Puppet Master stood on a high mountain close to his ‘castle’ with Rainbow Dash and Isis whom were watching him carefully. Puppet Master had his hallowed armor on with his wings, but the headgear was removed. Rainbow’s patience seemed to be improving, and even though they were standing there for hours she didn’t even shuffle her hooves in anxiety. She was just content to watch Puppet Master think while she did some thinking of her own. Of course, every mare would think of love when by their current love interest, but Rainbow Dash is Rainbow Dash, and love was the first thing on her mind. But the second thing…

Rainbow was filled with worry for her future with Puppet Master. Being the guy he is, he’ll likely begin to see her as tool, like his other minions other than his wife or marefriend. He even said it himself; he isn’t ready to actually love her. Instead he’s just content enough to ‘love’ her until he can give her more than just his comforting words and an occasional kiss. Even though the difference was subtle and seemingly nonexistent, Rainbow Dash knew better and always took it into consideration.

“I know what I must do.” Puppet Master stated out loud, shattering the silence and startling Rainbow and Isis out of their individual thoughts.

He raised his hand up and placed it out in front of him while drawing power from the world. The citadel of a castle began to crumble except for the dome that seemed to not only increase in size, but separate from the other structures and lower to the ground. The towers and rooms attached to it simply crumbled, and the building’s grounds began to increase. All the foliage that was over grown was now gone from the roof and the buildings themselves became nonexistent, except for the dome.

But strange patterns were on the ground that stretched from the dome outward to the base of all the mountains in a circular pattern. It was like the dome was the center of a spider web that was made out of gravel. Then the patterns began to merge and shape themselves into roads, with material that seemed to come out of nowhere. The dome still was exceptionally high and a fortress began to expand and push away streets until it took a small, but very noticeable chunk of the center of the circular web of streets.

Rainbow Dash was already slightly awed by the size of the city itself. Manehatten was the only other city that could compare. But Manehatten was actually several city blocks bigger than this simple circle of streets. Rainbow also noticed that there were six roads that led away from the white marble walls that surrounded the center of the city. To her amazement the walls began to grow and actually begin to look like a white castle. But it didn’t end there…

Puppet Master must have changed his mind about the dome, because Rainbow saw it sinking and morphing into a smaller structure, still retaining its shape. The dome was then lifted off the ground by more marble and a large hexagon of marble rose above the fortress walls by ten feet and easily over looked the curtain wall (the outer wall). The curtain wall had enough space between it and the castle, that you could fit several platoons of troops in the courtyard. But the towers…

The towers were now thicker than the ones Canterlot was adorned with. Not just a simple watch tower, but a tower that looked ready for a full siege. Not only that, but there were suspended blue orbs that rested idly on a ring with four legs one meter long. The orbs themselves were the size of a Terrarian plus a foot. Rainbow couldn’t be certain what the blue glass orbs did, but she was sure she kept seeing small wisps of white light moving around inside them as if the orb was holding in a trapped light.

“Hey Puppet Master.” Isis interrupted Pup’s concentration and the changes stopped.

Puppet Master turned around and looked at Isis with a confused look and waited for her to continue.

“Take into account that the people we will be dealing with will for the most part be our guests and might be very intimidated by a castle. I want us to look strong, but not oppressive so they wouldn’t leave out of worry for their own safety.”

Puppet Master looked thoughtful for a moment. “Don’t worry. The castle is the only thing that’s really high security. There will be outposts near the mountaintops, but that’s just about it other than the creatures we talked about.”

Isis nodded her head. “Good, I wouldn’t want them to have the wrong impression. On a side note.” Isis continued and rubbed her head sheepishly. “Are you planning on making rooms for the gods? More specifically rooms for two or three or just in general a large bed for gods that happen to have large physical forms.” she finished with a tone that seemed casual but hid something.

“Isis what aren’t you telling me?” I asked curiously.

“Well…” she blushed. “Some gods like to have sex with each other. More often than not, they’ll be mating with each other purely for entertainment, or because of deals with each other. I myself am honor-bound like the rest of the gods and if I was to break a promise or deal, then I’d have to do whatever the god who I made the promise to told me.”

