OOC: What's up with the "I'll create a bigger object than you to show I'm the best" attitude that seems to have come here? Having everything be the tallest object in the world kinda makes it so that nothing is. Besides, this is not a competition.
OOC: All gods are insecure. That's why they build worlds and fill them with worshipers, then send plagues on them unless appeased by sacrafices.
IC: Gekoq's journey to Almirdûr:
Gekoq the Wanderer came first to the magic city of Almirdûr. And he was awed by what he saw, the great city with its fountains and towers and magic. Melfas, the god of that place, knew Hiss and welcomed his child to his realm. He tried to show Gekoq the wonders it had to offer.
But Gekoq was not a scholar, and when he came to the great library and palace he sought only to climb al the shelves, and look at the city from the roof. He was not a craftsman, so when he came to the forges he understood not what he saw, and but marvelled at his reflection in the shiny metal. He was not an artist, so when he was shown the beautiful fountains he tried to climb down inside them to find the source of the water.
At last Melfas grew frustrated, and said to Gekoq, "Go back home, and tell your kin what you saw, and when they wish to come and see for themselves, show them the way." And to help him prove his tale Melfas gave him a coat of bronze scales, a mirror, a scroll, and a stone block. And lastly he gave to Gekoq a flint and tinderbox.
Gekoq went back through the portal, and climbed the falls back to his people, and gathered them together at the Hatching Place. And they wondered at the beauty of Gekoq's coat of metal scales, as they had never seen wrought bronze before. And Xian the Toolmaker, who made many usefull things of wood and reeds, asked Gekoq, "How came this coat to be?" And Gekoq tried to explain, but his account was jumbled and he could not answer Xian's questions. So Ptah said, "You will show me how to go, and I will see for myself."
Then he showed the people the scroll, and the Philosoraptors were much excited. "This is writing different from ours, what does it mean?" But Gekoq did not know, as when Melfas tried to teach him to read he only marvelled at the library's lanterns. And so the Philosoraptors resolved to send one pupil from every tribe to learn this writing and what it meant.
Then he showed them the stone block, and they were confused, for the Hissites then did not shape stone. And Liu the Moundmistress, who built her nests the grandest, questioned Gekoq about his tales of masons building towers of stone. And she said, "This I will believe when I see it." And she too resolved to go.
And then Gekoq produced his favorite treasure, the mirror, and Mighty Kaiju laughed. "These things you bring are foolish, and this most of all. If we wish to see ourselves, we need only look in the water. Gekoq is wasting all our time." For Kaiju had grown proud, and resented the attention Gekoq was recieving.
Gekoq was greatly offended, and said to Kaiju, "I will show you what is foolish here! I will wrestle you, and with these treasures I will cast you down." And all were stunned, as Gekoq was always small in size and avoided fighting.
Kaiju laughed and said, "You will need more than toys to throw me down." And Gekoq gathered his treasures, except the scroll. The Philosoraptors refused to allow Gekoq to carry it into the fight, saying, "It is fragile, and not for fighting" and Gekoq said he would not need it.
And so a space was cleared on the hatching place, and the match was declared begun. And Kaiju charged at Gekoq, seeking to grab him and throw him all at once. But Gekoq used the mirror, and shined the sun in Kaiju's eyes. And while Kaiju was blind, Gekoq sprung to the side, and lept on mighty Kaiju's back and stuck there.
Kaiju was embarassed and enraged, and tried to swat Gekoq off with his great tail, but Gekoq flattened himself against Kaiju's back, and he could not reach him with tail or arms. And while Kaiju was flailing about, Gekoq stuck him with the stone block.
But Kaiju was not defeated. As Gekoq struck, Kaiju grasped one of his brother's arms, and then pulled him off his back. And Kaiju thought to make Gekoq submit using his terrible jaws, and bit hard. But Gekoq's bronze scales had grown hot in the sun. Kaiju's thick skin shielded him from it, but his mouth and tongue were badly burnt, and Kaiju loosed his grip and howled with pain, the only time he ever cried out hurt in his life. And Gekoq hurled his whole weight at his brother while he was reeling, and toppled him into the dirt.
All the Hissites were stunned, none more than Kaiju, who was much humbled. He said to Gekoq, "You have bested me, what would you have me give you." And Gekkoq said, "From now on, any of my clan who wish can train and fight like yours. And when we bring back new things, you will nto laugh, but look seriously on them. For had I been an enemy, your defeat could have doomed us all." And Kaiju agreed.
After the bout, Gekoq left again to explore the world, and many travellers went to Almirdûr to see its wonders. And it was not until he was far away that Gekoq realized he forgot to show the people the flint and tinder, but that is another story.
