The Crash

Previously...

Said that, He sat onto the Throne, and stand there waiting for their decisions or worst killing more to make sure he'll be the New God of Death.

- We want all Rings of Ambar (asked Hadesh).

- Say it for yourself (cried Tack). I don't want anything.

- Me too (said Adria). I have no wish.

- We want to go away from this place, safely (said Torian).

- We want all five Rings of Ambar with us (claimed Hadesh with all his certainty).

The God moved, finally. He looked to the horizon, and waved his hand. Rings appeared in front of Tack and Hadesh.

- We want all five Rings (insisted Hadesh).

The God didn't looked like talking, so he opened a portal for them to go.

Tack took the Ring, and Hadesh did the same.

Knowing this was not a time to discuss, they all went through the portal, taking the horses and charriot with them (Adria levitated them).

(The Crash)

They passed the portal, and it closed back them just after their passage.

Looking around, they see that everything has stoped, paralyzed.

Birds are paralyzed in middle air. They don't listen to any noise in the distance, and the horses are paralyzed too.

- Adria! (called Tack).

She's paralyzed, too, as nothing seems to move, to exist.

(End of Chapter One)

Some important questions about Chapter One

First of all, I want to thank everyone, and I hope you're enjoying you reading.

Chapter One's title: Stolen Dreams.

Players:

Tack Primus (Sheep), Hadesh (Lord), Daytel|Torian Priatel'sa Drazci (Demo), Flausin (Leko), Lena Báech (Renata), and the Djine Báech (Giuppa).

Special Participation:

Spike (L1nk), and Adria (Veronica).

These two characters are turned into NPCs, because players could not play anymore.

Original Fictional Universe:

Sol Cajueiro

About the Play:

The Chapter One: Stolen Dreams takes the first adventure to a moment of Halt, when dealing with secrets they could not predict that would afect the entire Triplet Worlds, and moved to this moment the group set free the New God of Death (Saint Krunk's brother).

Welcome to Chapter Two.

This time, I'll have to say I had much work with my Novel, and the Akkia galactic language I'm still creating, so I did took note of everyting, but haven't published in the Blog, but well, it comes that the New Chapter's here.

Chapter Two's title: Magic Deception

Resume:

- Tack (said Torian), what do you think is happening?

- I guess the rings keep us awakened. Give her the orb, to see what happen.

And so, when Adria took the Orb she suddenly woke up, from a sleeping time, and started to look everyone. She looked to the orb, and to them again.

- Don't let the orb, or you'll sleep again (said Tack).

They started to discuss what to do, and what's happening.

First of all, Saint Krunk's brother's now a God, and he said something about a "first kill", so it seems he killed "Time". As Time is a Godess, he probably killed her, but she's also the godess of Magic, and now the world is in danger, for sure.

Hadesh transmorphed and destroied the horses and the chariot with acid breath.

Adria suggested they use the Old Labyrinth, to go back. Teleport didn't worked, and it's their only chance. So, the plannar girl Adria took 'em through miles and miles, until an entrance to the old area of constructs used by dragons during the Great War.

Inside the old labyrinth, they see a Dementling.

He's busy looking into his grimoire, and Adria is the only to understand his language. His octopus blue face halted when listening to his own language, but he treated Adria very well, despite she's an ichi.

- He said two gods had already died. He, well, said to forget old schismas, and let everyone try to fix the "Magic Deception", as he says. The gods dead are Ambar, and Vulcana the Paladin, two godesses which would kill the new god of death, and he's also wishing good luck to us.

The dementling got back to his grimoire, so.

Hours later, they get to a way out, and back to phisical from the corridors of the old labyrinth. Just to see an enormous explosion, over the sea of nine realms, and Torian said they're only a hundred miles from home.

Then, a passer came, with a staff fo power, and they spoke with him.

- Hey. I don't want trouble. Right? I was attacked, by three men, back there. They wanted my staff, they said. I killed one. The other two gone. You must know magic's dead, but there's still life in this body, and I won't give up. I'm just passing. Right? I'm leaving, now.

They took just two hours and a half to get Rudyn's Mansion.

There, a great explosion stoped middle air was seen coming out of the mansion, so they hurried in.

