IC: EVENT

[bossman]

A TERRIBLE THING IS HAPPENING

reference books detailing myths and legends stolen from libraries...
wikipedia pages wiped clean from the face of the internet...
ancient stained glass windows smashed and destroyed...
historical research centers burnt to the ground...

Someone out there is trying very, very hard to erase all of the possible sources of power and belief of the ancient gods and goddesses. And it hurts. Whilst the powers of the minders are unharmed by the attacks, the gods and goddesses will be certainly feeling the toll: it's now painfully clear that even the simplest of miracles are now becoming almost impossible to perform.

deities, you had better have gifted your minders with some decent blessings! Because now you're going to rely on them more than ever. Someone is out to get you.

Comments

[opening]

TO: [ big brother ]

So. We leave the others to scurry about, let them do the legwork while we pop off for a faff and then swoop in for the final blow. You get your guts and your glory, but without all the fuss.

[ Belphegor is sloth, after all. ]

[oppose]

TO: [ bell ]

not the worst of ideas
but i think i may actually be needed this time around

[opening]

TO: [ big brother ]

you are taking this seriously.

[ Shit. Meet fan. ]

[oppose]

TO: [ bell ]

surprised?

[opening]

TO: [ big brother ]

Annoyed.
Bored.
And tired of this game already.

[ Translation: very. ]

[oppose]

TO: [ bell ]

that makes ... rather a lot of us, then.
suffice to say i hadn't expected to be spending my day like this.

[opening]

TO: [ big brother ]

Well that girl of yours seems to be quite enthusiastic about earning her keep.
She'll save you the effort.
Just stamp your name on it at the very end and no one's the wiser.

My lips are sealed.

[oppose]

TO: [ bell ]

esther, sister dear. and the best at the job so far.
and honestly, considering the hullabaloo, i expect that i won't have to put in much of a hand anyhow, not with every pantheon on the hunt.
whoever engineered this may have cast their net a little too wide.

[opening]

TO: [ big brother ]

Does it matter what her name is? They're all the same in the end.
From the very best to the very worst, we drop through each of them like stones through wet paper.
They're not meant for us and we're not meant for them.

You do remember that, don't you?

[oppose]

[ The original text contains several more lines, but they're deleted before Lu hits SEND. It's not an argument he's willing to have over text message, nor one he's particularly inclined to have at that exact moment. ]

TO: [ bell ]

given that a large majority of the dead come to me, yes, i do remember that.

[opening]

TO: [ big brother ]

Then don't get touchy, Morning Star.
It's for your own good.

[oppose]

TO: [ bell ]

maybe so.
there are bigger problems afoot, anyhow.

[opening]

TO: [ big brother ]

Can't we just leave it for the rest of them to deal with?

[oppose]

TO: [ bell ]

call it my sense of duty
making a belated appearance.