[center][color=snow][h2][b]Yllis & Illyd[/b][/h2][/color][/center] [hr] [center][b]I[/b][/center] [hr] There were only a few really interesting things about the new area Yllis had found herself in… Antiquity, as she’d learned as soon as entered. There was the amphitheater of course, but that really didn’t catch her attention all that much, since it was clear no one really used it for anything. Instead, what did catch her attention were the different portals strewn all over the place, every single one leading to a different area not unlike her own home. She could only guess at what was in each of those areas, but it was likely other people like her. The other thing that had caught her attention was the thing she was currently expecting. A notice board, with several pieces of paper stuck to it with pins already. The one paper that stuck out to her the most was the only one that was ripped. A drawing of a sun with a smiley face on it, looking shoddy enough to have been made by some kind of very young child. Yllis frowned at the drawing and rolled her eyes. [b]”Who’s dumb enough to let a kid roam free here? I mean, judging by the drawing the kid isn’t that bright, so it might have snuck its way here. Ugh, what a little brat.”[/b] She sighed, her tail swishing languidly behind her, flicking her skirt every now and then and brushing along the floor every single time. She quickly skimmed over the other notices, seeing some instructions on how to use the board, as well as some information on something called “zodiacs” and… Some kind of survey. There was also a really long winded note. It was written in way too perfect handwriting and started off feeling like a sales pitch, so she immediately stopped reading it, groaning. [b]”What a loser. I can’t imagine caring so much about my handwriting that I’d make it look like this. Would take ages and bore me half to death. That time would be better spent doing something productive.”[/b] “Do you know how to play the kazooie?” A gentle voice appeared next to her. It came from a blonde man in woolen white robes holding a banjo in one hand and a kazooie in the other. Yllis turned to stare at the man after jumping a little bit, her face cold and inexpressive. She slowly and deliberately let her eyes assess his appearance, and then she swiped the kazooie out of the man’s hand, inspected it, and then looked at the man while cocking her head and her hip in opposing directions. [b]”Do you have any idea what this note says? I can’t be bothered to read it.”[/b] She said, pointing at the note describing the avatars on the notice board. “Nope,” Illyd answered honestly, “I didn’t even know we had a message board.” He squinted at it, “OH!” He crossed his arms, “Right, that’s the thing about the stuff, you know?” He frowned, “Avatars, yes, making a presence on Galbar in place of yourself since our uninterrupted divine presence can’t survive on Galbar due to- Well cosmic stuff.” He strummed the banjo and immediately one of Yllis’ eyebrows twitched, “Or something of the other.” [b]”Ah, so I take it this map I have in my head is Galbar? Like the round planet thing, with all the landmarks? We’re supposed to do something with that?”[/b] She asked, internally wondering exactly how someone could come into Antiquity and not notice the one and only notice board. Was he younger than herself? He did dress really shabbily, so maybe he was supposed to be some kind of annoyingly musical little brother? Illyd frowned, “You don’t have to do a thing, in fact, sometimes it’s a lot better to do nothing when you wield such power as we do -- then again...” His frown deepened, “If you don’t do anything, the others will. Galbar is a mess already, there isn’t much more you can do to it that won’t already be done.” He sighed, “It used to be so pleasant, too. I suppose I have my head in the past.” [b]”So you’ve been here for a while already. I had assumed you were younger than me due to the fact you didn’t know about this notice board. Like, seriously? It’s like… Like, right here. Maybe you were too focused on your banjo and ka-zoo-e, who knows. Back on topic though kazoo guy, what I see in my mind isn’t a mess. It’s great, actually. We wouldn’t want things to be monotonous and stagnant, would we now? Only a loser would be entertained by the same thing day in day out.”[/b] She explained then went back to inspecting the kazoo in her hands. [b]”You haven’t used this already have you kazoo guy? I’d hate to catch some sort of disease.”[/b] Illyd scrunched his brow and smiled, “You talk a lot.” Yllis’ brow twitched and her tail started to wag erratically, slapped against the ground and kicked up dust and dirt. She huffed, [b]”Do I, [i]kazoo kid[/i]?”