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[Yottawhat]

Listen to the prayers of the Semics, see how things are going.

[ShadowDragon]

Listen to prayers.

[Chevaleresse]

Answer prayers with the following+send messages to some of those that had recieved them prior:
To the digger: Remind him that his body may be shifted and adapted to suit his needs, though with anything it must be done with patience.
To the scout: Encourage interaction with the other races, so that one may see what they do well and improve.
To the mother: Laud her concern for her children, but remind her that one can guard from storms with good craftsmanship and improving one's ability to forecast weather.
To the storm: "Fire which can burn on with neither end nor fuel."

Begin construction of a great Library composed of crystalline tablets, containing all mortal knowledge and an encyclopedia of all creatures present and past. Ensure it is sturdy by creating the fountain with 10E. The Library exists deep within the rock pillar that the Magn are native to, but can only be accessed directly by those deemed worthy of contributing to it.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Tick 5.0: Droughts

P0022 on godsuns and P0023 on druidic magic have passed. P0022 is notably potentially ambiguous in that it specifies that those not wishing can be other kinds of suns, leaving little room for anyone who wants to be a sun. Perhaps the arguments over this issue will not result in someone dying.

Breeze has created the light metal Airoloid, Windchokers to quench arsonists, and Grumblebees to provide a suitable narcotic stand-in. (Breeze: -7E)

Felicia has created more Dryads. (Felicia: -1E)

Rookars listens to prayers:
   Semic stonebreaker: "BEHOLD, OUR GRAND ROAD DOWN HAS FOUND A STRANGE LAND!"
   Semic smelter: "THIS SLAB IS VERY TASTY WITH QUARTZ! TRY SOME!"
   Semic scout: "WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE MADE OF WATER UP THERE?"

Mother Winter listens to prayers:
   Worbur elder: "We cannot win against the molten seas every year!"
   Worbur wanderer: "How can I become better at cooking?"
   Worbur builder: "Do you approve of our plans to build a great ice temple?"

Ciel responds to prayers:
   The digger has begun working on achieving a shape more similar to the tunneling worms despite a lack of vision.
   The scout continues and hears what can only be a rock creature eating loudly.
   Windbag mother: "We ARE the weather!"
   Firestorm storm: "Yes, the pure FIRE at the end of the world! I must see it at once!"

Ciel has laid the foundations for a great Library containing the sum of mortal knowledge and information on discovered creatures encased in the Magn rock pillar and restricted in access.

Spoiler: Council rules (click to show/hide)

Proposals require at least three (3) support votes to pass and a 65% supermajority. (supports/(supports + opposes))

Proposals fail at a 65% supermajority opposing the measure.

Unresolved proposals are culled away 3 Ticks after they first appear.

Spoiler: Awards (36E) (to be processed T7) (click to show/hide)

Awards are currently 36E for each award, split among the top three nominees by number of votes. Gods may nominate/vote for up to two non-self gods. Ties are ignored by expanding the set of award recipients.

Creativity Award: For the god best exemplifying creativity. No GM enforcement.
   Critter:
      +1 from Felicia

Chronicler Award: For the god best at chronicling events and creations, current and past. Nominal participation by award day enforced by GM.
   (No nominees (yet!))

Spoiler: Proposals (17) (click to show/hide)

P0018: "...that Felicia be prevented from commiting suicide for her own safety."
    +1 from Saron

P0019: "...that we shall make an Arena, in which gods and mortals may pick champions to settle disputes in a manner as they see fit, whether physical, intellectual, magical, or otherwise.  The Arena shall be operated by purpose-crafted immortals, who will configure its state to suit an equal challenge."
    +1 from Metis

P0020: "...that the nature goddess and fire god shall undergo mandated arbitration through independent third parties that shall remain, with the full force of the Council, safe from reprisal."
    +1 from Metis

P0021: "...that the council revive Saron, (nonlethally) draining Felicia and Glaciem's Essence pools to pay for it before other gods if necessary."
   +2 from Mother Winter, The Candlemaker
   -1 from Felicia

   P0021.1: "...except cost is split up among all gods, not Glaciem and Katzerie first"
      +2 from Khavod, Mother Winter
      -1 from Felicia

