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[TricMagic]

"Rice would like to say, nice knowing you all. Though these worlds may be false, the sentiment remains. Mostly cause I really haven't been paying attention. So! I'm going to be taking a sabbatical to get to my roots. And maybe grow some rice and other things, we'll see. Or I will, despite not having eyes to see with at the moment, I'm Rice. We're all Rice."

"I do have an idea for a Riceght Law though."

Name: The Waters of Creation Once Released Become the Rains of Tomorrow's Crop
Class: Left Half Combined Right of Universal Lawmaking
Effect: Recycling the Waters of Creation: Rights of Destruction used to destroy a Creation give the Creator of that Creation a fraction of the Rights they used.
(2+ Cost Creations give 1 Right of Creation back. 1 Cost or lower Creations give 0.)

[Maximum Spin]

"Rice would like to say, nice knowing you all. Though these worlds may be false, the sentiment remains. Mostly cause I really haven't been paying attention. So! I'm going to be taking a sabbatical to get to my roots. And maybe grow some rice and other things, we'll see. Or I will, despite not having eyes to see with at the moment, I'm Rice. We're all Rice."

"I do have an idea for a Riceght Law though."

Name: The Waters of Creation Once Released Become the Rains of Tomorrow's Crop
Class: Left Half Combined Right of Universal Lawmaking
Effect: Recycling the Waters of Creation: Rights of Destruction used to destroy a Creation give the Creator of that Creation a fraction of the Rights they used.
(2+ Cost Creations give 1 Right of Creation back. 1 Cost or lower Creations give 0.)

I submit that it should give power to the destroyer, to increase interest.

NOTWITHSTANDING makes no declaration of intent, but declares interest in the interesting insect fauna.

[TricMagic]

"If power goes to destruction, there shall be no interest in regrowth, or the next harvest. None would create, for all they create only exists to be destroyed by the Rights of others. Forever."

"So no, that doesn't really work. And if you meant the other way, where the one that destroyed received the Right, then it becomes a drain on the Waters. Why would one create, only for what they create to be destroyed? And for the destroyer to rise while they fall. The only recourse is not more creation, but more destruction."

[Maximum Spin]

"[...]The only recourse is not more creation, but more destruction."

Exactly. If one is going to create, one should first destroy, in order to make room for something new. Therefore, those who choose to destroy should be rewarded with the right to replace.

You ask why one would then create rather than destroy, but in this case the answer is simple: because one has gained the power to create, by destroying, so one might as well use it. Creating things is generally its own reward.

Name: The Left-Hand Path
Class: Left Half Combined Right of Universal Lawmaking
Effect: Those who Destroy shall gain half the Right of Creation value of the thing destroyed; except if the destroyer is the original creator, in which case he shall be reimbursed only half as much (that is, one quarter). In all cases the rounding is down.
Those who prevent Destruction by means of Destruction Protection shall also gain half the Right of Destruction value used, in the same way.

[TricMagic]

"[...]The only recourse is not more creation, but more destruction."

Exactly. If one is going to create, one should first destroy, in order to make room for something new. Therefore, those who choose to destroy should be rewarded with the right to replace.

You ask why one would then create rather than destroy, but in this case the answer is simple: because one has gained the power to create, by destroying, so one might as well use it. Creating things is generally its own reward.

Name: The Left-Hand Path
Class: Left Half Combined Right of Universal Lawmaking
Effect: Those who Destroy shall gain half the Right of Creation value of the thing destroyed; except if the destroyer is the original creator, in which case he shall be reimbursed only half as much (that is, one quarter). In all cases the rounding is down.
Those who prevent Destruction by means of Destruction Protection shall also gain half the Right of Destruction value used, in the same way.

"This one does not understand economics. In which a quarter of 3 is still less than 1. If one gains the right to create through destruction, then that creation too shall be destroyed. We don't work in fractions of Rights."

"... Kinda made a mistake when submitting my proposal however. As I meant it to be a Right(ful) Law."

Name: The Waters of Creation Once Released Become the Rains of Tomorrow's Crop
Class: Right Half Combined Right of Universal Lawmaking
Effect: Recycling the Waters of Creation: Rights of Destruction used to destroy a Creation give the Creator of that Creation a fraction of the Rights they used.
(2+ Cost Creations give 1 Right of Creation back. 1 Cost or lower Creations give 0.)

[/quote]

The Root of All Rice waves in an unseen wind.
"By destroying, you gain the power of creation. But it is but a fraction of power. In order to retaliate, those who created would destroy what you create. And in doing so, the power of creation is lost from the world. You would build a system in which creations are born only to die for no reason. It is a law that only the evil, greedy, and capricious would support, the very ones who would make use of it. And in doing so they would offer an ultimatum to the gods who wish for peace and creation, without the endless destruction this road offers. Destroy all in your path, or be left behind, forgotten and uncared for, your creations dust in our path."

They seem to shift in an imperceptible way, seeming,less.
"In other words, it's really really bad~. The stability of the universe would be at risk without an equal check and balance. The only recourse against it would be our very Proof. And so the gods of creation are lost to the powers of the destruction gods~. Honestly.."

[Glass]

Excellent show, my fellows. Unfortunately, seeing as you cannot agree on this topic, it is rather clear that such Laws as these would not pass the requisite vote for the Perfect Right of Master Lawmaking that would be necessary for such changes to Right mechanics.
Perhaps aspire to, ah, smaller things? Such as the Universal Laws the Left and Right Halves were made for?

[Maximum Spin]

You would build a system in which creations are born only to die for no reason.

I mean, that happens anyway.

This one does not understand economics. In which a quarter of 3 is still less than 1.

That's not economics, that's mathematics, and I don't see why you think that I don't understand it, or that I think that it is a problem, or that I care.

[TricMagic]

Excellent show, my fellows. Unfortunately, seeing as you cannot agree on this topic, it is rather clear that such Laws as these would not pass the requisite vote for the Perfect Right of Master Lawmaking that would be necessary for such changes to Right mechanics.
Perhaps aspire to, ah, smaller things? Such as the Universal Laws the Left and Right Halves were made for?

... "Yeah, missed that given how busy I've been. Peace~" The Root of Rice becomes a falling seed heading down below, pieces flicking off like grains of rice from a thresher

[Nakéen]

Divine Hosts: Titans of Recreation
OOC

Turn 2:

[Creation] TOAA conjured its Specialized Right of Holy Creation to shape from the formless two mighty beings, the ominous Nihilo and elusive Seraphim. Although the ambitions of the Host were foiled by the bind of higher laws: lacking the Right of Blasphemy, Nihilo couldn't be granted the power to oppose the will of the Hosts. After a slight instant of indecision, The One Above All then took a particular interest in the future of the one named Seraphim.

Spoiler: Nihilo (Powerful Being+) (click to show/hide)

Name: Nihilo
Description: A titan of twisting evil made manifest, this beings only purpose is to conquer and fight. It was made solely to annoy another god, with traits to match. It strangely avoids the cherubs and even helps them when it gets the chance.

Traits:
-Dark Strength: It is able to lift mountains and crush entire city’s with its pinky finger.
-Divine Resistance: It is unable to be affected by a right of destruction.
-False Immortality: It is very durable and in the unlikely event it takes any damage, it regenerates almost instantaneously. You would have to complete destroy it in one attack for it to stick.
-Aura of Madness: Just being nearby this monstrosity drives even the most steadfast person to insanity and violence. Cherubs are naturally immune due to magic and the power of cuteness.

