Grim was staring blankly with tired eyes, he had long become numb after watching the feats of his creator. As he was about to doze off he felt a little elbow nudge him gently in the side.He looked towards the side grumpily and whispered. "What?"
There was a middle aged woman with naturally squinting eyes, short nose and shoulder length black hair that hung in a straight fashion.
She wore a brown knee length skirt patterned with white clouds, pink wool sweater and blue bunny slippers. She seemed like the nice lady next door that sometimes came over to give you a cake she had baked.
Strapped to her back was a large object reminiscent of a 1980s vending machine that was lit brightly with neon lights and the words that glowed in flashing green read. "Po"s Premium Coffee"
This one was the only chosen who he knew by name as he had interacted with her previously, albiet briefly. He was curious about the vending machine on her back and was feeling oddly thirsty at the time so he asked for a cup. Strangely, the woman replied. "Only when you"re dead."
Grim was baffled at that time. He merely shook his head and spoke no more to the woman called Meng.
[Must have a screw loose.] He thought as he shook his head. [When i"m dead? Heh.. can death even die? Oh wait.. ] As he recalled his past experience with Ariel"s daughter known as Nihilla, he shivered fearfully.
The woman replied with a whisper. "Go and ask the master about what we have to do."
Grim shook his head and replied in a hushed tone. "No way Meng, you do it."
Meng shook her head and replied with a cheeky smile. "Me and the others have already voted, you have no choice but to ask."
Grim was shocked. "Voted?! why didn"t I get a vote?" He looked at the others. One who could be summed up as a valiant and peerlessly beautiful woman covered in a silver armor. A wolf man with pitch black fur and a tall thin man as pale as a sheet. They all covered their mouths holding back laughter.
Meng looked at him scornfully. "It"s your fault for paying no attention and looking at that ring all the time."
Grim wanted to retort but the words were stuck in his throat, looking at the ring on his finger he grumbled. [Look wife, your husband is being bullied!]
From the ring he heard the giggly laughter of his wife and son, he sighed and accepted his fate.
"Uh.. umm.. almighty one, what do you have in mind for me and the peasants to my side?"
Instantly the other chosen glared at him with furious expressions including Meng. [Peasant?! Hmph! Next time I bake a cake, you"ll be getting jack!] She thought angrily.
Grim looked at them with a smirk and thought. [That"s right, you"re all peasants!]
Ariel turned around and replied. "Your jobs will come later as you require mortal souls to manage, and as you may have noticed I have yet to even finish building the four heavens, let alone create life."
"So we"ll be managing mortal lives?" Grim asked curiously.
Ariel raised her brow and smirked. "Of course, you expect me to do that tedious stuff?"
She glanced at all the chosen and said with a gleeful chuckle. "Listen well chosen G.o.ds, managing mortal souls will be your day job for the next ten eternities."
*Gulp!* An audible swallow could be heard from the wolf headed man. "Ten eternities?! Just how long is that?"
"It"s infinity stupid wolf!" The thin pale man mocked as he rubbed his temples, clearly unhappy about his new "Infinite" job.
Ariel payed them no more attention and looked downwards. She sighed as she inspected the desolate flat lands known as the four heavens. There were no plants or vegetation, animals or insects, no hills or lakes, just bland dirt that stretched for inestimable kilometers.
Ariel focused on an area, a patch of plain flat land. With a wave of her hand it is turned into a beautiful valley filled with mysterious properties, trees, unique plants and a stream of magical water.
She smiled and remarked. "Heh, that wasn"t so bad.. "
She continued to create various magical areas but her attention began to wane as she began recalling random memories.
It was only a few minutes later when she was finished working on her ninth wonder of the landscape that an immense wave of boredom struck her causing her tenth creation to look like replica of a kids tv show she saw years ago, complete with the four mentally impaired tv midgets colored purple, green, yellow and red. There was also the creepy floating sun that was a giggling cooing baby face.
Ariel"s eye twitched in frustration as she looked at the monstrosity that sp.a.w.ned from her hands.
"Pfft!!" Meng and the other chosen hold their mouths as laughter escapes from the lips. They were instantly shut up by a glare from Ariel.
"Humph!" Ariel glared the giggly chosen into silence and pointed at the monstrosity below.
"Eh-oh!?"
"EH-AHHH!"
Ariel"s tenth creation exploded and disintegrated in a wail of painful screams.
Looking at the vast heavens that were empty and dull, she crossed her arms in thought. Her golden gaze wandering over to the chosen, making them shrink back in fear. After looking at them for a while, her eyes lit up with a new idea coming to her mind.
She slapped her voluptuous thigh and remarked. "Why didn"t I think of that earlier?! I"ll just create some worker bees!"
Ariel had decided to dump the work on others! "I can"t be bothered creating all the mountains, lands and rivers or populating it with beasts so I"ll create a race to do that for me! Haha that"ll be far easier!"
Putting her hands on her hips she laughed proudly, her immense bust shaking along rhythmically. "Haha I"m so smart, hubby should totally praise me."
Ariel looked down towards the bottom of the mountain where fourth heaven was located, her eyes shined as the excitement from creating life intrigued her. "A new race, one which will forge the four heavens into paradises worth living in."
She pointed downwards with her hand and shouted in a divine voice that echoed throughout the heavens. "Come forth t.i.tans!"