Rude was hurt, and the oposite group was there, paralyzed. Two dead. Adria started to cure Rude, while Hadesh and Torian used the takkar lance to kill the only surviving member of the oposite group. But, well, "there are two missing, Torian", said the takkar.

Rude, now cured, asked Hadesh to come with him to take his staff of power, and so they could free Bake from paralyzing.

The others started to walk till Torian's Castle.

At Torian's Castle they had a terrible surprise, seeing the artificer's not there, and none of the many magic items he was taking care were at his room. They started to plan what to do next.

Meanwhile, Hadesh was at the void specialist's mansion's underground. He saw a very old lock, and Rude opened it, so to a kind of a cave where he could see a lake that probably flowed from the slope his mansion was built on, the other side of the lake from Torian's castle.

He saw a Staff coming from the void, to Rude's hands.

- Hurry. Let's get to Torian's. Take care with the stairs, takkar, cause there are traps. Step where I step. Right?

And they hurried to go, deciding to wake Latva, instead of Bake.

Some time later, everyone was at Torian's castle and a strange feeling of danger affected 'em all, and everyone got paralyzed. All, but Hadesh, who listened to curses in snake language coming from the farms.

- Uh-oh.

- What, Bog?

- It's her.

- Her? "Her" who, Bog?

And Hadesh saw a basilisk coming from the farms, on the road, casting spells of death in every direction. But that was not all. He saw the horizon coming darkened, as black as midnight, and Bog paralyzed him, touching his neck.

Paralyzed, hadesh saw a gigantic thing coming from up the clouds, and it was like a paw. A spider paw, but the size of clouds.

He watched "her" come and eat the basilisk, and soon was gone.

Everyone got off from paralyzing, and started to question what happened.

- It was Her.

- Her? (asked Torian) "Her" who?

- Nevermind. You wouldn't believe, anyway.

- Hey, Daytel! There's a swamp out there, near the farm (said Tack).

Tack and Torian went outside to study the swamp, but Hadesh decided to stay. The feeling of danger was imense, now. Everyone sensed, even those who doesn't sense danger, and the takkar looked Ayasta and Adria.

They were different.

He saw the two women sitting back to back, in position of meditation.

- Bog.

- What, Bog?

- It's a moment of birth. It's beautiful. Bog. Just watch it.

Almost immediately, the takkar sensed what Bog was saying, for the two girls essentially started to emanate a very strong divine presence.

"They're becoming Goddesses", he couldn't avoid thinking.

- Bog. I need to know what you're thinking to do, ladies, 'cause I'm really much more experienced than you, even if I don't have full powers these days.

- We'll kill the new God of Death (said Ayasta).

- Don't do it. Bog. At least for what I've learned with your group, there's a Saint who's in charge of it, and he'd get really mean if you do it instead him. It's his "job". Think of a "chain", and the events will happen. Bog. You probably can see I'm not defenseless, now.

- He has the Ring, Ayasta. The most powerful. That's why he can't be defeated.

- Trisebus (said Ayasta). You're right.

- We can manipulate things to make a "chain" that will get Saint Krunk in front of his brother, but I think we must decide who's getting the Ring of Pan (suggested Adria).

Hadesh was watching, amazed, without understanding much.

- I'll explain to you, Hadesh (started Bog). When a creature becomes divine, it can make something without any other divine being interferences. That's how the new Death could kill Magic and Time. Bog.

- Efemmera (resumed Adria). She's the oldest, now.

- Right. Let's start the...

Suddenly Latva, the member girl of Rudyn's group, entered the room. She was imersed in a bright light, as Hadesh noticed divine.

- Helo. I'm Silvestra, the Godess of Nature (said she to the newest godesses). You have the best plan, from all the two thousand new gods. We need to stop this all, and I'll give you "Attribuition", because you'd never be able to do this and live.

- You agree that Efemmera gets the Ring (afirmed Adria).

- You must remember (started Silvestra), that I'll have to go. I'll not die, properly. I'll have to give up having the option of "Choice". This way's the only one to stop this all from destroying "Everything", and nature will no more be ruled by a God, and will be there to remember you this. "Everything you do has Consequences", and this will be the "New Law of Nature".

- But... you'll die... (started Adria).

