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Old Man got a reaction from Matt the Bruins in Coronavirus
N440K variant prevalent in India has been found to be ten times as infective as previous strains of COVID-19
This is what happens when you turn a virus loose in a billion new hosts.
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Old Man reacted to Cancer in In other news...
No matter what anyone says about the Miracle on Ice, the greatest moments in American Olympic history came in Berlin, 1936.
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Old Man reacted to Sociotard in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
"Timra'Keth, take my fear as offering to thee, I lay it upon thy altar. Timra'Keth, take my fear as offering to thee, I lay it upon thy alter." The child's prayer was the barest of whispers and all that was dared in that dark.
His brother peeked around the corner. "They might not even come in. The peddler said holy places were safe, even from raiders."
The first looked around. The temple was ancient and forgotten by all but the vines consuming it. How often had they passed it without knowing until they'd had to flee the ones burning the village? "If they even recognize it as a temple. What kind of temple just has racks of sticks?"
Was that torchlight? No, not yet. "The Tallywhacker, obviously."
"The guy that gets after mom to pay taxes?"
"What are you, drinking Folly's Communion? The Tallywhacker, god of debts and obligations.
Lore forgets the sneaky,
Mem'ry loses him what ran
But none escape the nick
Of the Tallywhacker Man."
"We hear you little babes. Come out to play!" Trickster's balls, why had he opened his mouth?
"That wasn't a suggestion little babes. Come now, full run, or wait for Vaiyarran's own kiss!" The torchlight on the ceiling went dim for a moment, then flared brighter than ever. He must've set the nick-sticks!
Should he risk looking for another exit? Give up and hope they weren't cannibals?
He didn't have time to wonder. The yellow light of fire went out again, replaced with a brighter flare of blue. A terrible roar answered with a scream that faded to a choke. Then a sort of ripping and splashing.
The two boys held each other in the silence. The blue light fell more harshly on them, and the younger dared look up to see a man clothed in formless radiance. The Tallywhacker held the arm of a raider. He stripped the flesh until the bones of the forearm were bared. He cut a series of notches along each, marked them with some divine script, then split them lengthwise through the notches.
"For services rendered," the voice was a rumble more felt in the gut than heard with the ear, "your foils." The boys received their split bones, and the god vanished.
None escape the nick of the Tallywhacker Man.
Tallywhacker, god of Debts and Obligations
Oddly, this god is worshiped both by creditors who need their debts repaid and by debtors trying to find a way to pay their debts.
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Old Man reacted to Psybolt in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
He is Kulan.
He moves quietly. Words are not usually needed. All eyes are on him.
He is the God of Beauty
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Old Man reacted to Pariah in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
To Light, there is Darkness.
To Joy, there is Sorrow.
To Life, there is Death.
To all things, there is a natural and necessary opposition.
Thus all things are a compound in one.
Lhash'ka, Goddess of Opposition
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Old Man reacted to DShomshak in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
Well, drat. I may have been sniped, since the god I planned was the god of what is most worth fearing:
He is the god to whom no one prays.
Illworker, mortals call him, and Eternal Bane.
Why We Cannot Have Nice Things.
The God Against Whom Gods Strive in Vain.
He that Destroyeth All and Is Unconquered.
The Wise fear him, but say most folk do not fear him enough.
Old priests whisper to novices, with gestures to ward off evil, that his fellow gods address him thus:
Idiot!
Moron!
Imbecile!
You Stupid Git, What Were You Thinking!?
For the name of this god is
FOLLY
He is not the God of Evil, but he is the cause of evil. My entry this year is the God of Stupidity.
Dean Shomshak
I may have to rethink this.
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Old Man reacted to Logan D. Hurricanes in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
Ok, let's try this...
I claim the domain of ChAOs!
Oxymoronic as it may seem, I have a plan.
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Old Man got a reaction from death tribble in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
I swallow worlds, I eat the night There's no end to my appetite Though my thirst is only slight Every being fears my bite No weapon can impede my might Strike me, but I'll win the fight
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Old Man reacted to Hermit in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
The world was not yet formed, it was shapeless and full of potential...
How utterly terrifying. How incredibly uncertain it all was. There was doubt, there was the unknown, there was the anxieties and trepidations that came with it. If the Universe to be was aware at all, it had to sense this and the dread that came with it. Was it any surprise there was Fear?
Her name was Timra'Keth, and she was only going to get stronger
Primary Domain: Fear!
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Old Man got a reaction from Cancer in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)
Meanwhile over Mar-a Lago:
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Old Man reacted to DShomshak in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
As a reference/inspiration source, I bumped forward my Guide to the Gods thread in the FH forum.
Dean Shomshak
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Old Man reacted to Cygnia in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)
4 Dark Realities Of Working In Media In 2021
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Old Man reacted to L. Marcus in World Creation Superdraft 5: May 2021
I want to be God of beige and chartered accountancy.
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