Honestly, I'd be more worried if you COULDN'T see something from the top of this thing. Seriously, you could probably throw the Moon at someone you don't like from here.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)14:13 No. 311025 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311020
What are you getting at, Fate?
>You know the history of the Ruined Continent, right? Torn apart by civil wars, vigilantes, and finally a demon. That city there is the only trace of civilisation on the entire continent.
...Why are you telling me this?
>You do remember the terms of you ascending to godhood, riiight?

so that... critical time is now?

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)14:19 No. 311031 ID: fa6e8d
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...you are saying that the godess of magic is in that city? You want I should end her now? Stop talking in circles!
>I knew you were a clever one. Yes, she is trapped in that city. But not for much longer~

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)14:37 No. 311045 ID: fa6e8d
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thoooooooom
A pillar of fire erupts from the center of the city, creating such a noise I can almost hear it on the edge of space.
Fate is gone.
What should I do?

get back in the circle and try it again.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)14:49 No. 311056 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311050
I would, but the fireball seems to be headed...right...for...me.

shit, start charging your energy. be ready to unleash a big bolt.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)15:06 No. 311068 ID: fa6e8d
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End Chapter 2

>>311068
"Sup."

Chapter 3 Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)15:32 No. 311088 ID: fa6e8d
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Chapter 3: An Angel Reborn

Y so mad?

>>311088
Oh, I assume this is the Godess of Magic?

...She looks... enraged.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)15:59 No. 311105 ID: fa6e8d
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MusicTrack: Hope Reborn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diuwTfF_rGk
>Who are you? What are you doing here?
...It's a girl. Is this the right person?

>>311105
--Careful, my liege. She seems to be crippled, but we should not underestimate her.

Let us approach with speech for now, but be on guard.

"this is my tower, i made it. i am ragnarode."

Can't unsee that O.o face on the moon :/

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)16:17 No. 311128 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311118
Entirely unintentional, I assure you.

Yeaaaaaah. Remember how you were supposed to be the big bad god of evil and terror?

Well, it turns out the Goddess of Hope, Good, and Magic is COMPLETELY OFF THE DEEP END. She plans to eradicate the entire universe, because it isn't "perfect" like she is. As you don't look like her, and have the word "Terror" in your title, she's now going to try and kill you. Be very, very careful.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)16:25 No. 311135 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311109
Agreed. I am fire resistant, not fireproof.
I am Ragnarode, god of Despair. And you?
>I am Hope. I am also perfect. Are you perfect?
...Um. How should I answer this?

>>311105
Be very careful Ragnarode she has ominous theme music.

If someone asks you if you are perfect SAY YES.

>>311135
Don't answer directly. Ask her what she would do if you weren't.

>>311131
How do you know that?
>>311138
This.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)16:35 No. 311142 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311136
I believe that music can greatly add to any story.
>>311137
Ummm....I suppose you could say I'm perfect at what I do?
FUCK FUCK FUCK WHAT DO I DO

>>311135
You are a god of Despair. She is named Hope. It could be a coincidence, but chances are she is here to melt you. Still, talking might let you learn useful things about her.

>>311142
inb4 glomp tackle

Relax. She hasn't done anything yet. What's there to panic about? Don't try to act natural. Be natural. She seems curious, as to who you are and why you're here. Chat her up a little bit.

Prepare for both hugging and annihilation!

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)16:49 No. 311153 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311148
Her stare is kinda freaking me out.
>...Okay~
She turns and flies off....
Hooooly shit, that was....nerve racking.

Hide and observe what she does from the top of the Moon Tower.

>>311153
"Wait! Don't you want to go to my perfect secondary tower!?"

From now on, add perfect whenever describing somebody you do not want to see dead.

whew. no wonder fate wants her dead, she would of probably killed you for not being perfect, instead of teaching you to be better which is what gods are SUPPOSED to do.

Come to think of it, I have an idea. Instead of exterminating the lesser beings, unite them under your rule and teach them to be better. And by better, I mean an army of Cyborgs to kill Hope with. But yeah, stick with the hiding and observing. Hope is... twitchy.

>>311142
"We are both beings of divinity. Focused on our aspects and, by definition, perfect within them.
Beyond that perfection is defined by the goal. By what goal shall my response be defined?"

[This is completely true. A perfect box could never be a perfect sphere, a perfect sphere would be a horrible screwdriver, and etc.]

