Banished (Deity RP/IC/Open)

[Tourma]

OOC

PART ONE: A NEW BEGINNING

It's ironic, isn't it?

They're the most powerful beings in the known universe, yet they are, in a sense, like any other person. They have emotions, they make mistakes, and they're susceptible to make irrational decisions. One might even say that without their powers, these beings are practically human. But I'm not one to judge. Who am I, you might ask? Well, it's a bit complicated. I am everything you've ever wished for. I am all of the hopes and dreams of every being from every universe, including every possible timeline, combined. I have no physical form, and I don't ask to be worshiped by anyone. The only reason I exist is to guide others and give them meaning. But hey, it's as good a reason as any.

---

She couldn't believe it. After thousands of years of loyal service to the Council, she was being banished. And for what? Helping humanity. Because for some reason, it's better to just ignore an evident issue than actually solve it. That was the Council's way of viewing things, but it wasn't hers. And now, here she was, hands tied behind her, surrounded by guards who planned to toss her into a portal. And they did just that.

The portal closed behind her, so she had no way of getting out now. To her surprise, there was absolutely nothing; just a blank, white void that just happened to have a floor. The quiet was calming at first, before she realized that there was a high chance she would be alone there, for the rest of her practically immortal life. Not even her future vision could guide her. She was lost and alone, with no way out.

---

"Fine, I get it, no need to shove!" Raven shouted, as she was being pushed through the portal. "Geez, the least they could do was-" She stopped herself mid sentence, awestruck by what she saw. "Woah..."

Throughout the endless white sky, thousands of floating "lanterns"; floating spheres of light, danced through the air. The once white, blank realm was illuminated with every color imaginable. Raven soon noticed that she wasn't alone. There was a woman who also had jet black hair, wearing a dark blue dress. She was facing the opposite direction, taking no notice of Raven's presence.

The young goddess had heard about this woman, who happened to be a fellow deity. Excited, she flew over to greet her. "Hey, Fa-! I mean, your Clarity." Raven greeted, curtsying before the elder goddesss. "Sorry to bother you, but did you make this?" She then gestured to the thousands of lights, just floating around.

Fate was taken back by this sudden arrival. "Oh, um, yes I did, actually."

"This is incredible! I mean, I don't want to sound like I'm lying or anything, but I really do think this is great. To be honest, I was worried I'd be stuck here alone for the rest of eternity, but I'm glad you're her-" She had just caught herself on what that might imply. "I'm sorry, that didn't sound good at all, did it?"

Fate couldn't help but chuckle. "Don't worry, I know what you meant."

Raven, who was normally much more relaxed, felt extremely nervous. "Ah, that's good. Sorry if I'm being annoying, it's just that I haven't met someone so important before."

"You aren't annoying at all, don't worry!"

For the first time, Raven didn't feel out of place. Somehow, even if she was stuck in this realm for the rest of eternity, she had a strange feeling things wouldn't be that bad. Heck, who knows? Maybe things might turn out for the best. "Thanks."

[Monarchy of Japanada]

Ethan Mackenzie...oops... I mean't Picsu and Cacciagro

Cacciagro bitterly bit on his 'trademark' ear of wheat with anger. It took a while for them to hold him down, he put up a real fight but he knew even since he threw the first punch, his hands were tied not by a humanly material like wood, titanium or steel but a strong holy power forcing them to bind together. He only partially managed to curse "Futue-" before being kicked inside the empty white void. "Yo-" Cacciagro looked around.."Its all..empty...but...eh, there are lanterns 'ere, eh?" Looking around in front of himself, he rubbed the back of his hair Some vegetation..or people would be nice here.. "A dancing wolf needs no sake, right? *sigh* well..I guess, I'll make the best of this, I can still buil-" He felt a hand latch onto his back, and defensively he flipped around with his fists up..until seeing a pretty, recognizable face, glistening copper hair and a modern, formal suit. "Helo there Cacciagro, I see ourselves are not alone here in this empty place, right I am?" "....Yeah?...milady Picsu..wait, your here, I'm not alone here!?" The glorious farmer's mood greatly increased for more than one reason, and it was mentally and physically visible in more than one way as his tone and position changed, and the happiness was plastered across his face, again having company wasn't the only reason...uh..yeah, we have to continue, thats right!

Cacciagro's hand was grabbed by Picsu as she began walking backwards "There are more of us, I have just been kicked into this void not long ago, less longer than you, but my senses have picked up sound of Raven and Fate..I'm sure you have neglected to look this way, adolescent-esque Cacciagro?" "Yeah..I didn't look that way, but more people, geez the Council has fallen from the beanstalk lately, haven't they!" No response. It was wasn't long until the footsteps were heard, the arrival of another pair of deities...one of which, Cacciagro, was flung back after having his hand let go by a nearly sprinting Picsu...

