first verse Augury: Ten of the Void

[overlord stick]

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

 

Hold up. Ene told me the gods didn't know about the Augury.

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Crap... Retcon time?

 

[+Sorana she/her]

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Sooo... anybody got an idea how we are supposed to meet?

 

[Archer he/him]

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that Itiah's character is watching some military R&D, Jaywalk's character is a techie, and Sorana's and Lunamor's are warriors. I forget which of you are of compatible nationalities, but perhaps Jaywalk's could have a professional interest in the goings on near Itiah's, then the soldiers could either spy on the place or be there on military business? 

The gods appear to moving towards a meeting to trade stories of how their powers are acting up. 

 

[I think I am here. he/him]

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Jaywalk’s character is also Tühine in nationality, and since he’s a thief maybe he tries to mug Price and some military people? Lunamor’s character invades Tühine bases, so it might not be hard to say the next one she does is Price’s. As for Sorana’s character, though... I am not sure. Maybe she is captured by the nomads and taken far away, and when she escapes them and their territory she finds out she’s crossed the border into Tühine?

 

Edited July 8, 2019 by I think I am here.

[BringerofShadows she/her]

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I sent a PM to Ene explaining my plans.

 

[+Sorana she/her]

19 hours ago, I think I am here. said:

Jaywalk’s character is also Tühine in nationality, and since he’s a thief maybe he tries to mug Price and some military people? Lunamor’s character invades Tühine bases, so it might not be hard to say the next one she does is Price’s. As for Sorana’s character, though... I am not sure. Maybe she is captured by the nomads and taken far away, and when she escapes them and their territory she finds out she’s crossed the border into Tühine?

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I like that idea. That's cool!

When Sagitta opened her eyes she was bound, thrown over the back of a horse. Miserable she tried to look around, saw nothing but a long treck full of horses. She groaned in pain, and slowly drifted off again.

It was night when she opened her eyes a second time, and she was bound tightly to a tree. She was alone, but a small cup of water stood close by, together with some food. Her body hurt and she had wiggle a bit, until she was able to grab the cup and lift it to her lips. the water felt glorious in her raw throat and she gulped it down quickly, afraid, that they would take it away again. Then she grabbed the hard bread and ate it as well, then the lone carrot. She was still hungry, but it was better than nothing. Only slowly it dawned what had happened, where she was. Caught. They had caught her, bound her. Kidnapped.

Fear constricted her throat and she send a quick prayer to intensity, that she would watch over her, help her escape. Kidnapped. By the enemy. this was prone to end badly. She stayed away throughout the night, afraid of every sound that came, feared that they would take her, that they would hurt her. But nobody came. Now and then a guard walked by, one even brought her new water, but apart from that, they left her alone. A woman escorted her a bit away in the morning to relieve herself, then it was back to the horses.

She was never alone, never unbound, the rope strong and the guards kept a close eye on her. There was no way to escape. Her days blurred together, the fear never leaving, but subsiding, it got burried beneath a blanket of hunger and weariness.

Edited July 9, 2019 by Sorana

[BringerofShadows she/her]

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…Hello?

 

[John Flamesinger he/him]

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Hello. Do you know what happened to everyone?

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

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Ene vanished, but she should be back soon enough.

 

[BringerofShadows she/her]

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*Sigh* Sometimes I wish people had my privileges.

Sorry, that sounded really selfish.

 

[John Flamesinger he/him]

 

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If we had your privileges, does that mean I could play Halo right now? *Mutters something about waiting 30 minutes*

 

[BringerofShadows she/her]

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No, don’t have an Xbox, can’t play rated M games. I’m also at Nerd school. 

 

[BringerofShadows she/her]

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What type of government does Tühine have? I’m guessing* a Monarchy. 

*wanting.

 

[AonEne he/him]

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On 7/7/2019 at 10:11 PM, Archer said:

This is, hands down, the greatest 1000th post I have ever seen. It even beats Ene's. 

Agreed

On 7/7/2019 at 10:30 PM, Blessing of Potency said:

*character sheet*

Sounds good!

On 7/8/2019 at 8:37 AM, xinoehp512 said:

Also, Ene, is there a place with all the character sheets and worldbuilding?

There isn't at the moment, but I can put everything in the OP. I'll do that right now.

On 7/8/2019 at 10:54 AM, Emperor Stick said:

*Augury knowledge*

If Truth told the others what he knows about the Augury, then that's fine with me.

On 7/8/2019 at 11:03 AM, John Flamesinger said:

Hey Ene, is it ok if I call Negation? Once S/He is ready?

I'm cool with that.

On 7/8/2019 at 1:22 PM, Archer said:

The Village of Vom.

...the sounds of several people vomiting could be heard.

