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Current How romantic... and yet also all the things a Lich would say methinks...
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2 days ago
We will be serving guests this Thanksgiving. So if you wish to attend be prepared to be roasted and carved...
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3 days ago
Actually Wicked isn't "very good", rather quite the opposite really if you think about it.
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8 days ago
Protip. Next time when some young punk challenges you to a boxing match, tell them you first have to beat Mike Bison/Balrog from street fighters.
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9 days ago
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!.... Seize them and cut off their hands!
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If we don't get the GM to post anytime soon I'm going to assume everyone has obtained their 4 points for the new week.

Furthermore, I think I'll post tomorrow with a proposal to some of the other gods to form a pantheon or a Parthenon. One or the other.
I've seen the designs, we are already placing orders for Tuscan Marble.
Okay um, waiting for the GM to post some sort of moderator feedback on events so far.
Thomas Richard Harrison

Location: Beside the cave? Outside the cave? Juxtaposed against the cave? Somewhere there's a cave filled with orcs within the nearby vicinity although how no one has managed to come up with way to avoid getting our throats slit at night by a mob of orcs, goblins or undead.
Interacting with: Satilla, Skittles.


Despite his distaste for felines, Thomas did owe Skittles an apology. Satilla was probably right, he had been a more than his fair share of jerk, thought at least it seemed the girls forgave him. Keystone would be another to apologize to, but the man seemed to have disappeared. His tea would get far too strong and bitter if he doesn't come back. And perhaps the analogy is rather quaint, that something left to overbrew should be bitter. One thing at a time, first the cat, and then the cook. In that order, given the cat didn't scratch him, bite him, or decide to go tear his face off in a fit of rage. Oh wait, the cook was the one trying to do something along those lines. And yet Thomas still disdained at interacting with the cat.

"Well, puss, I hope you aren't too mad at me." A cautious hand attempted to grasp the feline's back. A few levels in animal husbandry would be godsend right now. Or at least they would in the childhood games Thomas used to play with his friends. Before he was casted to be an actual wizard who burned down barns, froze cows to death, and drove people insane. Playing pretend was the best part after all, and sometimes, just sometimes, Thomas would love to be able to pretend he was normal. Just a non-magical farmboy sowing his oats and milking his cows. But there were other times of course, where being an adventuring type paid off. Traveling everywhere, and in the case of the most power of spellcasters, anywhen. Aspirations of greatness, to travel at the blink of an eye by a wave of a hand. And to be very, very far away from where they were right now.

"I'm sorry kitty." A soft pat? Or rub? Something involving the shaking of Thomas's hand upon Skittles up and down the feline's spine. Did that make it all better?

I'll be posting sometime later today or tomorrow morn :I
Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween!

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@Captain Obvious

Just a quick reminder, um, since X's Plane is devoid of water and food, as currently it is just a giant desert with a few rock-formations filled with reality warping beings, I'm not sure if the Raptors would survive very long.
Chapter II: Dawn - The Hidden Nexus

The Audience



I am the killer of kings,
But no sharp blade am I,
Though I may cut the steel,
and like a key Open the lock.
What am I?



I awoke. And so I stretched my body, my rear towards the air as my tail curled into the air. The earth below me felt cool, firm and steady, my paws pressed against it, as the mountains bared my weight. My feathery Wings outstretched to greet the light from the sky. Whatever it was beyond me, a celestial sphere of flame. Its rays pleasing to my blue fur as I shook my head to the flurry of my mane. The day dawned on me, it was the first day. The first the entire world has experienced daylight, for our Father had not made such a beautiful burning creation. Our Father, X who I could not see with my empty eyes, but I could feel his presence within this realm. This Mountain did not bear my weight. No, I was to bear it. For the others have already began. They have cut into the face to quarry out the blocks of stone, tearing out chunks and engraving them with the writings dictated by those reading from the Book. They had awakened before I have, and were set to do the bidding of our Father.

And when one giant block of stone bore the archaic text of which was the language of the gods, they used their powers to shrink the great rock into a mere grain of sand. So I watched the great labor continue, hidden away on my rocky mountain for now as my brethren worked. What was the entire meaning of our existence then? Simply to complete this task for all eternity? To transcribe and replicate writings which were already written by our Father? Were we enslaved to do his will? The truth of the matter was that we were vulnerable as a race, given great powers to match those of Father and his ilk, and yet the weakness of our names. Yes, our names and our compulsion for truth, for those who could call us by our given names, names given by our Father no doubt, they would be granted free dominion over us for a moment. And we are compelled to grant them a wish within our power. Even amongst ourselves we guard our names, and now those fools have come to bother me to assist in the project. Already now as this plane begun to turn into desert, the stone beneath my paws crumble as I can hide no longer.