[The Palmetto]

Thermidor

When told that he was to be banished, Thermidor fought for his life, and for the ecosystems he protected. He feared for their safety, and didn't know who would care for them without him. The humans would be allowed to spread once more, and all of his work would be undone. He couldn't believe that the Council www treating human's like this, like they were some special species. In the world of biology, they were no more unique than any other organism, despite what others would think. Their lives didn't matter compared to those they had pushed to extinction, yet the Council still punished him. He was thrown into a portal, cast away into a new dimension.

Everything he had worked so hard to raise from infancy, everything he worked to keep safe, it was all gone. He felt like crying and kicking and screaming into the void around him, but that would get him nowhere. It would be illogical and immature for him to throw a tantrum, so he would just think, accompanied by his own thoughts. What now? He had lost everything, but he wouldn't give up yet. In this void there was light, from various spheres. Not all was lost. If there was light, that meant he could grow plants, that meant he could create soil. That meant he could start a new, and he would.

Letting out a long sigh, he took his arm out, and unfurled his hand. Without moving any part of his body, red blood began to gush out, but it didn't remain as blood. It changed from a crimson liquid to soft, fertile soil within moments. More blood flowed from his body, and soon enough, he had a palette of soil with a diameter of a foot, with the soil being prevented from leaking out by bark at the bottom of it. Small ferns slowly sprouted from it, and after wards, tiny pill bugs that could fit comfortably on your pinkie nail appeared. They built burrows and nibbled on the ferns, creating a tiny ecosystem. As Thermidor healed he would be able to slowly grow it, but for now, he was content.

He looked at his accomplishment closely, eyeing it like how a mother looks at her newborn child. He was willing to protect it at any and all costs, and he would care for it as if it was his own child, and in a way, it was. He was fixated on it, so much that every decision he made would have it has a factor, but also so much that he had failed to notice the other gods around him. Until now, that is. Many of the ones here had been banished for helping humans, so he did not wish to associate with them. But right now he didn't have much of a choice, seeing as they were the only others here.

"What do you all have planned, now? I have no reason to attack anyone here, however, I will set down the rule that no one here is to harm my ecosystems. I can slowly but surely create soil from my blood, but I need you all to leave me be so I can do it. It's slow, but as of now, there is no other way. That is, unless anyone has some abilities that could prove helpful, or knows something that I do not," Thermidor said, stamping out any emotion in his voice. It still sounded natural, he was still a living creature, but it didn't have any expression to it. It was like a cop interrogating a prisoner. He was making declarative statements so that they would understand his plans, and asking questions to know more about the deities around him, and what their plans were. The more he knew the better, as it could come in handy later on.

[Korhal IVV]

"Alatha zapos!"

Asurmen shouted out a magical incantation as the holy guards tried to calture him. From above, pillars of lightning came down and struck several of his would-be captors, vaporizing them. Being the Lord of Magic, he would not allow himself to be captured. He would not allow himself to be captured without a fight. And many would die in it.

The Council kept sending their creations towards Asurmen as he was pushed inch by inch nearer to the portal into which he should thrown, at least, to them. Spells of fire, lightning, and frost took their toll, as Asurmen refused to back down at what he considered the Council's illogical folly. Banished because his blood magic trick went awry? Preposterous.

Asurmen was desperate. He does not want to be thrown into an empty void, as the god of magic cannot create new life, only modify existing ones. His Chosen people would be left without their holy defender if this comes to pass. And yet... Somehow, even the Highfather of the Gods had to personally come. With one mighty kick, the Highfather sent Asurmen into Realm 751.

He fell on what seemed a floor... In an empty white void. However, elsewhere, he could see that Thermidor has created some plants and soil.

"Thermidor...", Asurmen said to him. "Maybe my magic can help you in your business...?"

[Byzareum]

Crizanus was escorted out of his domain, and towards a random portal. "Wait a second, you're banishing me?" Crizanus wonders to where he would be banished. Hell? He literally resides there. So... where?

When Crizanus was banished from Hell and into this utterly blank realm, instead of being angry at the Council, he instead joyously laughed for quite some time, before realizing there are the possibility of more deities being banished. In a fit of rage, he normally would destroy and wreak havoc, but instead he sat down amidst the nothingness, cursing the Council and thinking it would've been much better have the other deities not been banished into this new realm. And what he thought came true, of course.

He would like to create a world, but he does not have the power to create planets and establish life. They were not his domain to control. So he then decided to sleep, until another deity is to awake him from his slumber of inachievable dreams by creating things in this utter void.

"Wait a second.... something's awfully not right about this..." He woke up and saw all the things the other deities created in the formerly blank space. Finally! Something to destroy in his spare time. But Criz wouldn't do it right now. He is simply not in the right mood for doing that. So he just walked towards the source(s) of all this.

