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Chapter 10 - All this goddamn Ice | Girl Meets God

Schwing!

Clang!

Sounds of sword meeting ice could be heard echoing down one of the hallways of the Black Bull's base.

The man wielding that sword was calm, a newly minted cigarette bud between his lips, smoke impossibly still between the violent currents his sword strokes had created.

Think.

He needed to think.

And for that he had to be calm.

He could see his subordinate lying on her bed, skin gradually bleeding into a dark shade of violet.

The urgency of this situation had revealed itself to him.

This was no longer about him taking his anger on this ice for waking him up at this forsaken hour.

Whenever he tried to get close, the ice surrounding her increased their intensity, meeting him stroke for stroke, no matter how hard he tried.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ.

๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

Oh!" He whispered grinning.

Just as that light in his head came on, he put his plan in motion.

There was a sliver of time, he'd noticed, when the ice projectiles regenerated.

It was brief, but it'd be enough for him, he decided.

He continued to slash at the offensive icicles, until he noticed that regeneration taking place and decided to act as well.

Swiftly , he sliced at the protrusion in the shield that seemed to be creating the projectiles.

This was not without consequence, by focusing only on offense some icicles had managed to break through his mana barrier and sliced at him.

๐˜๐˜ฎ, he thought.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

It was as if a tight rope had been severed, a loud snap echoed across the room, and a burst of energy sprinted out from Nalรฉ's body.

Even he had not been anticipating that, the burst had pushed him back a few feet.

Then the ice started to melt, leaving everything disgustingly moist in its absence.

๐˜'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, he thought, mentally exhausted.

Yami was more preoccupied with the woman, whom he had been trying to save, whose skin slowly yielded back to its usual color.

He stared down at her and checked for a pulse, gently pressing down on her wrist.

He sighed shortly.

Almost afraid to let all of his worry go just yet.

"Even asleep, you're causing trouble."

He grumbled softly.

"I almost prefer the pranks to this, at least I know what's going on then."

He wrapped the sheets around her and gently lifted her, carrying her to the hallway where he runs into most of the squad.

He gave them a nod as greeting going straight to the point.

"Finral."

He commanded.

"Open a portal to Owen's."

Finral gulped and wondered what other medical emergency had befallen Nalรฉ.

"Yes, sir."

As he opens the portal ,Yami turns to his group.

"You brats are in charge of cleaning up whatever mess this whole ice thing has caused.

This base better be spotless by the time we're back."

He sees the look of worry in their eyes, and his demeanor softens.

"I'll update you on the situation when I get back.

Until then."

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"-hospital?"

Voices blur into existence as she takes in the world around her.

"Huh?" She grumbles unintelligibly at the blurry figure beside her bed.

Yami sighs, grumbling in annoyance before repeating himself.

"How many more times are you planning to wake up at the hospital?"

"Oh."

She whispers , blinking rapidly to get rid of the fuzz in her vision.

Finding it gone , she looked around.

๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ตโ€ฆ๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ.

A comfortable silence settled as she came to.

Her eyes landed on Finral.

He was to the left of her bed , biting his cheek in worry at her state.

She gave him a small smile, and lent him her hand, as if to say; ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต.

He took it, of course, and gave a soft smile back.

She turned back to the captain, and smiled.

She put her hand to her chin and leaned toward him, finally getting to answering the question.

"I'm not sure how many times I'll be waking up in this place.

My non-existent mana reserves made me think It'd be a frequent thing.

Although, seeing you up close certainly doesn't make me wanna be here any less."

She cocked her head, studying his features.

๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

The man across from her waved lazily, brushing her compliments aside, slinking into his chair .

๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ, he thought.

๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

โ€ฆ

A loud cough interrupted her thirst.

She turns to Finral.

"And you!

I'm so glad to see you!

you've been on a lot of missions lately, so I haven't gotten to hang out with you as much."

"True."

He grinned.

"To be honest, most of that was just me going to town after my missions to get dates with the beautiful ladies there."

"Oh!" she squealed, captain long forgotten, and suddenly interested in her friend's love life. "Any progress?"

