axiology | OOC DISCUSSION POST.

Hello, worldhoppers!

For those that haven't read the latest IC post by ALASTAIR, please do so here. In short, the Timeline machine has finally distributed the mission objectives: eliminate the deities of Nalawi to maintain stability of this universe. This means taking out both Ryba, the goddess that lives in the ocean, and Nalanni, the missing volcano goddess.

Here's a quick recap of events so far:
Pomarr, the last Dakal explains the genocide of her people in detail: Nalanni eliminated them with her powers. Ryba resurrected Pomarr, and she plans to offer Nalanni's powers to Ryba to do the same for her people. This information is available on the network to all recruits.

The Nalawi themselves did not participate in the genocide, but they will were at war with the Dakal and celebrate Nalanni's presence. Their numbers are currently suffering as their powers dwindle to nothing.

Ryba's cultists are responsible for several deaths on the main island, as well as holding some ALASTAIR recruits hostage, and is gaining traction amongst the desperate population.

This OOC post is for discussion on what to do moving forward; we'll be putting up a poll on May 18th and keeping it open for 72 hours, and for fairness' sake we will go with majority rule for the result. Though the NPC is announcing the official ALASTAIR objectives, ultimately characters are allowed to do as they please! Be warned that different results will have different IC consequences, but ALASTAIR will not force characters to follow their objectives. They only guarantee that if both goddesses are eliminated, this world will continue to exist. Note, however, that this planet must have two goddesses or zero. It cannot sustain itself with just one.

INDEX

Nalanni:

Volcano goddess; goddess of the rock (land). Granted the Nalawi powers ("Gifts") in exchange for love and devotion. Defended her volcano from the Dakal by destroying their civilization and wiping them out. Kidnapped by Pomarr; her disappearance has led to powers fading both from the Nalawi and from recruits. If she is killed, the sea goddess must also be destroyed. As Ryba mentioned, the world can only function with two or no goddesses.

Nalawi:

People of Nalanni. Diminutive deer people who have been at war with the Dakal for centuries, prior to their extinction. Now that they are without Gifts, they don't know how to fend for themselves and are growing desperate.

Dakal:

An extinct race of technologically advanced cat people who lived to the west of the Nalawi islands. Worshipped no gods. After attacking Nalanni's volcano, they suffered her wrath. Now extinct, their land is at the bottom of the ocean.

Pomarr:

A Dakal who was a teacher in life. She has been raised from the dead by Ryba in exchange for her soul. Her goal is to siphon Nalanni's power in order for Ryba to have the energy necessary to raise the rest of the Dakal into undeath. She recently held Nalanni captive in the volcano Nalalona but was forced to escape with her prisoner after the recruits meddled too closely. Her existence is linked to Ryba.

Ryba, the devouring one:

Sea goddess. Raised Pomarr from the dead in exchange for her soul. Requires sacrifice of souls in order to grant power to others. Ate the souls of all lesser gods in this world. If she is killed, another sea goddess must take her place or the volcano goddess must also be destroyed. As Ryba mentioned, the world can only function with two or no goddesses.

Feel free to ask us any questions in the subthread below! We will avoid spoiling the outcome, but can clarify minor points that have not been addressed already.

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ok thanks! follow up question how anonymous can this tip off be should it occur?

Oh man that WOULD be really cool. I'm just not sure about the balancing though, since AC bank is supposed to be an incentive for players to be more active in order to reap benefits for their characters IC. If that goes to the goddesses, it'd take away from that, plus can sorta be seen as 'punishing' to characters who ICly don't want to kill the goddesses but players OOCly are usually too busy to go the extra mile.

Still a neat idea, nevertheless!

Hey there! We wanted to pop in and clarify that sealing the goddesses away and getting the Nalawi their powers back isn't possible. However, we'll add sealing as an option!

