The world control room was very overcrowded today Toby thought. Not only was all the guild employees here to see the spectacle, but their all-important sponsors as well.
The 4 Draconian's from the draconian association, as well as some of their aides and colleagues were crowding in around him, trying to find a good vantage point for watching the action through the center table's world window.
“This is it” Iao the green haired member of the triplets called out while finishing off the final point on the checklist before they could start.
“We are set to go Guild master,” Aio reported.
“The procedure will commence as soon as you activate the world anchor by putting it's token into the map table.”
Giving a nod of affirmation, Toby pulled out the world token they had gotten with the quest to save the lost children of Terra.
It was a black marble with a weak dim star in it's center, and what looked to be colorful gases and pebbles swirling around like a miniature vortex of colors.
Taking one large breath to calm his excitement a little, Toby stretched his hand out over to the center of the map table in the control room, holding the marble between his fingers before putting it gently down on the surface. As soon as he let go of it, it dropped down into the table as if it was a bowl of water.
Small circular waves expanding outwards, turning the before now murky white surface into a clear window showing the same swirling vortex that he had seen in the marble.
“World token has been accepted!”
“initial world parameters injection successful!”
”commencing stellar formation!”
The triplets kept calling out each step of the process, but Toby was too focused on the view to really notice.
Before their eyes, the swirling intensified, as more and more of the swirling mass was drawn down towards the light in the center, making it visibly swell and grow brighter.
“Stellar formation complete!"
"commencing planetary formation"”
Some of the stuff in the vortex started to clump into secondary swirls, forming new points of lights orbiting what appeared to be a peachy pink glowing star.
Some of the lights grew large, while some remained very small.
Then the view started to change, focusing on one of the smaller lights not too far from the star.
It was a glowing red inferno of a world, orbited by one fairly large equally molten looking moon, as well as a smaller closer moon and a multi colored set of rings comprised of dust and rocks
The smaller moon appeared to be sheperding them, keeping them in balance between itself and the planet below.
“Planetary formation complete!"
"Tectonic parameters injected!"
"Activating plate tectonics!”
Nobody except the triplets made even a single sound, as the planet started to cool down, and tectonic plates formed.
Large sections of black rocks had solidified into large continent-wide slabs, constantly moving and grinding against each other.
While at the edges, volcanoes were belching fire, magma, and huge black clouds of ash streaming in a wide belt around the equator, occasionally breaking apart to give a glimpse of the rapidly evolving terrain below.
After a while, the volcanic activity started to subside a little, and the planet changed color once again.
It's formerly black continents turned into tortured Gray mountains and ocean wide green pools of water.
“Ocean formation complete!”
”atmospheric formation complete!”
“continental formation complete!”
The triplets rattled off rapidly.
“Slowing time ratio down to 1 million years per second!”
“Injecting primordial life!”
“Commencing terraforming!”
Toby could do nothing but marvel at the rapid changes before him.
The oceans changed from murky green, and into crystal clear blue.
Ice sheets grew from the poles and receded in the blink of an eye.
All the while continents sank out of view in the oceans and were replaced by new ones. Now dominated with the color of rust.
The ice sheets expanded and contracted rapidly at first, at times almost covering the entire planet before it once again receded back to the polar regions. But it happened slower and slower as time passed, leaving behind new terrain on each pass.
After a while, 2 of the major continents merged together into 1, creating a massive chain of mountains towering far above the clouds, running from just below the polar circle and to the equator. At the same time plates coming in from both the north and south ground into the 2 center plates, compressing them from both sides, thus creating 2 smaller mountain chains going from east to west, one in the north, and the other just around the equator.
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“Slowing down the time ratio to 100 years per second!”
“Injecting complex life!”
“Controlled Evolution activated!”
The view swooped in and focused on the new continent, and Toby could see a green mass of vegetation spread over the lowlands and coastal areas like a flowing green carpet.
A great forest grew just below the northern mountain chain, and an even greener jungle south of the southern mountain chain.
In between, was a large dry sand-covered desert in the eastern edge of the continent, and an even larger green expanse of grasslands to the east towards the great mountain range separating east from west.
