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[forceofnature]

[More information? One new arrival, at least, has all the information she needs. The influx of energy from this one is massive, completely unsubtle, almost as if purposefully designed to attract the attention of anyone with any sense whatsoever of the divine. It doesn’t fade away nor does it seem to be easily localized. This surely wasn’t ‘Magatama Energy’…

Whatever ambiguity this might present is cleared up almost immediately. Despite that no one may be in the vicinity, the voice of a young girl sounds clearly throughout the city of Hinoto-Ri to nearly every inhabitant, as intelligibly as if the speaker were standing right next to those she addressed. …Perhaps too intelligibly. The first sound they hear is an vehement, despairing cry.]

NO!

This can’t be…! The forests… The oceans… The deserts and mountains, the tundra and the plains! W-Where are they?! Who did this?! What did you do to them?!

[For a few moments, the speaker seems too overwhelmed with ire to speak.  The sound of her breathing eventually slows...]

Humans. Look at this world. Look at it!

I knew this would happen.  In every world across every dimension, it doesn’t matter! You -- you’re all the same! See for yourself! This is what will happen if you tear through all of nature without respect for anything but your own wealth and gain! Are you happy?! My children… 100 million species. One hundred million. There's almost nothing left...

I am Viridi, Goddess of Nature, ruler of the Earth and all living things! And I will not allow this land to be desecrated any further.

They say there are monsters ravaging what remains. If you stand against them, then... heed the command of a goddess and CRUSH them!

Comments

[forceofnature]

No! Absolutely not! You're totally worthless to me!

Ooh, wait, you can get me an ice cream cone. I always wanted to see what non-anachronistic creamy goodness would taste like.

[glassworkgenius]

... That's it?

[ Some gods are easy to appease, huh. ]

Any flavor preference?

[forceofnature]

Chocolate!

....No wait. Mint chocolate. I use peppermint leaves to attain my soft, dewy, radiant skin, you know.

[glassworkgenius]

I don't think it really matters with ice cream. No matter the flavor if you let it melt it gets sticky...

[ Ahem. ] But anyway, noted and stuff! How am I supposed to know where you are, though? I wouldn't want it to melt while you're walking over where I am...

[forceofnature]

Don't worry about that. Offerings have a way of finding their way to the gods.

[glassworkgenius]

Oh.

[ He has to admit, it would be cool if it levitated to the air or something. That's what the last god he met was doing. ]

Alright, I'll get you the ice cream.

[forceofnature]

You go ahead and do that.

I'll be watching, so don't back out at the last minute!

[glassworkgenius]

[ He almost asks how, but Taiyou knows better than to question a god! So over the next half-hour he walks into an ice cream parlor. He then orders two cones despite the cashier's confusion about him not asking for a double-scoop instead. Some things are better left unexplained.

There he steps out, own ice cream already being eaten, waiting for something magic to happen--! ... But it could also be an underwhelming mundane surprise like her popping up behind him. Either way it's exciting. ]

[forceofnature]

((Sorry for the wait! I went on mini-hiatus for a bit. Feel free to ignore if you'd rather drop the thread!))

[What happens is something halfway between. As Taiyou steps out of the parlor and waits, absolutely nothing interesting whatsoever will happen.

If the ice cream doesn't melt as he stands around waiting, he may, however, eventually turn around and notice that the door he just walked out of suddenly seems somewhat... different.

Were ice cream parlor entrances usually overgrown with vines and blossoming flowers?]