# Ch.6: Outsight, insight

A few hours had passed, and the suns were starting to set.

By which I mean it was past midday.

Fortunately enough, daylight hours weren't so far off from those on earth.

Jack had called his friends into a meeting room so they could discuss info.

J: So, what did we learn today?

G: Man, you sound like you're talking to children.

J: AND?!

Z: Um, today I learned that this world is very fake.

J: Can you say something we didn't already know?

Z: Reality prevented me from making complex machines,

but complaining about it somehow forced things to follow the laws of physics.

G: It seems like a little bit of muscle always does the job, innit?

J: That could come in really handy. Can you explain what you did?

Z: I just thought how things did not make any sense,

and things suddenly started making sense.

J: That's great! We could really use this to cheat the system.

Z: It is nothing, you guys are also great.

G: Well, I guess there's no need to praise each other-

J: NO! Praise me more!

G: Alright...

G: Jack. Even though you're kinda crazy, you make really good plans.

Jack blushed a little.

G: And you may look aggressive, but we all know you're soft on the inside.

Guy ruffled his hair.

The compliments were too much for Jack,

and he was paralyzed in blissful stupor.

J: Ahh...

G: *Ahem*. I checked out the island.

Z: And?

G: We're a massive lake of slime on an island with temperate climate.

Z: How massive?

G: Our body should weigh around... Hold on, let me do the math.

Guy summoned a clipboard with some paper and a pen.

G: ...A one with thirteen zeroes. Metric tons.

Z: So ten trillion tonnes? Are you sure about that?

G: Well, I added the volume. We're made out of water, right?

Z: No. More like diamond.

G: Oh. Dunno then. We're also surrounded by sand, some floodplains,

forests, and mountains. Everything is over-the-top huge.

Z: Correct.

I think it said somewhere that this archipelago had huge monsters.

Anything else?

G: Well, being able to guess distances so well is kinda strange.

Z: It happened to me too. It must be one of those weird choices Jack picked.

It is very useful so I cannot complain.

Jack, who was beginning to recover, was once again knocked out.

G: Alright. I think that it's Jack's turn.

G>J: JACK! WAKE UP! I NEED YOU TO MAKE MORE PLANS!

Guy started slapping Jack. Still, he wouldn't come back.

Z: Wait, I think that I know how to wake him up.

Z>J: Jack! Some S/M folk asked about-

J: AHHHHH! DON'T ANSWER! KILL HIM IMMEDIATELY HE IS A WASTE OF AIR A FILTHY-

J: Oh. I guess I got distracted.

G: Do you want me to explain again?

J: No, I heard what you said.

J: By the way, I was the one who made it so our thoughts wouldn't get mixed.

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Z&G: Nice.

J: Aaanyways. I don't think that there's a lot of people on this island-

G: None at all, actually.

J: I already knew that!

J: Do we have a ship, Zack?

Z: A few. I did not build more because I do not know if the shore is safe.

G: I don't think that we could get on a-

J: SHUT. UP. Now, could you take a peek over the mountains? Make it discreet.

A while later, few eyeballs the size of houses popped in-between the mountains.

The coast was protected by comparatively modest mountains further away.

Although the gaps in-between would leave large fleets with plenty of space.

Going even further, there where a bunch of mostly uninhabited islands.

Even beyond to the north, ocean and nothing else.

The main continent was towards the south,

where a five thousand kilometre tower sat in the centre.

There were some realms peppered all over the place,

with had wildly varying architectural choices and technology levels.

A few strongholds defied all laws of geometry and physics,

while others made of steel floated above wooden buildings.

By they also took the time to determine some local bigwigs,

by looking at the coins fresh from minting.

Some people felt extremely uneasy while having an eldritch

being beyond their comprehension stare directly at their souls,

while others weren't scared at all.

Some man dressed in funny robes stared back at them, but didn't seem to care.

They noted not to spy on important-looking people.

Everything else was obscured by the planet's curvature.

J: Alright, there seem to be fancy edifices just about everywhere,

and we know what that means...

Z: Royalty?

J: Yes! Now, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEIR FACES WHILE I SKIN THEM ALIVE...

G: Whoah, whoah. You said it yourself, we can't just come in guns blazing.

J: Ah, I forgot. I guess we should first do some espionage.

J: Are there any person-sized animals on this island?

G: Yeah! Some foxes are about the size of a person.

G: ...Wait, What do you-

Guy didn't need to ask.

Jack had already pulled some poor foxes into their body.

J: You know how ships require a crew, right?

Z: Well, yes. But they are designed for humans. I could however...

J: No need. Here we have an easier option for remodeling.

G: Ugh. I really don't want to look at this.

J: Well, you're the one who knows the most about anatomy.

G: Goddammit Jack! Can you at least anesthetize them?

J: Dunno. Zack?

Z: I am not a veterinary. Will morphine work on giant canids? Oh, wait.

A big, fat book fell on Jack's head. It was about veterinary medicine.

J: Hey! What the hell!?

Z: Sorry for that. The dosages for animals should be here.

That I should be able to extrapolate.

J: Fine. Are you happy now, Guy?

G: Yes. What should I do know?

J: Basically, we're turning this creatures into slaves,

so I want you to anthropomorphize them.

G: What?

J: Make them human-shaped. Don't sweat the details,

they should just be able to move around in two legs and handle stuff.

G: But what about their brains?

J: I will handle things to make sure that they aren't as dumb as you.

Now, get moving!

G: Whatever, man...

For the foxes, the recent events must have been disconcerting.

The deadly ocean that had stood still for as long as they had existed

had just killed its nearby surroundings, and making myriad items.

Upon looking at them, it had grabbed them and subsumed them into its body,

instead of normally dissolving, they were still alive,

with their lungs full of viscous slime as thick as lava, but unable to drown.

For even more stress, thew were pierced with many needles,

but didn't feel pain, and soon fell unconscious.

They awoke in a dark room.

It was a turquoise hemisphere with a single dim light on its top.

A very large black sphere could be

seen below through its semitransparent walls.

The six foxes had changed. They did no longer thought like animals,

or at least not more than an S/M folk.