71 Gods and their children.
"I see.... Your story is... disturbing. To say the very least." Mawu frowns over our revelations. We are sitting together on a couch in our private quarters at Midpoint.
The ambassador was really surprised by our society. To say the very least. "Walking through an entire world, populated by gods of all ages. I never would have dreamed about something like that."
"Cool idea. Don't you think?" Seria dangles on a chair while she grins at Mawu.
"I must admit that some aspects of your society are very compelling. On the other side you seem to be a little hyperactive. I hope that not all kids are like you." Mawu smiles at Seria.
"Oh! You should meet Sandra's quintuplets! You won't call me hyperactive any more. I will go and get them." Seria jumps out of her chair and disappears.
The ambassadors smile drops. "I will have to go. If you could escort me outside the void zone, I would be very thankful." He looks at Celes and me with a pleading expression.
I grin at him. "I understand. I will take you outside. Do you believe that your Alliance will adopt our way of living."
Mawu purses his lips while thinking. "I am not sure. But there will surely be people who would long for this world. How do you intend to deal with them?"
"If they aren't troublemakers, there will be no big problems. This world isn't heavily populated. And it would be no problem to duplicate our world. You just have to drag a solar system into a void zone and fill it with the souls of gods who don't want to go on." -Me
Mawu nods. "Though finding such individuals would take some time. But I guess it would be manageable. Gods aren't really under the pressure of time."
I pat Mawu's shoulder and take us back to Asheim.
***Somewhere else in the endlessness of space***
"New entry into the log book: This is the HMS Explorer of Dolaria! We have tested our infinity drive and managed to jump directly to a star system just a few light years from our homeworld. We are now preparing to jump directly to the next star. We believe that it has a world with life. Finally we will be able to answer our most important question. Are we alone in the universe?"
"The complete crew of twenty people is doing fine. The ship took no damage from the first jump and we will proceed to our next destination."
"We will also have proven the concept of the infinity drive! Riding on top of the energy junctions of the universe enables us to travel anywhere with instant speed! It's a revolution without comparison. For the prosperity of our great race and our world. End of log entry. By Captian Warner Hernei."
"We are ready for the second jump sir." -Technician
"Jump!" -Warner
Space distorts for a second and the HMS Explorer exits reality to re-enter it again in another solar system.
"Jump complete! We are exactly where we wanted to be." -Technician
Warner enjoys the view on a foreign sun and a new world beyond them. There are many places to go to. The Dolarians will boldly go where nobody else ever went before! The great age of star travel was upon them. And he, Warner was the captain of the first ship to see those new worlds!
"Good! Start with our schedule. There are many scientific questions to be answered." Warner stands up to leave the bridge. But that's the moment it happens.
)(WHO ENTERS MY DOMAIN!)(
The bridge shakes with a booming voice.
"What was that?" -Warner
"I don't know!" -Technician
)(Mortals! You trespassed where you shouldn't set your feet! Bow down and cover in fear before a superior being! And maybe the great Bobo will let you live.)(
"Get us out of here!" -Warner
"The ship doesn't even budge! We are stuck!" -Officer
Suddenly a flaming monster appears on the bridge. )(What Bobo wishes happens! Mortals shouldn't try to go against my wishes.)(
An officers draws a handgun and shoots at the monstrosity while others are trying to gain their distance. But the bullet just gets repelled and strikes the shooters knee. "Aaaah!"
Bobo gives off a crazy laugh. )(The weapons of mortals are amusing. So how do you intend to repent?)(
"What are you!?" -Warner
)(I am the great Bobo! What I wish happens! Entertain me. So dance!)(
One of the Technician starts a really weird dance while waving his hips and shaking his arms. You can see in his eyes that he isn't acting of his own free will.
"Why are you doing this to us!" -Scientist
)(Get undressed and make a handstand!)(
The scientist promptly follows the order.
"Give an emergency alarm and seal all decks!" Warner jumps for a red button on a console. But an invisible force holds him up and still in the air.
)(And now. We will have a little fun!)(
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***Several hours later***
"The great crew of the HMS Explorer lost the last of its dignity!" -random crewmember
"I will never be able to face my wife again!" The officer is lying on the ground. Some improper tools are lying besides him. They are usually used by women to pleasure themselves.
