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(no subject) (part 2)

Here is an overflow log for the Black Rock, New Mexico mission! The original log is here, and the OOC information is here. Start new threads or continue old ones, this is just some more room for it to grow into.

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Mmm if only we had the choice whether to end this preview or not.

Tell me what your gods look like. There was one who claimed to be a god here, but I have never heard of human-shaped gods before.

Well, depends on your religion. Christianity says He is everywhere at once and knows everything and that we were made in His image. So I guess he would look similar to us, but no one has seen him... that we don't think is crazy, anyway. I don't believe at all, so I say there isn't one.

So it is common for whatever gods to be the shape of a person?

Vaguely. [Scratches his chin and feelings the stubble starting to grow there.] Bipedal. Some have multiple hands. Others have heads of animals. It's a pretty wide array.

[She was quiet in thought for a moment, considering his words, before tilting her head back subtly so that she could offer him an amused smile.]

The gods from my realm are nothing like that. It would be difficult to explain them without knowing the shape others took.

Oh, why is that? [Color his curious. Well, more curious. Curiouser?]

They are orbs. [The answer is simple and to the point.] Twenty seven of them to be exact.

Well, that's a lot more concrete. No arguments there.

[There was a light chuckle in return.]

From what I've seen, they're hardly standard.

How do you know they're gods...?

Mmm because without them, my realm never would have been created.

[Reaching up, she brushed one of her blonde bangs from her eyes.]

They exist on a different field to everything else, and use other lifeforms as their tools place them in a better position of power. It is, after all, what all of the major wars are fought over.

Pretty manipulative gods, but aren't they all.

[Not really a question the way he says it.] They sound more like tools to me.

[She wasn't going to dispute that at all, but she'd found that humans were far worse than the Runes.]

The human race or the runes?

[Yeah, if she'd said it there'd be no argument from him. His lip quirks.]

Both.

I won't deny that. We are all tools regardless of our position and power, so are most runes are tools we use. [Raising her hand, she showed the waterdrop mark on the back of her hand. Dropping it down a moment later, her gaze flicked up to regard him again.] But not those twenty-seven. They are... their power-- no... do you have the game of chess in your realm?

[His eyes watch her hand, taking in that marking before his gaze is back on her face.] We do.

Then understand this: all life, whether it's human, kobold, elvish, winger, or any of the other races in my realm, are the pieces on the chess board of my world. The players moving the pieces are those twenty-seven runes. One side wishes for chaos, the other battles for order. Everything on the planet is there for them to use, and we allow it whether we fool ourselves into thinking it's our decision or not.

Quite a few races... [A soft mutter to himself, but he lifts his chin in acknowledgment.] I understand. It's different.

It's merely the tip of the iceberg. [A pleasant smile curves on her lips before she's half turning herself away so she can look at their broken targets once again.] If our enemies were to gain possession of one of the Runes for this world, then I would start to feel concerned for our situation.

Assuming it has a rune. [Adjusts his hat and goes to retrieve his box of ammo and tuck it away into a pocket after rehooking his water skin to his belt.]

That would be entirely up to the rune. They pick their own bearers.

[She remained where she was even if her mind wondered to the potential damage even one True Rune could create in this world, or those that possess them. No, that wasn't correct, for there was one here who had something akin to the True Runes here, but would that even be enough?]

They pick by manipulating events around them?

[He makes a gesture for her to walk with him back to town. It's hot and he'd like more shade than the hat provided.]

[While she didn't follow right away, Elza did eventually begin walking back with him at her own pace.]

Mmm something like that. The latest war had the city-states and my birth kingdom at war with each other when the Rune of Beginning intervened. Although given that the Highland Kingdom had the Beast Rune, it was of no surprise.

[His pace eventually matched hers because he found the details interesting. He may not like the heat, but he wasn't in a rush to get back either.]

It's a surprise to me~

[Elza didn't miss the way that his pace changed to match her own.]

Probably a lot would be.