"...Lila, do you have any suggestions for keeping Seshka's mom from destroying the world in the meantime? Is there any way we could send a message?"

Seshka looks concerned too.

"... We could send a message to Pharasma, of course, but I expect she already knows..."

He grits his teeth. "Pharasma might not care if a continent gets blown up. She has very specific areas of concern and in general prefers inaction."

"You can't send a message to anyone else?"

"Well, Diplomacy has heard from this one other god, named Otolmens...

"If nothing else, we could tell Worldbuilding to start Villarosa early without your mother if Diplomacy says she looks likely to... destroy a continent?"

He can tell Seshka he's fated to be a God, which is why he thinks the time dilation thing will work. But then she might ask to be a God too. Will Worldbuilding stick with what he asked for, which was to be the uncontested God of the new Creation? Or will he have to share with Seshka, who is probably Evil? What would she be like as a God? She doesn't seem to take active enjoyment in other people's suffering, and she is worried about her mom hurting people... Unless she already read the God thing off his list of options and didn't care.

"Seshka, do you want to see the Evil afterlives reformed or ended? Because I think we have a shot at doing it, so I'd rather we finish the story as fast as possible, without waiting for anyone in Golarion to die."

She pouts.  "I want Mother there!  But yes, if she's about to destroy another country or anything like that... or if demons from her portal are... then yes, in that case let's do it and not wait."

Phew. That also speaks well of her character... He nods, sharply.

"Lila, can you ask the worldbuilding team about time dilation?"

"Of course.  I'll also alert the Diplomacy Team to be watching Golarion and Areelu Vorlesh."

Two papers and two quills are in the air at once, before flying off through the portals.

Worldbuilder Lima Juliette, to Psychopomp re Lac Miller
Re: Time dilation

Certainly; there is some inherent time in setting up the world (and in this case, the galaxy), but dilating time is easy.  We are sure that the entire Villarosa plot could easily be completed within a month of Golarion time after we are alerted to begin it, and most likely within one week or two at most.

Coordinator Sierra Foxtrot, to Psychopomp re Lac Miller
Re: Retrieval and monitoring of person from subjects' origin world.

We shall of course watch Archmage Vorlesh, and expect to be able to retrieve her soul assuming she dies in the normal way.  Further, we have taken your request for warning under advisement and shall forward it to Otolmens, whom we expect will respond if she appears likely to exert grave destruction.  With her assistance, we are fairly sure we can provide you with at least a week's warning (local time).

(She shows both of them both of the letters.)

He's never heard of Otolmens. An obscure Vudran deity, maybe? Or an Empyreal Lord he's never heard of, it wouldn't be shocking if there were a few.

"What use would a warning be, if we aren't able to act in Golarion?"

"You said you might be able to do something afterwards?  I don't know what, but -"  She holds out her hands.  "I wish my mind was working!"

Lac is glad it isn't. He feels bad about it, but...

What are his priorities here? He needs to end the evil afterlives. He's been trying to make it happen as fast as possible, but that's wrong. It's been going on for thousands of years, and can for thousands more. He needs to maximize his chance of it happening at all.

What are his resources. Godhood, eventually. Seshka, potentially. She doesn't want the world to end. The universe they're making, though he also needs to be responsible with it and not just treat it as a weapon.

If Seshka becomes a God, what happens? Who would she be, when she no longer needs to fear betrayal from anyone? Beyond the fear of pain and death? What world would she want to make? He doesn't think she'd be as bad as Norgorber, and even Norgorber opposes Asmodeus. And if she could really understand the scope of the evil afterlives, would she be moved by them?

Two gods are stronger than one. Probably, even if they share worshippers. And he has time. Time to sway her, to try to help her become the sort of person who ought to be a God.

He points at the screen. "My fate after the story is to become a God. That's why I think we can rescue your mother, or communicate with her. It's why we have a shot at fixing the Evil afterlives. Imagine a Golarion where everyone goes to Paradise. You and your mom can live together forever, there. And so can billions of people who would otherwise be tortured forever or have their souls eaten."

"Lila, can Seshka be a God too?"

His heart is in his throat.

Her eyes go wide and her face hungry.

"She certainly can - I expect anyone in Villarosa can if they do the right rituals and if -"

She swallows, stopping her babbling.  That probably wasn't what Lac meant.

"And yes.  If you both agree," (she nods at Seshka who's clearly agreeing) "that can be Fated too, in the same way as for Lac."

He holds out a hand. "Let's become Gods. Not just any Gods, but the supreme Gods of a new Creation, with no intervention budget to limit us. We can rule it together, and make sure no one in either universe is ever damned."

She stands frozen.  Can a ghost even respond to that offer...

Seshka pauses for a minute, frozen as if caught mid-thought.  But then she smiles and holds out a transparent hand.  "Yes.  Let's.  Let's rule it together and do what pleases us and make sure no one is wasted.

"And someday we can walk over to Deskari and Pharasma alike and --" She falls silent as if lost for words, and instead grins.

So does he, wide and fierce. He doesn't try to shake her hand; she might be intangible anyways and it would be embarrassing.

"Creation is due for a change in management, don't you think?"