Luckily, it appeared that the group did not travel far.
The halls followed a similar the to the audience hall; a lavish red carpet covered the mahogany-wood floor upon which rested the elaborately garnished walls. Various stone statues of mysterious creatures were either carved into the halls' pillars or were used to hold up small ledges where blooming flowers in small pots made their ho.
After a short bit of navigating this fancy environnt, the creatures were spotted through an open door not far from where we began. We were greeted by a room heavily resembling a college lecture hall upon entering the area. The entryway was at the top of the room, which sloped downwards leading to where the instructor stood on the lower floor with a large blackboard behind her. Of course, nurous rows of seats were connected to each step of the staircase for the creatures to sit. As most of these seats were already filled in by the ti the mysterious elf girl and I arrived, we were forced to sit on the top row, with our seats just to the left of the door. I volunteered to sit next to a familiar goo-like creature, so the elf got the chair that was directly next to the door. Mr. Flippers excitedly hopped back and forth across our laps while we waited for the instructor to begin her explanation.
"Now then, Seedlings, I am sure you are all waiting with both curiosity and anxiety to hear more about this situation. To ease your imdiate concerns, I will go over the very basics of what you can expect going forward. As I explained earlier, we have 360 heavenly days to go into more depth.
Once again, you will all be fighting against one another. Though I say that, you will not be fighting directly; rather your lifeforms will be fighting in your place. These lifeforms will be made in the image of the ruler governing over them, so they will naturally be guided towards your own figures. In addition to them, every ruler can choose a total of 7 organisms from your ho world to form the base of your domain's environnt. Ah- I apologize I'm getting ahead of myself."
The sheep instructor continued on as I pulled out a spare notebook and pencil to write down what I considered to be most important. I was smart enough to bring a water-proof backpack on the voyage, so it appeared that the paper was dry despite the plunge. Ms. Elf-girl glanced over at curiously when I began, but I paid it no mind.
If this competition is going to be as big as she's making it seem, every bit of information will co in handy. Anything she accidentally slips could give a massive head start.
"Your first task will be to design your realm. Each one of you will be provided with a realm template of nearly equal materials that will have a radius of around 2,100 miles. Your first task will be to design and mold this realm into what you think will help your lifeforms succeed the most. The Flower Box will be providing a lot of Resource Points for this task, but everything not used within the next 3 heavenly days will be returned to them. Obviously, there will be so restrictions regarding this, which I will go over now"
The sheep instructor began listing the conditions required by this howork of which there were many. Most were obvious (not making the entire realm out of molten material for example) but others seed to serve to ensure battles could be sowhat possible between the many different creatures present. As questions from the new Seedlings were asked and answered, the worn-out expressions in the crowd gradually beca too nurous to ignore, so the sheep instructor finally dismissed us several hours after the lecture began.
"Oh don't forget! By saying the phrase "return to domain" you can instantly travel back to your domain. You will all be called back here at 7am heavenly ti, but you can co back earlier by saying "transport to the academy"! "
I glanced at my notebook just before packing it back in my bag. Leaving out most of the specific regulations, the key information of this first lesson could be considered to be:
We would each be utilizing "Resource Points" to design a planet that each ruler will be assigned. The assigned planets will be a bare mass of roughly the sa materials and will be about 4,200mi in diater
The initial Resource Points given will be absolutely massive for this shaping, but any not spent within 3 heavenly days will be lost
There are no restrictions on the designs we choose, but all landmasses must be connected to a reasonable degree to form one single continent
Each planet must allocate a 500mi in diater octagon of land sowhere on the domain in which gateways will be ford. Rulers will not be permitted to influence this area
Both oxygen and carbon dioxide levels must be kept between 20-40%. Modifications to lifeforms will be automatically perford to limit harmful reactions caused by these compounds.
One heavenly day was about equivilent to 1,000 normal years, but for the sake of monitoring our progress, heveanly ti will match mortal ti during these next three days
We needed to choose so organisms from our ho planets to bring into our realms at so point, so I needed to think of so.
"So, can these domains be considered to be our own rooms?" the elf girl asked as we exited the lecture hall.
"Uhh, I guess? It sounded a bit more complicated than that. Half the lecture sounded like she was reading a freaking housing ordinance with all those rules, but she just glanced over the whole domain thing. Speaking of which, do you think that chant can really teleport us there?" I questioned while carrying Mr. Flippers in my arms.
"I wouldn't be too surprised. Teleportation magic was extrely rare where I ca from, but I wouldn't doubt it for a second that a place like this has that feature. That being said, it is odd how we don't need any kind of rune..." she said trailing off.
So magic is officially a thing too! Well, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised considering an elf exists here.
Wait- if everyone here can use magic except for , wouldn't I get obliterated once the fighting starts!? Dangit, I might have to ask the instructor about this tomorrow. Maybe magic exists but it's not easy to use it?
"So, I'm guessing you're pretty good at magic then, Elfy?" I tested.
"I told you to stop calling that!" she pouted before continuing, "But yes, I had already mastered most interdiate spells, though I only know the basics of so expert-level ones. What about you? No offense, but you don't really seem to be much of a mage."
"You have good eyes; magic is not really my strong suit. Anyway, I was thinking that we should really co up with nas for ourselves since we basically lost ours, unless you want to keep calling you Elfy," I said to change the subject.
"Oh yeah-"
The elf girl stopped walking and put her hand on her chin to make a thinking pose. She thought for a while but ultimately gave up with a sigh, claiming that she couldn't think of anything.
"How about we co up with nas for each other then? It might be better than coming up with it on our own" I suggested.
"Hmm... okay! I'll super seriously punch you if you co up with anything weird though!"
Despite the risk of getting a super-serious punch, I was really tempted to ss with her; however, after a bit of thinking, I decided to be nice and actually try to co up with a good na for her. She did rescue Mr. Flippers earlier, after all.
She really is beautiful. If she was wearing a dress, I don't think there would be anyone on Earth who wouldn't think she was so sort of princess.
I began thinking of various princess nas inspired by that thought, but as my apparent lack of knowledge in that area left with nothing, I switched to characters in fairy tales and fiction. Eventually, I thought of Juliet from the famous Shakespeare play.
Obviously, she won't know what that na cos from, but I still would find it a bit cringe-worthy to call her Juliet. Maybe Julia works?
"Okay, how does Julia sound?" I hesitantly announced.
"Wow! I thought for sure you would co up with sothing stupid! I was warming up my fists and everything," she comnted with a contradicting expression of both disappointnt and sparkly eyes, "Julia does sound like a good na though."
"Then it's settled- your na will officially be Julia! I'm glad to be spared from your super-serious punches," I teased, "So, did you co up with a na for ?"
"Ugh, no not yet. I'm sorry, I'm terrible at thinking of nas," she apologized with a sullen expression.
"Just think of the hottest na you can think of. Sothing that makes everyone know how cool I am from a single word!"
"... Even if I could think of one like that, it definitely wouldn't fit you," she said with a sharp glare.
"Fine, then pick a na that starts with a 'J' then so we can kind of match," I suggested, completely ignoring her comnt.
"Uhh Jimmy? No never mind, that feels a bit too common..." she thought aloud, "Maybe Jacob?"
"Sure, I'll go with Jacob then."
"Ah- are you sure? I was just throwing nas out there," she checked with a sparkle in her eyes.
"Yeah sure, it works for . But you could always just call Da-"
A heavy impact on my side interrupted my comnt.
"Jacob it is then!"
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