TAKE X (6-5-17: The End)

> Duximas: Reflect.



The One Goddess has a wide range of powers right now, and to be honest, you're not entirely sure you even know what all of them are. You know she has access to all of the domains that didn't belong to the four of you: truth, togetherness, death, life, twos, family, fives, money, health, the harvest, crafts, the homestead, rumors, cruelty, records, knowledge, judgment, elements, creation, love, tragedy, weather, music, logic, and directions. And then, of course, there's the domain of heroes too.

That said, you are pretty certain that she doesn't know how to use most of them. For example, the element system doesn't seem to have changed between the old timeline and the new one. In fact, the changes she made were mostly just to history - and she could do all of that with Meion's library.

Huh. You might actually be onto something here. You know that she likes to warp all over the place, but Krytikas says that's just from the void element. She must have done the same thing to move everyone to the Normal Place - and the Normal Place itself is what kept your powers from working there, not anything she did. And... you heard that her chosen hero, that Indivar guy - she likes to buff him up with the power from some of the domains, but that doesn't mean that she knows how to use them.

That could mean that when it comes right down to it, you wouldn't be going up against a goddess with the powers of four-fifths of the pantheon, you'd be going up against a goddess who has no idea how to do anything - not even, to hear tell, monitor everyone all the time.

That's not going to be easy, but it isn't as bad.

> Duximas: Talk to Tukha.



"Hey Tukha," you say, "can ya open your door in the Centrality from here?"

"I'm afraid not, friend," he says. "That door only works when I'm there, physically. Or metaphysically, anyway. Which means that the usurper isn't properly moving souls into the afterlife... but I could have told you that anyway."

"What do you mean?" Krytikas asks.

"She isn't even coming to sever the souls from the mortals' bodies at all. I can still see them, unable to leave mortal lands. Like I told you earlier - I have no idea what that usurper thinks she's doing."

"Wait." You frown. "Are ya tellin' me that there are just... ghosts wanderin' around all over the place?"

"That's right, friend."

That's a little chilling.

> Duximas: Talk to Krytikas.



"Krytikas, lemme bounce an idea off ya," you say.

"Go ahead."

"What if we get the goddess' attention, then ya use your void ability t' keep her from noticin' you."

Krytikas eyes you. "I like the part where she doesn't notice me, but what about that is different from what we've been doing?"

"Nah, so we keep doing it, over and over. Eventually, the goddess is gonna realize that someone is tryin' t' stay hidden from her, and she's gonna go after them. Boom, distraction."

"Hrm." Krytikas looks away, thinking. "Logistically, it seems like it would work, though I'm wary of any plan where she ends up chasing me specifically. If it's what I must do, though, I'll do it."

"That just leaves the orbs," you say. "How is someone gonna steal them from a goddess?"

Krytikas shrugs. "That's on the shoulders of whoever Travler picks up."



Speaking of, Travler, Raptis, and their thief have all just reappeared.

This hallway's getting a little crowded.