Tick 2: Y(e)g(od)gdrasil
The Gods introduce themselves to one another before starting the debate of how to fill this space. Finally, a majority came to an agreement. The creation would be a World Tree, with portions of it dedicated to unusual and bizarre physics, 33-50% dedicated to ocean life, Earth-like mineral abundance, numerous biomes, lit by massive fireflies acting as the world's sun and lanturn-stars. The name of the world has yet to be discussed, it is currently simply called the World Tree (WT).
No Me shouts "THE LITANY OF THE VOID!", and begins playing a God Game by themselves in the corner. There is (apparently) no effect from this action.
The Library attempts to remove another God's painful memories, stopping this action when his fellow deities opposed. He then creates The Faithful, a race clearly meant for Essence farming. As he orders them to multiply, The Faithful are immediately filled with angry thoughts directed at The Library, disobeying him as their first action. (The Library -10E, 100 Faithful created). The Library immediately feels that he would get little to no essence from these beings, even if they had not been behaving oddly.
Daemon Xylia spends power to start a fire, destroying her own armaments. She then creates a Lindworm, a massive serpent that proceeds to act as her throne. (Daemon Xylia -3E,-2P)
To make up for his earlier Grand Theft Memory, The Library sends out several orbs of happy memories to his fellow Gods. For his part, the near-victim snatches the orbs for her own use, receiving several clear memories that vanish as the planet forms. What they where is unclear, but trying to remember them again brings out a form of nostalgia. (The Library -2P)
Kargan grows two more arms, much like those he already has. He is now armed and dangerous, or at least better armed then before.
Daemon Xylia, on a creation spree, creates a large chunk of land in the void. Several species of animal and plants begin to frolic freely as the planet takes its final shape. Sunlight from no clear source warms the area constantly, fading as the planet finishes its creation. (Daemon Xylia -7E, -2P)
Kargan follows Daemon's example, donating 1E to the creation of the World Tree (Kargan-2E).Oszust joined in, causing Kargan to match his donation (Oszust-2E).
Vimbr donates three essence to the "Planet Making" fund, not voting in either way. Not to be outdone, Kargan again matched the donation (Kargan -1C)
Soon after creation, Nica's changes her sphere to Oceans.
Kyuu votes 5E to the cube world, voting against his opponents. Kargan again adds a donation against this. Ilganapash Rosas again raises the World Tree's count with their own donation. As a compromise, Kargan donates again, this time making the WT very slightly more cubic. (Kyuu-5E, Kargan-2C, Ilganapash Rosas -3E).
The Library decides to auto-make The Faithful every turn, despite their high cost and limited practicality. Presumably, all his essence will go into this, if he somehow gains any.
Zuzake donates 5E to the WT, specifically towards its branches. Kyuu attempts to defeat the enemy donations, matching this with his own 5E. (Zuzake -5E, Kyuu -5E).
Xylia's donation took a different form, in the shape of her own heart, to be used as the seed for the world. She then uses power to cause it to grow to a massive size, as the currently donated essence flows into it. The World Tree sprouts from this seed, at a later date, shooting out to an impossible size almost instantly. (Xylia -6C, -6P).
Kargan, seeing Xylia put a little of herself into the world, decides to do the same, putting a blanket of his own cloth over the seed. He then donates Crux to Xylia, perhaps attempting to heal her wounds. (Kargan -6C, Xylia +2C).
Nilva influences the growth of the current plants and animals, causing the latter to be more wolf-like while causing both to have odd properties in odd locations. Additional plants and animals are also created by this action. (Nilva -4E)
In response to the new Wolflife, Nica creates a verity of ocean-life that soon sprouts into a vibrant ecosystem after the planet has been created (Nica-4E)
Zuzake again donates essence to the WT, focusing on a specific branch filled with sweet (presumably, tasting/smelling) Ocean Water, which spills onto branches below. He then creates a colorful coral reef that swiftly becomes home to the Ocean Life recently created by Nica. Four more oceans-this time of nectar-are created in the Legendary Flowers. (Zuzake -4E,-4C).
o<nameless god>? attempts to change the tree into a bonsai shape. The tree briefly looks more bonsaiish as it shoots from the seed, but this fades as the world comes into creation. He then "blesses" the only currently created race with Strange Moods, resulting in several Faithful going insane due to their inability to act upon them. (o<nameless god>? -4P, -5E)
Amber the Undying donates 4E to the WT, rotting out a portion of the inside into a massive cave. (Amber the Undying -4E)
Daemon Xylia continues to create life, making the Blink Lizards and letting them loose on her previously created island. (Daemon Xylia -1E)
Cornealis Carnegie creates the second sentient race, the Euro Ants, placing 1000 and the top and bottom of the tree. They begin to develop separately, seeing as they are literally a world a part, with neither team knowing of the others' existence. (Cornealis Carnegie -4E)
o<nameless god> blesses the Ants with strange moods, leading to several unremarkable weapons of strange materials (o<nameless god>: -2E)
Nyxus creates the Dark larvae, who in turn create a series of galleries in the roots of the tree, exploding on death. They have an odd lifeless feel to them, moving more like a corpse then a creature, and are reported to have a glow about them. Unfortunate, the goo they explode into vanished when the planet finished its creation. The tunnels, fortunately, remained. (Nyxus -5P)
Ilganapash Rosas, as if to counteract the "concept of ending" added earlier, adds the concept of surviving at all costs. The caves hollowed out earlier, including those dug by the larvae and rotted away, are covered with a thin layer of sap in an apparent attempt to heal the wounds. (Ilganapash Rosas -1E 4C)
Oszust creates the Piscar, spy squirrels, which proceed to spread around the WT. Some of the local wildlife finds them delicious, especially those with wolf-like features, giving Oszust a first-person view of several of these beasts. (Oszust -5E)
Cornealis observes the Ants. Having just been created, not a lot has happened with them.
The Library attempts to become the Sun, at least temporarily. His attempts only cover a comparatively small area, and ineffectively at that. He then attempts to use 8 Crux to improve the intelligence and Worship Quality of The Faithful and the Ants. This seems to do little, though the angry messages the Faithful are "shouting" at him seem slightly more coherent. He attempts to make a shrine, but quickly realizes he has already spent all of his Essence and most of his Crux, making this action impossible. (The Library -8C, -2P)
Several of the cavern's sap turns to silk, creating a silk-coated cavern deep within the roots of the tree.
Several of the Leaves in the highest branches turn color and fall downward, inexplicably.
The Gods feel a brief pulse of some presence, but it passes in an instant.
Essence calcs:
Stirk is starting to slack already~ Yay! So, uh, everyone starts out with 10/10/10. If you spent essence/power/crux, subtract the amount you spent. If you voted during planet creation (including if you where out voted), subtract 5E. If you donated essence up to or exceeding 5E, don't subtract this. If you donated under 5E, subtract until a total of 5E has been removed (Ex you donated 1E, subtract an additional 4E). If you hit 0E normally, you do not have to subtract this. Then add 3 power (up to 10). If you are the guy who made the ants, add 1E.
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