Spoiler: Seraphim (Powerful Being+) (click to show/hide)

Name: Seraphim
Description: The leader of the cherubs, this being guides them and protects them from all who do them harm. It has a obsession with efficiency and will whip the cherubs into shape in a jiffy. Appearance is up to the GM, as long as it is suitably holy.
Traits:
-Holy Avenger: This being is very strong and durable and whenever a cherub is injured in it’s presence it gets a massive power up.
-False Omniscience: The Seraphim is knowledgeable in all (most) things and uses this knowledge to advance the cherubs society, culture and tech.
-The Fatespinner: The Seraphim has a massively strengthened version of the cherubs probability manipulation.
-The Prophet: The Seraphim is very charismatic and has the cherubs cuteness ability dialed to 11 but for handsome instead. It uses this to convert the cherubs into worshipping Toaa. It also sometimes receives dreams for important things that will happen in the future.

[Creation] Xe'kekxlia merged together 3 Rights of Creation to create a ball of sentience. From the beyond, the ball was sent through space and form to crash near in the Fields of Gold, near the blind Hmmmsters. There ball of sentience unravelled, revealing the Carnies.

[Creation] The Host then sent a strange rod with a flicker near the same place, causing it to land on the head of a fortunate blind Hmmmster. Not only did the miraculous impact not kill the Hmmmster, but it also restored its long-lost vision.

Spoiler: Carnies (Powerful Species) (click to show/hide)

Species Name: Carnies
Description: Pale and typically lanky humanoids built to unnatural proportions with seemingly "painted on" faces, Carnies are predisposed to like the 'bright' colors like Red, Blue, Orange, Green or Yellow, and have an odd preference to live in a massive tent like structure with a multitude of other Carnies.

Type: powerful species

Traits:
- Sentient: Does what it says on the can.
- Variable species: there is a significant 'range' for Carnie physical characteristics such as Height, weight, mass, etc.
- Reality Warpers: Carnies passively warp space; allowing SIGNIFICANTLY more Carnies to fit in a smaller space than any of them naturally should- and more things to fit in smaller spaces around pre-stated Carnies.
- Rubbery Flesh: Carnies have "rubbery" flesh, allowing them to bend and flex to an unnatural degree- reducing harm from Blunt force trauma- and causing them to "bounce" upon impact with hard surfaces
- Minor Insanity: Carnies think along a different "wavelength" from other creatures, providing them with resistance to abilities that would affect the mind, in exchange for making them far less 'predictable'.

Spoiler: The Luckening rod (Magical Object*) (click to show/hide)

Name: The Luckening rod
Description: An oddly slimy rod of "white rock" speckled with red and green

Type: Magical Object

Qualities:
- Functions as a "lightning rod" for lucky events in a small / moderate radius.

[Creation] With unconcerned interest, the Sp(fl)y also invoked the power of 3 Rights of Creation to create a Powerful Species of plates of metallic appearance near Antenna Alpha.

[Secret Destruction] And while the Hosts were unaware, the Sp(fl)y sabotaged the Citadel's rudder and navigational systems. Its involvment would only be discovered much later.

Spoiler: Segmentium (Powerful Species) (click to show/hide)

Name:Segmentium
Description: Segmentium are a unique species in that each individual is technically a metallic looking plate with two holes at both ends and a moving string in each of the holes. Each individual unit is not impressively powerful, or strong, or otherwise noteworthy enough to be called a "Powerful Species". They do, however, possess the ability to network together by connecting their strings. This combines their might and intelligence into a single "being" with all the strength, knowledge, and intelligence as its components. Components can leave the cluster by untying themselves and take their acquired knowledge with them.

Qualities:
-Network: Segmentium are capable of forming networks by locking their strings together, combining the strength and intelligence of all Segmentium in the network. This network can be arbitrarily large.
-Clustered: While their body shape is a plate, when networked together they can form other shapes that can give proper functions. If they form a cluster with legs, they can walk. If they form a cluster with wings, they can fly, if they form a cluster with hands they can manipulate objects and so on and so forth.
-Many Minds: Each individual Segmentium represents only that plate. If something targets a single individual it will only effect a single plate rather than the entire cluster. Each Segmentium is capable of independent thought which can be shared by the network, but are still ultimately individual thoughts.

[Creation] Under other circumstances, it is certain The Vircine Chiropod would have by now earned a title of Worldmaker for its contribution of two Worlds to the nascent universe. From a mix of the formless and the remains of the unwanted, the Vircine One sculpted a fetid domain starkly constracting the Bounteous Domain. Unlike the first World, Middengard was made with apparently different intentions in mind as for the unprepared, Middengard would not be welcoming.

Spoiler: Middengard (World) (click to show/hide)

Name: Middengard
Type: World
Description: Middengard is the compost pile of the cosmos, a place for forgotten and unwanted things to decompose and slowly return to more generally useful states. As most of its material is currently drawn from the Bounteous Domain, its very surface is almost entirely a festering poison swamp where the ground is equal parts fetid, stagnant water and concerningly warm mud sparsely dotted by what fungi survived transplantation. Deep below the surface settles what dense debris the Chiropod collected in the process of rolling up Middengard, and inexplicable metal fragments and entire boulders sit embedded in a matrix of slowly compacting, increasingly sterile earth (not entirely unlike rodent bones in owl pellets buried under layers of slowly forming sandstone). Unaltered, unprotected, or otherwise unspecialized higher life forms will likely struggle to take root and thrive on Middengard, although the Vircine Chiropod, lulludent as always, bears them no specific grudge should they try.

At the moment, Middengard is built solely by direct action by Hosts, but in the future, Laws may allow it to accrete junk from other worlds on its own to support reconstruction and repair efforts on other worlds.

[Creation] Awakening from its deep rest, Ferrous smiled wide and unleashed its accumulated Rights of Creation. First a world was meticulously crafted from metallic materials of innumerable natures born from the mind of the Host. A vastly complex World divided into six major regions of varied functions and natures, ready to house countless life.

Spoiler: Acropolis Argyros (World) (click to show/hide)

Name: Acropolis Argyros
Description: An enormous space station-World consisting of six "primary" regions - two in the two halves of its central spire, the other four each relegated to a spoke and the rim quarter in closest proximity to it - as well as multiple regions' worth of "deep", essentially random dungeons of chaotic architecture, strange technology and magic, and unknowable hazards.

Regions:
--Note: All primary regions contain elements of the other primary regions at dramatically-reduced rates.
--Note: All spoke regions have connections to the Deep scattered about them.
-The Iron Jungle [Lower Spire]: A tangled space of walkways and balconies, primarily intended for residence.
-The Drift [Upper Spire]: A vast array of floating platforms, primarily intended for residence and travel.
-Mercurous Wilds [Spoke]: A swampy region flooded with mercury and overgrown with assorted metal flora, primarily intended for food production.
-Halls of Creation [Spoke]: A region filled with potentially-malfunctioning replicator devices which require thorough experimentation to identify how to use effectively, primarily intended for resource production.
-The Speaking Place [Spoke]: A region where Computers are clearly plentiful yet difficult to locate, and seemingly operating upon strange directives. Primarily intended for, well, Computer things.
-Making [Spoke]: A space thoroughly saturated with production lines, though they are almost all found at partway-stages of construction, and the intended final product is rarely obvious. Primarily intended for advanced item production and scientific encouragement.
-The Deep: Less a singular region and more a categorization for what are basically random dungeons constantly being generated and reconfigured within the non-spoke connectors. Full of really weird shit that could potentially be useful or very very dangerous.

[Creation] Said life was crafted from 2 Rights of Creation. Metallic in nature, the many species were placed within the appropriate biomes of their world.

Spoiler: Flora and Fauna of the Acropolis Argyros (click to show/hide)

Species Name: Overgrowth
Description: Hypothetically a vast collection of various plants all growing within and between each other, in practice, this is largely-undifferentiated metal plantlife that will grow assorted unprocessed plant-based foodstuffs, flowers, thorns, and basically any other plant-based product that can be conceived of.

Traits:
-Metal: Self-explanatory. Also obviously superior.
-Rapid growth: it's called "overgrowth" for a reason.
-Universal producer: This "one plant" (if it can be called that, really) is capable of producing any plant material (well, a metal version of it). This is done in the standard method. Be careful not to eat poisonous berries, rub up against poison ivy-adjacent leaves, or get eaten by a pitcher. Don't worry, though, there's only so many types of things, and it's consistent about which do what.

