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the wolf's meal

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The Gods have decided that they've been around taking care of things for too long. They wish to be replaced by the mortals that they were once before, but humanity has shaped and deformed into something unworthy. The grown-up part, at least. But there might still be hope, so they develop a little experiment. The Gods descend unto Earth and take them all away, leaving only children behind to govern their world and do whatever they please to live and survive, memories of their parents wiped away, totally unaware of what is expected of them and who perpetrated it. The Gods are pleased with what unfolds, and it quickly becomes more of a spectacle than official preparations to pass the world on to them. The children gather, destroy, build and organize themselves. Some are simply groups as close as family, others have created their own tribes, complete with titles and their own rules. The kids no longer count their years; time has become a blur and their ages have been frozen or delayed until the Gods decide otherwise. When all seems to be going well, a new factor is added to the game: children are gradually given supernatural abilities to see what they make of their new power. Instead of simply conceding them, the Gods propose a creative exercise among one another to come up with names -- such as The Carved Head, The Hummingbird's Eye, etc. -- and create supernatural abilities that befit them. As for the children, it has no longer become about how tall or strong you are, but how powerful as well. What could possibly go wrong?