Hades 💀 Plot 1 - Planning Phase

[blessmefather]

Matt sends a message out on the network to his new allies at the beginning of the new month.

"I need a group of you to accompany me to a forest village at the foot of a mountain, population of about 200. We'll be leaving by airship on the fourth. We're either evacuating the town and taking them to join the refugees, or saving their village from getting crushed.

As I said before, this world is at risk of breaking down. In the case of the mountain we're headed to, it will crumble and crush the village at its base if we don't intervene. I can try throwing a magic barrier up around the village, but my power won't be enough alone. We'd have to take other measures to be successful.

So we need to decide; one, do we focus only on evacuation? And two, if we try to save the village, what approach are we taking to protect it from the landslide? Let's all discuss together. I'm open to suggestions."

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[blessmefather]

I'll ask one of The Vault librarians to put a map on here for you all. Give them ten to get that up...

It's an old, dense forest. Tall trees, centuries old. The village has mostly gone unbothered by the Empire because it's so far out of the way and they'd rather get their lumber closer to the shores.

The forest has gone a long way to help stabilize the mountain despite the state of the Pantheon, but the power from the gods that formed the mountain back in ancient times is almost spent. You could say the heart of the mountain has been depleted of power. The power can be restored in time with the restoration of the Pantheon, but these people don't have time for that.

[heaven_rooted]

If the forest is old enough, their roots go deep. Roots are the only thing that keep a lot of places from falling apart, but if the soil's no good, there's little even trees can do if they don't have the proper sustenance.

I'll have a better idea if I see how things are for myself. But that there's still a forest at all is promising. It might be willing to do its part.

[blessmefather]

I take it you can communicate with the trees? How specific are you able to be when conversing? Is it closer to talking or playing charades?

[heaven_rooted]

What's charades?

They don't really 'talk', but I can get a sense of what they say. I speak pretty straight forward with them. They can understand speech just fine.

[blessmefather]

Charades is the guessing game where you make gestures to hint at a secret subject, and the other players try to guess what it is. Ever played?

So if you told them about the landslide, they'll likely understand?

[heaven_rooted]

[His face may not be visible but the silence is telling. Really, does he seem like the type to play games?]

They'll understand. Landslides are natural occurrences, the shifting of the ground is more commonplace than something disrupted by a volley of cannon-fire.

[blessmefather]

Not a fan of games?

[ Unusual, but besides the point. ]

I wonder if the trees have a sense for the ether in the ground. Has the topic ever come up? It could save us some time if it wasn't just me sensing for it to get an idea of how close the landslide is to occurring, or if the ground under the village is weak as well.

[heaven_rooted]

Who has time for games?

[Games are for kids! Says the stuffy treenager.]

Trees don't think in the same terms as people. Ether is a human concept, but it's for a natural occurrence. They'll be able to sense that the ground is brittle, they might sense the vibrations from deep beneath that we won't since we're only surface level. But they won't be able to tell much where their roots don't spread.

[blessmefather]

You haven't been invited by friends or the soldiers to pass the downtime with a game?

[ Sheesh! He sounds like Matt did once upon a time, in his youth, fresh out of narrowly escaping the clutches of becoming a cult assassin of all things. ]

Fair. I'll take whatever information on the ground status you can get quicker than I can sense it myself.

[heaven_rooted]

Not really.

[Young as he is, he might have established a reputation of being standoffish and intimidating for his methods and how he won't take any lip from anyone, especially uncooperative patients.]

All right. Once we're out there I'll check in with them and let you know.

[blessmefather]

You'll have to give a game a try some time. You might be surprised. You might like it. Just play with people you like.

Thank you!

[heaven_rooted]

Hn.

[No promises. But...maybe he'll be spectator and see how these things go.]

Let me know if anything else comes up in the meantime.

[blessmefather]

[ Matt laughs under his breath. He might have to get Tau to join a game at some point. If he really is like Matt once was at a younger age, he'd come around. ]

Will do. Thanks, Doctor!

[heaven_rooted]

[A challenge...?! Such plots unbeknownst to Tau, he just shakes his head, expression souring a bit at being called doctor. He's far from such, but at least he doesn't think Matt will neglect to inform him of things as they happen.]