make things go ka-boom.
But we can play it as an Emergency if that's what everyone wants or everyone is okay with it.
(P.S.: Can I have say, if it is an Emergency, whether or not O'Ryan gets... uh, killed? Because I kinda don't want him to die...)
This is no Emergency by the classical definition; it's just an event people can play with how they want. It can advance your characters stories if you want, but mostly it's just for playing. :)
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I'm really glad you picked Tash, regardless. Poor dude gets a raw deal in his home canon. And I'm sure there will be blood somehow!
In Animorphs, the device that lets the kids all get their morphing powers?
...it's a cube. I can't remember if you've read the books before or not, but I just wanted to let you know you got a good laugh out of me for that. also Henry—er, the Ellimist is adorable, I wanna pinch his cheeks
From the character's perspective, they fall down a giant cylinder of Ananke-faces while their body and clothing gets covered up and transformed and they hear their identity being recited. It's less clear what an outsider sees, but presumably they vanish for a moment and reappear dramatically in costume.
You've got Ananke spot on here - nice one.
Incidentally, I think your paragraph breaks are being swallowed by the Board. The formatting requires an empty line between paragraphs or it runs them straight into each other.
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I'm glad! I totally didn't go through like all her early lines to make sure I had her so I'm glad it was worth it
I really like the re-theming of her Miraculous; it sounds exactly like what one of the gods would do. :)
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"It's... Kord, now, actually," he said, looking down at his hands before glancing back up at the familiar—not familiar?—face before him. "...Apecian, wasn't it? You look different."
"Oh, you too, huh?" he said, then shook his head. "And not Apecian - well, not anymore, anyways. I'm Gaia - and kinda wondering if I should be saying hello again or nice to meet ya."
Kord held out his arms for a bear hug—he was shirtless under his sleeveless jacket, and definitely more muscular than Zeb's usual leanness. "Can you believe it? I mean—I was a Pokémon, it makes absolutely no sense, but it just feels right, you know? How many of us do you think there are?"
After a moment, he let go, and said, "I mean, I thought I was - was period? Eh, I'll figure that out later - a Homunculus maybe an hour ago, and now I'm a god. So I'm not exactly doubtin' you! And..." He thought, then shook his head. "I have no clue. Ananke didn't say, or if she did, I don't remember. But with how I feel right now, and how I bet you feel, I don't think we're gonna have to wait long to find out." He paused for a moment, then added, "And... Kord, you said's your name now? Huh. I feel like I know the name, but not from where - what're you the god of?"
Kord stepped back, lightning crackling around him. "And battle! Which is, you know, perfect for me. He's—I'm—from... Dungeons and Dragons." He tilted his head. "I guess my spirit is, anyway! Oh, wow, are our partners going to be shocked when we tell them. I'll bet you anything Ave is gonna ask how much glitter I ate." He laughed.
Kord's face was hopeful—eager. "I mean, obviously we'll tell them eventually, but..." He bounced back on his heels. "Maybe we should see if we can find any others!"
Gaia glanced up and down the hallways, wondering if those words would cause another god to spontaneously appear near them, but it didn't look like the IO was in the mood to be cooperative, as ever. "I mean, we should probably keep looking for 'em anyways, 'cause they will want to know, but you know how HQ is." He grinned. "The harder we try and find 'em, the easier it'll be to run into the rest of us, and I really want to see who else showed up!"
"Well then, let's think about our partners—I'm sure we'll be bound to run into somebody that way!" He picked a random direction and strode off, kilt swishing around his legs. "Come on!"
...Sooo... Should we find someone else to drag in, or ask if we can hop in elsewhere? :P
((A quick once-over isn't providing somewhere else to easily pop in, so... pull somebody else in, possibly leading to or caused by Divine Power Hijinks? They have to start somewhere, and the only better place I can think of than somewhere with two gods around is somewhere with twelve. :P ))
What... an amazing ride it was from start to finish. And now I'm more excited than ever to continue with the RP...
...I just need a few minutes to sit here and think for a bit.
(hS, Zeb looks flipping fantastic! And I'm howling at shirtless!Kord!Zeb—somehow, I get the sense Jacques is going to enjoy this one, very much... :P)
So I coloured the thing. Couldn't leave our new god without some sweet face paint, after all. ;)
zippity zappity jacques cheeks go clappity
=]
Of course, I am a bit busy at the moment, but I will get to it.
I used mixed pronouns because I want to say Lucian had those powers in canon.
I will respond with O'Ryan's response, but finishing summer homework is currently taking up all my time, unfortunately. I'll try when I can finally take a break from it. Can't believe school's about to start!
Your depiction of someone... how to say, learning about powers they already knew? Is perfect.
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Becoming a god is a perfectly good reason to hop to it and go at it like, well, a rabbit, but no, you had to be all concerned about decency. It's such a waste of bunny innuendo opportunities, like jokes about Agamemnon getting some tail.
(( - Tomash ))
Not that I care what debauchery the children partake in, so long as they restrain themselves to-
But I have much to do, and no inclination to speak of Pantheon matters to mortals. You will learn who they are soon enough.
[Sweeps out]
Could I use a god I made up or does the god have to be in an established canon already?
