[Luna POV]
After looking around the city for a bit, we returned to the Temple of Night.
‘Have you also blessed this temple Tamamo?’
{I did, but it was a lesser blessing than the one at the Shrine of the Moon.}
‘Why is that?’
{Because out of my three Authorities, the one that pertains to the moon is the one I’m most known for. It would only make sense to bless the place dedicated to the moon with a bigger blessing.}
‘Will I need temples or shrines dedicated to space and fluff then?’
{Like I’ve said before, followers and places of worship don’t really affect us except for morale, so they aren’t really necessary, but that probably won’t stop people making temples or shrines eventually.}
‘I see. Now that I think about it, what exactly does blessing a place do?’
{Depends on what the god or goddess blessing the place wants, though most of the time, it just consecrates the place. That way when funerals are held and people are buried they don’t return as undead.}
‘Interesting.’
{Do you have any idea on what you want your blessing to do at your shrine?}
‘I have a few ideas, but I’m not sure on the final details yet. I’ll consult with you some other time.’
{I understand.}
As we came up to the temple, the sun was setting. When we entered the temple, it seemed to be busier than it was this morning.
“I guess this place will be relatively busy at night, won’t it.” (Luna)
“That’s highly likely.” (Velvet)
We headed to the office Mordred was most likely in and knocked on the door. When we heard her reply, we entered and found another person inside.
“Welcome back.” (Mordred)
“So, these are the people you were telling me about? It’s nice to meet you all, my name is Morgan le Fay, Mordred’s mother.” (Morgan)
“It’s been a while, Lady Morgan.” (Velvet)
“Indeed it has, Miss Velvet. How has your mother been?” (Morgan)
“She’s been good. She has taken up leadership in the Beast Kingdom again.” (Velvet)
“I assumed as much when Mordred told me you were travelling around as an adventurer. I’m honestly surprised you lasted as long as you did as the leader over there.” (Morgan)
“You and me both.” (Velvet)
Morgan then turned to me.
“And you are Lady Luna, I presume?” (Morgan)
“I am.” (Luna)
She smiled and bowed to me.
“Thank you for ridding the world of those two lunatics.” (Morgan)
“There is no need for thanks, I’ll do anything as long as it makes the Goddess happy.” (Luna)
{It feels weird hearing you talk about me without using my name.}
‘I agree.’
“Understandable.” (Morgan)
She then turned back to Mordred.
“I’ll leave the rest to you Mordred, I need to go and handle clan affairs now that the Volkihar clan is gone.” (Morgan)
She then left the room.
“Those two were the last of their clan?” (Luna)
“Yep. The rest of them died a long time ago when vampires were hunted.” (Mordred)
“Why would they not put rebuilding their clan as their first priority?” (Soleil)
“Well, you all know how Beryl was. Mortem on the other hand was just as stupid. He believed that only getting the daughter of one of the old clans to marry him would be good enough for his clan. That’s the reason he only ever went after either Velvet or Miss Bathory.” (Mordred)
“I still don’t really get that. It’s not like only two people can rebuild a clan. If he was waiting for his brother to do anything with Tamamo, that wouldn’t really work out since I know Tamamo doesn’t want children. Not that I would ever let him even get that far in the first place.” (Luna)
“Believe it or not, Beryl was the smart one. All Mortem ever cared about was listening to his brother and trying to find someone that met his standards.” Mordred said with a scowl.
“What made you hate him so much?” (Ophidia)
“Everything. But if I had to say one of the more infuriating things, it would be how he insulted my family. Us vampires have a lot of pride in our families and the things he said about mine stomped all over that pride with spiked boots covered in goblin dung.” (Mordred)
“I see.” (Ophidia)
“Enough talking about insignificant dead people, did you have those rooms prepared?” (Luna)
“Yeah, I’ll show you to them. Follow me.” (Mordred)
She led us out of the office and brought us to a hallway with several doors on either side.
“While not as fancy as I would have preferred to let you stay in, this is all the temple has, not to mention that I doubt any of you would have wanted to stay in a room like that.” (Mordred)
“Thanks for that.” (Luna)
“No problem.” (Mordred)
She showed us all several rooms next to each other. We thanked her and went inside. The room’s interior was pretty empty aside from a bed, a desk, and a dresser.
‘Not much, but that’s better than a fancy, overdecorated room.’
I laid down on the bed and stared at the roof. I laid there in silence for a few minutes.
{What are you thinking about Luna?}
‘Not much.’