"Not exactly" he muttered looking down..

"But! Since you mentioned hanging out, would you wanna go out on a date with me sometimes?"

He added that last part excitedly.

"Hmmmโ€ฆ"

She wondered.

๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆโ€ฆ

"You know what, why not? As long as you promise it'll be worth my time .

Think of it as a date between friends though."

Finral absolutely glows, and he jumps up and spins, almost triggering a magical girl transformation.

"I wouldn't dare disappoint you. You're one of the few who've ever agreed to ever have a date with me ."

He pauses, and asks, "Is tonight ok with you?"

"Sure!" She says blinded by his excitement, not even considering her predicament.

It is only after he leaves taking his sparkles with him that she remembers "Aren't I in a hospital right now?"

"Yeahโ€ฆyou are." Says the grumpy man by her bed.

"โ€ฆBut you're getting discharged in a few hours and it's the morning so you have time."

"Good."

She muttered absentmindedly , as she checked her limbs and body for any pain or discomfort.

They were nowhere to be found.

She smiled mischievousl-

"So, are you gonna tell me what that shitshow back at the base was?"

She turned to her captain, confused almost.

" Something happened while I was asleep?"

"Yeah, something Did happen, you seeโ€ฆ" The man leaning against the chair raised his fingers to count the amount of mini catastrophes that occurred that previous night.

"One, that whole thing woke me up at an ungodly hour of the night .

If there's two things I enjoy in this life, it's shitting and resting, and this very much disturbed my peace Nalรฉ."

She grimaced, and shifted uncomfortably at the amount of pressure created by his words alone.

"Two! I had to make sure not to slip and bust my ass as I was fighting whatever the fuck possessed you .

There was so much goddamn ice, everywhere!

Some even managed to slice me up, even with my mana barrier on."

Nalรฉ stared at the ranting , grumbling man in front of her.

She had already gotten over his intimidation, and was just glad to have been asleep during that whole ordeal.

But her anxiety fucked her sideways and called her a bitch as it came back full force at his next few sentences.

"And three." He sat up in his chair, and turned to fully face her.

"You're different now, why is that?"

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โ€ฆ

โ€ฆ

โ€ฆ

The two had been engaged in a stare off ever since he had asked that question.

He sighed and broke their gaze to fish out a cigarette out from his pockets .

"Take your time, I'll be right here."

โ€ฆ

"I had thisโ€ฆ encounter whilst I was asleepโ€ฆ"

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Nalรฉ groaned as she felt a dull ache in her bones, rousing her from her slumber.

"Ugh! Why do I always wake up feeling like complete and utter shit."

She stretched out her arms and legs and paused as she felt the sun's warmth on her body.

She had yet to open her eyes wishing for sleep to come once more.

๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ?

She opened her eyes at last.

And found that it was indeed sunny out.

In fact, she seemed to be located in the middle of a large field filled with flowers.

And there also seemed to be someone sitting only a few feet away from her, regarding her silently, no emotion seen behind their golden eyes.

They sat on some sort of formless, shadowy throne, providing a sharp contrast to the colorful flowers surrounding them.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ?Nalรฉ thought as she studied the being in front of her, shocked at their beauty.

The person in front of her had an authoritative air surrounding them.

Their full and pouty lips inviting, and probably soft.

They had on a metallic armor stuck tight to their dark brown skin, adorning their rippling muscles.

The armor reached past their neck and unto their face, like a mask.

๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด.

The person in front of her crossed their shapely thighs, slowly. Almost giving her a free show of the more intimate parts that came with being a woman.

Now there was a small smirk adorning their lips, almost as if the thoughts of the woman in front of them had been laid bare.

But they were still silent, staring.

Nalรฉ's eyes snapped back to their face.

Were they waiting for her to say something?

"Hello." Nalรฉ whispered in a small voice, the usually outgoing woman now quiet as a lamb, intimidated by the "person" in front of her.

๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, she mused mentally.

"Hello, darling," they replied casually, as they manipulated the shadows that stemmed from their throne mindlessly.

