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7 mos ago
Current Graduation has happened - I am no longer a teacher. Won't have to work 12 hour days + weekends anymore, so maybe I'll actually have enough time for hobbies.
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10 mos ago
I sound like a broken record, but only 2 months left till I'm done teaching. Not sure what's next, but it feels like anything would pay more and be less stressful lol
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1 yr ago
Only 6 more months till the school years over. If I renew my contract, someone kill me lmao.
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2 yrs ago
Teacher update: I feel like a villain from a cartoon. The laughter of teenagers gives me migraines, and I no longer feel guilt when giving bad grades to kids that sleep through my lessons.
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2 yrs ago
First day as a Biology Teacher tomorrow - hopefully the kids will be able to read my handwriting.
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@Dealdric@Rune_Alchemist
As Dirka picked Hayim up, and allowed the large creature to sit onto her shoulder, before walking through the portal that she had made earlier. The seedlings were quick to notice their creator's departure, and proceeded to do the first thing Hayim programmed them for should they be separated - they simply began to walk into the tree that they had been clinging onto, and made their way Akhuz. Relaxed that the seedlings which he had put so much energy into were going to be safe during his absence, Hayim shifted his focus back onto the task at hand - making sure Iva was alright!

The change in temperature was noticed immediately by the young god, who began to shiver. Iva lived in such a cold, barren place! No wonder she needed friends to help warm them up Climbing down from his perch on the God of Magic, Hayim gazed around the library in all it's glory... Or, all the glory of that room. The nearest table was laden with dozens of scrolls and books, the contents of which Hayim would never be able to grasp in his immense lifetime. Of course, the silly books (which, from what Hayim could see, didn't even have pictures!) were the last thing that Hayim cared to think about in the scene before him - instead, all of his attention was on the Human!

When did Iva get a Human friend?! Hayim loved Humans, so this would be a great thing to bond over!

"Dirka, right! And Hayim! I recognize you from the books! Oh wow, I didn't think I'd meet both of you today either!"

As Hayim was about to greet her and request the traditional giving of hugs, the creature grabbed Hayim by the petals and carried him away. Luckily, the presence of the incredibly sharp claws weren't on Hayim's mind - instead, he was reminding of the urgency with which he needed to respond to Iva's sadness!

"Hayim no can talk now Humie - gotta find I-"

As he passed the threshold of the wall, however, Hayim was cut off by the slamming of the wall. Even if he wasn't blocked by the stone structure, however, he still would have stopped speaking around the time he noticed the blood-covered clothing of the human...

Why did she have animal-friend fur covered in blood? Hayim knew that Humans liked to eat Animal-friends, but how many were here to begin with?

Hayim tried to shake the thought, instead focusing on the task at hand.



The slow ascent up the staircase was devoid of any kind of conversation - Unlike the Animal-friends that Hayim usually encountered, this one seemed to lack any desire to express it's emotions. The slow, methodical steps reminded him somewhat of the seedlings, albeit louder, heavier, and much more coordinated - they both had an almost mechanical quality to them, which Hayim had not focused on during the creation process. Still, questioning of the creature's origins were a nonissue, and was mentally taxing on someone so unused to deep thought.

Hayim simply gave up on this line of thinking, allowing himself to instead focus on the intricate pattern of the stone bricks that made up the stairwell. It was a big difference from the wooden huts that littered Akhuz, and it wasn't really a change that Hayim was appreciative of - it seemed cold and barren, lacking the presence of life that Hayim was so accustomed to. Then again, anything would probably be like that for him, considering how he surrounded himself with life nearly every moment of his existence.

Before he knew it, Hayim was before Iva, the faceless god of knowledge. While the appearance was not one that Hayim was especially fond of, he knew that Iva was upset and needed to be comforted. The creature let him down gently upon the coarse grass, and the mere touch alerted Hayim to it's hardy nature - it was rough surviving in this area. Making his way to the god, Iva began to speak.

"Ah! Brother Hayim! Such a pleasure to see you! If you couldn't tell from my message my heart, it aches! My soul it cries! My body shrieks with sadness! Such a tiring, bland realm this is! Oh every day all I see is nothing but endless cold and empty minds."