Rainbow Dash seemed to have lost all muscle control in her jaw and it occasionally tried to close with its own free will only for her mind to reprocess the information and her muscles will become limp again.

“How would a deal or promise like this be said? I want to avoid owing anyone something.” I ask.

“Just saying you will help someone, or that you will do an action for a god, and not do it because of something that happened here will count as a debt against you.” she then rolled her eyes when a thought occurred. “Though, given the person I’m speaking to.” she threw a deadpan look at Puppet Master. “You’d probably run a blade through their chest the moment they have it. Or even just take their soul and lock it away inside you, like how we willingly carry each other around.”

“No, I’ll probably just kill them right then and there.” I replied.

“If you do, then the gods will stop following you entirely. They have connections with most of the others and eventually all the universes will know about your loss of face. Most might actually make our lives miserable, by sending armies after armies after us… well mainly you, but since I support you I also get a target on my chest if I don’t leave you to fend for yourself.” Isis responded dully.

“So, no promises or deals. Wait I can’t be forced into one can I?” I ask with some amount of worry.

“Well you can, actually. If multiple parties are involved you could be threatened by the combined power of many gods. If enough work together, they can destroy you. But that’s only if you weren’t a Terrarian. Since you’re one now, you can’t die, and when you do you respawn. When the gods kill you all your debt is repaid, and when you respawn they have no real right to attack you since you’ve already paid with your life.” Isis told me with a subtle hint of excitement in her voice.

“Oh, so gods can rally? So I’ll have to meet their requests, but deny those that ask too much from me. Sounds easy enough. How many gods will it take to be able to kill me?”

“Well given your current state, thirty. But when you’re away, less than ten. If you increase your power here however, it can carry on along with you to other universes. You might even become more powerful if you conquer another universe.”

I was surprised. “Conquer a universe?” I ask with a quizzical expression and tone.

“Yes. If you kill all the gods that rule over the laws of a realm or get them to join you, then you can absorb that universe's power like you can this one. By the way, the gods have names for all the realms that are personalized for their preference. They always use the names of their origins or their powers, and you’re from earth so you should think of an earth related name to give this world. Don’t forget to take into account of your abilities either.”

I thought for a few moments and Isis looked really confused by my deep thought. Rainbow finally picked up her jaw and was ready to accept gods do each other often.

“You know you don’t need to think of one now.” Isis stated. “We have plenty of time.”

I looked back at her. “Yes, but I also want to be able to think up of newer names later on. I’m not exactly happy with everything I’m creating, you know? So if I name something it needs to be named right before I show it off to people…” I returned to my thoughts for a minute, before I came up with a name.

“The Flower Garden… or just The Garden.” I finally stated.

Isis looks at me strangely. “What’s with you and flowers?”

“What? Flowers can be beautiful and patient. Some even have thorns.” I smile maliciously. “And I’m modeling most of the stuff on this planet, after a flower garden of some sort. The Red Rose Empire that exists within the Garden. We are but one flower in a massive field.” I told them.

Rainbow seemed to snicker about it but Isis looked thoughtful about it. Of course I took Rainbow’s opinion, and I realized if she thinks it’s just a silly joke to name a realm Garden then surely warrior gods would also scoff at it.

“Actually...” I started. “Garden seems plain. Something needs to be part of it and not just flower garden.” I looked at the sky and at the dark cloud covered planet above us. “Besides… Planet Midnight has nothing to do with beauty… well it does, but in its unique way.” I continued, making an observation of the planets I’ve made.

“You know.” Rainbow spoke up with a smile on her face. “Why not make it something with how pretty this place is. I mean the sun is awesome.” she emphasizes by raising a hoof to the sun. “The world is pretty.” she waves a hoof across the horizon. “And the city looks pretty stylish.” she points at the incomplete castle with a hexagon block of specialized marble in the center of the castle with a dome on top.

“Hey yeah.” I agreed. “Something like…” again I went deep into thought about a new name. “…Subtle Beauty.” I finally spoke.

“That’s a great name.” complimented Isis.

“It’s pretty cool I guess.” added Rainbow with a smile.

