SpiritofEmptiness

Godhood Lite: Cradle of the Gods

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The world it has been assigned. The world it has been given. The Spiral, hidden, far, far way, looked upon this new world. This lifeless, rocky world. This was not sufficient. There needed to be more. More happening. The Spiral first exerts its will upon this plane, it knew that once sentience and life had been given to the creatures it and its compatriots would bring, it would need to descend into hiding. But this is not that time. There is still much change to spark. It is its duty. Its goal. Nothing matters but the goal. A world without change is no world at all. The Spiral itself had no true personality, at least not as many know it, but it did have a ferocious, constant obsession with goals. For the first, and possibly last time, a "galaxy" appeared, endlessly spiraling in all directions, in ways that seemed impossible. This massive sight, glowing green, and filled with fake starts, hovered above on island. A tiny, almost pitiful island, near the very bottom of the world. Almost like an eye, the false galaxy forced itself above the island. Two small beams of light fell from the cosmic being, one a man in a sharp, white suit, and the other an automaton with the moon's very visage upon it, Manic and Lucid, respectively. Manic looked upon the cold, lifeless sea from the rocky shore he had been deposited to.

Wᴇʟʟ, ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴛᴀᴅ ᴏғ ᴀ ʟᴇᴛᴅᴏᴡɴ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ, Ms. Lᴜᴄɪᴅ? I ʜᴀᴅ ʜᴏᴘᴇᴅ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ ᴊᴜᴍᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. Tʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ, ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ Aʀᴍᴀɢᴇᴅᴅᴏɴ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ʜᴇʀᴇ!

Lucid did not speak.

Aʜ, ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs sᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ʙᴏʀᴇ, Ms. Lᴜᴄɪᴅ! Lᴇᴛ's ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴛᴛʏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜɪɴɢs REALLY ɢᴇᴛ ɢᴏɪɴɢ! ...
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Sᴛɪʟʟ ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ, ʜᴜʜ?

As Manic attempted to start conversation with his stoic coworker, the Galaxy above sudden;y rumbled, as if it was planning something more. Both Manic and Lucid looked at the False Image of the Spiral, as it frayed and shook in ominous ways. Sensing what was coming, both Manic and Lucid teleported into the sea, manic holding onto the statue, as it could not swim. The collection of fake stars and lying stardust suddenly let loose a massive beam, much large than the ones that brought Manic and Lucid into this plane. The Galaxy ended up being absorbed, almost imploded into the beam, expanding and strengthening it, as it soaked and tainted the tiny, pitiful island.

The earth buckled and cracked, as the Island expanded, thin, 3 foot wide, twisting lines of black sand spread from it, connecting it with every other island in the sea below the hemisphere. However, a far greater change was happening underneath the island. The depths below the island slowly became hollow, bending and spiraling in hundreds of ways. Structures began to form as this underscape spread across the entire world's depths, endless cities of spiral architectures, tunnels that never ends, and twisters that only increase in size. Caves that are bigger on the inside than the outside, staircases that defy even gravity. Tiny, glowing green Galaxies spread throughout these depths, illuminating the land and producing strange, multicolored gases. These Gases were all funneled, to a massive, Spiral Engine directly below the island, which would both multiply the gases and vent them to the above world, allowing, Manic and Lucid to moves wherever the clouds exist. With these clouds, came oxygen and other gases, in droves.

Large, almost endless, twisting pipes emerge from the formerly tiny islands, releasing the gas, and creating elevators (powered by the gases released) that would bring the lucky into the underscape, and the unlucky trapped in the Elevator's loop eternally.It was really a 50/50 chance. At least they had good elevator music. The Spiral made sure the underscape, aside from the area around the island, was truly in the depths, allowing the future civilizations to mine, but, should they ever dig too deep...

From a safe that suddenly appeared, inconspicuously in the ocean, floating as though it were driftwood, Manic pulled out a decidedly spirally Megaphone, and began to speak, in a tone so loud that even all the other gods could hear it.

Tʜᴇ Sᴘɪʀᴀʟ, Gᴏᴅ ᴏғ Cʜᴀɴɢᴇ, Mᴀsᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ Lᴏᴏᴘs, ᴀɴᴅ Lᴏʀᴅ ᴏғ Sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ sʜᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ɴᴏᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴛ ɪɴᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇs, ʜᴀs ᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀʀᴇsᴛʀɪᴀʟ ᴀʙʏss ᴀs ʜɪs ʟᴀɴᴅ, ғᴇᴇʟ ғʀᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴠɪsɪᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ! Wᴇ sᴇʀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀᴇ--

At that last remark, Lucid took the megaphone, and crumpled it. Finally, there was one last message to the other gods, but unlike the others, it was no heartfelt speech or witty joke, but rather a twisted cacophony, the sounds of nails scraping on a chalkboard, cicadas chirping, and animals of every degree growing.