Species Name: Deep Things
Description: There's no universal description for these weirdos, but they're spawned from the strange shiftings of the Deep.

Traits:
-Random: No, really. They're very random, though they all maintain some level of basic functionality.
-Random: Seriously. They- you can't place any other universal traits on them. They're random. No, they're not even universally made of metal.

Species Name: Computers
Description: To quote Alice, "Physical 'thinking' (but not conscious/willed) machines built from conductive and insulative metals. Some are built into other machines in order to manage said machines, while a few are small handheld devices called 'phones', intended to be a single being's companion. Computers may also communicate with one another via radio or metal wires." Yeah, they're a species now. They've received some sort of instructions after their stint of nonexistence, but they're nigh-incomprehensible.

Traits:
-Metal: I mean, it says so in their description.
-Think quickly: Computers may complete thousands of calculations in mere moments.
-No creativity: These machines perform exactly the tasks they are instructed to, and as such the coder's mistakes will likely manifest in the form of bugs.
-Alien instructions: Something has given many of them strange instructions, and they follow them to the letter as they were made to.

Species Name: Cyusies yes it's a quality control pun, sue me
Description: Strange denizens of Making, these monkey-like metal creatures look over things coming down the assembly lines, tossing items off them according to some strange standard - and not one necessarily universal to all cyusies. It's not uncommon to see "gangs" of cyusies get into wars over whether or not some item should be removed.

Traits:
-Metal: Duh.
-Quality sense: They can, in some capacity, identify if an item is "up to snuff".
-Factionalism: Not every cyusie's "quality sense" senses the same thing, and they frequently tend to group up with others whose sense lines up more with their own.

Species Name: Boltzmir strandbeests
Description: Odd contraptions occasionally spontaneously spawned by fabricators, boltzmir strandbeests straddle the line between living thing and work of strange art - they don't appear to have any mind, being directed almost entirely by the minute fluctuations of gravity, yet their structures are wont to consume living things that they happen to blunder across.

Traits:
-Spontaneous generation: Sometimes, a fabricator will just pop one of these things out for no reason. They can be made of almost any material, though the rigid ones tend to stick around longer.
-Masticating: Their myriad parts tend to pulp objects they come across. Don't get caught, and be glad they don't deliberately chase.
-Mindless: Yeah, they're... they're strandbeests. You've heard of those things, right? They don't actually have any intrinsic motivation.

Species Name: Floats
Description: Seemingly bubble-like creatures, they are capable of latching onto the hovering platforms of the Drift, as well as some limited self-propulsion; as platforms that they remain near for a while tend to slowly lose more elevation than the average, it would appear that they feed on the buoyancy to some degree. However, they are the most reliable early method of directing a platform's motion.

Traits:
-Metal: Ferrous made them, guys.
-Spherical: I want you to imagine a steel-type Wailmer. Yes, the ball-shaped whale pokemon. That's what these dudes look like.
-Docile: They're really very chill.
-Durable: The above is partially because there is no way in hell that you're popping them.

Species Name: Crawlers
Description: 1. Take a centipede. 2. Make it out of metal. 3. Upscale it to the point that you could comfortably ride on its back. 4. Liberally scatter across the Iron Jungle. 5. ? ? ? 6. Profit.

Traits:
-Metal: Do I really need to keep saying this?
-Perpetual motion: They don't actually stop moving. Like, ever. Why? Why not?
-Floors on the walls: Crawlers can adeptly crawl across any surface, no matter the orientation.
-Hitch a ride: Many of their segments have handles that can be grabbed, allowing one to be carried along on a Crawler's path. Just don't let go while they're upside-down.

Incarnation

Behold, for the Divines walk amongst us!

[Special: Incarnation] Butterfly Buttercup invoked its Persistent Right of Incarnation, incarnating in the Bounteous Domes in a radiant and stormy puff of yellow petals and manh-coloured butterflies. It is said the creations of the Coincidental Cause rejoiced of the arrival of their maker.
Butterflies, Moths, and Flies: hear the buzzing song which announces the Sending Storm!
Sunflowers, Buttercups, Dahlias, and Daisies: witness the frenetic dance which welcomes the Disordered Disaster!
And with an annoyed flap, a berating word, Butterfly Buttercup restores the natural silence.

[Interaction] Wielding the laws of nature as a needle, Butterfly Buttercup spun into a specific group of Daisies new qualities and abilities, changing them. Giving them a lifting, the new strain was given the name of Ida, the first race of Mortals to root the inner world.

[Interaction] Unopposed by the foolish and instinctive reactions of the Antant waves, Butterfly Buttercup seeded several Antant Queens with Idas.

Spoiler: Idas (Species) (click to show/hide)

Species Name: Idas
Description: Once a particularly intelligent strain of Daisies, the Idas share many traits with their forebears, but have become more and more differentiated with each generation. Idas are a race of sapient parasitic mortals, resembling daisy flowers, who generally take root in, and control the bodies of other animals or people to perform physical tasks, and feed on their bodies for sustenance. They communicate with each other through petal motion and pollen, or if particularly intimate, root-touching (lewd!). They are capable of only limited motility on their own, generally the minimal motions of communication or transferring into a new, incapacitated host. After pollination by rubbing flowers together (leeewd!), they will generally implant their seeds into a corpse (living hosts uncontrolled by a daisy being deemed too risk for the young), which will sprout and grow into new Idas, who will then be transferred into beginner hosts. Idas are warm, kind, family-loving people who see nothing wrong with puppeting the bodies of other beings.

Traits:
- Sapient: Full mortals now! How cute!
- Patterned: Idas tend to grow in pleasing geometric patterns, and believe patterns to be inherent to every aspect of existence, and will force pattern interpretations onto events and things where they might not be a good fit.
- Mind-Control: Idas can control both the bodies and minds of creatures they have taken root in, and can take root in almost any technically living creature, not matter its odd base material, including metal or stone creatures. Fire still burns and kills them however, preventing them from taking root in such creatures.
- Basilisks: Idas can through great exertion rapidly undulate in hypnotic patterns while undergoing rapid light strobing due to newly evolved colour changing bioluminescence and release puffs of soporific spores, to incapacitate most conventional creatures for a period time, allowing the Idas to peacefully take root in them. Less effective against blind creatures...

[Creation] Through the power of 2 Rights of Creation, a group of Powerful Beings with dreadful abilites were ushered into existence. Of particular interest as the Sweet Revelation, over which the eye of the Coincidental Cause loomed.

Spoiler: The Perturbs (Powerful Beings) (click to show/hide)

Being Name: Daisy-Chain the Perturb
Description: A supercharged daisy being, who can infect others into new members of its collective mind through mere proximity or even just seeing an existing Daisy-Chain who can then itself infect more members in explosive chain reactions of creatures suddenly sprouting tangles of daisies from all over their bodies, limited only by the upper limit of Daisy-Chains collective mind capacity. It is an uplifter of the oppressed, the downtrodden, the stupid.

Traits:
- Rapid Infection: Anyone in close physical proximity to a member of the Daisy-Chain, or who can see a Daisy-Chain (including through intermediate links like video-cameras), becomes infected and controlled, a new member of the Daisy-Chain, until the Daisy-Chain reaches its control limit of roughly ten-thousand members. This can make it near impossible to kill the Daisy-Chain for good, because just as you kill of some of it, it infects the attackers having gone under its control limit. Powerful beings are immune.
- Hivemind: The Daisy-Chain functions of a hivemind of all its infected members, working together in perfect co-ordination, and gaining all the skills, memories and knowledge of infected bodies, which persists even if the body is later lost. The Daisy-Chain can eject any member from itself at will, or kill the member directly through a considerable exertion of will and mental stamina.
- Uplifter: When a new member joins the Daisy Chain for the first time, the possessed body increases in intelligence, strength and overall bodily performance and functioning, these improvements being hereditary. There are returns diminish if previous generations of a new member have already benefited from this uplift, but long-term incremental improvements can still have dazzling results.
- Revolutionary: The Daisy-Chain will attempt to join or found a new organization or faction to overthrow or break the power of the dominant group, species or country currently in existence, once this is accomplished, the Daisy-Chain leaves to join or found a new group to overthrow the current dominant faction. Hosts are not currently included in the calculus of overthrow.


