♬ Second Score ; Written ♬

[secretpotion]

❝In the beginning, there was only
a churning turmoil of chaos.
At the heart of chaos, where all
things became one, appeared an Egg.
Having tumbled from the vortex, the
Egg gave rise to the Original One.
From itself, two beings the Original
One did make.
Time started to spin.
Space began to expand.
From itself

Comments

[aurathread]

I don't know about the real world, but there's a fictional mythology in The World - which is a game I play - about the creation of it. It doesn't go into much detail, but the elemental gods of The World are real and can be summoned by players who have gotten to a high enough level to learn those spells. There's Wryneck, the Spirit of Darkness; Yarthkins, the Spirit of Earth; Vulcan, the Spirit of Fire; Lanceor, the Spirit of Thunder; Merrows, the Spirit of Water; and Krake, the Spirit of Wood. There's also the Cross-legged God Hebiguso, who is higher than all of those and can't be summoned.

[secretpotion]

Ah, I love fantasy novels. Fantasy stories in general! People have such lovely imaginations.

[aurathread]

They can, yeah. I think there might have been more detail planned about the backstory, but it didn't really get developed. The creator of the game... if I met who I think I did, I'm pretty sure he went crazy either just before or just after finishing the game.

[secretpotion]

Oh, interesting! That just makes it more mysterious...

[aurathread]

There's a lot of mysteries about The World. Some of them might have been better if they were kept secret, but there's not much that can be done about that now.

[secretpotion]

Like what, if I may be so bold to ask?

[aurathread]

Like artificial intelligences that can trap players in the game, or monsters that can hurt players so badly they fall into comas in the real world.

[secretpotion]

Sounds like a science fiction novel.

[aurathread]

I guess, but it really happened to me.

[secretpotion]

...Really...

[There's a question of how, why, and what happened. There's also a bit of disbelief.]

[aurathread]

Yeah. I wouldn't make something like that up.

[secretpotion]

I'm sorry to say, I don't think I know you quite well enough to say that.

[aurathread]

I guess you have a point.

[secretpotion]

But that doesn't mean I never will.