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7 yrs ago
Current Lots of guests coming and going in the next few weeks. I apologize in advance if I lag in posting
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Traveling for a week, and may not keep up with RPs. Thank you for your patience.
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8 yrs ago
Been busy and scatterbrained this week, and behind on RPs. Please excuse my delay in posting.
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Got back from a two-week vacation overseas. Give me some time to catch up with RPs. Thank you for your patience!
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9 yrs ago
I'll be going on a two week vacation starting tomorrow and don't know how often I'll have Internet access. Thank you for your patience. I'll try to be more regular when I get back.

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*Sad music plays*

Everyone else gets presents but not poor Hyperion doing his job.


You don't need to recruit someone you already know is going to join
With deception released, the solidity of Gammaton's laws becomes more absolute
@A Lowly Wretch @Rune_Alchemist

OK, so I have an issue now. I am basically putting Gammaton in stasis for several days as he writes up Iva'Krorh's laws. Whenever Iva brings him a corpse, I'll make posts in which we can create those. But I wanted to ask where are we time-wise, relative to the other events in the rest of the world? And how best it is to handle this situation?
Gammaton



@Rune_Alchemist

"Well, The General Assembly of the Gods will require you to be in the same room as Ragnagedon, but accommodations can be made," Gammaton replied, "And anyone you do not contact, I can make an attempt to contact once I have finished writing up these laws. Conversely, you can request anyone you contact to reach out to those you do not, but I won't tell you how to go about this business."

As Iva'Krorh left, Gammaton looked around the room in contemplation for a moment before his rear appendages began weaving out a scroll.

Written upon my silk,
Scribed with my spines,
Inked in my blood,
Thus are created:
The laws of Gods and mortals.




Plucking a spine tipped in black blood from his back, Gammaton proceeded to draw a blank. Sitting down at the table, staring at the empty, golden, silk parchment, Gammaton rubbed the dry end of the spine against his temple, trying to come up with a governmental system that would promote creativity. For the next few days, he would write, then devour the parchment and start over, unsatisfied with his work. He ate whatever food was prepared, often snacking in between to stimulate his mind. At times he climbed up the walls and columns, spinning silk hammocks upon which to recline so as to contemplate in comfort. Sometimes he wrapped himself up completely for a few hours out of sheer frustration. Soon the room was filled with cobwebs, idle artistic weavings, dried-out spines scattered about, rotting fruit cores, bones, and overturned furniture as Gammaton made himself at home. He only allowed himself to be interrupted from this maddening cycle to help Iva'Krorh co-prepare the breed of sentinel flies.
@Stern Algorithm I could see your General Assembly location needing to be in a place that is neutral and not in a specific God realm.


What?! And have the prestigious, inaugural, First General Assembly of the Gods held in the...the...P-Physical Realm?! Like mortals?!

Besides, Gammaton is nothing if not completely neutral ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@Lmpkio
You mean in the bio that I haven't updated yet? Or in the post he's sending messengers too?

If it's the latter, he'll be sending them to everyone aside from the destruction god that I can't bother to spell right. It's just that sending them all to everyone...at the same time...and potentially have all of them in his library at the same time, is asking for a bunch of trouble.

So he's going to be meeting with a few at a time to limit damage to his precious books.


As for the General Assembly of the Gods, I think the only fitting place to hold it is the Administrative Hive, which can grow in volume to accommodate the number of occupants. Given the tech level, it should feel like a yurt (large nomadic tent) with a fire in the middle, around which tribal chieftains discuss tribal matters.
Speedster character! AKA Thunder Thighs!

Shit. Another god is being born...?
Sorry for the wall of text, but Gammaton's going all-in.
Gammaton



@Rune_Alchemist

"Only one corpse would be required to start the process, and it needn't be human either," Gammaton explained, "Solid waste will also suffice if you have any laying around."

Gammaton followed Iva into the library, sat down at the table, and began eating as a sign of trust and respect for his host, listening to the Illuminator's request. Thinking on it for a moment, Gammaton began, "Well, it is easy enough to deter undesired behavior after the fact with a punishment, for example, you could smite whoever commits an unwanted sacrifice. But since I understand that you want your followers to seek you rather than reveal yourself to them in an obvious manner, I can see how this would be problematic. Also, since the first sacrifice would be little Lahzria, who you wish to keep alive, it won't do to punish after the deed has been done. Of course, there are ways to prevent Lahzria's sacrifice through divine intervention without revealing yourself too openly. You could give her pieces of knowledge that would otherwise be impossible for her to know personally, and have her say them. Those among the White Dawn who truly believe and understand your domain would know that she is your chosen prophetess, after which her words, inspired by you, will become law. Of course, that is only a method to convey the laws, not the laws themselves. I must stress though, that I am a maker of laws, not ideals. Laws can control behavior, but not intention. So long as people's actions are legal, they will continue to follow their lust, their greed, and their pride. You wish to create an intellectual meritocracy. The inherent flaw in any meritocracy is that desired behavior is promoted through reward, while undesired behavior is deterred through punishment, the issue being that some people lose perspective and only seek to maximize reward and minimize punishment, losing focus on the intended intellectual merit. Reward also tends to beget more reward, and punishment also tends to beget punishment, creating inherently unequal systems over time. How do we promote education without enshrining and giving undue authority to teachers? How is authority determined? You have presented me with quite the conundrum, as I should have expected from the god of knowledge. I am loathe to tarry for seven days due to the urgency of my mission, since I am traveling by foot, conserving my magical power for the Assembly itself. However, I could be convinced to stay and draft up these laws if you would, free of personal commitment, begin initiating contact with the others on my behalf."
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