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The sky had been overcast for the past few days. The looming gray clouds threatened mercilessly to let the whole of the heavens pour down on any unsuspecting creature in the open. Most creatures had taken the hint and lingered around cover but not Van.

Van's more god defining features were hidden. That was at least one lesson he'd learned early on in his travels through the mortal realm that actually stuck which Van was pretty proud of.

There was a loud crack in the sky that had the god's ear twitch. Van looked up only to be greeted by a sheet of wet to the face and, well, all over. Rain started pouring and the sky light up in a gold white shine of brilliance and terror. There was another loud cracking sound in the sky.

Van got low to the ground shaking. He'd been in plenty of storms before but that didn't mean it got any easier to be around them. They were terrifying even for a god. Mind you that Van was not the bravest or scariest the realm of gods had to offer.

Luckily, and totally not planned out, there happened to be a cave near by which Van started to slowly crawl for.

Another loud crack and flash of lightning had the lion god sprinting instead for the safety of the cave. He made it to the mouth of the cave and exhaled.

Another flash and Van was running even deeper with in its caverns. After a while the god stopped running and took a deep breath. Safe. However the god slightly forgot why he'd been running at all and now found him self with in the belly of the cave.

How'd that happen?

Van decided he'd make his way back to the entrance. Only, he had no idea how to get out. The lion god twisted his maw in to a frown which looked completely unnatural on his usually chipper face.

"H-Hello .... ooo ..?" He called to the caves. His voice echoed which was kind of fun. The smile was back and Van was shouting random fun phrases in to the cave having slightly forgotten the possible danger he may or may not have been in.

Van heard the faintest hint of a voice with in the caverns. He had thought he'd been alone but now that there was the prospect of another being with in these caves with him he felt a lot better.

The thought of who or what this stranger may be never crossed the lion gods mind. He wasn't concerned maybe this new individual might not be friendly or maybe they were or maybe it was a ghost. Anxiety or thinking of danger wasn't exactly one of Van's strong points. He was a more in the moment sort.

So towards the voice he padded excitedly. The echoes of his foot steps were hurried in the way maybe a cub would walk.

Finally a bright glimmer caught his attention and the slight silhouette behind said glimmer. He opened his maw to greet them but

CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

Van gasped at the loud sound of the thunder outside. He at the very least knew he was safe now and stayed put.

"O-oh.." Van's voice was a little shaky and he knew it was a little shameful for a god such as himself to ever be afraid but Van. He slowly emerged from his hiding place to come face to face with what appeared to be another God. A smile crossed his maw.

"Oh sorry I wasn't sure who you were........" He admitted feeling quite silly, "I mean I wasn't sure.. I mean I am pretty sure you're a goddess?" Being a god himself he usually had a pretty good feeling about when another creature happened to be one too. His own godly features were hidden so Van appeared to be a mortal to others except for those that were also of god origin. His aura alone was usually enough to tip off the other divine.

Another loud crack of lightening reminded him just why he was afraid to begin with.

"It's horrible when the sky's like this," He was shaking.

The god gave a sigh of relief. Very slowly his more god-like features came in to existence revealing his true self. His coat color even seemed to get much brighter as this happened. Van felt a lot safer having another god around.

"You have no idea what a relief it is that you're not here to hunt me or something," He seemed to forget that he him self was a lion like god and at the top of the food chain.

"Yeah please. Please come in. The rain is awful and well... Being wet sucks," He was blunt. Van often lacked a filter or thought of what went in to his words being the god of innocence.

"I wonder if there is a god that eats other lions. Seems......" Van looked thoughtful for a moment as if he was heavily considering the possibility. In all honesty he'd never felt the need to eat him self. "I don't know. " That was as far as he got with that thought.

Van made sure he was out of the way of the goddess so she could fit with in the cave as well. There was no reason why the two couldn't both fit in such a large cave but Van was polite and felt the need to make some room any ways.

"Yeah I can imagine the rain is coming down pretty - "

CRAAAACK

Yet another loud thunder was heard over head. Van quieted him self.

A lot of beliefs in the world had Van'Kal thinking again which yeah he had to agree there were a lot of beliefs in this world. Possibly why there was a huge variety of different sorts of gods that existed. It was weird that as a god he had a hard time not tripping over gods in his travels. Was it possible that gods were drawn to each other?

His mind fluttered back to his body dismissing these thoughts from going further.

"Oh." The god looked at Anza quite seriously, "Y-yeah. I hate thunder. It's so unpredictable and loud for no reason. You gotta wonder what its problem is but what ever." He shrugged it off pretty quickly. "It's nicer in this cavern than being outside in the rain. Maybe we could stay here until morning when its passed."