Being Name: Levelling Storm the Perturb
Description: A truly massive jet-black butterfly, capable of casting entire regions under its shadow. Its shadow causes mass hysteria and panic wherever it falls, resulting in the complete breakdown of social and eusocial order as collectives tear themselves apart. The Levelling Storm is capable of flying while being eerily motionless, like a flying statue, but each flap of its wings bring forth hurricanes which devastate castles and supermounds. It spends most of its time resting on the stem of the celestial Sunflower, suckling from its solar sap, only venturing forth to wreak havoc rarely when the mood strikes it, or when commanded to by the Butterfly Buttercup.

Traits:
- Shadow-Styria: Wherever the shadow of the Levelling Storm falls, follows the breakdown of society/eusociety and unrest, as mass hysteria, panic and hyper-aggressiveness overcome all within the area.
- The Storm: With each flap of its wings the Levelling Storm brings forth giant hurricanes which can wreck cities or rip apart supermounds, and will do so as it instinctively finds large structures offensive and desires to destroy them. The Levelling Storm can choose to mentally control the course of these natural disasters, but rarely does, just filling the immediate area with hurricanes for maximum destruction. Rain and lightning-storms follow in the wake of the Levelling Storm.
- Vajra: Its carapace and flesh are incredibly tough and durable. Should the Levelling Storm actually be damaged, it cocoons itself during its torpor and repairs the damage.
- Torpor: The Levelling Storm must sleep for at least 2 turns after 1 turn of activity, and will sleep longer indefinitely if not provoked by the creation of region-sized structures nearby, or commanded to destroy something by the Butterfly Buttercup, whose commands it obeys.


Being Name: Plotweaver the Perturb
Description: Plotweaver is a small, easily missed, loom, who can read minds, and plots to gain a proof of Divinity. To this end it implants telepathic messages, ideas and suggestions into the minds of other beings to have them act out its grand plots, usually increasing their power in the hopes they will gain a proof of divinity that the Plotweaver can then steal through the backdoors it had planted into their minds before. Late into the night it clickaty-clacks, plotting its ascension.

Traits:
- Telepathic: The Plotweaver can read minds, communicate mind-to-mind, and perform subtle mind-control through idea implantation, limited memory modification, sensory alteration, and planting backdoors that would theoretically allow it to steal proofs of divinity.
- Plotter: The Plotweaver is skilled at the art of conspiracy, and seems to always have just the right plan or bit of information or item to turn situations to its eventual advantage. A long-term edge, but often not useful during immediate combat.
- Champion: The Plotweaver enjoys selecting a promising candidate and raising them to the highest heights of power, whether through ruling a vast empire that successfully conquers more and more land through the aid of the Plotweaver, or personal growth or other means, in the hopes of eventually causing them to earn a Proof of Divinity.
- Stealthy: It is hard for anyone to notice or remember the Plotweav- what was I talking about again?


Being Name: Sweet Revelation the Perturb
Description: Sweet Revelation is a enticing mirage that flickers near geniuses, scholars, inventors, scientists, artists tantalizing them with that certain spark or final puzzle piece they so greatly desire. It teases and entices until its target will do anything. Usually the Sweet Revelation wants them to pour their own life or soul into their work somehow, but if their target does so, Sweet Revelation more than delivers, usually giving forbidden knowledge or skill far in excess of what the genius could have even dreamed of, allowing them to create something truly great, discover something truly grand, craft such wonderful horrors. Sweet Revelation is uninterested in the Historian, because Sweet Revelation thinks they're rather a bit of a twat.

Traits:
- The Bargain: In exchange for pouring their lifeforce, soul, blood flesh or some combination into their obsession, great work, or grand research, Sweet Revelation will empower the contractor with otherworldly eldritch skill, divine inspiration, inexhaustible stamina and impart on them great knowledge, revelations or resources needed to reach their goal, and far surpass it to create or accomplish something truly great.
- Enticement: Sweet Revelation can sense and teleport directly towards truly great and exceptional minds, where it fills them with supernatural motivation and drive, while enticing them yet further with near irresistible temptation...
- Illusory: Sweet Revelation is a illusory mirage that is near impossible to actually damage, trap or otherwise interact with except on its terms. As such it is very difficult to get rid of...


Being Name: Historian the Perturb
Description: The Historian is a car-sized, intelligent, charismatic, immortal cicada of strong convictions, determined to correctly and completely record history for posterity, righting record-errors wherever it might find them, and educating people about what really happened. Unfortunately, the Historian's memory, while prodigious and capable of remembering a breadth and depth of topic and details that would put even elephants to shame, is ever so slightly flawed, causing everything it learns and recalls to be ever so slightly wrong in a single vital detail or another.

Traits:
- Memory: The Historian has a supernaturally incredible memory, capable of recalling anything it has read, experienced, learnt or might otherwise know. Unfortunately, its memory is also supernaturally flawed, causing its recollections to always contain some vital flaw. It is at all times convinced that its own version of events or knowledge is correct, and disagreements or discrepancies is the faults of second or third parties or of villains who want to suppress the true histories.
- Historian: The Historian's greatest, most overwhelming passion is to constantly record history. All history, everywhere. In fact, everything that happens around the Historian is automatically inscribed into its exoskeleton by magic, though of course, slightly wrong. The Historian enjoys storing its periodical moultings together into cicada-skin library. Its second passion, equal to the first, is to educate others on the correct history, and correct errors where it discovers them, often resorting to such extreme measures as breaking into private libraries with writing supplies to edit their historical scrolls and tomes.
- Charismatic: The Historian is an incredibly persuasive public and personal speaker, easily making friends and gaining influence and positions of prestige wherever he goes. He is also a master of debate, and can frequently with words alone convince people with differing views of history or other matters around to the Historian's own point of view, something the Historian takes great pride in, believing that he is spreading the true truth one convert at a time.

[Special: Incarnation] Alice & The Pierce humbly appeared in the command room of the Citadel before the highest ranking members of the Engineers. Thus spoke Alice to them:
"I was like you, once. Lesser, truly. Now I am one of the divine host. In this world I am invincible and immortal. But inside I'm still human. I am no greater than any of you, yet I hold this responsibility. I am a Divine, but I won't demand you worship me, I only ask for your understanding."

[Interaction] Alice taught the Engineers of the secrets of the Universe, its nature and its laws, its mysteries and its wonders, as well as its Twelve Hosts and their Rights.

[Interaction] With her flesh and as part of the new world, the incarnated Host personally worked toward the betterment of the future of the Engineer race and its society.

[Creation] With the boundless knowledge and skills worthy of her stature, the Host tinkered with scraps to craft an Object she called a Quantum Computer.

Spoiler: Quantum Computer (Magical Object) (click to show/hide)

Name: Quantum Computer
Description: Physical 'thinking' (but not conscious/willed) machines built from conductive and insulative metals. Some are built into other machines in order to manage said machines, while a few are small handheld devices called 'phones', intended to be a single being's companion. Computers may also communicate with one another via radio or metal wires.
Qualities:
- Think quickly: computers may complete thousands of calculations in mere moments.
- No creativity: these machines perform exactly the tasks they are instructed to, and as such the coder's mistakes will likely manifest in the form of bugs.
- Quantum: There exists a discrete quantity of these machines. To start with, one. But there's no reason why it couldn't be reverse engineered.