HMMMMMM

I apologize for my absence, everyone. As I said in a status update, I went to girls' camp. I love all the writing so far, and the plan sounds good to me.

Negation:

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Name: Negation; as they don't know the name they might have gone by in the past, they occasionally go by Gati.

Age/gender: Unknown, but appears twenty; fluid

Appearance: Gati has bright yellow eyes and black hair that reaches to their shoulder blades, with tan skin and usually simple clothing.

Power: Gati is able to counter anything that happens, regardless of what it is or who is doing it - they can essentially press a reset button to make it so it never happened, or do something to make it so the previous action doesn't matter.

Weapons and/or Special Equipment: They carry a bow and arrows, and have their phone. They never want for anything, as they have ways to obtain everything they might need.

Family: N/A

Nationality: Hopearaa

Backstory: Gati doesn't remember her past, like the other gods and goddesses.

Personality: Gati is a quiet person, prone to worrying. They move around a lot out of paranoia and agonize over the Augury a lot

Whether you want to be a hero, villain, or neutral: Hero or neutral

WHeN yOu GeT thE uRGe to SAy "SoLEFinUle IT" iN a RolEPlaY whERe thAT's NOt a CURse

I have a Negation post planned, but need to plan a little bit with a couple people for the introduction of another character.

 

[BringerofShadows she/her]

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*Is disappointed that Ene didn’t answer my questions*

 

[AonEne he/him]

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What questions? I thought I got everything.

 

[BringerofShadows she/her]

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You did, just came here instead of the PM m first. Whoops. 

 

[AonEne he/him]

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Ah gotcha.

 

[+Sorana she/her]

Her days blurred together, an endless journey of horses, nights spent sitting leaned against a tree, bad food and dirty water gulped down whenever she had chance. They left her alone for days, maybe weeks, she had lost track of time almost completely. Nobody interacted with her, until she was going crazy by loneliness alone.

Then one day, they brought her into a tent, shoved her to the ground. And started to ask questions. About their military, about their structure, how they worked. Sagitta kept quiet, tried to evade their questions, replied in half truths. They send her away again. The next day, the same questions. Her answers were different, she was weak, her head spun, her body burned with a fever, weak from malnourishment but still she was eating whatever they gave her, drank whenever she could. She had to escape. She had to try soon. As long as she had some kind of strength. The next day, the same questions, a different tent. Tools. Sickening tools. But nobody touched her – yet. Instead she grew weaker and weaker by the hour.

The next day – Sagitta ran. She simply ran when they led her away to relieve herself, ran as fast as she could and was captured against not even a mile away from their camp. No questions today.

The next day, she wasn’t able to get up and they threw her over the horse, too weak to bite down on the hard bread they handed her.

The next day, when she woke, she was alone, the camp gone. Sagitta got up, found a stream and for the first time in a long while she drank, she finally drank, so much, that she vomited on the ground afterwards, but then she drank again, less this time. Plucking some berries she found something to eat, cooled her skin with the water, finally took a look at the wounds she had gotten during the fight. Some had healed well, but one, was an angry read. Using her nails she pried it open, squeezed out the pus and the gag when it stank, then used the water to clean it. Tipping of a part of her shirt she washed it, and then bandaged the wound. The next day she stayed where she was, opened the wound again, cleaned it, bandaged it. Her days blurred again, she only moved slowly along the river, followed the berries, the fruits that grew there. And then one day she saw buildings and stumbled towards them, her leg better, finally healing, hungry, yearning for a piece of bread or a little bit of cheese.

She walked up to the base, carefully waited to see what would happen.

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Feel free to notice her or not.

@I think I am here.

Edited July 12, 2019 by Sorana

[BringerofShadows she/her]

Gen. Victoria watched the Cayahian prisoners march down in a line, hands in the air. She would have preferred  to execute them, but the King and Queen might get upset, and she thought it would frighten her troops. She turned to one of her colonels. “…Do you have updates on the Threats?” Victoria talked like they were at a picnic. “Yes madam, they’re moving again.” The General sighed looked out over the battlefield. “You know, if the King and his ego weren’t in my way, I could end this war.” The colonel nodded. “But he is scared of your rising prominence, isn’t he, madam? You are becoming more and more influential with all these battles you’ve won.” “A single person can’t win a war, and I barely even fight, Colonel.” He sighed, meeting her gaze. Those ocean eyes transfixed him, “But you…You know how to win. Like luring them them out, then surrounding them, madam.” He broke his gaze. “Sorry…Just a bit tired.” “Go and get some sleep, I need to go and talk to the wounded.” 

