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| Action Id: 1201 | Crisis: | Participants: Ian | |
| Status: Resolved | Submitted: Sept. 21, 2017, 3:21 p.m. | Public: True | GM: Puffin |
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Action by Ian
After Ian got hurt, he made a conscious choice to avoid bitterness towards the gods (and Mangata in particular) by choosing to believe that they're out there, yes, but they don't get involved in human affairs. Thus, the fact that Mangata wasn't there to either catch him or just let him die was unremarkable. He's clung to the belief ever since that what happened to him was nobody's fault, that sometimes shit just happens and there's nothing for it but to keep going as best as possible.
But now, Mangata's touch seems to be everywhere (the statue is glowing, for crying out loud), and has grown beyond even Ian's ability to put out of his mind. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that the gods DO intercede. So that old bitterness is coming back again, right when he's also dealing with the helpless feeling of having to stay behind while the people he cares about fight and risk their lives.
Ian's strong, but he's not made of stone, and he's going to have, however briefly, a crisis of faith. He's going to stumble over the uneven sand to the statue, telling himself that he just wants to see it with his own eyes. But once he's there, facing a glowing image of the goddess, he's finally going to crack and ask that question that he hasn't let himself ask in the years since he got hurt: "Where were you?"
Now, Ian's not expecting an answer to this question, not really. He's only even letting himself ask it in a moment of weakness. Ian's player (me) isn't necessarily expecting an answer, although an answer might make for some interesting character development. But I don't want to RP that Ian demanded an explanation from Mangata and got silence in return if that's not what would happen.
Result
As Ian's prayer touches his lips a gust of wind has him stumbling and he reaches out automatically to brace himself on the statue. What comes to him is a vision - the great leviathan of the Abyss is hungry, devouring everything Ian has ever known, ever loved, and there suddenly he sees the manifestation of Mangata, placing herself between the Abyss and the world, struggling to hold back the starving creature that would devour the world in a titanic battle that is clearly more than she can handle alone. Some small part whispers to Ian, sounding reproachful, "Where was I? Where were you?"