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When I opened my eyes I saw a Skuld hovering over me with a worried expression on her face. This looked both funny and a bit cute for her to be looking like this but what can I say, she is a goddess after all.
"What happened?" I asked her, "Well I am not sure what exactly happened but you seem to have the markings or a god and dressed like a combination of a programmer and a debugger of Yaggdrasil" Skuld said softly. "Well I know who can tell us what's going on here so if you don't mind could you get me a glass of water please?" she said. I went down stairs to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and then came back and gave it to her. She placed it on my desk and then grabbed my hand as she started to disappear into the glass. The next thing I remember is landing on my butt in a room that resembled a waiting room, next to me was a water fountain and Skuld. "Sorry I should have warned you about that, don't worry everyone falls the first time" She smiled at me and then helped me up, I was amazed at the room we were in, it had that feeling to it like you were to feel calm and relaxed. I do admit to this day every time I have to visit the lord I get the same feeling, but anyways, Skuld talked to the lady at the other end of the room, I guess to tell her that we were here to see "HIM". Skuld then walked over to me and said "he is expecting us so lets go", tugging at my arm I proceeded to follow her through the two largest doors that I have ever seen. On the other side there was a feeling of mass power, knowledge, wisdom, how ever you want to describe it, it was big. Skuld and I walked into the spot light in what I could make out is being the middle of the room. A very authoritative voice spoke "My son, Please step forward" I did this with a huge amount of fear and apprehension but did as he said. Not knowing what to say I but forcing words out "You sent for me?!?!?!? *My Lord*"
The lord replied "Yes I did send for you, it seems that you have made a very unusual wish, one to be a close friend and assistant to Skuld, Goddess of the Future, Norm of Fate correct?"
Looking at the floor and speaking "yes my lord that was the wish that I asked for… is there a problem with this wish?"
"No there is no problem with this wish but I am wondering why you requested such a wish" he replied in a questioning tone.
I thought about it for a few seconds and then replied "As far as I can remember I have always wished I have had a close friend, one that you can rely on, tell secrets to and vice versa. I have also felt this feeling that I should help people when they are in need of help; this is the main backing for which I became a VOL Firefighter. After hearing and understand how Skuld felt about Keiichi and Belldandy I could not help but feel bad and a peace of me went out to her. That's when I realized that I knew that's what I wanted for a wish." Skuld started to blush as I finished my little speech. "Wow I never thought anyone would want that" she thought.
To my surprise he stood up and walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder and spoke "Very few have the compassion and honesty that you have, you also have this sense of determination that is only second to Skulds. I am sure that you will make a very good friend and an excellent assistant for Skuld. Now I must decide if you should be granted the powers of a god, this would put you as an equal to Skuld. Or I can make it so that your powers must be earned through a test to see if you can handle those powers and responsibilities that come with the title of a god."
"Well you may think this is a bit odd but I think I should have to earn my powers, not that having them all given to me at once is not a tempting offer. I just think that if I have to earn them I will respect them more then take them for granted." I said confidently. Both the Lord and Skuld were shocked in my reply. "Why would you want to earn your powers when they can be given to you" Skuld wondered.
After a few min of silence the lord spoke up with a happy tone "Well my son if that is the way you want it then that is the way it shall be." He then sat down at his desk and started typing at his computer then looked over at me. "I am assigning you a 3rd class limited license, your assignment as stated to Skuld goddess of the future, to train you in the discovery and use of your powers. Belldandy and Urd will also be aiding in your teachings, I have spoken and you both are dismissed." Skuld smiled and went over to him and gave him a hug and a kiss, "Nice to see you again father" she said and then caught up to me as I was walking out the door.
As we walked out the door into the waiting room Skuld asked "Why did you ask for the test verses just getting all your powers at once?" "Well here is an example" I said, "imagine that you lived all your life with out your powers, and then all of the sudden they are all dumped onto you. How would you control them, it could have some bad side affects, people could get hurt and you could even end up hurting yourself." With that she realized that it would be better that way, she had kind of never had to be put into that position before.