>>311161
Wise words.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)17:02 No. 311164 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311155
That sounds........perfect.
>>311158
Somehow I feel I got off easier than I should have.
Also, CAPABILITY CARD because they work and it helps to know what you are dealing with.

>>311161
Perfect box?
You've seen the perfect cube? WHERE IS IT I MUST HAVE-
Ahem. Sorry about that.

Anyway. Time to explore the tower?

poor charm. good thing we are here, can help you with that. anyway into the tower!

>>311164
Your charm leaves something to be desired.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)17:07 No. 311170 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311166
The poor charm skill is due to the social stigma of being cylosian.
And it would appear that the runed circle is lighting up.
I step into it....

Into the dungeon we go!

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)17:14 No. 311175 ID: fa6e8d
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...And out into what appears to be a control room of sorts.
there appears to be a handprint scanner thing on the keyboard.

slap that hand print, should match yours right?

>>311175
Place your hand on the handprint.

It is time to regain your home.

>>311153
Ack! Posted too late!
Make sure that you have something keeping tabs on her at all times. You should totally flirt with her next time.
Go to that city and talk with the leader - the real leader, not the puppet ruler.

I place my hand on the scanner. Everything lights up.

...I have control.
>>311179
...That city was just burned to the ground in a tidal wave of fire. I can go check, but I don't think anything survived.

>>311202
Check systems, memory, status...everything. We need to make sure no one meddled with this machine and through this, other towers/buildings. Maybe create a voice-activated password, in case something happens in the future.

>>311214
Already done.

So what to do?
Explore Neo Arcadia?
Or scour the ruins of Neotis for survivors?

explore a bit. if they don't survive for 5 minutes then they wont survive at all. try for things that would help you find them.

>>311219
Search for scrap metals and tech in the destroyed city.

May or may not be canon Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/09(Thu)18:33 No. 311271 ID: fa6e8d
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Missed moment of d'aaawww.
I'm not alone! Someone else is perfect!

>>311219
Scour the city for tech and survivors. If we find anything alive we can use that failure against Hope next time we see her.

>>311271
Okay, that's it. Yandere Goddess girlfriend is go.

>>311298
Seconded.

I mean, think about it. Your one eyed sponsor just said you had to counter her, not kill her. And she honestly looks just, sort of lost. And hell, opposing gods that start fighting always end up at least managing to coexist. If there was no hope, and everyone was all full of terror all the time, you'd have nothing to do after all. I hear eternal boredom isn't fun.

Look around in the city.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)12:22 No. 311499 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311275
Alright, search the city it is.
Also, I need not pick up any scrap of metal I find, the Diggers and Kobolds will produce scrap automatically. Although, I can abosorb any metallic object to heal myself.
I begin the long flight across the sea.

>>311499
Fly faster!

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)12:27 No. 311502 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311500
I increase my rate of FLY ACROSS THE OCEAN.

cool. nice wave break.

End Chapter 3 Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)12:48 No. 311513 ID: fa6e8d
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I reach the coast in hours, and it is hours more before I reach the city.
SECRET LOCATION DISCOVERED: NEOTIS RUINS

End Chapter 3

>>311502
So, how about that Hope goddess? You did a terrible job hiding how hard you were crushing on her; it was cute how tongue-tied and unsure you were when talking to her.
Who knows? Maybe next time you can actually flirt with her~

Vresch should be fine, as well as anybody in hardened locations. If Hope did THAT much damage then she would have destroyed both herself and her power source.

>>311513
Pfft, that's hardly ruined at all. Start putting out fires and saving people - dead people can't be terrified.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious to all of us.

So now, check those ruins for survivors or treasure or magical cyber demons or scrap or what have you.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)13:02 No. 311523 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311520
Well, you know what they say: Opposites attract. Also, it's strange that the only two gods in the pantheon that live on the mortal plane are Hope and Despair.

ART TIME

>>311513
Wow, why is it on fire? This has to be recent. Get in there and see what you can do about it.

yeah uh, this is the kind of stuff that goes in a discussion thread.

>>311523
so, if you the goddess of hope and the god of despair have a child, what would it be?
(I am joking really, lets not ship with the crazy)

Ragnarode:
You gained your divinity when fate gave it to you. You have lost your divinity when other gods took it... how exactly did they perform such an act and did you see what they did with your divinity afterwards? (did they absorb it?)...

And you say you lost your divinity, but how. You look to be as divine as always, you haven't reverted to a human.

>>311538
I still have the Divinity, I just can't access it. Maybe if I come into contact with the Crystal...

