On the 23rd of Phamenoth, smooth_pappa (eidolon) was subjected to the Judgment of Ra by Euplicitous Aerophram (N: The Riven), fifty minutes after converting to the Divine Path of Atum-Ra. Either of the Divine Paths require a disciple to be Celestial (Level 81) before converting.
Prior to the Judgment, Euplicitous Aerophram posted: "Smooth_Pappa requested that I judge him. Carry on." [1] smooth_pappa responded after the Judgment: "for the record: I absolutely did not asked to be judged. Any text that EA posts to the contrary is fabricated by him. He might say that I was trying to set him up, and/or that I am lying. that is absolutely false. I was attacked outright. I trust that anyone here knows me better than to try and set up a war." [2]
Euplicitous Aerophram replied: "Is this what you’ve been reduced to? You can’t defeat us in debate or game play so you resort to lies and personal attacks? Obviously Anupet didn’t sabotage the eidolon QBD, but then you know that already. You have proof, but you’re not interested in that. This is all about you hurting Anupet for leaving Eidolon and Freya hurting the Riven for punishing her. Now there’s this judgment thing? Even Pakhet carried herself with more dignity. I have nothing but contempt for you now." [3]
Baltar (Shadows) joined the discussion with: "Considering that smooth_pappa had only just converted to the Path of Atum-Ra -- at a cost of millions of Favour -- I can conceive of absolutely no reason for him to request Judgment less than an hour later. If this is a set-up, it is one for which I would not have expected you to fall." [4] To which Euplicitous Aerophram responded: I typically answer judgment requests with an application of the ability rather than a confirmation telepath*. So, I suppose I was asking for this. Suffice it to say, no good deed goes unpunished. The circumstances certainly lend him credibility. That’s the brilliance of it, I suppose. Now they can parallel this to Giorgioh’s attack on you. *: I have requested confirmation once or twice, but then only when I failed to see the request until a day or so after it was made." [5]
Two and a half hours after the Judgment, Malarthi (eidolon) converted to the Path of Ahmose via Metasis Charm and inflicted Euplicitous Aerophram and Mikolaj (The Riven) with Paradoxes while smooth_pappa and smooth-mamma provided Anima support.
Anupet (The Riven) used a Cathartic Philter on Mikolaj. Mikolaj then Ruined Malarthi, Exhausted 50 of his anima and Devastated him to death and Ruined smooth_pappa and Devastated him to death. smooth-mamma used a Cathartic Philter on smooth_pappa and Mikolaj used a Cathartic Philter on Euplicitous Aerophram.
Euplicitous Aerophram and Mikolaj then Doomed and Devastated smooth-mamma to death. smooth_pappa used a Cathartic Philter on both smooth-mamma and Malarthi before being Doomed to death by Euplicitous Aerophram. Krumku (Macrocosm) wasted a Cathartic Philter on smooth-mamma and resurrected her with a Phoenix Fire.
Mikolaj then Exhausted 300 of Malarthi's Anima and Ruined and Doomed Krumku, killing him. Euplicitous Aerophram Doomed smooth-mamma to death. Anupet Soulrifted Malarthi, smooth-mamma, and smooth_pappa. RandomEmoticon (Shadows) then used a Cathartic Philter on smooth-mamma and Anupet Sapped 345 of Malarthi's Anima. Euplicitous Aerophram Doomed smooth-mamma to death again, following with an attempted Doom on RandomEmoticon which was deflected by Txaran. Euplicitous Aerophram Decimated RandomEmoticon 5 times while Mikolaj Devastated him to death.
Anupet then Soulrifted RandomEmoticon. Mikolaj Ruined Malarthi 5 times and Devastated him to death before Euplicitous Aerophram subjected him to the Judgment of Ra. While being Ruined, Malarthi poisoned Mikolaj with Keres Essence. Anupet then Sapped Anima from smooth_pappa, smooth-mamma, Krumku and RandomEmoticon while being Bequeathed Anima from Euplicitous Aerophram and Mikolaj.
