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-A game about the creation of the world.
+A small game about the creation of the world.
+
+Can be played online at https://ahti.space/~nortti/above-the-waters/
 
 The game is distributed under the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal license.

scenes/beginning.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was
+> nothing nothing
+> chaos chaos
+> water only water

scenes/chaos-neither.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was chaos. Two gods came across it and could not
+decide what they should do with the chaos. One wanted to form order out
+of it but the other wanted to get rid of the chaos and start afresh from
+emptiness. They agreed to wrestle to settle the issue. They wrestled for
+a while, but neither could get the upper hand.
+
+They were at a loss: they could not know whether to work on the chaos they
+had or to unmake it and start from emptiness. They relayed their troubles
+to a god even older than them known as Aran, which means 'the first', who
+thought for a while, and then proclaimed: "If you can not decide between
+creating order or unmaking, you shall do neither. You shall work on the
+chaos, without changing its nature". The two gods protested, but Aran
+stood fast behind the decision.
+
+Eventually the gods acquiesced and got to work. They shaped wondrous
+things out of the chaos, like the stormy seas or the mountains which
+sometimes spew out fire. They made tiny things out of the chaos, like the
+way a leaf flutters down as it falls from the tree. And they made us, who
+all we might try, are fundamentally part of this same chaos. We know these
+two gods as Etis which means 'everything' and Vetis which means 'nothing'.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/chaos-order.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was chaos. Two gods came across it and could not
+decide what they should do with the chaos. One wanted to form order out
+of it but the other wanted to get rid of the chaos and start afresh from
+emptiness. They agreed to wrestle to settle the issue. They wrestled for
+a while, and the one favoring order won.
+
+The other god agreed that they should therefore make order out of the
+chaos, and they got to work. However, the disagreement had created a crack
+in their relationship and they often bickered about the direction to take.
+In the end, the two gods agreed that each would get one side of the world
+to work on: The one favoring making order from chaos got the light side,
+and was known as Omunnod which means 'the greatest light'. And the one
+favoring going first to nothing got the dark side, and was known as
+Emelled 'the greatest darkness'.
+
+From that day onward the two gods still continue their work, but each
+staying out of the other's area. We are a creation of Omunnod, and so we
+too ought to stay away when the darkness of Emelled comes.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/chaos.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was chaos. Two gods came across it and could not
+decide what they should do with the chaos. One wanted to form order out
+of it but the other wanted to get rid of the chaos and start afresh from
+emptiness. They agreed to wrestle to settle the issue. They wrestled for
+a while,
+> chaos-order and the one favoring order won
+> chaos-neither but neither could get the upper hand

scenes/index.text

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+Above the Waters
+
+This is a story of the beginning of the world.
+
+> beginning Click here to start.

scenes/no-lay-forsake.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and
+laid down for they were tired. The body of the god started to be consumed
+into the nothingness and they could not longer rise up again. The body of
+this god, known as Lomoti Aran which means 'source of earth', became the
+land that we live on.
+
+A second god came across the body and was horrified to see what had
+happened. They swore to unmake this emptiness, but Lomoti Aran spoke to
+them and said: "Do not forsake what is left of me".
+
+This made the second god pause, and they agreed to not unmake the
+emptiness. The two gods spoke for a while about what they ought to do, and
+eventually decided that they ought to make the emptiness empty no more.
+The second god got to work filling it with all kinds of marvels: lights in
+the sky we now know as stars, the sun, and the moon; valleys that we call
+our home; the mountains in the west; the rivers that we get our sustenance
+from.
+
+However, they could see what they had created was empty still. Then Lomoti
+Aran had an idea, and told the other god: "This world needs something that
+is of us, but is not broken. Become a part of this world with me, and give
+fill it with life". The other god hesitated, but eventually agreed. We
+know this god as Ritul, 'life', itself.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/no-lay-strong.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and
+laid down for they were tired. The body of the god started to be consumed
+into the nothingness and they could not longer rise up again. The body of
+this god, known as Lomoti Aran which means 'source of earth', became the
+land that we live on.
+
+A second god came across the body and was horrified to see what had
+happened. They swore to unmake this emptiness, but Lomoti Aran spoke to
+them and said: "This emptiness is stronger than either of us". This other
+god found themself likewise consumed by the emptiness, their body becoming
+the stars. This god is known as Lomun Aran which means 'source of light'.
+
+Lomoti Aran and Lomun Aran then joined together, and each gave the other
+something. Lomoti Aran gave Lomun Aran the sun and the moon, which are of
+the land but are found in the sky. And then Lomun Aran gave Lomoti Aran
+life, which has in it the heavenly light but is found on the earth.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/no-lay.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and
+laid down for they were tired. The body of the god started to be consumed
+into the nothingness and they could not longer rise up again. The body of
+this god, known as Lomoti Aran which means 'source of earth', became the
+land that we live on.
+
+A second god came across the body and was horrified to see what had
+happened. They swore to unmake this emptiness, but Lomoti Aran spoke to
+them and said:
+> no-lay-forsake "Do not forsake what is left of me"
+> no-lay-strong "This emptiness is stronger than either of us"

