[centre][img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/divinus-mk4/images/3/3b/Afc6efa58bae4f9c3be8ed679a7ac131.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/310?cb=20200229065521[/img] [h2]Gibbou[/h2] [/centre] [hr] Gibbou strolled triumphantly across the surface of her moon, looking giddily down at the planet below. As she had foreseen, the appearance of vampires had immensely reduced the number of people who killed their superiors and family for ambition. Her plan had succeeded. To celebrate, she conjured forth a fancy glass with a blue drink, which immediately froze. With a pout, she thawed it again and drank it as quickly as she could before it froze, gagging at the overwhelming presence of blue curaçao. A short moment passed, and then she made herself another. Before long, the goddess was skipping across the moon, giggly, giddy and about as wasted as the satellite's surface. Maybe she finally had done it? The Circles, the vampires… Maybe the tides were turning for little Gibbou? Maybe Neiya’s poisonous words could finally leave her - Cadien’s statue, finally disappear? Maybe… Maybe she could finally be as good and amazing as her beloved sister? A distant whisper made her lose her balance and faceplant into the rocky soil. She groggily forced herself back up, her sloppy hands somehow not managing to grab the ground properly. With a push that sent her five metres into the not-air, she managed to coerce her clumsy legs into a sitting stance and her eyes into a resemblance of a focused stare. She dove deep, deep inside her rum-sozzled brain, pulling forth the faint flicker of a voice that had tried to contact her. It was a prayer - a small child whose language sounded Lapite. Gibbou pulled at her nose and tried to make herself somewhat presentable before listening in once again. With messy hair, restless feet and a head that just couldn’t seem to stay still, she focused. “Dear Yuemu...” The voice was crying, and Gibbou’s emotional centre and attention span were battling gruesome battle in the deep, unforgiving swamp that was her inebriated mind. “... A… A monster has been attacking us in the night. More and more people are disappearing, and, and, and… I’m so scared. I can’t sleep even if I want to. What if it gets us like the others? What, what if I’m next?” This puzzled Gibbou, or at least she looked puzzled. Squinting eyes and pursed lips overtook her expression, and the goddess ran a hand over her chin. [colour=lightblue]”Mhm, mhm… I, uh-duh… I, I shee,”[/colour] she mumbled to none in particular, and hopefully not to the frightened little girl back on Galbar. After what felt like an eternity, her senses conjured forth a proper response. [colour=lightblue]”Yuh-your mind ish unwell, my ssshild. Here, lemme help you.”[/colour] With a clumsy wave of her hand, she cast something (she wasn’t quite sure herself, even), and the sound of a slow sigh came from the other end. She summoned forth a moon dust mirage of the other side and saw the child soundly asleep next to her parents, who also appeared to be resting peacefully. When she expanded the mirage, she saw that that whole part of the warren that the child lived in had suddenly fallen into a deep, peaceful sleep - even the guards. Satisfied, she made herself another drink and blew the image away, just as a shadowed figured entered the view from a corner. After downing her drink, her eyes suddenly picked up a very peculiar fish east of Toraan. She focused her hazy eyes, and her heart skipping four beats. Immediately, she poured all her might into establishing a mental link with this individual, just as it was washing ashore on the Kylsar Isles. [colour=lightblue]”Hic! … Hey...”[/colour] [colour=lightpink]”No,”[/colour] answered Twilight on the other side, busily pulling seaweed out of his sandals. [colour=lightblue]”Boo, you suck,”[/colour] moaned Gibbou disapprovingly. [colour=lightblue]”Enter--... Urrp… Entertain me.”[/colour] Twilight sighed. [colour=lightpink]”Isn’t part of being a goddess that you can do anything?[/colour] Gibbou shrunk. [colour=lightpink]”Including making a playmate?”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Nnnnnnno!”[/colour] exclaimed Gibbou and nearly rolled backwards onto her back. Twilight winced at the background noise as the moon goddess got back up. [colour=lightblue]”I wan’ ssshat wishoo.”[/colour] Twilight placed a seawater-smelling palm in his face. [colour=lightpink]”Look, Gibs, could you not do this right now? I mean, I just made landfall, I’m tired--[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Ooo! Whashu, urp, doon? Tsell me, cuh-maaawn!”[/colour] A moment passed. [colour=lightblue]”C’MAAAAAWN![/colour] Twilight looked up and sighed from the bottom of his lungs. [colour=lightpink]”Y’know… Being doing stuff?”