[/b] “A little, but that’s okay.” Illyd nodded, “It’s nice to hear someone’s voice sometimes - my name is Illyd Dyll, what’s yours?” Yllis rolled her eyes and looked at the notice board again. [b]”Yllis.”[/b] She declared, then pointed at the childish drawing on the notice board. [b]”Whose kid made that drawing? I thought this was for official use only.”[/b] “Hm,” Illyd looked at the drawing. “Well, since I never noticed the board, I never noticed the drawing -- I don’t know most things and sort of just let the other gods and goddesses do their own thing.” He paused, “Did you know I made the first mortal life?” [b]”Did you.”[/b] She asked in a monotone. [b]”Let me guess, they came straight out of the womb of creation playing the kazoo.”[/b] “No!” Illyd laughed, “They formed as these great adventurers who scoured all of Galbar -- funny thing though is that no one really ever noticed them. Probably for the best, most of what I do isn’t noticed.” He pinched the bridge of his nose and laughed heartily, “Wouldn’t you believe it that every other mortal made since was made at tens of times the size of the first. What a silly world.” Yllis spared Illyd a sideways glance, then shook her head. [b]”You bored, kazoo kid? If your creations get ignored just make them go on a little murder spree. There will always be more little people popping out… They breed like rabbits. It’s as if every day could be their last.”[/b] “Ah a final day,” Illyd sighed, “I do envy that, but no -- I think it is best the first remains ignored lest they get dragged into the monotone that you seem so worried about.” He slanted a face, “SO are you going to play that kazoo or just keep lording it as a theatrical piece for your nicknames?” A stupid wink. [b]”You haven’t said whether you’ve used it before or not.”[/b] “Oh yeah, slobbered the thing,” Illyd gave a grim nod, “And not just me but all the farm animals too -- you’re a brave god for volunteering.” He motioned with his hand, “Go on!” Yllis narrowed her slitted pupils at Illyd, working out in her head whether she should be indignated or just play along in the hopes that the guy would stop asking her to play it. Finally she blushed a little, a fact she could never hope to hide given how ghostly her complexion was, and pursed her lips. [b]”Ugh, [i]fine[/i]. But I’m only doing it to get you to shut up about it… I can’t believe I’m sticking something a stranger gave me in my mouth...”[/b] She groaned, then put the kazoo up to her lips and blew on it softly, a pitiful sound coming out. Immediately she pulled the instrument away from her face and stuck her tongue out. Illyd’s eyes drifted from her face and to a small wispy cloud that exited the kazoo. With a determined grin, the god of agriculture snapped a glass jar out of nowhere, scooping up the strange cloud and slapping a lid on it. He wiped his brow as if he just finished a hard day's work and nodded, “Well that was fun, huh?” Yllis stared at him incredulously, narrowing and widening her pupils as if she didn’t know how to react. Then she slammed her tail down on the ground and threw the kazoo at Illyd’s feet. [b]”Pervert!”[/b] She huffed indignantly, turned tail and walked away briskly. [b][i]”Bet he goes around snatching people’s used underwear, I swear…! Next time I see him I will get back at him… No one takes a lady’s breath away like that without asking first… I will kill him...”[/i][/b] She muttered on and on as she left. A cheshire grin appeared in front of Yllis, making the new Goddess jump back a little as the figure of Illyd followed shortly after. He pushed the Jar forward into the air, the container spinning in place between the two for a split moment before Yllis reacted and took it. "It's yours, you know?" His smile widened, "You can make an avatar out of it, that's how it works - a piece of you for a piece of Galbar." A banjo strummed a note, but there was none to be seen. Yllis furrowed her brow at him, but decided that in either case she should open the jar so she did, the small cloud languidly floating out of the glass container. After that, Yllis didn’t really need any instruction. Now that she knew what avatars were and about Galbar, she could make the connections to the things she instinctively knew how to do. Making avatars was one of those things, luckily. All she had to do was stick her hand into the floating gas and focus. Eventually, the gas solidified and bubbled and began taking form. Indeed, mere moments later, an exact copy of Yllis was standing in front of her, eyes closed at least until the original pulled her hand out from inside the copy’s chest, leaving behind a gaping hole that closed up quickly after the fact. Yllis took a deep breath, and when she exhaled so did the copy. Then they both opened their eyes at the same time, with the copy eyeing Illyd with a raised eyebrow before looking at the original. [b]”So this is the pervert who made us blow something he had blown before?”