Denizens

AWAKENING

And the first two opened their eyes to see themselves, all unclad, just as the morning sun was making its wake from the depths of the horizon. And they had the gift of perfect instinct, since they saw perfect flowing garments of white and knew that they were to put it on. Doubting the possibility of getting up, they risked it for the instincts were not yet clouded by thoughts. And they rose up and put on their garments of white and both of the looked directly into the rising sun.

After a few minutes the female looked away from the sun and into the eyes of the male and she called him MAAN and he called her WOOMAAN. And so they walked about touching the beautiful flowers that filled their paths, smelling the beautiful aromas and feeling the sweet sensations of the air. For they knew nothing and felt no need to know but they followed the instinct and it told them to walk and so they did delighting and laughing as the bumped and ran and feel and swooned at the infinite beauty before them and they called this place ERRA for it was the expression with their mouths of what they felt. Then they saw the insects, the birds and the forms. The forms were ethereal objects that were neither living nor dead but filled the entire atmosphere with beautiful shapes and forms of varying colors of the entire spectrum.

These forms were of the following types: the graphic forms were geometrical and were of an endless variety of shapes and sizes. The floated freely through the atmosphere and did not give any sensation of feeling when you came across any. It just floated past you. The sound forms were graphical also as they floated through the atmosphere, but the geometrical shape presented was that of geodesic spheres of various shapes and sizes and color. Holding of a sphere would enable any of these beings directly experience the sounds they were made of. There was a third group of forms that if held unto, would give the sensation of aroma. No later where this forms discovered that it was known that they themselves were also emitting these shapes which floated about them before departing to mix with the others that filled the entire atmosphere. Other creatures in this world too were emitting their own shapes including the flowers so they called these forms the ESSE of things.

And they walked on and played in the endlessly beautiful landscape towards an unknown direction, just what instinct dictated. And there was no night but the taking over of one sun by the other. In what was their day the yellow sun would takeover and in what was called their night, the blue sun will take over, giving the entire world a series of several shades of blue from light blue when the yellow sun was taking a dip as red in the evening time to Azure at midnight. And purple in the morning. The purple coinciding sometimes with the rising of the yellow sun as red in the morning.

The knew no sleep and had no need for it for they enjoyed every hour of their day without stop.

In the beginning they needed no language beyond the names which was a series of sounds used to capture the feeling that looking at a creature would create.





TOWARDS THE SUN

Following their instinct one more time MAAN and WOOMAAN started chasing the sun. After playing for days moving about without a definite direction, just enjoying the environment, they decided unilaterally to choose the direction of the yellow sun in which to move. They also decided that at night, when the blue sun was in place, they would enjoy their other activities. And so they went forward towards the setting sun everyday, but never without some play and experiment with everything in their surroundings. As they went forward they also started discovering that the flora and fauna were not only increasing in variety, but they were also getting stranger. Sooner did they find a four legged creature grazing in the grass and they fell in love with it the first time they saw it. As they proceeded on their journey towards the sunset they seemed to come across these four legged creatures and even found birds that did not fly too. All these discovery amazed them but they never contemplated the why or how of them. They just enjoyed everything they came across and played with whatever creature they saw for nothing in this world could harm, not a sting nor bite, not a single bit of discomfort.

And so it was that they came across a strange substance the blocked their path. It was unlike anything they had ever seen, it seemed to shimmer and glisten in the sun and as they looked at it they saw their reflection. They had no fear of this new incident only a healthy curiosity as to what it was and how they could interact with it. Without caution, the female made the first move, she put her finger in it and the sensation was pleasant, and then she followed with a hand. It was at this moment that the male followed and the sensation was pleasant to him too. So they put both hands inside and started splashing at each other and towards the other side. They beauty of this new substance was amazing and they decided to camp by the sandy shores and relax in the beauty. They could not wait to see how beautiful the reflection would be in the nigh time through all the shades of blue and so it was when night time came. It was absolutely beautiful as they expected.

For the next following days the walked hand in hand by the beach, foot in sand enjoying the scenery. As they walked at the boundary of beauty, the urge to experience it fully increased in them and after several days of walking and camping, they woke up one morning and looked at each other, while they did the strength of the urge increased as a huge broad smile wore itself on their faces and they decided once more to follow the voice of instinct and take a plunge, and so they did.

The sensations were pleasant and they could breath effortlessly in the water. They started swimming and exploring this new world. It was so beautiful the outside shimmer that they had once admired for days could not outshine it. Inside this new water world were other types of creatures large and small, and also plants of varying colors of immense beauty.

They played with everything in their path, even following the larger animals far and wide to varying locations. No flesh ate another flesh and even the larger water animals fed on huge beds of plantlike substances the floated in schools in this depths. They never knew they had spent days here until they remembered their initial quest for the setting sun and decided to take a break from the depths and view the top of the water. So they swam upwards, as briskly as some of the water creatures they had spent a great deal of time with. At the top as they came out of the water, the first sight they met was that of the setting sun just above the horizon, and they felt that this was where the sun entered to rest, in this water which they now called SEA, because here they first saw where the sun rested after it had spent the day warming everything in its path. By now they knew that the yellow sun was warmer and the blue cooler, so it was that they took the sea to be the resting place for the yellow sun.

They decided that they would spend some time in the bottom of the sea exploring, and would, at certain intervals come out to see if they were still heading in the direction of the setting sun. so they dived deep and did as they had felt.

After a very long period of exploration, they noticed that the water was getting shallow, but they had not yet arrived at the setting sun sooner than they thought they were on sand beaches again when they sighted something strange and new. At the beach, clad in the same apparel as they, were another pair, a couple playing together in the sand. Rolling, frolicking, and kissing each other as they fell to the ground, rolled into the water, but never got too deep before they rolled back out.

This sight amazed MAAN and WOOMAAN, they wondered at the beauty of these creatures, no different from themselves and what they had seen in the reflection from the water. Without thought they walked towards them to take a closer view. The exhilarated couple never looked around to see the incoming intruders, too deep in their enjoyment to even consider. Suddenly, with a look of utter amazement, they looked up to see two creatures, similar to themselves standing above them and looking with the same amazement that they looked at them with.


















FIRST LOVE

So MAAN and WOOMAN sat beside their new acquaintance, both couples staring at each other in wonder. After a few minutes had passed in the fixed gaze game, maan and woomaan, simultaneously holding each member of the couple sitting opposite them, female first, uttered the sound IMA and then holding the male, they uttered the sound ABA, and these were the names most fit for the new acquaintance. After this introduction, they all looked at each other with a wide smile and ABA proceeded to kiss IMA. Maan and Woomaan where shocked at this site but it tingled Woomaan, and she turned over to her man and did as she saw. The delight from both their lips touching each other was utterly beautiful and unknown to them till this moment. Short and light was the first kiss, but longer and intense as the copied the actions of their new friends. Maan and Woomaan went ahead to explore every bit and detail of this new found action, even reaching for each others tongue. And as they explored further, the discovered new pleasures which was similar to that of their initial discoveries of the natural world.

Woomaan tapped her new friend Ima, and they proceeded towards the water. Due to the forms floating about each other they were able to perceive the desires of each other and so Ima knew that Woomaan called her to share so some new exciting experience, so she followed. And both went toward the sea hand in hand as the water started covering them from knee level to shoulder and then they both took a plunge. And so Woomaan taught Ima how to swim. Sooner did they start upon this joint venture did their men follow suit. Four of them went to the depths of the sea and explored the beauty of the reefs.

Swimming all through the remainder of the day they came out at the setting of the yellow sun, bask in the sands. And watch the sunset.