The Spiral had arrived.

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Marshmellow said
i'll start practicing my spirals to add that to the map(by the way the map has been getting updated as posts happen hopefully nobody noticed that the entire world shifted thirty pixels west)

Here, this will be helpful the big change on my post. Nearly finished now.

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Marshmellow said
so far the world is... darkness, fire, sand, and.... cows. i'd say that's a pretty good start.

Don't worry! My next post will add the next ingredient, incomprehensible, Eldritch terror! Yes. It'll be big, but after that the big spirally Galaxy that causes the massive change will vanish and Manic + Lucid will handle the small stuff from then on out.

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Marshmellow said
you are free to make edits to the map if you'd like. i intend to keep it updated myself with whatever happens in everyone's posts so you're not required to but boy it would be helpful if other people did the work for me

Alrighty, I'll make my debut post soon, then. It's time for some craziness.

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Oh boy. It's time. Are we allowed to edit the map? I feel as though my current plan requires a visual to accompany the actual change.

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Marshmellow said
alright then in that case i'll get to work typing up the intro post. it'll take a bit because introductions are everything as you all well know so uh be good while i'm working

Alright,
I'm pumped, can;t wait to get started.

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LetterA said
man uzumaki was a brilliant manga i can't wait to see how u incorpor8 the idea sadly i have not dipped my feet into the other thing u were referencing to so i can't be excited for a cooler thing but i can be excited for this cool thing and generally the rest of the rp as a cool thing

You should definitely watch Inception sometime, if only for the stellar soundtrack and practical effects. Barely any scenes were made with CGI, yes, even the scene where an entire dreamworld literally explodes offscreen.

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Keia Vewyx said
This world... is probably going to be a horrible place to live in.The mischievous Djinn, chaotic Spiral, poisonous Sigilo, frightening It, and inventive Neuron are the gods who all want a piece of this planet.I feel sorry for the mortals who live there.Maybe I should make a shining ray of hope... Or a straight man.

To be fair, when it feels like it, The Spiral can be a ray of hope.
Maybe. Sometimes.

Anyways, all these gods are pretty Hype, and I'm looking forward to all the crazy things that will happen. This will be fun.

I plan to really demonstrate how The Spiral is viewed by some as a monster, and some as a hero, and both sides are never right, but they are also always right, and someplace in between.


All glory be to Spiral.

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Marshmellow said
you do whatever you think will work, i'll also be doing what i can to round out the cast for a lovely array of various gods. meanwhile,coming soon:

Nice. I can see a lot of world-building done with this. I'll probably be primarily using the 3 large islands nears the bottom.

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Name: The Spiral
Domain: Chaos and Dreams. The Spiral has the power to alter reality to frightening degrees, mimicking the dreamscape sentient beings visit when they sleep. This power is near limitless, just like that of the world inside the dream, but is restricted, as the Spiral cannot physically exist in the same world as the others, and must be invoked. Objects that bear the shape of the God's namesake produce the necessary energies to channel his powers, but ultimately, the Spirals need to be more complex and large to fully recreate the land of dreams, otherwise the Spiral would exist without limit, in every single organic being, due to the spiral helix of DNA. Otherwise, the Spiral exists to create chaos, the necessary changes in reality, social upheavals, natural disasters, and most importantly, anarchy. This is often caused by a major Spiral symbol staying in a place for too long, producing a curse, or somebody living around a spiral object for too long, inciting strange, ideal-changing dreams.
Personality: The Spiral has no obvious personality, as it cannot properly communicate with the outside world, however, it does have goals, often voiced by its two avatars, Lucid and Manic. The Spiral's goal can change from benevolent, to corrupt, to outright incomprehensible. The way people see it is even varied inside the myths of its worshipers, sometimes shown as a Benevolent bringer of change, or a destructive force of Chaos. Until something finally breaches the barrier to its home dimension, the world will never know its true self.
Appearance: The Spiral has no known appearance, and is mostly depicted either as its namesake or a giant Hermit Crab, wearing a Spiral seashell. The Spiral's two avatars in the physical world, Manic and Lucid, have distinct forms, however. Manic takes the form of a man in a time-displaced entirely white business suit, down to the shoes, with blonde hair, a yellow bowtie held together with a pink and purple Candy Skull, and a perpetual shadow over his face. Lucid takes the form of a stone statue, held together by bronze joints. It has a crescent moon for a head, and the statue portion of its body perfectly reflects the body of the person it appears to.
Symbols: The Spiral is primarily associated with its namesake, and the color green. However, ti also has other symbols, such as the Impossible Triangle or Penrose Steps.
Trivia: Inspired by the film Inception and the manga Uzumaki, so if you're familiar with either, you might be able to see what's coming, with enough unique twists, of course.