"Well I guess that you should see where your going to be living now shouldn't we?" Skuld said then smiled. "I guess so but don't you think these clothes are overdoing it a bit?" I asked. With that Skuld gave me my first lesson to change the clothing I was wearing, I do admit it is a weird feeling but it saves on having to go out and buy new ones!
After we both changed into some more casual clothing we headed toward the fountain and this time I was ready for the landing. Skuld and I emerged from a puddle of water in the grass outside the temple, unfortunately for us it was raining out so we both ran to the front steps. Skuld opened the door and ran in yelling "I am home and I brought a friend with me!"
Belldandy emerged from the kitchen with some tea and said "We have been expecting you two for quite a while now, Karma-sama phoned me after you left" Belldandy was just as Skuld had described her, about my height with long brown hair and blue eyes, she was defiantly a very beautiful goddess. I could even see how much Skuld resembled her, with that I sat down at the table and sipped the tea. "I hope that I am not intruding on you or anything, I would hate to be a burden or anything" I said whale scratching my head.
"I would be an honor to have another person stay here, and even better that you a guy! Now my parents will not bug me on living with three goddesses or as she things they are women" Keiichi said stepping into the dining room and walking over to Belldandy for a hug. I stood up and offered my hand to Keiichi and introducing myself, "Well if I become a bother let me know and I will adjust to what ever, I am easy going and very handy around the house or in this case the temple" I said this and looked around at the dining room. "This temple could use some work and I am sure would be happy to have some rent aviations done to it" Belldandy said with a cheerful smile. We sat around talking for a couple of hours getting to know each other, well more like me getting to know them but still it was very informative for me. Bell asked what I liked to eat and different things so she could adjust her cooking, but I assured her that she wound not have to change for me. After that I asked where my room was so I could lye down and take a nap, due to the new surroundings I felt a bit exhausted and could use some sleep. Skuld said she would show me because my room was next to hers and she was going to lye down to. Skuld pointed to the door next to hers and said "It should be big enough for you and most of your stuff should already be there waiting for you". I questioned this a bit but when I opened my door I saw that most of my stuff was where I would have left it at home. Belldandy came in and told me that she had copied my old room so I would feel more a home here; I then thanked her and then decided to lie down.
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Dreaming:
I know I have had this same dream before and I guess it's a way of my inner self to deal with what has been happening lately. I was floating in what as far as I can tell is a room, its pitch black with only a white light pointing down on me. Once I calm down different images, words, thoughts start flow toward me at a high rate of speed. I cannot divert them in any way I just let them flow right through me as if I were nothing; they show the good, the bad and the ugly side of what I have seen and what I have to deal with. This time they were showing what I have seen today, the people I have met, and then finally at the end the people I have left behind. This sadden me greatly because I was leaving everyone I have ever known and thrown into a life with people I barley know, but one thing for sure is that Bell, Keii, and Skuld are very friendly, and besides Skuld is kinda cute. The image of Skuld is the last image I remember before starting to wake up, but as I am waking up I feel something heavy and warm on my chest, as I open my eyes and my vision starts to clear I look down and see a very small person with a red ribbon around her neck, she appeared to be sleeping very comfortably on me. I studied her a bit and noticed that her face resembled Skulds, but the wings were what confused me a bit. Well the mini version of Skuld seemed comfortable so I laid my head back down and closed my eyes, I must have dosed off for another hour cause I was woken up by Skuld herself.
"Hey Matt wake up you have been sleeping for about 4 hours now" Skuld said whale shaking her head. I decided not to ask her who or what was using me as a pillow and got up. Skuld left my room and headed to the dinning room for dinner, and let me tell you it was a dinner like none I have ever had. The food smelled so good and it did not do it justice when it came to eating it, we had fish, rice, a salad, and one other side dish that Keiichi's mother makes. I was full on the first helping that she had given me, so I waited for everyone else to finish there meals before I got up and tried to help clear the table, of course Belldandy had no part in letting me succeed, so with that I decided I would go outside and have a look around the temple. In Japan I could see different constellations then in New York and the part of the sky that I could see was just like home. I hopped up on one of the railings that were on the outside of the porch and leaned back to be comfortable, as I did this Keiichi came out and joined me at the other end.
