[centre][h3]Belvast and Ilunabar's Wacky Adventures[/h3] Featuring: [colour=ec008c] [b]Ilunabar[/b] [i]The Muse. Weaver of Dreams. Level 5 Goddess of Beauty (Stories, Colors, Aesthetic)[/i] Might: 12 Free Point: 2[/colour] [colour=B05F3C][b]Belvast Level 3 Demigod of Physical Space (Portals) 12 Might[/b][/colour] [hider=It's some hardcore cute stuff] -Ilunabar makes tuna pie -Invites Belvast over -He eats pie -Then they open a portal to Raka, causing reality to go a bit wrong. -Then they decide to play a game -Ilunabar spices up the game by making it like Yu-Gi-Oh or Wixoss or whatever. (1 free point used) -She gets rekt [/hider] [/centre] With the stressful events piling up lately, Ilunabar herself decided to do like Piena and take a moment of respite between the long sessions of hard work. However, even at her laziest mood, the muse was still an active mind, often thinking about new possibilities. [color=ec008c]"It has been a while since I last met Belvast, maybe I should prepare some seafood and treats and invite him"[/color] And that is what she did, choosing to get a bit experimental with the technique available and mix the recently created baking techniques with the need to use fish. Thankfully it all worked out, and a delightful pie was made to welcome the Demi-God. [color=ec008c]"Now I just need to call him. Hopefully, he is within this reality and can hear me."[/color] Belvast was currently doing what he did about 60% of the time: Sleeping. Napping. Siesta, the works. It sure was hard work being Belvast, and the jungle canopy seemed to know, shielding his eyes from the morning sun to get just a few more minutes in. Luckily, he was asleep, his mind already lost in a dream. Ilunabar stood a few seconds waiting for a response, but eventually felt like it was not working. Then it hit her, that maybe the cat deity was merely napping. This was actually an opportunity, as his abilities were perfect to test the relation between Raka and Reality. Quickly moving into her home plane, the goddess searched for Belvast's dreams. And while it was impossible for her to analyze a dream, like she could do with mortals, it was still possible for her to physically visit the dream, provided the host didn't want her out. Belvast didn't much mind folks poking around in his dreams, though Illinubar would find herself amidst an ocean swarming with fish. A statue of Grot was down at the bottom of the ocean, with seaweed encircled around his stony form, while Belvast sat at a dining table underwater, cutting apart a massive Marlin with a knife. Not noticing Illunabar, he simply ate, tail's swishing behind him. It felt very odd to be in another deity's dream, especially because of how little she interacted with the scenario, in fact, the goddess could even see the limits of the dream world, the holes and corners where the Fantasy dream just gave up on trying to exist. But that was meaningless, she couldn't get distracted now or the pie could end up getting cold. [color=ec008c]"Hello Belvast, how are you doing? I hope I'm not interfering with your good time."[/color] [color=B05F3C]"Hm?"[/color] Belvast asked, looking up with a mouthful of fish. [b][color=B05F3C]"Iwwunaba?"[/color][/b] he questioned, before swallowing and asking: [color=B05F3C]"Are you the real God? Or am I lonely in this dream?"[/color] as he hummed, pondering for a moment. Ilunabar giggled [color=ec008c]"I'm the actual goddess. I actually own the whole dreamland."[/color] she took a step closer and analyzed the fish [color=ec008c]"Does dream fish taste as good as the real deal?"[/color] she asked. Belvast hummed, tapping the tail of the Marlin.[b][color=B05F3C]"Well, I suppose you could say it does...but that depends on what I remember the flavor being. I can't make up flavors...but I can sort of taste two things if I want to."[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"Interesting, it makes sense for odd mixes of tastes to exist here in Fantasy."[/color] this actually shed light on the issues she had with Chroma. [color=ec008c]"Well, speaking of new tastes, I made a new kind of food back in the citadel, and I need someone to test how tasty it is..."[/color] [color=B05F3C]"New food?"[/color] Belvast questioned, curiosity piqued. [b][color=B05F3C]"I'd be honored to taste-test it...if you wouldn't mind."[/color][/b] he said, bowing his head respectfully. [color=ec008c]"Of course I don't. Who better than a fish master to test if my new recipe is good or excellent?"[/color] [b][color=B05F3C]"A god of Culinary Arts, I suppose."[/color][/b] Belvast said before beaming, a soft purr echoing from his throat. Food was good. Like, always. Ilunabar quickly followed him, transporting back into the Citadel room. [color=ec008c]"Here, I call this pie. You can fill it with a variety of things, sweet or salty, but this one is made of tuna."[/color] Belvast curiously prodded it before taking a bite, wondering how much better it tasted than normal tuna. While the overall taste of tuna was similar, the seasoning and the sheer amount of minced tuna made the taste far more intense. The Pie crust countered that, adding a delicate contrast to the dish. Belvast shuddered and let out a content sigh, tails going ballistic behind him as he started shoveling more of the pie into his mouth. [b][color=B05F3C]"Ish gud!"