In Case of Rapture (Open)

[Leandre August]

Okay, so, maybe Leandre was supposed to be at school with his brother. . .but maybe, just maybe he didn't want to do that. Maybe he'd been spending these past months trying to understand what being a god meant. So far, he hated it. He felt everything around him. Every ill feeling, every harsh word, every negative thought. . .he absorbed it all. Acting as a sort of otherworldly filter for good and evil, Leandre was quickly forced to learn that there was more evil in the world than innocence. Sin covered everything in a contagious, thick layer. Even the gods themselves were dripping in sin.

Eternal nine-year-old Leandre scaled the steps to Baile Na Deithe, hands in his pockets, shaggy brown hair obscuring his forehead. "Excuse me," he called into the cavernous temple. He had no idea how this worked. Did he just show up and talk to other gods? Did he have to take a number and wait to be called upon? The other gods knew he was a god now. . .right?
"Hello?" he called again, looking very much a prissy Delemater with his blue eyes and skinny build. 

[Shizukesa Ryujin]

"How you are that man's son is still beyond me."

A tall blue haired creature emerged from the temple. It was shizukesa, big old blue dragon son of nature.He looked down at Leandre and smiled. "I held you once you know, when you were a baby and your father showed you off to my mother's prophet, Hana. Youve really grown..well, a little." he chuckled softly. "can i help you around?"

[Rayen Shadowoak]

Speaking of Nature, the mother goddess decided to show herself looking at the boy with a slight tilt of her head she smiles, "Welcome Leandre. I have been awaiting your awakening since you were born, I must say I was not expecting innocence to be so cute. I am Rayen Shadowoak, Goddess of Feminine Nature and Mothers. It is a pleasure to meet you." She bows to the new god, her brunnette hair falling around her shoulders. Her long dress touching the floor, her silver eyes flecked with purple looking at the two. "Hello again Shizukesa."

[Leandre August]

Leandre spun around, startled that not one but TWO people answered his call. Of course they already knew who he was. . .they were gods. Realization finally coming to him, Leandre dropped to one knee and bowed deeply. "Uh, Miss Rayen, Mr. Shizukesa, I've come not only to finally meet as many of you as possible." Being around Rayen and Shizu was nice. They were not saturated with sin. Their souls were pure and clean. It allowed for Leandre to relax a bit more and get a clear mind. "But I also wanted to ask you two some questions."
He pulled his hand from his pocket after standing and raked it through his shaggy, sandy-brown hair. There was a calm collectedness in his Delemater-blue eyes, but it was easy to see that if he'd been led down the wrong path growing up, the Malkavian imbalance could have taken over like wildfire.

[Shizukesa Ryujin]

Shizukesa watched his mother approach and smiled. "Hello Mother, am I not cute?" he joked. When it good company Shizukesa was pleased as punch. Of course Dark chaos and sanity himself was subdued these days so things were extra sane and orderly in the land of the gods. "Well I hope we can answer any you have, and please, do not bow, you are our equal"

[Rayen Shadowoak]

Rayen looks at the two and smiles, "You are in fact cute Shizukesa." She says with a laugh then looks at Leandre, "He is right, I believe there are very few gods that enjoy being bowed to by other gods, I know it drives Yoya up a wall, it's why I do it." She says with a playful wink. She looks at Leandre, "Hm, well me and Shizu can give you a tour. Should be fairly easy. The goddesses of love were around here somewhere just a minute ago, but they are probably playing hide and seek. You might get along with them.

[Leandre August]

Leandre jumped up. "Oh, no, I can't be your equal. . ." He tipped his head back to take in the tall drink of water that Shizu was. "You're too tall for us to be equal."
At once, Leandre moved to Rayen's side and slid his hand in hers. She was GORGEOUS, how was he NOT supposed to hold her hand? Trying to sound mature, the tiny Delemater cleared his throat and began, "It has come to attention that there is an excess of sin not only among the people of the mortal world, but also among the gods. I can. . .I guess I can feel it. I don't know how. . .but I know it's there. Who is the policing force among you? Who regulates the awfulness?" His freckled cheeks flooded with color. He was afraid he'd said too much too fast. "It's just. . .I want to make things better."

[Shizukesa Ryujin]

Shizukesa just smiled in his sagely way and nodded. "As you wish Leandre. As for the policing force? I would say that is Tyr, god of justice. I myself am order but he is in charge of righting the discords among us or directly against us. " he smiled at the little god. "It is good to hear that you wish to make things better, it is a tremendous relief to see that kind of zeal from a good soul."

[Rayen Shadowoak]

Rayen holds his hand and looks to Shizukesa, "I believe we should avoid Nadja at all costs because of his relation to sin and the fact she might as well be sin. There is the god of Sin Lazarus, bit we should save him for last."

[Leandre August]

Leandre looked up at Shizu and smiled, but Rayen's following words wiped the expression away. He looked twice his age when he frowned. . .more of his father showed through. "Miss Nadja. . .she is the first goddess I met. I saw good in her soul, but she is very troubled and unbalanced." He squeezed Rayen's hand and continued walking. "The God of Sin?" he asked, face scrunching up as though he'd tasted something terrible and sour. "Is he celebrated? Or even allowed here?"
The second-tiniest god sighed. "I guess. . .I don't understand why they're gods."

[Shizukesa Ryujin]

Shizukesa nodded in agreement with Rayen."To think there was once a time when I was off arresting that woman. But Leandre you must understand one thing about us. For all the good there must be those who can govern the bad. There is nature, my father and he has the evil and the pure serving him, for nature is both black and white. I am order and sanity, dark is insanity and disorder, there is Lazaraus but then there is Ga, he was the last to join before you."

[Rayen Shadowoak]

Rayen nods looking at Leandre. "For everything in the world there is a counterpart. Even for you, and while some consider it to be sin, I do not. The opposite of innocence is... well in my opinion it is a mixture of different gods Lazarus included but not just him by himself. The gods are very nice." A young girl with jet black hair and eyes that were unnaturally blue walks up holding the hand of another girl, "Hello we are love."

[Leandre August]

"But the influence of some gods are stronger than the influence of others. There's no balance in that!"
Leandre looked troubled for a while, but then the two girls walked up to introduce themselves, and the tiny Malkavian smiled. "Hi. . .I'm Leandre. I'm innocence." His cheeks burned red and he glanced away bashfully.

[Shizukesa Ryujin]

Shizukesa laughed boisterously, his voice booming as Leandre blushed. "We should point him in the direction of Ga. He is soothing. But, i like your ambition little one. we should really step up more. We have been sitting back to avoid being too great an influence but if we do too little the balance does shift."

[Rayen Shadowoak]

Rayen watches Rini and Miku. They were eternally 8 as well Rini looks to her lighter counterpart and giggles before looking back to Leandre, "I am Nerine Shadowheart. This is my Miku." She says with a smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you, maybe we can play one day." She says before looking back to Miku to give a reassuring smile. Her eyes move to Shizukesa, "Uncle my mommy would like you to stop by later she is not at peace." Rini was a normally quiet girl with a playful attitude, she was also a necromancer from the time she was born, yet still came off as innocent even though her area of love was dark.

Rayen looks at Leandre smiling, "Rini and Miku are both good kids, there are a few other gods your age here as well."