"Yeap, India. Anu mentioned Shiva, and I'm guessing we can find him at the start of the river Ganges." Belphegor started walking. "The river itself is this way, if I teleported us where I think I teleported us anyway. I'll explain the Source while we walk, yeah?"
It pausd and grinned at them. "And good job not antagonizing An, dudes! That guy's a ripe full of pickles usually."
Nino looked at Belphegor and lifted an eyebrow "Well you better have otherwise I'm teleporting us next time"
"…is that something I should be scared of?" Chandra asked, raising an eyebrow. She didn't really care much about where she was teleported, she knew that she had wings and could fly up into the heavens… but what about Hell? …yeah that was definitely the one place she didn't want to get teleported to.
“No not really” Nino shrugged
(I'm back, guys!!! :D)
"Okay!" Belphegor said, rubbing it's hands together. "No worries, we are, in fact, in India, so that's step one. "So. The Source. That's old, deep lore stuff. Basically, it's what holds the Everything together. Like Everything everything. Capital E. Everything includes, well, everything. From God, to Satan, to that rock to a star billions of light years from here. It's Everywhere and Always and Constant. It has no Place, it is just raw material, space and energy. The problem is, that if it's malfunctioning, we have a multidimensional blur going on, and no idea how to fix it. That's why We're going back to some of the oldest Gods. They're the most likely to know the most about the Source and how to fix it. Clear? Any Questions?"
"Huh… that's interesting," Chandra noted, taking all this in. So… that meant even if God had created her species, the Source had created God? Huh.
“Yup” Nino smiled and rocked on her heels “the source also created all the other religions that are known” her smile didn’t falter as she explained but she had stopped rocking on her heels
"True enough," Belphegor said with a wink at Nino. "Though it's not a sentient thing, as far as anyone can tell. It set the worlds in motion, and keep them alive, but it's more like…and organ than a being. Like the heart of the multiverses. I've never actually seen it myself, of course; direct proximity would destroy lesser beings like ourselves."
Nino nodded and looked horrified as she spoke “Yeah it’s really scary to think about we turn to dust and fade from existence in the blink of an eye” her arms wrapped around her as she shivered from an unknown cold
Chandra's eyes widened as she looked away, a bit unnerved, but not wanting to admit it. This was news to her. Just by being around the Source could destroy her? That was spooky.
"Welp! If that settles everything, we'll be on our way to find Lord Shiva," Belphegor said cheerfully, clapping its hands together. "Gangese, right this way. Chandra, you okay? You look a little pale."
"Y-yeah, of course!" Chandra looked up, forcing a smile on her face.
Nino chuckled
Belphegor led the way up the river, grumbling every now and then about what a long walk it was.
"Wish I could have teleported nearer," it muttered. "Stupid anti-magic stuff around here. Hope you guys like hiking."
"Wait… where exactly are we going? I know who we're going to, but like, what's the general direction?" Chandra asked, taking a deep breath to calm herself, glad they had moved on from the other subject.
"Not sure but at least it's pretty and somewhat chill in demeanor" Nino looked around taking in the settings and splashing the river a bit with her hand towards Chandra laughing
"Aha, I guess…" her eyes darted around the area, searching for… what? She wasn't exactly sure.
(Nino may be old but she is a child haha)
"Your no fun" Nino mumbled to Chandra then looked at Belphegor "Water fight? or no?"
(Lol)
Chandra just shook her head, rolling her eyes.
(Sorry I've been gone guys! Been super busy!)
Belphegor cast an almost longing look at the river.
"Probably not a good idea, much as I want to join you there. We really should be getting a move on, unfortunately," it sighed wistfully.
"But to answer your question, Chandra, we're headed to the lace where this river starts. It originally flows down from the heavens, and it's might would have destroyed the earth. But Lord Shiva caught it in his hair, and softened the blow, so now it can flow down. Does that answer your question?"
(No problem!)
(Also, I've been puzzling over your word choice for these last two days now. "…headed to the lace where this river starts." What do you mean by "lace"? I can't find a definition of that word that would fit into the context… could you help?)
(by context i think it is an acronym for something)
(ah, i'll still wait for sunny tho i don't want to misinterpret it)
(good point)
(omg, I didn't even notice that, so sorry xDD I generally don't read my posts before I ost them, it's just the 'p' button not wanting to work apparently. It's just a typo, so sorry for the confusion!!! I'll start trying to be more careful lol xD)