[Jacob]

*Setting: The night wind gently picked up and swirled around Tobias and Sasha. There was an uncomfortable silence between them both as they sat on the ground looking up at the new beings. Turning the one address as Asael looked down to Sasha and growled lowly.*

Asael: "I would kill you for your treachery, but you have done us a favour. Alei was an incompetant fool and the fact you, a Dimension dweller, could injure it proves my point..."

It had been a couple of minutes since the whole weird incident had happened and Sasha was wanting an explanation. She had feigned insanity for a good 12 hours and in doing so had gathered alot of questions about alot of comments the creature, Alei, had stated.

Sasha: "What the f*ck are you?"

She snarled at the creature as she looked up at it. Her eyes burning into the creatures eyes. Leaning away from her Tobias subonciously distanced himself from the unpredictable creature.

Sasha: "Well??"

It stared down at Sasha and smiled softlyy, shaking its head gently. It then turned its attention to Tobias.

Asael: "What did he divulge to you? How much information?"

Tobias: "N-Not alot...but i'm ok with that...i'm happy working without knowing who i'm working for...it's her with the questions...not me."

Like a true Orkhid he piled all the blame on his cohort who he had been forced to work with. Sasha didn't care though, she was passed caring. Nodding Asael turned from them and took a few steps towards the small fire they had created, his wings dragging along the ground.

Asael: "We are Sarraphin. We are the creators of life. And the watchers of Destiny and Fate."

He turned, watching the two creatures facial expressions. They both showed expressions of apathy.

Sasha: "You mean you're Gods?"

She crossed her legs and then leant back on her hands.

Asael: "Far from it. We are the creators of the Gods themselves..."

A gentle smile crossed his face as he knew he would be forced to explain the entire creation of life, from the very start.

Tobias: "H-How? How do we know you're telling the truth? You could just be a lowly Mage...all of you could."

The Sarraphin nodded and stepped towards them both.

Asael: "I shall tell you the entire story of life itself. The real story. You can pose any question to me and i'll answer it without even thinking. Alei made a mistake in being so secretive...that's what led to his evident death..."

He glanced over at the area were Alei once lay, all that was left was dust and ash and a faint smell of smoldering. The other two Sarraphin that had appeared with Asael stood over the remains and watched as Asael began his story.

Asael: "Eons, upon eons ago we, the Sarraphin, were the only creatures throughout the entire space of time. Feasting on the Souls of our own race, we were quickly leading ourselves to extinction. Once our race number had hit 1500, our Lord knew there was only one thing to do, to create another race that we could feed off. But we were inexperienced. Our first attempt lasted 5 Dimension years and was something small. Something along the lines of Bacterium. A Soulless, wiggling, creature who's only purpose was to infect...Without a Soul it could not help us, so we left it, left it in its own world to do what it liked. Believing that it would soon die off. Now, with a little more experience behind us, we created something bigger and better. Within 7 Dimension years we had created Insects. Even though these creatures were small and weak, they bred with ferocity and their Souls were strong. Within a matter of months we had 1,000,000 and they were what we lived off. Time passed and realising that the Bacterium world had not collapsed, we saw no point in allowing it to progress. So, our Lord decided to wipe that world out...but we were shocked to see that the creatures had...evolved slightly. Not only that, but with every decision these newer Bacterium chose to make, a multitude of new worlds were created showing the choices they did not make. In those first couple of months that they had been alive over 1000 new worlds dedicated to their choices had been created and that number was rapidly increasing. We tried hard to reverse time and to reel all the worlds back in to one so we could destroy them all, but ultimatly failed. Determined not to make the same mistake twice we used all our effort and were slowly able to stop time on the Insect world. This not only allowed us to take the Souls of the beings quicker but to focus all our attention on the mass-reproducing world of the Bacteria. As our campaign to stop it went on, we were witness to more evolution. The Bacteria formed into Insects, different from what we had already created. And then formed into Animals. Within a 3000 year period we had bare witness to something remarkable. We watched as each Dimension showed each possible outcome. Some Worlds ended. Some blossomed. Some, are still forming. But each are now creating 100,000,000,000,000 new worlds per minute. Possibly even more. We are...thankful for this accidental experiment which has brought about such interesting specimens, but one creature isn't. It disliked the fact that new Dimensions are forming, it seems to believe that our world will fall if too many Dimensions are created. And it is on this world of yours were it rests...we are here to stop it, stop it before it ends all existance. And you have to help..."

Asaels eyes glowed brightly and excitedly at the two young mortals who were sat contently listening to the story.

Sasha: "Ok...wait. We're...accidents??

Nodding the Sarraphin smirked.

Asael: "Yes...unlike what some of your counterparts believe you are not part of a "big plan". You are not important. You are basically...evolved food."

The female nodded in acceptance, not really bothered by such a revelation as it didn't really apply to her.

Sasha: "Ok, what about the whole 'new-Dimensions-being-made' thing? I don't get that. And why didn't you stop time on the Bacterial worlds?"

Asael: "Think of the new Dimensions as...pathways. You have three choices of path. You choose path 'A'. Three other Dimensions then open up, dictating what would happen if you had chose path 'B', 'C' or none of them. Now, put this in respect to a population of 100,000,000,000,000...and you have a problem. Also, the reason why we couldn't stop time on the Bacterium worlds was because it was taking all our effort to stop it on the Insect world...we had no power..."

Tobias: "So...there are more me's out there?"

Asael: "There are more than you could possibly imagine..."

Slowly pushing herself up, Sasha beat her wings to get the dirt off them and then posed yet another question to the Sarraphin.

Sasha: "What about Gods? Are there countless versions of them? And do they really affect what happens to you when you die?"

Asael: "Throughout all the Dimensions there is only one God of its kind. Gods start off as mortals too, no matter how much they believe they are born a God, they are not. All varietions of that creature are killed as soon as it ascends to its Godlike status. All of the variations of its Soul then go into the single Dimension it will become a God in and combine...giving it untold knowledge and power. Not knowledge of the other worlds, however...but of life. And to answer your second question, yes. The first Gods to form created Karma, Karma had the rare ability to sift itself through Dimensions and upon multiplying applied itself to 98% of the Dimensions created. When you die, Karma is the one that decides if your Soul goes to a better or worse place."

Sasha: "What about the random Bibles and Religions??"

Asael: "The Bibles are merely books, placed to dictate fear and order and Religion is a comfort...created to help the weak overcome the fear of Death..."

So far the Sarraphin had answered all of Sasha's questions quickly and efficiently, giving the being an air of belief.

Tobias: "Ok...so, thats your claim, but whats the worst this critic can do? You only said it disagree's with you and the others...it doesn't seem as if it wants to do anything too bad."

Asael: "You naive little cretin. Arias will be the ruin of all Dimensions...he has found a way to make all the Dimensions bleed into each other were he will then trigger a force that's the equivalent to 1000,000,000 Nucleaur and Atomic explosions going off at once...All Dimensions will be wiped out. You're Souls will be destroyed. There will be no Heaven, Hell, Paradise, Abyss or whatever you believe in...even they are mere Dimensions...all life will be void...you will be nothing!! Not only that, but you will die not knowing the answers you so crave for. Sasha, we have yours nearby. But Tobias, we can show you yours...you'll have to help us though.

This took the two mortals back and put alot of pressure upon them. The whole of Oddworld in their hands. Other Dimensions. Heavenly Dimensions. Everything was down to them helping the Sarraphin. Including the answers to their own personal questions...

Sasha: "Ok...we'll help."

(OOC: Crapness. But feel free to post some questions that you would like Sasha or Tobias to ask the Sarraphin.)