I nodded in agreement and looked back to my unfinished city. I thoughtfully began to visualize what I wanted the keep to look like. And what the inner fortress should be shaped like.

I now brought power back into the hexagon and started to form a castle within the outer walls. The castle had towers that made up the edges of the straight walls just like the outer towers. But there was only one entrance that the castle had. And the dome seemed to rest snuggly inside the inner walls, above the dining hall that was big enough to fit a dragon from Equestria in the room, and have enough space to add another three. Not only that, but it was designed to have a Jarl throne at the far back of the dining hall and to the left and right of that small throne was the entrance to living quarters that held the height of a ten story building. It was large enough to make the dome poke above the inner castle walls and it became a defining feature from the outside.

The rooms were immeasurable, because I concluded that there was no way I could predict the preference or size of every deity I meet. So, instead of a fixed size for each room, I decided that the hallways and staircases would be large enough to fit a dragon, but the doors would change size to match whoever would touch them. When a deity or god or whoever tried to open the door, it would randomly generate a world or room inside it that would be satisfactory to whoever opened it first. Its immeasurable inside, was due to the 'bigger on the inside' logic of the Doctor's TARDIS, which was applied to every room.

The hallways were connected by a wide staircase that went up ten stories before reaching the top floor and ended in a hallway that both staircases were horizontally attached to. Between the staircases, there was another hallway that went deeper into the dome, and a door that led to a small balcony only accessible to flying creatures, built mainly for Terrarians that have important business to deliver me. Even though I am constantly able to process and be aware of the whole world around me, I’d still like for my people to come to me personally with their problems with the empire.

I then made sure that the hallway that led between the staircases and started from the front balcony then continued on into the dome, but stopped at two large double doors, similar to the ones in my throne room. Inside was more enchantments to make the dome bigger on the inside, and it would open up to the council room that looked like an ovular theater, with a staircase that would go down to the bottom row and beyond down to an arena like location. The chairs were placed in ascending order, like a movie theater, with a large throne at the other end, that was only three meters away from the doors to my throne room.

The throne itself was simply dark wood, like all the other chairs and on the right side was a smaller chair for Rainbow Dash. A few spaces forward from the throne chair, was a wooden railing and a drop that went all the way down until it hit the middle of the seventh row in the coliseum-like room. The fourth row actually had an outcropping, and an elegant nature themed chair for Isis, as she would lead the discussions. I would sit on my throne chair above her, overlooking the proceedings and basically stay out of them, unless something interests me or someone suggests something that I don’t approve of.

“Puppet Master.”

I was so deep in my thoughts and concentration in building the rooms, that I didn’t even know who said my name as I looked back at my companions. I looked between them for any indication of whoever spoke to me only to find none until Isis spoke up.

“What are the blue orbs on the walls?” she asked while folding her arms.

“They are magical turrets that channel energy, and attack anything that tries to go over the walls. Of course this isn’t really powerful, so it’s more of a drain of strength or maybe as powerful as a thunder bolt. But after a few strikes I’m sure anything will succumb to it.”

“That might intimidate some deities. But I was so busy telling you about gods and deities, I actually forgot to mention the divines.” she stated.

“I think you mentioned them, actually. But first, what’s the difference between a god and a deity?” I asked, hopeful to get more information out of her.

“A god is a master and creator of his own element. Some gods are owners of celestial bodies like the sun or moon, and even the whole planet. Deities are only masters of minor things like emotions or plant life. I am a nature spirit, so I’m lower than them.”

“Wait, you don’t have as much power, but you can still travel between dimensions?” I inquired, some wonder and some amount of fear seeping into my mind. Considering that Isis is only a spirit and can travel to different universes, I could only imagine what a god could do.

“Well, I had help from the divines.” she admitted, rubbing her head sheepishly.

“What?” I asked, my wonder faded into disappointment.

“Well, divines only allow me to enter their world. I only ask for permission to enter their realm with you two, and they agree because they want recognition from the creators. Since I had you they almost jumped at my proposal to come into their worlds. All you really need to do is stay on their good side and help them when they need it. If you’re friends with a divine, they allow you to use your full power from this world’s energy in theirs. But if you’re running errands to earn their trust, they’ll suppress your power.”

