"Hey, lady." He said as we walked through the crowded streets of Heaven, "Y'know I was thinking, isn't it a bit difficult to just keep calling everyone "this guy" and "that guy"?"
"Yeah, you're right... guy." I agreed, "But what can we do? Just make up names for each other?"
Thing is, we all look the same, and from my knowledge, there aren't any clothing stores open yet. Even if we did make up names for everyone, it still wouldn't help much in the grand scheme of things, 'cause we just passed by ten other females that look identical to me. It's quite annoying, really.
"Ah, well, we do have these unique golden scars and implants." I reached to feel my gold plated spine, "I guess that's one way to differentiate one another."
"So what, should our new names have something to do with those?" He asked.
"A name based on our appearance..." I frowned, "That sounds like it'd get real unfair real quick for some people."
"As in?"
"As in—Imagine you had an ugly scar. You'd get an ugly name to go along with it and bam, bullied." I shivered, "Like if someone called you Self-Harmer."
"Hey, what makes you think these cuts on my forearms are from that!?" He got defensive, "It could've easily been from someone attacking me or something."
Yeah right, the guy's entire forearm areas are covered in deep cuts and gashes, only covered up by golden scars. It looks cool from afar, but it's easy to assume how people could draw out even wilder conclusions than what I did.
"Definitely not." I shook my head, "Sigh, this might be tougher than I thought. Hey, by the way, where did you say we were going?"
"To visit our third member." He explained, "Unlike us, he lives pretty far away from our houses."
"And you're sure we're not gonna get lost?" I worried, "That God did say Heaven was near infinite in size, after all..."
"Nah, I got it." He flashed me a confident thumbs up accompanied by a devilishly charming grin, "As long as I'm your guide, we'll be there before you know it!"
He said that, but we kept on walking through the crowded streets, one block after the other, and yet it seemed like we just kept going further and further into the wrong direction. I know this, because his pace started getting faster, and that previously smug grin started to ever so slightly twitch. He had his pride on the line, and sadly it seems like this guy's pretty stubborn.
"Should be there in a sec..." He looked around each corner we passed, "Hmmm..."
"Look, do you know what his scars look like?" I reasoned, "Maybe if we asked someone if they saw him, then..."
"Are you serious?! Just in this past hour, we've passed by thousands of people!" He yelled back in a panic, "Look, I got this. Just leave it to me!"
"Dude, you obviously don't." I grabbed his wrist, "At this rate, you're just gonna get us lost as well. He definitely isn't this far out, so..."
"Let go!" He yanked back.
"Chill!" I followed suit.
The back and forth caused quite the commotion, eventually resulting in my loss if not purely because of his stronger body. Geez, not fair! The guys get super muscular bodies, meanwhile us girls have to deal with these slim little physiques that can't even lift a rock properly!
"Look, it should be just around...!" He paused the moment he turned the corner, "...Here."
Gulping, he couldn't believe his Eyes. Something strange and terrifying was in front of us, something we didn't think could even exist in this place. A large, open yard that was practically taking up a whole 9 regular sized yards in a 3 by 3 area. It was like a golf course, almost, but it was completely flat. So basically, call it mini-golf.
"The heck is that?" I squinted to try and get a clearer picture.
"We traveled way too far." He finally admitted, "But damn, talk about unfair."
"Yeah, didn't the God say everyone got an equal amount of territory!?" I fussed, "Ohhh, next time that voice reaches us, I'm gonna give it a piece of my mind!"
"Wait, maybe we're misunderstanding things." He explained, "What if everyone DID start with an equally small yard, but there was actually a way to expand it?"
"How?"
"That's what I wanna know too." He grabbed my wrist and ran towards the giant plot of land, "So instead of complaining, why not just ask the guy in charge of the estate how he did it!"
This guy's insane! How did he jump to such an outlandish idea all of a sudden? Does he want to die a second time!? If you find something out of the ordinary, you turn back while you still can, not rush in like a maniac!
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"W-Wait, what if he's a bad guy though!?" I pleaded for him to slow his rolls.
"Then we'll politely excuse ourselves." He stopped right in front of the large fountain in front of the mansion, "A-Ah, I think I get the size difference now."
The front doors swooshed open with an almost frictionless motion to them. From there, two giant beings glided out. They had large robes on that covered their bodies from neck to toe, but even then you could see they were hovering a good meter or so above the floor. Two things immediately stuck out about their appearance—They were large, extremely so, with one being taller than the other by a meter and lankier, and the other still towering over the rest of us peasants with around 10 or so meters to his name. The second thing that stuck out...
"Colors." I could only let my mouth open wide in sheer awe as I inspected their skin, "These guys have a regular skin tone."
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"A-Ah!" My terrified guide quickly recomposed himself in front of the two titans, "Sorry to bother you! We were just passing by, looking for our friend, when we happened to happen upon your estate and well, we were wondering-!"
