The look of utter disbelief in the faces of these beings had motivated her to ask what was wrong. However, she'd been one of the characters with a fully developed backstory, courtesy of Tabula… Her name, Albedo, Leader of the Floor Guardians.
"Wait! WOAH! That's cool. This update is something absolutely incredible!" Tabula expressed with a sudden and surprising degree of glee.
"I wonder how my creation is doing now?"
"Shut up, Peroroncino. We all know she's just a bunch of fetishes crammed together, nothing like my creation here."
"I'm going to see my two girls!"
"Cool, but one of them is a boy, remember?"
"Everyone, stop for a moment. This is more than a little odd, is it not?"
"What do you mean Momonga? Surely you aren't suggesting this isn't a secret update planned by the devs? I mean what else could it be?"
"GM Call."
No response…
"That's not good. There's nothing."
"No GMs to speak of? They would have replied immediately, that's the law for things like this. I think, anyway? How about trying a message spell?"
"Ah, good idea. Message. WHAT, it connected?"
"Seriously? Who is it?"
"I… Don't know, but they said something in a language I don't understand."
"Achem… Apologies in advance, I no, uh, hi, good, yes, with this language? Cosa call next forward?"
"It seems they hung up. It seems like they didn't understand our language very well. And said something like Cosa, or something will happen soon…"
"Perhaps it was a child, and their mother will call back?" Blue Planet suggested, taking a walk around the giant room.
"You might be right about that. Oh, hey, what's that in the room? Lucifer, did you seriously make those doors alive?"
"No, it's supposed to be an illusion, but it looks like a woman is walking towards us."
Soon the calm, collected, measured, and refined steps brought the woman into full view of the light. She wore her traditional Tus Nadairian dress. Holding herself with an abundant pride. A slight bulge of her belly, and a young child held to her bosom.
"It's so good to see you again, friends. It's been a long time… Though I suppose from your perspective it hasn't been more than a few minutes since we last spoke."
"Holy shit, is that really you? The Night Silver Druid?"
"Indeed. I've been here for a little over 600 years now… It's good to finally see you again. Truly."
"Haha! That's a banging body you got there, Night Silver!" Peroroncino said, ogling her with his eyes. Once he was close enough, he received a hammer fist to the top of his head. "Ow, damn that felt like it drained 25% of my hp! What was that for?"
"For being an incredibly obvious perv." She replied in a sharp, and clear tone. "Breasts are for the children. If you want to be a true man, you should embrace that fact, and look for other features." She stopped. "But, I guess I should thank you for the compliment. I do look good." She giggled, and proceeded forward. "I'll explain everything that I can. But first, my darling child came running to me saying something about someone speaking the language of the gods. So naturally I decided to come and see who it was."
"Lord Tabula, who is this woman?"
"She is the Druid of Night Silver. The one player not from our guild, that we partied up with numerous times in the past. She's part of the reason your equipment is as good as it is."
"Hmm, who's prettier?"
Night Silver stepped oh so close to Albedo. "That would of course be you, my darling niece." And a kiss on the forehead. "We usually give a greeting on the lips, but with that perv over there, and the difference in culture, I figured we could tame it down just a little bit." She added a smile after that.
"Must be an odd place…"
"Well, the world was a very different place when I arrived here. You're all panicking now? Haha! I had to fight the equivalent of a Lore Boss the moment I was brought here."
"Lore boss?"
"Yeah, something worse than the world bosses. Basically the dragon that ate Yggdrasil. He was called the Emperor Dragon."
"That must have been rough. Even for you."
"It was… Now though I've built a wonderful nation. And solved so many crises now, people worship me like a Goddess. Some think I'm a demon though… Damn bastards. Anyway, I'd love to sit down and have a nice and long discussion about everything, and get all caught up. But… There's something I really want to do first. Bukubukuchagama, can I please finally meet these adorable children of yours. I had once come to terms I'd never see, but now, my mind is racing. I even brought gifts with me for them."
"Sure, why not."
"Awesome!" Night Silver created a small creature with summoning magic. "I'll be back in a moment." She flashed out of the hall, and back again, this time without the baby. "Ah, fortunately there's no shortage of women to handle nursing from time to time." She smiled, confidently placing her hands upon her hips. "Let's go see those adorable children I've heard so much about!"
…
Arriving at the Amphitheater on the 6th floor, Night Silver looked up, and all over the place. "WOAH! This looks amazing!" She said spinning around in a circle, spreading her arms out. "I can feel the natural atmosphere retaining such richness and purity. This floor has really been taken good care of. And that sky… It's amazing."
"Thanks, I did my best with what I could find on the net. I'm sure I'm missing many stars and constellations-"
"No, it's really good." She smiled. "You're going to love this new world for sure. The environment is clean, and the land is healthy. Whenever disaster strikes, I've intervened a little to save the environment. The night sky, it's what calms me down now, and 600 years ago."
"Clear skies? Nothing's polluted?"
"Yep. I have some of my younger druids actively performing tasks all around the world so they may grow. It's absolutely amazing how much they can accomplish without me."
"And just how many kids do you have?"
"Oh gosh, uhm…" She started counting on her fingers… "9, uh… That's hard to say… I've practically been carrying for the majority of the time I've been here. I think I've given birth about 850 times. And I've had no less than twins each time…"
"How many do you want?"
"Huh? I don't know, but so long as I can still have them. Why? Do you want to give me babies?"
"I do!!! I very much do!" Pero ended up turning into an unharvested carrot. "Worth it."
"Sorry, but overly eager men don't interest me. Though, perhaps in the future."
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