>>311548
NOOOOOOOO!
The last time anyone came into contact with that crystal, they were trapped for over a decade. With Rastin. You don't want that. Trust us.

>>311550
uh no,trap happened due to Xom 'helping'

>>311548
did you lose access to it spontaneously (was it due to the routing of your people?) or was it actually taken from you by force (by other gods?)?

>>311538
>with the crazy
What the hell man!? This is raw canon!

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)19:39 No. 311704 ID: fa6e8d
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Music Track: Through the Fire of Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL7WoW8TE4g&NR=1
>>311550
Noted.
I walk through the city streets...
I can feel them watching me pass...
The amount of Despair in the air is palpable, even after death.
Where should I go?

try the biggest intact structure. or head towards the center of town.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)19:59 No. 311714 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311557
I don't remember, and that's what bothers me.
>>311705
There is a rather large structure near the center. I head that way.

seems as good as any.

Chapter 4 Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)20:16 No. 311719 ID: fa6e8d
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...It's anyone's guess as to what I'll find.

Chapter 4: Not Quite Dead

Oh GOD NO! KILL HIM QUICKLY!

>>311722
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?!?!

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)20:32 No. 311728 ID: fa6e8d
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I enter the large building.
It is hollow, circular, and has a large hole in the cieling.

There is a man in the center of the room.

>>311728
Say "hey"

Tell him those are some sweet shades.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/10(Fri)20:48 No. 311742 ID: fa6e8d
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>>311735
Hello.
>Hello there! Don't normally get visitors!
Those are some nice glasses you have there.
>You like them?
>So the question here is...
>Who are you, and what are you doing here?

"i am ragnarode, i am here to find anyone that survived hope's fire burst."

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/11(Sat)21:00 No. 312214 ID: fa6e8d
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The man fizzles and dissapears, apparently a holographic projector left in advance.
In its place is an orange CRYSTAL.
The CRYSTAL is broken on the top, and appears to be where the ORANGE GLOW is coming from.
I feel uneasy here.

grab one of those smaller chips on the ground.

End Chapter 4 Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/11(Sat)21:21 No. 312224 ID: fa6e8d
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>>312215
I would, but as I go to pick it up every instinct in my body screams otherwise.
There is something wrong here, something not easily put into words.
At least this wasnt a waste of a trip, I was able to find a gravite crystal and 2 phase orbs in the wreckage.

I leave the ruins and fly back home.
Hopefully someone will have some good news for me.

End Chapter 4

Hmm this looks like an interesting quest-

>>311105

OH GOD FUCK NO FUCK GOD FUCK DAMN SHIT FUCK DAMN FUCK NO FUCK FUCK HOLY HELL FUCK PISS SHIT CAMP

Hope.

It's Hope.

Hopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehope.

She's perfect.

She's going to kill us again.

You have no idea how narrowly you dodged a horrible fate.

>>312238
What are you guys on?

>>312338

It seems I'm the only one in the collective who currently remembers Hope. I advise refreshing your memory. Here's a hint: she broke us.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/12(Sun)13:35 No. 312389 ID: fa6e8d
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>>312383
Noted. Considering what I've seen of her, I don't doubt it. I'll stay cautious in the extreme should we meet again.

After getting back, I entered Neo Arcadia again, this time going down further than the Control Room.

I end up in a very large, circular room. The cieling is very high up, perhaps 100 meters or so. The room is stark and empty.

There is a mirror in the middle of the room.
Please suggest an action.

Touch the mirror.

Find a stick, then gently tap the mirror. Seriously, don't touch it with thine hands.

What's wrong with just looking at it first? Who knows, there might be a sticky note there saying "Warning, don't touch"

Touch the mirror.

Also, I do agree that you should be cautious, but there is no reason we cannot bring her to our side. If we manage to control her, it won't even matter if our weather-controlling powers are regained or not; we'll be able to operate at a similar might as before.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/12(Sun)13:56 No. 312405 ID: fa6e8d
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>>312399
I don't have a stick, and the TELEPORT PADS are not working anymore.

>>312403
I walk up to the mirror.

>>312405
Touch that shit. Lightly.

Ragnarode!B9.zuK9UE2 2011/06/12(Sun)14:00 No. 312409 ID: fa6e8d
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The room grows dim.

>>312409
READY YOURSELF, MY LIEGE

DODGE YOU IDIOT DODGE OUT OF THE WAY!