Turn 3Then the second land came into existence. Several small islands sprung up around the hub, all connected via spokes.
First among them was Iphos. This island was rocky and mineral rich, a future resource for the people of this world. Second was an island to the south, this extremely hot island gave rise to a new form of native life, the cubeshroom. This species of mushroom uses ambient heat to create sugars in much the same way that plants use light to create sugars. They grow to incredible sizes in the extreme heat. The one eyed Oggernth can be seen wandering among them, occasionally eating the geometrically unusual fungi. The last island was created by Guldenix, as a home for his Daktils. They begin their life on this new land scrounging for the meager mosses that grow there.
A great deal of turmoil occurred on the Hub when one of the gods opened the vault to peak inside. After you all joined forces, you were able to close the vault. However, not without letting a few creatures escape into the world. One god, Stole, immediately took to the strange humanoids that wandered out of the vault. Naming them Cthons, she provided for them Green Shrubs with blue berries. It takes a surprisingly long time for the creatures to adjust to this world, but eventually figure out how to eat and put their "poop" in caves. It takes them a while, as they don't have mouths, but a permeable membrane where a mouth should be. This makes eating for them more like absorption. They don't have any digestion organs beyond that which lay in their "mouth." As a result, they insert food, digest what they can, and then spit everything else back out in a slimy compressed packet. They throw these into the crevices. It takes them a bit to understand that corpses go in the crevices as well, but after the sacrifice of a many demonstrational crabcat, they figure it out. Honestly, you wonder how these things survived at all. However, you get the odd impression that they're quite happy lounging around in the sunlight, despite there being no indication of such.
Cupe shows the cups around the world. There are many places where they could survive. They request a warm area with lots of vegetation and food. However no such area yet exists in the world. Food is quite scarce.
Om gains a new following, the Xaryia. These monstrous creatures are quite strong, and have an eerie wisdom. They are not particularly intelligent, perhaps on par or slightly less than humans, but they seem to know and understand things intuitively. They immediately claim a section of the Celestial Meridian as their own and pledge their allegiance to Om. Wandering Cthons are harassed and chased away by the Xaryia.
Guldenix accepts the offer of Jyll the slime goddess and slime rains down upon the world. Several species of slimes manage to take hold in various areas throughout the world. As the goo falls from the heavens, it crashes into the world and takes shape, adapting rapidly to its environment or melting into a slimy puddle.
A strangely intelligent race of slime gains a foothold in the Hub and in some of its caves. Cthons and Xaryia both avoid this species. It is semi-intelligent, capable of rudimentary thought and gesture, but it is far from intelligent. Its a lot like a blue multi-headed branching worm made of slime. Its not dangerous really, and has no special abilities, but the two races that have encountered it give it a wide berth.
In the Hub, a species of large moss eating slime gains a foothold. They are twice the mass of a human and a clear greyish color. They pose no real threat unless startled or provoked. Otherwise they simply undulate along and are rather peaceful. Cthons have been seen petting them. They eat incredible amounts of moss however.
To the south, a small burrowing slime takes up residence among the cubeshrooms. This tiny slime is about the size of a human fist and is fairly solid. It is the same color as the mushrooms it lives among. It burrows into them as well as into the ground. Rather harmless, but is capable of shooting a gooey liquid that hardens and becomes very tough and sticky after a few moments. Mostly its used to escape perceived predators.
In Iphos two types of slimes adapt to this harsh environment. The first is a rocky slime, which appears almost like a small mudslide that moves in all directions. It is highly territorial and will use its body like a slingshot to shoot rocks at any who enter its territory. The second species is a metal slime. It eats ore rich stones and uses the metal to form a tough outer shell, much like a snail shell. As this slime gets older, its shell gets progressively larger and more valueable. These slimes are only a few inches across. Their shell patterns vary on an individual basis.
A great deal of slime falls into the ocean and sinks rapidly through the Light Ocean. It didn't seem to agree with them for some reason. However, all of that slime came together near the center of the planet. Forming a single large slime, it sits on the bottom of the Dark Ocean, covering miles of sea floor in a thin layer of interconnected slime.
Guldenix and Om accept the spider demi-gods request.
Lovely, each of you have just received one plant and animal token. Useable to create a mundane plant/animal of your own design, without expending IP. My spider children will be along shortly. Then it begins the time for requests.
It seems the first requester is running late, and may show up later. You move onto the second order of business.
The next request comes from a lizard wizard. It looks a lot like a bright pink humanoid skink.
I am the travelling Wizard SsssSSSsssSSSSsSSsssss. I seek to join this world and guide a race towards the discovery of its magic. Alas, you have no sources of magic within this world. That minor flaw notwithstanding, I still offer my services to any interested forward thinking deity. In exchange, I only require 6 IP. 22"s"s is a mortal wizard of a different world. It seems it has a general understanding of the basics of magic, and is able to instruct a race's wizards on its use. However, until magic is created for your world, he'll just hang out with your people.
The third request comes from a distant prince. The prince has been cursed by an angry demon and is going to transform into a magical statue in two turns. He beseeches you,
Please gods of the Celestial Meridian, break this terrible curse upon me. If it is not broken, I will turn into a silver statue that eternally spews blood from it's/my mouth! It is a undeserved fate, and if you can help me avoid it, I will give you a magical flaming sword. He seems honest, and his magic sword is legitimately pretty good. Probably made by a gnomish demi-god. To overpower the curse, it would cost 8 IP, but if you're creative, perhaps you can find a way to subvert it?
(I'm gonna have to wait until the morrow in order to update points. and inventories, sorry about that, but I'm exhausted. The following inventories are just copied from last turn, and it should be pretty easy for you to figure out how many points you should have).
Player Inventories
Points: 20
Inventory:
Units: Tortons (Mortal, reclusive)
Points:15
Inventory:
Units: Units: Daktils (Boarish, asexual, warlike)
Points: 20
Inventory:
Units: Tasatha (Need physical description.)
Points:20
Inventory:
Units: Orathals (Boring, lots of religious things though)
Points:15?
Inventory:
Units: Shades (corpse snatchers, cave-dwelling, fragile)
Points:21
Inventory:
Units: Oggernth (One eye, strong claws, cave dwelling, small packs)
Points:20
Inventory:
Units: Cups (Flower lizards, protective of nature)
Points:25?
Inventory:
Units: Drachmites (Not slowbro)
Points: 15
Inventory:
Units: Cups (sentient plants, predatory, territorial over best soil)
(Not sure what points of the donated land fund were spent yet/who owns them at this point).
Ire-Aka: A physical nature demi-god. Enjoys playing with mortals and also likes plants. Little else is known at this point.
Dark Vault: A seemingly ancient and unpleasant looking vault. Occasionally gods and mortals can hear knocking within.
Microbial life
Simple Green Plants: A kind of hardy moss that grows well under most conditions.
Dark Sea Eels- Incredibly long eels measuring at 30-40 feet long. Omnivorous, with wicked sickle-like teeth. Occasional biolumanescent dots.
Raspberry jellyfish- A species of jellyfish with multiple connected heads, each with their own locomotion, nervous system, and thoughts. Single digestive system.
Deep Lichen- A biolumanscent fungi completely surrounded by a photosensitive plant. The fungi provide enough light for the plant to create enough food for both to survive.
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