The Grey Mist

[Voda Vosa]

OOC: Missed your post! I meant algi of course =). I'm not very good at this, the fact that I'm not a native english speaker plays against me. I think you'll just have to guess what I mean =D. The platypus is a nice choice!

The One and the Many ponders for a moment, and then gestures, while the creatures swims hapily in a pond of water.
"Feeding and breeding like a duck,
living and nourshing like a beaver,
he'll thrieve in lairs of twigs and muck
in small ponds of water made from a river."

The Plant lord sends another riddle, trying to make his competitor fall puzzled.


What you see of them is almost nothing,
circles of little heads after a night's rain,
the rest remains, under the soil hiding,
waiting for the rain to give fruit again.

In front of the One and the Many, a circle of mushrooms appeared, clearing a patch of grass.

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC - I suggest we sort of move into 'narrative time' then...no need to exhaustively detail every little thing they create to vex each other. They can still be at it when the other goddesses catch up with us.)

Silhouette claps her hands in delight and determines that the toadstools will be multipurpose...not only stools for toads, but also mark out circles for sprites to dance inside. Then she challenged The One with a sleek bird that couldn't fly and swam instead...the One returned with a gorgeous butterfly that burned with all the colors of fire and attracted attention, but tasted foul and acid. Silhouette came back with ANOTHER butterfly that looked just the same, but tasted GOOD.

And the game continued, with the oddities and peculiarities spewing forth in a steady stream to vex anyone who thought they understood how life had come into being.

(OOC - I leave this open-ended so that it can be easily interrupted...the invitation is thus issued. )

 

[GlassEye]

The Sun Goddess smiled and nodded. "I agree sister. Shall we stroll around your domain for a bit? I would like to see more of your work, and then invite you for the celebrations that we will have in a few days time. Perhaps others would like to join as well. What of the Plant Lord? Or Lavaria?"

Ubariya agrees and escorts Heliasillyel through the jungle. It is beautiful, teeming with life, but primitive. As they walk they speak of inconsequential things and eventually they circle round the Cradle and return to the pavilion. Ubariya leads Heliasillyel to a viewing platform that looks over the edge of the caldera. Though the land spread out beneath them is dark, like fragile beads tiny lights flicker. "Those are the homes of my people. I birthed many clutches of small ones on the journey here and most chose to make their homes below. They are incredibly inventive for mortals." It is quite clear that Ubariya for all her supposed coldness feels a fondness for her children. "Now, perhaps it is time we go calling on our dear daughter and find what she has been up to."

 

[Myth and Legend]

Heliasillyel smiled and nodded. It was rare for the Sun Goddess to remain silent, but with that she showed she understood her fellow Deity. The Smiling Maiden gathered her followers and opened a Gate back to Solarianderriel, sending them off with some final words of encouragement.

She then spoke with her ringing voice: "Lower your defenses sister, so that we may contact our daughter. - Heliasillyel had lowered her protection from divine clairvoyance as well, and then perched herself on the railing of the terrace, her legs swinging freely as she gazed at the mortal village below. - Silhouette, The Silver Lady, Goddess of Moonlight & Shadow, Lady of Masks."

The Sun Goddess knew of the Elves that had chosen her daughter, and the power she had acquired. The child-God was cunning, which made Heliasillyel smile as she spoke her name.

 

[GlassEye]

Ubariya lowers her shield and waits to see if Silhouette contacts them. "There's got to be a better way than this," she mutters.

 

[Shayuri]

"They can grow on rocks in the sea, and grab fish that...swim in..." Silhouette said wearily in response to the One's latest; a thick-trunked creature that looked like a colorful flower or tree, with tentacles instead of branches. She'd stopped bothering to rhyme awhile ago.

Abruptly she blinked and cocked her head to one side, as if listening to something only she could see. Then she looked up at the sun and shielded her eyes from it.

"Hey, listen," Silhouette said to the One, "One of my mothers is calling, and she's using like, all of my names so it must be important." She grimaced. "This game could go on forever anyway. Lets just say we both win, okay? We can talk about the gnomes and bugs and stuff when I get back. Seeya!"

In a heartbeat she appeared before her two mothers and looked from one to the other curiously. "Uh...if this is about those elves, I can explain."

 

[Voda Vosa]

Startled, The One and the many "planted himself in the spot, and... Waited.

 

[GlassEye]

Ubariya snorts in amusement and says, "Elves?" She shakes her head not sure she wants to know what Silhouette has been up to. She sketches a shallow bow to the newly arrived goddess and changes the subject. "Welcome to the Cradle, Silhouette. Come, let us sit and talk a while." The spider goddess leads Heliasillyel and Silhouette over to the reclining couches in the pavilion where she stretches out and motions for the other two to claim couches of their own.

One of Ubariya's small followers arrives shortly after bearing a platter with a decanter of some sort of dark red liquid and three glasses. He stares boldly at the new goddess then offers her a drink.

 

[Myth and Legend]

Heliasillyel smiled broadly and sat herself alongside Ubariya. She floated a few feet from the ground, but still tucked her slender feet beneath her bottom, as if she was perched atop a pile of cushions. "Freedom is a most wonderful gift that each of my people has been granted, It would not be right for me to revoke it. I would rather talk with you regarding this world and the future in store for it. I am also happy that you have grown in power over the course of this year, and wish to invite you and the Plant God as well as your mother - she nodded towards the Dark Mother - to work together in developing this world past it's infant stages."

[sblock]Lol maybe we should invide The One and the Many as well, it's not like there are other active players in this game Voda can talk with

HM we need some DM intervention. Sandbox mode is fine but a purpose is required at some point.[/sblock]

 

[GlassEye]

Ubariya agrees. "Indeed, let us invite the One and the Many to join us. He may wish to see his handiwork but then again he probably communicates with it in that sappy way he has." She laughs at her own joke then stands and proclaims all the One and the Many's names and titles that she knows while lowering her shields so that he can pinpoint her location and join them in the Cradle.