[Phone Call to Lilith]

...pick up... Please, pick up...

Okay, what in the blue hell is this shit? I was looking at a sweet bike online when this thing came on.

Uh... Lilith? I know he has a habit of keeping to himself, but... seriously, I haven't seen Max all day. Not even to eat. Have you?

Ah... Queen Mab? I'd like to arrange for an audience with you and the rest of your pantheon as soon as is convenient.

[JC]

ladies, i do hate to be a bother, but there m i g h t be some things that we need to be discussing, as we're fucking stuck here.

group -sex meeting? lsfefsg; fml.

also, we have weed. weed.

[HEL]

find anything else interesting laying around, lately?

! R E A L I Z A T I O N :

where is my Asbestos?

[Lilith]

fucking jesus what did you do to m-

I woke up with-

You know how you're supposed to call the hospital if it's been more than four h-

You have the strangest abilities.

i understand waking up and not remembering where you are,

but this is a little ridiculous.

[.ynnuf leef i]

[JC PANTHEON]
huh. you both all alive?
awake?

i'm looooosing my miiiiiiiind, aren't iiiiiii?

A Christian Nation.

That is what the FFCF and it's leader are constantly calling the USA. A Christian Nation. It's figurehead, Mimi Osmond, has been bashing the American public over the head with this message so hard and so often, I wonder if that's how she thinks she'll get people to believe her. And in truth, I think she has the right idea. For an educated populace to suddenly toss out the facts of history, disregarding it completely, brain damage seems like the best method.

The current "Threat To America", the apparent reappearance of Old World gods, has the FFCF and other groups like it, up in a tizzy. The need to reaffirm that this is a Christian Nation has become absolutely vital with their arrival. And that's because we, the American People, have no business believing in "False Gods".

We are a sinful country, and we stray from the right path. But not to worry! We have groups like the FFCF that are around to guide us back to the proper path. Whether we believe in it or not.

Forget Freedom of Religion. Forget that the Founding Father's of our nation explicitly stated that religion has no place in government. After all, who actually read the Treaty of Tripoli? Just because it's archived in D.C. doesn't mean John Adams' statement that "the government of the United States, is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion" is something we should pay attention to. And that Thomas Jefferson fellow was probably just having a laugh when he wrote that "our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinion."

To believe this nonsense is just a stretch. Let's look back to the Equinox. If there was a time for "God" to bring down his wrath, don't you think that would have been the time? If it really bothered "God" that all these various deities were popping up, he probably would have done something about it then. Wouldn't he?

Or, perhaps, my free thinkers, the concept of Freedom of Religion was just handed to us on a silver platter. Deities from multiple old religions were revealed. How earth shattering it must be to learn that, as much as you tried to brow beat it in to us that there is only ONE god, you are absolutely wrong. These people are scrambling to pick up the pieces of their cracked glass house.

So when it comes down to it, the FFCF and other groups like it are absolutely terrified of losing their power base. Wouldn't you be too, if every god, but the one you've spent thousands of years forcing people to worship through various methods, suddenly showed up and waved hello? Osmond claims the Wrath of God is upon us. What is really upon us is a revolution of thought. The way we perceive the world is changing. Mystery is coming back into the world. The real question is, how will we approach it; with curiosity or with fear?

"...well, it's just downright alarming that, as a good Christian nation, we're being invaded by these upstarts! God said 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me,' and that's exactly what they're trying to do! We are inviting God's judgment down upon ourselves, our families, our very nation if we continue letting them gallivant about unchecked! Someone needs to do something, and soon, to put these so-called gods back in their place!"

[It was right at the end of their trip when Esther had been able to slip away from the rest of her group to do a little "tourist sightseeing." She couldn't quite place it, but there was a... tone? Maybe? in the back of her mind. It only got stronger, more like a vibration, as she headed out toward Ayers Rock. And then... She found it.

