The Gods of ArrKelaan on The Duck : Consequences

Milky at 7:25PM, July 16, 2008

I'm excited!! Returning to good ol' P.E.

Spaghettios at 5:00PM, July 16, 2008

Well, no place on the surface of Earth... [url]http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%2B1%C2%B0+14%27+%2B103% C2%B0+55%27&ie=UTF8&ll=1.265042,103.883972&spn=0.1 53085,0.179558&t=h&z=12[/url]

Whezzy at 8:37AM, July 16, 2008

very intriguing!

Talekyn at 8:14PM, July 15, 2008

I'm loving the slow build suspense of this!

Eleika at 6:29PM, July 15, 2008

Whoops, forgot to add a rating ... (I just love how all the old-Earth mythology is being tied in!)

Eleika at 6:27PM, July 15, 2008

Oh, jeez. Baaaahahahahaha. Naturally, a god like him would become a computer hacker. Heheheh. Yay! He's one of my favorite from the Greek pantheon. ;)

Philosopher guy at 3:48PM, July 15, 2008

But he won't say his ferslugginer name! Prove me right already!

Evil Emperor Nick at 2:52PM, July 15, 2008

Rippy while that theory makes some amount of sense it doesn't seem to fit a few facts. 1. Ronson isn't worshiped on earth (or anywhere for the most part right now) so it would make no sense to capture him. 2. By keeping these minor gods locked what little following they have would be reduced to null meaing if that were the case Satan should go around impersonating the captured gods to increase output. 3. Lots of gods have become more popular recently with the rise of Wikka and Neo-Pagans and other religions but this hasn't enabled pantheons to return. 4. The Gods of ArrKelaan have little to no worship yet it is implied the planet has "Chosen" them and is rejecting other gods. At least that is my take off of Inti's dialog. 5. Since Vulcan there is the man behind the curtain poping back to earth and all he should have a fairly strong following and yet he is probably one of the least popular Greek/Roman gods. 6. This story takes place in the future where they've met aliens and human are expanding into the stars. If it was based on raw numbers worshipers shouldn't be that big of a problem just due to the logical population explosion. If they could round up enough faithful in anchient countires with low birth rates and high mortality then in a future with humans expanding all over the place they should be able to scrape together some decent numbers to compair against. 7. These are actual physical gods, not metaphisical ones. If people start doubting them and endangering their "control" or whatever they god just shows up a personally and splatters the doubters, performs a few tricks and then flies off. The shouldn't have any problem racking but belief points anywhere. -------- Sraw: That might not apply due to this story clearly taking place in the future or and alternate universe. You would have to adjust for continental drift.

The_Rippy_One at 10:14AM, July 15, 2008

none of the gods were getting enough belief to sustain thier world view in the face of change, but every god gets a little, so the Satanic machine steals the little bit each of the trap gods recieve, transfers it to maintain the Satanic Paradigm, and thus allows the Cadre to maintain a lock on Earth. The conjoined Greco-Roman, Norse, etc. does the same thing by having many gods to maintain a much smaller "world" view - but they are all at least mildly divergent views, and thus not as effective. Next time on Wild Speculation Theater - Is the Ageis really the worlds best under wire?!

jay raj at 7:23AM, July 15, 2008

Oooh, the suspense is killing me.

Steely Gaze at 5:38AM, July 15, 2008

Wow, a lot of cryptic dialog on this page. I'm still unsure of what this system has to do with the grand scheme of things, but I think Ronson's in the same stew. He'd better be paying close attention, because this might all come back to bite him very soon.... I liked the "log into my account" line. :)

Greyman at 1:17AM, July 15, 2008

... hmm...

skythorn at 12:02AM, July 15, 2008

Hell needs a devil - a devil dead is replaced by the person who killed them ... sounds like a set-up-job to me. noiiice plot twist tho

Sraw Man at 11:22PM, July 14, 2008

Since you can kinda see this in the sneak preview: [spoiler] It's Singapore! (The actual coordinates send them to the bay, but hey - they're gods, they'll float.) [url] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1.233333333333333,103.91 6666666666666&ie=UTF8&ll=1.351193,103.916931&spn=1 .260304,2.406006&z=9&iwloc=addr [/url] [/spoiler]