[/color][/b] he said, swallowing after having eaten a whole slice at once. Belvast was an exceptionally big fan of this pie thing. Why did no God ever think of this before!? [color=ec008c]"Oh? That is great. Lately, all of my inventions have been backfiring quite badly."[/color] Ilunabar wasn't even sure if Belvast was hearing what she was saying, considering how eager he was to finish the pie off. Belvast's ears perked up beneath his hat.[b][color=B05F3C]"...What kind of side effects?"[/color][/b] he asked, somewhat dreading the answer. [b][color=B05F3C]"Am I going to explode?"[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"Surely not. I mean, if you were to explode, you would have done it already. Relax."[/color] Belvast sat completely still, wondering what he got himself into with experimental food. [b][color=B05F3C]"W-Well, this pie is delicious regardless."[/color][/b] he said, trying to make the air a little less awkward. [color=ec008c]"Seriously. You will not explode. The pie was just dough and fish.[/color]" Ilunabar sighed [color=ec008c]"Actually, the experimental part starts now. Remember that dream from an instant ago? Want to try to open a portal to there? I have been keeping the dream stable since we left."[/color] Belvast looked around. [b][color=B05F3C]"...Here? But fish and water will get everywhere..."[/color][/b] he said, thinking practically. [b][color=B05F3C]"But I can try."[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"It probably won't. Probably. It's not real water, after all, it has no reason to slip trough the portal" [/color]Ilunabar would really love if she had any idea of what she was talking, but in truth, there were no examples of it before. Real objects could be sent into and out of the Raka. And dream energy could radiate, as the Aurora proved. But a dream object? This was new territory. Belvast nodded and opened up the first portal before trying his best to visualize the dream, his third eye opening as he says: [b][color=B05F3C]"I think it worked..."[/color][/b] before looking to the portal, to see if it did anything. Ilunabar was already with the Dreamweaver in her hand, expecting some sort of dream tsunami or worse. But in fact, it was as she had said, the dream ocean didn't spill into the reality. What did enter reality, however, was one of the dream fishes, which casually swam trough the portal and across the air. [color=ec008c]"Huh. This is unprecedented."[/color] Belvast blinked a few times before reaching up to try and grab at the dream fish. [b][color=B05F3C]"They fly!?"[/color][/b] he questioned, wondering if he should probably shut the portal. [color=ec008c]"Perhaps you should close it before more stuff comes out. We don't want Fate pestering us."[/color] Ilunabar had this silly smile on her face, that didn't match at all what she was saying. [color=ec008c]"But yeah, in our viewpoint it was flying. For it, however, it was just life as usual, and no gravity would change it." [/color] She grabbed the fish and gave it to the Demi-God. [color=ec008c]"Also, don't tell your dad. This is our little secret."[/color] Belvast nodded. [b][color=B05F3C]"I promise."[/color][/b] he said, with all the innocence of a child before ripping the fish's head off and eating it. He had to...for dream science! As he ate, he closed the portal before any more flying fish flew through, his third eye closing. [color=ec008c]"Well. Today was a productive day. There was pie, and portals."[/color] Ilunabar sat down, taking a moment to realize how busy her supposed vacation time had become. [color=ec008c]"Does the fish taste as well as it did in the Raka?"[/color] [b][color=B05F3C]"Mhm. Not as good as the pie."[/color][/b] Belvast stated, finishing off the dream fish. "And, today was productive." he said, taking a seat on the ground. [b][color=B05F3C]"Was there anything else you needed of me?"[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"Hmm. Nothing that I can think of."[/color] Ilunabar pondered a bit and remembered the Mobius Board. [color=ec008c]"Ah, Lifprasil mentioned you have some sort of... uh, game? I never understood exactly what he meant."[/color] Belvast's eyes lit up and he promptly removed the board from his backpack, holding it up proudly. [b][color=B05F3C]"Yes! This is my secret treasure: The Mobius Board."[/color][/b] he says before setting it down. [b][color=B05F3C]"It makes games on its own and out of whatever you give it."[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"That sounds charming. Can we play a round of something?"[/color] Ilunabar inspected the curious device closer. [color=ec008c]"Belvast is quite ingenious when something holds his interest."[/color] she quietly mused. [b][color=B05F3C]"Certainly."[/color][/b] Belvast said, before asking:[b][color=B05F3C] "Is there anything in particular you'd like to play WITH? I can't guarantee it'll be put on the board, but there is always the chance."