Lords of Creation (New Story Thread)

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Boredom? And here I thought you were above that sort of thing." The Watchman sits down beside her.

"Listen, you're smart. You know that we're all living in the same house here. What we do doesn't happen in a vacuum, it sends out ripples that affect us all. It would be advantages to behave yourself."

[Zaleramancer]

"I suppose.. How about this, I'll try your little 'Get Along' thing for now." Zaya said with bored tone, "It'll be novel, if nothing else."

"At least until someone does something stupid, then I'll go back to what I do best."

[Zaleramancer]

Hazet Jr Was really enjoying this country.

The people were creative and friendly, the food was simply awesome. He'd even managed to make some kind of coat, with tons of help.

This place was great.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Thanks for that. I would rather not have this world go the way of my old one."

Suddenly, the excitable little watcher swoops through the door.

"Sir! Sir! Gilgamesh is looking around the city, all snooping like, and..."

"I made this place to be enjoyed, there's no law against him being here."

"I know sir, but he's looking awful contemplative." The word was etched in the sort of conspiratorial suspicion a child has when tattling on their older siblings.

"Look, I'm talking with Zaya right, I'll see what Gil..."

The watcher let out a gasp that seemed to suck all the sound from the room. It's head swung this way and that before settling on Zaya's. It regarded he for a few moments. tilted it's head sideways a bit, then had a startling realization.

"Miss Zaya, is that really you? Oh wow, I didn't even recognize you! You never gave me the time to thank you for helping me find my way back to land! Oh my god, you're so cool!" The Watchman clears his throat at this. "Begging your pardon sir, But if you'd seen how she handled those sharks, you'd be blaspheming too."

[Zaleramancer]

"Oh.. Right.. You're that little floaty thing." Zaya said while wiggling her hand to indicate flight. "The one that was so eager to become shark-bait."


Zaya glanced at the Watchman, spoke again.

"Since I'm trying this whole... nice thing, is there anything I can.. do for you?"

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Well," the Watchman considered for a moment.

"I'll I ask is that your people are treated right, and they treat others the same. That's all I ever want."

The watcher lets out a little shrike and zooms up to The Watchman ear. Zaya can't tell, but they seem to having a rather heated discussion in whispers. It goes back and forth for a few minutes, before the Watchman throws his hands up in the air in defeat.

"Zaya" he says, obviously looking for a worthwhile excuse to make this request, "as a....yes. As a token of good faith, I ask you to make this watcher," The hag goddess can feel the Watchman rolling whatever he see's with, "awesome."

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Mina looked at the human who had tried to steal from Kyuuketsu. She grinned, this human would make an interesting hero.

Mina: "Would you tell me your name, young one? I won't harm you if you do."

Kyuu: "M-mistress!"

Mina: "I think this mortal will make things more interesting and might be able to do more than either of us expect."

Kyuu: "Yes, mistress. I understand."

Human: "M-m-my name is Nayotake no Hime. I had only wished to keep myself from starving to death. P-p-please don't curse me."

Mina: "Nayotake? Hmmm, well then Nayotake, you are now the sixth of my 6 heroes. That is how you will repay me (-0 motes,Raise Hero, free action). I also bless you with a greater intellect and cunning than before as well as better dexterity (-0 motes, 3 Blessings, free actions)."

Nayotake: "Thank you. I will serve you well then."

Mina: "One more thing: I have for you an artifact. It is a cloak that will make you invisible and untrackable to all except for gods and heroes."

Mina pulls out a brown, ordinary looking cloak from what appears to be nowhere and hands it to Nayotake (-6, Create Artifact).

Nayotake: "Thank you for this gift."

Mina: "Also, you will be training with Kagehana, the first of my heroes."

Kyuuketsu and Nayotake leave to find Kagehana and Mina chuckles. This might develop in an interesting way.


(Total: 2 motes)

[Zaleramancer]

"Awesome?" Zaya said blankly.

"I can turn him into a huge scaly thing. I had one of those as a pet once. It kept eating villages."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"No, not like that, cool! Big brute monster things aren't cool! You're cool!"

The Watchman interjects.

"I think she likes you. You must have made quite the impression."

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"Now, it's not as if I think I could do a better job, really, it's not, it's just that, well, I feel as though if I were in charge, this" the watcher fanned it's cloak in the direction of the scene before it. It was tough not having visible limbs, "Would never have happened. This whole unfortunate thing."

His companion lifted it's head off of it's forelegs and somehow managed to attached a question mark to the end of a sonar burst.

*Ping?*

"Well, yes, the painting obviously. But also, y'know, the whole event leading up to it."

The painting stood on a stand in the dwarfs front yard. Earlier today, Rada had been trying to teach Waverider how to paint. What had resulted was a clumsy painting that sort of resembled the sea if you turned your head 90 degrees and squinted. How she had made a painting that bad using only the color blue could only be thought of as a miracle.

It had been a week since the watcher had joined the watchdog in this village, and he was already sick of it. It was all to quiet, to peaceful. About the only thing to do was carry things for the villagers, which he had been doing, because they'd asked him and he literally could not say no to the common Folk. And these Folk certainly deserved the capital F. It was starting to go stir crazy.

