I was just standing there, in the middle of a field, with no conceptual idea of how I had gotten here. The last thing that I remember was the sensation of falling but that was it. There was no impact or crash. No sound to be heard from the roaring wind as I descended.
Suddenly here I stand, amidst a field of roses. There are no buildings in sight, but off in the distance in the west hangs a full moon. It did not seem like the same moon I had grown up seeing.
The moon was blood red and put off a menacing aura that was palpable across the landscape it shone upon. Everything was bathed in its red glow making the world an infinite gyre of despair. Nothing could escape its radiating light as it plunged the world into fuller chaotic discord.
The roses however seemed to be unaffected by the eldritch moon. Their white petals did not dare to show even the slightest tinge of pink on the face of that adversary.
I stared up to the moon and became enraptured in its luminescence. My mind started to drift as I was pulled into the encapsulating aura that was deified by this celestial body.
Suddenly the moon twisted the dimensions around itself and the violent aura which contained me had been broken. A voice now spoke in my mind; it was speaking with the voice of some higher power which almost sundered my mind in two.
"Ethereal form gained. Resonance established. Zero deity points gained. Consume Deity Essences to gain points. Next ascension in one hundred points".
My mind suddenly returned to my current situation. There I stood dumbfounded by the events that had just transpired. The roses under my feet started to suddenly tremble and shake violently, despite there not being a single breeze in the air.
Without warning the petals started to fly off of the stems from which the spawned. I tried to move from the spot where I was standing, but my legs would not listen to me and as I soon came to find out, neither would any other part of my body respond to my commands. I had no control over myself as these roses suddenly blossomed and exploded all around me.
The loose petals that fell of their stems gathered into a cyclone of sorts around me. Their dancing upon this phantom breeze was entrancing to watch, but the inched closer to me with every passing moment. The petals started to land on my skin and as they did they stuck to the places they sat upon.
Their white color started to intensify as more petals landed. Their brilliance was like a thousand glittering stars scattered across my body. Suddenly I was enshrouded in these dazzling white lights from which I could not escape.
My entire body has been covered in rose petals and it seemed as if they were aware of that fact. They started to shift colors, changing from white to black to varying hues of red. Once their chameleon like state subsided, the hue they were left on was the most perfect shade of purple, the color that would be found only in the most unnatural places.
The petals started to shift and move across my body
Making their way from my back and legs, the fluttered across my skin, moving to my hands where they finally stopped. They trembled for only a moment before starting to seep into my skin.
The sensation from the melting petals was unlike any I have ever felt. It was warm and cool at the same time prompting my body to accept the strange fluid.
Once the petals had completely merged with my form I felt invigorated, as if I could sunder the heavens from the sky above me and crack the foundations in the lowest pits of hell.
"Rose of Eden consumed. Celestial armament gained: Whip of Eden. Deity Essence Consumed: 100 Deity Points Gained. Weapons Archive Unlocked. Unlock Armor Archive in 100 Deity Points".
Weird, I wonder what all that was about. One second the moon is bearing down on me, the. The flowers started to radiate that weird purple energy, and now some weird voice in my head is telling me I have a weapons archive. And what in heavens name is this Whip of Eden.
Suddenly, my hands started to turn purple and that weird energy started to flow out of them. There was a flash of light and when it subsided, in my hands was a six foot bullwhip. It's hue was similar to that of the flowers and thorns adorned the length of the whip. Upon its hilt was one of the roses from which it had spawned. It was unique and even to the untrained eye it was easily identifiable as deadly.
There was something entrancing about this weapons, but it's sudden appearance made me gasp and drop it. The whip didn't even hit the ground before it evaporated into a cloud of purple smoke.
"How strange, it looks like the whip only stays around if I want it to. I wonder if it responds to my thoughts".
So I tried thinking of the whip and again the power surged into my hands and there it appeared.
"Well that's pretty neat. But what does it mean and why would I need this. I mean really where am I at even?"
"Introduction to Deity Selection selected. Beginning playback". The voice spoke as of it knew where I am and what I am doing here so it started to generate answers to the questions my mind formulated.
The light around me was starting to shift and shimmer. In front of me appeared an ethereal looking woman and although she was not really there, she looked pristine.