Living in an Imagination

The Bright Hills

Eda's POV

It appears that I had arrived at what I always call, 'Bright Hills'. It was a fantasy world mixed with steampunk... sorta anyways. It's supposed to be a blissful and magical place, this is the exact opposite — chaotic.

"Well, anyhow, good thing I still have my phone," I said. I frowned, "No reception, perfect."

My earpiece crackled to life, a robotic voice said, "E-E-Eda, do y-you copy? I repeat— do you copy? Creator?"

I hurriedly replied, "Yep, yep, yep, Sireda. I'm here how is everyone?"

"Everyone arrived safely. Fortunately my calculations are correct."

"So what seems to be the problem with this world?" I said, relieved that everyone is alright and tried to ignore the possibility of anyone facing a cyclops especially Elsa who always has a fascination with mythology.

"Hmm... abuse of power."

"What?"

"You created giants for this world didn't you? They apparently had enslaved every possible being that is strong and massacred the ones that are weak."

I grumbled, "That's just great, what am I supposed to do? Kill every single one of them myself?"

"You can try torture-"

"No," I shook my head, Sireda does have an evil programme in there, I'll need to fix that along with her memo disk.

Sireda chuckled, "I'm just saying, but it'll be your primary objective to rescue your characters, Phantom and Serpentinus. They are in the capital of the Giants."

I froze, "You are joking right?"

"I am not programmed to joke."

"Right. So where is the Capital?"

"21 miles North to walk from here."

I need to clarify this one, I am not a flipping athlete and I can barely walk 5 miles a day. I said, almost screaming ,"Couldn't you just teleport me to somewhere closer? Walking will take forever!"

"...... one moment," The earpiece went silent as I waited.

1 minute.

3 minutes.

5 minutes.

10 minutes.

15 minutes.

I sighed, "Siri—"

"Done!"

The next thing I know I was in the marketplace of the giants. Well, fish fillets, I did not calculate their anatomy well, they are 20 feet high with really disgusting features you don't even want to know. I ran side to side trying to avoid being possibly stepped on or noticed.

I whispered angrily into my earpiece, "That's just perfect, isn't it? Whatever, where is the castle? I remember there is one."

A ding came from the earpiece, did Sireda deactivated herself just now?

"Follow my directions, Eda. Left!"

That took way longer than needed to actually reach the castle because Sireda failed to connect to Giant-Maps apparently. Eventually, I arrived at the castle without being stomped, crushed and noticed.

"Follow my directions Eda if you want to find an entrance directly leading to Serpentinus."

I froze and shivered, I remembered where they are. I said, "No need for that, I think I know where they are."

I heard doubt and amusement in the robot's voice, "You do?"

"The dungeons."

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Sireda's POV

I don't know what Creator is planning, I am not a mind reader. The only thing I can do is track her and her friends' location via the wrist watch. They are all doing fine. Creators, Aria, Delta and Autumn had successfully located their characters and is directing them to the right storyline. Elsa found a Sphinx and is in the middle of escaping. The rest are still just as lost as my Creator.

I say softly to myself, "My primary objective is to protect the Creators, guide them and watch over them."

I repeated that line to myself over and over while I watched over the seven different dots on the screens. I am programmed this way, and I shall be until the end. I glanced at my left arm, a holographic image show my stats.

Sireda ver 1.2.2
Status: active
Battery storage: 79% (6 hours remaining)
Primary objective: Serve, guide, protect
Current objective: Fix other world
Location of objective: Imagination
Communications: active
Shields: active
Motion: rebooting...
Defence: inactive
Attack: inactive

I frowned, attack and defence inactive? Is it a bug in the programming?

I decided to ignore it and continue, as I open my mouth to speak to Eda to ask, someone cut me to it.

"B̵̩̯̋u̸͉̝͛s̷̻̈́y̵̱͈̿̎ ̸̳͔͘ţ̸̫̑h̶̗̣͛̈ḛ̸̦̀͝r̶̭̬͒͗ẽ̷̥̮̾ ̵̥͈̒͗r̵̜̽͜ö̶̯̓b̸̮́͠o̵̬͂͆t̸͑ͅ?̸̼̬̽"

I sighed, "Yes."

