Let's Play A Murder ([personal profile] letsplayamod) wrote in [community profile] letsplayamurder2025-07-06 02:51 am
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Arrival

The moment is a bit different for everyone. Perhaps you were just minding your own business somewhere, others may have been in more... dire circumstances. Regardless, you were approached by a figure you can't quite picture, and they offered you an accord; in exchange for aiding them in the healing of a world lost to chaos, you would be granted something almost unheard of. Godhood.

And each of you said yes, more or less.

A blurry hand, shifting and rippling, reaches out to you. You feel a glow of warmth, unlike anything you've known before. As soon as you think you can describe it, you wake up.

The room you're in is plainly furnished, but it's about the size of a small flat. Plenty of room to stretch your legs. Don't get too comfortable, however. On the bedside table each room has is a letter; handwritten, it's wrapped around a bronze key. The lettering could only be described as the platonic ideal of 'neat and precise'.

If you are reading this, than our deal has been made. You've awoken in a place that will surely feel strange, so I want you to take some time to acclimate. Meet with the others. Breathe. I shall be along shortly.

-A


Whatever that means becomes more apparent as you step out of your housing and behold the world around you. The building you were in, and every piece of architecture you happen across, is blatantly pre-modern. Yet, something about it is otherworldly. Stone and iron and glass as far as the eye can see.

But above you was where the real questions were. It wouldn't be right to say the sun was shining on you now, nor would it be right to say it's the dead of night. Instead, the sky is a hazy mixture of both, wrapped in suffocating storm clouds that are threatening rain. Everywhere you look, into the horizon, it's the same.

Welcome home. Take your time and explore. Nobody ever said godhood was easy.
literarybehemoth: a fairly neutral expression that is not grumpy (the summer cut....)

handshake

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-06 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[...well, he'll stand up to try and reach for it, at least. to try and be polite.]

It seems I have become a guest, though the discussion was fairly hazy. Perhaps there will be more clarification later.
sweetsynergy: (B)

[personal profile] sweetsynergy 2025-07-06 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, the cat guy from the library. This is what she gets for reacting without checking.]

[She'll squat a little to make the pawshake feasible.]


I would assume so. If only for our host's sake. A vague agreement is never kind to anyone.
literarybehemoth: he's looking at a bug. (oh sidor we're in it now)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-06 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[see that is acceptable levels of "talking to short people" vanity. he's fine with this.]

...It is not, no. I do have to wonder who will end up having the cards in this situation...
sweetsynergy: (Default)

[personal profile] sweetsynergy 2025-07-07 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. Depends on whether this 'A' is the face of a larger group or someone working alone.
literarybehemoth: he is giving the closest thing to a smile that isn't induced by catnip. (proceed.)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-07 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
It feels as though this would be the sort of thing that is difficult to arrange alone, but... if we have been elevated to godhood, perhaps we are dealing with a divine peer.

[...he does sound amused. Is he buying it or no...? It's hard to tell.]
sweetsynergy: (B)

[personal profile] sweetsynergy 2025-07-07 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe we're dealing with someone with a non-zero amount of power, at least.

[Something something sufficiently advanced technology. She's pretty sure Shakespeare said that.]
literarybehemoth: he's looking very pointed. (i'm planning on writing a scathing criti)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-08 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
It is a significant ways away from zero, I think. When this A appears, we should handle them with caution.
sweetsynergy: (C)

[personal profile] sweetsynergy 2025-07-08 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[She gives a confident smile.]

If they need dealing with outside of talking and negotiation you can hang back where it's safe, Professor.
literarybehemoth: he is giving the closest thing to a smile that isn't induced by catnip. (proceed.)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-08 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I would appreciate that. I do have some experience with self-defense, but unfortunately, nothing I would use for that purpose arrived on my person.
sweetsynergy: (B)

[personal profile] sweetsynergy 2025-07-09 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
...Now I'm curious, what do you typically use for self-defense?

[Is there a little gun made for paws, please say yes.]
literarybehemoth: he is looking grumpy and kind of has his arm resting on a rock a bit lazily. (i suppose i will listen.)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-12 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
...hm.

I suppose we call it "magic," because there are still aspects to it that feel like they violate traditional scientific laws and we have not quite figured out the whys behind it. But minerals have specific qualities that, when engraved with certain symbols, cause them to produce specific effects. For example, I have a ring--or, well, more of a bracelet, really... it is set with a ruby, and I can use it to shoot fireballs.
sweetsynergy: (Default)

[personal profile] sweetsynergy 2025-07-14 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting. I'd love to see how that works in person.
literarybehemoth: he is giving the closest thing to a smile that isn't induced by catnip. (proceed.)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-16 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps at some point you will. Perhaps not. Who can say?