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Kinda staff?”[/colour] [colour=lightpink]”Stuff! Like, uhm… I met this troll-guy. He was… Really nice, actually. Kinda miss him. Tidemand was his name. Yeah… Him and Oscar sure are some sweet guys.”[/colour] There was silence, during which Twilight hesitated to test whether the link was still open. Eventually, however, he said, [colour=lightpink]”Gibbou?”[/colour]. [colour=lightblue]”MY TROLLSH AIN’T ALL BAAAAAAAD!”[/colour] came a long, tearful scream followed by a sulking, guttural [colour=lightblue]”uuuuuuuuuuu-huuu-huuu!”[/colour] Twilight felt a compulsive need to pat her politely on the back, but said nothing until the moon goddess eventually continued, [colour=lightblue]”Oo-hoo… Shanksh, Twi, hic! It helpsh that--... Ugh… That you tsell me theesh shings…”[/colour] [colour=lightpink]”You’re-... Ahem, you’re welcome, Gibs.[/colour] For a while, there was only sobbing and sulking on the other side. However, suddenly, something rustled in the bushes nearby. Twilight’s eyes focused on the spot with lightning quick accuracy, and he knelt down slight. [colour=lightpink]”Gibbou, listen, I know you’re sad, but--”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”You’re shad!”[/colour] she accused back. [colour=lightpink]”Look, I can’t do this right now, Gibs, I can’t hear myself think with all your--”[/colour] Then, out of the bushes came two cloaked and masked humanoids, each armed with bone spears. Immediately, one of them lunged at Twilight and shouted, “Bad luck, kid! Fork over the belongings and run, or we’ll take ‘em and leave you to rot in the swamp!” The avatar dodged away, only for another spear to appear from behind him and graze his hip as not even his godlike reflexes could properly avoid it. [colour=lightpink]”Crap, bandits!”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Whashat?”[/colour] Gibbou droned. [colour=lightpink]”Gibs, would, would you just shut up for a-- phew! -- for a moment?!”[/colour] Twilight cursed back as he narrowly ducked out of the way of another spear attack, barely dancing away from yet another one. The three tried constantly to surround him, and while the avatar made it hard, three deftly stabbing spears was no easy foe to avoid. There came a sniff from the other side. [colour=lightblue]”You’re alwaysh sho mean to meeee…”[/colour] [colour=lightpink]”I swear, if you start crying again-- hup!”[/colour] “Who’re you talking to, boy?! We’re the only ones here! Yargh!” One of the bandits jumped forward, adding some extra length to his thrust. The blow grazed Twilight’s arm, ripping through the fabric of his shirt. Twilight grit his teeth. [colour=lightpink]”Gibbou, are you gonna help, by sunlight?!”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Oh, I’m sh-shorry! I thought you werr part godz! Can’t you, like, mayke stuff or shomshin’?”[/colour] The pout on Gibbou’s face was audible. [colour=lightpink]”I can’t-- ugh! -- focus like this! Help me!”[/colour] There came a long sigh. [colour=lightblue]”Uuuugh! Fiiiiine!”[/colour] There came a flash in the sky above, breaking through the clouds and crashing into Twilight’s hand like a lightning bolt. The three assailants stopped in awe and confusion as the avatar suddenly held a scabbarded blade, curved ever so slightly backwards to resemble somewhat a softer curve of the moon. Twilight blinked, and then a widening grin formed on his lips. The assailants blinked amongst themselves (not that that was possible to see through their masks) and slowly began to back off. Twilight’s grin turned to a malicious smirk as he unsheathed the sword, its blade a cold, white shade of steel; its edge, an ashen sheen that stood out in the night’s darkness. He weighed the sword in his hand, testing its balance. [colour=lightpink]”Now… -This- is a weapon. Thanks, Gibbou. At least you can do something right.”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”At leash you can do something right, bleh, bleh, bleh…”[/colour] The bandits staggered backwards as Twilight approached. [colour=lightpink]”You thought you could pounce on me so easily? Heh… Well…”[/colour] The bandits all tripped backwards and huddled together in sheer terror. Twilight snickered. [colour=lightpink]”You’ll be feeling it now… The wrath of myself, Twilight, and my trusty companion…”[/colour] He paused to think of a name, looking upwards with a respectful nod. [colour=lightpink]“... Tsukigami-no-Kokoro.”[/colour] From the other side of the mind-link, he heard Gibbou burst into laughter, which kind of ruined the moment for him, but at least the bandits couldn’t hear it. He approached the one who had taunted him to earlier and lifted the sword high above his head, the bandit’s companions crying for mercy for their boss. Twilight rolled his eyes. [colour=lightpink]”Mercy… Like the kind you wanted to show me?”