The Storyteller Inn

The rain

    "We have plenty of time..." that's the only thing that the Water Goddess says before she goes back to sleep. Sounds good right? Well... She is a heavy sleeper, and it's the middle of a very dry summer. The crops in the fields are begging for water, the leaves of the trees are turning yellow. The God of Earth isn't happy, the harvest is gonna be very late in this year. So what could he do? Finding the Otohime, the Goddess of Water is a good idea isn't it?

    That's what our dear Eoghan does. But for that he needs to leave his territory, and go across the land of the Humans, called Edrua. Now, humans in this world are in a medieval-like time, and they can use magic. Or so they think, they utilize the energy of nature around them and in their body. There are the usual types, but somehow water and earth are the most rare. Nobody knows how, the humans can't control them, but the elves can. It's a tradition in the elven lands to offer to their gods, Eoghan the god of earth and Otohime the goddess of water.

    And Otohime lives in the elven Lands called Cheo Sha. It's the land of giant trees and waterfalls, and the fireflies are flying everywhere filling the place with light, just like the light blue crystals protruding from the earth.The elves live on the trees, in beautiful tree houses with an amazing panorama.And Otohme's home is beside the most sacred waterfall of the elves, The Firefly Falls.

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     Now we can see our favourite earth god knocking on the door of a certain water goddess. More like banging, but who can blame him, if someone shouts in the ear of Otohime while she is sleeping, she will turn around and continue sleeping. Well, of course, said person didn't hear the banging, so Eoghan did the most reasonable thing. The god kicked the door in and he marched into the bedroom of Otohime and threw her out of the window, in the cold lake water. The response of the action was a startled shriek and a splash. After it a few curse words in elvish, which we don't talk about.

    Let me tell you the two gods are in a best friend relationship. The kind of, where insults are thrown in every second, but they still love each other. Now a beautiful example for this.

     "What were you thinking, stone-brained idiot? Did that mossy hair of yours got its roots in your head? Do you know how freezing that water is?!" Shouted the very wet water goddess. "Of course, fish breath, that's why I did it. Now can we talk about why I came here?" Asked Eoghan happily. The grumpy Otohime sat down and asked: "Well? Why did you dragged your polished gemstone buttocks here? To throw me in the water? Or you dropped one of your pet rocks in my lake?" "No little mermaid, just that lazy salt water brain of yours forgot to send the rain clouds to Edrua." The reward of this sentence was a huge splash and an even wetter goddess.

    "Oh my me, I really forgot! My lotuses! Are my lotuses okay?!" Asked Otohime while she shaked the shoulders of Eoghan. You see, these lotuse were the favourites of the goddess in Edrua, the human kingdom.They are called cloud lotuses, and they can be found at the Floating Falls. "Yes, calm down, they are okay." Said Eoghan patting her head. The relieved sigh didn't go unnoticed, but he decided to ignore it. "So how did we get those clouds to arrive? Some ritual?" Asked an impatient god, because the plants weren't in the best conditions, and the humans started to feel the absence of water too.

    "Well yeah, but we need to do it at the Floating Falls in Edrua. We will need some aqua shards, and a branch of the Mist tree." said Otohime to a very confused earth god. "What is an aqua shard? Branch of the Mist tree? These things exist?"

    "Yes they do. but those thing are hard to get..."

To be continued...