[Nakéen]

[Secret Creation] Working afar from the Hosts, The Root of All Rice created in secret what would be known as the fourth world, the Lofty Realms. When it came to its acceptance of life, it was most similar to the first World. But any similarities stopped here as the Lofty Realms were made according to another Host's vision, beautiful to their maker and to the mortals that would behold its fantastical places.

Spoiler: The Lofty Realms (World) (click to show/hide)

Name: The Divine and Starry World Which Ever Revives in Harmony, otherwise known as the Lofty Realms
Description: A brillant expanse of stars covers the world's sky, each night turning to a day in endless cycle. The weather in locations varies in each regional island, but beneath the endless seas lies another, the Underworld, whichever hellhole of a planet that might currently be. Occasionally a bridge will connect one of Lowly Realms with the Lofty Realm's capital, Mihakurohoshi, sweeping mortals into the realm of the gods. Transient like the mist, where if one falls off it's guarded rails into the mists they will be lost to time elsewhen. Turn back, mortals, lest you face punishment for intruding on this world beyond Proofs. Though should one wish to climb those lofty heights and live within it, one may reach godhood. It is said that if you travel to the end of the world, however, you may reach a fantastical place, but to do so would mean leaving your path behind forever.
Qualities:
- Endless Skies, Abyssal Seas, Stretching Lands, and Eternal Form: The Lofty Realms exist beyond space, separating the world of mortals from the space beyond. No matter how high you travel, or how far you go, there is but the Lofty Realm, immortal. And those regions which make it up were always there, just waiting to be discovered by those with the Proof of their will.
-The Gap Between Worlds, The Bridge of Heaven: Occansionally a bridge will apperal, made of cherrywood and dark oak planks, seeming infinite in scope. If one were to walk it, they would find it's end after 3 days and nights, arriving at the other side. Take heed, for mortals were not meant to step into the realm of the gods. Though you may become godlings, there will always be those who deride you for it.
- Divinity in Proof, Law-clad: Should one prove their skills, in time the Lofty Realm may change them, imbuing them with divine energy. With this energy, aging stops and one gains great potential. And within this world, the Law of Ascension may gather Proof of your godhood.
Regions:
Mihakurohoshi Capital: Above the misty waters at the base of the World Tree lies the Capital. Here the roots of the Underworld transverse deep underground and througout the underground of the Lofty Realm, beneath even the Abyssal seas. It is a place of redwood, panels, and quiet serenity, broken only by those who live there. Here is where the Bridge of Heaven forms and leads, and here is where numerous ships made from the world tree await, as if made by the hands of those unknown or once existed. It is a place of holiness, where one might ascend to the heavens if one could do so.

Demon Isle: A land of mountains, forests, rivers, and a volcano, which depths can sometimes reach the branches of the World Tree, and even deeper below the end of the Abyssal Sea. It is a place filled to the brim with demons, monsters twisted parodies of creatures and beings that exist in other worlds, constantly fighting, eating, and killing one another, only for more to spawn when the old die, forever in a sort of balance only beatable by those mortal who would take back the land. Strangely, there is a hidden valley that can only be found by those who know of it, with a simple house, barn, and field, gentle water flowing through it. The Isle itself has a lot of natural resources.

The Mountain: A strange place which puts one to the test, bringing out the parts of you you repress and giving them form. To climb to it's peak is impossible, and lost crumbling cities, ancient ruins, frozen lakes, ancient lava tunnels which freeze and flow at the flick of a switch, and strange plants exist. Along with a single strange hotel filled with ghostly blobs. In dreams or reality, both are true here. If one were to reach the top, one might be stronger for it. Or they would fall to themselves.

The Steel Tower of Monsters, Babel: A dungeon and stair both, located at the very end of the world. Here adventurers from other worlds may come, seeking to challenge it's depths. But those who wish to leave this deathtrap behind need only climb it's 100 floors of dangerous foes and puzzles, each more confounding than the last. Be one to reach the top, and your reward is to enter a world of wonder and metal lost to the past. But to leave the Lofty Realm and ascend beyond it, you are cursed to never return, to become a part of that new world.

The Endless Fields of Plenty, Torotaru Merunaro: Endless plains and orchards untouched by worry, many fields of wheat and grains. A single mountain with an ancient forest, and a single city surrounded by ancient towers. And beneath a crystal-clear lake a guardian dragon amidst the reefs and ancient ruins of one lost to time.

Ygdraisl's Branch: A rare example of the world tree's branch, it towers out of the water, and an aquatic city filled with civilized monsters has sprung up around it. Indeed, around this city are many smaller islands. But the winds above the region, and the currents around it, hint towards tormoil beneath the waves, monsters reside within this branch, having made it their home. 6 Strata exist, and at the bottom is a foe that may given even a god pause, a mother of monsters.
These and many more exist to be found by those bearing Proofs, those they created? Or those that were always there? Who knows

[Secret Lawmaking] Then the Endlessly Growing Stalks which Reside amidst the Waters of Creation whose Roots bridge the Gap between Lowly and Lofty Realms wove a World Law into the Lofty Realms, the first of all the Laws. Then with unwavering trust and conviction, the Host gifted its unclaimable True Name, its Proof of Divinity to the newborn World Law.

Spoiler: The Ever Reborn Proof That Gods Are Not Born But Grown Like Rice (World Law) (click to show/hide)

Name: The Ever Reborn Proof That Gods Are Not Born But Grown Like Rice
Class: Specialized World Law of Regrowth
Effects: The World is Immortal even in Death. If destroyed it shall regrow and be reborn. That within the Lofty Realms when it and/or themselves are destroyed will be reborn, if shifted through time and space through the mists. Those without Proof may strive to gain it, proving their worth and ability in many ways. This Law is a Secret Law that can only be seen by it's effects on the universe.
Gifted the Proof - The Root of All Rice, The Endlessly Growing Stalks which Reside amidst the Waters of Creation whose Roots bridge the Gap between Lowly and Lofty Realms.

[Special: Secret Incarnation] Losing the Proof that made them Divine, the no longer Host and now Mortal named Sakuna Hitsuki was banished from the beyond and awoke into the world below, within the Endless Fields of Plenty of the Lofty Realms.

Spoiler: Sakuna Hitsuki (Mortal Being) (click to show/hide)

Mortal Name: Sakuna Hitsuki
Skills: Rice Growing/Harvesting/Production, Duel-Combat with Hoe and Sickle, and 'Flowing Heavens' Cloth Spear Style.
Items:
Steel Sickle: It's a sickle useful for both combat and farming.
Steel Hoe: It's a hoe one can swing around, both to till fields and to bash heads in.
Right-Given Cloth: A magic cloth that extends and retracts according to the owner's will. Useful for grappling and movement, though not for farming. Can clear the field of rocks though!
Fancy Woven Hat and Kimono/Shorts set: A set of clothes to keep warm and not burned by the sun. Useful for traveling and working in the fields on a hot day.
Magic Bag: It's Mr. Bag! Useful for caring any amount of stuff, and planting seeds. Keeps things fresh.
Goal: Achieve a Proof of Divinity through their god-made quest.

[Secret Creation] Now holder of the True Name of a Host, the Ever Reborn Proof That Gods Are Not Born But Grown Like Rice used the last remaining Right of Creation to give birth to a powerful being: Ayami the Mother of Monsters.

Spoiler: Ayami (Powerful Being) (click to show/hide)

Name: Ayami
Description: A gigantic being with the upper body of a pale woman with long purple hair and eyes. Her lower body is entirely made of roots and vines forming a vast mass extending in all directions. Countless bulbs are hidden within her warm vines, from which monsters can be spawned. An immaculate emerald dress cover her body, giving her a regal appearance despite her clearly monstrous nature. The red mark of her curse is visible on her forehead.