While the overly dramatic and exaggerated motions would clearly have made others question the validity to the statements that were being made, Hayim was incredibly nervous and shocked to hear this. He had never heard of a god being upset with their realm - he loved his with every facet of his being, and couldn't imagine it being as barren and deserted as Iva's. Hayim seemed not to notice the beauty that was present in the realm, as he was almost entirely uncaring of the inorganic and nonexplicit. Shaking his 'head', he spoke.

"Please no be upset! Hayim... Hayim think it very pretty!"

Iarus once told Hayim that lies could be a good thing - maybe Iva just needed a little white lie to make themselves feel better about their realm? A flower was held out for Hayim to examine.

"Hayim, you are the only one who can cure the sadness. Make me a wonderful forest here. A place where I can frolic through fields of these flowers, admire nature in all of its beauty!"

Leaping to grab the flower from the god's hand Hayim quickly made his way to the edge of the balcony. While he could probably create a few trees on the top of the tower, the last thing he wanted to do was a poor job. The flower itself wouldn't do to well in such a cold environment - in fact, most plants would die after long-term exposure to the cold. Gathering his energy, Hayim gazed out from the balcony of the library, coldly aware of the task set before him. It would probably take almost double the amount of energy it would normally take to create a forest in such a cold environment. Still, it wasn't like he could simply ignore the pleas of a sibling!

Gathering energy, Hayim could already see the outlines of the plants in his mind - short leaves in order to prevent loss of moisture and frost, flowers with cupped heads to maximize the energy they gained from the sun, hairy stems and shrubs being prevalent, and lichens that coated the ground and any surface they could. Of course, there would need to be trees - that was where he started first. The ground cracked and fissured as dozens - no, as hundreds of trees came from the depths., roots anchoring themselves into the frosty, grass-covered ground. With that taken care of, the majority of his work was taken care of. Pines and Firs dominated their ranks, with pockets of different Evergreens added for flavor.

Hayim then began to populate this area full of a collection of smaller plants - unlike the trees, it was a lot harder to control what types appeared when he spawned them in such a large area. Hayim simply had to hope that there weren't too many that were weak to the cold. They were almost entirely dominated by Tulips and Asters, and even with concentrated effort, only a few seemed to match the flower that Iva had given him.



After only 10 minutes of concentrated effort, a forest nearly a mile long was now dominating the once barren area. The grass would likely die off in certain spots, due to the shadows of the larger trees and shrubs, but Hayim did his best to cause as little death as possible. The entire thing took a great deal of energy - while a mile of forest might only have needed a day's rest to recuperate, the cold resistance, necessary precision, and eagerness to make it beautiful meant that it would take nearly six days to return to his full power.

Dropping the flower onto the ground, Hayim shakily made his way to Iva.

"Iva happy now? Hayim work really hard!"
Interested, will make a character soon.
@Rune_Alchemist
You can take him - I can just put the response later.
@Dealdric@Rune_Alchemist

Hayim inched closer to the creature whenever he could do so subtly, doing his best to get in close enough to touch and cure the beast. It was more of an instinctual thing than a conscious decision on his own part - after all, it was in his nature to care for those who are mutilated and disfigured. It seemed that the mere inkling that it might be twisted was now more of a certainty. Not based on truth, but on a mere childish confidence that the naive and ignorant held. Hayim nearly managed to pat the creature before it unrolled the large scroll it carried, briefly covering one of the seedlings by Hayim's side.

Pausing, Hayim instantly forgot about the creature's peculiarities - distracted by the frowning face of the god of knowledge. The level of artistic talent was akin to what a human child or Hayim himself could replicate given effort, and this had a great effect in distracting the god - the use of drawings rather than words had definitely been a wise decision. As he read the scroll, a horrible realization dawned on Hayim.

"Noooooooooo! Iva has saddies! Hayim gotta go an-!"

The god was cut off by the sound of a person landing, causing him to spring to the nearest tree trunk in surprise. The seedlings, mimicking their creator, followed in a far slower, almost mechanical imitation. Luckily, a quick investigation revealed that the culprit responsible for the sound was none other than Dirka!