"I am glad that there is another guy around the house" Keiichi said whale laughing a bit, I chuckled at this and replied "yea I guess being surrounded with 3 goddesses is a bit much at times, and they are beautiful to. I mean you have Belldandy, and I know that is enough for you, but two others man you got to love it." He blushed a bit "yea Belldandy has been the best thing that has ever happening to me, I know it was because of my wish that brought us together at the start but now its more then a simple wish, She knows me so well and I her, and as for Urd, well she has Brett which you will meet tomorrow. Then there is Skuld, she seems to think that I am trying to take Belldandy away from her but that's far from the truth, I am actually trying to make it known that I am not. Every time Skuld has come to Belldandy with a problem I leave so that they can talk in private, and after I check in on her to make sure she is alright, I look after her as if she is my sister, not my enemy but well I understand why she is like that and I only hope that she will see that." He finished with a sigh. I looked at Keiichi and noticed that his intensions were all genuine and hopefully since I am here I can help out with this, with that in mind I said "Well I will try my best to help her see that, I after all wished to be her closest friend and assistant, so maybe she will listen to me but you never know. Oh yea I was wondering if you would know the answer to this question, before Skuld woke me up, a small figure was sleeping on me, she had this red ribbon around her neck and these white wings, she also resembled Skuld?" Keiichi took a bit of shock to this, and before he was about to speak Urd interrupted "That is Nobel Scarlet, its Skulds guardian angel"
I did not quiet grasp the concept of a guardian angel and Urd saw this in my face and said "A guardian angle is a part of a god or goddess that represents our true feelings and dreams, They also help us when we are in need of them. Skuld is still trying to control the actions of Nobel Scarlet but that will only happen when she her self gets control." After she said that Urd went into the house to watch some TV, and Keiichi and I made some small talk before he went inside to see what Belldandy was doing. Now that I had some time for myself I decided to do some star gazing on the roof of the temple, I hopped up and then did a swing that brought me up on the roof, once I got there I walked into the center of the temple and laid down and just looked up. I must have been up there for a while because Skuld came out and went looking for me around the grounds I just watched her look around before she looked up and saw me. "What-ya doing up there?" she said with a puzzled look, "I was just enjoying the sky and the fresh air, what have you been doing?" I replied. "well if you come and look I will show you" she said then walked into the temple, I decided it could not hurt so I hopped down onto the ground and followed her to my room, When I got there I saw a 3 flat panel displays and a keyboard, Skuld sat down and click the login button and the computer went to its desktop. " This is your connection to Yaggdrasil, it has all the quarks of the internet, email, instant messaging and IRC, it also has a translator for you so that you can learn our language at your own pace, although once you start it will come to you real fast. It also has a dictionary of spells that you will need to learn. Since you are only a level 3 god the beginner spells are highlighted for you. Once you learn them they will be checked off. Belldandy will help you with any spell questions, Urd will give you an introduction to potions and a review of your system administrative tasks, I will help with your debugging and engineering tasks." "Well thank you professor is there anything else I should know?" I said with a smart ass tone, Skuld glared at me for a second then laughed "sorry about that, I am just not sure how I should help you out that's all" then blushed, "Well thank you for trying and I will catch on quick as we go, never know I might teach you a few things along the way" I smiled. "Well I need to get some sleep I will see you tomorrow?" I asked. "yea I will, and I will wake you up early to" Skuld said as she got up and gave me a quick nudge and walked out the door. I sat down at the computer and started to play around with the translator and to my surprise as I started to read the screen it felt like it was downloading information directly into my brain, after about thirty min of this I got to dizzy and paused the program and went to bed.
