Frettzo

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

But I'm not sure whether I have any authority regarding what Amul and Fate do anymore >.>

@Kho

Why not?

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

So while I respect all of you who don't have time to deal with walls of blue-smattered text, if you're at all interested in Jvan's story, I feel like you should read this one and not spoil it too loudly OOC. The summary is really good bonus content though.

Chiral Phi looks better the further back you stand.

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we could've ended this collab right there, tbh

@Antarctic Termite

I loved the post, good work to both you and Rtron!

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

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It's fine! Really! Ask anyone here. Meeting Vestec only ends in fun and delight for all.

@Rtron

Astarte can confirm, she loves having her toy boy around

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

theguardian.com/world/video/2017/jun/…

At this point, I don't think anyone's safe. I've stopped going to university because the government thugs have started attacking Unis- Last friday they besieged my own uni for about 5 hours and there were gunshot wounds dealt to students.

I think I'll live, but that depends on if things go really south or not. If I don't show up for months it probably means the situation got to me. Whether that means my death, lack of electricity or lack of internet connection, remains to be seen.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

The situation's very hectic lately in my country. the resistance has distanced itself from the politicians that lead the opposition and are now going their own way, announcing massive, effective national protests every other day. Some military dude turned up saying he was now in open rebellion against the government (not many people believe him much with me being one of the doubters, but there is a video of one of his helicopters shooting at a government building). People are hunting down and killing the occasional government-funded thug as well.

The last one makes my heart jump with joy every time I find out another one's been caught.

In other news, I really want to get back into writing every day, but it's proving really hard to do so... I've also been meaning to make an Astarte page in the wiki, but yeah.

Edit: I updated the Astarte sheet in the characters tab. It's not great I know but it's temporary while I finish the arc with the Beast and Brown and Astarte's biggest character development session is finished.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Brown

A peaceful group of humans and some outcast hain used to inhabit this humble valley, they'd recently started to experiment with planting fruits and seeds and had seen some success thanks to their curiosity. It had been three months since the Beast devoured everyone.

Or at least, everyone but three. A mother and her daughter and son, who were busy restoring their thatch hut. She knew that because she'd been watching them for a day now.

Brown stepped up to the hut and cleared her throat, "I wasn't expecting to find survivo-"

"D-Don't move an inch," said a woman from behind Brown, her heartbeat so out of control that her very voice trembled in rhythm.

Brown turned around.

T'CHI

A dull pain spread through Brown's forehead. An arrow. Small cracks appeared on her skin, which dissolved after Brown yanked the arrow out.

The woman's grip on the bow wavered and she swallowed hard, brow twitching and hand going behind her back, definitely reaching for some unseen weapon. Of course, Brown didn't care much about that.

"Calm down,"

"You're a demon-"

"No, but the one I'm trying to kill is, and I bet he's the same one that burned the village down, isn't he?"

The woman's posture changed completely. What could once be interpreted as complete fear, was now confusion. "He?"

"It's hard to think of him as a he rather than an it, isn't it? After everything he's done..." Brown looked at the burnt huts and houses around.

"You're talking about that thing?"

"Yes, and I wanted to ask you a few questions about it," Brown tilted her head.

"Okay," The woman relaxed for a split second, but then a stone knife found its way to Brown's throat. it had no time to cut as a bright flash lit up the area. "AAH!" After the light receded, the woman was lying in a ball on the floor, weeping and holding her hand or rather, the stump left behind.

Brown walked to the woman and pressed a knee to her side, hard enough to threaten damaging her kidney, "Listen woman, I'm not the one you want to play games with. Submit to my questioning and be done with it or I'll just withdraw what I need from your mind and destroy it in the process." Brown huffed and the woman whimpered.

"F-Fine..." The woman sniffled and tried to wiggle away from Brown's knee to no avail.

"Did you see the Beast?"

"Barely."

"What did he look like?"

"Big, black, orange eyes... Mouth like an a-" The woman grunted and Brown eased the pressure, "An abyss with the colour of blood."

"How big?"

"I-I don't know!"

"Think."

"About three bears tall I guess?"

He's getting bigger, I can't just watch anymore, I have to do something... Brown thought.

"Was anything accompanying him?"

"N-No, but..." The woman hesitated.

"Yes?"

"There were these shadows, th-they-" She choked up for a moment, "They took people and they, they..."

"They what?"

"My poor Mato..." The woman sobbed.

"Mommy?" A high pitched voice rung out from the woods, no doubt distressed after hearing the scream before.

Letting the child see her mother like this would be too much, Brown winced and with a flick of her hand, the mortal woman had her hand back. Still, she kept weeping. The only pain that plagued her now were her memories.

"That is enough, you'll be safe in these ruins for now, but I'd suggest moving to a place under the protection of Lifprasil, that is, if he's still alive." And with that, Brown stood up and walked into the forest. When the girl found her weeping mother, the only thing she saw was a figure in a brown dress fade into the forest.

Summary

Brown is still chasing the trail left by the Beast. He's grown bigger and deadlier after devouring dozens of souls and she realizes that she can't just chase after it any longer. Action must be taken.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Frettzo Wait, is it just me, or was that foliage and wood deliberately placed to obstruct the road? I can't tell whether it was that or whether it was washed into that position by rain or something.

@Muttonhawk

It was deliberately placed by protesters. That was just one road of dozens that was blocked that day. You can see people putting on masks in the background of the pic with the wood. Those were the protesters, and they were preparing to escape whenever the police arrived. Also take note of the freaking bus they placed there!!

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Sup dods, these were my city's streets a week ago.

Wot

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

I don't mind the dating and I wouldn't mind dating my posts. Although that might be because I haven't cranked much -if any- content at all in the last few months. Others with a lot more content may have a tougher time in dating, so I feel like the dating should be optional.

Edit: What did I just write?

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

I really wanted to get an important post in before the end of the turn, but damn it, no one has posted since the Aitiraq/Toun collab. I may have to be a rude, uncouth, and downright savage person and double post in IC :C

@Muttonhawk

Do it man! We're all savages here