At the beginning of the blue night sun, they ran into the grasses and continued their usual fun activities till it was about the middle of the night when the sky was Azure. But Maan and Woomaan could not find their friends anywhere. The intensity and the frenzy of their fast paced running around jumping and even at times making rhythmic movements that looked like dancing, they had not kept track of their companions. But now they search around for them, looking hither and thither with no sight of them around. They continued their search without stopping for about 30 more minutes, till they heard some distant moaning and a bounteous flurry of shapes and colors emanating from some distance. Even though they entire place was blue lit, there seem to be a peculiar brightness emanating from the spot in the distance so they followed towards the light.

On reaching the sight they met amazed them, as they saw two bodies beautifully curled up on each other in close embrace. From the light show emanating from the bodies of Aba and Ima, Maan and Woomaan knew that there was something maximally exiting going on. So they sat down and watched as Aba and Ima each took turns above and below each other. This made Woomaan restless as she looked at her own man with a burning desire to do what she was seeing. Immediately he understood and took her by the shoulders and they started kissing and soon they too were wrapped in each other and they same light show started around them just like it was in their friends and they made love to each other till the yellow sun stood at the horizon again to start a new day.



PARTNERS IN A JOURNEY

On awakening at the start of the yellow sun, both couples go up refreshed and excited about the previous night as they walked from their separate positions in the grassy fields towards each other. As they met, seeing the shapes radiating around Maan and Wooman, Aba and Ima decided to follow their lead and both couples walked in the direction the sun would set later in the day.

Woomaan was so pleased with her experiences the previous night, she held tightly to the hand of her man as she looked into his eyes, at that moment she knew that they were meant for each other and would journey along sharing so many exciting discoveries and going back to the most awesome of all the experiences she had ever had, the love making, night after night, blue moon after yellow.

Without haste the walked the distance, at times, both couples would separate to have special times with each other and soon reunite afterwards. They encountered more beautiful scenery and other enchanting creatures along the way. From time to time they would come across other bodies of water, although much smaller that the sea Maan and Woomaan had crossed and they would swim in it to play and cool their bodies. But no matter what they did their garments stayed sparkling white with no stain. After several weeks had passed without a dull moment, they came to the banks of a body of water that cut the land in two, that on which they stood and that after the water. Although it stretched left and right for as far as they eye could see, it was much thinner and shallow than the sea. But something new was being discovered here. There were several logs that were laid neatly across the body of water reaching to the other side, and the sides of the log bridge had handles made out of ropes from some plant body. They walked across this bridge wondering how it must have grown. As they crossed, they met a steep hill and after climbing, they saw a stone cottage much to their amusement. Curiously they walked towards it and soon they were at the doorsteps. Without caution Ima pushed the wooden door and the team entered the house and started exploring. They were amazed by all they came across, from the wooden chairs and tables to the endless flowers in various flower vases. They explored all around the simple room less house, with window spaces but no windows. Although the floor was made of wood, it was covered with very soft dry grass, which gave it the feeling of a thick fur carpet. So the team rested on it to enjoy the beauty of this simple abode. Some moments after they sat, the door opened and they saw a man. Although physically he looked like them with two legs, hands and a head, he was brown in complexion and dark haired. While they were golden skinned a with blonde hair except for Ima who was brunette. The hardy looking man, tanned from intense sun exposure and hard work welcomed his guest by bowing to them. From the shapes radiating from him they could understand his history and they knew that he too was not alone, and that moment of cognition, his wife walked in carrying a basket of flowers. The basket was woven from plant material they obtained from the environment. Without speaking to each other, the new party bonded with the other companions and Ima single-selfly named the man Anand and the woman she named Vina.

Anand and Vina to their new guests outside to showcase their environment. As the party marveled at all the lovely things they saw, they did not expect what was next to come. Maan and Woomaan looked towards the setting sun to remind themselves of the journey they still had to complete when, distorting the view of the large faced setting sun were to black dots. Noticing that the dots were increasing in size, they paid more attention to them. But as the size increased they became so curious they had to call the attention of the others. And to the surprise of everyone, the dots were no longer dots but a dark skinned couple floating mid air now above them and rapidly descending towards their current position. Soon right in front of them was another man and woman, dark skinned due to all the time they spent flying very high and exposed to the direct radiation of the suns.

The male of the couple introduced himself as Adam and then the female as Eve to their onlookers. In turn, everyone of the old team introduced themselves in couples. In their middle Adam projected a form and the received this form instantaneously into their own spheres of consciousness and understand what it meant. They knew how to fly and without effort, couples hand in hand, the floated into the air. This was an amazing new experience for all of them but quite common to Adam and Eve. They all followed the lead of Adam and Eve as they started floating high above the surface of their world. It was an amazing experience but could not rank the feeling of making love in the eyes of Woomaan. Either way, they all enjoyed themselves as the floated higher and higher above the clouds and within it. Traversing huge distances in the twinkle of an eye. Each going their separate ways and then meeting again and then diverging again until they had their fill. Soon they were back on land again and the inquisitive Woomaan sent a form to the entire team and the response came back. The suns where away from their world and not on the perceived horizon, was the response they received and they understood. Then Adam proposed that there were other exciting things to see on the planet and that even though they have flown far and wide, they still did not traverse the entire planet.

After Adams thoughts were consumed, Eve proceeded to show them by projecting a screen in their center showed them another occupant of the planet that they were yet to see and they flew together without much deliberation to the location far far away.















KNOWLEDGE

They all were flying in pairs this time now. Hovering high above the planet and playing in the clouds. Sometimes they would glide really low and then ascend very rapidly through the clouds leaving a cloud trail behind them. All of them doing this stunt made the clouds seem to be erupting upwards from varying locations simultaneously, making the atmosphere very beautiful indeed. Leading the whole team was Adam and Eve since they were way ahead of the others in navigation. After enjoying varying feats in the clouds, they decided to fly real low to see the beauty of the landscape from a lower altitude. This was actually initiated by Eve and the rest followed suite. As they admired the landscape, seeing larger plant life than they had ever witnessed, their awe increased in proportions, but nothing prepared them for what they were about to see. As they glided, the huge trees with varyingly colored leaves receded showing just ahead an immense grassland with the most awesome of colors in their leafs and flowers and just within the center of this field, a hill rose slightly and as they got closer they noticed that the plant and animal life about the hill was of a greater variety than they had seen anywhere along their journeys. The beauty was awesome they decided to fly a little lower. Their attention was diverted towards the organic life that they never saw that crowning the soft mound of a hill above was a massive dome made of a lively material that at once was transparent and later translucent and bathed in the most explosively wild varieties of colors, constantly alternating. This new discovery was so breathtaking, they had to land at the foot of the hill. In pairs they came down and stood still admiring the structure and beauty of the dome. It was just similar to the domes that surrounded them individually but much larger and more solid than theirs. As they moved towards the dome they noticed that the triangular patterns which formed the grid work of the dome was visible. In the domes that encircled them, they could see this triangular grid work but it was faint and obscured from the various colors that emanated from their body activities. As they reached the top of the hill, each couple hand in hand, they were welcomed by and extremely tall silver haired man accompanied by his wife, similarly tall but of lesser stature that the male and also silver. In comparison to them this couple was taller that all of them.

The male bowed to the visitors followed by his wife and he introduced himself. Usually during an introduction only the names are mentioned with no other word following. But this time the male said some more words that they had ever heard. Interpreted in english: 'I am Deor and this is my wife Deorin'. Another strange thing happened, as if speaking in a tongue was not strange enough. Unlike them whose thoughts radiate from all over their bodies as they expressed themselves, his came straight from his mouth towards them and disappeared faster than theirs.

Knowing no fear at all they welcomed his greetings by bowing down respectively a couple after the other. Then he ushered them to his abode. He also said: ' when you get in you will speak with me in this tongue'. They went in through the walls of the dome and it gave way. There was no specific door and you could enter from all around it. Inside they were shocked for the magnificence they observed. This dome was his mind, an expanded version of their which they held around them. They dome contained his thoughts all the forms he had perceived and generated on his own. They flowed around in endless geometrical dances. Although all could not be visible in an instant, they all played out over time, with the current forms disappearing after a while and new ones replacing them.

