Chapter 12: Navigation Tablet
Sarasvi and I were walking up the stairs, as was Grimsby, my new, loyal and efficient butler. Here we are, in front of the entrance door to The Cradle. I'm a little nervous, I mean, who wouldn't be in this situation, it may be centuries since I died, but for me it was only a few days ago. It's strange, even my own perception of time feels out of date, is this how the other newbie gods must be feeling now? I don't think so. I understand that they are just beginning their training to learn how to use their new abilities. Then I'm ahead of them, I think I'm the first of the new generation to create their universe already hehehehe, anyway, it's about time.
"Sir, let me open the door for you, so you won't have to try too hard...".
"I'm NOT sick Grimsby!!!, I can open a door by myself".
"It's just that since I saw you looking at the knob I thought you were expecting me to open it for you."
"I was thinking!!!, Urgh whatever, it's time. Sarasvi, nothing will happen to us when we go inside right?".
[Is that what I am sensing fear????? And just so you don't worry, nothing will happen. Directly our presence will not affect the newly imposed order in ..... "Galatosla", we will be in a state of astral projection. You can think that we are in the presence of a changing hologram of the cosmos. unless you want to affect it physically, we will pass without interrupting anything].
"Okay, Grimsby, open the door."
"but earlier you told me no."
"and now I'm telling you otherwise, are you going to open it or not?"
Grimsby hurried to open the door for us, looking through the entrance there is nothing but immense darkness that reminds me of the space where I met Orion, talking about him. will he be ok? Because the last time it looked like he was going to have a confrontation with that other god, what was his name? ... No, I don't remember. I hope Orion is okay, maybe I should ask Sarasvi how the gods contact each other and let him know I'm okay. As we walk through the door into the apparent darkness.
"Sarasvi what is going on, why is there nothing?"
[Ahhh, my dear sir, you must concentrate a pinch of D.E. in the direction of your eyes, these are small details you must learn as you go along don't you think].
"Yes, yes, whatever. This is supposed to take a while or what- ¡¡¡¡WOW!!!!"
The words died in my mouth as I was struck by the incredible sight of what I might consider the most beautiful thing I have seen so far, the myriad of galaxies, comets traveling aimlessly some, asteroids crashing into each other, and an infinity of stars with various shapes and colors I had never imagined. I see them expanding and compressing, forming new shapes at an evident speed. They emit a glow and radiance that blinds the eye if you look at them for more than a few minutes. Do they radiate mana? Now I understand what Sarasvi meant by mana being a fundamental part of creation, and that raises a question for me. How could Orion permanently sever the connection of living things to mana in his universe? It seems to me impossible to realize, unless.... His divine ability. With it he must have been able to perform the disconnection, gosh, I wish I had been able to feel this sensation entering my body when I was still mortal. It certainly is intoxicating.
[Surprised? I thought with her personality she would see this as just another product of her factory].
"Completely not. It's definitely the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life, it's like a movie, but in 3D and full HD. I wish I had something like popcorn so I could watch Galatosla grow up."
"Would you like me to get you something so you can satiate your need for nourishment my dear creator?"
"Can you Grimsby? I would be most grateful."
I didn't even finish my words when Grimsby turned into a kind of golden colored energy beam and left at a seemingly fast speed, you can tell he is eager to fulfill my every whim, I feel that perhaps I exceeded his parameters of loyalty, almost bordering on obsession, anyway.
"you had told me that planets had already formed Sarasvi. can you show me where they are, as this is truly colossal, even on a small scale."
[can I do better than taking us directly there, wouldn't you like to "navigate"?"]
Suddenly in my hand a crystal tablet materialized, in it I could see a 2D representation of Galatosla. It is a map, indicating where we are in a point of silver color, testing I decide to touch one of the galaxies that appeared on the tablet. In an instant the space around me began to deform, as if advancing at an incredible speed but not so powerful, thanks to my ability [Mystical Wisdom] I could still appreciate the places we were passing. It took us a few minutes to enter this unexplored galaxy. Grimsby arrived with us, bringing with him a cart with different saucers with various sweets and pastries on them. He also brought a couple of chairs and a small table where he placed a cup and quickly poured a bright liquid from the porcelain teapot.
"I apologize for the delay my dear creator. And for not being able to bring you this 'popcorn' as the corn plantation is still in an early stage of growth."
Grimsby knelt down with his head on the floor in apology. being honest I said the popcorn comment as a joke. because I usually ate that when watching a movie, but these muffins don't look so bad.
"Get up, Grimsby, your apology is unnecessary. it's understandable, so why don't you sit with me and eat some too. it would feel wrong for me to eat it all by myself."
"Ahhh, how could I sit and eat the same as my dear creator, I am only worthy to be able to be in his presence and be able to fulfill his unwavering will."
"Urgh, Grimsby, don't make me order you around, besides you brought a couple of chairs and another set of cups."
"My dear creator you are so kind to me, I shouldn't even breathe the same air as you. And to answer your question, I brought them thinking of the Sarasvi system, but as soon as I arrived and saw only you, I remembered that the Sarasvi system has no physical body, what a fool I am. I apologize to the Sarasvi system."
[don't worry Grimsby, I taught you too well, and it was so long just us that it is understandable that you considered me more than a wraith... oh well, the imitation of one. My lord, the galaxy where planets capable of harboring life formed is in quadrant 342 of your tablet].
"Quadrant? Ahhh wait."
I was so engrossed with the snacks and so many lights around me that I didn't notice that the tablet was divided by sectors and quadrants. each labeled so I could differentiate it from the other. Pressing quadrant 342, our environment changes again, this time we are heading into a galaxy considerably larger than the one we were in. It's as big as my height.
"What am I supposed to do now Sarasvi, how do I make it bigger?"
[she just has to gesture with her hands for us to move closer or further away].
Following Sarasvi's instructions, I first put my hands together and then spread them apart to zoom in on the galaxy. thousands of stars are visible, some with "baby" solar systems of only a couple of planets. Ignoring the others, we zoom in on a particular system. This one differs from the others because it is made up of 3 suns, which perform a triple rotation in perfect synchrony. As well as having 9 planets...well...maybe 8 since the ninth is too close to the solar trio, and I think it won't take long for it to enter the suns atmosphere, destroying itself in the process.