Arrival

[letsplayamod]

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.

Comments

[pariunt]

That is a great question. I agreed to this, but now I'm beginning to think I was too hasty in my agreement.

[raisethemoon]

We were thinking the same...

[But, well. Here it is.]

What hath they made thee "god" of?

[pariunt]

Shade, apparently.

I don't have a clue what that means. A more elegant way of saying "shadows"?

[raisethemoon]

I suppose? It is rather close to Dusk. Though, I do not understand why I would not simply continue to be the Night.

[I mean, look at her, her whole deal is very obvious]

[pariunt]

That is a very good question. Maybe that role is already taken here?

[Though...]

It's not unheard of for there to be some overlap. Umberlee is the goddess of the sea, and Auril is the goddess of winter.

[raisethemoon]

Oh, yes? We do not - well, it is different. I would not - call us gods.

[She's stopped a little short, stumbling over the terminology. But if what they are here is considered divine, then if anything, she was a more powerful god before.]

But it is only myself and my sister, who brings the day. [.....] And her adopted niece, who is the Princess of Love.

[Where did she come from. We do not know.]

[pariunt]

....Adopted niece?

[Okay but you can't just not provide more information??]

Well, we were told there would be godhood involved. Perhaps this place operates on rules we're not familiar with.

[raisethemoon]

She got her from the Crystal Kingdom before it was sealed away, or something like that. She certainly isn't mine.

[Luna having foals? She can't really imagine it.]

I suppose it must. Though I do not feel particularly different...?

[pariunt]

I don't either, truthfully.

Perhaps most of the people here would say the same. We did just get here.

[raisethemoon]

Strange to think that we might not be able to sense such magic within ourselves.

[Though clearly something along those lines is happening.]

Do you have any already? Magic?

[pariunt]

I do. I know quite a few spells and cantrips.

It seems I'm unable to cast most of them at the moment.

[He really hates it.]

[raisethemoon]

I have only tried minor magic, not any true spells. This light, for example, and lifting things. It is lucky that still works - I have not had to get by without it for an age!

[pariunt]

Most of the magic I know is combat-focused. Probably not entirely relevant to our circumstances. At least not right now. But I'm not sure what spells, I have at my disposal. I can summon a familiar, but I'm not sure what else I can do.

[raisethemoon]

Oh, you have a familiar?

[Probably not all that relevant to the Circumstances, but interesting nonetheless!]

[pariunt]

Yes. It can take on a number of different forms, but for some reason it can only take on the form of a cat here. Different forms can do slightly different things.