- We have no other options. You'll be Time, and you'll be Magic (she touched Adria and Ayasta). I'll have a personal touch in remembering you that you need to be responsible for your Godness, so remember Nature will be there for ever to make sure you set things right.

Silvestra turned to Bog.

- You know what's outside there. You must make diplomacy, for the first time, Beast Lord Bog, and don't dare making mistakes. Efemmera will have an eye on you.

- Bog.

Hadesh was in trance, now. He barely listened to anything. So, everyone, everywhere, started to enter a deep trance, while Nature was creating the new rules, the Laws of Nature.

- Efemmera accepted the action, and now we need to put everything in it's place. I'll have to say Time can't have "choice", Adria.
- I know, now, Silvestra. I started to understand it, as if I always knew. (and she turned to Ayasta). You'll be the one with "Choice", Ayasta. From now on, Magic will have the responsability of Balance, and if you fail, all the triplet trigemei worlds will fall, as together also will fall perhaps the rest of the Universe.

- Now, Bog. Good luck (resumed Silvestra).

- Bog.

He simply vannished.

- Good luck, girls. You must start now, or you'll loose your first action. I'll be there to remember you of the Laws of Nature, and your responsabilities. I'll kill the Great Spider, as my own action chain, to keep the world safe, and that will be clear to all godlike beings that Nature now is a Law, and no more a Godess, and remember, that everything you do has consequences.

Said so, Silvestra vannished in middle air.

Ayasta and Adria, at the same time, started the action chain.

Trisebus died as their attack couldn't ever be expected, and immediately Efemmera took the Greater Ring of Pan, the most powerful of all rings of power.

So, the girls sensed the continuity, with Efemmera killing the old Mummi King, the one that couldn't be killed by the old queen Tachiza, about 2150 years ago, but something strange happened.

Tweet, the leader of Principia, took the Ring of the Mummi King, and vannished.

It aparently broke the protections of the New God of Death, and Saint Krunk invaded his brother's still being constructed plane, and killed Him.

The Dreammaker's died, but Efemmera's first action was his resurrection.

Unfortunately, Adria had not all perceptions of Ambar, and Ayasta advise her to use Illusion, where no other Law could be applied.

Time starts to flow, and everyone start to wake up from the trance.

Tack, outside, starts to wake and his first thought's his family. He starts to enter despair, but he and Torian suddenly see a portal, a portal with Dream entropy.

His family come out of the portal, and they all run to hug him.

The Dream Sacerdot bow, and Tack look to him thankfully, so he goes and close the portal.

Hadesh saw an elf woman, a druid. Ayasta was looking to her, but she wasn't agressive, anyway, and she looked to the takkar.

- The Laws of Nature needs my knowledge, but I want to pose it in two places, or no one whould know what can or cannot be done with the new Laws. I've chosen you, Hadesh.

- Who're you?

- I'm the oldest Druid alive, and I was a member of the Saint Group, six hundred years ago. I need you to know what I know, for the sake of Nature. Accept, please.

No other option, he accepted.

(The Meeting with Ayasta)

They all got together at Torian's Castle, at the Apothekary.

- What will we do now? Someone explain what happened, please (asked Tack).

- Ayasta's using Adria's armour of vala. (started Hadesh). They two became Godesses, I was here at the meeting, and Silvestra was here. Nature's not divine, anymore. She said something about abdicating "choice", and that it was the only way. Ayasta's now the Godess of Magic, and Adria's the Godess of Time. I had a strange vision during this, and I understand time, now.

He suddenly stoped, and turned to Ayasta.

- Where's Bog?

- What are we going to do now, Hadesh? What more happened?

- Trisebus is dead. I killed Him (answered Ayasta to Tack). Efemmera killed the old Mummi King, and Saint Krunk killed his brother.

- So, it all was decided without groupthink (said Tack). What did you do, Hadesh?

- Me? I did nothing!

- He was the witness, that's all (said Ayasta).

- I'm not talking to you (resumed Tack, and Ayasta became mad about it).

- You can't talk to me like this. I'm a Godess.

- I'm still talking to Hadesh. And what are we going to do now, Hadesh?

Ayasta did her first action as a Godess, but no one noticed. She was looking angry to Tack, but she apparently remembered Silvestra's voice, or a strange sense of right. Then, she quickly decided to undo whatever she had done.