Another peculiar thing about the dome was that you could not reach the edge because it expanded infinitely as you walked towards any side. It was like an endlessly expanding world revealing more the further towards an edge you walked. But outside the size was limited, inside it was endless. You could only leave if the master of the dome permitted.

Deor's wife Deorin still had her own dome but lived with her husband inside his. Inside the dome they found another person who was stacking various items in a kind of cupboard. Smaller in stature was this one, but with an extremely long beard. Beside him also busy with the many things being stacked was a smaller woman too. So engrossed in her activities she barely turned to see the team of people that surrounded her and her husband and looked in astonishment at what they were doing. Amongst the things which they put in cupboards was crude jewel stones and precious metals. They were miners as you could see from their soiled garments which was now brownish due to constant working in the earth.

They brought this precious items here not because of safe keeping but because deor, using his mind in his mindspace, which was the dome, could turn them into magnificent things. Gold and silver got shaped into varying pieces. And jewels got worked and studded on the metals or left freely.

Some of this works Deor shared with his guests, necklaces, rings and bracelets. Of all the guests, Ima was the one most delighted in this works and she took much interest in them. Spending some time now in his mindspace, the guests could now converse in Deor's tongue and thought not more convenient that their previous silent communication, the found out that it gave them a sense of community. So they used it. But they could still communicate silently at will.

After they had fed their minds sufficiently, Deor saw it fit to take them to the next level, he wanted to show them the secret of his abilities to create new life. Within his mindspace, the were taken to another dome within. It prevented any of the other thought forms from interfering because wanted all their minds to be focused on what he wanted to show them. The stood around a hexagonally shaped platform, a couple on each side of the hexagon. Maan and Woomaan, Aba and Ima, Anand and Vina, Adam and Eve, Deor and Deorin, Uz and Uzze (the miners). Right in the center of the hexagon. A show started. Two plants appeared side by side. Very different in leaf color and type, flower color and type and other characteristics. These plants floated freely above the platform showing everything including their roots. They were emitting their forms now which were floating around them. Then with a hand gesture, Deor directed that their forms be merged. A small geodesic sphere appeared and the forms being emitted from both plants were directed into it. And with another gesture, a new plant was forming out of the geodesic sphere, fully grown. And with the third gesture the plant started emitting its own forms separate from the forms of its progenitors, it was now alive.

The companions were excited this was so beautiful.

And Deor said: ' This is how I create all the new things u see around my hill. I now show it to you so that you can do the same. ' and Woomaan replied: 'This is KNOWLEDGE'.



COMMUNITY



Adam and Eve proclaimed that there were no other beings like them on the whole planet so Maan and Woomaan gave up further wandering as well as the other companions that had travelled together. They decided to settle in this new place and build a community where each person may partake and share of the creativity of the others. They all created similar domes to the one Deor had and they lived in them, except for Anand and Vina who build a better version of their old house using stones the created out of their visions and the miners build a house of gold, silver and other jewels they found from their mining. Although the could create any jewel at will they enjoyed the labor of toiling all day long in the dirt and continued their mining man and wife with utmost pleasure.

The domes and houses in the community were widely spaced out because each couple needed ample space to place their creations. And even though the entire planet was the canvas on which the could create endless beauty, there were some creations that were so dear to them that they desired to keep them close.

They choose a particular period on every seventh day to display their creations and explain to each other in the language of Deor and Deorin the exact feelings that lead to it, although this were not strictly feelings as we know it but rather intuitive urges.

Their presence on the planet over the years multiplied the beauty and abundance they initially met and the sea was filled with water creatures of all kinds and they airs were filled with endless flying creatures. On land there were new trees of all shapes and sizes and four legged creatures walked and roamed about. And nothing ate.

It was in the height of the creativity that Adam and Eve sought to do the ultimate in creation and for a full week they conceived of it and on the seventh day it was revealed to others as was custom. This new creatures were different from everything on the planet but the creators themselves, they were in their image and likeness and Even called the male Adamu and Adam called the female Even.















NEW FRIENDS



Adamu and Even walked together all they long, playing and enjoying the scenery, much to the delight of their creators. Of all the attributes of the creators and apart from their diminished height. Adamu and Even surprised everyone by demonstrating to them a new process. When the blue moon arrived, they slept. And the 12 friends stood around them in amazement. This discovery was made after Adam and Eve searched for their creations in the surrounding gardens to no avail and as they searched further, they saw a slight clearing made by fallen long grass which differentiated that very spot from the surroundings. On reaching there they saw the sleeping couples exhausted from their daily activities. Adam sent Eve to call the other companions to come over to observe this new happening.

The companions set camp around the sleeping couple till the yellow sun arose in the sky, as it was then that the sleepers woke up, wild eyed at their surroundment.








HEAVYNESS



As the days went on Adamu and Even became weaker and weaker until after 14 days they could not get up from their sleeping place. This was noticed as the companions did not see them awake in the morning as usual and went check on them. On arrival they saw that they were awake but too weary to get up. So they were lifted and taken to the abode of their creators. Deor the wise started investigating his mind, which was his whole house for solutions to this problems. The thinking process involved thought form after another swirling around him at high speeds as he sat in the middle of the room searching his mind. Several forms would conjugate to create new forms leaving a copy of their previous states behind. Forms would be broken up and recombined in endless varieties. As he did so, his wife Deorin joined him and although she still had her mind shell surrounding her, she could interact with his to aid in his thought processes. But they could not find a solution to the problem within their own mind. At the very moment Deor was retiring from his search Anand and Vina arrived with a message. They told him that they had been exploring the upper atmosphere and had found that there was a limit to how far they could go. 'Beyond a certain level, we found that we could no longer take in air', Anand said. 'But we saw that there were lights, twinkling far away and we wished we could go closer to these lights', Vina added. Deor saw an opportunity here but he could not quite place a finger on it. 'Did you explore sufficient portions of this airless boundary around the world to see that there was no passage to these lights?', Deor said.

'Yes we did to the best of our enthusiasm and found nothing but this airless region anywhere we explored', said Vina.

Deor replied: 'Good, so we have to find a way to explore those airless reaches. I will consider the whole situation and tell you what I think on the next yellow sun.' with this Anand and Vina left his abode to thiers.

Deor now saw that this was when he would create his own beings, but unlike the creations of his peers, he's would be able to survive in such and airless environment. And as he thought, the formation of his thoughts visually revealed to him the designs of such beings. Within a few moments he had in front of him two ghostly figures, a male and a female. He called this new beings of his angels and told them that their pleasure lies in doing his biddings. This they accepted with smiles on their newly created faces.

These he sent on the errand of exploring the outer atmosphere since they had no need for air, and they went swiftly moving through the glass domes and out floating in the air towards the heavens.







A SOLUTION


The angels named: Aza and Azael, flew swiftly at incalculable speeds across the cosmos as they observed and stored all they saw in their perfect memories. Deor was able to see through their own eyes so he saw everything they saw floating holographically in his dome. He also had a silent mental connection with them so he could also stir them in any direction of interest to him. Deorin his wife was particularly interested in the stars and thus she requested that they move closer.

The beauty of it as they cruised closer to the whiteness of white hot star was indescribable in any language they could concoct. It was a site prettier than any of the jewels Uz had unearthed from the soil.

They angles got closer to a star until the largeness filled their entire horizon. They knew it was hotter than anything they had ever known in their short lives but interpretation was not their business. Theirs was mere data collection, the main integrator of this data was their master Deor.

After observing the star on the surface and a short distance inside they decided to move on to other exploration. This very star was what they saw at night from their planet as the blue moon of the night.

