Prayer Box

[fromthefog]

This is a place to send your prayers to the Fog god. She may not always respond, or she may respond in ways you don’t expect, but she is always listening.

Speak, she hears you.

OOC note: As of April 2020, threads with the gods will be capped at three NPC replies! Please keep this in mind when writing god prayers to make sure you get everything you need out of the thread. It’s also possible to handwave prayers by titling your comment HANDWAVED PRAYER. Handwaved prayers lack our usual flourish, but you can expect a faster response!

As of February 2024, god prayers will be handwaved only. Please only submit a prayer if you have a question for either god which needs answering in order to progress your character's arc within Ryslig. If this is something you need to tier up within the god boon system, or just to set up a player plot in general, please don't hesitate to submit a prayer about it! You may shorten it down to an OOC summary of what your character is asking. This will allow any of our helper mods to reply much faster, without having to dig into the specifics of either god's personality/writing quirks. Should this limitation be lifted again in the future, this note will be removed.

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[gentle_darkness_duelist]

[Talking to Noa had revealed many things to Judai about the nature of this world and about the gods here. However, he still had so many questions, and in his heart he knew that a follower couldn't pass on what he wanted to know. He had to speak to a source and pray to a god.

He was told that he could try call out to the gods in his dreams and see who replied, but Judai hoped that only she would answer him. The god who had the power to rip his fused soul away from his partner's, and draw him to another universe altogether. When the young man huddled in the rafters of an abandoned building the night, he made sure that the Fog God was on his mind. Whether or not he actually wanted to align with her was still up in the wind, but Judai wanted to talk to her more than anything.

He needed to ask.]

Are you even there?

I... literally just got here but I need to ask you about this war.

[He wants to ask how can he speed things up?

How can he help end it?]

[fromthefog]

[It's a long time before the Fog God deigns to answer him. But eventually, one night Judai will dream only of an empty void and the echo of his words from before. At first there is silence, nothing but the wind carrying his voice, before a gust suddenly picks up and a voice behind him answers.]

Your patience to hear my words has been rewarded, my pet...

[He would feel a pair of hands playing in his hair, cold to to the touch, but the motion is like the gentle stroke one might give a cat.]

Are you afraid? You need not be, with the power you carry within...

[gentle_darkness_duelist]

[The void. It’s dark, but it’s comforting and gentle at the same time. Even without any claim to his name or connection to what he once was, it’s part of him. This is the deepest part of him and no one will know of what transpires between him and her.

It feels like it's been so long- far longer than it actually has been- and the echo of his words are foreign and distant, almost like he's listening to someone else speak the words from another lifetime.

But her voice is clear, crisp as the wind itself.

It stuns him, and a chill that is so intimately entwined with the nature of the peninsula runs down Judai's spine, paralysing him. He wants to turn around and see who is touching him so familiarly, but his very being refuses him. All Judai can do is ball his fist and he looks straight on into the darkness. He speaks to what is unknown to him.]

I have no power here. You took everything away from me... From everyone, even if it could be used to help you. I can't help but be afraid. You act as if you have no reason.

[fromthefog]

Some powers are not meant for this world. Even your darkness... it is too much for this land.

[The hands continue their soothing motions, the presence leaning in against him. While her voice still carries an imperial elegance to it, it is not as cold as it might be.]

I care not for kings of light. I chose you, not those who lie within you. And to you, I gave a piece of my power - just as I have done for so many others.

[gentle_darkness_duelist]

[Judai wants to protest, but she is right. In many ways, it can be overwhelming and forceful. It's something dangerous that doesn't fit in the rules of the world.

The hands are comforting, intimate in a strange way that only the divine are capable of. Even though Judai's eyes remain open and his gaze is still forward, but it deviates from its straight path as he feels the presence so close to him. He's not shivering anymore at least.]

And why would you do that? What is it you want?