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To be continued as always
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When I opened my eyes I saw a Skuld hovering over me with a worried expression on her face. This looked both funny and a bit cute for her to be looking like this but what can I say, she is a goddess after all.
"What happened?" I asked her, "Well I am not sure what exactly happened but you seem to have the markings or a god and dressed like a combination of a programmer and a debugger of Yaggdrasil" Skuld said softly. "Well I know who can tell us what's going on here so if you don't mind could you get me a glass of water please?" she said. I went down stairs to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and then came back and gave it to her. She placed it on my desk and then grabbed my hand as she started to disappear into the glass. The next thing I remember is landing on my butt in a room that resembled a waiting room, next to me was a water fountain and Skuld. "Sorry I should have warned you about that, don't worry everyone falls the first time" She smiled at me and then helped me up, I was amazed at the room we were in, it had that feeling to it like you were to feel calm and relaxed. I do admit to this day every time I have to visit the lord I get the same feeling, but anyways, Skuld talked to the lady at the other end of the room, I guess to tell her that we were here to see "HIM". Skuld then walked over to me and said "he is expecting us so lets go", tugging at my arm I proceeded to follow her through the two largest doors that I have ever seen. On the other side there was a feeling of mass power, knowledge, wisdom, how ever you want to describe it, it was big. Skuld and I walked into the spot light in what I could make out is being the middle of the room. A very authoritative voice spoke "My son, Please step forward" I did this with a huge amount of fear and apprehension but did as he said. Not knowing what to say I but forcing words out "You sent for me?!?!?!? *My Lord*"
The lord replied "Yes I did send for you, it seems that you have made a very unusual wish, one to be a close friend and assistant to Skuld, Goddess of the Future, Norm of Fate correct?"
Looking at the floor and speaking "yes my lord that was the wish that I asked for… is there a problem with this wish?"
"No there is no problem with this wish but I am wondering why you requested such a wish" he replied in a questioning tone.
I thought about it for a few seconds and then replied "As far as I can remember I have always wished I have had a close friend, one that you can rely on, tell secrets to and vice versa. I have also felt this feeling that I should help people when they are in need of help; this is the main backing for which I became a VOL Firefighter. After hearing and understand how Skuld felt about Keiichi and Belldandy I could not help but feel bad and a peace of me went out to her. That's when I realized that I knew that's what I wanted for a wish." Skuld started to blush as I finished my little speech. "Wow I never thought anyone would want that" she thought.
To my surprise he stood up and walked over to me and put a hand on my shoulder and spoke "Very few have the compassion and honesty that you have, you also have this sense of determination that is only second to Skulds. I am sure that you will make a very good friend and an excellent assistant for Skuld. Now I must decide if you should be granted the powers of a god, this would put you as an equal to Skuld. Or I can make it so that your powers must be earned through a test to see if you can handle those powers and responsibilities that come with the title of a god."
"Well you may think this is a bit odd but I think I should have to earn my powers, not that having them all given to me at once is not a tempting offer. I just think that if I have to earn them I will respect them more then take them for granted." I said confidently. Both the Lord and Skuld were shocked in my reply. "Why would you want to earn your powers when they can be given to you" Skuld wondered.
After a few min of silence the lord spoke up with a happy tone "Well my son if that is the way you want it then that is the way it shall be." He then sat down at his desk and started typing at his computer then looked over at me. "I am assigning you a 3rd class limited license, your assignment as stated to Skuld goddess of the future, to train you in the discovery and use of your powers. Belldandy and Urd will also be aiding in your teachings, I have spoken and you both are dismissed." Skuld smiled and went over to him and gave him a hug and a kiss, "Nice to see you again father" she said and then caught up to me as I was walking out the door.
As we walked out the door into the waiting room Skuld asked "Why did you ask for the test verses just getting all your powers at once?" "Well here is an example" I said, "imagine that you lived all your life with out your powers, and then all of the sudden they are all dumped onto you. How would you control them, it could have some bad side affects, people could get hurt and you could even end up hurting yourself." With that she realized that it would be better that way, she had kind of never had to be put into that position before.