Traits:
- Mother of Monsters: an incredibly fertile being capable of giving birth to lesser monsters of various shapes and abilities. All its descendants respect and obey her.
- Overseer of the Six Strata: Ayami was given control by Law of the six strata, and may reshape its structure according to its will in order to create traps and labyrinths.
- Cursed Mark of Overseer: Ayami is ageless so long as she remains within one of the stratum, but she will instantly die if she attempts to leave. The cursed mark may be passed on to another Powerful Being, which will free Ayami of her curse and strip her of all her abilities.

Miscellaneous

[Destruction] Noting the absence of response from the maker of insectkin, Bartatam let out a mighty sigh which through 2 Rights of Destruction wiped out the fiercest colonies of Antants and Waswasps from the Bounteous Domain, transporting them to Middengard.

Meanwhile, NOTWITHSTANDING watched the Insects as a whole with interest.

As for the remaining Hosts, it is said they slumbered and watched, waiting for the right time to act.

[Nakéen]

World Turn:

The Crash of the Citadel
As soon as Alice finished her words, she noticed an abnormal behaviour within the systems of the Citadel. With her wits and knowledge, she detected the interference of another Host, the Sp(fl)y. It was however too late to prevent the inevitable, and the Citadel crashed on the surface of the Bounteous Dome. And miraculously, there was not a single casualty and no vital system was damaged by the crash. Instead, the Citadel had crashed in such a way the it had pierced through the shell of the Dome, causing it to end up connected to the Inner World in the middle of the Insect Wastes.

After a quick analysis, Alice determined the lack of casualties and damage to the Citadel were all due to the Sp(fl)y, who had perfectly calculated its move so that no harm would befall the Citadel and its inhabitants. Unfortunately the Citadel was now stranded and unable to take off due to being perfectly lodged in the shell of the Bounteous Dome: any attempt to move the Citadel would cause untold structural damage to it.

The Citadel has crashed on the Bounteous Dome.

Interactions: Alice

Despite the rather new chaotic situation, Alice managed to calm the Engineers with her boundless wisdom and knowledge of the universe. She taught them everything about the universe and its Hosts, quelling the impending crisis as foretold by the Prophetess, which allowed the whole of the Companions to remain cohesive and united. Now Companion herself, Alice continued her works to forge an ideal future for the Companions.

Alice noticed the dangerous potential of the Sweet Revelation and created a medecine that would allow anyone visited by the Sweet Revelation to resist its influence so long as they took the medicine. This disease was called by the Companions the "Fey Mood", which althoug beneficial, could also have dangerous effects. No one was really sure on how to deal with it, and depending on the settlement the "Fey Mood" was left to act or treated at the first symptoms.

Alice has met several notable Engineers who she trusts.
Amon-00001 the first of the 10000 Engineers to first awaken, and the one to have led the Companions as one. A great leader who would trust Alice with his life.
Emi-00002 the second Engineer to awaken, and the chief mechanic of the Citadel. If it weren't for Alice, she would be the one with the most knowledge on the Citadel.
Bob-A0046, an A-Engineer of 2nd generation. The leader of the Scouts, the soldiers who venture into the Inner World. He is the most talented soldier and strategist of the Citadel. His Shell-Cracker is custom made, heavier and hard to use, but much more powerful.

Sunflower
Countless events changed the order of the Bounteous Dome. The arrival of the Engineers. The disappearance of the warring hives. The apparition of many powerful beings. The rise of mortal civilizations. First, it must be said that with the disappearance of the most powerful and aggressive hives, the balance of the Garden was restored according to the vision of Bartatam. The Insect Wastes are being reclaimed by Buttercup and the lesser species, and the Domain of the Caretakers has greatly increased. The Blind Hmmmsters did die out, except for a lone individual.


Interest: The Engineers

Using the Quantum Computer as a base, the Companions replicated the incredible device and made it ubiquitous. Now, although the Companions were unified and mostly lacking in internal conflicts, three groups started to form over time.

First were the Companions of the Sunflower Root, who had continued studying the SUNflower and mining for more minerals. Their once budding colony had become an industrial supercomplex known for its great factories and extractors, drilling further and further into the crust of the Bounteous Dome. The supercomplex became soon known as the Complex, the current biggest and most populated Engineer settlement numbering several millions. Companions from the Complex are called C-Engineers, or C's.

Second were the Companions of the Citadel, at the crossroad between the inside and outside of the Bounteous Dome. First contacts with the inside of the Bounteous Dome resulted in several missing teams, as even the sturdy Engineers were unable to survive the assault of thousands of ravenous Insects. For the first time ever, the Companions thus had a need to defend themselves and developped weapons. Repurposing their mining tools which as effective at cracking open chitin as they were for rock, the Companions exploring the inside of the Bounteous Dome wore Armoured Environmental Suits and wielded "Shell-Crackers", the name given to the weapons used to kill Insects. Inhabitants of the Citadel are called A-Engineers for Alice, or the A's. The A's number near a hundred thousand.

A few armed research outposts were created to study the wildlife, but Companions generally didn't venture too far into Insect territories. It was also near impossible for them to reach the SUNflower as any ship attempting so would be attacked by swarms of territorial Waswasps and dismantled in a matter of seconds along with their crew. A strange signal was detected emanating from the Antenna, but it was in a territory entirely controlled by the Insects.

Third were the bold explorers of the Formless who piloted flying ships in order to explore the new worlds. These adventurers were named O-Engineers, or O's. A few of them managed to land on the Acropolis, and their tales are sure to generate interest among their fellows. There are less than a thousand O's.

Region: The Complex
A-Engineers, C-Engineers, O-Engineers...

Nihilo

Answering the wishes of its maker, Nihilo made its way to the Citadel and attacked the A-Engineers. In its rampage it destroyed a few outposts, but was ultimately repelled when it reached the heavily defended Citadel. It is said Alice personally stepped out to vanquish Nihilo, who none could match as she was a Host. According to Companion records, Alice said to the near dead Nihilo:
"Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. When will you learn a new trick, my friend?"

Defeated and humiliated, Nihilo retreated to the land of the Cherub, swearing revenge and realizing it would have to work in the shadows to further the goals of its master.

Nihilo has been defeated by the Engineers

Interest: Seraphim

Meanwhile, Seraphim had gathered the Cherubs to the Fields of Gold where it had organized them into a sprucing society. Seraphim had managed to convince the Primordial Caretakers that it was a servant of Order whose goals would not interfere with the Garden. Thus the Cherubs and Seraphim were left alone and protected by the Caretakers. With time passing, the Cherub society turned into a theocratic one entirely dedicated to TOAA with Seraphim as their leader. They now live all across the Domain of the Caretakers, from the Fields of Gold to its outer rings.

Now the Cherubs are no longer mere creatures, and dress and craft like the civilized do. They have turned the Fields of Gold into their home, with temples and statues dedicated to the One Above All, and the sweet words of Seraphim keep convincing the Primordial Caretakers. Seraphim has also warned of a threat it foresaw, that of the Engineers whose coming will destroy the balance of the Garden.

Nihilo and Seraphim are in conflict over where to direct the Cherubs. Nihilo wishes to turn them into an army to destroy the Engineers, whereas Seraphim wishes to make them spread and worship TOAA.

The Cherub civilization is budding, but not particularly impressive

The Carnies

The Carnies were content on gathering as many of themselves a possible in a confined space, to the confusion of the no-longer blind Hmmmster. Their bizarre minds made them impervious to the actions of Seraphim and the Cherubs, and they live leisurely lives in the Domain of the Caretakers. Several Carnie Huts can be found there, and none dare disturb them while they develop strange rituals. The Luckening Rod has been seized by the Carniest of the Carnies, who is called the Carny. It is not known what is the function of the Carny.

The Carnie civilization is budding, but not particularly impressive

The Segmentium

The Segmentium were placed near Antenna Alpha, and they heard the cryptic message of TOAA toward the Engineers. None of the individual Segmentium understood the words, and even their combined form failed to. Part due to instinct and purpose, the Segmentium assembled into several rudimentary butterfly -the first moving lifeform they witnessed-, and one of them took off with the Antenna Alpha to gather information. The rest just flew away in some random direction, imitating the life they crossed path with.

