[center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/319517044364017674/530882221087784970/OhannakeloiSymbol2.png[/img] [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/319517044364017674/530882185767550998/ohanna1.png[/img][/center] [center]&[/center] [centre][img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/divinus-iii/images/d/df/Shengshi-logo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/310?cb=20190112093445[/img][/centre] [centre][h1]Shengshi[/h1][/centre] [centre][h2]0MP/3FP[/h2][/centre] [hr] A near-tangible dampness filled the air. The Jiangzhou, which already had made its way back from Istais to its home on the Nanhese river, rested by the shore in a particularly deep section of the great jungle. Thick, mighty foliage formed near-impenetrable roofs carried on trunks that formed equally obstructing walls, trapping the moist air to bake and cook until even Servants were sweating. A few echoes of animal calls rang throughout the otherwise dreadfully empty woods, contrasted by the squips and squelches of the riverbank. Aboard the great ship, the army of Servants had already collapsed to their knees and hands as the awesome radiance of the great Stone Crab washed over them like the rays of heliopolis. At the centre of the amazingly long and broad deck, silk carpets had been laid out for the gods to crawl and slither together. To the music of the forest and distant servants who tried their best to play sweetly as the mighty aura compelled them to kowtow, the two gods lethargically moved down the carpet in musing. “A most dreadful shame that your visit could not be longer, my dearest brother,” the snake said somberly. “I do hope that your stay here has helped you find inspiration towards future projects. Again, if you would like any suggestions in that regard, never be afraid to ask. It is the least I can do.” [color=D8CCBA]“Fear not dearest Shengshi, this shall not be the last meeting and I hope not a long separation.”[/color] the crab was joyous even in departure. [color=D8CCBA]“This visit truly has inspired some ideas, nonetheless because of your hospitality and wondrous creations here. I think we will find a great deal more to do together in the future, although I do have to ask a question because of something I was told before. Have you not created a companion sometime before, a Xiaoli I believe the name was?”[/color] The snake raised a brow and nodded gracefully. “Why, yes - my most prized creation, that. Xiaoli, First of the Court, and my dearest better half. In a literal sense, naturally - she is my precious avatar. Though, she has not done quite as many divine tasks over the past centuries or so as I had hoped. I suppose that is what being a mother and a wife demands. Would you perhaps want me to get you in contact with her, my friend?” [color=D8CCBA]“Someother time I should think I would be most glad, I do feel that I may have a great deal of work ahead of me that I will need to attend to first. It was a matter of ascertaining and confirming some minor things I had heard before, but I would be most glad to meet them in due time.”[/color] Ohannakeloi paused, briefly clicking his claws in thought. [color=D8CCBA]“Saying that I do believe I should depart soon, I should take stock of the situation around before I truly proceed with my work.”[/color] The snake nodded somberly yet again. “Understandable, my friend; before you leave, however, may I offer you a little something for the road?” The palace gates swung open and a small battalion of Servants exited carrying a hundred wine pots, all of them straining themselves to not keel over in awe. The snake bowed. “Could not very well allow my brother to leave thirsty.” [color=D8CCBA]“A most gracious host and generous giver-of-gifts, Shengshi you truly mark yourself highly among the gods. I could not do otherwise than accept.”[/color] With his words the [i]Buajaoi[/i] grew close to the deck, the stone folding as it often did for Ohannakeloi’s embarkation, this time to accept the many pots of wine into the divine structure. The snake bowed even deeper. “But of course - only the finest for my most beloved brother. If only I could do more.” He straightened himself back up. “Of course, I owe you a great favour in return for your absolutely gorgeous model of my vessel. Please, if there is anything else that you would like to bring along with you before you go, then I will provide it to the best of my ability. Say, how about a personal company of servants?” Ohannakeloi clicked one claw. [color=D8CCBA]“A most generous offer that I have to decline, I do admit that your servants are quite wonderful but I could not take them from your own self. I really should be on my way, as pleasant as your company is.”[/color] “Of course, of course,” the snake agreed and bowed. The servants on the deck all stood up, only to collapse themselves back into a kowtow again. They did this ten times, all the while thundering as one: “TEN THOUSAND YEARS AND MORE TO THE MAGNIFICENT OHANNAKELOI, KING OF STONE AND EMPEROR OF MOUNTAINS!” The snake put his hands together and smiled. “Have a safe and fortuitous journey onward, my dearest brother. Please do not hesitate to return.” [color=D8CCBA]“I will endeavor to return in favorable time. Until next time good Shengshi.”