[/b] The copy asked, cocking her hips at the same time as the original, as if it was a reflection. Their tails swished curiously behind them, both kicking up equal amounts of dirt as they narrowed their eyes at each other, then at Illyd. [b]”Yes, yes he is. He wears bedsheets, too. Apparently he has never seen a pair of pants before.”[/b] Explained the original to the copy, bringing her hand to her lips in order to pretend to cover the mocking snicker on her otherwise stoic face. [b]”He should feel grateful that he even met us, I think. Who knows how long he’d spend without knowing what proper clothing looks like if he hadn’t?”[/b] The copy smirked and the two prossed their hands together, intertwining their fingers. [b]”Seems like we’re not getting through to him! Whaddaya think we should do, Yllis? Maybe we shouldn’t waste our time here anymore? We do have work to do after all! I heard about some small mortals who’ve been quite lazy lately!”[/b] Each part pressed themselves up against the other, looking into each other’s eyes as they rested their foreheads together. [b]”Have you, Yllis! Why’re we still here then?”[/b] As if on cue, the two turned to stare at Illyd with catlike looks of muted amusement on their faces. Illyd met it with a goofy smile. [b]”We should probably thank him.”[/b] [b]”We should probably reward him.”[/b] [b]”For giving me information.”[/b] [b]”For giving you information.”[/b] Both Yllises extended the hand closer to Illyd toward him and materialised a single dog treat in each, holding them out for Illyd to take as small, twisted smiles formed on their faces. "Now you talk twice as much." Illyd reached out a hand, an apple forming in his. The two rolled their eyes and looked back into each other’s, retracting their hands and idly nibbling on the dog treats they had conjured forth. [b]”Hey Yllis, he’s boring.”[/b] [b]”Hey Yllis, he’s a hypocrite.”[/b] They snickered, again, and continued taking tiny bites out of the treats. Illyd shrugged and took a hearty bite of the apple. He chewed the crunchy and juicy piece with simple contentment as he watched the two. [b]”He likes to put his things in my mouth, but doesn’t like it when I offer mine.”[/b] The original said before pulling away from the copy, prompting her to do the same. They both turned to face the portal to their realm and began to walk towards it, waving dismissively back at Illyd. [b]”Thanks for the info, [i]kazoo kid[/i]. I’ll make sure to tell the tiny mortals it was you who kindly mentioned their plight to me! Oh, to live such idle lives...”[/b] The original sighed. Illyd swallowed, opened his mouth, and took another juicy bite. A soft rumble in his throat, almost like a chuckle. [b]”Oh, to be of no consequence!”[/b] The copy exclaimed just before she skipped into the portal. Right before leaving, though, the original Yllis turned quickly toward Illyd and smiled uneasily, as if she wasn’t used to the genuineness of the expression, a wink past an apple being sent back to her. She opened her mouth as if to say something but quickly thought twice about it and went through the portal, the image shown by the portal changing to that of a locked door. [hider=Summary] Yllis goes into Antiquity, finds the noticeboard of the gods and makes fun of Genesis’ drawing. She sees the notice about avatars but declares it beneath her to read the thing, declaring that only a “loser” would spend that long to make their handwriting look that good. Lucky for her, Illyd Dyll appears and explains to her what Galbar is, what avatars are and how to create one, and he also tells her about Thumblings and how chaotic life on Galbar is. Some shenanigans later, Yllis creates an avatar that is an exact copy of herself, so she goes on a rampage of trying to bully Illyd further, now aided by her copy’s equal efforts. They’re like cute cat-like bullies who are super touchy with each other. Finally, after clearly failing to get through to Illyd, they decide to go back to their realm. [/hider] [hider=Might Summary] Yllis 5/5 Yllis used nothing to create Yllis, her avatar and exact copy in both appearance and personality. Remaining 5/5 [hr] Illyd 5/5 Used nothin Remaining 5/5 [/hider]