Vote for Luke's Fate

Luke gripped his kneels nervously as dozens of demi-gods yelled at him and each other.

“Don’t be nervous sweety,” Persephone whispered.

Luke jumped and looked to his left. The Goddess of Springtime and Renewal smiled.

“This always happens. Thoth never learns, despite being a God of Learning,” Persephone said with a giggle.

Luke looked back to Thoth standing quietly in the center of the room. His Bird face was unreadable.

“This is annoying,” Hades said while popping his knuckles.

“Thoth should have made some reasonable suggestions before opening the floor for debate,” Hades said continually cracking his knuckles.

“Stop that,” Persephone said slapping Hades’ hands.

“Say … what do you think about using Luke’s binding powers for good? Maybe we devise a way to make everyone happy. Like what the Buda did to Sun Wu Kong,” Persephone said turning to her husband.

Luke listened to the underworld couple’s conversation. He couldn’t follow it, but it gave him comfort.

“At least I have a few friendly gods on my side,” Luke thought to himself.

Divine avatars yelled at each other for 10 minutes before Thoth let out a long deep sigh.

“Silence!” Thoth boomed.

The room was magically silenced.

“I hoped that we could talk things out like civilized deities. So much for that idea. … There are just too many opinions to be heard. … I understand we are trying to navigate uncharted territory … so …,” Thoth said before pulling out a blue book from thin air.

Thoth’s blue book glowed white before …

Pop!

100 blue notepads with ink quills appeared. Each pair of tools floated in front of each demi-god present at the meeting.

“I suggest we take a poll. Take the ink and parchment floating in front of you. Write down what you want to happen to the God of Siring. After 10 minutes, everyone’s notes will be compiled, re-typed, randomized, and presented anonymously. After that, there will be 4 rounds of 5-minute anonymous voting. Where we will be reducing the suggestion pool by about half each time. 100 to 50 to 25 to 12 and finally to 6. The fifth round of voting will determine Luke’s fate,” Thoth said in a rush.

A few Trickster Gods smiled and raised their hands. Thoth rolled his eyes.

“Before you ask: NO collusion, you cannot talk with each other, verbally, mentally, or with body language. YES, you can write anything. But know, your message will be disqualified if you write down who you are. Finally … NO, your message will not be summarized or altered in any way. So please, keep your suggestions brief,” Thoth said scanning the crowd.

A few Wisdom Gods raised their hands.

“YES! I will swear an oath with the ‘Golden Scroll’,” Thoth said summoning his Legendary ‘Golden Scroll of Truth’.

“I … Thoth the Egyptian God of Learning and Magic swear my ‘Suggestion Polling’ will align with my previous statements. If I break my rules, I will no longer be able to use the ‘Golden Scroll’,” Thoth said raising his right hand.

Everyone watched as Thoth’s right hand glowed with golden light before dimming.

“Satisfied?” Thoth asked scanning the crowd.

A few gods nodded their heads in response.

“Great, make your suggestions. Your 10 minutes start now,” Thoth said angrily.

The next 30 minutes flew by for Luke. Before Luke knew it, Thoth was walking to the center of the stage.

“We have 6 final suggestions,” Thoth said before holding up his ‘Golden Scroll’.

Thoth scanned the page and rolled his eyes at the first suggestion.

• We kill Thoth for forcing us to do this. Then we all ransack the ‘Library of Alexandria’ for knowledge and treasure.
• Luke Smith is Killed. 'Harem Enslavement' is too much of a Threat. Another God takes over Atlantis and the job of answering Women’s Fertility Prayers.
• Luke Smith is left alone. But only if he lets Aphrodite walk free despite their ‘Soul-Link’ persisting. AND … Luke is forbidden from Fucking any more Demi-Gods.
• Luke Smith is left alone. Luke Smith keeps his powers and Aphrodite as a Lover. Because Luke’s powers were overseen by the Arbiter. If he makes a mistake the Arbiter will punish him, not us.
• Luke Smith takes a Character Test. Let’s see if he is truly a dangerous conqueror. Have a second round of polling to determine the Character Test we use. Have a third round of polling to determine the character test outcomes: Rewards for Passing, and Punishments for Failing.
• Luke Smith becomes the ‘Jailor of Gods’. Instead of spending resources jailing Demi-gods. Let Luke Smith fuck them. Problem Solved.

“Now for the final round. Please vote seriously,” Thoth said before activating the final polling.