The exploration went on and they went farther and farther, observing all of objects in the void. They landed on bare rocks the size of the planet, and they even landed on planets that were still molten and in the process of formation. All the data the collected from their entire field of view was being actively used by Deor to create a model of the surrounding universe within his home for his personal study.

From the data that was returning to Deor, which was displayed as several 3 dimensional geometric shapes on his display everything about the external environment was being comprehended by him. The temperature, pressure, radiation intensity and other facts were being steadily collated studied at blinding speeds and being store for future reference.

It had been several weeks locally since they angels were gone and Deor saw that the time had come for him to narrow his search down a little bit. He requested that the angles narrow their search down to planets that had similar environment like theirs because he had come to the conclusion that the reason for the heaviness of Adamu and Even was because of the weight of the air above them. It was the weight of this air that kept them on the surface of their planet. Deor theorized that if they were to find a planet with a lighter atmosphere then the new creations would leave there peacefully. This was a solution he wished that their creators Adam and Even would accept.

On a particular midday, images started flying into the Deor’s display. He started seeing several spheres all of which were candidates at different areas of the galaxy that hosted their planet. Of all he saw in this eastern region of the galaxy, the best candidate was a large planet orbiting a young star he later called Sol. This planet, although big enough for the new creations was not as big as the home planet, which was a big as this Sol but it was the second biggest in Sol’s system. Although there were three other candidates, one was too small with a thin atmosphere and the other was a little bit larger but inhabited by massive sized animals everywhere. Another advantage of the planet of choice was that the atmosphere was large enough and heavy to create sufficient pressure on the creations, enough for them to walk and live their lives easily and also to provide sufficient resistance against their movements to insure appropriate bone development. But the disadvantage was that they would need to sleep every night to recover from the weariness of living against the massive pressure of the planet. But unlike the home planet, the heaviness would not wear them out. Another advantage was that the planet was literally empty but 100% suitable form life.

The smallest of the planet could be set up to good use with a little creative ingenuity but that would be at a later time.

Aza and Azael, were order to set down on the planet and scan every bit of the surface so that he, Deor, could get a local image to view as he planned along. But this was the point he thought that it was time to call a council, where his proposal would be presented to the other companions.








MOURNING

The companions were summoned to the hex: a hexagonal hedge of beautiful plants that was created for exhibitions of creativity. But now it would also serve as a place for meetings of this kind.

Everyone was gathered and without much hesitation Deor spoke out his proposal.

Deor: “I hereby propose a solution to the problem that has bewildered us all for quite some time. My solution is simple but would require a major sacrifice on our part and especially for the direct creators of these lovely beings who joined us recently. It is my discovery that due to the nature of our world, the beings have had a very difficult time adapting to conditions here and as such I propose that they be taken to a world that is more suitable for them. As you all know I have sent my newly created beings, the angels on a mission to scout such a planet and they have found one which is suitable for them. Right now they are scanning every triangular piece of this planet to make sure no threats to the survival of our beloved exist there and every moment I am receiving a live feed of the goings on there. This is my request.”

At the end of the speech Eve broke down in tears, for the first time the great 12 knew sorrow. Adam consoled her, while Ima soon joined Eve and this was the most of the companions that burst into tears while the others sat in sorrow and contemplated.

Uz broke in saying: “Why don’t we dig deep into our own earth and create for them a world suitable for their staying or create a dome where the weight of the planet would not be upon them.”

Deor replied: “indeed, I have thought about all this options but it would really impinge on their freedom as they would not be able to be as free as us to move about these proposed entrapments. Rather I would suggest that they be given a planet of their own so that they can be free to create just as we are without any restrictions. Infact, we will never leave them alone, we will always have the angels stay with them and we can watch after them, at least with little interference as possible, for as long and as often as we want.”

With this statement everyone agreed in unison that it would be the best thing they could do for Adamu and Even. So Deor put things into action. He started constructing a craft that would create a small controlled environment for them on the journey to their new home. It would also serve as a living space for them when they arrived because a team of angels alongside Aza and Azael would be there with them making the planet as much of a replica of their home planet as possible. Since this new planet was majorly empty it would need a lot of things of beauty they needed to give them a wonderful stay.

Vina now rose up to speak. “I personally think keeping them to themselves with only a bunch of angels for companion ship would be doing them a disservice. I would suggest that we should all create beings that would accompany them as their friends and also give them the ability to create beings of their own so that they can fill the planet and no one would be lonely.”

Aba now spoke too: “I and my lovely have also been contemplating same and we came to the conclusion that since the new creations cannot see the seed structure of things, their creativity would be limited and they would not be able to create beings of their own. I suggest that we take the most beautiful of all our experiences and turn it into a mode through which they could create anything they want in pairs. By uniting male with female they would in the due course of 12 of their sun cycles be able to create a youngling. A baby we have chosen to call this youngling and it shall grow to be their height and stature. Now since they are limited individually in the creation of things, due to the fact that the life force of one of them is half of ours, we also found out that this does not mean that they cannot combine life-force in the same baby creating union and create other things by the combined power of their individual bodies. With this method we hope that they could continue creating their own conceptions of beauty thereby having the same pleasure we do from creating ours.”

The companions unanimously agreed to this idea and Uzze added: “I will also suggest that we each give them a gift that would make them become more like us. Like I and Uz would like to give to the beings we create the knowledge of finding earth gems and we suggest that you all give your own creations the gift you desire for them.”

Like in all things that the companions did there was literally no objection most of the times but agreement as each had a compassionate ear for the ideas of the others. All was agreed to and Deorin advised that everyone should go ahead and start the work they had all agreed to do and they left the gathering.





PARTINGS

On the day of the departure all the beings created by the companions were brought to the circle. The geodesic sphere that would be their transport was already perfected, made by Uz’s smithcraft and Deor’s technology. It was requested that the new creations be all in a sleeping state, to be awakened in their new home, since Adamu and Even were also sleeping. A quick decision was made to place them on twelve different points around the planet before awakening them in an attempt to replicate the very conditions they had found themselves in the beginning. They were put in transparent capsules with transcriptions all over it constituting all the knowledge their creators wished to bestow upon them. This capsule was designed by Deor to balloon into a geodesic sphere that was to become their individual home on arrival. Deor also created more angels of a worker class and gave them his intention to make the planet a model of the home planet to the best of their abilities. He would remote-monitor them from home.

With this entire endeavor being handled by Deor, Vina thought it wise to let her husband make input to the dwelling construction. Since Deor was of the purely technical line of mind, seeing things in terms of function almost exclusively, with beauty only a passive consideration, Vina told her husband Anand to make essential input to the construction of the house in terms of beauty and Ima readily contributed to increase the lovliness of the housings.

When all was set and ready, Deor using his powerful mind moved the individual capsules into the mothership and command them to be gone on their journey. Some of the women wept as they saw the sphere ascend into the sky and untowards their destination. At the same time the angels, infinitely beautiful but ghostly figures, each created male and female, 12 in number, ascended and followed suite after the ascending sphere. And all looked at the show with a mixture of amazement, joy and sadness as the objects gradually receded until the thick atmosphere closed all sight.















ARRIVAL

On arrival, the individual capsules were dispatched to their special locations while the central mothership capsule was placed at a point equidistant the capsules from the 12 corners. It was Deor’s intention the creations find themselves the same way they the first found themselves. He worked infinitely hard to make sure that conditions were similar to their and that the creations would replicate the society of the first. Although there was room for variability and novelty, it was more than a 20% margin from the stability the master Deor sought for them.

