It was now time for the lot of them to work on implementing the plan. On the one side, they had a globe that had an even arrangement of small hexagonal continents. Most of the continents had nothing but dirt and a border of water but an area about six deep of the tiny continents, really only large islands, around the location of the elven village had trees and grasses around their borders.
Kaori could tell from the little bit of survey that had been conducted that there were no veins of ore or much of anything else anywhere on the planet except right around the elven village. There was almost nothing on this planet at all. She just had to fix that in a creative way.
Kaori got the attention of all of the gathered deities and drew them closer to her. “Okay, First things first. The way things are going to work from now on is officially in the final planning stages. We’re going to put our heads together and come up with a world of challenges for the inhabitants that I’m going to be bringing to this world. I intend to have over a hundred different species of sentients on the planet along with countless animals and a lot of monsters too!”
“I intend for them to work together and against each other in order to advance their societies. They will get little boons to their technology for exploring. I have the ability to get many different things for my planet and a couple of the things I purchased are dungeons that will grow on their own and mature over time and floating islands, which are not mutually exclusive. This world is going to be bursting at the seams with danger but also with rewards for those willing to brave the dangers.”
“I’m going to have different teams work on different parts of the planning. I will need a lot of different things spread over a map the size of a world. I will also pass out books with a lot of different items in them. If you feel that one of the items in the book is needed consult with me. Try to go sparingly on the items from the book. Use them as a last resort because they are expensive.”
“You may have noticed the two big balls in the center of the room. The big ball on the far side of the room is the world as it is right now. There are only a few tribes of elves, people of the trees, arch-els, or whatever you might have heard them called. I have purchased a small population of seven more basic species for the world but I’ll make more later. For now, we need to figure out what to do with the world to make it a better world to live and advance in. To that end, I have the big globe next to us and it has the rough plans that my earliest companions and I came up with for what to do on this world.”
“As you can all see, the two look nothing alike. Setting aside the fact that the world below doesn’t currently have any weather, the landmass has yet to be changed at all. I want to keep this general layout we have going on this map but the exact details are mostly up in the air. Don’t be afraid to come to me or one of the senior gods with suggestions. I should clarify, the senior gods are Yaju, Miraphon, Einoro, Rocell, Kevall, Merin, Pross, Belle, Gelor, Yosh, Rise, and Yaborr. Yaju has more experience with the people of this world than anybody else and the others came from my original world with me and all understand what I’m trying to create.”
As Kaori continued talking about all the various different policies and ideas that she had come up with for the world there were a lot of quiet murmurs. Kaori didn’t notice the conversations going on but the gods directly under her did. There were gasps of wonder and comments of awe and appreciation at almost everything she had to say. It was gratifying to the newly minted deities to hear such words of praise for their head goddess and her unique ways of thinking. After a fairly long spiel,, they could tell that Kaori was wrapping things up and she had kept the entire crowd's attention throughout.
“If you have any problems with your past tripping you up or with your fellow deities, talk to one of the deities under Tozanna. That’s literally what I have hired them to do is help everyone cope. I know this is going to be a lot to get accustomed to but I’m sure that together we can get through it. Also, if you have gone to see one of my counselor deities and you feel that there is just nothing that can keep your past in the past where it belongs, then you can come see me. I will want to talk to a counselor with you but if they agree that you need the help, I can seal your memories of certain events away so you won’t have to recall them until you are ready.”
“I have been talking long enough so let’s get to work. We have a lot to do and only a few million years to do it! *There was a decent smattering of laughter* So, teams as I assigned them. Counselors, don’t forget to give me a list of the dimensional coordinates for any limbo or void that may have rejected souls floating in it before you leave on the retrieval missions! Dismissed.”
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The flurry of movement that came next was a little bit on the chaotic side as all the new deities grouped up with their more informed seniors. The globe next to them began spitting out smaller representations and the groups under Belle, Risse, Yabor, and Yosh all raised huge illusory maps from the floor that would correspond to one of the multitudes of different groups that were working on the different issues with the world below.
