Godhood XIV - Usurper [Jam Edition Turn 4]

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Godhood XIV - Usurper [Jam Edition Turn 4]

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RE: Godhood XIV - Usurper [Jam Edition Turn 2]

04-08-2013, 01:01 AM

{JAM EDITION #2}

Renewed of energy, the Exuberant Otter puffed a special gas onto the watery world, naming it for himself. It pooled beneath the watersphere, forming oceans, lakes, rivers, and even clouds, all of air that behaved as water, just as sky was of water in place of air. Next, he molds a block of wood into a leaf-backed pachyderm, and sets it to settle across the continents of Trovat.

On the same world, the Dutiful Traveler creates an intricate system of caverns throughout a continent’s mountain range, to be the home of his next creation: the first sentient and sapient creatures of this universe, the colorful Sirona fish.

With life filling up the material worlds, the Hatted Hermit gifts them the means to escape each other, at least for a while. He forms the Plane of Solitude, where mortals can step away from reality for as long as they wish to be alone.

The Rainbow Speaker lines Gakba’s path with debris, and fills a portion nearest Osvet with a bacteria--which he quickly enhances to a fungi that spores towards warmth. It appears to work exactly as planned.

The Undead King stabilizes Zemina’s atmosphere, to the bafflement of certain peers. The Dark Craftsman seeds evergreens and fruit-vines across Zemina, and gifts Trovat with mineral wealth of all sorts--including deposits of Gakba’s strange lunar ore. The Divinity of Authority diversifies life on Zemina, adding simple foragers, large grazers, long grains, fruit-eating birds, and slinking predators.

The Intertwined Gods contemplate oblivion. They wrap the Realm of Souls around reality, ensouling all sapient creatures, and proceed to speak with the Inky Traveler on the subject of hands, and intelligence.

The divinities cautiously fraternize, and speak on plans for the future.

***

With Zemina’s temperature stabilized, there are creatures active throughout the day. The populations steadily increase, and all is well on the little moon planet.

On Trovat, slow but steady development occurs. The Sirona, intelligent yet handless, begin to develop language. When they are far apart, they signal general information to each other with exaggerated fin and full body motions, up close, they combine subtle fin motion and teeth clacking to convey more nuanced conversation.

Two social groups begin to form. Some Sirona remain in the cave systems, subsisting on algae and exploring the caverns. Others become nomadic, following the wandering Elarti Trees across the unthreatening landscapes of Trovat. They are social creatures, but on occasion a Sirona finds its way into the mysterious Plane of Solitude, leading to much speculation about the nature of the place, and its inclusion in many of the stories that will become myth.

For years, Gakba’s unique cycle appears to be sustaining itself perfectly; the fungi are flourishing, before dying and becoming food for future generations. However, it is only after many such cycles that a horrible mistake revealed itself--In one cycle, Gakba’s collision with its moon happened to coincide with its transit through the liquid water zone. The living fungi are almost exterminated, but enough survived around the edges of the liquid zone to give the species a shot at a slow recovery.

The souls of the dead Sirona drift aimlessly through the Realm of Souls, feeling overwhelmingly lost and confused.

The Energy of New Beginnings provides everyone with four acts.

The Energy of New Beginnings fades slightly.