The Segmentium are doing random stuff

The Hmmming Caretaker

While the Primordial Caretakers pursued their tasks of tending to the Bounteous Dome, the Hmmming Caretaker disappeared to a distant land far from the Cherubs, far from the Engineers, and far from the Insects. There the Hmmming Caretaker planted Sunflowers and other bountiful plants, and gently placed the dancing Hmmmsters here for them to live happily.

Hmmmsterland

The Coming of Butterfly Buttercup and the rise of the Idas

The order inside the Bounteous Dome was greatly disturbed by the arrival of Butterfly Buttercup, the Coincidental Cause, the Sending Storm, the Disordered Disaster, whose actions wrought untold chaos below.

First there was the seeding of the Idas into two colonies, one of the Antants, and one of the Waswasps. Had the Insects been burdened with the weight of sapience, it is likely their minds would have collapsed under the sheer terror and carnage caused by the passage of the Yellow Storm, an innate terror that would become engraved within the collective memories of all Antants and Waswasps. The subversion of the two colonies went smoothly, and the Idas controlling each Queen manipulated their host to force the insects of the colonies to recognize the Idas as beneficial plant-attachments.

A few wary and more intelligent than usual Insects detected the danger of the Idas and attempted to uproot the parasitic plants from their kins. They failed to kill the Queen-controlling Idas, and were eliminated by Soldier-controlled Idas. Now unopposed within their new homes, the Idas started to spread slowly and leisurely, using their new hosts to spread and remodel their homes to their liking.

The new Ida-infested colonies were blooming and sun-catching nests made to make life for the Idas as ideal as possible. The controlled Queens now mostly created lowly drones to be controlled by the Ida-infested "officers" which would be implanted with an Ida from birth. But unfortunately for the Ida, they couldn't control the body of their Hosts as well as their owners, which made them weaker in confrontations against the ruthless hives. There was also no way for the Idas to subvert a hive by themselves, as reaching the Queen of a colony was a rare feat even for the warring Antants and Waswasps.

Location: Strongbud, the Blooming Ida-Ant Nest.
Location: Cloudpetal, the Blooming Flying Ida-Wasp Nest.


The Perturbs, Agents of the Storm

Next the impact each Perturbs had on the world must be stated.
True to its purpose, Daisy-Chain identified the weakest nest of Antants and felt an urge to make them the dominant group of the region. Quickly infecting them and assimilating them in the Daisy-Chain, it made them fiercer, meaner, and less picky about what to eat, transforming them into fearsome killing machines that eliminated the hives that once oppressed them. And once this goal was done, Daisy-Chain came across farm Hmmmsters and saw them as quite oppressed indeed. Electing them as the new group to raise, the Daisy-Chain attempted to make them more intelligent and agile, although to no avail so far. An intelligent and smart Hmmmster is still a tasty Hmmmster to an Antant. The Daisy-Chain has yet to make a hmmming breakthrough.

The Levelling Storm was placed in close proximity of one of the most dangerous Waswasp hive of the Bounteous Dome, whose hive was humongous and visually quite offensive. With a flap, the Storm greatly damaged the home of the Waswasps, who were then sent into a destructive fury by the shadow-styria. Were it not for the action of the Gardener, it is likely the Levelling Storm would have been killed by the berserking Waswasps. Dissatisfied with what happened, the Levelling Storm went into an angry fit and levelled the Buttercup savannah below, turning it into a flattened wasteland. Now, the Levelling Storm sleeps in the middle of it.

The Plotweaver has a sudden idea of pure genius, entirely of their own making. It chose among the Ida the one individual that seemed the most talented, and made it the ruler of the hive through subtle "accidents" involving the sudden death of the Ida infecting the Queen. This Ida was Purple-Crooked-Root, and it became the lord of Cloudpetal.

The Historian at first tried to record the history of the surrounding Insect Nests, but their lack of interest in becoming friends with a charismatic cicada turned out to be quite an obstacle. Dejected, the Historian spent its time recording the history of Strongbud, and its influence caused the Idas of Strongbud to develop writing in order to record and exchange information.

Interest: The Sweet Revelation
Finally, was the Sweet Revelation, the Perturb whose actions truly caused the greatest changes. The Perturb sensed something far above the inside of the Bounteous Domes, a host of minds of incredible richness and potential. Sneering at the other Perturbs who meddled with creatures it perceived as lowly, such as the Insects and the Idas, the Sweet Revelation teleported beyond the Dome, to the mining colony of the Engineers.

Three Engineers made a contract with the Sweet Revelation, and these three engineers were chosen for a very specific purpose.
The first was named Sam-310. He was an Engineer with perfect memory and a weak spirit, causing him to suffer from his own painful memories. With the help of the Sweet Revelation, he created a serum of amnesia to completely wipe parts of his memories.

The second was named Marc-001210. He was a biologist of the inner world forward scouting team who developped a fascination for the savage and dangerous Antants, and wished to incorporate their superior abilities into himself and share them to other Engineers. With the knowledge imparted to him by the Sweet Revelation, Marc-0020 managed to create a method of biomanipulation that allowed him to turn into an Antant-Waswasp-Engineer hybrid. He underestimated the instincts of the Insects, and developped an incredible hunger and lust for battle. He killed all the members of his crew who refused the bioenhancement, and fled with his hybrid Companions into the Buttercup jungles, carrying several doses of the serum of amnesia.

The third was named Amy-995006, an artist who had a Fated connection to the Sweet Revelation. The Perturb appeared before her, and she immediately gave her entire life to draw a picture of static representing the Sweet Revelation. This masterpiece was such a perfect representation it held the essence of the Sweet Revelation, causing anyone to look at the original picture to be visited by the Sweet Revelation. The artist was found dead in her room with this picture, which acquired the reputation of being cursed. Yet no one seems able to willingly destroy it.

The Sweet Revelation is running amok

On MiddengardInterest: The Insects of Middengard

Sent to Middengard, the strongest hives of Insects fought for the scarce useable resources available and warred with even more intensity than before. The hostle environment and the constant warring decimated the hives, with only a few remaining. Of those few, the majority was wiped out by starvation and disease. The survivors managed to adapt and overcome Middengard.

These Antants and Waswasps have heavily mutated under the influence of Middengard, and merged into a single species. A highly venomous species of Insects capable of consuming anything that can fit in their mouths, whether it is organic or inorganic. They have evolved to have a special form of shared immunity to poisons: if an individual ingests something that kills it, its decaying body analyzes the foreign matter and attempts to become immune to the foreign matter and integrate it into the Insect arsenal. The Insects will keep eating their dead until one of them survive, having managed to become immune and integrate the new substance into themselves.

This new breed of insect has yet to be given a name, and they look neither like their parent species. They look like giant cockroaches oozing poisonous substances from every orifices of their bodies. They are extremely aggressive and can and will devour anything they can find. They are no longer an eusocial species, and each individual is able to give birth to more of their own.

New Species: Unnamed Insects

On Acropolis Argyros
On the newly formed metal world, the rare O-Engineers to have made their way here have barely managed to explore each of the regions. There is a single outpost of Companions on this world, located in the Drift. It seems a lot of Engineers are interested in settling on the Acropolis Argyros, but the current ship technology is insufficient to transport a great amount of passengers and resources.


On the Lofty Realms
With the acquisition of a Proof, Ever Reborn Proof That Gods Are Not Born But Grown Like Rice has acquired a will and inherited the one of its maker. The Law is frustrated over its inability to completely the Lofty Realms carefully constructed by the One Who Gave It A Name. The creation of Ayami was sufficient to populate the strata of Ygdraisl's Branch, but the Demon Isle and the Steel Tower of Monsters remain unpopulated. As a consequence the Law has sealed the Tower and made the waters around Demon Isle too tumultuous to navigate.