Moving at intense speeds faster than the movement of light, the new creations arrived at their new home, still sleeping. On Deor’s instruction, the angels left them in their sleeping state while they sought build the new planet. There was a lot of construction and planting to be done since apart from a suitable atmosphere and gravity there was nothing of much beauty in this planet. But although there was little of growing beauty around, there was something this planet was particularly rich in. while back home Uz and Uzze would toil deep inside the soil to find jewels, although they would not call this toiling because they enjoyed every moment of their effort, on this new planet, there seem to be these variedly colored jewels everywhere. The most dominant was transparent and glasslike in nature, but infinitely hard. It shone with brilliance whenever it was exposed to light. This jewel which the angels found everywhere in more abundance than the other jewels which were strewn all over the planet, which were also in abundance, the called the diamond.

While the creations slept, which they would continue doing for the next 100 cycles of time on their new planet, the angels worked day and night unceasingly, using the power of their master Deor the started hewing out mountains from flatlands, cutting them and shaping them. Placing jewels in new arrangements all over the place and planting all the seeds they brought with them. Fishes raised in the sea, four legged creatures of all types they filled the land with.

As the cycles rolled over, the great work of Deor was being completed in all its majesty and it was much more beautiful than he had initially conceived because plans changed as he kept on the construction, looking for better ways to place things and new ways to arrange plants.

After much toil of love, the work was completed and the angels although capable of little independent thought were pleased with the works of their hand. They looked out and were pleased.

It was now time to call upon the other companions to view the work in the hex and they were summoned appropriately. To their amazement, they saw and gasped in awe at the magnificent creation before them. Right in front of them floating in thin air was a holographic image of the new planet, now transformed completely from what they had seen initially, the beautiful planet stood there in all its grandeur. Seeing the they were satisfied with their view from afar, using his mind Deor zoomed in closer the were able to have a birds eye view of the magnificence. With the vision from above the view the entire landscape of mountains and rivers. Waterfalls and gardens of immense beauty. All around the planet were four legged creatures of all sizes and shapes walking happily feeding on the vegetation. Birds of infinite varieties flocked the air and in the seas were leaping fishes in large schools. Due to the smaller size of this new planet, the population of created things seemed to be more than what was on the home planet but it was really less. The crowded nature of the planet made it all the more like a work of art designed for the utmost of beauty. when the creations would awaken they might not really have much to create as almost everything was already available. Thus they would create that which was much more essential than anything themselves. Deor’s deep intention was to create an environment where the main motivation would be for the created beings to create more of themselves. Deor had always dreamed of a society larger than theirs. He imagined many things, cities communities, later on new planets would be found beings would be planted everywhere. Maybe if he did all this the beings that had created them, this was an entirely novel thought that many of the other companions had not really considered lately, would later find them and he deeply considered that they would be pleased with his works because he hoped greatly that this was the purpose of their existence.










ANOTHER GALAXY

A creature stood in front of a council. A huge dome carved out of rock underground. The roof was constantly dripping of underground water. The council was made up of the elders of a race of underground dwellers. Greenish black was their skin and their sharp teeth revealed their slit tongue while they spoke a strange language, whose sound frequencies were so high to others not of their race it would sound like endless squeaks and clicks.

The creature that stood in front of the council had been accused of murder. He killed a friend in a bitter struggle over a piece of gold. Gold was the most valuable substance of this world second to diamond. The gold was used as fuel in reactors for generating heat in this cold and damp world. The diamond was the most priced jewel. And as everything of value they were both very scarce. Only the royals in this land had the power to own diamonds and gold was used to power homes in personal reactors.

This gold was gotten at a high price from deep within this planet. It was their major occupation because if you did not have some gold you would freeze to death.

On the surface of their planet was barren rock almost devoid of life except for the other reptile creatures that scrapped for an existence in this god forsaken planet. How they came here they knew not but they knew it as their only one and the sky was permanently dark because they were so far away from the sun around which their planet orbited.

Unable to generate sufficient heat to keep their bodies warm, they had invented a reactor that used small pieces of gold, this was all they could find, to generate heat and light. They called it the ullume, and it was their central and most priced possession for anyone whole could own one.

For those who could not own one, there were general room where they could ‘charge’ themselves but this did not mean it came free. The price was a rent in gold you would have to pay at a certain time of the month or else you would be driven out to die in the cold.

But one must ask that what did they do when the gold was excess? Of course they stored the excess, but there was always the sense of scarcity being passed down from the rulership all the time. No matter how much gold they mined, the joy of the achievement was always short lived as the lord of the cave would always tell them they needed more and it was never enough. He told them that they needed to get and store all the gold they could find before someone else comes and starts mining it with them.

Although thought they could think of no reason why someone else would want their gold since they have been here alone for all time they simply obeyed him and went everyday to their labours. Although the place was permanently dark all the time and it was hard to say which was day or night, they instinctually knew the time because they were strongly regulated by the magnetic fields of their planets that shifted constantly during what they out of convention called night and what they called they.

The changes in the magnetic fields during the day was called hours and they had mastered the regularity so much that they had come up with a complete calendar based on this.

In such a society what would make someone come ahead as the leader of the pack of wild and dangerous creatures such as they desperate sentient reptile-like creatures? The simple answer was power. The master of the race possessed a rod of power. However he came to it they did not know but they did know that those whoever attempted to challenge the authority of the ruling master was instantly obliterated from existence with this rod. The rod was with him all the time like a walking staff. He never departed up to a meter away from it. Due to its power it had made him sleepless and he seemed never to have a need for sleep either. The rod shone white and blue in his hand but could be rendered invisible at will.

This rod could be used to do anything their master wanted. Long ago they had wandered on the surface of the cold waste of a planet, burrowing wherever they could find to hide for the night because this was when they cold intensified while on the surface. They would come out during the day to look for any other crawling creature they could scavenge for food before hiding back again at night. Some of the other creatures of their type who were opportuned to find a real cave would hide there during the night. But this cave was a luxury that could not be held on for long. Sooner or later an invading band would battle for it and if the primary residents lost, usually with the loss of a great number of lives, they would be dispossessed and sent to wallow in the wilderness till they either died or were eaten by another of their fellow creatures who had developed a taste for the flesh of their brethren.

This horrific existence was reduced when the master appeared with the rod. However he got it was hard to tell but it could do miraculous things. With this rod he organized a civilization of loyalist around himself and using its power he burrowed deep into the earth and established them their home. The only price to pay was to offer a specific amount of gold every monthly cycle to him as rent while you could go ahead with your life as you wished. This was a small price to pay as life in the open was not fun at all. Then as if the rod was all he had over them, he came up with the ullume, the light of life, powered by gold. He sold it at a price because its secret of making was not known to anyone but himself. Everyone dreamed of owning one of these so they worked hard endlessly to both afford to pay the rent and save to purchase one of these home warmers.

Home for them was the small sub-caves that were arranged in cells in a huge space that was their city. As more of them were born, new sub-caves were built to accumulate the teeming masses which only meant more gold for the master.

So on this day that a murderer was arraigned before the council, a group of specially chosen people loyal to the master, everyone interested in the case gathered around to hear the judgement. Surprisingly to everyone there the murderer was not sentenced to death as was expected. But his price in gold he would have to pay every month was doubled. He would pay his victims fees till the naturally length of his life was over, case dismissed.

Everyone walked backed murmuring. They expect some real justice but this was just too appalling. Could they call it mercy of the master sparing someone from death who clearly deserved to die or could they call it a plain demonstration that gold was really the object of primary importance in this world.

They knew that life out there was not easy at all and going away was not an option at all but they increasingly began to look at themselves as slaves toiling away for the purposes of another man whose true intentions they could never decipher.
















THE SECRET OF THE GOLD

On the golden streets of Vankil, Numeros the reptile lord rolled through in a Cat driven carriage made of gold. He was on his way from the landing circle from his cold planet on his way to pay homage and submit reports to his lord and creator Akame, the supreme master of the red lords.

In the cabin of his carriage with him were six Nymphs, white skinned golden haired beauties that lived only for the pleasure of him to whom they were assigned to. To Numeros this was the usual treat everytime he came to report to his master. It was a reward for a job welldone. In his mind he thought he dared never take this for granted and his entire focus was bent on pleasing the supreme master.