Oh, ok, I think got you! It isn't because the goddesses are powerful/using too much or necessarily powerful beings (in the sense of their status as having all these capabilities and using them and etc technically is not the issue..) as in it is not the goddesses' "power" or because they use these powers and do their thing as goddesses -- it's literally just their physical existence in the world?

if that's the case (please obviously correct me if not), I'm a little confused and hope this isn't overstepping for info you can't give out yet (my character is super confused by the idea too but I have to better understand first...).

Basically, to me oocly as well as Masamune icly, he does not understand why a world would populate with creatures it can't sustain. From what I'm understanding, the goddesses didn't make choices or do things that turned them into a problem to physically exist and is more: this planet can make types of creatures exist with its energy. Creatures like cats and deer people and birds are no problem for it a cat but goddess is a creature that is too much strain.

So, Masamune (and neither do I) doesn't understand how or why the planet energy would ever allow something to come into existence that would kill it to begin with. It's not normal nature to let a thing that is detrimental to survival from its conception come into existence. So, is this just supposed to be a thing that happens and should be overlooked for the sake the mechanics of the game/interesting narrative or is it intentionally an abnormal thing done for the narrative? Basically, is the planet abnormal itself or diseased or defective or infected with something? (The easiest comparison I can think of is when viruses invade cells and make them do things that basically kill them and thus the cells are infected)?

Are they not originally from or intended to be in this world yet here for some weird reason ? Are they like alien invaders from a thousands of years ago and thus not actually something Nalawi had originally ? (Basically so many thoughts and hoping there is clarification that a) yes this is relevant or b) tits just for narrative purposes there are actually not underlying things to find out in regards to this or meant to impact the narrative.

I hope that makes sense, I'm so sorry I feel like irs obviously me overthinking but II see possibilities where it could actually be an intentional thing done being overlooked by the recruits/us as a player base and etc. like hidden Easter eggs. Am not sure how "detailed" the world missions are for this sort of thing.

I am just want to know if I actually missed something or I need to put my willing suspension of disbelief hat on here hecause it's not a clue/it's just coincidence I managed to look at it the way I am c: thanks so much

Sorry for the delay!

Magnus can do an anonymous tip-off, but since he can't write the Nalawi language he'll have no choice but to meet face-to-face with the council or at least one Nalawi, outing him as an ALASTAIR member. His colleagues don't need to know it was him, however.

great ty so much!

+ one more already doing stuff like that, they're gonna need all the preparation they can get

No worries, we're happy to clarify! We would take the plot at face-value -- there aren't any twists or turns here that you all don't know about already. Naturally, there are all kinds of possibilities in a story and we like seeing what people come up with, but in this case these 'Easter eggs' you're looking for don't really exist.

As for why a world would populate with life it can't sustain, you can think of it in a few ways: for one, worlds can sustain life that are detrimental to their existences sometimes, even moreso in fiction. But for a more specific explanation geared for our meta, the great, universal cataclysm mentioned in the Timeline's latest post has caused several unnatural elements across the worlds, and most are no longer balanced or cohesive.

We hope that clears things up!

Posing this question with current poll numbers as they are!

How do you feel about characters trying to convince Nalanni to end her own life and possibly bring down Ryba with her or at least weaken her?

This idea is from our fabulously evil Masamune-mun.

Awesome thank you so much! (I feel better now knowing it's not worth contemplating)

And I had wondered if the universe splitting apart may have had something to do with it somehow but I hadn't read this linked thread where it specifically mentions it.

Thank you again, this really cleared it up. Thank you for all your hard work.

We're sorry, but as we said on the poll, we will not be answering hypothetical questions at this time. We'll be going over all potential courses of action once we have our results though, so sit tight!`

HEY... hey. i heard "science" so lemme in here!!! rick can help build bombs, or rather shove stiles aside and make him watch as he builds bombs

yesss awesome he can help stiles find them bc let's be real here he's going to need that help

YESSS i'd love this!! i'm gonna put up a network post with stiles making bombs and probably asking for help with them because let's be real here, so rick is more than welcome to build bombs with him c: .... or take over the building process that is fine too lmao

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