I raised my hand and the roof exploded with an illusion of a starry sky.
‘Better.’
{How pretty.}
‘Thanks. I’m planning on making my shrine’s inside look like this once I bless it. Maybe add an effect that that helps diviners a small bit.’
{That sounds good to me.}
‘*Sigh* You know, I really want to hug you right now.’
{Any particular reason?}
‘No. I just want to be close to you right now.’
{Then make a domain and I’ll lay down next to you until you fall asleep.}
I did as she said and made a domain the size of the room. Tamamo then appeared and laid down next to me. She moved a few of her tails to cover me and I wrapped my arms around her.
“Fufufu.”
She then started petting my head.
{This is nice.}
I tightened my hug for a few seconds then spoke.
“I love you so much Tamamo.”
{Ufufufu. I love you too, Luna. You are my one and only.}
She then started hugging me with both her arms and tails. After spending a while like that, I started slowly falling asleep.
Chaos Realm:
Atmos: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA!
Damn it Atmos, you just ruined the good atmosphere that was going on.
Atmos: Eh? *She looks over to the tv where we watch what goes on* Oh, sorry about that.
Well too late now. So, what is it that made you laugh like that?
Atmos: That new portal you added to my room that leads to that sphinx's place is great. There is so much stuff I can get there that I've been having trouble keeping all of my excitement bottled up. I've even had Grey spread several of the items I got from there in dungeon chests for people to find.
I feel conflicted about that. On one hand, I'm a bit worried about the kind of things that will happen from now on, but on the other hand, I can't wait to see what happens because I know it will be exciting.
Atmos: Hahahaha! That's the spirit.
So slightly left field but I have no idea why the idea of fluff zombies (just people who have been gone too deep in the fluff) and the chant "One of Fluff, One of Fluff" just popped into my head.
There is a ep of Amazing World of Gumball cartoon that pretty much shows what fluff zombies would be like.
*a portal appears in the living room and my head comes out, surprising Atmos* Hi! It's been a while! How have you all been?
Good.
Atoms: Great.
@Paytoechip Amazing! Also, sorry for last time when I came. This body glitched and my original one was really tired so I was gone before I said goodbye.
@Clayton4956 You’re all good. Things happen that are out of our control all the time.
Atmos: Yep.
@Paytoechip Thanks.
*I get through the portal and close it behind me. I then sit on the couch, facing the tv.*
I see that Luna fell asleep. Do you know if she will come here or not? I have some questions to ask you, Payto, and I don't know if she's allowed to hear them.
@Clayton4956 She probably won’t seeing as she is with Tamamo at the moment.
@Paytoechip Cool. And Atmos, my questions are also directed to you, so you can reply.
So, in the future, we know Ophidia and Soleil will grow in strength and we know Luna will go to the elven territory at some point. Will there be new antagonists? Some big shots? Or some insignificant dumbasses?
@Clayton4956 That’s a good question. I would say probably. *I finally appear from behind a separate screen showing something you cant and shouldn’t see*
@Clayton4956 I’m not really sure. The whole elven territory thing will mostly be cleaning up whatever trouble Cres made and some academy things. What those things are, are not clear yet, but I do know that an interesting person is going to show up.
Atmos: Oh, and at some point after all of that, Luna will fight a dragon. As for said dragon’s personality, he’ll be the stereotypical arrogant dragon that thinks he’s better than everyone.
Very true, but all of that will happen after Luna gets her sixth tail which is a while off. Not to mention that there is going to be a wedding she has to attend and then the Vanquishing festival with Tamamo after that.
Atmos: Very true. In fact, I’m looking forward to the festival since that will be the first time Soleil’s mother actually sees the Tamamo in person.
@Paytoechip Thats pretty exciting *she says as she returns to the screen and keeps watching with a big smile*
@Crisis Oh, and Crisis, Mordred will be able to show up here again soon. Just know that I can’t keep her here long or it will negatively affect her until you either give her your blessing or she becomes your Apostle. That’s the reason Soleil and Ophidia haven’t showed up here yet.
@Paytoechip *I put my right arm on my right leg and my chin on the palm of my right hand.* Huh, interesting.
Also, and, this is hypothetical, is it possible for an evil god of another world to come in Luna's world and try to make some chaos? Or, put in another way, is it possible that something that even you Payto don't know can happen?
@Clayton4956 Not really. For that to happen, they would need to make it through here first, and I’m not going to let that happen. I may not look it since all I ever really do is sit around here, but I’ve defended this world for a lot longer then you think. I’ve lost count of how many evil gods I’ve ended after the trillionth.
