The world was now teaming with life. The filaments filled the seas, the Aeons had settles around the gate and in Vigils city, the Star Seekers and Leviathans could be glimpsed around the great patterns in the sky and the gate-dwellers continued to grow around the rift.
Still relatively unknown to the world, the Tenebris had moved into a necropolis of Mors design. They would be able to sustain themselves there until the world was ready for them. Above the city of the dead Mors kept a watchful eye on anything that could prove to be a threat.
The Aeons had also been gifted a structure by their God, though unlike the unsettling quiet of the necropolis the Forge of Ragadas bustled with activity. The crashing of hammers and hissing of water on hot metal echoed throughout the building. More Aeons would soon come into the world. Ragadas also attempted to teach his creations magic, but found that he was a poor teacher, for he could not truly grasp the concept himself.
Again, a structure was gifted to a race by their God, unusually in this case though the race didn't exist yet. Vigil was almost ready to create his legacy in the mortal world, but first his future children needed to be protected. He could not prevent the death of his children, but he could ensure it was comfortable, so Vigil gathered the power of Creation and founded a new reality. It was limited, for nothing can truly recreate all of reality in its entirety, but it was more than enough for a copy of the city to be placed. This would be where the sparks that gave his children life would return to upon death, somewhere familiar to them.
Deep in the real city, Ex Machina continued to process the data collected.
Tethys was fascinated with life. She had been observing and interacting with it for a while now, but it never grew boring and changed in such interesting ways. Though it could not compete with her of course, so perhaps it was time to speed some things along. Several of the Aeons exploring the land had also become interested in the 'organics'. As their God had granted them free will they decided to accept Tethys offer to combine organic and inorganic life, though many of the other Aeons were dismayed and disgusted at the idea and those who choose to go along with it.
The Star Seekers did not yet have a language, but their general affection towards Tethys allowed her to gather a couple for the experiement. To ensure the combination would work Tethys taught them a lesser form of her Concept, so they might be able to Change fast enough to survive, since she wasn't entirely sure if this would just kill them or not. A small price for doing something interesting, she thought.
The Concept made the difference. With its power the new creatures were able to adapt quickly enough to survive and become something new and glorious. They were large, twice the size of an aeon, strange organs and advanced mechanisms visible beneath their transparent skin, and twelve wings, a mix of metal, feather and flesh behind them. They looked upon their creator and awaited a name.
Around Hedon a garden of statues was forming. The God had approached the dying and desperate, offering a respite. Death nor Time would claim them, they would live forever, frozen partially in time. The Gods offers continued and his garden grew.
Hypermnestra was preparing for her own race to come into being. She adapted the barrier around herself to hopefully reduce contaminates by infusing any essence that enters with Error. Then she created her race, creatures that like herself did not truly fit into any category or law. They were split into clans specialized for different purposes, so that the race as a whole may be improved. Once this task was done she gathered a small army and headed towards the Tower.
While she was gone, Vajra took a small group of the reaver and shroud clans to offer a friendly competition to the other races, if they had permission. Almost immediately the Aeons signed up, for they were interested to see this new race and what it could do.
During preparations Vajra watched Ragadas work, the quality of his smithing impressed her and she felt she was close to Glimpsing something more.
While the other Gods were busy with new life and new works, Rwoo had decided to more closely examine his earlier creations, specifically the gate-dwellers. The way they drew upon the Rift for sustenance intrigued him and he gave a single member of each race he had access to the same ability, to see how they grew.
Then he drew on the power of the Rift himself. He felt his entire being changing, new untainted divine energy coursed into him, simmering with potential and purpose. He opened his eyes and Saw…
Kari had decided to use the strange stone to her advantage. By surrounding the rocks and other elements which had been granted Life with her own stones of Cold and Dark, she could prevent their growth from spreading to much. Kari decided the protective properties of the stone could be useful for other purposes as well, she erected several walls of increasing size around the tower made of the stone, which would protect it and perhaps also protect the world from the tower itself, if something happened. Then she tugged on the divine energy within the stones, halting their growth.
With the preparations done, Kari turned to the tower, joining with Hypermnestra and her army as they entered the tower.
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The tower dove deep. A huge staircase met the Gods and Aberrants as they entered, heading down into shadows. Their footsteps echoed down and only returned minutes later.
After what felt like ages of walking they reached the end of the stairs. They knew that they must be below the crust of the planet by now, but the Tower remained silent and cool, giving no indication of any strain from the immense weight or pressure it must be experiencing.
There was only two things in the room at the end of the stairs. A strange mechanical device and what seemed like hundreds of thousands of words covering the walls of the tower itself. The language was unknown to the Gods and the machine equally so.
There was no one alive here.
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OCC: Well, that was eventful. Sorry about the wait and any grammar and spelling errors present, Uni stuff has distracted me a bit and I wanted to get this out quickly.
Also, Rwoo, pick a new minor Concept.
