06-24-2015, 07:29 PM
Athena was in her element. The rows upon rows of tall shelves that may have confused the casual visitor presented little challenge to Athena's organization-oriented mind, and she had almost an intuitive sense of where to find the information she required. Her first step had been to gather every source she could find concerning the being "Omni," and after a couple of hours (to her sense, anyway - she was unsure how the flow of time may have changed upon her entrance here), she knew just as much about him (it?) as any other Prime in the dimension.
That was a startlingly little amount of knowledge. No one - Prime or Secondary - had ever encountered Omni out of the context of introducing Primes to the Omniverse, and he was fabled to reside in an idyllic "Oververse," which no one had ever found. Well, that's helpful. He had also allegedly created the Omniverse and everything in it (aside from the Primes' creations, of course), although Athena had to wonder why this was common knowledge if he had never directly told anyone. Perhaps he had written some of this information himself without anyone noticing - she had no doubt in his ability to accomplish such a task if he so chose, if he could pull creatures from every reality.
Speaking of which, this world was becoming more and more puzzling to her the more she was educated about it. Many of the other Primes she read about could have come from her dimension or her clone's (although few from her same corner of the universe), but some others didn't make any sense to her. How could someone other than a God-Soul such as herself just point at something and make it explode, or make time itself stop, or heal others without the use of science? And there were only six God-Souls, of which she was the only one here. These "wizards" and strange monsters, and what they brought with them from their homes, simply were not compatible with any of her preconceived notions. What was especially strange to her was that here, she and the Souls were not supreme or outstanding or even unusual in their existence. There were numerous other immortals, even those that claimed to be gods themselves from their own lands. It made her feel very, very small.
Eventually, she moved on to researching other aspects of the world. She quickly found the full catalog of the recent Dante's Abyss event, but had to put it back after realizing how long it was - such a dense tome wouldn't usually dissuade her, but she had other priorities. She paced along the rows upon rows of bookshelves, and finally pulled down a thick file about the Dataverse itself. Out of a feeling of obligation, she tilted her head down towards it, although she could accomplish the same result by simply training her concentration on the information stored in the file. It was truly spectacular how one could perceive without sensing in this shared imaginary world. That was what she wanted to understand better.
She finished everything that the attendant at the front desk had already told her and progressed on to learning about Digimon (what a peculiar name) and Mount Infinity. She had just begun wondering what a "gate to the Void" was when she was startled by a voice from fewer than four feet away.
Perhaps she had been a bit too focused. She stamped out the urge to pull a weapon or jump back, and instead turned her attention as calmly as possible to the creature that had alarmed her.
It took her a moment to understand what she was sensing. It appeared to be a robot, vaguely humanoid-shaped, very large and outfitted for combat like herself. It also seemed cold - physically low in temperature, which confused her. Usually mechanics emitted heat from the electricity that powered them. Then again, that was in her old world. It suddenly occurred to her that she should probably process what it had said as well as what it was.
"Infestation?" She squinted up at the glowing mask where she presumed its visual sensory mechanisms were located, if it had any. "What do you mean? Everything here is virtual, isn't it?" She slid the Dataverse file back into its place and turned to face the imposing machine. "It's a digital library; it doesn't seem to me that they would have any problems with pests..." She said the last part almost to herself and trailed off as she considered the idea. Maybe it was possible - everything else here seemed real enough that there could be tangible mistakes in the coding.
"Well, in any case, not that I know of. What are you looking for in particular?"
That was a startlingly little amount of knowledge. No one - Prime or Secondary - had ever encountered Omni out of the context of introducing Primes to the Omniverse, and he was fabled to reside in an idyllic "Oververse," which no one had ever found. Well, that's helpful. He had also allegedly created the Omniverse and everything in it (aside from the Primes' creations, of course), although Athena had to wonder why this was common knowledge if he had never directly told anyone. Perhaps he had written some of this information himself without anyone noticing - she had no doubt in his ability to accomplish such a task if he so chose, if he could pull creatures from every reality.
Speaking of which, this world was becoming more and more puzzling to her the more she was educated about it. Many of the other Primes she read about could have come from her dimension or her clone's (although few from her same corner of the universe), but some others didn't make any sense to her. How could someone other than a God-Soul such as herself just point at something and make it explode, or make time itself stop, or heal others without the use of science? And there were only six God-Souls, of which she was the only one here. These "wizards" and strange monsters, and what they brought with them from their homes, simply were not compatible with any of her preconceived notions. What was especially strange to her was that here, she and the Souls were not supreme or outstanding or even unusual in their existence. There were numerous other immortals, even those that claimed to be gods themselves from their own lands. It made her feel very, very small.
Eventually, she moved on to researching other aspects of the world. She quickly found the full catalog of the recent Dante's Abyss event, but had to put it back after realizing how long it was - such a dense tome wouldn't usually dissuade her, but she had other priorities. She paced along the rows upon rows of bookshelves, and finally pulled down a thick file about the Dataverse itself. Out of a feeling of obligation, she tilted her head down towards it, although she could accomplish the same result by simply training her concentration on the information stored in the file. It was truly spectacular how one could perceive without sensing in this shared imaginary world. That was what she wanted to understand better.
She finished everything that the attendant at the front desk had already told her and progressed on to learning about Digimon (what a peculiar name) and Mount Infinity. She had just begun wondering what a "gate to the Void" was when she was startled by a voice from fewer than four feet away.
Perhaps she had been a bit too focused. She stamped out the urge to pull a weapon or jump back, and instead turned her attention as calmly as possible to the creature that had alarmed her.
It took her a moment to understand what she was sensing. It appeared to be a robot, vaguely humanoid-shaped, very large and outfitted for combat like herself. It also seemed cold - physically low in temperature, which confused her. Usually mechanics emitted heat from the electricity that powered them. Then again, that was in her old world. It suddenly occurred to her that she should probably process what it had said as well as what it was.
"Infestation?" She squinted up at the glowing mask where she presumed its visual sensory mechanisms were located, if it had any. "What do you mean? Everything here is virtual, isn't it?" She slid the Dataverse file back into its place and turned to face the imposing machine. "It's a digital library; it doesn't seem to me that they would have any problems with pests..." She said the last part almost to herself and trailed off as she considered the idea. Maybe it was possible - everything else here seemed real enough that there could be tangible mistakes in the coding.
"Well, in any case, not that I know of. What are you looking for in particular?"
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