"Well I guess that you should see where your going to be living now shouldn't we?" Skuld said then smiled. "I guess so but don't you think these clothes are overdoing it a bit?" I asked. With that Skuld gave me my first lesson to change the clothing I was wearing, I do admit it is a weird feeling but it saves on having to go out and buy new ones!
After we both changed into some more casual clothing we headed toward the fountain and this time I was ready for the landing. Skuld and I emerged from a puddle of water in the grass outside the temple, unfortunately for us it was raining out so we both ran to the front steps. Skuld opened the door and ran in yelling "I am home and I brought a friend with me!"
Belldandy emerged from the kitchen with some tea and said "We have been expecting you two for quite a while now, Karma-sama phoned me after you left" Belldandy was just as Skuld had described her, about my height with long brown hair and blue eyes, she was defiantly a very beautiful goddess. I could even see how much Skuld resembled her, with that I sat down at the table and sipped the tea. "I hope that I am not intruding on you or anything, I would hate to be a burden or anything" I said whale scratching my head.
"I would be an honor to have another person stay here, and even better that you a guy! Now my parents will not bug me on living with three goddesses or as she things they are women" Keiichi said stepping into the dining room and walking over to Belldandy for a hug. I stood up and offered my hand to Keiichi and introducing myself, "Well if I become a bother let me know and I will adjust to what ever, I am easy going and very handy around the house or in this case the temple" I said this and looked around at the dining room. "This temple could use some work and I am sure would be happy to have some rent aviations done to it" Belldandy said with a cheerful smile. We sat around talking for a couple of hours getting to know each other, well more like me getting to know them but still it was very informative for me. Bell asked what I liked to eat and different things so she could adjust her cooking, but I assured her that she wound not have to change for me. After that I asked where my room was so I could lye down and take a nap, due to the new surroundings I felt a bit exhausted and could use some sleep. Skuld said she would show me because my room was next to hers and she was going to lye down to. Skuld pointed to the door next to hers and said "It should be big enough for you and most of your stuff should already be there waiting for you". I questioned this a bit but when I opened my door I saw that most of my stuff was where I would have left it at home. Belldandy came in and told me that she had copied my old room so I would feel more a home here; I then thanked her and then decided to lie down.
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Dreaming:
I know I have had this same dream before and I guess it's a way of my inner self to deal with what has been happening lately. I was floating in what as far as I can tell is a room, its pitch black with only a white light pointing down on me. Once I calm down different images, words, thoughts start flow toward me at a high rate of speed. I cannot divert them in any way I just let them flow right through me as if I were nothing; they show the good, the bad and the ugly side of what I have seen and what I have to deal with. This time they were showing what I have seen today, the people I have met, and then finally at the end the people I have left behind. This sadden me greatly because I was leaving everyone I have ever known and thrown into a life with people I barley know, but one thing for sure is that Bell, Keii, and Skuld are very friendly, and besides Skuld is kinda cute. The image of Skuld is the last image I remember before starting to wake up, but as I am waking up I feel something heavy and warm on my chest, as I open my eyes and my vision starts to clear I look down and see a very small person with a red ribbon around her neck, she appeared to be sleeping very comfortably on me. I studied her a bit and noticed that her face resembled Skulds, but the wings were what confused me a bit. Well the mini version of Skuld seemed comfortable so I laid my head back down and closed my eyes, I must have dosed off for another hour cause I was woken up by Skuld herself.
"Hey Matt wake up you have been sleeping for about 4 hours now" Skuld said whale shaking her head. I decided not to ask her who or what was using me as a pillow and got up. Skuld left my room and headed to the dinning room for dinner, and let me tell you it was a dinner like none I have ever had. The food smelled so good and it did not do it justice when it came to eating it, we had fish, rice, a salad, and one other side dish that Keiichi's mother makes. I was full on the first helping that she had given me, so I waited for everyone else to finish there meals before I got up and tried to help clear the table, of course Belldandy had no part in letting me succeed, so with that I decided I would go outside and have a look around the temple. In Japan I could see different constellations then in New York and the part of the sky that I could see was just like home. I hopped up on one of the railings that were on the outside of the porch and leaned back to be comfortable, as I did this Keiichi came out and joined me at the other end.