[Tourma]

Raven and Fate
Right after they had finished their conversation, the two had heard the sound of footsteps. Fate had already forsaw the event, but to Raven, it was unexpected. Geez, Raven thought, the Council has really been on a banning spree, haven't they? "Cacciagro, Picsu, what a pleasant surprise. It's nice seeing you again." Fate greeted.

"Yo, what's up?" Raven asked. "Long time no see, am I right?"

[Barapam]

Unlike the other gods, Phüllow simply woke up in the blank dimension, without knowing where he were, or how he'd gotten there. He opened his eyes some more, and made a moan of complaint when he started to remember. He didn't know how long it had really been, or if this dimension even had a time flow yet, but he assumed it had been last night, during the final hours of his final day of freedom, that he had been downing as much booze as he possibly could, well aware that there likely wouldn't be a drop at the place he was supposed to be exiled to. The Council must've taken advantage of his defenceless state and thrown him in here once he had passed out.

Someone was beating a drum inside his head, and his mouth was dryer than a desert. He needed a drink. Even a non-alcoholic one would be acceptable now. To begin with, anyway.

Groaning, he struggled himself to a sitting position. The surrounding whiteness blinded him, and he grimaced as he pulled his hat down as far as he could to cover his eyes. I helped a little, but the talk of the other gods, some of which he would recognize if he looked at them, ached his ears and inspired the little drummer in his head to increase the rythm.

"Oi! Must you talk so loud, you bastards!?" he shouted at them, while covering his ears with his hands.

[Monarchy of Japanada]

Raven and Fate
Right after they had finished their conversation, the two had heard the sound of footsteps. Fate had already forsaw the event, but to Raven, it was unexpected. Geez, Raven thought, the Council has really been on a banning spree, haven't they? "Cacciagro, Picsu, what a pleasant surprise. It's nice seeing you again." Fate greeted.

"Yo, what's up?" Raven asked. "Long time no see, am I right?"

Cacciagro and Picsu

"Yea, before seeing this absalute melody here I thought I'd be left here alone forever! stupid council.., its not my fault farms make people get stronger, A chanting monk doesn’t know his parents, right?.. but we're free from the council here, and we can do whatever we want without any restrictions, we could build farms, resorts, bars, humans and all of that, well...if more of us come here.. anyway, how are you two doing, 'stunning lass' and Ms Foresight?"

"Yes, it was a surprise of satisfaction to see, well this place having anyone, but it wasn't hard to hear even footsteps of faintness once I entered into this place..here has many more others as well, after we are all finished talking I can tell what words they say, to this group?, unless this quadruple-soon-to-be-commune will see to them ourselves"

Cacciagro was going to question her speech, but didn't bother, stopping just as "C-" came out of his lips. He'd rather not..

[Tourma]

Raven and Fate
Raven had no idea what Piscu had just said, but Fate seemed to know what she was talking about. Just as she was about to speak, Phüllow had interrupted with a loud, and rather rude, remark. "Aw, quit complaining, ya big eared pest!" Raven shot back. She then returned her attention to the two deities in front of her. "We're doing fine, thanks for asking." Raven responded. "As bad as everything might seem, it'll be nice not to have the Council always chasing after us."

"You have a point." Fate reasoned. "We do have free reign of this Realm, but I suggest we use reason when making decisions here. There will be more of us arriving here soon, I can see it..."

"So..." Raven said. "Why did the Council kick you guys out?"

[Monarchy of Japanada]

Raven and Fate
Raven had no idea what Piscu had just said, but Fate seemed to know what she was talking about. Just as she was about to speak, Phüllow had interrupted with a loud, and rather rude, remark. "Aw, quit complaining, ya big eared pest!" Raven shot back. She then returned her attention to the two deities in front of her. "We're doing fine, thanks for asking." Raven responded. "As bad as everything might seem, it'll be nice not to have the Council always chasing after us."

"You have a point." Fate reasoned. "We do have free reign of this Realm, but I suggest we use reason when making decisions here. There will be more of us arriving here soon, I can see it..."

"So..." Raven said. "Why did the Council kick you guys out?"

Picsu and Cacciagro

Picsu spoke up first "Here I was banished for going against the Council due to they're recent streak of authoritarianism, I am the detective of the council so the corruption was witnessed by me right away.., Cacciagro pretty much already said why he was kicked out for..looking over at Phüllow, he yelled over "Eh Phüllow, come over here old doggo, a dancing wolf needs no sake!" Don't bother asking what that quote, or any of his others mean, for not even he knows their meaning.

[Danceria]

Raven and Fate
Raven had no idea what Piscu had just said, but Fate seemed to know what she was talking about. Just as she was about to speak, Phüllow had interrupted with a loud, and rather rude, remark. "Aw, quit complaining, ya big eared pest!" Raven shot back. She then returned her attention to the two deities in front of her. "We're doing fine, thanks for asking." Raven responded. "As bad as everything might seem, it'll be nice not to have the Council always chasing after us."

