text - Xuanwu

[cloakedinruins]

Here's a thought: The Heavens and gods have worked in a certain way for beyond memory. Gods die and then they come back as younger versions of themselves, souls are gathered as shinki to aid them, and the ayakashi are set against them. There is a balanced rhythm to this place and how it all worked.

And then it didn't. Something happened, the balance was broken, the gods died and nothing came back. So what happened? A new way to fill in the missing pieces appeared. Us.

Now, I'm just theorizing out loud that this system is a mutation caused when a body, or The Heavens as it turns out, feels it's under attack and trying to keep itself alive and functioning. In order to do that, it has pushed to fill in the spots that it has lost too fast by doing the unthinkable - by grabbing people like us.

Does that mean there's an underlying sickness? A rot in the system that the pull of faith or belief is trying to heal through us? Or is this just an experiment to see if we are able to shore up the problems inside a collapsing system?

Any other theories, or am I just thinking too much on this?

Comments

[puzzlingly]

i dont have any theories of my own but your sounds plausible
i dont suppose you have any about what broke that balance do you?

[cloakedinruins]

None at the moment, but I wonder if it has to do with some of the internal politics we haven't seen much of. I get a feeling of inertia within the ranks, especially given how much they do not like to change.

[puzzlingly]

if that were true maybe you should be careful

[heptagram]

Fewer people believe in the existence of gods or anything metaphysical nowadays. I didn't until about a year until I wound up here when I actually met one first-hand. Maybe it's related to that.

[cloakedinruins]

If that was the case, then there would be a lot less energy to draw in people to fill the old positions. You would also see a failing in the power of the older gods who would not have as much standing as they do. It's like the draining of a battery, not one side will retain all the power while the other side is drained. The energy moves from the full side to try to even out the power, it does not store up.

Now if the battery is damaged, say the casing is bent or wrapped, then the power grows uneven, and the energy fluctuates or flattens out entirely. That seems to be more the case here than actual rate of supply.

[heptagram]

I suppose so, but it cannot help. Many have complained of being un-suited for the job, and maybe that could be more related to what I'd mentioned.

Regardless, I don't disagree that the system is broken in some way, but ascertaining how is -- understandably -- probably not something any of us are currently equipped to even do.

[abgrund]

All is destined for death. From death comes new life. The gods cling to their old ways and in defiance of change.

[cloakedinruins]

That is what I feel. It's evolve or die, or become a piece of history that managed to survive through stubborn willfulness.

[abgrund]

Would you call the Heavens something like that?

text/ from Cú Chulainn

[futhark]

I'd tentatively sign on the collapsing system theory. This world is just too modern, it's Age of Science, while Age of the Gods ended a long time ago.

The remnants clings to existence, because that's what we do.

Why not a positive counter-theory tho? The system collapsed and is now in process of rebuilding itself?

[cloakedinruins]

Yes, that could also be a different approach. In fact, that would be a better scenario than what I suggested, though it doesn't quite touch upon the way we factor into the system. Then again I don't have enough data on that portion yet.

[futhark]

Perhaps those gods died and were simply gone for too long? And when people remembered thow to worship them again, the world had to fill a place somehow.

[ Did New Age movement and internet bring gods again? Who knows ]

Those whose names got forgotten are sure to stay dead, though.

[wishwing]

I see where you're coming from.

What we know might not be accurate too. Your guess is as good as mine.

[cloakedinruins]

Well, a guess wouldn't be as scientifically valid as a theory, but it is something to start off from.

[wishwing]

Yeah!!! If anything, you're probably not over thinking it.

It's something important.

[subconmodo]

I don't get it.

Everyone here gets godhood--GODHOOD--handed to them on a silver platter with the only catch being that they have to play errand boy from time to time and you're sitting here questioning it?

This is the opportunity of a lifetime! The chance to cut loose! To have all the power you could want! Why not relax and have a little fun?

[cloakedinruins]

[ And there you go, triggering his pride as Hei Pao Shi, the warrior, hero, and third most powerful person on the face of his planet. Opps? ]

All the power in the world means nothing if the person with that power acts like a spoiled child. You presume much without knowing anything about those around you.

From: Thanatos

[trademark_skull]

...Maybe if this 'system' you talk about is a living thing or something.

Universal laws don't generally work that way.

[cloakedinruins]

Created. Man-made. Living. Dead. All systems have an universal starting and ending point. Treating them entirely different only leads to ignorance.

text; late tag in I somehow missed this post ;;

[brynwieldr]

Does your world have magic?

it's okay :3

[cloakedinruins]

To some, it's magic. To others, it is only science.

test; Henir

[subtract]

If it's not a form of intentional meddling, that theory probably isn't far from the truth. With our current information, though, it's difficult to reach any solid conclusions. We don't know enough about this world's framework to pinpoint where the issue might lie.

[cloakedinruins]

That would depend on who or what is interfering within this place. We do not know if this is from how religion is shaped in the human world or if this has been caused by a force knowing a weakness and forcing the issue.

[beyondtheblade]

That does not seem... too far fetched, though I have been trying to figure whether or not there is a rhyme or reason to who gets pulled here and who does not, as well.

[cloakedinruins]

There seems to be some numbers from a similar world, but I am unsure just how many those are and if there are people who are lone representations of their homes.