P0022: "...that any god who does not wish to be a sun may produce light in any other way they deem fit, or dark if they truly desire so." [PASSED]
   +6 from Khavod, Breeze, The Candlemaker, glaciem the proud, Metis, Felicia

P0023: "Druidic Magic: a mix of a variety of other magics, it tends to involve ritual and ceremony for most spells, and power is limited to a point by one's personal deeds; if one wishes to become a truly great Druid, one must go on mystic quests and all that jazz, in order to essentially achieve the glory necessary for the spirits/nature/magic to glorify you and allow you to work with it in such a way. Contains parts of ritual(uhh...yeah, sacrifice, basically), celestial(plenty of ingredients require harvesting under certain suns rather than others), and elemental magic (nature!), with small parts of necromancy(mostly communion with the dead and dealing with spirits), divine(nature/beast god), musical, and enchantment magic. Tends to be weaker than other schools of magic, or rather more subtle and less suited for direct assault or protection actions than others. The exact details of style/abilities tend to be unique to the subsect of druidism or the practitioner." [PASSED]
   +3 from Khavod, Metis, The Candlemaker

P0024: "...that Felicia is returned to a natural form."
   +1 from Felicia
   -1 from Breeze

Spoiler: Deities(13) (click to show/hide)

Saron (Fire) 0/23E
glaciem the proud (Ice, Honor) 17/22E
Critter (Beasts) 6/22E
Agua (Water) 20/21E
Mother Winter (Winter, Cooking) 19/20E
Felicia (Nature) 3/21E
Khavod (Death, Glory) 3/21E
The Candlemaker (Time) 10/20E
Metis (Cunning, Ingenuity) 21/21E
Xraa (Order, Fire) 18/22E
Rookars (Rocks, Minerals) 22/22E
Breeze (Air, Thought) 9/20E
Ciel (Skill, Craftsmanship) 11/21E

Spoiler: Worship-forming units (plus/minus 0.0%) (click to show/hide)

Saron 1
glaciem the proud 0
Critter 1
Agua 0
Mother Winter 4
Felicia 0
Khavod 1
The Candlemaker 2
Metis 3
Xraa 4
Rookars 1
Breeze 4
Ciel 2

[Stirk]

Semic smelter: "THIS SLAB IS VERY TASTY WITH QUARTZ! TRY SOME!"

Critter samples the slab.

   Semic scout: "WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE MADE OF WATER UP THERE?"

   Worbur wanderer: "How can I become better at cooking?"

"Use betta ingredients!" Hand the Worbur wanderer a sample of the slab to add to his soup.

Critter then listens to his own prayers!

[Happy Demon]

[Felicia, Nature Goddess]

"I... I need, power."
Felicia creates 0.25 Pop Units of Feltacs for 1E. A Basic Race that is physically weak, but is good at figuring things out. Like reverse engineering. They look like cat people.
Felicia puts them in the woods with the Dryads, so they can be protected.

Spoiler: The appearance of the Feltacs (click to show/hide)

[DolosusDoleus]

The Candlemakers responds to prayers:
Kid: "Do not say steal child, it is not right to call things what they not are."
Stargazer: "Whatever has happened to the sun, has happened for a reason you must identify. Use this opportunity to contemplate the nature of divinity."
Priest: "First, file the top of the candle into a slope. Then, light the wick and let the wax flow."

Listen to more prayers.

Spend 5E (Sphere discount?) to create an artifact, the Candle of Creation, within the Isle of Time. This candle drips upwards, and displays the history of the world etched into its sides. The farther up the Candle goes, the more recent the events. The candle is lit using Saron's fire.

((will describe images next tick))

[ShadowDragon]

Worbur elder: "We cannot win against the molten seas every year!"

"Are you having harsh summers? I think they're supposed to be hotter, I suggest moving away from the ocean if possible."

Worbur wanderer: "How can I become better at cooking?"

"Find a teacher. I hear Firestorms know how to cook, though I don't know how you would get one to teach you or use their techniques."

Worbur builder: "Do you approve of our plans to build a great ice temple?"

"Ice? That would melt if you cooked on it, the kitchens should be made of something that won't melt easily."

[Chevaleresse]

Propose that a concrete measurement of Time be enacted and agreed upon by all the gods.

