The Chronicles Of Aether Ep. 1: The Second Genesis

[Inkarzikan]

Varenity heard a loud preach for somthing in the distant mountains that resided near the forest, precisly at a cliff, looking she noticed what seemed to be.. Zirconsis. What was he doing here?

As she wave her hand, Zirconsis's Shadow Stopped instantly, as he pulled away from it, it standing their, it morphed into Varenities Shadow as she arose from it, before his shadow rushed back to him.

She was curious to see what it was he was out here for.

"Ah, Zirconsis, what brings you all the way over here by the Forbidden Meadows?" She asked inquisitivly, as a small low lying green plant faded Grey.

"I'm looking for fuel. Do you know any gods that control weather, I need lightning." Zirconsis said. He walked up to a tree and smacked it with his baton arm. A small Crimefruit fell down, but it was the size of a penny. He consumed it, and he got fueled for a couple hours.
"Have you seen any Crimefruit?"

[New Robotalica]

Varenity heard a loud preach for somthing in the distant mountains that resided near the forest, precisly at a cliff, looking she noticed what seemed to be.. Zirconsis. What was he doing here?

As she wave her hand, Zirconsis's Shadow Stopped instantly, as he pulled away from it, it standing their, it morphed into Varenities Shadow as she arose from it, before his shadow rushed back to him.

She was curious to see what it was he was out here for.

"Ah, Zirconsis, what brings you all the way over here by the Forbidden Meadows?" She asked inquisitivly, as a small low lying green plant faded Grey.

"I'm looking for fuel. Do you know any gods that control weather, I need lightning." Zirconsis said. He walked up to a tree and smacked it with his baton arm. A small Crimefruit fell down, but it was the size of a penny. He consumed it, and he got fueled for a couple hours.
"Have you seen any Crimefruit?"

"I'm afraid not.." She said, lowering her sept to the tree as it seemed Drain of color as if dying, before putting the ominous purple orb Near her mouth, as the Mist flew into it and up two small fangs.

"So. Its true, everyones getting desperate.." She said loanthsomly, before looking to Zirconsis "Do you know about any recent events with the others that may be facing this matter?" She asked.

[Malshan]

Lycaeon stood over the quickly cooling body of a Golden Hind. He cut the jugular and waited patiently as the hind bled its lifeblood into several vials he had made. This would fuel him for a few days, but he would need to continue to track the next one. It could be a few days before he found the next hind. I suppose I must go to the other gods in search of help. he thought. Books and records have never been my strong suit.

OOC: Which god(dess) has a Domain in Knowledge?

[The Inritus Extraho]

"Well now, Bro, where do we need to go to start things off?" Valtherzaw shouted to his brother, just returning from getting his own fuel. "I mean, I would think the Center, but I thought it got sealed off by Prime aeons ago."

[Shnercropolis]

Cullan suddenly awoke from his sleep "Thank you so much i thought i was going to be absorbed, how can i ever repay you?" After they had talked for awhile Cullan had left leaving his ax behind. He knew where he was going now he was going east to see his old friend Yther , the machine god. He had hoped to meet him to see if things were fine there also because he had to pick up a machine to assist him in his work. He really hoped that the machine worked because he had almost died trying to get the machine.

Later
He finally arrived near where his friend lived he founds old parts and picked them up, these could be useful he thought. They were mostly scrap metal but they were a rare type of metal and very strong so if he had time to smith he could make a really good sword but it would take awhile. The ground was wet and that meant that a rainstorm had just passed meaning a few robots would be rusted out. He kept walking up the mountain when he ran into Yther.

Yther was almost to his power station when he ran into Cullan. His cold, unblinking camera eye analyzed Cullan to the utmost detail. The smith God had not changed; none of the biologic Gods did.

"Hello friend. What brings you here?" His voice was strange and halting from underuse. Yther knew perfectly well what Cullan was here for, but he found he sounded more sociable when he made small talk.

[The Last Tribe]

Aether, Northern Frosted Mountains
A resounding crash filled the mountain range. Well Volla thought to herself, That was interesting. The troll had fallen over a small ledge, not enough to be a deadly fall even for Volla, but the large icicles hanging off the underside were a different matter. They had been broken loose and had fallen, engourging themselves deep into the ugly creature. "You just had to go and fight walking backwards, didn't you?" Talking to the troll is almost redundent, they don't know how to speak. She jumped down from the ledge, a short walk away from the troll, last thing she wanted was to be broken by the things wild death throes. She angled herself just above the frothing creature as it spat wild sounds and blood her way, "Thank you creature for your noble sacrifice, so that i may live another day." She raised her spear high into the air and brought it down upon the dying creatures neck...

