Stepping out of my own construct feels weird. How long has it been? That question feels redundant. Time has no meaning to beings like me anymore. No creator is bound by time. To us, it's just a byproduct of creation.
I noticed it when I stepped out but my construct really is in a weird place. There's nothing else around it. I am isolated from all other constructs.
I didn't place my construct in any particularly remote place. I guess other creators and newer generation moved elsewhere.
I should go to the nearest construct to ask for directions. Because of my isolation, my senses are not working. Even creators have senses. Mine are dull so let's ask someone who knows.
The first construct I find will be my neighbor too since it's closest to mine. I don't expect them to know me since I am not a memorable person nor have I made any public appearances in forever.
If you ask me, how far is your neighbor from you?
To put into perspective, imagine I live in a single house in the woods about an hour away from the nearest settlement. An hour away and that's on the fastest vehicle available to you.
If I have measure my speed, I would push light of the window. Light is extremely fast, to humans that is. To us, light is slow. It's not that we are fast. Light is just slow compared to us.
We exist outside of the conventional rules. Light has to follow the speed limit. It is the speed of causality. Any faster than that and the dimensions would crumble.
I am walking to my neighbor so I should arrive soon. Human standards do remain in some of us but I have oftentimes forget that.
I am not affected by time. No time exists in this plane. So even the soon becomes pointless.
Upon arrival, I pressed the doorbell. Yes, creators have their own ways of entrance. My neighbor seems to have made their entrance exactly like a normal humans home. With a door and a doorbell, it's reminiscent of a suburban home.
What kind of a creator are they? What is their personality like? I can actually use my powers to get the answers but it ruins the surprise.
I still have that human mentality. Knowing too much and too far into the future ruins your experience.
The door opens and I see a person. Yes, it's a person and yes, they are a human. But it's not someone I was expecting.
I had heard of rumors about this person becoming a creator. Honestly, I did not want to meet this person. I have met this person once in my entire life and I am not fond of meeting them again.
Yet life has brought me here. Even after transcending life and creation itself, fate is out of bounds.
We all agreed upon this. No one will interfere with fate. Let the loom of fate spin and let them be as impartial as ever.
The decision was almost unanimous. I guess it was due to our love for adventure. We had just transcended human limitations and we did not want to let go of the thrill.
If we control fate to our liking, life would be pretty uneventful and dull. So we kept fate as is.
Now, the person standing before me can be called an old acquaintance. An acquaintance, nothing more than that. We had a brief interaction during our time as humans and it did not make the best impression on me.
"Well this is an unexpected turn of events."
She said as if genuinely shocked to see me. I couldn't make it out if she was surprised to see me or annoyed that I am here.
"It is for me as well. I did not think the rumors were true."
I do not know here current name. Most of us have abandoned our old names and took new names. For example; Constant gave up his old name but kept the meaning same. He literally translated his name into English and made it his name.
There's Eternity as well who followed Constant. I gave myself a new name because my old name did not suit me.
"What do you go by these days?"
"Call me Aideen. Knowing you, it must sound weird to you." (Aideen)
"It does but I was half expecting it. Anyway, we can catch up later. I was here to ask for directions. Where is Constant's construct?"
She gave me a funny look.
"So that was his plan. He simply wanted to drag you out of your little hole." (Aideen)
"You seem to have understood his intentions. I guess your obsession with him is still as strong as before."
"We have reconciled. I managed to clear up the misunderstanding between us. I am hoping to make things right between us as well. You have a rather prejudiced view of me, don't you?" (Aideen)
She knows that I do not think of her in a positive light. And I can't blame her for that and she can't blame me either.
"Considering our only interaction before this, it's really hard to say anything else."
"I know. I was naïve and young and emotional. I can't ask for forgiveness since it's up to you to forgive me. I have changed. When I rejected his confession in front of everyone, I was angry and confused.
Like, from my perspective, it was a betrayal. He tried to woo me for 12 years and said that he loved me and wanted to spend his future with me all the time. Somewhere in my mind, I had already accepted him.
So when he just said that he wanted to date me, I was confused. Then what were we doing for the past 12 years? I got seriously angry and rejected him.
I didn't even bother to think of my own actions. I didn't realize that I never verbally expressed my feelings. I had accepted his but never told him about me.
The fault lies with me and I am the reason he died. Even after everything had happened and I suddenly came back as a creator due to my guilt and obsession, I couldn't make things right.
He was traumatized and betrayed. I am to blame and I have asked for forgiveness from him. I hope you too will forgive me." (Aideen)
She bowed her head before me and asked for forgiveness with earnest eyes.
I had an inkling about the situation and it turned out to be true. Common misunderstanding and lack of communication.
"It's not like you did me any wrong. I hope we can have a cooperative relationship in the future. By the way, where is Constant? I was going to see him."
She looks up and goes inside her construct before coming back with a luggage.
"I have written down his exact address here. Take this with you. He was going haywire so I caught and calmed him down a bit. By the way, you know about the Joy situation, right?" (Aideen)
"Yes, I felt that disturbance because it's grown big to actually threaten everything. If it is left unchecked, the creators will be in danger."
The Joy situation is bad. No one is responsible other than he himself. Still, as his friend I ought to have stopped him from making the mistake.
Some friend I am. Both my friends died while making the wrong choices and I was just wallowing in my own nonexistent sorrow.
"No need to bash yourself up. We never gave up on our humanity. Even though we are not humans anymore, we still act and think like humans.
We can just make things right. Go and take him with you. Constant should have some sort of plan. But knowing him, he is probably just left it to fate." (Aideen)
Why did she say it like that? Constant always has plan. He is knows for his scheming.
I take the so called luggage from Aideen. It's Azathoth. I was wondering where he was. Aideen gave me his address and told me to be careful.
She has changed a lot. It's as if she's a new person which she technically is. But still, she has matured. I had the wrong impression of her.
Anyway, I start my journey with Azathoth on my shoulder. He is probably unconscious.
The newer creators would freeze in terror seeing Azathoth like this. He really made a reputation out of being scary.
The closer I get to Constant, the weirder feel. My instinct is me that something is afoot. I could be wrong but the feeling is overwhelmingly strong.
And it was correct. When I stepped in Constant's construct, I was met with a huge crowd. It seems that Constant was waiting for me to arrive with a lot of guests. Someone, I have become the center of attention.
What is he planning? He has a huge grin plastered over his face. I hope it's not something weird.