These Nymphs were objects of perfection, specially crafted by the supreme master as decorations and toys in his majestic domain, Numeros was the only one from his planet to have access to such exotic gifts. Anytime he came to give a reports he would be sent a set of new Nymphs he had never seen. All this he was in utmost gratitude to and adored his master beyond any power in the universe.

As the carriage drew nearer, he was confronted with the usual site of majesty, the largest, most elaborate structure in the galaxy. A mixture of pure gold and white marble, erected in the most architectural complicated masterpiece in the galaxy. It was an edifice of perfection. The building of the lord of the galaxy of Anura could never be used to the sights of any creature. There was always something new in it you never perceived on first, second or third site. If a building is what you can call it, I guess you better call a city a building, because this house was a city unto itself, with endless different compartments for endless different living creatures all designed to serve for eternity the overlord and master.

Finally the carriage made a halt on the golden floor of the main entrance to the building. Waiting there to receive him and take him to the master was gigantic creature who was among the servant class of his vast hierarchy of subordinates. The valet was to take him all the way in a floating cube through the mile long hallways to the master’s square.

This giant was not the largest there was, there were other much larger and muscular who were in the military class. The city was nicknamed the thousand mile square because it was actually one thousand miles on each side of its square and place atop a mountain a thousand mile high with a base of even wider dimensions. It was so high the clouds mixed with its endless spires and buildings sometimes even on the streets you could see a cloud pass you by. Apart from the single 100 mile long bridge from the landing circle all the way to the gates of the city. Below the bridge was a permanently active volcano that was constantly erupting spewing fire and ash. The pillars of the bridge were immersed in this cauldron but with the master’s magic the smoke never rose higher than the bottom of the bridge. Moving along the bridge you could see the fire but not feel the heat or smell the smoke it was all contained by some transparent bubble that was impenetrable. If you were brave enough to jump you would see that the bubble would not let you fall into the fire. But it was so transparent you could not tell it was there, not even a reflection betrayed its presence.

In the hallways Numeros enjoyed the company of the majestic works of art that were drawn on the walls of the hallway. The floating cube was transporting him smoothly without a sound to the domain of the master, in it was the giant that picked him from courtyard, standing guard while he enjoyed the company of his Nymphs. He had worn glove that gave his hard, dry scaly skin a soft touch. This synthetic skin could give him sensations that no reptile with scales could ever enjoy in the galaxy. It connected straight to his nerves from the outside giving he sensations of touch that he would feel were he to be scaled off painlessly and expose the delicate skin underneath. Using this glove he could get every pleasure from touch his Nymphs and they too enjoyed it exceedingly because they were not bruised by his touch. Since he had reached maturity for his race, he had stopped molting which prevented him from having full pleasure of exposed flesh and he secretly wished that his master would one day use magic to molt him so he could enjoy the pleasures of youth again.

While these thoughts were going on, the cube stopped and they stepped out in a circular opening with roof so high you could barely see it. Due to the high altitude of this whole city, he could not breath properly because he was used to living underground most of the time, and knowing this already he had been given a breathing device the size of his nostrils to increase the pressure of the air entering his nose. It made him feel better.

Then with a voice the sound of thunder, and were it not for the solid marble and gold everywhere, shuddering walls would have followed, the master greeted him.

‘Welcome ye faithful’.

He answered falling on his knees at the massive physical size and kingliness of the master. ‘Who art me to stand in the face of majesty and kingship, my soul bows before your highness and even the image of my being is not worthy of your presence’

‘oh worthy art thou my faithful, thy presence brings me great joy. Kneel not but stand in grace for ye are worthy of my presence and friendship.’

With this command Numeros stood up and was ushered to his small seat as usual. The Nymphs were carted away to their quarters while Numeros and the Akame dealt in the business of gold as was their major issue of meeting.

‘What dost thou have to say to please my head as ye always do, who doth thou bring to the table for a meal of mind?’

‘My master I bring with heartiness the gold of thy farms, 6000 measures as is my quota I have brought, along with 600 more in my utmost desire to say I am grateful. I also brought for you 66 pieces of a new jewel we found in our diggings. I called it diamonds for its transparency and as an honor to your name o ye master of the Anura. I pray thee accept my humble offering’.

‘My faithful, I accept your offerings, may ye now be lead to my new gardens where new maidens await thee, soft to the touch are their skins but as you will discover from their belly below is in the nature of your people so ye may have pleasure with them as you would with your own kind. Go ye my servant enjoy the fruits of your labor.’

As was usual the gold was carted away to the storage facilities where they were kept until they would be used as bricks for paving new roads or for some other construction work or tailoring.

Numeros spent the rest of the day basking in his promised gardens thanking the lord endlessly for his kindness.

















THE RACE OF CHILDREN


Aba and Ima in their contemplations conceived of a race of beings who would never grow to adulthood physically but would be as wise as they the white lords. In the space in front of them as they sat out on a hill, the created these beings in their imaginations. Although the new creations sent off to Tiamet satisfied them greatly and the use of copulation to effect creation also satisfied them, they deeply desired a race of beings that were as smart as they themselves and could create as freely independently.

Of all the white lords Aba and Ima were the ones who enjoyed copulations most and spent most of their day in the act of loving. They wanted to see what would happen otherwise. The wanted a race of beings who would remain children forever but have the very creative powers of themselves, the white lords.

To see if this vision was feasible, the took it to their revered companion Deor. On arriving at his home, they just disappeared from the hilltop where they were and appeared instantly at Deor’s home. They were honorable welcomed because they had sent him a mental image of their desire to come over and he acknowledged instantly in thought.

They were welcomed by Deorin, who exchanged welcome gifts with them. This was a new tradition encouraged by Anand and Vina, the act of giving flowers or fruit. Since these were lands free of decay, the gifts lasted for eternity even without their roots. Fruits of varying colors and shape were also passed on between the comapanions and these were all kept in the infinite spaces within their homes.

So it was a thing of beauty to bring in a new gift anytime you went to visit a companion. Deorin welcomed them:

‘The pretty Ima and her handsome king welcome to or home’.

‘Thank you very much for accepting our request for your time, I and my king are grateful’.

‘You’re very excellently welcome at any time you wish to our home’.

‘Thank you, we would like to speak to your king about the desires of our heart, our true reason for visiting’.

‘He will be with you now!’

And at that very moment, Deor appear in front of them and said:

‘You are both very welcome to our abode and I now know that which you desire to communicate with me’.

‘I would like to tell you that it is very possible and I in passing too have had that same thought. It will bring me great joy to help you in the creation of these same beings but first of all I would like to search for a world appropriate for their birth.’

‘Do as you please Master Deor, for you are the wisest among the brethren.’ Anand said.

‘I will report to you as soon as this world is found my great companions.’

‘We will be grateful our lord.’

With this closing remark, the disappeared from Deor’s residence to a far beach by the ocean were they relaxed on the sands and made love with each other.
















THE CONTEMPLATIONS OF DEOR


Deor contemplated the request of Aba and Ima for a while considering the best kind of environment for this new breed of creatures. If they were to be as wise as them, then what was the source of their own wisdom? What if they did not have the urge to create? Although up till now he had not a course to regret his creations as he watched them wake up after the planet was settled and start their life. Although they still lived independently each with their mate and without so much of a curiosity to explore their immediate environs, he understood with them that with time they will seek other surroundings.

For the most part the new creations of Tiamet were engulfed in the new found pleasures of love making and the consequences of this union was that families started forming around their various landing points, the places that had been designated for the couples to stay at. This pleased Deorin who had hoped more than anything that the planet her husband had painstakingly instituted would be populated with abundance of peoples.

