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[GreatWyrmGold]

Would it be considered impolite to ask why you made it in the first place?

[Dermonster]

"I thought it was obvious. But no, I'm not going to tell you what you could easily figure out from my actions and goals. In either case, leave it be. Only sorrow can result from tamperment. Also those Leypull trees are going to be a nightmare."

[GreatWyrmGold]

The only thing we can think of is that you wanted the inhabitants of Mitheraria to band together to stop the Caged One, but that doesn't make any sense.

[Dermonster]

They would probably do that if they knew about it. Which if they do it wouild have probably burst open soon anyway, and would require gratuitous planetwide use of soul magic. Or, they could be born, live, and die, and add their sum total of life experiance and knowledge to The Caged One over and over for billions of years until it gestates, gains a mind, and breaks free to roam the (eventual) stars.



((If you're still confused, the closest analogue is basically a giant magical Reaper from Mass Effect.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((Actually, I think I understood until you tried to use the comparison. And now I'm confused.))

Forgive us. We're not the great, mighty, ancient Auphanim, but which part of that requires the whole 'destroys the planet as it leaves' thing?

[Dermonster]

"Oh, well if it was, you know, actually ready, most of the life on the surface would already be dead due to the planet running out of resources or the sun being near supernova. If it escapes now, It will just make a continant wide crater, which while disasterous, is only a prelude to the fact that it's too weak to go anywhere and will attract others of it's kind who did finish their birth properly, and will then summarily eat it, the planet, it's moons, and quite possibly the sun."


((The comparison isn't perfect.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

Look around to determine if there is Anything aside from Mitheraria and the Sun.

That still doesn't answer Our question. Why does it need to destroy the planet? That seems like an unneeded potential disaster. Its your fault for building the potential bomb as it is others' for accidentally detonating it. Neither wanted to destroy Mitheraria, but both contributed.

[Dermonster]

"Well, I made it because it is the ultimate example of people improving themselves. They are given a soul, their soul grows exponentially with experiance and knowledge, the Caged one then recieves the soul and hatches as the culmunation of the entire planets life experiance. When I said I wanted mortals to become better than themselves I was not fucking around. Also there isn't anything else yet. I need some time. Also it destroys the planet because of two things. One, How else would it get out? Two, it eats it's shell for strength. And the moons. Not the sun, though, we can always make more planets that way."

[flabort]

"The only way I can see this being a good thing is if the fully grown Caged one lays eggs that become planets of their own right, teeming with life, life benefiting from all the evolution and experience of souls absorbed by the previous generation Caged one, leading ultimately to a cycle of destruction and rebirth. I don't see this happening the way you keep pushing things."

[Dermonster]

"Well, see, the problem is I haven't gotten that far. Would you give me some damn time!? It's like you think this can all be done in a single movement!"

[GreatWyrmGold]

"The only way I can see this being a good thing is if the fully grown Caged one lays eggs that become planets of their own right, teeming with life, life benefiting from all the evolution and experience of souls absorbed by the previous generation Caged one, leading ultimately to a cycle of destruction and rebirth. I don't see this happening the way you keep pushing things."

This would be acceptable if it worked like this...

"Well, see, the problem is I haven't gotten that far. Would you give me some damn time!? It's like you think this can all be done in a single movement!"

You added planet-destroying capability first? We have the feeling that you didn't plan this out as well as you claim.

[Dermonster]

((And this is why I don't like RP. It always ends with me looking like an idiot somehow. Possibly because when I have to spell things out it IS idiotic (Wisdom sphere GO). Also I'm not going to respond. Imagine I sulked off or something if you want, I'm starting to really not care.))

[Nirur Torir]

((And this is why I don't like RP. It always ends with me looking like an idiot somehow. Possibly because when I have to spell things out it IS idiotic (Wisdom sphere GO). Also I'm not going to respond. Imagine I sulked off or something if you want, I'm starting to really not care.))

((Given your sudden real-life stress, some amount of not thinking things through is expected. That said:))

You added planet-destroying capability first?

((No he did not. As he has not made any changes to it since sending me his plans, it does not have the ability to do anything other than what I have said.))