... that said time measurement shall be twenty years per tick, a year which is determined by a full cycle of seasons starting with spring, and that the number of years may be modified as needed with further proposals.

[Detoxicated]

Create a Wind that passes over the lands and increases thought activities of all who feel it on their skin/carapaces/comparable stuff. 3e
Create 4E Windbags
Teach the Windbags how to work Airoloid into clothing and armor.

[TheBiggerFish]

Metis listens to prayers.

Metis rides along the winds of thought, spreading whispers of plans and ideas amongst them.

[Happy Demon]

[Felicia, Nature Goddess]

Felicia reduces her light generation to as far as possible without sucking light in. Same for heat.

[Chevaleresse]

Ciel spends 5E on creating the first proper rooms of the library and their contents, inscribing them on tablets of divine crystal. The tablets store a limitless amount of information by changing the inscriptions on their surfaces; they are navigated by the holder's thoughts, and require a fair amount of focus to read through properly.


The Contents of the Library Thus Far

Spoiler: The World as is Known (click to show/hide)

It is composed of three great oceans, fire, water, and ice, with fire at one end of the world and ice at the other. In the middle, water forms, as well as solid rock. The realm of water is dotted with islands that cover about 30% of its surface, and there are islands formed in the depths as well, though the world eventually descends into the underworld, where the souls of those passed dwell. Above the ocean, there is another great "sea of air," with its own islands made of clouds. Above that, there is another great ocean, this also of Fire, with volcanic islands. Great pillars of stone join these layers.

Spoiler: The Intelligent Races of the World (click to show/hide)

The Windbag


A baglike race native to Air. Much like the Air Horse, they ride the wind to move from place to place. Though naturally accustomed to air magic and movement through their element, these nomadic, four-limbed people are weak and unintelligent with a short lifespan.


Firestorms


A sentient storm of fire, and a divinely chosen race. They exist solely to consume all and convert it into more flame, roving the landscapes of Fire and occasionally assaulting the pillars that join the world together. They have a somewhat unusual method of reproduction, slamming into one another and breaking off chunks that become new Firestorms.


Dryads


A divine race of nature spirits taking the form of beautiful females with bark-covered holes in their backs. Along with a natural ability to armor themselves in bark and stone, they have an affinity for all elemental magic, and are quite fire-resistant.


The Ur'kid


A race of traveling spiders, roughly the size of bears. They are somewhat disjointed from the normal structure of time and space, granting them the ability to view the near past and future, and appear in multiple places at once. Despite their nomadic lifestyle, they are quite scholarly, studying the universe itself rather than focusing on more worldly concerns.


Tribulls


A bipedal reptilian race. They are exceedingly dangerous, with long maws full of sharp teeth and great strength and speed despite being around five to six feet tall, and the intelligence to plan and set traps with high efficiency. Their most unique quality is the ability to bond with animals, granting them increasingly deep control over them to the point of being able to develop special abilities from nothing over generations.


The Orden


A cubic race divided into castes, which are somewhat heat resistant. Most of their population is workers, while a fraction is warriors, and the remainder constitutes the nobility of the race. They are known for their devotion and contentedness with their given roles in life.


Semics


A race of sentient rock life. Little is known about them, save that they grow by absorbing minerals and nutrients around them.


The Magn


Another race seemingly made of sentient rock. They have a rounded core and can form new specialized limbs through their lives, depending on their experiences and needs, each with a varying numbers of joints and digits. They cannot see, but have acute hearing and senses of touch, and live deep within the rock pillars that connect the layers of the world. In addition to more "normal" food, they eat rock, the properties of which are added to new limbs.


The Charkatan


A race of raiding ice giants, humanoid and covered in short fur which grows longer about their heads and spine. They are herders, hunters, and craftsmen, and excellent seafarers. They are rarely able to tolerate time spent outside the icelands, though a natural affinity for ice magic mitigates this to a degree. They have a love of honor and battle, believing that glory earned in this life results in rewards in the next.

Spoiler: The Unique Animals of the World (click to show/hide)

The Air Horse


The Air Horse is a four-legged beast made entirely of air. They travel about the skies naturally, riding along the wind itself in their native Air layer.