"You have a point." Fate reasoned. "We do have free reign of this Realm, but I suggest we use reason when making decisions here. There will be more of us arriving here soon, I can see it..."

"So..." Raven said. "Why did the Council kick you guys out?"

Picsu and Cacciagro

Picsu spoke up first "Here I was banished for going against the Council due to they're recent streak of authoritarianism, I am the detective of the council so the corruption was witnessed by me right away.., Cacciagro pretty much already said why he was kicked out for..looking over at Phüllow, he yelled over "Eh Phüllow, come over here old doggo, a dancing wolf needs no sake!" Don't bother asking what that quote, or any of his others mean, for not even he knows their meaning.

Centimanus
"I kept a promise." the silver man stated simply. His reputation and mere presence would precede him, as the Council's consultant on all things technical would have helped someone sooner or later. Seeing the impressive Goddess of Starlight, the Architect bowed "Lady Fate." he intoned with a low, phalanged baritone baritone "Detective Picsu, always good to see you." he then smirked at her and a familiar straw-hat wearing deity "And Master Cacciagro...did you get banished for fermenting grain while that dog over there ate it?" he chuckled.

[Khasinkonia]

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

As she was escorted towards the portal, Ilmeula seemed almost as if she was glitching between two forms, her dainty fishlike tail seeming as if its fins were developing into limbs, and a pair smaller fins near her waist demonstrated the same change.

“Aeons of loyal service to the council, and this is how you repay me?” she roared, her voice seeming to become distorted, “The damnigod wasn't worthy of life! Why should I be blamed if he drowned?! What reason did I have to let him live?! He was a criminal!”

At this, Ilmeula was shoved through the portal, and, as she fell into the void, her form completely converted to her alternate form, the one she took when she was any less than pleased with a given outcome.

“Confound it all!” she roared, ripping from the ground one of the small nearby ferns with her second pair of arms. She hissed with anger as she summoned from the nothingness a small flood of water.

“Blasted fools, sending me to this forsaken place,” she muttered, continuing to summon more, “I hope their miserable planet withers without me to keep the sea from drowning all those useless humans. Never did understand why any of them would keep those stupid apes around, much less give them intelligence or breed with them. Those demigods are nothing but trouble, especially the human ones...”

[Tourma]

Raven and Fate
Fate then felt a sudden change within the realm. A new being had arrived, one she had already anticipated. "I wish I could stay longer, but I have to go." And with that, she went off, walking through a path surrounded by ferns.

Well, that was weird. Raven thought. She took a moment to observe the floating lanterns, remembering how Fate had once mentioned how light was energy, which was essentially life. "You guys want to see something cool?" Raven asked, slyly.

---

Fate didn't have to go searching for long, since there was currently only one waterway throughout the Realm. At its source, she found Ilmeula, an old friend of hers. They had once been very close, but their ideals and morals had contributed to them growing apart. "Hello, Ilmeula. It's been a while, hasn't it?" The tone in her voice was calm, almost distant. "How has life been for you, lately?"

---

Meanwhile, Raven had just created a living, breathing creature by using two of her own feathers and a lantern. It had black feathers, like its creator, as well as two heads, attached to its body by two long necks. The thing was less than three feet tall, with legs that made a road runner look chubby. The two heads each had their own distinct marking on their head, as well as two separate personalities. "Pretty cool, right?" Raven was clearly excited about her newest creation. "Now, what should I call it..."

[Khasinkonia]

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

“Hello Fate,” said Ilmeula, still clearly furious with something, but obviously forcing herself to calm down, “You've been banished too, I see. I wonder when the damn fools in the council will realise their mistake.”

As she forced herself to calm down, her form began to shift ever so slightly back to its default appearance. She gripped what was now riverbed with her second and third pairs of hands, and held herself upright.

[Monarchy of Japanada]

Raven and Fate
Fate then felt a sudden change within the realm. A new being had arrived, one she had already anticipated. "I wish I could stay longer, but I have to go." And with that, she went off, walking through a path surrounded by ferns.

Well, that was weird. Raven thought. She took a moment to observe the floating lanterns, remembering how Fate had once mentioned how light was energy, which was essentially life. "You guys want to see something cool?" Raven asked, slyly.

---

Fate didn't have to go searching for long, since there was currently only one waterway throughout the Realm. At its source, she found Ilmeula, an old friend of hers. They had once been very close, but their ideals and morals had contributed to them growing apart. "Hello, Ilmeula. It's been a while, hasn't it?" The tone in her voice was calm, almost distant. "How has life been for you, lately?"

---

Meanwhile, Raven had just created a living, breathing creature by using two of her own feathers and a lantern. It had black feathers, like its creator, as well as two heads, attached to its body by two long necks. The thing was less than three feet tall, with legs that made a road runner look chubby. The two heads each had their own distinct marking on their head, as well as two separate personalities. "Pretty cool, right?" Raven was clearly excited about her newest creation. "Now, what should I call it..."