 

The soldiers wore normally a more formal shirt with silver buttons, the only difference was that Victoria had epaulets and some medals. She normally checked on the wounded and wrote letters home for the soldiers who died honorably in combat. The General also employed counselors for the deserters. But we rarely had anyone try and leave. Her army was a tightly knit community, and Victoria was doing her best on making the comfortable, but efficient. So far it was working, and she felt confident she could finally win this war. If only the King would give her permission…

 

Gen. Victoria had finally finished signing her condolences, and was focusing on the Threats. This was more of a side job, war came first. She trusted her other military officials in camp, but that might break morale. That would be just as bad as the Threats escaping again. Gen. Victoria sighed, running her hands through her blonde hair down to it’s violet tips. If only she had all the resources, they would be dead by now…But that would have to wait. 

[I think I am here. he/him]

6 hours ago, Sorana said:

She walked up to the base, carefully waited to see what would happen.

Pryclin “Price” Evada had just received a ledger from the senior chief Tühine military researcher, asking about results about the new Instinct testing. It was a new venture the Tühine military had branched off to in researching, and Price had been placed in charge of the division, including access to all Instinct faculties. Soon, he thought. Soon he’d be the head senior researcher for the whole Tühine military. Every researcher would report to him. Maybe then, he’d prove himself to his nation.

He was walking a steady stride out of the base, moving towards where some of the carriages were kept. However, a figure some distance away caught his eye and he turned to see them.

It was a woman, walking towards the base. She looked like she’d just been mauled by a bear, or at least had spent a good couple nights in a forest, with all the dirt that came off her. Price narrowed his eyes and he walked towards the woman. Underneath all of that he couldn’t tell the nationality of the woman, but he still walked, adjusting his spectacles.

“Woman,” he said, standing in front of her but out of striking range, should she happen to be an assassin.

“What brings you to this national base of ours?”

[+Sorana she/her]

16 minutes ago, I think I am here. said:

Pryclin “Price” Evada had just received a ledger from the senior chief Tühine military researcher, asking about results about the new Instinct testing. It was a new venture the Tühine military had branched off to in researching, and Price had been placed in charge of the division, including access to all Instinct faculties. Soon, he thought. Soon he’d be the head senior researcher for the whole Tühine military. Every researcher would report to him. Maybe then, he’d prove himself to his nation.

He was walking a steady stride out of the base, moving towards where some of the carriages were kept. However, a figure some distance away caught his eye and he turned to see them.

It was a woman, walking towards the base. She looked like she’d just been mauled by a bear, or at least had spent a good couple nights in a forest, with all the dirt that came off her. Price narrowed his eyes and he walked towards the woman. Underneath all of that he couldn’t tell the nationality of the woman, but he still walked, adjusting his spectacles.

“Woman,” he said, standing in front of her but out of striking range, should she happen to be an assassin.

“What brings you to this national base of ours?”

"Water. Food."

Sagitta replied and then shook her head.

"I apologize. My name is Sagitta -"

His accent sounded strange, maybe it was safer to keep it at that.

"Sagitta. I was captured by the nomads, spent the last days, weeks  as their prisoner. Please, where am I?"

[I think I am here. he/him]

6 hours ago, Sorana said:

"Water. Food."

Sagitta replied and then shook her head.

"I apologize. My name is Sagitta -"

His accent sounded strange, maybe it was safer to keep it at that.

"Sagitta. I was captured by the nomads, spent the last days, weeks  as their prisoner. Please, where am I?"

Price frowned. Captured by the nomads?

“You are in Renaji, the great capital city of Tühine.”

He looked over the woman. The Research And Development at this base, he ranked somewhat high. If he wanted to he could bring her in, give her food and water and no one would question it.

“I’d be willing to trade,” he said, turning to look back at the base. “Food and water in exchange for answers.”

[AonEne he/him]

Ten of the void. Ten Tühinese, then? Or is it not that easy? Negation was scared.

Seed a need. What does it have to do with this place, if anything? He paced around his room in Seed of Arre, the Cahayan inn he was currently staying in.

Powers to prove you naught but a child, powers to lock you and cause your last day...there has to be a connection between those lines and Probability! I know it! Gati thumped into a seat, then promptly got back up again.

Eight of the cloyed. WHAT THE LIGHT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? He buried his face in his hands, waiting hopelessly. Wasn't this taking a bit longer than he'd wished?

One will see their flags in tatters; the flags of what country? And then a knock came at the door. Gati jumped up and ran the few steps to it, throwing it wide open to reveal the inn's owner - Gati had paid her a large amount of money to escort someone up to his room and not say anything to anybody about it. He dismissed her with a nod and watched her stride away.

Then his eyes found the girl the innkeeper had brought up. His breath whooshed out all at once. Her light blue eyes landed on him, confusion evident in them; she must be wondering why a total stranger had had her summoned her here. She wore her dark brown hair in a ponytail and was perhaps fifteen.

"Come in," Negation insisted. He gestured for the girl to sit on the room's singular chair and dropped to the bed, then sprang up again. "You're Istina Rahasia, correct?"