Ohel Fish


A schooling fish that finds strength in numbers rather than size. They are the natural predators of oilweed and blacktide algae, utilizing the products of their prey in defense against larger predators. Notably unpleasant to eat, though they may be useful to mortals in other applications.


The Joob


A mysterious species of flying squidlike creatures. They appear to be nonmagical and lack actual flight organs, so the way they stay airborne is unknown.

The Fice


A species of massive feline creatures. The males have an affinity for fire and naturally use it as part of their biology, and live in the firelands. They have coats resembling their homes along with a sunflower-like mane, and eject fire from their paws or mouth. The females are a mirror, living in the icelands and camouflaged for such, and have a trio of tails which can be used together to drill through ice, or fling deadly spears of it at foes. They meet once a year as part of a mass migration.


Grumblebees


A magic bee whose honey is made with windchoker pollen. When consumed, it vastly accelerates the speed of thought, and is also quite durable when used to support the structures the bees build. They are known to grumble words and phrases they have heard before.

Spoiler: The Strange Plants of the World (click to show/hide)

Oilweed


A seaweed that produces large amounts of flammable oil as a result of its natural processes.


Blacktide Algae


A species of algae that produces flammable oil as a waste product.


Fire-plants


A diverse group of plants spread across Fire, whose only uniting characteristic is that they are constantly aflame.


Windchokers


A malevolent tree that feeds on the unwary by strangling them. Their flowers are cyan, and their pollen is known to increase brain activity.

"I undertake this project for the betterment of all; may I receive some assistance on it?"

[Yottawhat]

Semic stonebreaker: "BEHOLD, OUR GRAND ROAD DOWN HAS FOUND A STRANGE LAND!"
Semic smelter: "THIS SLAB IS VERY TASTY WITH QUARTZ! TRY SOME!"

"Yay."

Create a 3 unit of minaffalo, large rock based quadrupedal animals that lives in caverns. Instruct the Semics to use them for food and work animals

[Kilojoule Proton]

Tick 6.0: Floods

Critter has sent a sample of the tasty slab to the Worbur wanderer, who has begun attempting to make literal stone soup.

Critter seems not to be praying to Critter at the moment, so Critter listens to other people's prayers:
   Tribull hunter: "Praise Critter! The sun has vanished!"
   Tribull shower: "Why do I have to bond with showerbeasts? Can't someone else do it?"
   Tribull miller: "Why is it a bad idea to use roarbeasts to grind grain? Don't they run faster?"

Felicia has created some Feltacs and placed them with the Dryads. (Felicia: -1E)

The Candlemaker responds to prayers:
   Kid: "But did you??"
   Stargazer: "Divinity is strange."
   Priest: "Ah! Perfection! Time to sacrifice some candles!"

The Candlemaker listens to more prayers:
   Ur'kid trader: "Why do other people care so much about time?""
   Ur'kid weaver: "Behold a web of time!"

The Candlemaker has created the Candle of Creation, an Advanced artifact candle that displays the history of the world, on the Isle of Time. (The Candlemaker: -5E)

Mother Winter responds to prayers:
   Worbur elder: "That evil ocean!"
   Worbur wanderer: "We may be able to send some rockfolk to them..."
   Worbur builder: "But what about lovely dishes such as iced cream?"

Seeing no opposition from other gods, Breeze has created a wind that increases thought which Metis rides and uses to propagate plans and ideas. (Breeze: -3E) Breeze has also created more Windbags and spent some time teaching them how to work airoloid into clothing and armor. (Breeze: -4E)

Metis listens to prayers:
   Orden artisan: "I Made a Mud sculpture. Look At It."
   Charkatan craftsman: "Are you involved with plans?"
   Firestorm thinker: "How can we steal divine fire?

Felicia, who clearly does not want to be a sun and is definitely eligible for P0022, has reduced her light and heat generation to essentially nothing. Tales spread of dark days when the great beasts of the wilds eat the sun and roam free.

Ciel has constructed the first rooms of the library and populated them with tablets of divine crystal with detailed records of known creations. (Ciel: -5E)

Rookars has created many minaffalo, giving them to the Semics to eat and command.

Spoiler: Council rules (click to show/hide)

Proposals require at least three (3) support votes to pass and a 65% supermajority. (supports/(supports + opposes))

Proposals fail at a 65% supermajority opposing the measure.

