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: 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 2025-07-10 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
I have had to allow several people time to convince themselves that they were not hallucinating, yes. They would occasionally move on to giving me a pat or two.
cannotunravel: 5 (5)

[personal profile] cannotunravel 2025-07-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you already have an inkling, but just by existing you'll become the most popular person among us.

[Very few can resist a fluffy cat who doesn't bite your hand off when you try to pet him]
literarybehemoth: he is loafing with a neutral expression, which still looks pretty grumpy. (Default)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-13 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed. I am not certain what I will do with my overwhelming popularity... perhaps I ought to consider developing a cult of some kind.

[he says it very straight-faced in a way that suggest he's trying perhaps a little too hard to look serious.]
cannotunravel: 12 (12)

[personal profile] cannotunravel 2025-07-13 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. I have joined by default. Be kind to me, dear leader.

[Misane please, haha]
literarybehemoth: he is giving the closest thing to a smile that isn't induced by catnip. (proceed.)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-14 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Well, you are an early adopter, so that means you get special perks, I believe.
cannotunravel: 12 (12)

[personal profile] cannotunravel 2025-07-16 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Will one of these perks be being allowed to...pet you?

[She can't help it, she has to ask]
literarybehemoth: he is giving the closest thing to a smile that isn't induced by catnip. (proceed.)

[personal profile] literarybehemoth 2025-07-18 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Precisely. You catch on quickly.