Also, would it be appropriate if I showed Kitty's partner, O'Ryan, being a little scared at Kitty not being herself (not being "Kitty" anymore, I mean. But still having her personality, like you established.)?
If you've got stories (/games/art/...) online featuring your god, then sure, go for it! If they're just an idea in your head, I'd say not, because then there's no chance for anyone else to get the reference.
For the second question: absolutely! It's kind of freaky when someone is magically transformed and starts referring to themselves as a divinity. ;)
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I don't have any art of my god, nor anything published online, unfortunately. That's okay. I'll just use Lucian from Lucian: Dark God's Homecoming, if that's okay with you.
I'll try to get a post up later today or tomorrow.
I'm seeing this image and this description; I think I can put together an ascension from that. :) Look forward to seeing the intro.
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She wasn't sure what she was expecting when she came to this performance, but the appearance of the person on the stage was quite weird. Maybe this was a badly-advertised comedy routine, or a best effort at some sort of religious thing (the chatter about gods in the crowd made it seem likely)
No matter what the context was, she figured this would probably be an amusing trainwreck (as opposed to the ones that made you reach for the Bleeprin). So, she pulled out something smartphone-like and took a photo. She'd need something to go with the "You won't believe what happened yesterday!" story she had a front-row seat for (well, not literally, she was off to one side and near the middle, but still).
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"Yeah, no fuvg," he said. "Somebody's either swallowed too much glitter or there's a bigger problem going on here. Y'all see the concert? Weird mass... mind control, or something. They were all convinced the kid was the real deal."
"Normally I'd tell you to go shpx yourselves, but this whole thing reeks of Sue and iffn it keeps spreading, whole of HQ could be affected. Last thing I want is a bunch of music-worshipping zombies coming after me 'cause I ain't gonna fall over myself praising a self-styled god." He shifted his weight, dragging his fingers through his hair. "Fine, I'll help you. Who's the other 'god' y'all got so far?"
"Which, yeah, doesn't sound dangerous. Bunny gods don't. But how many times have you seen a cutesy-poo target who looks like she wouldn't hurt a fly burying a katana in some poor shpxer's chest cavity right up to the hilt? I'm not taking any chances."
Lola walked closer, confident, assured, smiling politely and flashing her DIA patch and ID. "I'm Lola. That's my partner Algie. Got a name you're okay with us knowing?"
"Lorson. Rho. Crossovers, but I should've been stuck in ESAS." He scowled slightly. "Can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish I had my partner for this one. Good a fighter as you'd ever seen, but he's back in there—" He jabbed a thumb over his shoulder. "—cheering for his new idol."
"The shpx you on about? DTB-27," he said, tapping the blaster on his hip. "And the swords're full cortosis weave. Spent my time hunting Sith and Jedi and anyone who made enemies of rich enough people. A couple of obnoxious pop stars shouldn't be an issue."
... an appearance by the teenage elf in the stupid hat himself? He's not eavesdropping or anything, but it wouldn't be OOC for him to be overwhelmed by the attention and try to sneak out of the Auditorium.
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It's very hard for me to describe what I'm thinking of... it's presented in-universe as a religion that could conceivably be real, plus-or-minus some specific supernatural aspects of the otherwise real-world adjacent canon. (If it helps, I'm specifically pondering on Khura'in and Khura'inism of Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice.)
I was thinking of Lady Kee'ra, who's in the same boat as The Holy Mother.
I can definitely work with that.
(The canon WikDiv gods were designed to resemble pop stars as well as evoking their deities - early examples include Lucifer as Bowie, Minerva as a Beatle, and Woden as Daft Punk. Not being a professional comic book artist, I will not even be attempting that. Straight deity-writ-PPC-fashion all the way. ^_~)
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I might just have to get Henry involved, if I can figure out which god might fit him.
Quick question: I'm guessing you meant Aslan no, Apollo yes? Aslan being a primary world god and Apollo not?
~Neshomeh
It makes sense, and admittedly, I was figuring this would be the case, but I thought I might as well ask just to be safe. And, since a few ideas have occurred - repeats are probably not the best, but what about gods who are similar on certain surface levels, but have concepts that are different? E.G., Yavanna is a Deity of the Earth - would a Deity of Growth, whose domain encompasses anything that conceivably defined as 'growing', this being anything from literally becoming bigger to character development, be viable?
The Canon has at least three or four underworld gods, and the 1920s pantheon literally had two sun gods ("Nice sunset... was that one of yours or one of his?").
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For "primary world god" I had read "primary god of their world." Like, no capital-G Gods (e.g., Eru, the One).
You basically mean no god from a Real World pantheon, though? Or at least not the super well-known ones?
~Neshomeh had been vaguely considering maybe Hecate, but probably not either way.
I've got two ideas I kind of like. One the one hand, Akatosh, because dragons are cool, he's cool, it would be cool.
On the other hand... the Ellimist definitely counts, right?
~Neshomeh
Either way it looks like you're getting time-powers, so it comes down to 'wings or robes'. :)
... why was the Ellimist a Force Ghost in the TV show? Huh. '90s TV is weird.
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