10 Minute Tales, Part 2

Aug 15 - Observer

She looked at the various orbs floating through the air. The room was a greenhouse of sorts, floating in the void between dimensions. The Keeper hummed quietly as she glanced from orb to orb. There were millions of them, each containing a distinct universe. They emitted a pure white light from within, one that illuminated the Observatory as though it were a star. She nodded, satisfied.

"Since your return, sir, there seem to be no further issues." she reported. Her boss would hear her. He always could. "I am happy to report, on the grand scale, we are at peace." She felt a warm feeling, like a pleasant summer breeze, drift through her. Her superior approved. "Of course, I shall continue my rounds." she bowed her head briefly and proceeded down the eternal corridor. She hummed quietly as she stopped, looking into one universe. "Hm... universe CBH-49... common nickname the Water Universe." she squinted slightly. The orb seemed to grow rapidly, enveloping her body.

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Her dress changed form by itself, a large tail forming over her legs. Under normal circumstances, this tail would be able to move her at normal speeds, but the power her dress offered would let her move faster than the universe's forces would allow typically. She dashed through the universe, glancing at everything but for a single, brief moment. She found herself sliding to a stop as she approached one of the planets. Something was amiss here, but it was so small that she had not noticed it.

"How remiss of me." she muttered, swimming closer to have a look. She was floating idly above a large city, the shimmering light of a smaller star barely the size of her thumbnail from her angle. She looked around a little closer, at the city itself. Formed of the natural, coral-esque structures that dotted the flooded surface of this planet, it was a rather impressive structure. Beyond what she was used to of this universe. "Hm... the time stream does seem a touch off..." she frowned slightly as she swung her arm in front of her. She saw a representation of the timeline appear before her as a hologram. She was used to such lines not being simple, straightforward lines - those that were had often been tampered with - but this was a mess, looping in every angle at once. "Oh, dear... a breach of this nature must have only just begun." she sighed, squinting slightly at the line in an attempt to find the source. "It's so convoluted, it's like trying to find the start of a circle." she sighed, enlarging the hologram and looking through it. Could this be the work of another god? It would be a relatively new one, looking at this damage. She sighed as she brought out what looked like a comb, stroking it through the timeline, carefully guiding it back into its proper shape. The ground beneath her churned wildly as the many different timelines fought their conclusions out. For brief moments, the planet would disappear; in others, it formed a natural utopia for the coral and a large variety of fish. When she was finished, it has returned to its rightful state. The city was back, but smaller.

"Hey!" a new voice yelled, one that was surely meant to strike fear in her very soul. Fear... such a primitive concept. "What have you done to my planet?!"