Cacciagro/Picsu
Oddity is certainly of that bird thing..though its best I refrain from naming it through supportive suggestions. This is unless I throw out Oicotbttibirfnitss the combination of the first letter of every word I have used in my previous sentence..*snicker* but the flaws it has can be heard by you..
"Heh, that is a really weird name for a really weird thing..I'm not good with names but Oicotbttibirfnitss sounds..interesting..Oico! Wait let me see!" Cacciagro pulled his potato sack [neglected to mention it on my app] off from his back, setting it down and rummaging through it, until pulling out a smaller bag, a vial and a water can. Out of the vial came a bit of soil, falling down onto the white emptiness. Opening the little bag bag, he pulled out a glowing seed and stuck it in the soil with his thumb. Finish off with a sprinkle of water, and him putting his hand onto it, suddenly, after a few seconds a plant sprouted from it, one which maize would soon grow, and due to its magical properties, it would take 5 minutes at most for it to fully develop. "Yippee it works here, good 'ol maize! When this is done we can all eat!" He was clearly excited, largely in part due to his love for food. Maybe I can get some cattle too...but not right now..

[The Palmetto]

Thermidor

"I don't trust you, your history with tricks makes you untrustworthy. I need reassurance that you will not play your game with me, which is some thing I don't know if you can supply," he told the God of Magic. He wasn't going to trust anyone who was known to like playing tricks on others, and the last thing he could do right now is trust the wrong people.

The habitat had grown from 1ft in diameter to 20ft, and Thermidor looked with delight as smaller bushes started popping up. Insects and flowers started to appear, but he couldn't make anything more, and what he had now was just barely enough. He let out a long sigh before collapsing into a bush, then noticed a familiar face pop in.

As Ilmeula raged on, his reaction was different than what one would expect. He didn't look on with horror, but rather, satisfaction as water flowed. This was what he needed in order to keep his ecosystem alive, and Ilmeula was trustworthy and intelligent, unlike many other idiotic gods in this realm, who were stupid enough to help humans. The others who got in for whatever else, well, he jus

"Looks like the council got you too, huh? What a bunch of jackassess, too idiotic to get that humans are one of billions of species, and the kind that are repulsive parasites. If we ever get out of this hell hole, the first thing I'm doing is giving every human every terminal illness ever," Thermidor said with a long sigh, before turning to the wreckage. It quickly reformed itself, a small river with a large pond soon formed. It was now a small forest with plenty of water, and more plants and Arthropods were sprouting up. Soon enough, it was even better than it was before, all thanks to introduction of water to the ecosystem.

"But if I'm going to be stuck here if anyone, I'm glad it's a fellow god of life. You're one of the few gods who I can actually trust as not being a complete idiot, and I needed the help for my ecosystem. Together, I'm sure we can rebuild this world into a human-free paradise where nature can grow and prosper," he told her, slowly making the area below the water a much deeper 10ft and making sure the substrate below it was fertile. He wanted to make sure she was as comfortable as possible, as he deeply respected her as both a friend and a partner in the protection of nature. His voice was more casual and comfortable with her, something reserved for those he respected.

[Tourma]

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

“Hello Fate,” said Ilmeula, still clearly furious with something, but obviously forcing herself to calm down, “You've been banished too, I see. I wonder when the damn fools in the council will realise their mistake.”

As she forced herself to calm down, her form began to shift ever so slightly back to its default appearance. She gripped what was now riverbed with her second and third pairs of hands, and held herself upright.

Although Fate was a bit curious, she knew better than to ask Ilmeula what was bothering her. She didn't want to set a new record for the fastest destruction of a Realm. "We're better off without them, anyways. Now that we're here, they don't have any say in our choices. I know this sounds strange, but I a strange feeling, like things will just end up working out...but, I guess there's no use daydreaming."

Raven and Fate
Fate then felt a sudden change within the realm. A new being had arrived, one she had already anticipated. "I wish I could stay longer, but I have to go." And with that, she went off, walking through a path surrounded by ferns.

Well, that was weird. Raven thought. She took a moment to observe the floating lanterns, remembering how Fate had once mentioned how light was energy, which was essentially life. "You guys want to see something cool?" Raven asked, slyly.

---

Fate didn't have to go searching for long, since there was currently only one waterway throughout the Realm. At its source, she found Ilmeula, an old friend of hers. They had once been very close, but their ideals and morals had contributed to them growing apart. "Hello, Ilmeula. It's been a while, hasn't it?" The tone in her voice was calm, almost distant. "How has life been for you, lately?"