[Nirur Torir]

{2} - Neyravah creates a golf-ball sized rock over the planet. It circles the planet a few times before the unstable orbit plunges it into the atmosphere.
{6} - Ar'kahal revives the Gribbers, making them prefer the current environment and making them quite difficult to kill in the process. They are now omnivorous.
{5} - Auphanim creates a magic fuel system. While doing so, he notes that the fabric of reality is a bit frayed about the edges, and isn't sure whether or not it was always like that.
{2}+1=3 - The minor gods create a few gemstone veins underground.
{1} - Yon pets The Caged One. It bites her hand. Having had a taste of godly blood, it wants more. It also learns Hate.
-0.05 Power/turn


{1}+1=2 - Nothing happens to Landmass 2's Maka trees. Such slothful flora.
{6+1=7} - Landmass 2's Maka trees go into overdrive bloom.
{3} - The Leypull trees continue their slow growth.
{4} - The Caged One makes major progress in its telepathy.
{2} - The Thoquas Hive begins to contemplate this Hate concept The Caged One is infatuated with. They're not convinced it's a good idea.
Yon: -0.05 Power/turn

Spoiler: Planet (click to show/hide)

The planet is primarily made of pure rock.
The planet has a molten core.
The Planet has three continents.
The atmosphere is 78% Nitrogen at 22% oxygen.

The planet has The Caged One.

The planet has sparse veins of gemstones.
The planet has veins of mana crystals.
The planet has magical leylines. There are three branches, leading from The Caged One, each supplies a different continent. There are 2-3 major concentrations per continent, discounting the massive concentration in Auphanim's mountain. Small leylines are scattered throughout each continent.

The second continent has a giant mountain, dedicated to Auphanim's greatness. The mountain is surrounded by a 'bottomless pit' that leads into space, and has air filters that prevent atmosphere leakage.

The third continent is covered in fertile soil.

Spoiler: Astronomy (click to show/hide)

The planet orbits a star, otherwise alone in a void.

Spoiler: Botanistry (click to show/hide)

Maka Trees - These somewhat twisting trees have shaggy, hanging leaves. They can hibernate and survive indefinitely in a vacuum while continually under cosmic bombardment. They have adapted to prefer a chlorine rich environment, wherein they thrive. They convert chlorine gas to oxygen, at a rate that would purify the atmosphere by 40% per turn if they completely covered all landmass.
Landmass 1: None.
Landmass 2: Seeded.
Landmass 3: Half covered.


Leypull trees - Each has a large taproot that goes deep underground, and draws up mana from the leylines where they near the surface. New growths are rare, as they spread through seeds released through the leylines, and degrade very rapidly if they don't catch on the ground. It takes decades for the new sprouts to dig through the rock to reach the surface. The trees produce soft nuts that lightly concentrate mana. They do not need soil.
Landmass 1: Few, sparse, near the coasts.
Landmass 2: Few, sparse, near the coasts.
Landmass 3: None.

Spoiler: Bestiary (click to show/hide)

Thoquas - Small worms that live deep underground, capable of living solely off of extreme heat. They can burrow through rock. They can mutate with the aid of mana crystals or leylines, often fatally for the latter. The Thoquas have evolved into a telepathic hivemind, with no sense of the individual. They are psionically linked to The Caged One.


Gribbers, large (3-4 inches long at birth, eventually growing to become cattle-sized), omnivorous, millipede-like creatures that feed on nearly anything organic. Their coloration is usually a purple or blue so dark it's easily mistaken for black. They tend travel in groups. They are very difficult to kill.
Landmass 1: Sparse small groups.
Landmass 2: Sparse small groups.
Landmass 3: Sparse small groups.

Cyclers - A species of land-bound insects. They consume dead organic matter, and process it into a nutriet rich fertilizer. They can survive in a chlorine-rich environment, and breathe oxygen
Landmass 1: Abundant.
Landmass 2: None.
Landmass 3: Abundant.

Spoiler: Magiphysics (click to show/hide)

Souls - Partially completed. Fragments of The Caged One. They grow with their experiences in life, and eventually reform with it after death. They currently do not mix.

Mana fuel sources
In ascending order of Potency:

Word: Word is the known tonal combinations that can cause minor magics to occur, such as sparking a fire, snuffing a candle or moving a couple pounds of material about. Most anyone can attempt to learn these, and learning these spells are the firsts steps any would-be mage takes in most cases. Word is the result of magic empowered by the Belief that magic works through speech.