"This can't be happening. This can't be happening. This can't be happening. This can't be happening. This can't be happening." A scientist is cowering in the corner of the bridge. Sheets of paper with complicated formulas are spread out around him. Bobo solved a few of them for the poor man.
Faced with the solutions to all his questions, the poor man couldn't bear to be faced with the reality of the multiverse. Mortal beings should never dabble with something they simply cannot comprehend.
"I want hooome to my mommy....." A young stewardess is hiding under a console and nibbling on her thumb. Bobo forced her to tell her greatest secrets to the crew. She told everyone that she had a crush on the captain, who was almost twenty years older than her...
)(Hmpf. Mortals! They can't even take a little punishment for the errors of their ways.)(
"We don't even know what we have done to you!" The once proud captain Warner kneels before the great demon Bobo with tears in his eyes.
)(You desecrated the pathways between the stars with that flying garbage can of yours! Isn't it obvious?)(
"But how should we have known? Please let us go. We promise to go home and never look for the stars again!" Warner crawls towards Bobo.
)(We still have much time. You will... )(*WHACK!* )(Hurgh!)(
"What the fuck is going on here?" Another strange being had materialized on the bridge of the HMS Explorer. It had horns and evil slit pupils.
As soon as it appeared it hit Bobo on the back of his head.
)(Ow. Daddy why did you hit me? I was just playing around a little.)(
"I look away for a few seconds and you are gone. And look where I find you! Playing around with mortals!" -Daddy?
)(But they had to be punished!)(
"Drop that act! And what's with that stupid costume? Get back into your real form!" -Daddy
)(Yes.... Dad."
The great demon Bobo disappears in a puff of smoke and in its stead just a little boy remains. He has horns and slit pupils like his father.
"And now for the explanation!" -Daddy
"I took a look around! I didn't go far I promise! On my way home, something bulldozed over me while I was on the pathway! They were really rude and used almost the whole path! I was thrown off and re-materialized over a planet, dropping directly into a puddle of mud! When I took a look at whom had thrown me into the dirt, I found them!" The child points at the crew of the Explorer.
The daddy nods his head and smiles like he would understand his sons troubles.
*WHAM!*
Daddy gave his son a phenomenal slap to the face. The boy goes down and the metal floor dents in, leaving a human shaped dent with the size of a child.
"Mortals aren't toys! And if you get bulldozed by one of their tools, you should reflect on your own failings!" Daddy screams at the child, which doesn't even twitch and stays still on the ground.
Massaging his temples Daddy walks over to Warner and pulls him to his feet. "I am sorry. It's not good manners to torture mortals like that. Are you okay? I failed as a parent! I shouldn't have let him run around in the garden alone. Do you have kids?"
Warner slowly shakes his head while Daddy straightens Warner's jacket.
"It's hell I tell you! Kids are a mistake of nature! Don't ever make one. It's especially hard if you can't even let your eyes off them. The kids of mortals at least can't cause such troubles. Imagine your kid crushing planets torturing mortals because it has emotional problems! And on top I have my hands full with the fate of the multiverse!" Daddy pats Warner's shoulder and smiles at him.
"I hope you can forgive Aengus? He is still young and sometimes he loses control of his reason. I will try to keep a better eye on him in the future. Maybe I will sent him to your world in order to repent for a little while?" -Daddy
"NONONONO! We forgive him! Nobody got really hurt besides a bullet to the knee! But that was our own fault! And we are perfectly able to heal something of that scale. No permanent damage done! Please just take him home, wherever that is!" -Warner
"You sure? Well I will punish him anyway. You guys look really battered." Daddy walks back to his son and pulls him out of the metal floor. "Oh, and sorry for the dent! You should build your ships a little sturdier! There is much dangerous stuff out there in the multiverse. For mortals at least! Have a nice flight home!" -Daddy
With a flash of light the nightmare ends for the crew of the HMS Explorer. Afterwards they flew straight home and took their ship apart. After learning of the powerful beings who used the energy junctions of the universe, the Dolarians passed on their great destiny under the stars.
The crew of the HMS Explorer had to undergo a serious rehabilitation treatment and after months, most of them were able to lead a normal live again. But some were changed forever....
The Dolarians would henceforth always fear the godlike beings who where somewhere out there. Just waiting to claim their sanity.
So we will never be able to hear of the great adventures of the Dolarians in their first space ship, the HMS Explorer.
And somewhere out there, in a puddle of mud on a lifeless planet. A new evolution of life started.