Sometime later
She was walking up a slope towards the top of the nearest mountain, a large bag now strapped to her back, that was where her home was located 'Sessrúmnir' or seat-room if you want to be technical. A small hall she and another god had built sometime ago. Brimnir, if only you could see our little mead hall now. Brimnir was Volla's brother per se, as old as her, just a little off his rocker. Brimnir never liked being around other gods, always got jealous when the 'others', as he so graciously called the other gods, just even looked at me. As she crested past the final row of trees, there it was, Sessrúmnir. "Hundred feet long, twenty-five feet tall... And smells as strange as ever." she said aloud to whatever was present... Trees mostly, and the odd squirrel.

Inside the hall was quite spartan, a dozen long tables extending from end to end. And per the halls name sake, over two hundread seats. When she asked why they made the hall so big, and had so many tables and chairs, all he said was 'There will be people here soon.' She never questioned him about it... Hell if i know what 'people' are volla thought to her self as she headed towards the back, to the most ornate thing in the hall, Maybe he was just being mean, just to help him build the hall. Or, maybe he was talking about the other gods? Volla shrugged and picking up a small drinking horn from a table, looked into it and dipped it into a large barrel that was always filled with the sweet honey drink of mead. She tossed the contents of her bag out on another table, the trolls head flopped lazily from inside and blankly stared back towards Sessrúmnir's door. Volla turned on her heel and spoke as loud as she could, drinking horn in the air, "Now... Now we drink! Later... We go exploring!" She drank, sang, and punted the head into a long fireplace on the side of the hall. She heard a large party with other gods singing like mad people... Anyone that came to this scene would have heard a young goddess singing off key.

[NWO-ONE]

"Well hello Yther i have come to pick up my machine the one that will help me with my blacksmithing and in return i will give pieces of scrap metal, very rare" Cullan said. The robot was specifically designed to withstand very hot temperatures so it could melt the metals because the boring part of making anything was melting the metal. With this machine he could multi-task creating weapons faster than before.

Yther told him he remembered the machine and told him to come inside. He asked why he was so late so Cullan told how he would have died if it weren't for The Mother. Cullan asked if he was running out of fuel and if he noticed any unusual things in the Aether.

[Shnercropolis]

"Well hello Yther i have come to pick up my machine the one that will help me with my blacksmithing and in return i will give pieces of scrap metal, very rare" Cullan said. The robot was specifically designed to withstand very hot temperatures so it could melt the metals because the boring part of making anything was melting the metal. With this machine he could multi-task creating weapons faster than before.

Yther told him he remembered the machine and told him to come inside. He asked why he was so late so Cullan told how he would have died if it weren't for The Mother. Cullan asked if he was running out of fuel and if he noticed any unusual things in the Aether.

"My salt mines are starting to take in less, but I should have enough fuel from the spring and my salt stores for a long while. As for unusual things, I never leave my vale if I don't need to, so no."

Yther led Cullan into his shack, which was crammed with miscellaneous tools, prized machines, and a bed. In the corner was a medium-sized robot that rolled around on wheels. It had huge hydraulic arms that had tongs and a claw on the ends. the robot also had advanced heat sensors and a small memory for knowing what types of metals it was melting and what their melting temperatures where. Cullan marveled at the machine, and Yther offered to turn it on and test it out.

[Ameriganastan]

A sarcastic clapping emerged from the other end of the hall.

"My my Volla. That singing voice you have is...tolerable as ever."

Arias stood at the other end of the hall, looking a little bluer than usual. He wasn't very fond of the cold.

"You couldn't be out traveling could you? No, instead i had to trudge up this frozen pain in the horns to reach you. But i digress, wonderful to see you. I have something i need to ask you. Its been becoming increasingly difficult for me to find fuel in my domain. You aren't having the same issue out here are you?"

[Lunar Rai]

Aether - Wind Barrier

Lulwy was wandering her dwelling place, a tear in her eye. She had just discovered how she gained more energy. Other gods described in detail how they got fuel, and as they spoke, Lulwy figured that each way had something to do with their domains. She had tried many other methods, and grown tired. She set up a campfire to rest, when all of a sudden, the fire had spread to her favorite bow. She quickly rushed to try to save it, but was stopped when she noticed some energy returning. "No," she cried sadly, "My favorite bows. I have to burn them." It is only now that she is finding a way to cope with her fuel gathering method. "The one known as Kaaysel had been muttering about a lower world a few hours ago. Perhaps... yes. I will help create it. I will nurture it. When the time is right, I will work to demolish it. The ones who gain sentience, they will feel my pain, as well as the pain of my favorite weapons, and I will take pleasure in it," she said with conviction. She then left to find those creating a subworld.

[The Last Tribe]

A sarcastic clapping emerged from the other end of the hall.

"My my Volla. That singing voice you have is...tolerable as ever."

Arias stood at the other end of the hall, looking a little bluer than usual. He wasn't very fond of the cold.

