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"A proper story is supposed to start at the beginning, this one ain't so simple. Now here are some kids whose whole world got twisted, leaven em stranded on a rock in the sky."




So it's been about five years since Bastion was released and having just beat it I have to kick myself for not playing it sooner. That said I'd like to start up an RP focusing on a group of people taking the place of The Kid and just running through the game as if it was business as usual. I really want this to be about our characters feelings than about hopping around and thumping Gasfellas , though I'll make sure to add plenty of that since... you know, Bastion. I'm not terribly great at this whole GM thing so if anyone could help me out with this as well, it'd be much appreciated.
The sensations that Manus felt could only be aptly described as "unpleasant", as pain couldn't be described to a being such as him. It felt like his very being was unmaking and then rebuilding itself at the basest of levels, like he was the embodiment of creation and entropy all at once. This kind of feeling could either drive one insane leave one in a blissful intoxication, but Manus had no time for either as he felt his power come to bursting. As the very fabric of the universe shook itself apart, Manus was alarmed to discover that the power he was creating was becoming greater than his ability to contain it, his very form dematerialising before his eyes.

In a moment he let it all go, an invisible wave of pure power screaming across the universe like an enraged beast. An indescribable exhaustion overtook Manus, however his worry over his inadvertent creation spurned him to action. Enforcing his will over his creation, an action that fractured his form even more, Manus beat the power into collapsing in on itself until it became a snarling ball of "unreality". The roars became whimpers as it continued to collapse, dying as Manus forced it to unexist. However Manus, ever the soft one, could not bring himself to snuff out his creation. Even though it's birth had done much to damage him, Manus could not fault it as it was his own curiosity and arrogance that brought him to create it.

And so, relenting his crushing grip on the whimpering entity Manus contemplated on what to do. The Entity was a sphere, slightly larger than the one he created for Eshe's project. However unlike it's brilliant glow, The Entity was an all consuming black and seemed to actively feed on the lights his body produced. In fact, Manus took stock of himself and discovered that he was in far worse shape than he'd previously realized. His forearms had almost completely dematerialized, only barely retaining physical form and looked quite like the clouds of stardust he often created. His head wasn't much better, having cracked open sometime during the containment process. The wound constantly spewed lights and stardust from within, bleeding into the empty space only to be weakly sucked into The Entity where they were promptly snuffed from existence.

The Entity was weak now, and scared... it's fear radiating off it like the stars that came off it's father. Pity overcame Manus and he began to feed The Entity more powerful lights and stars, it wouldn't have anything to fear from it's creator... not anymore.

And so Manus cradled the nameless entity with his power, feeding it gently as he thought on what to do with it.
And if you guys were wondering about Manus at all, he'll be back shortly.
Yeah, make up whatever you guys want to. This is the celestial sandbox, hell you guys don't even have to stick with a single Earth like planet if you want. Could make planet neighbors if you so desired.
While the others fussed and added to the "Planet" as one of the newer siblings called it, Manus was busy painting the void they moved through. Sure his earlier display gave birth to a small sphere of light and color, but quite frankly it wasn't enough for Manus. So he drifted away from his siblings, a trail of small stars in his wake as he ruminated on how to frame his next creation. Existing was still so new to Manus and his limits were unknown to him, what exactly would happen if...

In a silent flash Manus was gone, not even a trail of stars visible as he just vanished into the infinite void of this plain. In truth, Manus just willed himself to be far away from the creations of his siblings and, to a lesser extent, his siblings in general as he didn't want what he was about to do be influenced by their creations. Manus didn't know exactly why, but he felt like he needed to do something...something big. Now alone he began to summon his power, forcing it up from wherever it comes from and building energy. The very fabric of the void began to quake as Manus' power saturated the area, waiting in anticipation as to what would happen next.
@Serious Face@Lord Zee@Lucidnonsense

You are all accepted, sorry it took my so long. College.

@BlackHoleKin
Hmm, I'm not opposed to you recreating your character but we need a reason as to why your previous god is no longer with us. I hate retcons. Maybe you just, go back to sleep?
@Bright_Ops
You're good, though after this I think I'm going to have to cut off anyone else who wants to make a god that has something to do with death.
@LitCabbit
Bummer.
@LitCabbit
What happened?
The collisions of the clumps, while entertaining, didn't seem to be as receptive to Manus' power as the lights. It didn't bother Manus all that much, in fact he found the challenge exciting. However the fact that they seemed to just collide with one another aimlessly felt off, they needed a focus. Summoning a light from within, Manus forced a surge of power into the light. It was a tricky business, the light kept wanting to explode instead of staying in a sphere like he wanted. The sphere flared several times but Manus found that when he used his hands to keep the light in shape it became far more stable. In time the small light grew until it was large enough to fill the palm of his hand, it was beautiful.

The sphere was bigger and brighter than any light Manus had made before, it's power visible as small ropes of energy escaped its shape. "Marvelous."

The words of Oxnus met Manus just then, giving him pause. It took him awhile to realize that he didn't know, up to this point Manus had been creating just because he could. "I...I don't know. I hadn't put much thought to it really."
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