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[deathkid]

thank the gods these things come in greek

i need:

α) directions to the nearest graveyard from the communal housing

β) a place to buy some good cheeseburgers, fries, and dt. coke.
(or animal blood if cheeseburgers are hard to come by)

γ) a prism or some other kind of clear crystal for rainbow making

δ) cooking lessons.



oh, and how many people here are mortals/human or gods/demigods

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[deathkid]

[ that's incredibly helpful. tho he has no idea what in hades "istus" is... ]

last i checked there was more than one god
at least where i'm from, anyway

more than one pantheon, at that.


so if you're not human, but you're mortal
what are you?

[spellslots]

Well shit, my dude, welcome to the club. We meet on Wednesday, there's a dress code.

[That's mostly a joke, unless him and Bryn going out for dinner most Wednesday's counts as a "we actually have proof of gods" club.]

I'm an elf, we get old as hell but we can still die.

[deathkid]

i think i'll pass
i'm not good with dress codes
unless it's a toga

[ chronically not getting the joke forever. ]

the only elves i've ever heard of
were in stories
but i guess they exist in some universe

[spellslots]

No idea what a toga is but if you wanna rock one be my guest.

[It was a bad joke anyway.]

I'm absolutely real, and not like those Middle Earth elves so don't bother asking how much I love trees.

[deathkid]

the only people i know who love trees
tend to be sprites and nymphs.
not elves.

middle earth is that place in the book about hobbits
right?
i've heard of it but never read it
i don't do much reading unless it's greek

[spellslots]

Gods, there's a book too? I watched the movie, that was bad enough.

[No he liked it, he just thought their idea of elves and dwarves were hilarious]

What about you, my man? Mortal, god, some other cool shit? Don't be human though, there's already way too many of those.

[deathkid]

i didn't know there was a movie


demigod, son of hades, god of the underworld
my mother was a mortal human though

[spellslots]

It's at the library if you get bored and want to laugh at their ideas of elves.

But there's a whole bunch of words I don't know! What's the underworld?

[deathkid]

unless they have it in ancient greek
i'll pass
i'm dyslexic.

the underworld is where people go when they die
it's divided into four sections:
tartarus (the darkest pit, where monsters are born),
the fields of punishment (where evil humans go),
asphodel (those who've never made anything of their lives),
and the elysian fields (or paradise).

father rules it all
and he's also the god of wealth.

[spellslots]

[What's a dyslexic.]

Sounds like my kinda guy!

[Taako no.]

We've got the astral plane, ruled by the Raven Queen and most souls just chill wherever unless they try to break out or shit, then they get shoved in the Eternal Stockade. Which is just spirit prison, I guess? I didn't really ask for details.

[deathkid]

your universe is kind of weird.
no offense

[spellslots]

Absolutely none taken, it's better than being from the same boring Earth everyone else is from!

Heads up though, people are gonna be weird if you're messing around with corpses.

[deathkid]

i don't deal much in corpses
not that i won't if there's a big enough fight
i just intend to raise some spirits
i find they're more reliable than living people
when i want questions answered.

[spellslots]

I mean, you're not wrong.

Had a chat with a witch's spirit not too long ago, she was pretty cool.
She told me the people here aren't like assholes or anything, if that's what you were planning to ask your spirits.

[deathkid]

that was one of my questions
but i have a lot more.
i take it you have some power over ghosts, then?

[spellslots]

I got a little necromancy in my spellbook, but technically that one counted as divination if we're getting into specifics.

I'm a wizard, hence the magic.

[deathkid]

my powers are more necromancy related
though i have a few others besides that

[ he's not going to share them all, of course. guy has to keep some secrets. ]

[spellslots]

This place has got a thing for necromancers, huh?

[deathkid]

you're implying there's more than one.

[spellslots]

Don't get much past you, do we?

There's Letha, she does the necromancy thing, and I mean, I do little. Not that I'm super into raising the dead, but there's other uses for it.

[Two and a half isn't really a whole lot, but considering it's a somewhat unusual power set, Taako thinks it's notable.]

[deathkid]

letha.
is she a mortal?

and yes, there are definitely a variety of uses.

[ of which he knows nearly all. and his powers grow stronger every day. ]

[spellslots]

That's the sort of shit she should answer herself, I'm sure she'll show up here soon.

[As far as Taako knows the answer is yes, but he's not a snitch.]

Is demigod magic like normal magic or is it all divine shit?

["Normal magic" is meaningless in the multiverse, but really he's just curious if this is the sort of stuff he could incorporate into his own magic.]

[deathkid]

fair enough.

um, i guess it's all divine?
we don't really have like
"non-divine" magic, i guess
unless you're referring to manipulating the mist
like children of Hecate can do

she's the goddess of magic.

[spellslots]

Alright well we've got like clerics and paladins, who channel divine power from their gods and shit, but wizards, that's me, don't need any outside help for our magic. There's shit we can't do cause of that, and if your necromancy is a demigod thing, it's probably gonna fall in that category.

[deathkid]

demigod powers don't require outside help either
it's just the powers we inherit from our godly parents

sounds to me like your world is a lot like mythomagic
or games like it.