129 Miraculous Aftermath & Distant Prayers (2/2)

Rhylth was a quiet, desert planet. It was the only planet in the solar system that had less than five ecosystems. It had deserts and oceans and nothing else. This planet was inhabited entirely by giants and by animals.

Haxor was the largest planet in the solar system. It consisted of two gigantic continents and both were inhabited by evolved animals, creatures like centaurs, driders, and manbats.

I was receiving billions of prayers and reading them inflated my sense of self-worth. It brought a big grin to my face to hear members of both sides of a war pray to me and beg for my aid or to hear enemies beg for my intervention, to aid them and stop someone else who was praying to me for the exact same thing.

Hours after I had healed the peoples of the solar system I had received a number of interesting prayers. They were also very different from the prayers of Torunians.

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[Oh alien god of healing, I, Luthor of the Gugs, beg you to turn your otherworldly gaze upon my world, Salifinos, and my people! We are locked in a conflict with this world's vile mortals, and for decades we've been stuck in a stalemate. But your aid... We could win if a god chose and empowered us!

Your indiscriminate nature has healed us and allowed our soldiers who had been prevented from fighting to rush to the front lines. We have been touched by your kindness and seek to turn your gaze upon us once more. We know not your desires, but if you would tell us them then we would seek to fulfill them and worship you if in exchange you would continue to heal us and tell us of your ways.

In the days to come we will acquire sacrifices we could use, if such things would please you. We would happily sacrifice our prisoners or even ourselves if doing so would please you or allow you to reach out and touch our world more actively.

I, Luthor, offer myself as a humble servant and as a meek supplicant. I beg of thee, turn thine eyes upon my unworthy form, and tell me what must be done to be worthy of your aid and your attention.]

[Great and mighty Althos, the people of Ascendance have felt your touch! I, Moctezuma, have the glorious honor of being the first of my kind to perform the ancient ritual of 'prayer' to make contact with you. I am an aide to the great emperor Midas, who leads our civilization.

We are a magically advanced civilization dwelling on the remote world of Retribution. Our historians know a fair deal about the gods of old, but we know that a modern god in this age of godlessness must be... Very different from the gods of old.

Your act of kindness has led to much curiosity about you from our people. Of all of the planets and peoples who live in this solar system, we suspect that we may know the most about the gods, and according to our records no gods ever performed planet-wide miracles. Yet our thaumaturge-technology has revealed to us that that's precisely what you did. We actually suspect that the miracle you performed was... wider than that.

Our people have been awed by your act of goodwill and I suspect that in the days to come many of us will turn to you as our ancestors turned to the ancient gods and give ourselves to you. It is possible that many of us already have.

Our tiny planet has a magically enriched atmosphere which greatly amplifies the effects of our magic. This is what has allowed us to stay free and independent from other planets, though... It has been a long time since a world attempted to colonize another world, in this solar system at least.

We have an abundance of resources and would like to welcome you to our world. You would be most welcome in our world if you sought to build a residence or a true faith here. We would eagerly welcome you. There can be fewer honors greater for a mortal, than housing a god, after all.

If you seek to visit our world and wish to be welcomed in a way that is fitting for your greatness, please let us know ahead of time so that we may prepare. Such an occasion would merit us putting our best foot forward and we would be honored to be able to lay our eyes upon you.]