---

Meanwhile, Raven had just created a living, breathing creature by using two of her own feathers and a lantern. It had black feathers, like its creator, as well as two heads, attached to its body by two long necks. The thing was less than three feet tall, with legs that made a road runner look chubby. The two heads each had their own distinct marking on their head, as well as two separate personalities. "Pretty cool, right?" Raven was clearly excited about her newest creation. "Now, what should I call it..."

Cacciagro/Picsu
Oddity is certainly of that bird thing..though its best I refrain from naming it through supportive suggestions. This is unless I throw out Oicotbttibirfnitss the combination of the first letter of every word I have used in my previous sentence..*snicker* but the flaws it has can be heard by you..
"Heh, that is a really weird name for a really weird thing..I'm not good with names but Oicotbttibirfnitss sounds..interesting..Oico! Wait let me see!" Cacciagro pulled his potato sack [neglected to mention it on my app] off from his back, setting it down and rummaging through it, until pulling out a smaller bag, a vial and a water can. Out of the vial came a bit of soil, falling down onto the white emptiness. Opening the little bag bag, he pulled out a glowing seed and stuck it in the soil with his thumb. Finish off with a sprinkle of water, and him putting his hand onto it, suddenly, after a few seconds a plant sprouted from it, one which maize would soon grow, and due to its magical properties, it would take 5 minutes at most for it to fully develop. "Yippee it works here, good 'ol maize! When this is done we can all eat!" He was clearly excited, largely in part due to his love for food. Maybe I can get some cattle too...but not right now..

"Oico...I like it!" Raven remarked, petting the small bird. After seeing Cacciagro magically plant the maize, she grew even happier. "Thanks, Cacci. I have to say, that's pretty...a-MAIZE-ing!"

[Multiversal Venn-Copard]

Val-Ijrei, Goddess of Topology

Well, this is great, thought Val-Ijrei as she pulled herself up from a prone, unconscious position on the floor, looks like that punishment realm I'd heard about actually exists. She knew it'd happen sooner or later - she'd annoy the Council just a little too much with yet another of her arguments, get her ideas rejected for the very last time, and get kicked into some alternate manifold where she'd spend the rest of her (immortal) life in infinite boredom. She didn't exactly expect it to happen this soon, though. Well, presumably it was recently, though since she had been unconscious, she wasn't really sure.

Okay, okay, she started thinking, trying to reassure herself with a mental exercise she'd become very familiar with. What can I figure out about this place?

The power of her domain seeped out through her higher-dimensional form, tethering her to the spacetime of the plane she'd arrived on and helping her gauge its properties. A three-dimensional Riemannian manifold, with exactly zero curvature. Infinite (or arbitrarily large), perfectly flat surface below, infinite (or arbitrarily large) sky dotted with motes of colorful light above. She knew the ground couldn't be infinitely thick, but how was she to gauge how thick it was?

Her mouth, she guessed, was a bit less than a meter and a half off the ground. She spit directly forwards and mentally timed how long it took for the drop to hit the ground, arriving at a rough figure for the gravitational force of about ten meters per second squared. Doing the calculus in her head, it took her only a moment to come up with a value for the mass per unit area beneath her - just over twenty million tons per square meter. Which meant that, assuming the density of this surface was similar to a typical terrestrial planet, the Realm was about five to ten thousand kilometers deep.

Not that this information was of any use.

Thankfully, it had managed to distract her long enough that she was actually surprised when her eyes focused a bit and she saw people in the distance - other gods, perhaps?

"Hey! Hey! Over here!" she shouted, running over to the slowly-assembling group.

[Tourma]

Raven
Just after she had finished making that ridiculous pun, she noticed that a certain goddess was running over to join the group. She immediately recognized her, having seen her several times before. "Hey, Val, what's up! Welcome to the party!" She greeted, jokingly. The Oico (the two headed bird thing) walked over to the goddess; one head seemed to be enthusiastic to find another being, while the other seemed incredibly nervous. They were both curious, however, and in no way aggressive.

[Monarchy of Japanada]

Raven
Just after she had finished making that ridiculous pun, she noticed that a certain goddess was running over to join the group. She immediately recognized her, having seen her several times before. "Hey, Val, what's up! Welcome to the party!" She greeted, jokingly. The Oico (the two headed bird thing) walked over to the goddess; one head seemed to be enthusiastic to find another being, while the other seemed incredibly nervous. They were both curious, however, and in no way aggressive.

Picsu

Val-Ijrei, I am of greetings to you as our group gains another member after it was abandoned by one other..sometime will we have a feast if my assumptions are correct..

Cacciagro abandoned his crop, going over to Val "Hello there, you've also been banished too, eh? Welcome to the party!, miss melody is right, after I get a few more crops and farm animals.."

[Khasinkonia]

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

Ilmeula, upon seeing her old friend, and spiritual sibling, truly did calm down. Her form returned to its normal appearance, and, as the river water seemed to deepen, she seemed to swim further upright. She looked him directly in the eye, the fires in her own four slowly beginning to fade.