“Wait…” I thought of the implications. “So you’re handling the deities, gods, and spirits right?”

“Yes.” she replied simply.

“Ok. So what if I happen to kill one of their deities for no reason?”

“They’ll be angry. But they may understand if you choose to imprison one of them, and then ask them for permission to deal out a punishment on them if they committed a crime or showed disrespect toward you. Most divines will feel obligated to allow you to punish their spirits, but ask you not to destroy them. Or even send them back so they will punish them. Although others will find it wrong of you to make that decision and tell you to not harm them. Then you’ll have to try to convince them otherwise. Some might even send out missionaries to convince your followers they’re wrong and should follow other gods… themselves.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Followers?” I ask startled.

“Yes, your power can also be influenced by how many people worship you. For example, all the divines have spirits that receive worship from the people or beasts of the world, and that belief is turned into energy that is then given to the divines. Although considering you are a divine by right, you can use your physical body to speak your own word to the people you’ll create. You can basically force beliefs on the Terrarians, and they’ll give you a permanent power increase throughout the universes. Faith also comes in the form of friendship and wishful thinking.” Isis explained.

“That’s a lot to explain.” I gave her an unimpressed look. “This is starting to sound like the mana gathering plot line of a game. Actually it starts to sound like Black and White… I’m not going to be tailed by an angel and a demon, aren’t I?”

“…Well maybe.”

“ARE YOU SERIOUS?!” I shouted incredulously.

She gave me a mischievous smile that told me she was kidding. “Nope, but I think we should get you a few trial runs of different worlds. I say we head into a world that doesn’t have experience with a creature like you, or actually...” she trailed off, thoughtfully rubbing her chin.

“I want to go to an anthropomorphic world. Maybe with another human or something.” I interjected quickly after she mentioned another world.

“Anthro-permor-wait. Anth... Anthropormo... An-thro-po-morphic.” Rainbow started sounding out the word anthropomorphic, while I snickered at her attempt.

“Don’t hurt yourself, Rainbow.” I jokingly spoke to her.

Rainbow was about to retort when Isis interrupted her. “Well, if you plan on meeting another human, chances are he might want to come with you back here. Humans get taken from alternate creator worlds all the time. It’s more of a hobby the divines participate in, just to get some interesting and exotic new entertainment. I’m sure they will flock to you if they don’t like their living conditions.” Isis added with a smile. “But you need to be able to feed them.” she deadpanned and counted of with her fingers. “And house them, and make them feel safe and welcome.”

“Yeah, I understand. I’ll create the Terrarians now, and get them to build the rest of the city.”

“Wait, where do I sleep?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“With me of course.” I replied, smiling toward her.

“No not that. Like my room, or our room.” she added sheepishly. “I want to know where we’ll be.”

I thought about it for a moment.

“Let’s go to the throne room.” I raised my hand and commanded the universe to bring us to the throne room.

I sat on my throne as I willed and with my armor fully donned. I looked over to my right and across the room only ten feet from the door, I created a two person bed that was in the shape of a perfect circle with no pillows or sheets, but the mattress was so comfortable looking that Rainbow wasted no time to gasp in excitement and rush over to it and long jump into it back first.

“Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww... so gooooooooooooooooooooood… wait what was that?” she exclaimed in surprise.

“What?” I asked and Isis looked at her weirdly.

“I… I think I just read ‘Spawn Point Set.’” stated Rainbow.

“Oh ok, that’s good news then.” I replied to her.

“How?” she responded with a raised eyebrow.

“It means that when you’ll die, you’ll come back to me.” I smiled at her.

Rainbow smiled affectionately at me and then laid her head down on the bed and closed her eyes. I laid back in my throne and closed my own and thought about the image of a Terrarian. I got the universe to develop a way to randomly generate them in all types of shapes, but similar colors to mine. Of course I wouldn’t leave out any of the females or other races I was familiar with in the human world…

Once I figured out a system on how to create them I got to work.

Author's Notes:

I feel this chapter is a bit boring like the last one but I tried to put some dialog to make it a bit interesting.

Please READ THE WHOLE GOD DAMN THING!

I don't want to explain this all later but I will if I have to :/

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