"Ow, that hurt. Da' 50 shades of purple is going on here? Hayim, why are you trying to play with a messenger bird? Tweet tweet?"

Springing onto the sorceress' leg, Hayim immediately attempted to heal the god, seemingly uncaring that the fall had not even bruised her.

"Yay! Dirka! Hayim go visit Iva by flying with Animal... No, with Bird-friend! Dirka come to! She help cheer up Iva and we all can play together!"

Detaching himself, Hayim quickly dragged the scroll over to the god's feet, before making his way towards the 'bird.' It appeared like the idea of healing the beast had left Hayim's mind, at least while the prospect of Iva being upset was an urgent threat.

Will get a post out tomorrow - work has been pretty killer.
@Lmpkio

I cannot wait for the eventual healing/disease war. Just Nerplaguis going around infecting everyone and Hayim trying to save as many people as possible.

This is gonna be like the most f-ed up Wacky Races ever.
@Rune_Alchemist

Some time had passed - whether it was a day or a year mattered not to Hayim. His perceptions of time were focused on the now, so gauging the past and future were difficult for him to accomplish. His best source for knowing the passage of time was what village he visited that day and, if he had been in a mood like the last few days, if he felt happy again. Luckily, the death of the tribe had not placed great strain on the childish God's psyche. Death was a difficult concept for one so connected with life - all he knew about it was that the dead would go to Azhriel, never to be seen again. He had tried on several occasions to convince the god to release his souls back to the living, allow the dead to regain a second chance. Of course, like all Divine attempts to claim the souls he reigns dominion over, all of Hayim's attempts had turned sour.

Today was the last day of Hayim's self-imposed silence. The passage of time had been unknown to Hayim, but two days had gone by while he dwelled within his meadows. Surrounding him were at least three dozen of his seedlings, who had already gone onto reproducing on their own. Hayim awoke from his stupor just in time to see one of them shove itself into the ever-fertile soil of the meadows. In a day, three more seedlings would sprout from the hole created by the first, the only thing remaining being an empty shell. Hayim, after producing at least half of the seedlings present, was noticeably tired.

Still, even at a reduced power, he'd surely be able to get rid of all the Mortals Hurties!

Wait- no time for that now! Hayim focused on what had awoken him from his slumber. Hundreds of animals, and at least a few thousand plants had all called out for help, running from some central point. Hayim was close to entering one of the nearby trees, only to realize that the other end of the portal had moved at least 500 feet from it's original position - the land was shifting, moving to run away from some force.

Once he noticed the force, Hayim immediately ceased his efforts to investigate and help the animal and plant-friends. While his siblings may have needed to get close to feel it, Hayim was a natural coward, and could feel the aura of fear simply from focusing on the location it was in. The last thing that he would do would be to investigate something so scary! The last time he had been that scared was when he tried to hang out with Oao, and that was nothing compared to the sensation crawling down his petals.

Instead of focusing on that, he looked to another entity - some black thing, clearly unnatural. It drew Hayim's gaze like a moth to a flame, almost as if it was trying to get the young God's attention. Hayim, unable to discern the specifics from within his realm, exited through one of the nearby trees - a small pod of Seedlings followed behind him. They clung to the branches he stood on with robotic bluntness, the six of them creating a truly loud racket.

Eventually giving up on stealth, Hayim approached the large, humanoid figure. It was hard to detect, but Hayim could tell - whatever it was, it wasn't always that way. Warped, perhaps? Unfortunately, Hayim lacked the intelligence needed to try and make some connection between the creature and any of his siblings - instead, he merely resigned to believing that it was horribly deformed. In it's claws, it clutched some small, paper object vaguely reminiscent to items from the more developed villages. The five seedlings stood unmoving behind their progenitor as he spoke.

"H...Hello Animal-Friend! Do you want to play?"

It was of little interest to the god - he would instead wait for the creature to act and, if it proved non hostile, attempt to cure it of it's deformities.
Interested, will make a character some time tomorrow. Prolly gonna go with a rogue.
@Leotamer
Hayim would probably get pissy that the fear aura made all the "Animal-friends and Plant-friends" leave their homes, walk up to the edge of the aura, and then immediately turn around and run away while crying like a baby.
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