Curiosity Killed the Ray Cat (15/01/2022)
Jan 29, 2022 14:56:54 GMT
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Post by Tazmuck on Jan 29, 2022 14:56:54 GMT
It’s not that The Philosopher's idea - getting rid of all the gods - was a bad one. Disposing of the more powerful is an effective way of becoming more powerful yourself, in relative terms. The problem with The The Philosopher's plans - as their name suggests would be likely - was in the practicalities. They had no idea what they were unburying, no solid plan on how to use it other than ‘move it from plane to plane assuming that’s possible’, and no idea how to reach it anyway.
They had come to this plane because Veridian had found a new toy - a tuning fork he decided to test by jumping into whatever plane it took him to. After Veridian shooting him off a boat last time they met, Taz was looking forward to seeing the scrawny wizard tough it out in a probably hostile environment. Taz was hoping for the plane of fire, he didn’t quite get his wish, but watching Veridian traipse through the burning desert for days was almost as fun, the enjoyment only slightly diminished by the fact they had no idea where they were or where they were going (other than following the directions of a random wild cat to ‘The Place’). At least the cat kept the child happy, and there was a very fun moment when Veridians spell to create some amazing mansion full of food and drinks (that he'd just been bragging about) failed and they had to camp in a little dome instead.
After two days of a leisurely stroll for Taz and a gruelling ordeal for the others, they found themselves in front of some bizarre obsidian block with a chip in one side radiating red energy. There was also a small encampment of people nearby. After a friendly as possible approach, these people identified themselves as the philosophers and boldly revealed the facts as follows:
To say their plan had ‘a few holes’ would be like saying that the plane of fire was ‘a bit warm’. Taz did make a kind of cursory offer to them they give this whole ridiculous thing up and all go home, but they seemed more interested in acquiring our fork and obviously we now had quite an interest in acquiring theirs so that we could - you know - not be trapped in this empty demiplane forever. So we killed them all and took their fork and went home.
There was a bit of other news - apparently the wizard they were holding hostage knew Veridian’s dad, who was also being held hostage. Okay, even Taz didn’t quite wish this much bad news on Veridian, even he hopes he'll find his dad. Oh, and Taz got to take home a standard that is usually used by the infernal armies. He probably should have asked the wizard why they had that. But nevermind, its his now.
They had come to this plane because Veridian had found a new toy - a tuning fork he decided to test by jumping into whatever plane it took him to. After Veridian shooting him off a boat last time they met, Taz was looking forward to seeing the scrawny wizard tough it out in a probably hostile environment. Taz was hoping for the plane of fire, he didn’t quite get his wish, but watching Veridian traipse through the burning desert for days was almost as fun, the enjoyment only slightly diminished by the fact they had no idea where they were or where they were going (other than following the directions of a random wild cat to ‘The Place’). At least the cat kept the child happy, and there was a very fun moment when Veridians spell to create some amazing mansion full of food and drinks (that he'd just been bragging about) failed and they had to camp in a little dome instead.
After two days of a leisurely stroll for Taz and a gruelling ordeal for the others, they found themselves in front of some bizarre obsidian block with a chip in one side radiating red energy. There was also a small encampment of people nearby. After a friendly as possible approach, these people identified themselves as the philosophers and boldly revealed the facts as follows:
- They are a group called the philosophers trying to rid the world of the gods
- They believed -something- was trapped in the obsidian block behind a prismatic wall that could help them, and they were trying to get it out
- They didn't know how to get it out but their captive wizard was 'trying to work it out'
- Once they got whatever it was out, they were going to move it from one divine plane to another, killing all the gods there. They weren’t sure how they were going to move such a thing around mainly because they didn’t know what it was. They were convinced this was going to kill them at some point, although not before they had moved it. And once they were dead other Philosophers would turn up, unobstructed, and move it to the next plane.
- Unfortunately, they were also on a demi plane that was specially created to conceal this thing. Only two tuning forks were ever made to access this place, and you needed *both* of them to leave. They considered it ‘fate’ that we had turned up with it (a funny thing to put your faith in when you are trying to kill all the gods and end ‘destiny’ but anyway).
To say their plan had ‘a few holes’ would be like saying that the plane of fire was ‘a bit warm’. Taz did make a kind of cursory offer to them they give this whole ridiculous thing up and all go home, but they seemed more interested in acquiring our fork and obviously we now had quite an interest in acquiring theirs so that we could - you know - not be trapped in this empty demiplane forever. So we killed them all and took their fork and went home.
There was a bit of other news - apparently the wizard they were holding hostage knew Veridian’s dad, who was also being held hostage. Okay, even Taz didn’t quite wish this much bad news on Veridian, even he hopes he'll find his dad. Oh, and Taz got to take home a standard that is usually used by the infernal armies. He probably should have asked the wizard why they had that. But nevermind, its his now.