Tack made a "spark", magically. It worked, but Torian noticed a difference.

Hadesh sensed something about Tack's magic ability.

- You're different.

Ayasta teleported without more words. She went to the Temple of Ivory, and the Senhor dos Sonhos was there waiting for her.

- Enter, and let me show you something (he said).

She started to listen to her group speaking, back there at Torian's Castle. The Dreammaker let her look at his lake of dreams, while this.

- It's six times weaker than before, Tack. It's terrible. I think Ayasta will need time to put things right, and we need to gain this time her.

Torian looked to Tack, firmly.

- You souldn't have said that to Ayasta, Tack (said Torian).

- You're different.

- I'm not, Hadesh. Look, Torian. I don't care she's a godess, but we are a "Group", and she acts as we are a group, or gets out.

- Look, Tack (started Torian). I don't know what happened, the same as you. If all Gods agreed with her, and this all happened at the same time, she must have a point. You see? There's nothing about gods, here. She's our friend, and came here to help. Right? It's not time to dismantle our group, just think about it.

Tack stoped, a few moments.

- Right. I agree (he said). She's group, at least if she acts as a member of the group. So, my family's safe, and this is what's important to me. What's done is done. Now, what?

- You're different.

- I'm not, Hadesh. Stop doing it.

Tack looked to Torian, and he's handing his most precious Tome. He immediately runned to his Vault, and got his precious book.

- What are you doing?

- I have a way to keep my magic safe (and started to read the Tome).

- Right. I stop saying this, but it's true. Now, what we're going to do next?

- The Orbs (said Tack). We're going to give 'em back.

- I don't know, Tack (said Rudyn). I don't know if we really had used 'em well. If so, we should give 'em back, but how can we know?

- We can't. They could protect us, and we "awakened" could find a solution, so I think this is "use well", so now we go there and get the promised treasure.

- Where's Ayasta?

- I don't know, Tack (said Hadesh), but I'm sure she's well. We need to go.

- Give him an hour (said Rudyn, pointing Torian with his face).

So, looking to Hadesh, Rude asked.

- Where's Latva?

- She was in fact Silvestra, Rudyn (said Hadesh). And she's now Nature, because she abdicated choice, the "thing" that makes a God a God, and not merely a Law. Nature's now a Law.

- I'm a friend of Nature so, now (said Rude, sad and decided).

They started to prepare to go northeast, to the Desert Temple, then. Torian took at least an hour to read the entire Tome, and so grouped with everyone.

(The Orbs and the Treasure)

The teleport was made of pain, with like spikes and ironworks holding 'em.

- Ouch (yelled Tack, when they got there).

- Terrible (confirmed Rudyn, smiling). Let's get there.

The Desert Temple was the same way, at the same place, as nothing had changed. Torian sensed a pack of, maybe, hyenas, through sand sense of terrain.

So, they got at the Temple.

Entering was easy, as the Temple opened itself as soon as they got in front of the Doors.

The inside was the same way wonderful. Walls made of Telluron. Gigantic candlesticks made of a strange White Christal illuminating the rooms, as well as the imense treasure.

And the Head of a reptilian race appeared again.

- You used the items well. Now each one of you can get a treasure for thyself. Choose well. I accept the items back, with the two other you're offering as payment. Get your treasure.

Hadesh got a mount armour. His size.

Torian got the Staff of Power he saw the other time, that was like looking him, or waiting for him.

When they all equiped, the Outward Doors opened.

Out there, they started to listen to a noise. A strange noise. And the pack of hyenas was running away from the place they are.

They listen, so, to the voice of Ayasta.

- Get out of there. You're upside of a Ship. (said her).

They started to fly away, with magic or psionic powers, and moved to a mountain, near the teleport which was used to come there.

So, they started to see the ground moving. Sand moving off the center, where's the Temple, and they all got really impressed with what they see coming.

The Desert Temple is, in fact, a gigantic Temple Ship moving upwards.

Words are not found to describe what they suddenly see.

The imense Temple Ship moves each time higher, as a flying bloom, passing the clouds, and then desapearing.

(End of Session)

Some Considerations necessary

Time stoped, but they found a way to solve it. What happened to Adria? Is the problem really solved? Did they found the right way?