scenes/no-say-architect.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and
+said "let there be earth". And there was earth, but it was still barren of
+all life, so the god said "let there be life". And there was life.
+
+The god thought to themself: "I will be an architect of this world". They
+went to work on sculpting the mountains, digging the rivers, and building
+the islands. They even built lights in the sky which we now know as the
+sun, the moon, and the stars. And the life they had created followed them
+everywhere on the surface of the earth.
+
+This god is called Letis Aran, which means 'source of everything'.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/no-say-done.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and
+said "let there be earth". And there was earth, but it was still barren of
+all life, so the god said "let there be life". And there was life.
+
+The god thought to themself: "I have now done what I need to do" and
+wandered off. Other gods then took part in shaping in turn, each adding
+their own touches. These gods are many and known, but the first god is
+known only to few. Their name is Arannod, which means 'the furthest
+beginning'.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/no-say.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and
+said "let there be earth". And there was earth, but it was still barren of
+all life, so the god said "let there be life". And there was life.
+
+The god thought to themself:
+> no-say-architect "I will be an architect of this world"
+> no-say-done "I have now done what I need to do"

scenes/nothing.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was nothing. A god came across the nothingness and
+> no-say said "let there be earth"
+> no-lay laid down

scenes/water-goose.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and
+brought with it a goose. The goose was bewildered and tried to find a
+place where it could land, but could not see anything. It cried to the
+god of air: "I am here, there is only water, what can I do? I am tired,
+I must land".
+
+The god of air heard the goose and called all the gods into consultation.
+They agreed that they must create land for the goose, and so a young god
+started piling up mud for the goose to land on. The goose did so, and for
+a while lived happily on this pile of mud. However, one day a great wave
+came, and washed away the mud. The goose once again called for help.
+
+This time the gods agreed that they must build it stronger. The same god,
+now a bit older, made the land out of rocks. The goose was again happy for
+a while, but even the rocks slowly wore away. After a while, the goose was
+again without a home, and called for help.
+
+The gods were at a loss and suggested that they should just build a new
+out of rocks again, but the builder god, now quite old, disagreed: "As
+long as the land is not alive, it will wither away. I will become the new
+land myself, and you shall never have to worry about this again". The
+other gods thought this to be wise.
+
+The god got down into the down, and covered themself with mud and rock.
+Then they spoke the words, and became mud and rocks themself too. We now
+call this god Moti, which means 'earth'. The goose landed on this new land,
+and could immediately feel it was different, full of life. They laid and
+egg, and from the egg crawled off the lizards. They laid another egg, and
+from the egg walked off the animals of the forests. They laid a third egg,
+and from the egg walked off the animals of the home. They laid a final egg,
+and from there walked off a human.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/water-mud-dive.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and
+brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the
+water.
+
+One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk
+to the bottom of the waters. They decided to dive to the bottom and bring
+some of it up, and in time they had managed to construct a small island.
+
+At first the island was barren and lifeless, but then the wind blew some
+seeds there and the plants gradually grew. However, the god saw that the
+plants would soon consume the entire island, and so fashioned out of clay
+some animals to eat the plants. The animals ate the plants, but now the
+god saw that the animals would consume all the plants, so they created
+other animals to eat the first ones. But yet again they were faced with
+the problem of these other kind of animals consuming all of the first kind.
+
+The god stood deep in thought for a while, despairing how they would have
+to keep this cycle of creation up forever. Then it came to them – what was
+needed was a way for everything alive to eventually come to an end. And so
+finally, they dove to the bottom of the sea, and in there they found
+death.
+
+The god spoke to death: "I have a task for you. You must make it so that
+all the plants and all the animals I have created will in time come to an
+end". To this death answered: "Very well, but if you are to sign everyone
+else to this fate, it shall be yours too". The god thought for a while,
+and then revised their request: "Everything shall end, yes, but eventually
+come back. This fate I shall accept too". The death agreed, and ended the
+god.
+
+When the god returned, they saw that the island was doing well, and that
+there was more mud in the water. And so they started the cycle of building
+again.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/water-mud-empty.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and
+brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the
+water.
+
+One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk
+to the bottom of the waters. They decided to empty out some of the water.
+Days went by, but finally they could see the tops of piles of mud sticking
+out of the water. They were satisfied with this, and called the mud that
+had come exposed "land".
+
+The land was still barren, so the god went looking for somebody to settle
+it. At first they tried asking all the fish, but none were interested.
+Then they asked the stars, but they were not interested either. Finally,
+they asked the birds, who liked being able to land, but did not want to
+stay either. The god decided that if nobody wanted to live on the land,
+they needed to create something to live there themself.
+
+The god took some of the mud and started chewing on it. When they spit it
+out, it grew legs and walked onto the land. They repeated this several
+times, until the land was full of all kinds of walking and crawling
+creatures. The fish, the birds, and the stars got curious of what was
+happening and came to see. When they saw the land animals, they were joyed
+and wanted to give a gift to them. The gift was plants.
+
+After the creation of the land animals and the gift of the plants, the god
+was still feeling like something was missing from the land. They took some
+mud, but this time instead of chewing on it they kneaded it and shaped it
+with their hands. The result of this was humans, and this finally
+satisfied the god.
+
+> index (Back to start)

scenes/water-mud.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and
+brought with it some earth. This earth slowly sank to the bottom of the
+water.
+
+One day a god was moving above the waters, and saw that the mud had sunk
+to the bottom of the waters. They decided to
+> water-mud-dive dive to the bottom and bring some of it up
+> water-mud-empty empty out some of the water

scenes/water.text

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+The Story of Beginning
+
+In the beginning there was only water. A strong wind blew over it and
+brought with it
+> water-mud some earth
+> water-goose a goose