POV Main

These people, some of them, were looking at me as you would look at villain. I wanted to convince them, to encourage them to join me. But when I have started to talk from my heart, I usually ended telling some repulsive truths. I knew, I was bitter talker.

-= So, you’re some marginal extremist, conspiracy theory believer. – Lily concluded. – I don’t care. I still want the money.

-= I want them too. – Sith wasn’t touched by my comment.

-= We all want easy way to earn money. – Said Lynx. – You said that we should organize. Tell us what kind of organization you want to build and let us decide, if we help you.

-= Ok. - I calmed myself. – There are few facets to this organization. We should create some business with us as shareholders. That way money we get from selling medicine should be legal. We could buy ourself headquarters, hideouts, employ people for help. And pay taxes. That way we would blend into economical system.

-= It seems reasonable, but we would lose money on taxes.

-= We would. If there is solution to this, I don’t know it. I wasn’t rich before. You can search for one. – I continued. – Another thing is to establish some pseudo-religion. Let me finish, I know how it sounds. I don’t know how many of you had time to immerse itself into gifts from stone. We have something supernatural, some magic. But we don’t have directions how to use them. I have some results in [Will resonance]. We could hire people to help us search for knowledge. Maybe for experimentation too. We could even groom supporters, by showing off in secret. Of course that’s not all. We all have our own theories, what bio-stones are, what is their aim, what they can provide to us. Info I got when Dee, my bio-stone, got last growth period, was mind blowing. I won’t tell you. You all will know in time. It’s really big twist though. Where was I? Oh, it should also help, when someone, another stone owner would search for us. Or if someone would decide to leave Ahriman’s Order. Sorry, I’m messing this up. There is too much thought to tell at once. – I breathed out. - Our way of handling life with bio-stones should be known, that other bio-stones owners could find us and know what to expect from us.

-= You just want to create commune for bio-stone owners?

-= Yes? Maybe that is close description.

-= With what rules?

-= No crime. Self-development. Trade. Good meals. Safe space.

-= And how would you name this sect? If you could build it. – Asked Bear.

-= Free Devas, I think.

-= That’s bad name. – Sith said.

-= Why? – I thought it was decent.

-= All organizations with “free” in name are fast losing and decaying. Like, free nations, free Tibet, free speech, free courts.

-= So, what would you suggest?

-= Unlimited Devas. – Said Huntress.

-= It has nice ring to it. – Supported others.

-= It’s decided. – Lynx said. – Those who join will create Unlimited Devas.

I wanted to say something, but knew better to be silent.

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-= There is one more thing. – I said. – We need that structure to provide our bio-stones with biomass.

They all looked at me intently. They must had their own problems with feeding their stones.

-= It took me about three weeks to get Dee to third level, as I call it, by feeding him with lots of animal biomass and some human blood. Since I got money source, it ate plenty. It’s viable option to go that way. You can provide your stones with your blood, as your circulatory system is enhanced by medicine, but it would take much longer. It seems that the fastest way is cultist’s way of making ritual sacrifices with humans as sacrifices. I know, we don’t want to go there. We should find alternative. It’s even more important, as from third level more evolutionary developed biomass is, more it helps bio-stone to grow. I know you don’t have my problem yet, but you will.

-= You talk about it, as you had some solution. – Said Lynx.

-= I have. It’s solution with no killing people and minimal or null law breaking. But I will talk about it, only with those who will create Unlimited Devas.

-= That’s all you have to say? Then you should give us some time to talk with each other and think.

-= Ok. I will be here if you would like to ask something.

I was sitting and answering some questions. They were eating and talking. Sometimes just thinking or contacting with their bio-stones. We had time, till pressure from my bio-stone would become unpleasant.

At some point Sith came to me. We traded. He used circulatory medicine on the spot.

-= They will all agree. – He told me. – Maybe some of them will agree only temporary. It’s not only about money. We all grow distant from other people in only few days, you know.

-= Yeah, I know what do you mean. – I couldn’t connect to normal people anymore either.

-= This thing you said, about people being partially dark, do you believe it? – He asked.

-= I don’t know if all people are like that. But we are.

-= How do you know that?

-= If anyone of us was real higher moral decent being, one would go to government and described what is going on with bio-stones. Why you ask? They could be dangerous, aliens, demons, other devils. What means comfort of your life in comparison to safety of humanity. That way should think very decent being.

-= Nobody did that?

-= As far as I know.

We enjoyed silence.

-= I want to trade something else. – Sith said after long pause.

-= What do you want to trade?

-= You said that you have some results in [Will resonance], I have some results in [Flow bending].

-= So, you want my results for your results.

-= No. I want my results for one circulatory medicine and promise that you won’t share them with others.

-= I don’t know what results you’ve got, so I don’t know, if it’s worth it.

-= I will join Unlimited Devas. I wouldn’t cheat one, I will work with.

-= Your price seem too high. We will get there in time, whatever you explored and found.

-= What would be right price then?

I wanted that info. I didn’t know, if others could guess, but supernatural was my soft spot.

-= You share with two people and they will provide you with one medicine.

-= Deal.

-= Ok. Let’s trade after we clear up topic of Unlimited Devas.

-= Ok.

POV Diana, voice of Ahriman

I was growing. My Ahriman’s seed was growing inside of me. My body was already thirty centimeters higher than two weeks ago. I got lot of muscles and fat. In the upper part of my stomach appeared split through which I could feed it with blood and flesh. I was stronger and faster. I was also needing longer and longer pseudo hibernation periods, through which merge was continuing on deeper levels. Luckily Ahriman’s Order was providing me with a lot.

I got info, that after one day of research, cultists identified three areas with owned Ahriman’s seeds and most probably one with ownerless seed. They were gathering data and preparing for recovery of ownerless seed, as it was inside private house.

I was glad, they found it so fast. I saw Ahriman’s hand in this development. There was also uneasiness in me, as they found only area with Mirror and her sister, area with girl from Mirror’s group and area with one of Vivaldi’s guys – leave me alone one. Where were others, I asked myself. Was it possible that all of them came from little cities or villages. Or could they run from Poland? Or what was frightening, did they find some way to hide seed presence? I was overreacting, I knew. In last days I was becoming storm of overreaction, when I was not hibernating.

My only pleasure except feeding was playing with fears of this LGBT guy, which became our acolyte. I made him do some bloody rituals. He wasn’t benefiting, as he wasn’t owner of seed, but his nervous breakouts were enjoyable. It was lot better than torturing him with my power, which was boring, as he was losing consciousness almost instantly.

Sometimes I got new playthings, but it was not for long, as my responsibility to grow Ahriman’s seed was prioritized. I almost cried, when I felt that seed could use more, but Order couldn’t provide enough.