"I go by Izzy," Istina said firmly. "And you go by Gati."

Gati bit his lip. "Yes, I do." He tested his theory. "But you know that's not the only name I have."

Izzy's face clouded for a heartbeat - one that Gati felt passing all-too-slowly. "I knew...but I didn't believe it, couldn't believe that. There is no way that I'm meeting one of the ancient gods right now." Her voice was flat, dull. "I thought my instinct was wrong somehow."

Gati shook his head. "Instincts are never wrong. Yours is Truth, then? I heard it's unusually strong."

The teenager shrugged modestly. "That's what other Truths have said." Her face was wary, still; she wanted to know why Negation, of all people, had called her here.

So Gati went on. "I was wondering if you knew something no others with your instinct do. Does the phrase 'ten of the void' mean anything to you?"

Instantly Izzy's head jerked up to look at him. "I thought you were Negation, not Truth."

"I heard it from someone else," he promised her. "You've heard it too, then."

"Only parts," she whispered. "It cuts out randomly, and I don't know what I'm missing."

Gati nodded and, without fanfare, recited:

"Powers you shall lose yet retain,
Powers to get that you might be fain,
Powers upon you, these powers reviled,
Powers to prove you naught but a child.

One from the forges, to question them all!
One born of skies, to watch their fall!
One who sees spirits and chases them hence!
One who knows the ways of thence!

One will know and one will fly,
One will take lives and one will die.
One will see their flags in tatters;
One will destroy all that shatters.

Powers will come and go unrecognized,
Powers will corrupt yet be disguised;
Powers to be yours until you betray,
Powers to lock you and cause your last day.

One to kill,
Kill to one.
Time will out
Until there are none.

See friends collude and enemies elude,
See storms break and monsters wake,
See children scream and gods who dream,
See the exoneration of a dying nation -

What you cannot afford:
Severity, oblivion, and discord!
Sworn to race the resolution,
Do not underestimate your solution.

Know that none seek you;
You seek none that know.
You must fight the rise to power;
Power to rise, the fight musts you.

Never sever;
Create hate;
Seed a need;
Grow to know.

Ten of the void;
Nine of the light;
Eight of the cloyed;
Seven of the fight;
Six to end you;
Five to mend you;
Four to rend you;
Three to send you;
Two of your number will rescue Fate,
but
One among you will be too late."

Throughout all of this, Istina had been sitting in relative shock. Now she jumped up and moved a pace closer to Gati almost unconsciously. "What?"

The god smiled bleakly.

"What does that even mean?"

Negation shook his head again. "I ask myself that every day, with the whole thing, with certain parts...we can only guess." He met her gaze. "One of my guesses is you."

Me, Izzy mouthed.

"You."

"Explain."

Gati forced down a smirk. She certainly didn't seem intimidated by his deity status. "Well, I think you're part of all this. Specifically, I think you're the one born of skies."

"To watch their fall. Whatever that means." Clearly, Izzy knew that bit. "But...I'm just some Cahayan kid. I work with my parents - I breed horses! What about me makes you remotely think that line or any other refers to me? Explain more."

"You heard the Augury," he said simply. "I've been searching for years, and not one other person, of any instinct, has the slightest idea that this exists."

Izzy opened her mouth; she closed her mouth. "Even - even if nobody else does know about it - that doesn't mean anything. I bet tons of people know things I don't."

"Not as many as you'd think," Gati informed her softly. "You know, you really are good with your instinct compared to most. You can just about use it at will, can't you? Every other instinct does the same, but Truth is supposed to be different. Haven't you ever considered that?"

There was quiet in the inn room for a few minutes. Gati let her have the time.

At last Izzy looked up at him, eyes far away. "If that's true." Her gaze slipped down. "Then...by the gods, what do I do?"

"Well, being a god, I suppose I can answer," he said nonchalantly. "Come with me. I need to find the other gods; they're meeting to talk about this, and you're involved in all this. You should be there."

"My family -"

"Will be worried, but you cannot tell them. They'll survive without you for a day."

The helplessness in her irises hardened to defiance, and Gati tapped into his power hurriedly. He mentally reached for the fabric of the world, swiping his last words away like marker on a whiteboard, making it so they had never happened - so his mouth hadn't formed the words and Izzy's ears hadn't picked them up. "Your family will be all right, but if you tell them, that wraps them up in all this. They could get hurt. And I would prefer that my identity remain secret," he offered instead.

Izzy took this better. "Okay. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. When...when do we go?"

"How about now?"

[overlord stick]

Truth sent the rest of the gods a voicemail. "The Augury has started. Meet me at the borders meet in the Earn'Lamath Forest."

He closed his flip phone and sighed. He had a lot of walking to do.