The wetter more stable climate to the west of the great mountain range turned the area into fertile marshlands and forests, stretching all the way from the southern end to the northern tip.
“Slowing time ratio down to Nexus standard!”
“Evolution complete!”
“World formation procedure complete.”
Even before the last syllable was out of Oia's mouth, everyone started cheering celebrating the success.
“Congratulations Toby!” The draconian liaison Dhagon shouted over the din.
“It's a girl, So what are you going to call her?”
Toby mulled the question over in his head for a few seconds before choosing how to respond.
“Can I have everyone's attention please” Toby called out to the crowd so he could begin is impromptu speech.
“Today has been a great day for our guild."
"We have finally reached the point where we are almost ready to become operational with our main quest.”
Toby kept it going for a little while with thank you's and other platitudes towards the sponsors, world creation team, and his friends before finally coming around to his finale of announcing the name of the new world.
“The name I have chosen for our world is Aethea.”
Just as he said the name, the map table responded by zooming out to a planetary view.
The blue world shone with it's rainbow colored rings and 2 moons, While above it, the name Aethea materialized in light blue runic lettering, and the guild logo hovering in all it's splendor just above it
“I must say you have a flair for the dramatic” Dhagon laughed when the cheering started up again.
“You can't name an entire world without a speech” Toby replied.
“It's a big occasion for the guild and all.”
“Indeed you are right my friend.” Dhagon agreed.
“Today we celebrate, and tomorrow the real work begins right.”
Dhagon then raised his voice for attention and proclaimed. “It would be our pleasure if all members and workers of the The first ascendant of Terra were to join me and my companions of the Draconian association tonight, So that we may celebrate this great start of a new adventure."
"The party will be held at the commons of the local boardinghouse, I am sure you all know where I mean." He finished with a snicker. As if there were anyone present that didn't have that place as their domain connection to the town.
The resulting cheer once again echoed through the room before everyone started to eagerly exit through the doors.
Everyone seemed more than ready to blow of some steam with a good party.
Toby remained standing in front of the map table until the last ones had filtered out deep in his own thoughts.
“What are you thinking about Toby,” Alice asked him from beside him.
“I just worry a bit,” Toby replied with a sigh.
“Making this world is something that surely must have drawn the attention of the Hegemony and order.”
“No doubt,” Alice confirmed.
“New worlds are a prize to catch after all.”
“And I've made this one difficult to enter without our permission” Toby added.
“They are bound to get suspicious about my motives sooner rather than later.”
“Especially since you used a variant game mechanic that is unique so far in the Nexus” Alice added, further confirming his thoughts.
“Are there really no other worlds out there with magic as a mechanic?” Toby asked.
“There are, but they are very rare, and it will take some time before they realize that those ancient magic worlds are compatible with yours, Despite the differences in how the magic works.”
“In the Nexus, Heaven and Hell are real places after all, aren't they?” Toby sighed dejectedly.
“Yes, they are as real as Aethea is,” Alice confirmed.
“But how did you know about them?”
“I didn't” Toby laughed.
“Those words are concepts of my people, just like the Order and Hegemony fit the concepts of angels and demons in some of our ancient religions.”
“This is why I like you, Toby.” Alice laughed.
“Your ability to recognize the similarities, and use it in a manner to communicate effectively with the system to help you understand what you are facing is intoxicating to behold.”
“The names I see when dealing with others are a reflection of myself aren't they?” Toby replied thoughtfully.
“Yes Toby, They are. This entire section of the Nexus is a reflection of you.”
“Does this mean that you look the way you do as a reflection of me as well?” Toby asked while looking into her currently blue eyes.
“What do you think?” Alice responded simply with a mysterious smile.
“I think I might be scared of finding out,” Toby replied before taking her hand and leading her out of the guild to the waiting party.
Guild:
New world named: Aethea
Planet Aethea has been claimed in the name of The First Ascendant of Terra.
Currently, Guild owned planets: Aethea
Governor set: Toby
Quest complete: Destiny's dice. Reward added to guild inventory
Multiple Quest statuses updated.
User:
New title unlocked: Planetary governor.
Achievement Get: First human to achieve the title of planetary governor.