The two elven deities, Eremileane and Somolos, approached her desk which was still piled with a couple of stacks of soul applications from the afterlife reject dimensions that she already knew of. As they approached she idly wondered how many more stacks were going to form for her to sift through. Already, she had put a rating system in place for the candidacy of the souls towards getting fast-tracked to godhood. She mused to herself that she needed to separate them into categories of what they would be best suited to be gods of and collate the data. Then she needed to make that data available to every deity via maybe tablets? Then she could…
Her thoughts were cut off as the two elven deities in front of her bowed and waited to be acknowledged. “Ah yes, You two! I need you to quickly change into these suits *Two sets of matching business suits appeared on the desk in front of them* and then go see Yaju. I believe you already know him. I will want the three of you to go to the elven villages and you can glean whatever knowledge you can from him about them. If there is anything you don’t know about them feel free to ask him and if he doesn’t know, ask one of the shamans. You two will be taking over the duties of being the gods for the elves.
You can head over to the line of doors on the wall over there to change. When you open any door it will lead to your room. Even if you both open the same door it will lead to separate rooms. The room on the other side of the door is your own room and will always appear on the other side of the door when you want it to be there. That will be your personal room and nobody can enter that room without your permission. Everything you leave in that room will remain there but the bed will always be made with the… Never mind, I’ll explain the rooms to everyone later. Just go change and see Yaju.
No sooner did she send the new deities of the elves off than a scroll appeared on her desk. She wrinkled her brow a little but opened it anyway. On the scroll were the names of fifteen different dimensions with blue glowing magic circles next to them. Even as she was reading through the list another two appeared on the list. Kaori grinned at that. She wasn’t going to have any lack of souls for any of her special projects for a long time. Who knows how many souls could be retrieved out of these dimensions?
Kaori made a laptop appear on her desk and promptly stuck the scroll into the screen. She then did the same for the remaining stacks of applications on her desk. “Let’s go paperless!” she chuckled to herself. It was a well-known joke among the older generation that she grudgingly admitted she belonged to that, when a company had said they were going paperless it really just meant doubling the paperwork because there would almost always be a paper copy of every file kept outside of any computer systems. She imagined that the bureaucracy of the heavenly realms was likely to be the same.
That reminded her that she still had to report all of her progress to Descartes. She opened up a word processor type app on her computer terminal and began typing a report on happenings to date. She had to get really creative in skirting the issue of stealing souls from other realms in her report. She had no idea what he would do if she were to tell him the truth. She did go over all of her discoveries, plans to date, and policies. She was so wrapped up in her report that she missed the approach of some of her underlings until one of them cleared her throat.
Kaori looked up to see most of her elder gods standing there and had to marvel once again at how different each of them looked now. All of the demons had opted to become different races while only Miraphon had elected to change from an angel. Risse smiled displaying the only part of her that she hadn’t elected to change into a young Blonde woman with ringlets and blue eyes. Her sharp needle-like teeth did little to detract from her stunning beauty while she cleared her throat and prepared to address the senior goddess. “We have all of the different maps set up and ready for inspection. Fujiwara-sama, some of the newer additions have been asking about food, shelter, and mostly about when they will receive their own business suits.”
Kaori looked at the time on her computer and realized that the date counter, much less the time counter, had elapsed since she last looked at it. “I can’t believe that much time was needed to type that report up. No wonder Descartes has no time. Okay, I’ll make sure that there is food, water, ever-made beds, and full closets in each of the rooms. While I am reviewing the simulations, would you all please show all of the new deities where to find all the amenities in their new apartments?”
When she pointed over to the row of doors, all of them understood what she meant and most turned to leave. Yabor stayed a moment to give her one quick remark before also turning to leave. “Fujiwara-sama. Don’t you think that you should consider taking a break and having a rest too?”