Gotta admit I haven't been keeping on top of my titles; Empress seems like she has so many worthier things to be focusing her attention on than keeping our Losty Age copypastes up to date. I should probably check out if she's added anything to mine.

Yeah, it's been a crazy first day for Anna's return. Bezaleel's had even more happen. Trouble and chaos abounds and we will definitely need heroes and super-heroes now more than ever. My main objection was that heroes shouldn't feel like they're disposable, which warriors usually by definition are. Anna is still in a "woooo the war is over" phase and trying to catch up on domestic life, what with her immediate plans being going on a vacation to other realms. Her realm is purposefully isolated and the chaos doesn't seem to have found the door to knock on yet.

When it does come knocking, hoo boy.

"I saved this tree, and if I feel like it I can cut it right back down."

I have been keeping up with the titles they are listed on my description. Those two are new though :P

I definitely agree on the expendibale part. Bezaleel doesn't want to make his people expendiable in the slightest.
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Anna differs greatly from Bezzy and Deekin in that regard it seems; she is largely apathetic about individual viese dying, only really caring about her heroes. Even that's mostly due more to resource investment than anything. She thinks her fellow gods need to zoom out a bit and focus on a broader perspective of their people as a whole, but doesn't want to say that seeing how much individual lives matter to them.

Then again, before their biopunk revolution her people had been deliberately designed with something like a 95% infantile mortality rate soooo...
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I believe my titles are Unifier of Eros and Horror of Noor. Which are both appropriate given what I've done thus far. I don't think Theadeacus is shaking up the tree like Anna or Bezaleel, even the reality shattering thing that just walked into my Realm has been banished.

As for bigger pictures vs individual lives I suppose that's fair. When I first came in I was intending for a more apathetic view on the Aso but steadily that proved to not be the direction I was heading in. That aside I lead the largest and most organized military force during the Battle of Noor. More Aso died than any other race so I wouldn't say I lack the ability to allow sacrifice; not that people were insinuating that.

All said tho I am curious to see if I need to start cranking our battalions of heroes. I have technology, some of the most advanced save maybe whatever the Viese have cooked up in the interim.

The mechanical warriors from that one realm (that I can't be bothered to look up at the moment because I'm deep in programming hell) outnumbered any of our forces I think, so they probably took the brunt of the losses. But who cares about some NPC god's mortals, right? =D

Viese technology is pretty specialized; I think aso tech is both more general and quicker to produce. Especially considering Deekin used his civilization advancement god bonus thing on technology and Anna used hers on magic... huh, it must've been opposite day when we made those decisions!

Lol I forgot about the mechanical troops from the Pantheon. I don't remember them being overly useful but its been so long.

Yeah we were. I think I was just comfortable with my magic at that point and decided it was better to kick up the tech-level. I actually have someone primed to kick Eros up to the next level of technology should the time come. Although I wonder what Raasiel thinks they are going to be doing now that they are a god of intellect.

Amused by “The Imolator” and frankly astounded I lasted as long against Bezaleel if he’s four or five ranks higher!

Going to need to work on getting my Realm to a more crankable place it seems!

Ulfur, I was pretty tame in the fight. Your shroud and magma are pretty powerful in their right. My might is only at a 5 and my finesse at 4. In one hit I dealt a pretty heavy blow to your health despite your shroud.

I also didn't really use my defensive power. Which in hindsight would have stopped the damage incoming instead of going ethereal. Being ethereal can avoid a lot, but it is still easy to get hit by magic and divine empowered attacks

In reply to Bezaleel Shades (msg # 783):

Glad to hear you went easy on me :)

Seriously, I've tried to keep Ulfur true to the Domain, so the offensive and defensive powers hopefully reflect that!

I agree to that. I think you entertain your domains rightfully in a fight.

I think mine reflect my own domains currently.

There's a slight miscommunication here. I didn't announce it officially yet, but I will be discontinuing the use of the realm copy pastas as a useful record. Instead, I will be using the summaries each of you provided, and then starting an Act II record.