@Clayton4956 Ou, that must be me you’re talking about. I was going to do that but Mordy showed up and it’s not worth it anymore. And thanks for the tips Payto~
@Crisis wait wait wait wait hold on a second. You're saying you're an evil god from somewhere else?
@Clayton4956 Not an evil god yet, but I already found a way to becoming the Goddess of Insanity and I also came from another world sooo
@Crisis oh, ok. And no, I wasn't referring to you when I said that. What I thought was maybe the soul of an evil god would transfer in Luna's world and would get reincarnated there or something. He would try to get stronger quickly and he may begin to be a menace to the world. This would then be a great challenge for Luna in some way.
I'm not saying I want that to happen. Nononono. Not at all.
I'm saying, if at some point something like this happens, can Luna get some growth out of it easily?
@Crisis I wouldn’t really call that an aspect of an evil god. I mean insanity isn’t that bad as long as it doesn’t drag other people into it without some way to alleviate the problems. Who can decide what is or isn’t sane in the first place? It’s kind of like the concept of good and bad, sanity is just a construct of the mind and anything that deviates from what people consider sane is insane. Take Luna for example, she doesn’t realize it, but the amount of mana she uses to do the things she does would call her sanity into question for any magic user that doesn’t know her special circumstances.
@Clayton4956 If that did happen, say, now, her killing the threat would instantly level her to 100. It would be that way because she would be killing a god no matter if they have the body of a mortal or not. Not to mention that if an evil god did manage that, it would lead to fiends appearing again since all evil gods, born in this world or not, contain and spread so much miasma that it would be tantamount to calling all eldritch deities to the world and the gods would have to hit the reset button. Why do you think all of us stopped Tamamo from casting divine judgement before? None of us want this world to be destroyed in a Majora’s Mask style moon drop or any other way.
@Paytoechip Oh.... * I sit up straight with a shocked face and then an uncomfortable one with my left hand scratching the back of my head.* Well, I didn’t expect that much of a disaster...
*I put my left hand on my leg and I get up.*
*I stretch myself.*
*stretching noises*
Anyway, I need to go. It was nice talking to you all. See you at another time!
*I open a portal as I wave to everyone.*
@Clayton4956 Adios.
@Paytoechip The concept of Insanity would be everything too crazy to be considered normal. It is, though, much like time itself. Isn’t time just a concept created by humanity? Time isn’t something that really exists, just something that humans came up with to make other things make more sense or be easier to explain.
@Clayton4956 Bye bye
@Crisis Shh, don’t let Gear hear you say that. He’s insecure about that.
@Crisis *i finish waving and my little chuckle before I go through the portal and close it behind me.*
@Paytoechip Don’t worry. As long as he doesn’t do anything to my Mordy he’s safe. Speaking of which, in which position would I be on the importance matter?
@Crisis If you mean how Gear, Crate, and Luna are top, Atmos is second, and Tamamo and Quetz are third, then you would probably be fourth of fifth. It depends on if Java will share the fourth spot or not.
@Paytoechip Coffee sure is important isn’t it~ But I can see that, Insanity is more of a emotion authority. I wonder if I should also get the authority over Destruction to rise on top of the competition…
@Crisis Nope, sorry to say but that’s my second Authority. It’s the reason I can kill any evil god that tries to get through here.
@Paytoechip Oww, what a pity. What about weather and stuff? Does anyone have it?
@Crisis You really want a minor Authority like that? I would be content with fourth or fifth place. And before you ask, I’m not counted in the ranks since only the top actually know about me. That’s why you’ll never find a temple or shrine dedicated to Chaos or destruction anywhere.
@Paytoechip Oh wow, I thought weather was something together with sun and moon. Seems I was wrong. I’ll still take Insanity just so you know, I’m only thinking of my second.
@Crisis It’s not like you need a second, especially since this ranking doesn’t really mean much. All it does is determine who has more say if a meeting of the gods is ever called and one of those hasn’t happened in several thousand years.
@Paytoechip You know, I’m insane enough to be sure it will happen really soon. I’m just trying to raise my rank to help me on that time you know~ You could help me as well, is there any 1st or 2nd tier authority left?
@Crisis Hmmm. There is one for eclipses, but I don’t think Tamamo or Quetz would be happy with me allowing that one so I’ll try to figure something out. I’ll let you know at a later date.