"I'm not saying he didn't do as good a job as he could, y'know, given the circumstances. I'm just saying that, maybe, one of us could have handled it better."

*Ping*

"Well, yes, I'm not planning anything! I'm not saying I don't respect the man, I do, I really do! But I think, what with his domain and all, he'd appreciate just a little criticism, Is all. "Who watches the Watchman?" and all that."

*Ping*

"What do you mean "He does"? That makes no sense."

"BOYS"

The two servitors turned their heads toward the window. Rada was there. She had a slight idea why two godly servants were watching her house, knew they could not leave, and wasn't the type to let a resource go to waste.

"If you wouldn't mind, could you run to the market and pick me up some fresh apples? I need them for tonight's supper."

Even if they weren't hardwired to help people, the servitors would have done so anyway. Not out of charity, but the feeling that the dwarf could make both of their lives very difficult if she put her mind to it.

"Yes m'lady. Right away."

"I swear," he said, as soon as the pair were out of earshot, "once we're done with this assignment, I never want to see a market again."

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

(2 motes previously +3 motes, Total: 5 motes)

[Philote]

Motes Left: 9

The Shardmind body that I was possessing had its uses, but it was not as impressive as my Dragonborn body before it. The draconic nature had become a part of my being. In order improve the situation, I would reshape my body and become a hybrid of the two species. I had to be an example of strength during the tournament after all. Unlike with Gilgamesh the Second though, I would shift this hero back to his true body when I left him.

Eventually I found a good location to create the arena, on the edge of the city. Far enough away from the residences made for each of the Over-Spirits. Now, I would begin planning the best way to construct the arena.

[Mik_Hael]

Motes left: should be around 15.

"sdfkjn....asdf.,...rosok..sdfhg"

"What the heck was that?" I say looking around the continent.

"srefossdresfloik......adrdkonjhg"

"..." murmering voices sem to be comingfrom all directions. "Do you here that?" I ask grace.

"hear what?"

"....nevermind."...wait, I close my eyes and see that several lights form in positions of the creatures and races on the continents., some of the lights portray images and scenes. "Interesting."....

(Gain domain: -12. 3 points left. Domain of dreams)

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

(5 motes previously +3 motes, Total: 8 motes)

Magnas wandered around bored. No one had tried to break into Mistress Mina's territory in a while so what to do? Ah ha! She could always create a new race, after all Mistress had given her that capability. She concentrated and from the earth rose humanlike beings (-6 for Lycanthrope race). Magnas decided to call them the Lycanthropes. Her first action for the Lycanthropes was to have Mistress Mina give them the power to shift between a wolven form dependant on what area they live in and a human form (-0 motes, free action for Mina, Miracle). She then established a religion among the Lycanthropes, the Cult of Fur (-0 establish religion, free action for Magnas).

(Total: 2 motes)

[Zaleramancer]

With a frown, the goddess considers this.

Then raises a hand, as if in benediction. "Allow me to give you a present."

Power flowed and surged around her hand, then leapt forward in a cerulean wave. It flowed inside the Watcher, empowering her with the potency of a small god.

(Create Minor God -6. 8 Motes remaining. I'll leave it up to you what the new god(ess) is domain wise.)

[Philote]

Motes Left: 12

Having decided how to build the arena, I send for Anima to be sent here. I'll leave him to be in charge of the construction and the Genasi that will be brought in to handle the work. If things go smoothly, I may even send for Crav to get his expertise in building.

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Meanwhile, on my continent, my other Major-spirits consult and train my heroes to prepare for the tournament. Bahamut tutors them in the ways of magic while Yojimbo tests them physically. The Deva does the most important step though by performing a miracle on my races (Inherent power). Allowing them to retain a portion of mana from the Well of Eternity even if they should lose their connection to it. In order for them to not lose their abilities even if they may suffer from being weaker while severed from the Divine Artifacts power. (From Divine Artifact level to Artifact level).

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

The energy flows into the watcher, and all hell breaks loose.

With a burst of power, the watchers cloak flared out, as if caught in a windstorm, then began to twist up into itself. It began to spin, divine energy shooting out in random arcs.

Suddenly a voice sounds out from everywhere at once. "WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"You're becoming a god, but without a domain," The Watchman yells into the tempest, "Pick one, you have to pick one."

"WHY?"

"Because we have to have masters! We have to exist FOR something! That's our whole nature!"

"EVERYTHING!"

"That's to BIG! Pick something SPECIFIC!"

"HOW DO I CHOOSE?"

"Just think of something you need to protect!"


The storm raged on for several more minuets while the gods in the room waited. Finally, the spin seemed to slow until it was no longer a thin line in the air, but recognizable as a cloak once more. It hung their for a moment, then dropped heavily onto the glass floor.

The Watchman was moving in an instant, sprinting to the new gods side. But he needn't have worried himself, for the figure began to push itself up, and rise on unsteady legs.