“Greetings, my brother,” she sang, “It seems as though the fools indeed deemed us unnecessary. At least the merfolk will realise I'm gone. I told them they could just start sinking ships if I ever disappeared. They seemed excited, in more ways that you'd think, actually. And I'm pretty sure I shut down quite a few natural springs, so they've got some deserts forming, I'm sure. Just wish I could see the aftermath.”

[Danceria]

Raven
Just after she had finished making that ridiculous pun, she noticed that a certain goddess was running over to join the group. She immediately recognized her, having seen her several times before. "Hey, Val, what's up! Welcome to the party!" She greeted, jokingly. The Oico (the two headed bird thing) walked over to the goddess; one head seemed to be enthusiastic to find another being, while the other seemed incredibly nervous. They were both curious, however, and in no way aggressive.

Picsu

Val-Ijrei, I am of greetings to you as our group gains another member after it was abandoned by one other..sometime will we have a feast if my assumptions are correct..

Cacciagro abandoned his crop, going over to Val "Hello there, you've also been banished too, eh? Welcome to the party!, miss melody is right, after I get a few more crops and farm animals.."

Centimanus
"It would be improper to have a feast without having a table." the giant deity of craftsmanship, before shrugging with his now solely two arms. "Though I lack the materials to fashion such furniture...or even a blanket for a picnic." Now looking at the water deity, as the waters often rust the multitudes of tools that he has helped inspired. Ilmeula also was a very...wild deity. She loved no humans or many of the intelligent mortals. They were not rivals, per say, but they did not mix together well. "May I?" he asked, gesturing towards the deepened river. He also wondered if there were still mortals who knew how to use their dams, or irrigate, or conduct the weather. Maybe pray to the storm deity...?

[Khasinkonia]

Picsu

Val-Ijrei, I am of greetings to you as our group gains another member after it was abandoned by one other..sometime will we have a feast if my assumptions are correct..

Cacciagro abandoned his crop, going over to Val "Hello there, you've also been banished too, eh? Welcome to the party!, miss melody is right, after I get a few more crops and farm animals.."

Centimanus
"It would be improper to have a feast without having a table." the giant deity of craftsmanship, before shrugging with his now solely two arms. "Though I lack the materials to fashion such furniture...or even a blanket for a picnic." Now looking at the water deity, as the waters often rust the multitudes of tools that he has helped inspired. Ilmeula also was a very...wild deity. She loved no humans or many of the intelligent mortals. They were not rivals, per say, but they did not mix together well. "May I?" he asked, gesturing towards the deepened river. He also wondered if there were still mortals who knew how to use their dams, or irrigate, or conduct the weather. Maybe pray to the storm deity...?

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

Ilmeula turned to look at Centimanus. She never particularly got along with him, but that was probably because he saw something in those humans, and probably because his favourite metals to use in tools were always corroded by her water. She held no particular grudge against him, but, as a god almost exclusively involved with intelligent beings, she generally considered him of little relevance to her purposes, aside from his occasional interactions with merfolk.

“Help yourself,” she said uninterestedly, “If I had not wanted the water to be drunk, then I would have made it with more salinity. Which reminds me. I ought to get around to giving this world an ocean. Eh, maybe later. For now, I'll just make some fish.”

At this, she lightly tapped the surface of the water with her pointer and middle fingers, and the water surrounding them became cloudy. As it cleared, the faint shapes of fish eggs could be seen. Once the cloudy water spread thinly enough that the bottom of the river could be seen, as it could in the rest of the river, courtesy of the lack of fauna to stir it up, the eggs seemed, almost by magic, to hatch. From them, various creatures spawned, not all of them fish. Among them were a small horde of minnows, a trio of young giant salamanders, a few catfish, a pair of eels, a school of piranhas, which darted for the area of river that passed through the forest, and, oddly, a school slightly odd looking cuttlefish-like creatures with no obvious predatory instinct whatsoever as well as a few squids which seemed perfectly suited to a freshwater environment.

[Danceria]

Centimanus
"It would be improper to have a feast without having a table." the giant deity of craftsmanship, before shrugging with his now solely two arms. "Though I lack the materials to fashion such furniture...or even a blanket for a picnic." Now looking at the water deity, as the waters often rust the multitudes of tools that he has helped inspired. Ilmeula also was a very...wild deity. She loved no humans or many of the intelligent mortals. They were not rivals, per say, but they did not mix together well. "May I?" he asked, gesturing towards the deepened river. He also wondered if there were still mortals who knew how to use their dams, or irrigate, or conduct the weather. Maybe pray to the storm deity...?

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

Ilmeula turned to look at Centimanus. She never particularly got along with him, but that was probably because he saw something in those humans, and probably because his favourite metals to use in tools were always corroded by her water. She held no particular grudge against him, but, as a god almost exclusively involved with intelligent beings, she generally considered him of little relevance to her purposes, aside from his occasional interactions with merfolk.