Following these attacks, Euplicitous Aerophram made an announcement: "The Riven have no interest in perpetuating this afternoon's hostilities. We ask that those now down be allowed rise under their own power. Beyond that, we are done with this barring further acts of aggression against us." [6]
Later, Jumsy (N: Light) began Exhausting Anima from Euplicitous Aerophram, who responded by Dooming Jumsy to death and Exhausting 532 Anima from him. RandomEmoticon also made an announcement: "As part of the "those now down", I used our "own power" to dry a couple of us off. I am not doing this in order to facilitate further attacks. If further attacks are carried out against the Riven by those I unneg today to futher this event chain, I will accept that further attacks will be used on me." [7] The announcement was accompanied by Bequeathals to smooth_pappa and smooth-mamma. Euplicitous Aerophram Exhausted smooth_pappa and smooth-mamma for the same amount Bequeathed to them. After choosing to follow the Path of Hathor, Malarthi Resurrected smooth_pappa and Euplicitous Aerophram responded by Dooming smooth_pappa and Malarthi to death and then Exhausting 1043 Anima from Malarthi.
During the battle, Euplicitous Aerophram managed to post a reply to smooth_pappa: "Looks like your little ploy worked. That’s a damn shame." [8] To which Malarthi replied: "What's a real damn shame is none of us will give up. You'll have to look around corners for the rest of your life. And trust me, it's not fun." [9]
On the 25th of Phamenoth, Euplicitous Aerophram posted a challenge to smooth_pappa: "If there are things you want to say, do it here. In the open. Tell everyone about how you accused Anupet of sabotaging the Eidolon database that she helped build. Tell them how you know this and more from your "unnamed Riven source" (read: Freya). Tell us how you’ve disregarded all evidence to the contrary. Tell us all again how incredibly honest and innocent you are in all of this. I’d just fucking love to hear it." [10] smooth_pappa replied: "I already mentioned down here that I will not be pulled into a "he said she said" argument with you." [11]
The discussion that followed did little to alleviate tension, ultimately causing Euplicitous Aerophram to write to smooth_pappa : "Prior to all of this I would have said you were a standup fellow. Hands down. You think the Riven really suck. That’s your opinion and you’re welcome to it. The things you said about Em and Anupet, however, were just false and wrong. You have to realize now. There’s been more than enough evidence. Sacrificing friendships over things like this is just patently absurd. Why don’t you just apologize to them? As a gesture of good faith, I’m going to tutor you 300,000 favour." [12]
smooth_pappa made his last public post in response to Euplicitous Aerophram: "This game has ceased to be the fun escape from Real life that it used to be. it has become a place where I can expect to be lied to, drawn into confrontations that I never wanted, and have no idea who to trust or not anymore. EA, I'm sorry for the anima that you squandered today, but I feel that chipdoc maybe had the right idea about this place. I may be back at some point in the future, but we'll see. It's been fun playing with you all. Until it stopped, that is." [13] smooth_pappa then appointed 0zymandias as the new Nomarch of eidolon and has not logged into Ankhet since.
[1]: Underworld, "Prearranged Duels" #10
[2]: Underworld, "Prearranged Duels" #11
[3]: Underworld, "Prearranged Duels" #13
[4]: Underworld, "Prearranged Duels" #22
[5]: Underworld, "Prearranged Duels" #23
[6]: Announcement #546, "A Riven Statement"
[7]: Announcement #547, "Just following the rules"
[8]: Underworld, "Prearranged Duels" #24
[9]: Underworld, "Prearranged Duels" #25
[10]: Underworld, "Smooth_Pappa" #1
[11]: Underworld, "Smooth_Pappa" #3
[12]: Underworld, "Smooth_Pappa" #69
[13]: Underworld, "Smooth_Pappa" #110
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