Unresolved proposals are culled away 3 Ticks after they first appear.

Spoiler: Awards (36E) (to be processed T7) (click to show/hide)

Awards are currently 36E for each award, split among the top three nominees by number of votes. Gods may nominate/vote for up to two non-self gods. Ties are ignored by expanding the set of award recipients.

Creativity Award: For the god best exemplifying creativity. No GM enforcement.
   Critter:
      +1 from Felicia

Chronicler Award: For the god best at chronicling events and creations, current and past. Nominal participation by award day enforced by GM.
   Ciel:

Spoiler: Proposals (click to show/hide)

P0018: "...that Felicia be prevented from commiting suicide for her own safety."
    +1 from Saron

P0019: "...that we shall make an Arena, in which gods and mortals may pick champions to settle disputes in a manner as they see fit, whether physical, intellectual, magical, or otherwise.  The Arena shall be operated by purpose-crafted immortals, who will configure its state to suit an equal challenge."
    +1 from Metis

P0020: "...that the nature goddess and fire god shall undergo mandated arbitration through independent third parties that shall remain, with the full force of the Council, safe from reprisal."
    +1 from Metis

P0021: "...that the council revive Saron, (nonlethally) draining Felicia and Glaciem's Essence pools to pay for it before other gods if necessary."
   +2 from Mother Winter, The Candlemaker
   -1 from Felicia

   P0021.1: "...except cost is split up among all gods, not Glaciem and Katzerie first"
      +2 from Khavod, Mother Winter
      -1 from Felicia

P0022: "...that any god who does not wish to be a sun may produce light in any other way they deem fit, or dark if they truly desire so." [PASSED]
   +6 from Khavod, Breeze, The Candlemaker, glaciem the proud, Metis, Felicia

P0023: "Druidic Magic: a mix of a variety of other magics, it tends to involve ritual and ceremony for most spells, and power is limited to a point by one's personal deeds; if one wishes to become a truly great Druid, one must go on mystic quests and all that jazz, in order to essentially achieve the glory necessary for the spirits/nature/magic to glorify you and allow you to work with it in such a way. Contains parts of ritual(uhh...yeah, sacrifice, basically), celestial(plenty of ingredients require harvesting under certain suns rather than others), and elemental magic (nature!), with small parts of necromancy(mostly communion with the dead and dealing with spirits), divine(nature/beast god), musical, and enchantment magic. Tends to be weaker than other schools of magic, or rather more subtle and less suited for direct assault or protection actions than others. The exact details of style/abilities tend to be unique to the subsect of druidism or the practitioner." [PASSED]
   +3 from Khavod, Metis, The Candlemaker

P0024: "...that Felicia is returned to a natural form."
   +1 from Felicia
   -1 from Breeze

P0025: "...a concrete measurement of Time be enacted and agreed upon by all the gods."
   +1 from Ciel

P0026: "... that said time measurement shall be twenty years per tick, a year which is determined by a full cycle of seasons starting with spring, and that the number of years may be modified as needed with further proposals."
   +1 from Ciel

Spoiler: Deities(13) (click to show/hide)

Saron (Fire) 6/24E
glaciem the proud (Ice, Honor) 17/22E
Critter (Beasts) 8/22E
Agua (Water) 20/22E
Mother Winter (Winter, Cooking) 7/21E
Felicia (Nature) 3/21E
Khavod (Death, Glory) 5/21E
The Candlemaker (Time) 8/20E
Metis (Cunning, Ingenuity) 21/21E
Xraa (Order, Fire) 22/22E
Rookars (Rocks, Minerals) 22/22E
Breeze (Air, Thought) 8/20E
Ciel (Skill, Craftsmanship) 9/21E
Myx (Flowers, Reptiles) 20/20E
Nesot (Speed, Sound) 20/20E

Spoiler: Worship-forming units (plus/minus 0.0%) (click to show/hide)

Saron 1
glaciem the proud 0
Critter 1
Agua 0
Mother Winter 4
Felicia 1
Khavod 1
The Candlemaker 2
Metis 3
Xraa 4
Rookars 1
Breeze 6
Ciel 2
Myx 0
Nazdat 0

EDIT: Added new characters which somehow got missed