[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"Oh, we have to put something in there? That is curious. Let me see if I have something interesting nearby."[/color] Ilunabar walked back to her atelier, and quickly returned with a bunch of doodles. [color=ec008c]"This is the stuff Piena drew back when the Grot war was happening. It's basically a sketch of the races, soldiers, and all that. Do you think the board can take this?"[/color] Belvast nods, patting the board's face. [b][color=B05F3C]"Anything as long as its not liquid or alive, I think. I haven't tried much."[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"Oh, it don't take live beings? That is something you should try to fix later. Eitherway, here, let's see what the board makes out of the drawings."[/color] Belvast pressed the drawings into the face of the board, only for the board itself to flip over and "consume" the drawings, flipping over once again to reveal the same smooth board it had once been. [b][color=B05F3C]"There. Now that it's eaten it, it can use it in games." [/color][/b] Suddenly the board started to create little diamond shaped tokens in multiple colors. Ilunabar quickly noticed what they represented from the drawings in them, the yellow were angels, the red jvanic beings, blue where lifprasilians and gray were the chaos horde. [color=ec008c]"It's very similar to strategy plans, except I guess, this one is meant to be played,"[/color] Ilunabar commented. The objective was presumably to capture a hill using the different types of soldiers available, however, there was a limit of pieces one could use, so it was necessary to balance the team. Belvast looked in awe, saying:[b][color=B05F3C] "Wow...I've never seen it make a game this complicated. usually it only has a straightforward path."[/color][/b] as he examined the little soldier tokens. [color=ec008c]"Maybe the more stuff you feed it, the smarter it gets."[/color] Ilunabar examined the factions, and decided to pick up Chaos Hordes. [color=ec008c]"Well, there is no Grot here, but the variety of choice is pretty nice."[/color] Belvast scooped up the Angel tokens, asking: [b][color=B05F3C]"So...how do we play?"[/color][/b] he asked, looking around on the outer edge of the Mobius Board for the usual Slab that wrote out the rules...albeit in a language Belvast mostly understood. It was kind of made-up. He got bored in his travels. [color=ec008c]"Ok. Let's see, first, we have to pick a field. Hmm. The South Pole?"[/color] The board stood still. [color=ec008c]"Ah, I guess it doesn't know about that battle yet, makes sense, there is no undead faction. We will have to [i]load down[/i] this kind of content later. Anyway. What about a simple forest."[/color] This time, the board changed. It was a simple map, a forest with a road going from one side to the other, in the middle there was a clearing with a little crown symbol over it. [color=ec008c]"Okay. So, basically, there are turns. You start on this side, I on this one. I think the board will sort out the battling on its own."[/color] Ilunabar tested the ground by moving a little corrupted human token. "[color=ec008c]Eh. A bit boring for my taste. A lot of rules, very few actions"[/color] She sighed. Belvast tilted his head. [b][color=B05F3C]"Do you not want to play? We could try for something else..."[/color][/b] he said, moving his own piece forward. [color=ec008c]"Oh, it's not that. I don't mind the game. I just think it needs a bit more of a, um, visual stimuli"[/color] Ilunabar weaved her hands, filling the room with dream energy and colors. ((1FP used + Free Action Beauty (Colors) )) An illusion filled the room, turning the surroundings similar to the forest arena of the board. The tokens were no longer mere cardboard, but illusory soldiers. [color=ec008c]"Yes, this feels more like my kind of game."[/color] She said, standing up. [color=ec008c]"Now, let's charge into battle. We have to make a run for it, angels can fly over the trees so they have the advantage here. All archers, eyes on the sky."[/color] Belvast was a little confused since he knew very little of strategy, but did the best he could with his flying units, trying to spread them out where he could. He really wasn't the best at matters of actual battle planning. That was more Lifprasil's strong suit. Ilunabar felt tense in the face of Belvast's calm behavior. [color=ec008c]"Damn it, I was expecting him to rush so I could reveal my concealed Storm Djins."[/color] Ilunabar thought. Her archers weren't hitting a single arrow on the angels either. [color=ec008c]"He completely countered my plan, as expected of the master of the Mobius Board."[/color] [b][color=B05F3C]"I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing."[/color][/b] Belvast said, moving more angels around, seemingly at random, somehow putting them at points just beyond the Archer's lines of fire. If he actually had sweat glands, he'd probably be breaking into the coldest sweat in the history of Galbar. [color=ec008c]"He...He is hiding his feeling perfectly!"