Well, officially speaking, she "heard" it first, and then almost tripped over the partially-buried object. Clearing away the dirt with her hands, she managed to unearth it--about the size of a dinner plate, and unlike anything she'd ever seen. Surreptitiously tucking it into her jacket, she managed to get it safely back with her...]

[Filter: JCs]
Hey, guys? Found it.

Evening, Ms. Morgenstern. It's been awhile since we've spoken.

[Filtered to JCs]

I think there's a possibility our object might be Down Under. As it turns out, I have the opportunity to go as a diplomatic attache to Australia next week. I'll take a look while I'm there in case anything turns up.

Hello, Godlings. Have you all been playing nicely together? I do hope so. You'll need to.

You've done well otherwise so far. Finding your lost treasures. But those won't be enough. There is more to find.

[Filter: Celts]
A secret has been lost in Eire, and it sings where the living voices went silent.

[Filter: Egyptians]
Once your blood ran through the veins of kings, and their power remains there buried. Find it, and it is yours again.

[Filter: Greeks]
Westward where the son of Troy, and the children of Venus and Mars brought forth their power, a piece remains.

[Filter: Hindu]
Far in the East, near where warriors come forth from the earth, a touch of power remains. Its music can make you dance again.

[Filter: Judeo-Christians]
You must seek the song in the wilderness again to find the lost power, far to the Devil's own continent.

[Filter: Norse]
The mountains hold secrets again, high in the clouds, but you must go south to seek the power that was lost. It sings in the shadow of the lost city.

[/filters]

Remember. You must strike while the time is hot. Let it grow cool, and it may slip through your fingers.

This is my new favorite thing. Fuck. I don't even know. I'm not even big on video games, but fuck...experimental video game themes remixed into witch house-y chiptune drone goodness? Fuck yeah.

& I love the fuck out of Spell Hound right now. So fucking trippy.

[Filtered to Judeo-Christian Pantheon]

So. What the fuck-i mean- ^Er.

Do either of you happen to have any plans if shit really hits the fan?

(just curious.)

Fucking shit. If they've gotten sentient enough to start sending me e-mails, I think I'm fucked.

tHeRe. I played along. I did the registering thing. I posted. Now please, stop.

Wonderful. Just when I thought that they were going to try and get back to important issues... A bill is being proposed now that would require all of us to register ourselves as godlings. With our names, addresses, and powers. So the entire world would know who we are, where we live and what we can do.

I promise, I'm doing what I can to fight it.

Well, this is certainly not how I saw my day going. Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate a joke, but when it hinders my job it becomes..irritating. So could someone kindly explain what is going on here?

[Those opposed to the rise of the godlings continue to get louder and more prominent.

Godlings who have been outted in the public eye will begin receiving anonymous threatening letters and have protesters standing outside their homes and businesses...]

"We have to let them know they aren't welcome among us. That this is a Christian nation with no room for their kind! The Foundation for Christian Families will not stand for it!"

--Mimi Osmond

In Washington

"...yes, I absolutely believe that these... things are a menace to America. Their very existence is an attack on the American Bill of Rights, forcing millions of Americans to be told that their beliefs are wrong. And that just cannot be allowed. We need to set up watchgroups. At the very least, we need to identify, tag and monitor them. They could come from anywhere at any time, and God only knows what havoc they can cause."

--Roger Warren, Head of the Joint Chiefs of staff, at a press conference.




In Alabama

"...Well, it is simply un-Christian for these people to be saying and doing what they are! Trying to put themselves before God and Jesus! Affecting our weather patterns and causing miracles? We here at the Foundation promise that we will fight to put an end to all this, so help us God!"

--Mimi Osmond, leader of the Foundation for Christian Families

So... things I've learned in the past couple weeks:

It is amazing how many drinks strangers will buy for you when you're dressed up like a Persian courtesan and saying it's part of your birthday celebration.

Also, it only takes fewer than two dozen godlings to catch the attention of the world.

...and that leads me to the last thing... Godlings... we've got a problem. No joking.