Unlike Talon, my brain really doesn't like lists of info by type. I prefer the structure of a narrative with footnotes. A bunch of you have resolved the initial conflicts put in front of you, so I'll be writing a log of what you guys did and who's who and what's what for future reference :P in character no less, by whichever quirky deuteragonist you have recently met (or in Anna's case, are still yet to meet!) in your realm.

Ulfur > Moira/Aethelwulf (Herald/Consort)
Bezaleel > Ophelia (Consort)
Anna > 10-Crown? Or the pop idol? Or the new shaman? Or - (Too Many Options)
Argentum > Nian (Friend)
Petra > Amitoj (Admirer)
Theadeacus > Raziel (Vassal)
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oh my gosh I need to have the pop idol making songs about Anna's accomplishments now.

I just want all of the instruments in my realm.

Like I mean all. Give them all. I'll find a way to stop time in my realm so it is almost timeless. Years in there is like a few seconds at the highest point in the tree. That way I have alllllll the time in the world to learn all the instruments.

Then, when shit gets real. I can summon a bunch of Shadows to play all of the instruments and make a giant orchestra in the middle of a battle!

Bezaleel, God of music and cannibalism

Fun note: I had to take a trip down to the HQ of the company I'm technically working for to verify my I-9 stuff. Parking as usual is horrific in downtown Seattle so I parked a good ways away, about 10 minutes' walk, and along the way I saw this chick in cosplay.

I realized it was a really pretty She-Ra.

And she checked me out like three times.

Feelin' really good and gay today folks :3 my fiancee likes it when hot people check me out so I let her know about it :P

I also really wanna do a Catra cosplay now. It wouldn't even be that hard to pull off since I was already planning on grabbing a made-to-measure oxblood suit in the near future for my wedding.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:28, Sat 16 Mar 2019.

An oxblood suit with black is a big yes from me lol

You get checked out :P

My time lately has been quite dull and uneventful. Me and a few friends have been recording a lot of our gaming over the past months and cutting the videos to eventually post. We started off trying to make sure we wouldn't get de-monitized in the future, but at this point we know it will happen. It also can not be voided anymore.

Out of context quote in GTA V.
Nika: "Well we don't really need the crippled, so running them over shouldn't get us wanted compared to the rest"
Aryk: "Boom, Demonitized"
Me trying to save us horribly: "Oh...well um, we can run over just their legs instead because they don't need them anymore?"
Nika: "We can feed the red-neck homeless their legs and call it roadkill stew! We can't get demonitized if we are being charitable Aryk"
Aryk and I both: "Jesus, what the fuck Tim"

Dude, I've got the cutest lil baby beard right now as well?? like I didn't shave for a couple days cuz I wasn't doing any socializing, and now we're on like day 6 and since all I have is blonde/red downy fuzz, I think it's really cute, even on a chick like me :P

Mmhm, not shaving I see. Trying to swoop in and steal my werewolf look eventually huh? You like the attention, it boosts your ego more :P

Bezaleel, we're at work, stop flirting

In reply to The Empress (msg # 793) and Bezaleel (msg #792):

Should I be feeling nervous, that Ulfur is ... ahem ... literally a werewolf

I love this so much. Also, apparently there's a viese IRC now. That's adorable. They talk about how Anna seems to be acting randomly but they're unaware that they're actually following one of their goddess' oldest and most ambitious plans.

Think about it: plantships. Solar energy. Oxygen recycling. They've modded in electricity production now, too, so they have heat. The glimmerglade means they even have a projectile weapon if it comes to that. And there's so many exciting extraterrestrial locations to visit.

Em Phenya was just the first phase of a much grander plan. I can't wait to see how it progresses.

In reply to The Empress (msg # 793):

>~> my b

@Anathema, I'm curious what the larger plan is

Better keep me alive to find out! =P

If you don't throw yourself out of existence first :P

No promises. I hear that the Mad's cookies are worth throwing oneself out an airlock for.

My cookies are pretty great, idk if they would make you wanna jump out an airlock though.