Reincarnation [I]

"In death you come, in life you go. Your virtues and sins, at the fore they'll be."

The melancholic words, ringing out to the arriving souls at the gates of the Acheron palacium. The final destination of all departed souls in the Acheron realm on the cosmic plane.

At the centre of the palacium were the three wheels of incarnation. The wheel of time; the wheel of fate; and the wheel of Destiny. All spun by the Carnates —the three primordial sisters of divinity. They were assigned by creation to preside over the palacium and the dead souls. 

Lady of time, Arta, was the divine in charge of the wheel of time determining the time period for the reincarnation of the departed souls. At the centre of her wheel was the divine myriads mirror showing the past deeds of souls.

Lady of fate, Asha, spun the wheel of fate to decide the inevitable mighty hands of creation on the lives of incarnated souls. At the centre of her wheel was the large orb of pulsating fibres of yin yang lights threading the fates of incarnated souls.

Lady of destiny, Amra controlled the wheel of destiny stating the forms and destination of souls based on their karmic merits. At the centre of her own wheel was the bell of finality which confirmed the certainty of a soul's destiny.

That was the way of existence in the Acheron palacium. Then, it happened that one day, the sisters were busy carrying out their task when they suddenly felt strong Karmic connections. They gazed at the souls waiting for reincarnation, and discovered the connection was coming from two newly arrived souls. The golden halo surrounding the two souls was giving off a faint radiation, enough to cover their souls.

"Another dead celestials."

Lady Amra said, eyes fixed on the two soul orbs. Squinting her eyes, she slowly continued.

"Deaths that weaken the pillars of the universe." 

"True, Amra. Nevertheless, the universe welcome their impending rebirths."

Lady Arta voiced with a trace of sadness. After them were the celestials in the order of the universe. The celestials were extremely important in the continuous harmony of the universe. So, to lose a celestial in death was always a greatness sadness to bear.

"Yes, after the sadness of death."

Lady Asha nodded in agreement before spreading her arms as she smiled bitterly as she continued to speak.

"At least, the universe will receive the lost portion of balance in the future."

"Hm."

Lady Amra responded as she gave a slight nod and glanced at the two souls.

The divine sisters continued their work as they remotely watched the two souls, until it was their turn to stand before the mirror. The rare occasion attracted their undivided attention and interest. The other two divine sisters directed their gazes towards the mirror and watched with great interest, as lady Asha spun the wheel of time for the two souls past lives.

[The mother was a mortal, and her name was Dai Yi Min. She was born in one of the mortal worlds, earth. A world of six continents ruled by a human emperor. She came from the Red eagle clan, living in the fountain-spring village on the Aksan continent. Her clan was the smallest in the village. Her family lived on the outskirts of the village. Her parents were mortals, they had given birth to her after they had passed their prime. They had to wait for a long time before they had her, and she had been their miracle.

She worked on the pig farm in the morning and the chicken farm in the evening. It was on one of such evenings that she was attacked by reavers, creatures of the nether region. A rare portal had opened on her farm. A portal that connected to the nether region. It was simply an unfortunate situation. War had been raging on between the reavers and fiend factions in the nether region when the portal had been opened. An unstable portal that was opened randomly. It was really unjust. The odds were unfair.

But fought she did. Holding a short sword with her son tied to her back, she fought like a deranged berserker. She battled tooth and nail, but realized it was a loosing battle. Then, she prayed to the gods she knew, and didn't know. It was at that moment that the crystal she hung around her neck was triggered. The celestial karmic merits, stored in the crystal was then transferred to the mother and child, just as the shadow of death fell over them.]

"A mother and child mortals for what it takes."

"And a mixed fate at the end of it all."

"Let's see more of their past lives, Arta. I'm a little curious of their past deeds"

Lady Asha turned towards divine Arta as the light in her eyes shone brightly.

"It piqued my interest too, Arta."

Lady Amra voiced with a grim face, displaying a trace of sympathy.

"You two know it will need the Cosmic Fetter seal to do that. Which I have none."

Lady Arta said as she looked lovingly at her sisters. They meant everything to one another. Many, were the situations they've been through together. Especially, during the great wars. She felt a surge of happiness in herself and knew the other two were aware of it. Covering it in acting pretence, she asked.

"Alright, do any of you have one?"

"Here's one, Arta."

Lady Amra flicked her hand and a seal appeared in it. A cosmic treasure, crafted from a cosmic essence crystal, obsidian crystal from the void, yin yang spirit leaves and a ray of Radia's light. The rarity of the items meant the universe only wanted them to see few deeds of the dead souls. Lady Amra gave the seal to Arta, and they watched as she activated it.

Then, they all shifted their attention back to the mirror, and continued observing it keenly.