"You couldn't be out traveling could you? No, instead i had to trudge up this frozen pain in the horns to reach you. But i digress, wonderful to see you. I have something i need to ask you. Its been becoming increasingly difficult for me to find fuel in my domain. You aren't having the same issue out here are you?"

Volla looked acrossed her hall at the blue man, the sarcasim completely lost on her as she bowed, "Fishman! Many wonderful greetings, Welcome to Volla's hall!" She knew Arias's real name, but it would be fun just to ruffle his metaphorical feathers, "Come, come. Sit by my lovely little fire. You look awfully cold."-she waves towards the long fireplace, a smile on her face, dragging a chair behind her-"Grab a drink while you're at it, barrels over there."

She walked over to the fire and prodded it a few times, poking the trolls skull a few times, her tone drops to one of seriousness, "And sadly... Yes. The trolls are to stupid to know that there are not that many of them left here. The giants decided to move a little bit more south, well, the ones that can that is. The fenrir started moving into that, what was his name, Lycaeon? they started moving into his 'little' neck of the woods. And the dragons..." She thought hard on this one, her face grimaced like a childs, "Well, lets just say that they really love to sleep... Or have all gone away. Permanently or other wise I do not know."

She looks up at Arias, smile back on her face, "Well. Lets not focus on the bad, shall we? What other things are you needing if you came all the ways up here?"

[Zarkenis Ultima]

"Well, not really. I went there the last time the first star circled the Sphere. We'll hold the meeting at the Stone Circle." Kaaysel said, still crouching in the ground.

By the time Lulwy arrived, Kaaysel had already finished writing the last letter. Without getting back up, Kaaysel turned one of the letters into a knife, put it in his belt as he said: "The expression 'The wind whispered it to me' has just taken a whole new meaning, hasn't it?". He then drew a circle around the letters, and finally got up.

Smiling and raising his hand as a manner of waving, Kaaysel said: "Hi, Lulwy."

[Ameriganastan]

He wondered over to the barrels and used his trident to float some liquid into a cup. He sat in the chair, and remembered why he didn't seek Volla out very much. She was a little too energetic at times.

"Well i can't think of much else i needed. But i figured since i needed to ask a question, you were home, and i was bored, you could use a little company before you took to the roads again. And i figured since I'm pretty well doomed..."

He produced the near empty vial from his robes

"it wouldn't hurt to socialize a little. Have you heard any word from the others?"

[Lunar Rai]

"Hello, Kaaysel," Lulwy said coldly, "I heard you muttering earlier about a subworld. I'm interested in it. I would like to help create this world. Surely it would need wind."
She approached the circle and said, "Ah, but it appears you have almost finished."

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Kaaysel put on a surprised expression and looked at Lulwy, then at the letters inside his circle. Then it hit him. "Oh, no, these are just letters. Us three alone can't possibly create AND sustain a subworld to gather fuel from." He said to Lulwy. He then turned around and outstretched his arms. "We'll need the help of ALL the other Gods of Aether in order to create it." He said, and then turned back to Lulwy, and smiled.

"But, of course I would appreciate your will to help! I figured my little friends would fly much faster if they had some wind to run on." He said as he motioned to the circle. He then clapped his hands together and put them on the sand within the circle, but away from the letters.

One of the letters then morphed into a living origami bird. Kaaysel got up and extended his index finger. The paper bird then flew to Kaaysel's finger and stood on it.

"Don't you think?"

[Lunar Rai]

Lulwy silently nodded, as she contemplated how much energy it would use to send messages to ALL of the gods.
I won't find any solace in this torment if this world is not created, Lulwy thought.
"Tell me where they need to go. The winds are at your back," she said emotionlessly.
She then set to make a fire. She would need to do a bit of burning to be able to send a message to everyone necessary.

[The Last Tribe]

"No Arias, I have'nt spoken to anyone all that recently."-She thought about that-"Acually, hehehe, the last person i talked to was you. That was when you went hunting that thing you called, awww heck."-she thought even harder, making a face like a child again-"Kraken! You were off hunting that kraken, that was a good 3 months ago though. Dang... I'm lonely." She walked over to where she kept her spear, she picked it up and ran her hand down it, "It would be best I go down there before I go a'hunting. My spear is getting a little weak, that bugger in the fire there. Would've wipped me good if he had'nt fell off a ledge."

She walked back to stand next to the fire, and she looked at Arias, "You're lucky though, you know that?" Volla felt her face grow warm, and it was'nt from the fire, "You can keep blood in vials, no matter how little you have."-She had to stop looking at him-"Me. Me, I have to go find and hunt something down every bloody day."-she didn't cry, she didn't want to show how scared she was-"It's one of the reasons I drink and sing and party all of the time. It's the reason I explore every place that my feet will take me. I might just *POOF* and be gone, back to the Prime." She flourished her hands at the 'poof'. This is when she doesn't talk with company, when she's depressed about the inevitable end.

