[center][h1][b][u]The Lifeblood[/u][/b][/h1][/center]

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The Manunaki whirled in the hot air above the Lifeblood. Staring at them, it felt something change. Like a damn had been broken. It felt another break coming. Another Break that had already happened. Something was pressing against it hard. Many somethings, really. All pulling in different directions, but one was pushing harder, striving harder to break out. But it needed something from the Lifeblood first. The Lifeblood had to comply.

It swirled down into the caves and began carving at the rock. It had attempted this three times before. The first had been in a frenzy, the fruit promptly destroyed. The Second had been a relative success, but largely passed by. The third had been a disappointment until it was improved. And so on. Now the Lifeblood, driven on by a part within itself, began to craft sentient life once again.

It chiseled the sand stone with great care, like any master craftsman would take when shaping their medium. It started with broad, flat feet which sprouted like seedlings into sturdy calves. The knees connected them to firm thighs. All in all, it was a pair of legs that could run, climb, and survive with grace and ease. The Lifeblood stepped back, looking at the tawney legs, pausing before crafting the groin. Inspiration struck and it poured itself back into its work.

The Lifeblood tore sprigs from the glowing bushes of the Underground and began to weave them into the stone as the Lifeblood gave its creation a hardy trunk to hold itself proud and high. The broad, strong shoulders were next which were donned with the bright flowers that called the tunnels home. 

A few Manunaki gathered to watch as the Lifeblood blew away the sandstone to reveal graceful arms, strong but thin: perfect for both climbing tall chasms and foraging through crevices. The glowing vines wrapped these new appendages and the Lifeblood began on the final part. 

The face was crafted with great care, smooth round features with large, starry eyes. For the hair, the long flowing locks were topped with the same bright feathers that the Manunaki bore.

Looking back from the first of the creations, the thing writhing in the Lifeblood was satisfied. With a blast, thousands more of these statues broke from the sandstone. With a wave, the statues became gendered and the many glowing plants sunk into the stone, becoming spots of glowing pigment that created beautiful tapestries on their backs, shoulders and arms.

The Lifeblood smiled and in an instant, light shone throughout the caves and the statues fell to their knees. The Alminaki, the newest race of men, shuddered into life. Their large intelligent eyes glanced around their surroundings and laughter rang through the caverns, joy at simply existing.

Soon, however, their eyes turned upwards, at the large cliffs that seperated the tunnels they were born in and the outside world. The first and bravest, a small girl, her skin the same color as the stone she had been made from, ran with glee towards the walls and began scaling then.
They all looked at the spots of blue sky and felt a longing, a desire. They needed to see the world and they could hardly sit still.

And that was what it took.

The Lifeblood shook itself violently, all the yearning of the new life, straining upwards to the light, caused forces within it to strain upwards with just as much might. The Lifeblood shuddered one last time before it broke.

[hider=Summary]
The Lifeblood feels all the Conceptuals breaking out of it. One in particular drives it to create the Alminaki, a race of Men who live in the Blood Desert and its Sandstone Caves. They are graceful and strong, with smooth round features the color of the sand stone they were carved from, alrgebright eyes that reflect light, and intricate patterns of bioluminescence all over their torsos and necks. They also have a crown of feathers that is seperate from their hair.
After the Lifeblood sees all the new Alminaki yearning to climb to the surface, just to explore it, it feels itself breaking once again
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[hider=MP Breakdown]
Iternis: 3/5 MP 5/5 DP

-2: Create Sapient Race, the Alminaki.

End: 1/5 MP 5/5 DP
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