The scent of faint flowers filled Garima's nose before anything else. Then she started feeling the wind. It was warm.
The fragments kept merging, forming pillars and floors.
She was in the middle, suspended in the air, and then she fell. Facedown. With a thud.
"Oofff" she couldn't stop the muffled moan coming out of her mouth. It hurt. But not much. Nothing was broken.
The ground pressed against her skin. She rose, pushing through her weight and sat down. Her breathing slowed.
"What an elegant entrance" she sighed. "Okay next step of Isekai adventure, observe"
Then she got up and looked around. Spinning gently, each faced each direction one by one. And to her surprise she was inside a shrine. Which looked exactly like the one she had come from. Everything looked the same, just the air felt different.
Her voice rose just barely above a whisper. "It looks the same, like copy paste"
But she could hear the hustle and bustle from outside the shrine. Her heart started pounding and she took slow steps towards the window and looked out. And froze. The other side was a city. And on the opposite side of the shrine was a market. Bursting with noise and people. A place where silence can never settle. But what made it different from her world's market was travellers in metal suits. Weapons strapped on their bodies. Frozen, Garima's brain stopped working once more.
"OH MY GOD" she whispered.
Her hands clutched the edge of the window frame. Steadying herself against it. "That's my city"
Her heart started beating faster " I wrote this place"
She could see some wanderers moving in groups. Like a party. She was giddy with excitement. She wanted to scream
Suddenly a voice she knew slipped into her thoughts. " You seem happy"
Garima leaped with her hands on her beating chest. And she screamed "Aahhh!"
Then she spinned in circles. Trying to locate her.
"Are you a ninja now Cosmo? You scared me!" Garima asked
"I am communicating with you," the woman said.
Garima can imagine her steady gaze she must have while saying that to her. And this time she can feel the vibration in the pocket of her pajamas.
"You nearly gave me a heart attack"
"That would be inconvenient" the woman said with a calm voice.
Garima took out the gift she had received. A ring shaped thing crafted from silver mixed with gold. With patterns and symbols engraved on it.
It glowed wherever the woman's voice came through.
"Woah, this is beautiful" Garima said, she looked impressed.
" You can use it to talk with me"
" So, it's a fantasy Phone" Garima paused "It looks cooler, Thankyou Cosma"
"You are welcome" the woman's voice continued.
But Garima was out of it. She lifted the artifact suddenly and smiled.
"Behold, this is the phone of Gods!"
A pause came over from the othersude.
"You should hurry, the priest should be arriving soon, he already got the prophecy."
But a thought popped in her mind. She had forgotten about it. She looked at her body. Then she looked at the device again.
"I look very Indian" she whispered
"Pardon" The woman asked
"Cosmo, there is one small problem, I look different"
"Yes"
"Very, different"
"Yes"
" Like more brown than the people here." Garima said and looked at the marble pillar. Her face reflected back. Her brown skin was soft and warm. Dark brown eyes and long wavy curly hair. Framing her face. She looked for a bit.
"Actually, I look perfect"
"You are beautiful" the woman replied.
"I know" Garima grinned proudly. Then frowning she looked outside.
"Still, shouldn't I change my appearance?" she asked
"That is not possible" The woman answered.
"Huh, why?"
"Because you are the creator"
"So?"
"You do not belong in this world" their conversation continued.
"Oh, that felt harsh, so no makeover, or Isekai beauty filters?" Garima asked again
" No? Since I don't understand it" the women replied
Garima just shrugged " Whatever" then she grinned mischievously. "Something exotic"
The woman paused. And Garima continued laughing. "like imported Chocolate"
" What is that?" The woman asked.
"Food" Garima grinned
"You want to be a food" the woman asked her voice sounded confused. Garima just laughed and exhaled a breath.
"So how should I off this thing?" She asked.
" Just imagine you want to stop communication and it will glow blue but wait we have to talk ab…." The woman continued
" Later Cosmo" Garima spoke. And cut the conversation before the woman could say more.
She looked around again. Took a deep breath.
"So I am really doing this." Her heart raced. "Okay let's do it" She said cracking her fingers. Then she walked towards the centre of the shrine. And looked around. Spinning. Circling. It took time going from one end to the other.
"Woah, this place is really Huge" she muttered.
Eeekk!! She heard a shriek.
She turned and looked at the person. A young beautiful boy. She blinked. He was dressed like a prient. Cream long clothes with a brown shawl.
Were priest supposed to be this handsome. Garima shook her head. She can't drool on a young prient.
She turned on 'the priestess mode"
"Hi" she waved the boy. And to her surprise. He fainted.
"Haha" she laughed awkwardly. Was he scared of her?.
It meant she didn't like chocolate skin?
She didn't want to imagine what the boy thought about her.