[center][h1][b][color=black]🎲[/color][color=gold] 𝒜𝓁𝑒𝒸𝒽𝒾𝑜𝓇 [/color][color=black]🎺[/color][/b][/h1][/center]


Alechior drifted higher and higher, leaving Gamblerdise far below until the valley became a smear of green and brown. The air thinned, cooled and quieted. This was supposed to be the relaxing part. No mortals shouting, no desperate prayers, no odds to twist or anchors to poke. Just height, open sky and a moment to exist without anyone asking for favors. They stretched out midair like someone settling into a bath that was almost the right temperature.

Then the Sun got in the way.

Light stabbed straight into their eyes, insistently, no matter how they turned. Alechior squinted, rotating lazily, only for the glare to follow like it was doing it on purpose. “Oh come on,” they muttered, lifting a hand to shade their face. “You’ve been here, what, two weeks and you’re already acting like you own the place?” They angled themselves sideways then upside down. Still blinding. Of course it was.

They sighed dramatically and pointed at it. “I get it. You shine. Wonderful. Truly inspired work,” they said with a mock clap of their hands, voice carrying into the empty sky. “But let’s not pretend this isn’t derivative. I was glowing before it was fashionable.” The Sun, unsurprisingly, did not respond. It simply continued being offensively radiant, pouring light over everything like it had something to prove.

Alechior floated onto their back, arms spread, trying again to relax. The glare hit them straight in the face. They hissed and rolled onto their side. “Rude,” they said flatly. “I’m trying to vibe up here. Ever heard of ambience? Mood lighting?” They snapped their fingers near their own eyes, dimming their glow slightly out of spite, then immediately brightened again because dimming was beneath them.

Then, mercifully, a cloud drifted across the sky. Thick and slow, cutting the glare just enough to take the edge off. Alechior’s posture eased instantly. Their shoulders dropped. “There we go,” they said, approving. “See? Teamwork.” The light dulled into something tolerable, warm instead of blinding, and for a few precious seconds, the sky behaved.

The cloud, however, did not last. It thinned, stretched and began to unravel under the sun’s persistence. Alechior clicked their tongue. Relaxation, once again, was being cheated out of them. “All right,” they said, straightening midair, glow intensifying around their form. “If subtlety won’t work, we’ll negotiate properly. I can't be the only one that's having issues with you!”

They gathered their divine power slowly like stacking chips before a decisive bet. Light pooled around their hands, warm and sharp. With a lazy flick of the wrist and a grin that carried far too much confidence, they channeled that power upward, into the cloud itself. It swelled, thickened, brightened at the edges, becoming something more than just weather.

The cloud settled into place, wide and plush, blocking the sun with almost perfect timing and impeccable commitment. It shimmered faintly with Alechior’s glow, cheerful and unbothered by celestial politics. They looked up at their work and nodded, satisfied. “You,” they declared, pointing at it, “are The Happy Cloud.” And finally, above Gamblerdise, Alechior could chill in peace...at least until the cloud decided to move away. 

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Alechior is trying to relax somewhere high up in the sky but the newly created Sun is getting on their nerves as it keeps shining in their eyes. Annoyed, Alechior channels their power right into a cloud and it expanded, growing more than a cloud could normally be and also glowed with yellow energy. 

[@Thayr] Liute is also mentioned, not by name but by what he is. 

-2 Conviction - In Domain Action - Altering Existing Terrain (?) - Surreal Action
The Happy Cloud of Alechior is a divine cloud imbued with Alechior’s essence. Any mortal, beast or lesser being who passes beneath it experiences an immediate sense of calm, joy and emotional clarity. Worries, fear and resentment fade into the background, replaced by contentment and an instinctive appreciation for the present moment. Under its influence, aggression and violent intent are rendered distant and unimportant, as happiness and peace temporarily outweigh all urges toward conflict.
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