"Darling?," Nalรฉ repeated, confused "Do you know me, perchance?"

"I do", they responded in a lilt, "I know everyone."

"You brought me here then?" Nalรฉ asked, puzzled as to where she was and why she was there.

"Of course," they replied, "we need to speak about your arrival in this universe.

This talk was long overdue, but I was preoccupied by other things, you see," the being motioned nonchalantly.

"I'd been wondering about that actually," Nalรฉ mentioned shifting in her chair uncomfortably, "Despite not knowing the why, I've come to no longer care.

I've made many wonderful friends here and do not wish to leave anytime soon."

"I know," They answered , summoning a table plentiful with confections, "I've been watching.

Dig in, we're going to be here a while."

"Um, Ok?" replied Nalรฉ, voice filled with confusion and wariness.

Still, she wasn't about to miss a chance to eat.

She picked a cupcake from the table.

๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ , ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บโ€ฆ

"I have a question before we begin whatever this is."

"Please," they answered, taking a bite of their sweets, " Ask away".

"Who are you?" Nalรฉ asked, curious.

The being continued to eat and a voice echoed in Nalรฉ's mind.

๐˜”๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ŸฬธฬฬฬฬŽฬž๐˜ปฬถอ‘ฬ•ฬŽฬฝออ˜อŠอ‡ฬผฬฃฬ อ…อ–ฬฒอ“ฬซฬผฬฉอˆฬ™ฬปฬ™ออ‡ฬŸฬก๐˜ขฬถอฬ„ฬฬ‚ฬšอŠฬบฬฒฬŸฬžอ–ฬอœฬงอฬฐฬฌอ‡๐˜ฏฬตฬŠฬ”อŒฬ›ฬ•อ›ฬ›ฬฬ…อ€ฬ•อฬฝฬ‘อ’ฬซฬ™ฬชฬณฬขอšฬณฬฅ๐˜ฅฬดฬˆฬฬฬ‹ฬ“อฬอ›ฬŠฬญอ‰ฬ—ฬบฬฏฬ˜ฬผออฬนฬฅฬผอ™๐˜ถฬทฬพฬงอœฬฑอŽฬ ฬฐฬบอ”อ–ฬฌฬ–ฬจฬฉฬกอˆ๐˜ดฬถอ„ฬˆฬ‰ฬŽออ˜ฬˆฬ‡ฬอ ฬƒอ‚อ‹ฬฬ†ฬฝอ‘ฬ’อ” ฬถอŠฬฌอ•อŽอ‡ฬ˜ฬฐฬฌอ‡อ™ฬกฬ˜ฬณอ™ฬฏฬฐ๐˜Šฬตอ›ฬ“ฬŸฬญอ…ฬขฬฐฬปฬœฬœอ”ฬผฬฎอˆฬกฬฐฬฃอ‡ฬ˜๐˜ณฬถอ›อ›อ˜อŒฬฝอ†ฬฟฬ”ฬƒอฬฬƒฬณ๐˜ถฬทฬฬอ’ฬŸฬฐอ™อ‡ฬžอ•ฬฑฬ™อ”อšฬจฬฎฬž๐˜ญฬดอ†อ„อฬฬฬพฬฝอฬ„ฬ‹อ…อ”อ…ฬข๐˜ฏฬทฬƒฬŒฬฟฬ†อŠฬฬ•ฬอŒอŠฬŽฬ†ฬฬฌ๐˜ดฬธอฬ•ฬพอฬŽฬ’ฬอ›ฬ›ฬƒอ…อ…ฬง๐˜ฉฬดฬ‰ฬ…ฬอ›อŒฬอ’ฬ›ออƒอ•ฬฏอ‰ฬกฬฐ๐˜ฅฬดอ›ฬ“อ‚ฬ‘ฬอƒฬฝฬšฬŒอ€อ“ฬอ…ฬณฬน , ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜Ÿ๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.

๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ.

They took another bite of their confection, the glistening donut, and hummed in bliss.

I also created your universe and took part in creating many others.

So in that sense, I'm also God.