Domain

[aestrix]

It's not common, for a god to leave their domain. The risk of losing a manifested form, while recoverable, is annoying, and a significant drawback. But it has been known, rarely, to happen. Sometimes, gods need to be do something important outside of their domain, and there are no acolytes or priests capable. Sometimes, a god is desperate enough to act as their own missionary. Sometimes, a god has no acolytes, and must accomplish all of the duties an acolyte would by themselves.

Raezenoth? Is bored. He has run out of things to do, and Idania is busy. With her boyfriend. Again. He would damn him, if he did not make her so happy.

He decides to go through a portal an explore. It's not without forethought, he's not stupid, he avoids the witch's world with its 'soul-pets' and the worlds where he could potentially be under threat, or expected to hide. That leaves, quite neatly, exactly one. Medallion and the daeva's set of worlds are dangerous and flying in public is considered abnormal. Spellbinders take time to charge their spells, and so he has time to react to them. The same is not true of Prime's world, though that's his second option. The world with spellbinders is his first.

That is why Katydid and Rain get a divine visitor.

"Hello," he says, as if his behavior is utterly normal.

Comments

[come_midnight]

"Yes. Spring doesn't seem to think he's dangerous or anything."

[royal_obligation]

"Right, just - that's - not how I was expecting my morning to go. Is he planning on doing anything here?"

[come_midnight]

"Exploring, he said. People will figure he's a spellbinder if he doesn't talk to them."

[royal_obligation]

"Huh. Well. Okay then. We'll just. Have the personified god as a visitor. Is - do we have to worry about Cricket insulting him...?"

[come_midnight]

"I don't think so. He can understand Cricket, but according to Spring he doesn't like being - handled with reverence? Cricket might be a bit much if they wind up not getting along, but I don't think he'll actually do any harm if that happens."

[royal_obligation]

"All right. I'll stop worrying over it. Out loud."

[come_midnight]

Iobel pats him on the shoulder. "He's been here for a while, and nothing has happened yet. Cricket isn't visibly displeased, even."

[royal_obligation]

"Good." Pause. ".... I haven't asked, and I should. Has his opinion of me gotten less terrible lately? I've just avoided talking to him."

[come_midnight]

"Cricket's? Yes. He has almost entirely stopped referring to you with uncomplimentary epithets."

[royal_obligation]

"Oh, good. Those were distressing."

[come_midnight]

"I wouldn't draw his attention to it, though, if I were you."

[royal_obligation]

"I wasn't planning to. There was a reason why I wasn't asking him."

[come_midnight]

"Yeah. I am sorry about him."

[royal_obligation]

"I know. It's not your fault."

Hmmm. He thinks it's appropriate to hug her at this particular moment of time. So he goes and does that!

[come_midnight]

Hug!

[royal_obligation]

Snuggle, snuggle.

"We have strange problems," he snickers.

[come_midnight]

"What, visiting gods and rude cats?"

[royal_obligation]

"Mhm. I'm not complaining, just observing."

[come_midnight]

"We could have ordinary problems instead. We could run out of pepper and bicker over the covers at night and have contrary opinions on our respective family members."

[royal_obligation]

"Pass. Those sound like boring problems. Also, one of us would have to not hate my father, and I don't want either of us to be consigned to that fate."

[come_midnight]

"Very well, I will go on despising him."

[royal_obligation]

"Good, good. We can be united in hatred."

[come_midnight]

"It will be a bonding exercise."

[royal_obligation]

"Bonding! Hurray!"

[come_midnight]

She giggles and squeezes him. "If we think of five more we get a prize?"