She slapped her hands together, and forced herself to smile, "Well. That sucked."-She started to laugh-"I just had the best idea ever. How about you stay tonight, and we head to that alchemists place. Try to see if he has somthing planned, he always seems to be up to something." Volla ran across the hall, leaping over a table in the process, and filled her drinking horn again and raised it high into the air again, "Merry met! Merry go! And merry meet a'gain!"

[Ameriganastan]

He rubbed his neck at the mention of the Kraken. He still had marks from that one.

"Sounds good to me. I don't feel like making the trip back to the ocean. Plus, i haven't spoken to the alchemist in the longest while. It'll be good to see him again."

He watched her leap over the table, arching an eyebrow when she raised her drinking horn in the air.

"Uh yeah, merry met and all that good stuff."

He drained his cup and promptly filled it back up with another wave from his trident.

"Good refreshments."

[New Robotalica]

Varenity turned away from Zirconsis, squinting, she saw the shadow of a Distant tree by the Mothers forest, as Varenity's Shadow dissapered, so did she, as she suddenly rose from the Shadow, looing down where the Grey grass met the Green, crossing the Border, she was home again. As she walked to the top of a Hill, she sat down, just looking around. Silent. Thinking arout what to do now.

[JuNii]

Varenity turned away from Zirconsis, squinting, she saw the shadow of a Distant tree by the Mothers forest, as Varenity's Shadow dissapered, so did she, as she suddenly rose from the Shadow, looing down where the Grey grass met the Green, crossing the Border, she was home again. As she walked to the top of a Hill, she sat down, just looking around. Silent. Thinking arout what to do now.

"is there something I can help you with?" The Mother asked as she appeared behind Varenity. she's been getting alot of visitors lately... ok, two so far, but that's alot.

[Nationstatelandsville]

Achaes stepped lightly through his castle, as happy as ever. The lack of Fuel did worry him, but he preferred to remain positive. He stepped up to the massive foyer of his palace, where a small, red orb sat on a pedestal. The orb was casting off a small glow today, and Achaes could put to good use. He withdrew his shield, it's black iron glinting against the orb's shine. Gazing down at his shield, he saw his own reflection in it's cold metal.

"Tell me," he commanded,"if the other gods are in as much trouble as I." The shield showed showed him a blazing fire, a riddle for him to solve. He figured it could mean two things. The others were burning through their sources like fire, or they were beginning a terribly destructive war. He shrugged and wrote the sign down in a small book he carried with him, full of today's riddles. Achaes would solve it later. The god strolled along in his castle, humming ever so slightly.

[Malshan]

Lycaeon stood near his den entrance, packing for his journey. He had semi-sentient wolves that he would bring as pack animals. They knew he was the alpha, so they wouldn't cause any problems. "Alright. Let's go." he said in wolf-speak. He shifted and began walking in the direction of Kaaysel's palace." Some of the Gods of the Aether were more opulent in their lifestyles, preferring to live in fortresses instead of in a spartan-like environment. Hmmm...spartan...good name for a warrior. I may have to coin that term.

[Nationstatelandsville]

OOC: I'm the closest the thing to a god of knowledge, but I'm more of a god of learning, in a way.

[New Robotalica]

Varenity turned away from Zirconsis, squinting, she saw the shadow of a Distant tree by the Mothers forest, as Varenity's Shadow dissapered, so did she, as she suddenly rose from the Shadow, looing down where the Grey grass met the Green, crossing the Border, she was home again. As she walked to the top of a Hill, she sat down, just looking around. Silent. Thinking arout what to do now.

"is there something I can help you with?" The Mother asked as she appeared behind Varenity. she's been getting alot of visitors lately... ok, two so far, but that's alot.

Varenity looked up, as a passing cloud made it seem even Darker.

"Oh, no, no, I was simply thinking about things of today. I'm sure you know of how our daily sustenence apopears to be.. slipping away"
She said, plicking what appeared to be a Poppy flower, it grey and dull.

"I was just talking to Zirconsis, he's scouring for Crimefruit. Even I am finding it hard to find any Color left in the Meadows." she said, placing the flower down, her Septor aswell as it lay in the dismal feilds, Varenity and the mother standing as a gust of wind blew.

"I can still remember when I could restore Color to things. Now I can only take"

[JuNii]

The Mother sighed. she used up more of her power and wondered if she had enough elixir to last until her next batch was ready.

she reached into her pocket and drew out a double handful of newly created seeds.

"Dunno if this will be enough. plant these... these Morning Glories will replentish themselves every sunrise. let nature take it's course and you will have a feild of flowers whose colors will return each day. tho it will take about a week for them to grow. even I can't bend nature that much."

her shoulders sagged with effort. creating was now so draining for her. "That is all I can do at this time. I hope it's enough."