There is a new legend being spread by people of varying walks of life. From adventurers to merchants to guards to criminals and even some curious immortals, they say that amongst the sacred woods of Eden, hidden in the depths of ancient tulip poplars, there is an inn with infinite lodgings that always greets you with open arms. Its two hosts were so kind and so gracious that they gave you whatever dish or drink you request and listened to whatever tale you felt you had to get of your chest.
While it is true that some gods have entered this inn, they left no less bewildered than the mortals have been. Not all of them have found the inn though, no matter how much they searched and some have even refused to have a look, dismissing the rumors as nothing more than another new myth.
"Surely those two hosts are some sort of gods?" People thought. "But how old do you think they are?" "Maybe even as ancient as the sacred sovereigns?"
That last thought alone caused most to suffer from chills. Gods have always been feared, often out of necessity. Even after they've fallen, reborn mortal and lacking their millennia worth of memories, their powers could easily bring armies to their knees if supplied with enough fuel from people's faith and beliefs. Some deities, however, have more passive abilities and are considered less threatening because of them. Despite that sentiment, it is one of these 'non-threatening' beings that have managed to breach the borders of her universe; all in a desperate escape from her current boredom and loneliness.
She didn't know that though. She didn't know she had any powers to boast of, and much less that she had achieved immortality in her past life. In Gabriel's perspective, her staring into the night sky as she tries to extend her consciousness to the stars and beyond was no more special than all her other sudden bouts of existentialism. In fact just last week, when her brother had business to do outside of the forest, the young woman was sitting on the same roof she sat on now as she talked for hours on end with the silver eye that is their moon.
Gabriel did not mind the isolation. It's not like her brother was neglectful, far from it actually. However, she still couldn't wrap her head around why he's been been single handedly serving as the bartender for their inn. Normally they'd exchange shifts around the day, but for the past month or so, Vivianus always insisted to be the man behind the bar. Sometimes he would even shoo her out of the room for an hour or two for no apparent reason, tonight being one of those times. Gab had tried asking the patrons for any clue as to what the fuck was going on but, judging from all the weird and varying conspiracy theories, they knew as much as she did.
So now there she was, sitting on the roof and staring into the night sky, occasionally trying to get a quick glance of her brother through the diamond-shaped ceiling window. She could sometimes make out the figure of Vivianus talking to a hooded stranger she could've sworn she's seen around the inn before, but anytime she stared for too long, her brother would always stare back until she'd finally look away.
After a few more hours, she would suddenly jump and aim her knife at whoever had suddenly touched her shoulder, only to be laughed at, again.
"Vivi!" Gabriel yelled.
"Sorry, sorry." He said, flashing that charming smile that always made their patrons smile back.
"How do you even sneak up on me like that? EVERY TIME!" She flailed her arms to emphasize her dismay.
"I dunno." The man simply shrugged. "Also you can come inside now."
"And you still won't tell me why I couldn't in the first place?"
"Yep! Don't worry, he won't be coming back anyway."
"Who won't be coming back?"
He opened his mouth, but for a moment paused. "..I dunno."
She knows he can lie so much better than this. "Okay now you're just taunting me."
'And who knows if that was even true. It could a red herring for all I know.' She thought.
"Look, maybe when you're a bit older-"
"That's what you always say! Also I'm literally 23 now."
"And I will keep on saying it until you're old enough." And with that he immediately disappeared from her sight.
Gabriel sighed and opened the diamond window, jumping back down into the inn, oblivious to your universe's first contact with hers. The ceiling window automatically closed behind her.