World: World draws power from the world around the caster, be it from a forest, an ancient mountain, a desert oasis or one of the planet's leylines; there are few accomplished mages that practice World alone, as there are many dead zones around the world where there are no ready sources. Knowledge of World magic usually indicates a laymen learner of magic has started to gain some decent knowledge of the mechanics of magic itself, and may be hired as an adviser or their word given more weight than a simple amateur.

Will: The will of the soul, Will is the act of forcing magic to occur through the strength of one's thoughts. Will mages tire much more quickly than any other mage, and are more prone to burn out than most thanks to how easy it is for them to exceed their safe limits. Mages that become adept at Will magic can expect to be held in high demand and esteem for their prowess.

Blood: Blood is less potent than Soul, but still a far cry above what one can usually expect out of Will. Blood requires a much larger amount of fuel for the same purpose as Soul does, and as such there are no blood mages who use their own blood exclusively (or at least they have very brief careers).

Something that would count as blood flowing (Ex: A silicon beings Magma Veins) generates Blood Magic. Blood magic can reach, or at least approach, Soul levels of power if the blood used is exclusively comprised to White Blood Cells. White Blood is more responsive to magic and has a greater sense of ownership than the other parts of the blood. This has to do with White Blood being something like the soul of blood, born from the proto-souls, the Possibility Cells, contained in the marrow of the bone.
White Blood is primarily concerned with defending the body, tied to the concepts of SENSING and REJECTION, and has intrinsic Order magic piercing abilities and detection capabilities, with potential immunal rebellion as a recoil from usage. The more harm (from toxins and disease usually but also magic when White Blood is activated) that is done to the body, the more blood is saturated with White Blood, and the easier the body can fight off the same harm. Imparted qualities from use vary.

Possibility Cells are Chaos to White Blood's Order, useful in returning the body to a past state. As always with Chaos, control is easily lost, resulting in magically empowered tumors that turn all surrounding flesh into a mess of tumors and puss unless one can exert enough control over the intruding flesh to suppress and reverse the damage. Highly useful in creating new additions to the body.

Soul: Burning the very essence of self, Souls, be it the caster's own or those of the dead, are the most powerful magic fuel type.

The magic types (Word/World/Will/Blood/Soul) are just fuel sources for the most part, like different octane gasoline for a car. The only thing making this analogy not fit perfectly is that some fuel types are more suited to certain pursuits than others (World magic is best for detecting/manipulating leylines, Blood magic blood, etc.)

And unrelated to the power scale used above:

Belief: Belief draws power from the belief of souls, which creates a pool of slowly refilling multi-dimensional metamagic that the subject of the belief can tap into for their own benefit; only the belief of millions over a significant period of time generates an appreciable amount of magic for the subject to use. The subject of the belief does not need to be sapient, or even sentient, to be empowered by belief (e.g. precious metals, gems, a sword). As the amount of magic varies proportionally with the amount of Belief accrued, Unlike the other sources, Belief is an external source.

Order: The null, unchanging, anti-existence, and spans all possibilities, existing as a pure void between realities. Perfect order is nothing, a void where not even time is needed, perfect stasis. Order contains within its themes: rejection, the exclusion of everything not the self, prevention of change of self. Extremely rare.

Chaos: Creation, change, the new, action quantified, existence, and exclusive to single possibilities. Perfect chaos is anything, constant creation, boundless energy leading to nuke-like cancer. Extremely rare.

Soul Magic has, as part of its domain of superiority over other sources, the balance of Order and Chaos of a soul. Saturation of just one type in a soul increases yield, though each individual has their own ideal balance, which changes over time (unless a soul is dead or is pure Order; in those cases, the ideal state is locked down).
As polar opposites, significant interactions between Order and Chaos results in a massive all-annihilating explosion.

Spoiler: Power (click to show/hide)

Auphanim: 1/turn
Ar'kahal: 1/turn
Yon: 0.2 stored, 1.10/turn
Neyravah: 1/turn

[Harry Baldman]

"Quite the feisty little thing, this Caged One."

Explain to the Caged One that Hate, in essence, is pointless. It is merely the railing of the mind against the natural harmony of things. It is this harmony that feeds and sustains the Caged One, and it would be wise to rein in hate, even if it is not entirely familiar with its more favorable flipside, Love.