One moment she had been made to play and she was enjoying herself. The next, everything exploded.
So much for the Order some of the other Gods cried about and even fought for, Astarte thought as the extreme forces of the explosion threatened to dissolve her into nothingness. She had to grow stronger just to survive.
Things were very interesting for the longest time, with the previous nothingness of the Empty Void turning into a beautiful Void filled with Actual Stuff. Her family, upon noticing the planet that had formed near them, started interacting with it in ways she hadn't thought of. One covered the planet in ice and cold. The other formed a body of water, the other brought life into existence...
It wasn't long before Astarte thought she should join in on the fun, but what should she do? It's not like the life on the planet was interested in doing anything other than eat, sleep and reproduce. And the rest of the planet was devoid of anything other than loneliness.
And then it clicked: That animal Goddess, Slough (@Lugubrious) --The one that the others were so interested in pre-existence! It didn't seem too smart or too interested in the other Gods, so what would happen if Astarte exposed it to her magic? Maybe she could scare the Goddess into going to the Shattered Plains and creating life to fill that place up! That'd certainly be interesting.
It took Astarte a great deal of stealth and energy to hide her approach from Slough, but eventually she was hiding in a bush right next to the skeletal Goddess. Clad in a dress made of leaves, branches and very sharp predator teeth, Astarte jumped out of the bush.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEIUIUIUAAAHHHLII!" Astarte screamed, waving her arms around and stomping the ground with her feet.
Hopefully that would be enough to scare the bones out of Slough and make her run away and into the Plains. It was a long run to the Plains, though, so Astarte was ready and willing to keep scaring Slough until she reached the place.
Astarte enjoyed the Big Bang and watching her "family" interact with the planet formed close to them. Astarte eventually grew bored and decided to spook Slough good enough so she'd run and stumble into the Shattered Plains. Her plan is to make Slough fill the Plains with even weirder life than she's already created.
5 Might, 1 FP to use - Astarte used 1 Free Point to hide her approach to Slough. It was difficult for her to pull it off due to both sucking at stealth and not being a Goddess of Stealth. 5 Might, 0 FP remaining
I can remember the first one I wrote. I think I can remember the second one, too, but I'm not too sure.
Anyway, Astarte's soul manipulation can be used to imbue things with souls. You could make golems who actually feel and think, or you could make really expensive undead!
<Snipped quote by Double Capybara> For instance, Vowzra may be able to create a dimension where Time passes at completely diffrent rates from the universe
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