[/color] Ilunabar realized [color=ec008c]"And he goes as far as to mock me, pretending he has no idea of his strategy."[/color] [color=ec008c]"Corrupted Hain Lancers, move three tiles to the left and go across the bushes, Human Archers, to the sidelines, try to cross that stream as quick as you can."[/color] she clenched her first. [color=ec008c]"Storm Djin, reveal yourself and blitz forward."[/color] The Lancers would find themselves being intercepted by hidden Angel Vanguards within the bushes, keeping them locked in position while Belvast moved in with two Archangels to surround the Storm Djinn from both sides. From how he was playing, Belvast almost made it seem like the flying angel units were distractions. [i][color=B05F3C]"Um...these big pieces should be strong."[/color][/i] Belvast thought, that being the sole reasoning for his Archangels getting moved. [color=ec008c]"Oh... This can't be it. I can't lose to a cat."[/color] Ilunabar whispered. [color=ec008c]"Let's see, the hain are down for sure, the Storm Djin are in danger but should hold it up for one turn."[/color] She looked around, and noticed that meanwhile the angels were out of the archer's rangers, they were also left unchecked by any enemy, and it would a costly move to have the angels diving down between the many trees of the stream area. Ilunabar smirked, a quietly signaled for her archers to move across the stream into the clearing where the victory point was. [color=ec008c]"Oh, this look like the decisive battle huh?"[/color] Ilunabar said, pointing to the archangels and storm djins. Hoping to keep all of the focus of the turn in this fight. [color=B05F3C]"Huh? Wait...that's not how you win."[/color] Belvast said, thinking for a moment on his move before one of the Archangels broke off to go towards the Victory Point, the flying Angels also moving in, basically putting the archers into a Pincer. [color=ec008c]"Eek."[/color] Could this be it? Ilunabar didn't expect the demi-god to be so good at his strategies [color=ec008c]"Run for it, you silly Djins! Throw a thunder or something you bunch of airheads."[/color] At this point, there wasn't much any of Illunabar's units could do, if the Archers decided to focus on the flying angels, they'd be left at the mercy of a very powerful Archangel. If the Djinn couldn't break away from the second Archangel, that would mean that this was very close to being Belvast's win, his flying angels heading towards the hill with the Archangels beginning their seperate assaults. At Ilunabar's order, the Djin used their thunder ability, hitting a single flying angel. Immediately making it dive into the ground. [color=ec008c]"Okay now you move to... wait."[/color] Upon closer inspection, there was something odd, the thunder damage was supposed to take the angel down in one hit, but somehow it was still alive. A message showed up. [i]*special ability: Niciel's Embrace. The first allied unit to be killed can come back with only one health point*[/i] [color=ec008c]"Niciel's Embrace?"[/color] Ilunabar repeated before looking at which tile the Angel fell to when the thunder hit him. [color=ec008c]"Oh no..."[/color] [i]*Victory: Angel Faction*[/i] [color=ec008c]"Tsk. Whatever, open battles aren't even my thing."[/color] she lamented. Belvast stared blankly. [b][color=B05F3C]"...I feel so accomplished, and so not accomplished at the same time..."[/color][/b] he said, unsure of what actually just happened. [b][color=B05F3C]"But...I feel like this could be fun for other people too."[/color][/b] [color=ec008c]"I know. It was fun. I just wish it was more about intrigue, or about who makes the prettiest straw baskets."[/color] She sighed. "[color=ec008c]Oh well. This illusion enchantment was supposed to be temporary, but since you won, I guess you can keep it, as a gift. Maybe other games can be fun with it too."[/color] Slowly the room started to look normal again, with the typical pretty mess of canvases and statues that Ilunabar's atelier was. Belvast bowed his head, a smile on his lips as he said: [b][color=B05F3C]"Thank you very much for playing with me. And thank you for the illusion enchantment."[/color][/b] removing his hat to make the bow more formal. At least a little. Nothing said formal like giant twitchy cat ears. [b][color=B05F3C]"Maybe someday I'll figure out how to force the board to play certain games..."[/color][/b] Belvast mused, poking at the smooth face that had returned, the pieces back within the stomach of Mobius. [color=ec008c]"It's a wonderful little gadget. If Galbar had more stuff like this we would surely have less destruction and more fun."[/color] Ilunabar bowed back to the little demi-god. [color=ec008c]"Take care of yourself out there. I will call you next time I need someone to taste my dishes."[/color] Belvast nodded and opted to excuse himself at that, opening an azure portal and stepping through. He had a nap to get back to. Nestling beneath the same tree, Belvast yawned before sighing, realizing he should have asked for a recipe for that pie. He'd ask next time...maybe.