"I am glad that there is another guy around the house" Keiichi said whale laughing a bit, I chuckled at this and replied "yea I guess being surrounded with 3 goddesses is a bit much at times, and they are beautiful to. I mean you have Belldandy, and I know that is enough for you, but two others man you got to love it." He blushed a bit "yea Belldandy has been the best thing that has ever happening to me, I know it was because of my wish that brought us together at the start but now its more then a simple wish, She knows me so well and I her, and as for Urd, well she has Brett which you will meet tomorrow. Then there is Skuld, she seems to think that I am trying to take Belldandy away from her but that's far from the truth, I am actually trying to make it known that I am not. Every time Skuld has come to Belldandy with a problem I leave so that they can talk in private, and after I check in on her to make sure she is alright, I look after her as if she is my sister, not my enemy but well I understand why she is like that and I only hope that she will see that." He finished with a sigh. I looked at Keiichi and noticed that his intensions were all genuine and hopefully since I am here I can help out with this, with that in mind I said "Well I will try my best to help her see that, I after all wished to be her closest friend and assistant, so maybe she will listen to me but you never know. Oh yea I was wondering if you would know the answer to this question, before Skuld woke me up, a small figure was sleeping on me, she had this red ribbon around her neck and these white wings, she also resembled Skuld?" Keiichi took a bit of shock to this, and before he was about to speak Urd interrupted "That is Nobel Scarlet, its Skulds guardian angel"
I did not quiet grasp the concept of a guardian angel and Urd saw this in my face and said "A guardian angle is a part of a god or goddess that represents our true feelings and dreams, They also help us when we are in need of them. Skuld is still trying to control the actions of Nobel Scarlet but that will only happen when she her self gets control." After she said that Urd went into the house to watch some TV, and Keiichi and I made some small talk before he went inside to see what Belldandy was doing. Now that I had some time for myself I decided to do some star gazing on the roof of the temple, I hopped up and then did a swing that brought me up on the roof, once I got there I walked into the center of the temple and laid down and just looked up. I must have been up there for a while because Skuld came out and went looking for me around the grounds I just watched her look around before she looked up and saw me. "What-ya doing up there?" she said with a puzzled look, "I was just enjoying the sky and the fresh air, what have you been doing?" I replied. "well if you come and look I will show you" she said then walked into the temple, I decided it could not hurt so I hopped down onto the ground and followed her to my room, When I got there I saw a 3 flat panel displays and a keyboard, Skuld sat down and click the login button and the computer went to its desktop. " This is your connection to Yaggdrasil, it has all the quarks of the internet, email, instant messaging and IRC, it also has a translator for you so that you can learn our language at your own pace, although once you start it will come to you real fast. It also has a dictionary of spells that you will need to learn. Since you are only a level 3 god the beginner spells are highlighted for you. Once you learn them they will be checked off. Belldandy will help you with any spell questions, Urd will give you an introduction to potions and a review of your system administrative tasks, I will help with your debugging and engineering tasks." "Well thank you professor is there anything else I should know?" I said with a smart ass tone, Skuld glared at me for a second then laughed "sorry about that, I am just not sure how I should help you out that's all" then blushed, "Well thank you for trying and I will catch on quick as we go, never know I might teach you a few things along the way" I smiled. "Well I need to get some sleep I will see you tomorrow?" I asked. "yea I will, and I will wake you up early to" Skuld said as she got up and gave me a quick nudge and walked out the door. I sat down at the computer and started to play around with the translator and to my surprise as I started to read the screen it felt like it was downloading information directly into my brain, after about thirty min of this I got to dizzy and paused the program and went to bed.
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To be continued as always