Moving away from the candidates and to the viewers, we can see the tens of millions of families who all sit down together and watch the game while eating and talking.
Of course different race could vary to small or large degrees with the alien pelnas whose families gained nutrients through holding their food in their 2 arms and hands that each had 8 digits on them .
There's was also the Cend who floated in their homes in low gravity as they inserted nutrient pills into a metal receptor in their necks.
All of these different races were watching the game in their own unique ways, but it wasn't just familes who watched. There were single young adults to the large corporations to the lurking religions and skeeming empires.
But for now, we'll be looking at on a universal level a quite average galactic family called the Emurns.They were from the Cenvana Race, a tall bipedal race who had black stripes on orange skin and were typical all over 9ft tall.
They were very skinny with hair matching their skin, going from their heads all the way down their spines to the tip of their tails, which was thin and hairless except the top that connected to the spine.
They had 2 large dark blue eyes and flat and long teeth perfect for eating anything but meat.They were, of course, herbivores, but what made this race special was that they were, in fact, fighters.
They had 3 sets of 4 that were arm,hands, and fingers, but their upper 2 hands had longer sharp singular claws on them while their lower hands were normal. This was so they could fight and gather food with their big eyes being good for sporting enemies and also helps when fighting.
The culture they had made it so that they were proud to be vegans as they consumed what's naturally given to them from nature while predators were to weak to compete with other herbivores so they had to kill others and take from others.
They even had a few sayings, with one made by a famous Cenvana professor being this:
"I feel bad for the brutes who couldn't tell the difference between poisonous berries and normal berries. Or that they have to eat pests like sqegs and fiends to survive instead of strolling through a field and feasting on the lands given to them. They had to consume others to survive, attacking more graceful beings in their pursuit of easy pickings while acting like warriors and killers. When, in fact, those measly pests just couldn't handle the competition herbivores presented to them as the purest and first forms of life"
Now, back to the family, they were Emurns, and they were currently in their home, which was a normal wooden 2 story home. Of course, the sealing was higher to fit their bodies, and currently, the mother Cemta was in the kitchen boiling some vegetables and fruits along with some mushrooms and their version of syrup which was a dark green sap.
She waved her hand under the metal pot and used the only basic fire magic she knew to warm the pot up. Cenvanas, when it comes to magic, were some of the best at nature and did well with others such as life,earth,water, and toxins.
This varied from person to person, and talents were different, but most of their kind was naturally better at nature magic. This meant they could eat a lot because of their size but still keep the surroundings lush and alive.
Cemta looked into the pot and grabbed a wooden spoon and tasted the meal before relasing she forgot to grow more purple fire blends, which helped spice up the meal.
She quickly opened a nearby window and stuck out her arm towards the nearby vegetable garden, and then a soft green mist mixed with sparkling lights drifted out towards the growing purple fire blends.
The vegetable, which should have taken another month to grow within a few seconds, grew to maturity and was then ripped out the ground by Cemta who strolled back into her homes and cut them with her 2 large claw. As her hair swayed to the flute plants, gentle songs that were created through the wind passing through its vines and leaves, creating all natural music.
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Cemta heard a thud from upstairs and looked up before shouting up at her 2 children.
"Calanta,Benro, you better stop messing around up there. Come down here and set the table. Your father will be back soon and will want to watch the game!"-Cemta
She soon heard scatches and the taps of feet as her son and daughter slapped each other in the faces while running down the stairs.
Benro held his sisters long hair in one hand while putting a finger in her ear while she squeezed his tail and scratched at him with one of her claws.
"Hey, knock it off, or you'll be cleaning up sqegs for the weak!"-Cemta
"He started it!"-Calanta
"She started it!"-Benro
"Yeah, yeah, and I'm able to use death magic set the table and sit your asses down, or I'll grow feet tickling vines in your shoes!"-Cemta
Her children soon listed and sat down at the table that wad set with wooden bowls and utensils at the ready.
Cemta hummed a soft toon along to the flute vines and flower shakers until she felt 2 hands on her shoulders and hips.
"I didn't hear you come in"-Cemta
"Well, I wanted to see if I could slip by my sexy angry wife"-Zeltoron
"Hm..maybe, but this angry, extremely pretty and kind wife expects many massages for this comment"-Cemta
"When did I say kind?"-Zeltoron
This comment earned him 2 elbows to the ribs.