Deor too was satisfied with the high birthrate and was even more excited when some of the children started wandering beyond the confines of the family home. There was no thought of security and there was no harm whatsoever so the children were let loose as soon as they could walk. Their ageless parents continued creating more children because there was endless abundance to feed the teeming family.

Deor’s ultimate desire and also that of Adam and Eve was that they would start moving beyond their primary homes and wander around the planet, meet and breed with the others so that the true beauty of the creation could be achieved, the mixture of the multitudes, the beauty of diversity.

Many of the plants on the planet bore fruit, this fruit were not just items of beauty for the residents of Tiamet. Apart from the fact that most of the gifts of knowledge was written in their capsules, another idea suggested by Maan and Wooman was that the plants and on this new planet should bear fruit that contained knowledge. So that each fruit was like a book that could enable you know about certain aspects of creation. Since the knowledge the white brotherhood sought to pass on was in excess it could not be all encoded in characters so the best way to encode this knowledge was to put in the endless varieties of fruit and berry scattered all over the planet.

Another means of communication knowledge was in the smells of the myriads of flowers scattered everywhere on the planet. By perceiving the aroma of the flowers they could know the many things that the white lords wished that they knew. They too could also store their knowledge in this flowers and fruits when they wished to pass on knowledge from one to another.

Another major reason why this form of knowing things was required was that due to the atmospheric composition of this new planet, the form of things, the geometric shapes that every object emitted was not very apparent for them to see and required some straining and sensitivity to observe. So eating was an alternative way of receiving information in all its full fidelity. And since the knowledge of the white masters was massive, the resulting variety of the fruits and flowers corresponded so there was so much to eat.

In his contemplations, of which all the varying ideas that his mind generated were displayed visually in his dome, one particular idea struck him. The ideal planet for his new creations would be one that was opposite from their in terms of stability. He really did not grasp the full meaning of this idea at once but on closer inspection, it became clearer to him. Land was stable and water flowed and changed constantly. If the new race of eternal children were on a stable land surface they would build a corresponding civilization but if they were in an unstable environment like water, and were given the instinct to create stability, then they would seek stability in an unstable environment! At this thought the surge of pleasure through his being created an intense radiance from his entire body as would be if he were making love to his queen. He knew that he had gotten the root of the design and that other things would follow after that and he proceeded to search of a planet that satisfied this plan. But this was what would prove to be difficult everywhere he searched he never saw a preexisting planet that satisfied his request. There was always more land than there was water. He wanted a planet that would be nothing less than a mile of deep water all over it, with only a patch of dry land anywhere.





THE BARRIER

As Aza and Azael floated through the uncharted territories of space constantly broadcasting their information to their master Deor, the other worker angels were assisting the humans in settling to their new life. Although Deor told them to be invisible most of the times, he also told them to inspire from their state of invisibility. This inspiration is usually picked up as a thought in the human it was inspired to and the urge to do something was initiated. But the inspirations were usually limited to only what Deor wanted and when he wanted this inspiration to be revealed and to whom and where. So this inspiration mechanism was used by Deor to subtly aid his creations in their onward movement and avoid catastrophes.

Aza and Azael suddenly felt a jolt of desire attracting them to a location after crossing the edge of their home galaxy towards the neighboring one. The sudden urge and beckoning to go to a particular location was so strong they could not reject it and so they followed it to reduce the resistance and the resulting pain.

At this moment, Deor had found what he was looking for and left the exploratory section of his huge screen to focus on a massive water filled planet. Quickly he told his screen to search the whole planet for any land, but after scanning through the entire planet there was none. Although this was exactly the kind of place he was seeking, he was still stuck on the idea of placing the children on an island on the water covered planet.

Sitting in contemplation he wondered what he would do now seeing the beauty of the planet, the huge waves and the clear blue of the ocean he knew that this was what he had always searched.

Turning for a while from his focus on the planet to other parts of the hologram, he saw that the feed from Aza and Azael was still relaying, the fast progression of stars and planets and the beautiful color display of all this moving at an ultra rapid rate looked like some kind of fancy dynamic artwork. But it was far from an artwork it was the universe speeding at blinding speed forward as his two generals searched its vastness for items of interest to him.

Due to the fact that this scene has been playing constantly with Aza and Azael stopping to focus only when an item of interest has been discovered, which happened not very often, he could not see that the visuals in front of him had entered a loop and that new information was not being fed in but the old information would loop and start displaying from a random point. His generals of Angels had been trapped and he had no idea of that.

Slowly Aza and Azael approached a strange looking planet. Their movements were no longer coordinated by their will but they were being impelled to move by an unknown power. So they moved towards the planet. As they got closer, they could see that they were heading towards an inferno. Azael, the female tried to resist the dark urge that was pulling them in because she felt that she would be destroyed by the flames she was seeing as the entered into the atmosphere of the planet, but she could do nothing about it. The terror on their face was intense, even though they were ghostly in nature, they never knew what the consequences of descending into such fires will cause for them and for the first time the felt something new and strange, something their creator had not instilled in them. They felt fear!

But as their terror increase, a soothing calm came upon them simultaneously, oh, they felt their master had found them and would save them but this was not the case. They glided slowly down and down towards the surface of the planet, and as they did a structure which looked like a piece of jewelry on the floor, a kind of gold and pearl work, began to reveal itself as a massive structure, a city or was it? But they could not do much but glide lower and lower towards the planet until the true size of this once jewel looking structure began to reveal itself and Aza was awed by the immensity. He made a single sound, he called it Hell, the beauty amidst the terror of fire.

While Deor sat contemplating, Aba and Ima appeared in his presence. They brought to casings to present to him, one was made of gold and jeweled in red stones, while the other was made of silver and jeweled with blue stones. Aba presented the silver case and Ima the golden. As Deor received both cases with both hands right for silver and left for gold, they opened on their own revealing round bead like objects in them. Inside the cases the beads were arranged in a hexagonal alignment one at each of the six vertex and one in the center.

And Aba spoke: ‘these are the eggs for the creations, the eternal children, six of these eggs will hatch to reveal the children and the center on is the egg of eggs, it will hatch to produce 7 other eggs of which 6 will continue to become children and one will be the egg of eggs. It will do so for cycle of rotation of their planet around their star for 700 cycles creating a stable population on the planet without the need for creating new children via copulation. If the children realize the goal of their creation they will have the power to continue this process on other spheres ad-infinitum.’

Deor was delighted at this information, that means there need not be any land on the planet. The eggs will be cast of into the waters after the water was made suitable for their incubation and they would hatch in the water and grow in water, but the desire for an enclosure will be instilled in their minds so that they continue they build their selves enclosures where they could stay dry and free of water as they the white lords enjoy swimming in water but don’t live in water. Therefore it will be the reverse for them, dry space will be a kind of leisure for them and they will create many things.

In the silver case were the male looking children while in golden were the female looking. The reason for their distinction as sexes being to enable them view things from two polarities so that balance can be created.

The plan was concluded and it was now left with the physical implementation.

Meanwhile Aza and Azael were far away, beyond an invisible barrier and they landed in the private courtyard of the red lord, Akame.








DENSITY

“Greetings brethren”, said the Red lord.

“Need’nt you be afraid for no harm shall come upon thee. All I seek is your friendship, or is that not a good thing?”

Aza and Azael said nothing.

“Oh you cannot speak? I see.” And with this the Red lord commanded them to speak and so they did.

Both angels were amazed by this new ability, they could now communicate with their new friend because their thoughts were now so loud it was now audible. The slits of their mouth which had never spoken a word or even opened since their creation still stayed shut but now they could hear their own thoughts out loud in the environment because their ears were functional, it was needed to listen to the sounds of the creative works they did.

“Many more gifts I will offer to you if you will only promise me your undying and everlasting friendship.” Said Akame.

“My lord what are we that we reject the friendship of one so great. I and my companion accept wholeheartedly your undying friendship. And if I may say, should we receive this other gifts of which you so promise our endless allegiance will be to you my lord.” Azael replied.