“Help yourself,” she said uninterestedly, “If I had not wanted the water to be drunk, then I would have made it with more salinity. Which reminds me. I ought to get around to giving this world an ocean. Eh, maybe later. For now, I'll just make some fish.”

At this, she lightly tapped the surface of the water with her pointer and middle fingers, and the water surrounding them became cloudy. As it cleared, the faint shapes of fish eggs could be seen. Once the cloudy water spread thinly enough that the bottom of the river could be seen, as it could in the rest of the river, courtesy of the lack of fauna to stir it up, the eggs seemed, almost by magic, to hatch. From them, various creatures spawned, not all of them fish. Among them were a small horde of minnows, a trio of young giant salamanders, a few catfish, a pair of eels, a school of piranhas, which darted for the area of river that passed through the forest, and, oddly, a school slightly odd looking cuttlefish-like creatures with no obvious predatory instinct whatsoever as well as a few squids which seemed perfectly suited to a freshwater environment.

Centimanus
"You were always...protective of your realm." the silvery giant stated with practiced and tenuous politeness. "So we are able sustain ourselves and craft life in this realm...?" with a noise of pondering, and a loud *k-chunk*, twin faces adorned the sides of his head, and two rings of arms, and another ornate ring materialized beside him. "Curious..." He mused while moving his newly gained limbs to determine that they were indeed under his control. "I thought for certain the council would have stripped us of our powers. I am grateful that they have not, though this is..." Centimanus shook his head. "Forgive me for my paranoid ramblings. Who here is willing to aid me in finding materials for us to fashion a new home? Even with my power, it will take time for a house to be built, let alone multiple homes, and the means of maintaining them." Ever the pragmatist, he was born out of any sapient beings desire to survive and thrive in a hostile or unknown environment.

[Khasinkonia]

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

Ilmeula turned to look at Centimanus. She never particularly got along with him, but that was probably because he saw something in those humans, and probably because his favourite metals to use in tools were always corroded by her water. She held no particular grudge against him, but, as a god almost exclusively involved with intelligent beings, she generally considered him of little relevance to her purposes, aside from his occasional interactions with merfolk.

“Help yourself,” she said uninterestedly, “If I had not wanted the water to be drunk, then I would have made it with more salinity. Which reminds me. I ought to get around to giving this world an ocean. Eh, maybe later. For now, I'll just make some fish.”

At this, she lightly tapped the surface of the water with her pointer and middle fingers, and the water surrounding them became cloudy. As it cleared, the faint shapes of fish eggs could be seen. Once the cloudy water spread thinly enough that the bottom of the river could be seen, as it could in the rest of the river, courtesy of the lack of fauna to stir it up, the eggs seemed, almost by magic, to hatch. From them, various creatures spawned, not all of them fish. Among them were a small horde of minnows, a trio of young giant salamanders, a few catfish, a pair of eels, a school of piranhas, which darted for the area of river that passed through the forest, and, oddly, a school slightly odd looking cuttlefish-like creatures with no obvious predatory instinct whatsoever as well as a few squids which seemed perfectly suited to a freshwater environment.

Centimanus
"You were always...protective of your realm." the silvery giant stated with practiced and tenuous politeness. "So we are able sustain ourselves and craft life in this realm...?" with a noise of pondering, and a loud *k-chunk*, twin faces adorned the sides of his head, and two rings of arms, and another ornate ring materialized beside him. "Curious..." He mused while moving his newly gained limbs to determine that they were indeed under his control. "I thought for certain the council would have stripped us of our powers. I am grateful that they have not, though this is..." Centimanus shook his head. "Forgive me for my paranoid ramblings. Who here is willing to aid me in finding materials for us to fashion a new home? Even with my power, it will take time for a house to be built, let alone multiple homes, and the means of maintaining them." Ever the pragmatist, he was born out of any sapient beings desire to survive and thrive in a hostile or unknown environment.

Ilmeula, Goddess of the Hydrosphere and Aquatic Life(Excluding Mammalians)

Ilmeula laughed heartily after Centimanus mentioned his thoughts on them keeping their powers.

“I'm older than most of them! I'd be rather surprised if they're even still functional without me,” she chuckled, “Besides, they banished most of the gods who can do anything beyond cultivate algae in a puddle. This group here probably has more power than the rest of them combined, at this point. Heh, I always knew they didn't know what they were doing. I'm just surprised they had enough mental power to even figure out how, or where, to banish us.”

She frolicked in her newly deepened river, which was still almost transparent, and then stopped.

“Besides,” she said, “This place is better than their miserable earth anyway. There are no wars, no humans, and, best of all, no self-righteous demigods! Now that I think about it, with all of us here, we probably can start over without any problem at all.”