Hybrid Kingdom PSL

[no1likeme]

{ the “beach” episode }
for some more light-hearted/chaotic stuff happening at the hotel throughout the plot

Comments

[theurgie]

I wonder if destruction was an unforeseen side effect. It doesn't seem tome that chaos has to inherently be destructive.

(( But he'd concede that his experience with such things is vastly limited by his short lifespan and the mere fact that he's human. ))

I only say that because I agree with you. It seems that nourishing growth and progress does take more time and energy.

[multifoodinous]

There is some logic to built-in destruction as well - raze the forest to nourish the soil, bring the storm to clear the stagnant air, that sort of notion.

[Inari rests his chin on his palm, idly tapping his jawline with his fingertips.]

Wouldn't it be a shame if the answer was as simple as... "well, gods can become madmen just as easily as humans," and the one who happened to lose his mind had destructive chaos as his dominion? With a different roll of the dice, we might've had a profusion of nature or a baby boom instead.

[theurgie]

That's a downright terrifying thought.

(( Not the profusion of nature, the part about gods going mad. Who can say if it's a possibility or if it's happened before. Maybe that last Earthly extinction event wasn't the randomness of the universe but some mad, sad, or bored gad deciding they wanted a reset. Could it really be that easy? No, it can't have been if it's belief that fuels them. Things to keep him up another night at another time. ))

Is it different with you? My understanding of o-kami is limited.

[multifoodinous]

Ah, my kind are very flexible when compared to other traditions that have named gods among their higher beings. There are fixed figures among us, of course - creators, the sun and moon, familiar faces to any pantheon - but as for myself, my dominion has changed countless times as the needs of my people have grown and evolved.

[Inari smiles, warm and good-natured.]

I am no more and no less than one who can grant the people what they require to survive and thrive, if they be willing to humble themselves and ask. Well, and offer a little something in return, but I like to think I'm not overly greedy.

[theurgie]

(( Interesting. And smart, actually. Assuming most deities are bound to the same sort of linear experience of time as humans are, how any any foresee how their people might change? ))

I believe our scientists might call that evolution.