"Oufff, I'm kidding"-Zeltoron
"I know now sit down that game of you're is starting soon"-Cemta
"Yes! Thanks honey"-Zeltoron
"Aren't you going to help me bring it in, zelty?"-Cemta
"Isn't that what the kids are for?"-Zeltoron
Before his wife kid gave him another combo elbow shot, he was already back to the living rook while her kids walked in like drained soldiers.
"Stop being so lazy and help your mother for once"-Cemta
Soon, the family was all sitting on their chairs, which actually were connected to the house, as were all the decorations that cover the homes, such as flowers and vines ornaments with different things in them like pens or cards.
While family portraits were in case in a honey comb like see-through material and hung on the walls and were held up by vines or were apart of the wall.
Benro was watching the Cenvanas tree house making tournament but frowned when his dad turned the channel.
"Don't give me that face. These games have been really interesting this year with such an odd race of candidates"-Zeltoron
"Yeah, but isn't it mostly watching them sleep and eat? I mean, I guess the light sprites are interesting, but everything else seems bleh"-Calanta
"Well, a big part is if you watch live or if you go online and see the edited clips or wait for the show to come on"-Zeltoron
"And your dad here seems to have picked up a particular interest in one candidate, haven't you dear?"-Cemta
The family was eating their meal while taking as the show came on with Laxy appearing and started to talk.
"I'm not the only one, sweety. The guys at work have also been talking about it they're already placing begs saying he's gonna win"-Zeltoron
"You're not betting, are you!?"-Cemta
"No! never sweety..never i promise not in front of you.. I'd never bet anything of yours. I'm not that kind of guy. I just like to watch and analyze and predict"-Zeltoron
His wife clearly wasn't buying what he was selling, so he swiftly moved on.
"Anyway, he's already in the top 30 for best early performers, and many of my guys are saying there's a solid chance he wins or makes it to the top 5!"-Zeltoron
"What's so cool or special about his races then?"-Benro
"Well, one reason I like them is even though they're omnivorous, they respect nature and the cycle of life. They're hunters who more than not go after the strong rather than the weak, and they also look really unique"-Zeltoron
"Aren't they the rainbow guys?"-Calanta
"Them? They didn't seem that strong . I'm sure they're good, but I doubt they're that good"-Benro
"Nah, I can feel it they're the ones they've got the golden touch on them, and even rarer, they've got a decent creator"-Zeltoron
"Why's that matter?"-Calanta
As her husbands mouth was stuffed with vegetables and his eyes were glued to the screen, his wife took over.
"Well, my soft sour fruit of a daughter, a good creator, is already a great advantage for a race and gets you half way their"-Cemta
"Will you ever stop calling me that?"-Calanta
"No"-Cemta
"Why's it important? Don't they just mostly watch and throw skills at them?"-Benro
"Well, some have gotten extremely lucky, and a race has survived even with a bad creator"-Cemta
"But a good creator can fix mistakes quicker and think faster in times that need it while also adapting to unforseen changes"-Cemta
"Exactly right dear, a good creator is the foundation to the success of a race"-Zeltoron
"So you think he can win because he's smart and adaptable?"-Calanta
"No, it's also that he has a rare trait few that play the game have"-Zeltoron
"That is?"-Benro
"Humilty and self-awareness"-Cemta
"Yep, the situation can get to candidates very quickly and change them until they can't be recognised, very few are willing to kneel or ask for help and even less want to admit that they're wrong or need help"-Zeltoron
"But Candidate 10 he's understood he can't do this alone and knows his weakness, so he got help from others to support him through the game"-Cemta
"Now he has a strong foundation with an ally her respect and listens to and a growing pantheon of gods loyal to him while he also stay humble and hasn't turned into a tyrant"-Zeltoron
"On the few times I watch the live stream and switch to his cameras, I can't help but admire his journey so far even with so much self doubt in his heart"-Zeltoron
"It makes me want to meet these so-called humans as they seem very interesting and different"-Zeltoron
"True darling, all sorts can come from and bunch in a universe this large"-Cemta
The 2 shared a quick kiss while their kids played with their food.
"Eh, they look stinky to me"-Calanta
"Yep, walking fly magnets"-Benro