somewhere else...

"everyone, praise the return!"

"""praise the return"""

"praise the return of the gods of the mortal realm!"

"""All hail the one named rai"""

thirteen.

the castle is dark and damp, as it usually is. there is nothing wrong with the atmosphere of the 13th floor. yet I can't shake the feeling that something is going to happen today.

"thirteen! grand priest one has requested you."

the castle belongs to the cult of rhs. although I am the thirteenth bishop, I still don't know what those three letters mean. I have a name, it's William kerreor, but ever since I was sold into slavery and bought by the cult, it has been removed. instead all members are called by their rank number.

walking down the moist hallway, a preaching is going under way, I stay away from the door to attempt to reduce the mind magic emanating from the hall.

"you wanted to see me one?"

grand priest one is an old man now, the gray hair he now has doesn't reflect his energy.

"yes, I do. It seems that your previous estimate for the great ones power, was... insufficient, to say the least."

"so what does that mean?"

"it means that now that we know that you were wrong, we need someone with a better understanding of power."

bad, bad, bad, bad, this is bad. if the grand priest says that someone is no longer needed. than that person is never seen again.

"of course sir."

leaving the hall, with effort not to rouse suspicion. I turn the corner and sprint like a madman.

"halt! thirteen you are to come with us."

without thinking I punch the guard strait in the nose and continue running.

"stop him!"

taking the sword from a decorative set of armour, I break a window and use it to scale down the wall safely. I chose a direction and started running again.

rai's view.

shivers, I haven't gotten them for the past 15 days ever since I became, well basically a god. something important is happening.

[hi rai.]

wat?

[it's me, the one who gave you your new powers.]

oh. why did you give me more power than you?

[strait forward are we? well it's boring being out side of existance... that and M's been bored too... hey don't take the- *obnoxious crackling sound* hello rai. Sara stole my microphone again.]

what do you mean again?

[I mean she's done this before...]

wait... old guy?

[I'm not old! I tried to sound wise, it backfired apparently.]

so... did something important happen, and why does this feel like an info dump.

[all I can say for now is yes, and this is not an info dump... it's a plot filler, there's a difference.]

so I'm just going to ignore you now and get back to my procrastinating.

[fair enough]

"hey rai! why'd you do that? I wanted to fight too!"

"how did you find me? I got three rooms just in case someone wanted to make me do something."

she looked like she was deciding to eather lie or change the topic.

"anyways, can you come to the guild please? I want to see you do the thing..."

I bet 20 dollars that something is going to happen and I'm going to have to do more than just walk and shapeshift.