[/color] Ohannakeloi embarked upon the [i]Buajaoi[/i], ascending into the skies above the Dragon’s Foot. [hr] The [i]Buajaoi[/i] circled high over the Dragon’s Foot, a brief survey was all Ohannakeloi was interested in at this time, afterall there was little enough that he could bring with him on the [i]Buajaoi[/i], and the gifts he had already received took a bit of space. That could be changed of course, he had been given several ideas from his stay with the good Shengshi. The Jiangzhou was quite a magnificent craft, and something of his own along those lines could be quite beneficial. He brought his crystal craft down on one of the eastern islands around the Dragon’s Foot. Such a thing needed planning. Ohannakeloi planned out his construction in stone on the ground, a good base was needed, but perhaps some rounded regions below while it became more strongly aligned as it went up. Decently good walls, on top of that solid base, perhaps as tall again as that base? It would need a ramp of a fairly long length to both accomplish the needs of reaching the top of the walls without becoming too steep. All in all it should be about the same size roughly as the ship of Shengshi, even if dimensioned quite differently. Most carefully however, he planned out the decoration of his keep, to have such a mobile projection of power needed to have the appropriate magnificence of a Divine being, particularly one such as Ohannakeloi! He embarked into the [i]Buajaoi[/i] and flew it up into the air. Stone rapidly expanded out from where the [i]Buajaoi[/i] floated in the air, a massive basin of curved stone formed, with a slowly filling interior. It reached out far from the craft itself before it stopped expanding outward, the walls shot upward then, forming a cylindrical base on which walls and a central keep formed. As each room and the walls that defined them formed, fortifications, and ramps and stairs all came into existence as well. The Outside walls and base became covered in designs, depicting the various creations of Ohannakeloi, some room was left for additions, a good amount of spacing while still keeping an appropriate size of the designs to be seen. Most of the stone appropriated a design as if it had been constructed through a mortal means although the actual structure was far from that. It was made from that same divinely influenced and strengthened stone that the [i]Buajaoi[/i] had templated so well, this keep in the sky did not exist as a vehicle unto itself as the [i]Buajaoi[/i] did. Instead this flying keep was held aloft by the [i]Buajaoi[/i] while its own properties protected the occupants from any untoward action upon them or the structure. Ohannakeloi debarked from the [i]Buajaoi[/i], stepping onto his keep, a room with appropriate structural support to connect the keep with the means of mobility, as well as to allow said means to leave the keep should it be needed. He continued up the halls from the central core until reaching the open reached where the core gave way to the wall and the ramp that served it, he simply walked up the wall to the entrance to the central aspect of his keep, the ramp could be used for others of lesser ability. A name for this keep came to mind, Ihomakwoi, it had meaning, perhaps he would tell someone one day. He would head east, go visit that northern land, take a good survey of the inhabitants and what may be useful for his purposes. Although, perhaps a small diversion was acceptable, maybe visit some of those islands between the two lands, Kalgrun and Atokhekwoi. It would serve as a good basis, exploring those islands somewhat, seeing what is there and what is to be gained. Ohannakeloi climbed the stairs of his keep slower than he might’ve, he wasn’t quite sure what purpose to put each room to yet but he had time. Sending a single through his keep he instructed the [i]Buajaoi[/i] to set course for those isles, locked in as it was, the keep flew. [hider=Summary] The Jiangzhou is back on the Nanhe and Ohannakeloi is leaving. Ohannakeloi asks about Xiaoli but declines Shengshi’s offer of communication, saying he was confirming something previously told. Shengshi offers gifts, 100 pots of wine and a company of servants, Ohannakeloi accepts the wine but refuses the servants saying he could not take them from Shengshi. Ohannakeloi leaves with well wishes from Shengshi and a thunderous acclamation from the assembled servants. Ohannakeloi then surveys the Dragon’s Foot from above, deciding not to take much of anything given the gifts he has already been given. He decides to make something similar to the Jiangzhou. He makes the Ihomakwoi. He then leaves with the Ihomakwoi being lifted by the [i]Buajaoi[/i] across to the Islands between Kalgrun and Atokhekwoi. It is his intention to stop over before heading north to Kalgrun. [/hider] [hider=MP Summary] Shengshi None Spent. Ohannakeloi Start: 11 MP 8 FP 2 MP for Ohannakeloi’s Keep End: 9 MP 8 FP[/hider]