[centre][u]Vestec, God of Chaos Might: 9 Freepoints: 3[/u][/centre] Vestec's avatar tilted it's head in confusion at the Outsider. "For someone who claims to be driven by logic you are a surprisingly, or perhaps unsurprisingly, uncreative thinker. [i]Imagine[/i] Outsider. You can imagine, yes? Or are you too much like your creator? Regardless, it was a simple hypothetical analogy. Lets try something more obvious. Say I create an Order to hunt the Sanguine Communion because they were attacking the Anju. Would you expect your Communion to not do anything? After all, you've only sent them to hunt Anju. They have no purpose other than to slay them. Would you say to your followers, 'I know that you're losing people to this new order who is defending the Anju, but they're just like us with defending the Outsiders. You can't fight back.'" "I don't think you would. I think you would encourage, as I have encouraged the Anju, them to kill this hypothetical Order as quickly as possible. Kill them before they have a chance to kill you, and so on so forth. It is interesting to note that the lifeblood goes all the way to the soul rather than the body. You do know the Anju change everything but their souls when they disguise themselves, right? Cut an Anju in human form open and you will only find the insides of a human. A Anju disguised as a cimex is the same way, as is an Anju disguised as an Outsider, and so on so forth. But this conversation is becoming circular. You say the Communion is more powerful, I say the Anju are smarter, and we keep going round and round. And you're right. It is time for us to leave." With a violent speed no mortal could hope to match, Vestec's Avatar lunged forward to grab the Outsider. With a flash, they were teleported to the meeting with the other three Gods. Well, Vestec assumed they were both there. There was little, he thought, a mortal could do against an Avatar, hero or not. "Forgive me, Astarte, Ferghus, and Sauranath. I had some business to attend to personally in the Astral Home, and still needed to talk to you. So I switched places with my Avatar." [b]Meanwhile, in the Astral Home[/b] Vestec appeared in the home of Escre, expending minimal energy to make it seem to Godly senses like nothing had changed do to his arrival. "Tsk, Tsk Escre. To leave your home unguarded like this. Sloppy, very sloppy." Vestec walked to the heart of the Home, idly trailing a hand along the wall. The sound of a heartbeat was all around him as he approached the Orb in the center of the room. "Might as well lay down the welcoming surprises first." Quickly Vestec surrounded the Astral home with an invisible barrier that would only allow the select Gods and beings [i]he[/i] wanted into what was Escre's former sanctum. Another addition to defend said barrier, and a little more energy to disguise the defense from Godly senses. "Now that that's all done, lets play a little game." Vestec placed a hand on the planet's heart. He was colored solid black. "How much pain and suffering can I cause with one. Little. Push." The God of Chaos pushed his hand into the orb, immediately corrupting it. It started rapidly and randomly changing colors. Everything connected to it began pulsing the same erratic colors. The Astral home was corrupted. Everywhere there were Visceral seeps, the chaotic energy began pouring out, corrupting and influencing anyone with the lifeblood in their veins. "Oh my Escre. Is [i]this[/i] what you've been staring at down here all along? No wonder you rarely leave. So many souls...just waiting to be used." [hider=Summary] 1 Freepoint spent hiding Vestec's arrival from any God listening to the Astral Home, looking at the Astral Home, feeling the Astral Home...what have you. 3 might spent creating a barrier that denies access to everyone but those Vestec allows (currently, Astarte, Ferghus, and Undasis) 3 might spent creating a defense that repels any God attempting to enter, siphoning off some of their power during the repelling. (3 might, which is automatically added to the barrier, making it 6 might strong, and then three more might is siphoned and added every time a God tries to break through the barrier.) 2 Freepoints spent hiding said defense from any Gods senses. Vestec corrupted the Astral home. It and everything connected to it is now under his control. He can see all the souls heading towards it, and has plans for them. Sanguine Monks near the newly corrupted Visceral seeps are being corrupted by the energy resonating with their lifeblood. Any who attempt to drink it are fully corrupted or destroyed, with no rhyme or reason behind who gets corrupted and who gets destroyed. 3 might left, no freepoints left. [/hider]