Because it did, he noticed, have legs. And arms, and hands, and feet, and a head, and a body, an actual body that was rising shakily from the ground. The body was young, female, and clothed very practically, much like himself. Standard bipedal form, the baseline of most sentient races. She was pretty, in a peasant-ish, farmgirl way, and long red hair flowed down from her head in a waterfall of curls. Her cloak, before the color grey, was now bright purple and dotted with cartoonish stars. Her mask, still grey and blank as ever, was worn to the side of her head as if it were a hair decoration. She was examining her self, and grinning like a fool.

"OOooOOOoooo, that was A KICK!" she finally said, looking around exited.

"Are you..." The Watchman stammered out, before the former watcher rushed up to Zaya and wrapped her arms about her.

"ThankyouThankyouThankyou" she squealed, before releasing the hag goddess. "I'm perfect, just perfect. I feel like I could do" she leap into the sky, "ANYTHING!"

"You can not "do anything!" Get back down here." The Watchman said, mask buried in one hand.

"No." she said.

She then proceeded to float down to face him.

"I thought you said...?"

"That was only to see if I could."

The Watchman was set to reprimand her, but stopped. It was after all, the first thing he would have tested.

"So then," he said, exacerbated, "what did you choose?"

"Children" She said nodding her head.

"Kids?!"

"Can you think of a more oppressed group, old man?..... I didn't think so." She then struck a semi-heroic pose. "I am WATCH-GIRL, DEFENDER OF THE MEEKEST OF THE MEEK!"

(New Minor God: Watch-Girl)

"No way in all the hells! Pick a name for yourself, don't just copy mine!"

She blew out her cheeks and crossed her arms. "Fine, I'll figure it out later. Right now, I want to make stuff!" She sprinted out the door.

"Wait, hold on!" The Watchman called after her, impotently. The haggard god turned to look at Zaya. "If this was, in any way, intentional on your part, all I have to say is....Bravo. I am genuinely impressed." He then took of after his new wayward responsibility.

(New Minor Goddess: ???????????
Domains: Children
Divine actions: Bless and Curse)

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

(2 motes)

Mina noticed that those the vampires fed on did not always survive due to losing excess amounts of blood and gave them the power to control blood in limited amounts so as to prevent unnecessary deaths (Inherent Action, Miracle). She then gave a few of the more powerful vampires, including Taro, the power to split into multiple bats composed of blood for defense and heightened mobility, though it would come at the price of being only able to drink blood that comes from a race and no longer blood from animals (Inherent Action, Miracle). To the  more powerful Succubi and Incubi, including Kira, she then gave the power to control the length and sharpness of their nails at will (Inherent Action, Miracle).

At last, she had each of her heroes, who had not yet already done so, take the test of the Mirror of Potential to increase their capabilities. Fubuki, Koriko, Taro, Kira, and Nayotake no Hime, each passed and were congratulated by Kagehana and Mina.


(Total: 2 motes)

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

(2 motes previously +3 motes, Total: 5 motes)

Kagehana thought back to her test at the Mirror. She had been in a World in which nothing had been around and had ended up fighting against a copy of herself. The copy had been just as strong as and as fast as she was. Punch, block, kick, parry, on and on it went until finally she'd managed to find a hole in her copy's fighting style and took advantage of it...or so she'd thought. The copy had faked the weakness and hurt her badly. It had continued until Kagehana had realized and said to her copy that fighting unnecessarily is only a waste and that it should only be done when needed. The test had ended there and she'd returned to the real world in time to see the Twins become Mina's next two heroes. Since then there had been 3 more heroes: Kira, Taro, and Nayotake no Hime. She wondered how each of their tests had been...

[Mik_Hael]

".......Has that Island always been there?" I say looking across the ocean to a large island laying just off the coast of my continent.

"Who doesn't know if an island's been sitting next to their own continent." Grace.

"Quiet....you know what, follow me, It's time to seed some chaos." I rip open a tear and wait for her to come ,when she doesn't move I grab her by the leg and drag her through.

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"Alright, Grace, Dephos, let's do this." Dephos, grace and I stand on three corners of the island at our full heights. "...Now." I concentrate and slowly begin to rais my arms into the air as the other two do the same. the skys turn black and begin to wrythe from the mass of divine power accumulating in one spot as the island begins to shake and rumbles if a volcano were erupting. Lines of energy form across the surface of the island forming intricate shapes and figures as it's shape warps and changes. Slowly, it begins to rise, out of the crust of the arth, as it shakes off the surrounding water, ever moving and churning it's shape Soon a dephinate form begins to emerge as the being rises to it's full height. Eyes glowing with orbs of chaos open at the top of the figures form as arms and legs seperate and thrust outward, growing fingers across them as the entire beings form hardens and becomes more defined....Finally it is done.


Before us stands a giant creature, of earth and stone, towering above the ocean and blotting out the sky. it bellows loudly with a roar that shakes the earth itself before settling back into the ocean and awaiting orders.


"I christen thee,....Muffin destroyer of civilizations."


Grace: "Muffin!? Wha the @!#0*$"

"Exactly how embarrassing will it be for a civilization to write down that it was destroyed by a Muffin?"

Grace: ">.<......"

"Fine, I'll change it's name later."


(Combination of free actions, miracle, bless, alter weather, create creature, and create/alter terrain.)