Fortune! How fortunate that I am blessed with your, uh, presence.
[ there now maybe she won't smite him. ]
Yes. I mean, not at the moment, my father punished me by making me mortal. [ said forlornly, like this was the Cruelest Thing ] But! Usually, yes. Why? Do you need some advice, god to god?
[ like girl talk but for immortals. god talk. 100% more gossip about boys, probably. ]
[actually that is exactly why she's here. what is he, the god of prophecy or something?]
Well... yes.
[this seems like a bad idea]
In my world, they called me the Child of the Gods, but... I've never actually been a god before now. And I need to prove I'm the best choice, so I can get followers again and win this. I thought I'd ask someone who has experience.
[ honestly he's surprised too. like, when was the last time someone wanted his advice? certainly not since he's been mortal.
this is the best idea, fortune. ]
Then you have come to the best person. I am [ was ] a very popular god! Tell me, Fortune, what are your attributes? Skill in games of chance? Money? Mortals love gambling and money.
but fortune seems to think it's a good idea, because she stays exactly where she is and continues this discussion like it's the most serious thing in the world]
It's luck. Both good and bad - but I'd prefer to give people good luck than bad luck, if I can help it.
That's good! People love getting nice things from gods. Though [ don't ] doing horrible things to people does tend to get them to fervently pray for you to stop, then they'll worship you to avoid your wrath!
Well, yes, you shouldn't smite your most devout worshipers, really. That's not great.
But since you control luck, if one of your worshipers is maybe not worshiping enough or doing something you don't like, you give them some truly rotten luck.
Then they'll be like "oh Fortune, why do you do this to me?" and you tell them to sacrifice a child to you, or whatever. And spread the word of your luckiness, to gain more worshipers. Then you give them the best luck!
But here's the thing, if you give them good luck when they aren't worshiping, then you run the risk of them thinking they're making their own luck-- that they don't need you, that they never did, maybe even that you weren't ever real.
[ really, how many people still worship the olympians? it's not like when they were back in greece, the numero unos of the ancient world. and now... well. not quite as hardcore. he thinks of the sunrises that continue, with or without him behind the wheel of the sun chairot.
he thinks of helios, who lost his aspect to apollo, and ended up just pure angry sun energy that was going to be used to turn a shitty roman emperor into a god. ]
Well! One thing is to have demigod children, who remind their fellows of your greatness, especially if they perform great feats-- my half-brother Heracles, for example, everyone remembers who he was and who his father was, because of the things he did.
Being a god sounds more complicated than I realized. [Fortune is. Probably not ready to start popping out a bunch of demigods, but...] Is it really that important to have demigod children...?
Oh... no. None of us knew each other before we ascended.
[welp]
So this is new to a lot of us. I appreciate your advice. [Her voice sounds like she's smiling.] I have until Sunday to convince some of you to join me... so I need to get very good at being a god in a short time.
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[ there now maybe she won't smite him. ]
Yes. I mean, not at the moment, my father punished me by making me mortal. [ said forlornly, like this was the Cruelest Thing ] But! Usually, yes. Why? Do you need some advice, god to god?
[ like girl talk but for immortals. god talk. 100% more gossip about boys, probably. ]
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Well... yes.
[this seems like a bad idea]
In my world, they called me the Child of the Gods, but... I've never actually been a god before now. And I need to prove I'm the best choice, so I can get followers again and win this. I thought I'd ask someone who has experience.
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this is the best idea, fortune. ]
Then you have come to the best person. I am [ was ] a very popular god! Tell me, Fortune, what are your attributes? Skill in games of chance? Money? Mortals love gambling and money.
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but fortune seems to think it's a good idea, because she stays exactly where she is and continues this discussion like it's the most serious thing in the world]
It's luck. Both good and bad - but I'd prefer to give people good luck than bad luck, if I can help it.
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That's good! People love getting nice things from gods. Though [ don't ] doing horrible things to people does tend to get them to fervently pray for you to stop, then they'll worship you to avoid your wrath!
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Aren't gods supposed to protect their worshipers...?
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But since you control luck, if one of your worshipers is maybe not worshiping enough or doing something you don't like, you give them some truly rotten luck.
Then they'll be like "oh Fortune, why do you do this to me?" and you tell them to sacrifice a child to you, or whatever. And spread the word of your luckiness, to gain more worshipers. Then you give them the best luck!
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[um.]
Wouldn't just starting out by giving them good luck when they stopped worshiping get them to start worshiping again...?
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[ he smiles ]
But here's the thing, if you give them good luck when they aren't worshiping, then you run the risk of them thinking they're making their own luck-- that they don't need you, that they never did, maybe even that you weren't ever real.
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Has that happened before...? What did you do?
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[ really, how many people still worship the olympians? it's not like when they were back in greece, the numero unos of the ancient world. and now... well. not quite as hardcore. he thinks of the sunrises that continue, with or without him behind the wheel of the sun chairot.
he thinks of helios, who lost his aspect to apollo, and ended up just pure angry sun energy that was going to be used to turn a shitty roman emperor into a god. ]
Well! One thing is to have demigod children, who remind their fellows of your greatness, especially if they perform great feats-- my half-brother Heracles, for example, everyone remembers who he was and who his father was, because of the things he did.
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[hm.]
Being a god sounds more complicated than I realized. [Fortune is. Probably not ready to start popping out a bunch of demigods, but...] Is it really that important to have demigod children...?
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You could gather a sort of cohort of followers like that, a little gang! Make them immortal, have them follow you around.
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[a family that won't uP AND LEAVE YOU. what must that be like, she wonders.]
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[ are u okay fortune ]
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[welp]
So this is new to a lot of us. I appreciate your advice. [Her voice sounds like she's smiling.] I have until Sunday to convince some of you to join me... so I need to get very good at being a god in a short time.