"M̶̬͗͋a̷̞͙̍y̵͇̏ ̴̢̩̀̎Î̴̩̯͠?̵̗͌" It offered to take over the control module.

I swatted away it's hand with an impassive look, "I did not agree that you may take over."

It feigned looking hurt, "A̵͖̱͆̃̓͌̕ẇ̷̢̥͇͚̣̜͒͌͘w̷̢͚̘͔͓̱̍̎̍̐̐̕͝.̴̢̯̟͗ͅ.̸͚̗̦̀̊̊̀̎̎͝ͅ.̸̛̖̜͙̠̮̩̉͛ ̴͈͆͒͒ͅp̷͙̜͉̠̈́̉́̈͋̆r̴̯̜͖͇̰̥͖͐̑̎̾̎̕͝o̸̢̝̻͉̒t̶̡̲͇̀͑́͐̊̐̊ͅȩ̷̰̰̭̣͕̀̆̔̄͋c̶̨̛̣̻͕̟̘̦̉̚ẗ̸͙͙̖́͂͂͝͠i̸̗̓̈́̉̎͑̚v̷̤͚͎̳͚̕é̴̳͖̲͖̼͐̑͛̋ ̶͎̰̝͉̜͋̐̈́͜m̵͔̘̘͖͇̝̝̾̇̈́̈ų̷̻̂̇͜c̴̢̧͎̗̜̭͕̓h̶̠͚͒̊̈̄̈̈̊?̴̦̤͉͎̘̏̉̉̍͛"

As much as it's true, I ignored that comment. I snapped, "If you want to stay, you might as well not stand behind me."

It didn't say much, just shrugged and pull over a chair and sat behind me, also watching the screens.

After a few moments of silence from the entity, it cooed, "Ș̸̝̈̽i̶͔͎͛r̶͍̀ḙ̷̉͝ḍ̶̎à̵̲͋,̸̠̹̄ ̵͇̦̇͠Ì̵̢̈́ ̸̞͙̆ń̴͖e̸̛̗͌e̵̩͊d̸̥͛ ̴͚̮̈́͝y̷̱͙̚͝o̶͕̎u̶͔̕ ̶̘̚ẗ̷̼̭́̇o̶͚̳̾ ̸̘̦̾d̸̰͗͐o̶̙̒ ̴̧͊s̸͔̈́̋ö̶̖̹́̏m̷̼̗̏͠é̶̯̅ẗ̵̫́̏ḩ̸̆ì̴͉̘̚n̴̺̚g̸̫̑̏ͅ ̵̤̞̄̃f̷̙͋̿o̵̤̝̍r̴̡͜͠ ̸̞͆ṃ̸̯̌̏ḙ̶̢̛̇,̵̮̒̒ ̵͚̲̊p̷͓̄ļ̵͒̾ẽ̷͔̀ê̷͎͜ḛ̵̜̐a̵͓̳͒̕a̶̱̾͑a̵͎̽͝s̴̡̟̀͛e̴̙͛̑?̴̺͕̒͐"

"What the heck do you want?"

It laughed in a distorted voice, "S̵̻͍̉i̶͍͒m̷̧̞̆̌p̶̠͙̓l̷̝̅e̴̜͚̊͐,̵̙̯͗͛ ̶̝̱̀d̶͖͌o̸͔͝n̴̯̓ͅ'̴͎̇̀ṯ̷͇͌͠ ̶̲̞́t̷͖̥̚e̴͕̻̅l̸̟̈́l̶̪̦͝ ̷͓̈t̵͕͖̓h̸̙̮̒͛e̸̢̫͛m̸̡̊ ̶̯͋͒t̶͔͒h̴̝̄a̴̤͌t̸̲͌̍ ̵̥̈́̇I̴̫̋̚'̸̳̆m̷̜̕ ̵̭͠ḧ̴̤̹e̶̪̞͒͝ŕ̶̢e̷̟̤͑͝.̷̧̏͜."