“It is all good my dears. Although your master deprived you of the flesh I shall give it to thee so ye shall the pleasures your master denied you of and shall see the true breadth of my love for you.” Before Akame finished the last sentence, the angels noticed a strange feeling coarse through their body, it was something very alien to their ghostly appearance. Their body became increasingly became solid with every passing second and streams of pleasure alien to their nature coursed through this new body.

They were born again and smiles filled their faces as they watched and felt this wonderous transformation. Aza held the skin of Azael and she felt intense pulses of electricity course through. She longed for him too and touched him. Both of them were engulfed in endless sensation of pleasure. The equivalent of what they felt was what a human man and woman felt in full coital contact. So in reality they were making love by simply touching eachother. Akame was wise enough to put a means of them stopping and returning to normal activity by creating a climax indicating their peak so that they can be satisfied and return back to normal activity. He sent this thoughts to their minds and they received it wholly and were being reprogrammed to serve a new master.

The error of Deor was now in full sight, he assumed that there were no other beings in his galaxy and instead of searching far across the vast spaces in between galaxies to ascertain this reality, he focus on scanning every detail of his own galaxy which was vast enough. And even if he searched further he would not have seen the galaxy of Anura because it was hidden behind an invisible veil. He did not secure the consciousness of the Angels and now it was being hacked and its purpose diverted to other uses.

THE SOWING


Although the planning of the race of children was planned by a few, it was the nature of things with the white lords that they did very little in secret so on the day when the eggs were to be sown in their world, Deor and Deorin set up a show in the hex. After describing the purpose in the gathering of the companions, two new angels he had created stepped forward to present the eggs to the rest of the companions. What the angels presented was enlarged visually in the central holograph, and a future projection of the purpose too was played on the screen, from the sowing of the eggs to the growth and ascendency of the race and its future destiny all flashed very fast in the eyes of the audience. After the presentation and blessings, the angels ascended and headed towards their destination, the water world of URIA.






THE YEARLY CHALLENGE


Akame was in his court yard preparing for the yearly challenge. Out of the initial 12 red lords that were created and planted on the planet Helios in the galaxy of Anura, there were just six left. On waking up from the first sleep, some of the red lords killed their mates at the very first sight of them because those who woke up first saw the initial beauty of their planet and could not share the beauty with their partner. Helios was not always a hellish looking planet like it came to be later on. It was actually much more beautiful that most of the worlds in the galaxy. But due to their natural inborn selfishness they battled with themselves, each lord creating an army of their own to battle the opponent which was anything or anyone that was not them. After thousands of cycles of endless brutal battles one of the remaining six lords thought he had found an efficient method to decimate every opponent. Finding a very high mountain, he created a secret abode, where he would reset after the carnage he planned had been wrought out. After he had secured as much of the creations on the planet that he thought would be ok for him he went on to do his great evil. But something touched him, of the six females that were created, only two survived the first murder by fighting with their mates who were trying to kill them till they succeeded first. He sent out a proposal to them, asking them to be his bride and give up warring against him or else he will decimate them along with the others. Being very vicious women they refused this proposal and rather created ghost images of themselves and sent it to him. When he received this ghost images, he did not know what they were so he received them wholly and took them to his chambers, and they obeyed every command of his. Although Akame was pleased he was rather suspicious of this humility know who those women were, dark queens in their own right. So he led them and they followed and lay invitingly on his great 50 foot square bed. But as he approached them, he found out that they had turned to marble stones and lay there lifeless. This brought out the rage in him to its full power. While he was ranting about, the queens watching him from a distance through their dolls were laughing heartily.

He destroyed his entire chambers and went ahead to proceed with his plan immediately.

He went to the secret passages that led into the interior of planet and there he spoke with the old fires telling them to rise and fill the surface for he Akame had commandeth them to do so. And the fires, having known no master since the creation of their world followed him and gushed out in huge explosions on different parts of the planet, decimating every living creature that could not make to a high enough ground.

The fires consumed the planet heartily, but unfortunately, he had not succeeded in deafeating his enemy, only reducing their armies. And the other dark lords united against Akame and invented flying armies of evil birds. It was at this point that Akame called for a new settlement for the battle. Speaking on the top on his mountain, he requested that in order for peace to reign and everbody to mind their own business and be a lord unto their own places, there would be a yearly challenge.

He made them understand that if they continued fighting endlessly they would one day destroy their own planet and they would have no where to go so he who would want to call himself lord over the other would have to win every one, coming one by one in a yearly duel fought for six days.

The other red lords agreed to this because they knew that what Akame spoke of was really true, they could destroy their planet. It was after this agreement that they transparent shield was erected over the fires to contain the heat and smoke but the fires would burn for all everlasting.

Akame negotiated with the fire lords and they refused his request that they should return back to the caves from whence they came. They had found air and they would not stop savoring the sweet flavors and would burn for all everlasting. But a compromise was reached in terms of the fact that they would not expand more than they already were. This was how helios turn from paradise to hell.

To give Aza and Azael a taste of new experience, Akame decided to take them to the yearly challenge, where he would defend his title as lord of his fellows in deadly sword combat.




THE EXPEDITION


Back on the cold planet, Numeros the reptile lord was preparing an army of miners for a future task that his master had told him about. In order to inspire his people, he told them that after the great plan of the future was accomplished there will be no need for them to have to work again. This was the labor of labors. After this expedition everyone will be free from work forever because there will be enough gold to take care of the entire race for all times. Although the people did not know where this gold will come from they ceaselessly worked.

As part of the preparation for the expedition there was also a strange new aspect to their labors. They were building a craft of an unknown sort. All they every built were tunneling machines powered by the light from the rod of their master but this was a craft that they had never contemplated before. Without questioning their purpose, the reptiles followed the blue prints given to them by their master and lord. The designs were written on sapphire tablets and by some kind of magic, worked out by the power of the staff, all the designs could be visualized in series on the sapphire tablet. It was their screen and the chief engineer of the project, the right hand man of Numeros followed the designs to the letter.

Some of the reptiles thought this was a new home their master was constructing for them because it was outside their cave and had the capacity to contain them all but some just went about their labor without thinking or questioning themselves or anyone.

THE SEA OF WORLDS

Deor and Deorin sat in front the holographic display of the entire universe. He had called her in because what he saw was of so much excitement he could not contain the joy alone. In a region of his galaxy at the east end of it, if you could take the position of the planet Tiamet to be the west, he saw what he had never expected. Throughout his detailed search of the different sectors of the galaxy, the sectors were twelve in number he had seen planets that could be habitable by beings of his kind. These occurences were very rare indeed considering the vastness of the galaxy and the almost infinite number of planets, stars, comets and bare rocks etc. but now in this new sector he was exploring, he came across something astonishing, a cluster of one million worlds, all habitable and mostly empty except for vegetable life in most of them.

Deorin always leaving her husband to his curiosity and focusing her attention most of the time on fashioning jewels from the gems and metals of Uz and Uzze, took time out of her own activities to look up her husband when she heard him exclaiming over and over in wonder. Seeing what her husband was viewing astonished her to and left her breathless. She could not imagine such beauty ever existing, it was a real break-off from the occasional one planet here and there, this was truly amazing. More importantly, the arrange of these cluster of planets, stars and beautiful colored space dust looked like a jewel, the most amazing jewel ever designed, and at that moment she decided to fashion a great jewel in the manner of the cluster.

Deor was now going to be occupied to his fullest on planning the future of their newly discovered cluster of worlds. He thought to himself: “now I can leave the beings on Tiamet to wrought out their own destinies in the company of the angels.” He would definitely check on them from time to time but this could take as much as 5000 cycles of their time, but nonetheless check he would because he had not known evil and never understood what a threat might look like.


AZA AND AZAEL RETURN