[/colour] He spat. [colour=lightpink]”Mercy’s too good for the likes of you.”[/colour] Locking eyes with the leader, he said, [colour=lightpink]”... Tell the king of the underworld… Twilight sent ya.”[/colour] Then he hacked his blade downwards. [i]DUNK![/i] “Ow!” shouted the leader and immediately brought his hands to the growing bump on his head. Twilight’s eyes widened in surprise and puzzlement, as did all the others’. Twilight immediately turned around and looked up to the sky. [colour=lightpink]”GIBBOU!”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Hm? Wha?”[/colour] Twilight shook the sword around. [colour=lightpink]”What the hell is this?!”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Why, it’sh the shword that you named Tsookeegahmee no--... Pfffahahahahaha! Ican’believeyounameditthaaat! Hahaha!”[/colour] Twilight tossed the sheath into the ground so hard it caused sand to splatter everyone around. Another audible pout. [colour=lightblue]”Hey, I made dat!”[/colour] [colour=lightpink]”What the hell kinda sword -is- it, though?!”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”It can cut through anyshing when the moon shines on it! It’sh super-strong, y’know!”[/colour] [colour=lightpink]”When the moon is out?! Gibbou - it’s OVERCAST!”[/colour] There was a long pause. Then Gibbou exploded into a snorting laughter once more. The bandits seized the opportunity to run and Twilight sat himself down in the sand with his face in his hands, suffering the taunting guffaw of his superior. [colour=lightblue]”Hoooo-hooo! Ican’tbreathe! I’mgonnapee!”[/colour] came a few words wheezingly from the other side. [colour=lightpink]”Just leave me alone,”[/colour] Twilight pleaded in embarrassment. [colour=lightblue]”Hehehehehehe, noway, thish is too good, oh, sister.”[/colour] There was a long suction of breath, followed by an equally long side. [colour=lightblue]”Holy sunlight...”[/colour] [colour=lightpink]”If my divine powers are good for anything, then please let them help me block you out of my head…”[/colour] [colour=lightblue]”Oh, now you’re mean again, boo...”[/colour] Gibbou moaned. [colour=lightblue]”Fine, I’m going… But not because you toldz me too! Hmph!”[/colour] With that, the presence in his mind disappeared. Twilight sat there on the beach in shame, Tsukigami-no-Kokoro sheathed across his lap. He sat there, for a very long time. [hider=Sumree] Gibs celebrates the, uh, SUCCess of her vampires by getting wasted to shit. She gets a prayer from a baby rabbit while rum-sozzled to kingdom fuck, asking her to help her sleep because some monstrous, definitely-not-vampire thing is roaming the warren. Gibbou, being drunk Gibbou now, grants her wish and puts her whole neighbourhood to sleep. She unlocks the respite port for this and celebrates with more drinks. She then drunk dials Twilight, who has just arrived in Kylsar. During their conversation, Twilight is attacked by Reshut bandits and asks Gibbou to help him. Gibbou makes him a legendary sword, which Twi names Naruto-Sasuke-no-omae-wa-mo-shinderu, causing Gibbou to burst out into a cackle. However, just as Twi’s about to kill the fuckers, he realises the blade is as blunt as a roll of weed. Turns out swords that can cut through anything in moonlight are useless when it’s overcast. The bandits run away unscathed (except for the leader who gets a bump on the head from the sword), and Twi sits on the beach to the mocked by drunk Gibs. [/hider] [hider=Em-Pee] Start 4MP/2DP 1DP - Bless (or possibly curse) some rabbits in a lower warren section of a Lapite warren to a very good night’s sleep. (5/5 for Respite port). 3MP - Snatch Respite port: [b]Respite:[/b] Gibbou’s mastery of respite allows her to easier bless life with calmness and mental peace after traumatic experiences. While she cannot erase these memories, her blessings may instead help life cope with them, whether this is a terrible loss or a difficult childhood. The mental respite granted by Gibbou eases the mind to a state of tranquility, allowing the blessed to bypass emotions such as panic and anxiety for the duration of the blessing. Respite isn’t permanent, however, and all must eventually rest again. The respite portfolio also grants power of rest in general, and can turn the strength gained from a 15 minute nap into what one would normally gain from sleeping through the night. However, respite doesn’t necessarily require sleep, and can be achieved simply by meditation or general rest. 3DP (discounted to 1DP with Moon portfolio): Create the legendary katana [i]Tsukigami-no-Kokoro[/i], blessed with the following title: [list] [*] [b]Moonblade III:[/b] When the moon shines on the blade, it can cut through anything. Otherwise, it's blunt as a hammer. [/list] End: 1MP/0DP [/hider]