The Park, Friday evening
Throughout the day, the park had slowly begun to sink. Not only in terms of the amount of water, but also in terms of the ground itself seeming to shift and lower.
With a heavy rumble, what seemed to be a large sand castle rose from the spot that had previously been the location of the duck pond. The doors to the castle burst open and a glowing man who somewhat resembled a bearded fish raced out, riding a chariot pulled by two giant seahorses.
"People of Fandom! Poseidon, God of the Sea, the Earth-Shaker, speaks to you now!" he called out to nobody in particular. He was making a godly decree. Good godly decrees didn't necessarily need an immediate audience. "You have wronged creatures of my domain and so you have wronged me! Since all of this rain that you have mysteriously had over the past few days has covered your precious island in water, I'm declaring it to be part of the sea. That means it's mine. My people will be moving in overnight. Don't mind them, they just need places to stay, and since I now own everything here they can stay wherever they want. If anyone sees a groundhog, please bring it to me for punishment. The reward will be a dolphin ride. That is all in terms of announcements for right now. Thank you and have a good night."
"Oh, before I forget, if you're far too attached to moving around on land and don't have sea transportation ready, don't worry. You're denizens of my realm now and if you're too lazy to swim, there will be rafts available for your use." Poseidon did his best to be a decent guy, even if he was a wrathful god.
With that, Poseidon's chariot turned around and charged back into the castle where the doors promptly shut.
[OOC: The flood begins in earnest overnight as the mer-people and giant sea creatures move in. We'll have a listing of what's completely underwater and what can be found there up sometime late tonight or early tomorrow. That's just about all you need at the moment, I think, so have fun.
Oh, and you can feel free to have someone near the park to hear Poseidon's address if you want your character to know about this right away. If not, the information will get out before tomorrow anyway.]
With a heavy rumble, what seemed to be a large sand castle rose from the spot that had previously been the location of the duck pond. The doors to the castle burst open and a glowing man who somewhat resembled a bearded fish raced out, riding a chariot pulled by two giant seahorses.
"People of Fandom! Poseidon, God of the Sea, the Earth-Shaker, speaks to you now!" he called out to nobody in particular. He was making a godly decree. Good godly decrees didn't necessarily need an immediate audience. "You have wronged creatures of my domain and so you have wronged me! Since all of this rain that you have mysteriously had over the past few days has covered your precious island in water, I'm declaring it to be part of the sea. That means it's mine. My people will be moving in overnight. Don't mind them, they just need places to stay, and since I now own everything here they can stay wherever they want. If anyone sees a groundhog, please bring it to me for punishment. The reward will be a dolphin ride. That is all in terms of announcements for right now. Thank you and have a good night."
"Oh, before I forget, if you're far too attached to moving around on land and don't have sea transportation ready, don't worry. You're denizens of my realm now and if you're too lazy to swim, there will be rafts available for your use." Poseidon did his best to be a decent guy, even if he was a wrathful god.
With that, Poseidon's chariot turned around and charged back into the castle where the doors promptly shut.
[OOC: The flood begins in earnest overnight as the mer-people and giant sea creatures move in. We'll have a listing of what's completely underwater and what can be found there up sometime late tonight or early tomorrow. That's just about all you need at the moment, I think, so have fun.
Oh, and you can feel free to have someone near the park to hear Poseidon's address if you want your character to know about this right away. If not, the information will get out before tomorrow anyway.]