@Paytoechip Oh and on a side note, there could possibly be a meeting sooner or later to discuss who will attend Tamamo and Luna’s wedding, but we’ll have front row seats to that anyway, so you don’t really need to bother with going to it.
@Paytoechip Eclipses seem so much fun though~~ I’ll take it as my secondary. Good luck with the tertiary~
@Paytoechip I want to go. Thank you for having me
@Crisis Like I said, no eclipses for you. I really don’t want and angry Tamamo and Quetz busting down my door.
@Paytoechip Who cares, I’m insane anyway! And if they don’t want eclipse they can just come and propose something better~!
@Crisis I don’t think you get it. Angry Tamamo and Quetz teaming up is a very scary thing that you don’t want to happen. They would most probably end up destroying my whole home unintentionally. If that happened, then no one would be able to come here until I managed to rebuild it. And that alone would take a very long time. It would also mean that I couldn’t let you and Mordred see each other.
@Paytoechip A- Uh- Nh- that’s bad… I’ll take the Authority over Void then~ it includes blackholes and stuff you know~
@Crisis Yeah that’ll do nicely, just don’t go throwing them around everywhere or I’ll have to seal that power. You can however play with them as much as you like outside here. I highly recommend connecting them like portals then running through them like that one game series.
@Paytoechip Yes yes, that’s what I had in mind! It will be so much fun! How will that put me on the rankings?
@Crisis Void is a complex concept, so I would put it in at second place along with fate and as a subcategory of Space. I hope you don’t mind going to Luna for something every so often once she ascends. Other than that, it’s the best I can do at the moment.
@Paytoechip No problems, it would be a pleasure to have more chances to watch Lunamo! I’ll take it then, already have space magic maxed anyways~ The Goddess of Insanity and Void, Crisis, is arriving soon~!
@Crisis I’ll let you know when you are close to ascending since I have a good way to tell that. From the looks of it, you will be at that point by chapter 150, so just keep doing whatever it is you are doing.
@Paytoechip Thank you~ Don’t worry about it, Insanity is inevitable and Void is utmost probable. Well then, I gotta leave soon, as soon as I ascend to godhood the sooner I can really be with Mordy~
@Crisis Good timing a chaos storm is about to happen and that will throw things out of wack for a bit making any kind of portal activity a very bad decision. Things will be back to normal by tomorrow though so you should still be able to come here. Have a good-insert whatever time here-
@Paytoechip I’ll say the same, see you later~ *I start to get smaller and smaller until I disappear*
@Crisis are you TRYING to become an eldritch horror?
@Paytoechip [Might I ask if it's possible for me to join in? I believe I'm in a different time zone to you guys though.]
@Aegis_Of_The_Void (meta here: That will depend on the time. I'm in Europe while Payto is in the USA, so we have between 6 or 7 hours of difference. We typically do the improv right after an upload. When is it for you approximately when the chapter is out?)
@Clayton4956 I'm also in Europe.
@Aegis_Of_The_Void (If you're able to stay awake from midnight to 3 o'clock in the morning, it's possible. Any other way would be in the afternoon here, and we would need to check when Payto is online. Then, like I did before, you "pop in" in some way and ask (in a way that fits in the story) if you can come "in". Then it's up to Payto. If he says hello, welcome or things like that, you can continue and we might join in.)
@MonkeyManiac Yes, yes I may be
@Aegis_Of_The_Void feel free to do so, just remember to not directly influence the flow of the story or not be too much overpowered
@Crisis Is being a God of Shields too overpowered or is that acceptable?
@Aegis_Of_The_Void It is…acceptable.
@Paytoechip I see, I thank you deeply for the permission.
@Aegis_Of_The_Void You gotta get there first though! I’m not gonna be the only one who needs to work hard to become a goddess!
@Crisis I’m just going to be a Butler if someone will have me. I prefer it that way rather than look for a tedious job. This way I can just request leave if I need to go train.
@Aegis_Of_The_Void It feels weird for "me" to be the only originally normal guy who was just randomly able to come here by pure chance and be surrounded by divine beings and weird creatures... "I" am not even entirely human anymore because of the chaos seeping in "my" original body and the second body made of chaos which can house "my" soul.
@Clayton4956 Oh well, I have a reason to become a goddess, so it’s not my fault really.
@Clayton4956 Well, dw. Even chance and luck are powers. You taking the opportunity given to you proves you're worthy of your luck and ability to join.
@Aegis_Of_The_Void I guess so