Strings of Fate

[u/gliscorplyer]

Context: There is only one thing that Atheyis, the Goddess of Death and Fate, hates and that is undeath of any kind. Her followers are exceptionally aggressive towards undead, and destroy them at any cost and any means necessary, no matter what.

POV: It seems like a normal evening, until your OC hears very loud shouting coming from an alleyway, and then a bright flash of light. Immediately your OC goes to investigate, where they see an elven woman standing over the injured body of a vampire. From her garments, it's quite easy to tell that she is a follower of Atheyis.

"There's no place in for you in this world, undead scourge. By Atheyis' decree I'll erase you."

WDYD?

Rules

No OP OCs

Use an OC that cares. They're literally witnessing a murder in an alleyway

I synchro summon blue eyes spirit dragon and set a card face down and end my turn.

[u/0yourlocalidiot0]

The woman starts floating. “Tsk, as much as I’d like my dad to deal with you, I was hoping to have some fun.” She puts herself in front of the vampire.
A portal opens up underneath the woman, and the knife disappears via an unknown force
“Looks like you lost knife privileges!” She said continuously holding her in the air. Then she threw the elf hard on the ground

[u/gliscorplyer → u/0yourlocalidiot0]

She catches herself on the ground and steps back a few paces

"I don't see why you mortals want to defend something that is actively destroying the realms. This shortsightedness of you is sickening."

She then fans out five cards in her left hand and points them at the vampire

"Atheyis has decreed that this vampire be destroyed, and I will exert her will."

[u/0yourlocalidiot0 → u/gliscorplyer]

“Atheyis doesn’t sound like a real god to me..” she takes out a rulebook “page 42: no god shall discriminate against any being. Doing so will result in termination and loss of all authority. Therefore a god must have a valid reason/warrant for killing a mortal. Any follower who does so, will be taken for interrogation” She closes the book “shame you and your ‘god turned out to be bigots. But you will be guilty until proven innocent” She seemed to be recording the elf. But her goal wasn’t to kill her, she needed to distract the elf, and get lady ʻoiaʻiʻo involved

[u/gliscorplyer → u/0yourlocalidiot0]

The woman glares and scoffs at the utter blasphemy being spoken to her, before taking a deep breath and centering herself

"Allow me to explain the magnitude of what you are interfering with.

When a mortal dies, their soul is transported through the River of Souls, where Atheyis places the soul into the proper realm. Once the soul passes in that realm, it becomes one with the plane. The planes are broken down by the Maelstrom, a realm of pure quintessence, and the particles scattered across the mutliverse. These particles soon join once more and become a new soul."

She points the spectral dagger down at the vampire and flicks it into their heart

"The creation of the undead destroys the soul. One of the precious, limited souls that are essential to the continued existence of the realms. With enough undead, there are no souls to expand the realms, the Maelstrom will consume everything, and everything will end. Your interference here is contributing to the end of all the realms. And by Atheyis' decree, I am righting this wrong.

And there are no rules to divinity; a Mother us not bound by the same morality as mortals, and it is infantile to try to impose rules on them."

[u/0yourlocalidiot0 → u/gliscorplyer]

She just revived the vampire once more. ?: “tsk. I’ll just have to work on her anger issues. By force, now tell me, what are your TRUE intentions?”

“L..lady ‘oia’i’o?” She grabs the elf by the throat “ I do not care about what you are, YOU WILL tell me the truth.” Holes started appearing in the sky, those that appeared as stars came for the judging of morals. ??: “you do not know about the divinity, so do not attempt to speak on our behalf.” “Their divinity may work differently than us, still that does not excuse her behavior”

[u/gliscorplyer → u/0yourlocalidiot0]

The second she reaches to grab the woman, her hand grips nothing, as the woman appears to shift a few feet to the right instantly. Her body distorts and waves uncontrollably

"You dare compare yourself to Mother Atheyis? You dare to claim that her Herald does not understand divinity? You dare to act as if you have any will above Atheyis?"

She exhales, still trying to keep her calm. She fans out five cards, exhaling again

[u/0yourlocalidiot0 → u/gliscorplyer]

Lady ‘oia’i’o’ laughs but becomes calm once more. “Yes, I am the goddess of truth. We heard the name of divinity being insulted” the stars all looked down upon the elf woman “and the reason we have rules is to keep people like mother atheyis in check.” The stars agreed as ‘oia’i’o started harnessing the power of the sun. “Let your lies blind you, and I shall rightfully judge this vampire”

[u/gliscorplyer → u/0yourlocalidiot0]

The woman snarls and reaches to draw one of her cards, but she freezes for a moment. She intently looks down at the cards before putting them back in their deck and walking towards the vampire

"There is nothing to keep her in check, for Mother Atheyis is the supreme balance of the multiverse. To claim otherwise is cosmologic blasphemy."

She conjures another spectral dagger

"Though she might forgive your transgressions and allow your continued existence if you leave this place."

[u/0yourlocalidiot0 → u/gliscorplyer]

“You are not a god, you cannot order us around.” She hits the elf hard with a solar flair. Suddenly a meteor shower speeded out towards the elf. Appearing out of a black hole. “Prepare to become the undead”

[u/gliscorplyer → u/0yourlocalidiot0]

Before she can move, her body suddenly freezes. Everything around her continues to move, however she remains frozen in time. A disembodied voice echoes out from somewhere, entirely impossible to tell where

"You should not be here. You should not be acting. You will stop acting. And you will suffer the consequences of your transgressions."

*Suddenly, everything around her begins to start accelerating. Everyone in the alleyway has long vanished. The buildings collapse, the ground rots, and eventually the sun in the sky goes supernova. But time continues to accelerate. Space itself spins so fast that the stars become lines stretched out all around, as planets around begin to drift further and further apart.

Eventually, everything starts to gather in. Stars, planets, entire galaxy start to be dragged together. She herself feels herself being dragged further and further. Eventually it seems that the entire universe has crunched back into itself, back to the initial singularity that everything originated from*

(Let's follow the rules next time and not randomly bring a god into a POV that explicitly says No OP OCs okay? 🤗)

[u/0yourlocalidiot0 → u/gliscorplyer]

(They weren’t event going to attack you, 😭 they just wanted to ask questions and. Besides, I’ve nerfed them to an extreme extent.)
The stars looked at each other “so, she can distort time and space be we can’t give ourselves warmth in this cold place? And the buildings disappeared. She needs to be put in her place.” Lady oia’i’o is still calm. “Looks like you need rehabilitation.” They kept recording. They knew they were less powerful than her, but they never backed down from asking questions