YOUR ROLE = MY POWER

Alright, I'm bored of being up here already. It's literally a transparent dome surrounded by clouds or something.

"This place sucks."

And just like with everything I say, Kandance reacts like a cartoon character with literal steam coming from her head.

"Don't insult my design decisions! You can make it look nicer if you want, I'm only teaching you what you need to know!"

"Then teach me what's going on outside. I know there's demons down there from when you talked about killing me off, but I want useful knowledge, mkay?"

I can't recall when I started using that word, "mkay". Just sorta happened at one point. Same with my lower lip flapping whenever I exhale really hard, like I do now in boredom.

"Well, I could. But could you make a little panel for me? Like one of those big screen devices that the mortals from your world love to use."

She means a TV screen, I assume. Or any kind of monitor, really. Though I've never seen anyone use a TV screen for a computer monitor, except in some weird setups that people with way too much time on their hands use. Honestly, I kinda wonder what the point of that is. Why stretch the image so large, especially if it makes certain games harder? Like the ones where-

"Ahem!"

Right, rambling to myself again. I've only used the hand wave magic, like, once. But I already got the gist of it. Learning how something works fast has always been a skill of mine, I just have to read up on it or practice it for a bit and I have no trouble replicating it. If I ever found a job back when I was alive, I probably could have done great. Shame no one hired me in something non-physical. Imagine all the money I could make and stuff I could buy, and-

"AHEM!"

Man, I have got to keep this rambling in check. Whatever, I wave my hand and a floating monitor panel appears. Kandance just sighs and holds her hand out, causing some energy to flow into it. … Wait, I thought I took all her powers, how the hell does she- oh, she's playing a video.

"Oooohohohoho! Greetings, mortal. I am Yugaria Dasshudily Kandance, The One Whom The Stars Shine For! If you're seeing this, I am currently unable to attend to your reincarnation due to circumstances you are not privy to."

For something that's supposed to help me understand stuff, it's only giving me more questions. How many people has she done this to? And why would she be so busy as to need a recording of herself.

"Now, I am a benevolent goddess…"

Bullshit, heard that line before you started insulting my stench.

"And you deserve a cheat to make this new life easier…"

She's literally doing the exact same movements and lines as when she did this with me. Is this some sort of routine for her? Is that why she didn't realize what she was giving me until it was too late?

"And something else to make up for my absence. Thus, not only will I provide you with whatever powers you request on the form in front of you, but you shall also be provided some information about the new world you shall be living in. Or you can just leave the form blank and let me pick for you."

What, is godhood like a bureaucracy or something? And lady, you should really fix that power system. Way too easy to break, considering what I did a few moments ago…

"Now, allow me to welcome you to my wonderful world… Fanto Regauss!"

This feels like an intro to a video game. Particularly the thing you see when you first boot it up before you start creating your character. Maybe that's intentional, since it's something people from my world understand better.

"While the many mortal races of Fanto Regauss have their own ideas as to how their world formed, the truth is something only I am privy to. You could learn that truth as your cheat power, but otherwise, feel free to ask the mortals there what they believe in. It'll involve me, regardless! Oooohohohoho!"

Now it feels like one of those scam ads trying to goad you into wasting your money. And again, more questions than answers. I'll get that info out of her eventually…

"Now, there are many different races and crossbreeds among you mortals, but I'm sure you'll find one you like. Just scribble a note somewhere on that form about which one you want to be among the ones I shall list:"

The image of her on the screen holds her hand out flat and starts making chibi models of various humanoid races appear.

"The majority of the mortal's population: Hewmitahl."

Human bitches. I would know, I lived most of my life as one.

"The pointy-eared and magically gifted mortals: Kymein."

Elvish bitches. Guessing they also live long lives with feminine forms.

"Their darker skin, physically adept counterparts: Kamamein."

Dark elvish bitches. Or chocolate, if you prefer.

"The agile and beastlike, but equally treated mortals: Gaolras."

Gijinka bitches. They'd rate a 1 on the furry scale. Seems they're split into different tribes and are all based on different animals, even mythical ones.

"Their more wild and powerful, territorial and feared counterparts: Anthras."

Anthro bitches. They'd rate a 2 on the furry scale. Also, don't think I didn't see you leaving out the "equally treated" part…

"Those who live in the clouds with heightened emotion, and were made in my image: Deinaaz."

Angel bitches. Definitely favored by you-know-who.

"And… well they're not supposed to have a counterpart, but because of SOMEONE I will not name, they do now. An intelligent and emotionally attuned species of advanced underground monsters and demons: Dreimaaz."

Archdemon bitches. That's gonna be fun to learn about considering how much hatred I can hear from her tone.

"Now, the geography of Fanto Regauss!"

She holds up a scroll and unrolls it into a 3D map. At least she knows how to do transitions well…

"The darling Deinaaz live above all on their cloud civilizations, the unfortunately still existing Dreimaaz have burrowed underground to make cities and dungeons to live in, and every other mortal race is in between, living wherever they're able to acclimate to. They've all developed in new ways for the many, many years they've existed! So have fun learning about it yourself!"

… That sounds to me like she hasn't checked on them herself. Or she doesn't wanna give too much away. But I think it's the former.

"That's all you're getting from me. Now be a good mortal, fill out that form, and be patient until I return so you can bask in my glory before I send you down to Fanto Regauss! Oooohohohoho!"

And after one last ear piercing laugh, the video ends.

"Are you satisfied now? I've borrowed some techniques the mortals from your world use to create this a while ago. Do not be shy to shower praise onto my craft…"

"... It'd probably only get, like, a few hundred views if I'm being totally honest? Not something most site algorithms would pick up…"

I could hear the sound of glass shattering, presumably another of her overly emotional reactions. Which, yeah, I can be emotional too, but this is something else.

"Ungrateful brat!"

She couldn't hurt me, but she did seem to revel in some sort of sadistic delight by smashing the monitor I made onto my barrier and continuously destroying it over and over. I'm just gonna nap until she's had her fill so that I can get some answers from her…