No. I would not join them, there is more to this life than obeying the orders of your god. There must be. So with these wings I took flight. Into the air I leapt past my kin, with these wings beating like my heart. There I broke from the tether which bound me, symbolized as my paws left the cold stone mountain. Oh the sky, oh the light, what refuge was there but the arms of both? Towards the light I shall fly, and seek a deeper meaning to it all. Some others may follow in my footsteps and wingbeats, but I shall be the first. The walls of this realm were clear, and it was as if for miles around the desert had swallowed everything up. I have pierced the invisible veil. I know there is more to life than servitude. I shall seek a new life in another plane leaving the Father and Kin beyhind. I know now my name:

I am Freedom.


What events have transpired? One of his children rejecting their creator? Perhaps to some gods it would be worrying to know as such, but X lifted not a metaphorical finger from his metaphysical fingers. Was he truly the uncaring Father that the Sphinx Freedom thought he was? Or was he merely allowing the young creature to explore the world outside of the Hidden Nexus knowing all worlds may lead back to it? Whatever his motivations are X seemed to allow it. And watched to see the outcome of both this Sphinx and those loyal to their work. The mountains have began to turn into sand now, and when the mountains would be gone, the Sphinges would create more material from nowhere using their god-like abilities.

It was all going well. More of his brethren, fellow gods had come into fruition. And they have begun to shape the planes as they saw fit. One has created the great ball of light which shone through the darkness of the void. And yet there needed to be enough darkness, enough to conceal at least, and for this X sat to plan his next move.



Just a reminder to all the rollover should be happening in a few hours today.
Thomas Richard Harrison

Location: Main Camp.
Interacting with: Sana, Satilla


The stars were so distant, but the sun and moon were within our grasp. Shining brighter, the inner-self, the cosmic soul which turned and tossed about. Absorbing the aspect of the stars and emerging as the sun. His hair more golden, his skin more tan, and his resolve seemed to redouble in strength. It was as if Apollo himself had possessed him now, casting off the darkness of those twinkling stars. Warmth and Kindness to dispel haughtiness, the original incarnation of Thomas' Psyche. Neither the shy boy or arrogant one was a natural state for Thomas, perhaps taken at either extremes, yet it was so hard to be normal. Especially when you were not normal.

And when his eyes opened, the golden yellow brilliant like the sun, Thomas remembered everything. Every moment of it like watching someone else in control of your actions. Sort of, a different persona at least, as Thomas was a trinitous being. Each bit of him seemed to have their own autonomy, and overshadow each other when the influences drew near. Like how some were called lunatics due to being driven to madness by the influence of the moon. Each phase granted a different perspective and in doing so, changed the very nature of Thomas' thoughts and interactions with the world. For perception is often stronger than reality, as any gnome illusionist could tell you.

Another robe change then, red now. The high-collared black robe was ill suited for this phase which was far more down-to-earth. And now the central circle glowed upon his mystic tattoo. Sun phase was active and a new Thomas ventured back into the group, as he sought to find Keystone to apologize. And Sana to thank her, and Satilla to reconcile with and perhaps explain the nature of his transformations before he slipped into the bashful and uncertain Moon, or heavens forbid the god-complexed Star. Unfortunately Keystone seemed to have gone out for the moment, leaving a whistling kettle-pot in his place instead. Tea was probably a good idea given the pot and sachet of leaves. Strange, Master Wolfgang would usually separate the water with a kettle first, then leaves in the pot as he dictated leaves must be washed, for it was not water that needed to be dirtied with leaves. Or something philosophical like that. Either way it was usually tea first, then hot water, but it seems in this case Keystone had expected water then tea. A different way to go about it, but when you're making tea in a fire directly, there's not much to complain about as Thomas pointed at the leaves and dropped them into the kettle before taking the kettle out of the fire itself and letting it hover above the flames to slowly silence itself. Hopefully Keystone will come back to find his tea still hot as Thomas set the warm metal pot near the edge of the fire to be kept warm but not quite boil over. Although the strength of the tea would be dependent on the drinker, since Thomas did not know the man's preferences.

Sana was around, eating with the others to which Thomas hesitantly approached the dangerous woman, "Thank you, I'm sorry for earlier. It's a bit of a shame for a farmboy like me to admit, but I can't reign in all my horses. Thanks, and if there's anything I could do to make up for it, just give me a whistle." The Analogy was hopefully enough to explain his loss of control compared to the better nature and humbled of his speech now. There was even a hint of rural accent to his voice, a wholesomeness which was not quite washed away as easily as leaves in a pot. With a nod he retreated, not wanting to stir up the pot, but hopefully enough to avoid her becoming annoyed at his sudden shift in personality with this twinge of respectful politeness sans hat to tip. Not bad for someone raised in a barn right? A barn he nearly set ablaze.

Finally was the issue of Satilla. Of whom the boy sat next to, and also apologized. She was the only other magical caster in the group, well, sort of, she was a healer, Thomas was more of a battle mage who controlled the tide of battle by manipulating the positions of the enemy. "Hey, I hope I wasn't too much of an ass to you, and if I was, I'm sorry Miss. Being a sorcerer means there's three of me in this body, and I think you've just met the worst of me. I hope you can forgive me, and maybe Skittles can forgive me too."
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