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Divine Intervention

A 5-post collection

Challenge #04663-L279: Desperate Measures

Lady Death goes by many names. The Goddess of Death, she listens to all. And when this Rogue, nearing the isle, called out her name and said At least you saw fit to let us through, she responded. "I have always watched over your kind. I am impartial, mostly. Though more of your kind deserve reward in the next life than many I have met, it seems. Allow me to be your patron, and I shall give you a boon."

To their credit, when accepting, the Rogue held only worry. "Can we get out of here after without our old crate falling apart?" -- Anon Guest

The weather started getting rough half an hour ago. Their tiny ship was tossed about like a toy in a bathtub. Their idiot Paladin leader insisted that they forge ahead, and the Rogue Kuttapurs was left to tend the helm. Kuttapurs was proficient with a number of vehicles, and always got the short end of the stick when it came to navigating something through a set of surprise hazards.

Visions of midnight murder fueling her determination, Kuttapurs clung to the wheel. Begging every god she could name for their mercy. Including the one that the living should never name out loud.

She who only answered one prayer - Not today, - and she often didn't answer it favourably. Nevertheless, when Kuttapurs begged Ereshkygal, piling on benevolent superlatives, the clouds parted and the seas settled a little. For the first time, Kuttapurs heard the voice of a god ringing in her head.

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Challenge #04237-K219: Word From on High

It was heard though out the world, although it echoed into every corner only Priests, Gurus, Rabbis, and other religious leaders heard that claim:

Humanity evolution is not yours to command. -- Anon Guest

The first question was the most controversial - Was that the voice of God? Or, to be more accurate - Was that the voice of my God? The arguments broke out almost immediately.

Wars may or may not be in the offing.

They almost forgot to debate the

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Challenge #04212-K194: Help From an Old God

Your hands are shaking, let me help you. First take off this mask. Then focus of breathing, and shoot.

BANG

After all, I am thou, thou art I.

I am Loki. Together we shall burn this unjust world to ash. -- Anon Guest

Sometimes, a swift and violent action is desperately necessary to improve the world. Sometimes, those with the inclination to do something lacks the strength, courage, or resources to do it.

If they're desperate enough, they are willing to call

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Challenge #03679-J026: A Gift and a Price

A goddess offers Wraithvine's apprentice mage the ability to resurrect the newly dead. But the price is that their magic, and most of their stamina, is wiped out for the next 24 hours. -- The New Guy

Of offers from the gods is meant to come in crumbling temples. In deserts, where the Divine can find a mind crying out to the stars. In working with Wraithvine, and walking with Wraithvine, he had seen and heard many things.

He never expected to

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Challenge #03206-H297: The One That Matters

An aged, wizened man. He wishes he could follow his wife, and his kids, and his grandkids into the great beyond. But, when he was young, and on guard duty, he had fallen asleep at his post, failing to raise the alarm when invaders got inside, and a thousand within the city perished as a result. Now, his gods won't let him die, until he has saved one thousand lives. One life for each that had been lost. Marking his arms and

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