Noah had spent an hour calling every Mad he could think of - the Professor, the Jason, A.C., Kohran, Sora, Shizuka... even Fred McManus. Now he'd opened the sealed section of the Whole Fenspace Catalog, searched the research theology section for the ritual he needed, and got Safety and Kohran to help with the casting.
He was calling somebody else. With any luck, she'd pick up.
Just as Noah was about to tell the others to stop wasting time on a ritual that wasn't working, a thin black line appeared in the air in front of him. It opened to become a portal, through which a young woman stepped. "You called?"
"Yes, I... You're the Goddess of Gates and Ways?"
She sighed. "Why does everybody ask that the first time they meet me?"
"It's just... well..."
"Yes, fine, I already know what you're going to say. Consider it said and let's move on. You called?"
Noah spent a few minutes explaining what had happened. "... and I was hoping that you might know where our home went, and who's down there right now."
"Whatever happened here, it had nothing to do with me."
"But you're the Goddess of Gates..."
"...and Ways. That doesn't mean I personally open every dimensional gateway."
Noah was devastated. "I was hoping you could bring them back. My father, my brother and his family, and my wife's family were all down there when the shift happened."
She sighed deeply. "I'm sorry. Right now, that's beyond my power. I don't even know where they are."
"Can you look?"
"I'll try, but I can't promise you anything. And I have to leave now; somebody in another worldline wants to speak with me." And she was gone.
"Thank you anyway," Noah whispered. Then he wiped away a tear and raised his voice. "Okay, people, let's get to Odyssey. We've got some high-tension thinkers to point at this mess."
OOC: Safety and Kohran are the two people on Noah's staff with the most spiritual energy, and thus the best chance of summoning a deity. And the Goddess of Gates and Ways is the first being Noah would summon in a situation like this one...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
He was calling somebody else. With any luck, she'd pick up.
Just as Noah was about to tell the others to stop wasting time on a ritual that wasn't working, a thin black line appeared in the air in front of him. It opened to become a portal, through which a young woman stepped. "You called?"
"Yes, I... You're the Goddess of Gates and Ways?"
She sighed. "Why does everybody ask that the first time they meet me?"
"It's just... well..."
"Yes, fine, I already know what you're going to say. Consider it said and let's move on. You called?"
Noah spent a few minutes explaining what had happened. "... and I was hoping that you might know where our home went, and who's down there right now."
"Whatever happened here, it had nothing to do with me."
"But you're the Goddess of Gates..."
"...and Ways. That doesn't mean I personally open every dimensional gateway."
Noah was devastated. "I was hoping you could bring them back. My father, my brother and his family, and my wife's family were all down there when the shift happened."
She sighed deeply. "I'm sorry. Right now, that's beyond my power. I don't even know where they are."
"Can you look?"
"I'll try, but I can't promise you anything. And I have to leave now; somebody in another worldline wants to speak with me." And she was gone.
"Thank you anyway," Noah whispered. Then he wiped away a tear and raised his voice. "Okay, people, let's get to Odyssey. We've got some high-tension thinkers to point at this mess."
OOC: Safety and Kohran are the two people on Noah's staff with the most spiritual energy, and thus the best chance of summoning a deity. And the Goddess of Gates and Ways is the first being Noah would summon in a situation like this one...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012