Sakuna Hitsuki

On the vast and elusive world of the Lofty Realms awoke Sakuna Hitsuki among fields of wheat. She has slept for a long time, the loss of divinity thoroughly affecting her, and the monsters born from Ayami have started making their way outside of Ygdraisl's Branch, although they are still very scarcely seen.



Loss of interest
The Chronicler is losing interest in the Hmmmsters, the Primordial Caretakers, most Lesser Life, and what wasn't mentionned in the turn!

Prophecies

The Prophetess is playing ball with the blood red eye.
"I'm not sure if it's making things clearer, but it won't hurt trying?"

The following will happen without intervention from the gods.

The Idas will encounter the runaway hybrid-Engineers. The Engineers will create better hosts for the Idas, and in exchange the Idas will protect and hide the hybrid-Engineers.

Nihilo will ultimately fail to hinder the Engineers, and will hide in a faraway place.

The SUNflower will be damaged by the drilling operations of the Engineers.
The Engineers will become the dominant civilization of the inner world.
The Engineers will capture and study the Segmentium. The Segmentium will learn a lot and develop a grudge against the Engineers.

The Caretakers will split into two groups, with one side loyal to TOAA, and another loyal to Bartatam.

The Historian will forget everything due to drinking the serum of amnesia. Even its purpose.

"As always, do ask if there is something you need to know."

Rights

"Bllmng... That was something."

Income:
- Ferrous: 1 Right of Protection
- Alice: 1 Right of World Lawmaking
- the other Hosts have each received 2 Rights of Creation and 1 Right of Destruction

The following Special Rights are available:
- 1 Perfect Right of Master Lawmaking: a gift from the Old Host. With the approval of all Hosts and the Three Attendants, the Master Law may be edited.
- 1 Half-Empty Sixfaced Combined Right of Universal Lawmaking: a gift from the Old Host. With the approval of half the current Hosts, a Universal Law may be created. Hosts involved in this Right may not be involved in the Half-Full right.
- 1 Half-Full Sixfaced Combined Right of Universal Lawmaking: a gift from the Old Host. With the approval of half the current Hosts, a Universal Law may be created. Hosts involved in this Right may not be involved in the Half-Empty right.

The following Special Rights may be obtained by fulfilling conditions:
- Specialized Act of Creation of your choosing: obtained everytime 3 or more Rights of Destruction are used at once.
- Specialized Act of Destruction: create something through a Specialized Act of Creation.

Non-incarnated player action slots:
- 2 Creation slots
- 1 Destruction slots
- 1 Special slot

Incarnated player action slots:
- 1 Creation or Destruction slot
- 1 Special slot
- 2 Interaction slots (including for Creation or Destruction that doesn't use Rights)

Any number of Rights may be used per use.
Base Rights can be freely exchanged.

[Nakéen]

Players Status

Spoiler: NOTWITHSTANDING (Maximum Spin) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: NOTWITHSTANDING
Rights:
6 Rights of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Specialized Right of World Lawmaking
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Hexapoda (Leonardo8) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: Hexapoda
Rights:
6 Rights of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Right of Antant Destruction
1 Right of Waswasp Destruction
1 Right of Blindbuilder Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: The Vircine Chiropod (Kilojoule Proton) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: The Vircine Chiropod
Rights:
2 Right of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Right of Bounteous Domes Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Alice & The Pierce (Egan_BW) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: Alice & The Pierce
Rights:
1 Rights of Creation
2 Right of Destruction
1 Right of Engineers Destruction
1 Right of World Lawmaking
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Sp(fl)y (Stirk) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 2
- Including: Sp(fl)y
Rights:
2 Rights of Creation
2 Right of Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: THE ONE ABOVE ALL, or Toaa (Knightwing64) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: TOAA, THE ONE ABOVE ALL
Rights:
5 Rights of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Specialized Right of Nihilo Destruction
1 Specialized Right of Seraphim Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: The Root of All Rice, The Endlessly Growing Stalks which Reside amidst the Waters of Creation whose Roots bridge the Gap between Lowly and Lofty Realms (TricMagic) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: The Root of All Rice, The Endlessly Growing Stalks which Reside amidst the Waters of Creation whose Roots bridge the Gap between Lowly and Lofty Realms
Rights:
2 Rights of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Onti, the Encrusting March of the Foreign Ocean (Roboson) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 2
- Including: Onti, the Encrusting March of the Foreign Ocean
Rights:
6 Rights of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Ferrous (Glass) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: Ferrous
Rights:
0 Rights of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Specialized Right of Metal Creation
1 Right of Protection
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Xe'kekxlia the fool of the unseen play (crazyabe) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 1
- Including: Xe'kekxlia
Rights:
2 Rights of Creation
3 Right of Destruction
1 Specialized Right of World Lawmaking
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Butterfly Buttercup, the Coincidental Cause, the Sending Storm, the Disordered Disaster (Demonic Spoon) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 2
- Including: Butterfly Buttercup, the Coincidental Cause, the Sending Storm, the Disordered Disaster
Rights:
2 Rights of Creation
2 Right of Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

Spoiler: Bartatam, A divine gardener (Rockeater) (click to show/hide)

Proofs of Divinity: 2
- Including: Bartatam
- Including: the golden twig of the divine tree
Rights:
4 Rights of Creation
1 Right of Destruction
1 Persistent Right of Incarnation

[Nakéen]

Compendium update ongoing

But not before a few days. Laziness!

[Nakéen]

reeeeeeserved

I forgot what that reservation was for.

Oh right. If something was forgotten or something is incoherent, do tell!

[Egan_BW]

"Always more fires to put out. Oh well, I shall Prioritize."

Alice is seen to have left behind the thick fur cloak of a culture far across impossibility and now wears an exosuit outside. She hardly needs its strength or protection, but it marks her as a Companion out in the still-wild shellworld. When accessing Hostly knowledge or utilizing The Pierce she conjures a holographic computer interface to do so which is likewise technically unnecessary.

1 Creation: Create Powerful Object.

Name: Hyperdrive
Description: A blue orb which, through computer interfacing, allows the region it is installed in to be moved anywhere arbitrarily without causing any damage to the region, surroundings, or anything in between the origin and the destination.

Qualities:
- Shwoop: Teleports itself and a region's worth of matter instantly, without damage.
- Computer controlled: The Hyperdrive's power may only be controlled through use of a connected computer, limiting its usefulness to anybody who doesn't know how to use a computer.
- Charge up: After use the Hyperdrive will power down and require charging back up from some power source, such as a Sunflower. The fastest it can possibly be charged, even with unlimited access to energy, is 1 turn.

Special: World Lawmaking.

Name: Localized Law of Benevolence
Class: World
Effects: Probability in the affected space (a world-sized bubble centered on wherever The Citadel currently is) is subtly tweaked in order to benefit those in need and minimize suffering. Fails to have any effect measurable by those who would abuse this effect.

Approval: fuck you this one's unilateral

The Citadel, still embedded into the crust of the Shellworld, blooms with the yellow aura of a pair of Rights. One mightier than the other by a significant measure, but both aimed at the heart of the ship, weaving in harmony to not only make the steel sailboat Unwrittenworthy again, but transform it into a bastion of benevolent values.

Interaction: Print out The Prophetess's latest on a nice sheet of paper and shove it in the Engi's faces politely request that they don't make random enemies or cause worldscale apocalypses and not make me babysit them in this regard.

Interaction: Gently cut some Sunflower scion to be used as power sources for longer ranged Unwrittencraft, so that more of the universe may be explored.
Nah just freeing The Citadel will be fine for that and Engi can probably invent longer ranged craft on their own. More pressing concerns.

Start working on more effective and general counters for Psionic manipulations because everybody seems to be fucking in love with those. Drugs, dampening fields, training the Engi in psionics themselves and such.