"We were wondering nothing." I shut his trap, "Apologies again, we'll be getting out of your hair soon."
"Puah! We were wondering if you could tell us how you got such a large yard!" The bastard pried my hand off his mouth to shout, "And your skin, and your height! What's your secret!?"
"Zip it!" I kept fighting to keep him quiet.
"Hmm..." The lankier giant merely looked on at our squabble, "Our secret."
"Eep!" We both stopped and got dead silent to hear them out.
"Well, if you must know..." The friendlier one chuckled, "Once you make the world you're in, it's not that difficult to expand your own little corner of it as you see fit."
Eh? Make the world you're in? Wait a second, I recognize that voice!
"Y-You're...!?" Both me and ol' Golden Cutter stepped back in fear, "You're the God from that time!"
"Nice to meet you two in the flesh." He nodded with a kind smile, "By the way, the name is Prylos, God of Meditation."
Ah, so that's who he was. Right, then the person next to him must be Water God Allucius. Oddly enough, though I don't remember anything from my past life, I do know of the old legends about the Four Gods. From those, Water God Allucius was said to have most frequently donned an annoyed frown on his face. Really matches the other guy.
"And this is Selzion." Prylos patted his colleague's shoulder, "The God of Knowledge."
"Eh? No way!" My guide friend yelped.
"Hrm... Indeed, it is as you see." Selzion finally spoke up, though through a muttered and angered grumble, "Now that you have gotten your question answered, please go away."
Just like that, he flicked his wrist, and we were gently yet magically whisked away to the streets. Before we left completely though, I did muster up the courage to ask them one more thing.
"W-Wait! We need your help finding the third guy!" I shouted.
"...The third guy?" Prylos tilted his head before remembering, "Oh yeah, him! What about him?"
"We kinda can't differentiate between anyone since there's so many similar looking people around." My friend complained, "Gets real tricky if you wanna look for someone in particular."
"Is there any way to tell the difference apart from the scars?" I asked.
The two Gods looked a bit troubled. It seems they didn't anticipate this outcome at all, given they immediately Materialized some sort of Book and started writing something down in it. In the very next moment, everyone including us yelped as they felt a sharp stinging sensation hit the back of their palms.
"Yeowch!" I whimpered, "What the hell did you just do!?"
Looking down at the source of the pain, however, I noticed something peculiar. On my left hand was engraved a golden letter M, and on my right the letter G. What is this...?
"There, should be enough to help you out." Prylos poofed the Book back out of existence, "These were your initials from back when you were alive. Use them to help you find the person you're looking for."
"Your friend's initials are S.B." Selzion shooed us away as he turned to go back to their abode, "Now, off you go."
"Thank-" The doors shut loudly as we blinked back onto the street, "...you."
Well, that was certainly something. Did... Did the Gods just change the rules of Heaven? Just 'cause we asked nicely? Wait, forget that, the Gods! Wowee, we actually met two of them! They were so cool, incredible! I wonder where the other two are... No, never mind that, for now-
"Meg." The guy accompanying me pointed at my hands, then me, "M.G... Sounds like Meg."
"What? No, that's totally wrong." I shook my head, "Those are just my initials."
"Yeah, but until we figure out your full name, I gotta call you something." He stopped to think about it some more, "Meg, short for Megazoid."
"The hell kind of name is that!?" I shouted, "Why not Gemma? It's way prettier, and it's still got a G and an M in it!"
"...Fine, whatever." He kept his hands behind his head as we kept walking through the crowd.
...Suspicious.
"Hey, what're your initials?" I said with a wry smirk.
"What's it to ya'?" He got all shy.
"Oh, come on~! I showed you mine!" I teased, reaching for his hands as he kept backing away, "Gimme paw!"
"Ugh! Fine, stop!" He begrudgingly showed me the back of his hands, "L.G... Happy now?"
"L.G..." I darted my gaze between the two letters before looking at him in the Eyes, "Elegy."
"Whoa, that's way too cool!" He gasped, completely left astonished by the fact I actually gave him a serious sounding name, "I was certain you were gonna go with the more obvious one."
"Which one's that?" I wondered.
"Leg." He shrugged plainly.
How the hell is that more obvious than just spelling out an L then a G? This guy's a dumbass and a half, but at least I have a name whenever I think of the dumbest man in Heaven from now on. Elegy and Gemma... Yeah, I can get behind that.
"That'll be your nickname whenever you annoy me." I teased, "Leg."
"Hell yeah! Leg n' Meg, the golden duo!" He raised his arms triumphantly.
"That wasn't a compliment!"
Right, but now we're on the right track to find... S.B., was it? Well, there's probably still a lot of S.B.s around, but it still narrows down our search by a ton. As for his name... I think we'll decide on it after we find him. It's only fair.
"Seb..." Elegy murmured quietly to himself.
"Why are all of your names so short and stupid?" I asked, "At least go for the full Sebas..."
"Sounds fishy."
...I have a newfound hatred for this idiot in particular.