While in the outer harbor dozens of journalists lost their minds because of the results (one of them in a completely literal sense an hour ago), a much quieter and much less violent meeting was taking place in the gigantic palace/military base north of the island. With a gigantic throne commanding the even more gigantic meeting room, the different advisors and officers occupied their different seats while chatting among themselves, laughter and smiles were accompanied by the soft sound of water running through the rivers on both sides of the room (One of the little whims that the Goddess had allowed herself at the time of the construction of her secondary residence and job).

At the foot of the golden throne and commanding the table were the 8 armchairs of the greats, the 8 Lights that accompany and light the path that Goddess Eva travels.

On her left side were the armchairs of the four husbands of Eva and Patriarchs of the country: The young and ambitious Joel Grandwoods, patriarch of the expanders and builders; the liberated and firm Aiden Dawnroot, patriarch of industries; the placid and cautious Henry Proudward, patriarch of the treasury; and the (absent on the other hand) brave justice, hero and founder of the nation Leon Stillsurge, Eva's left hand and patriarch of the outer armies.

And on the other side of the table the armchairs of the four wives of the Goddess and matriarchs: The grim and frightening Leah Starvale, matriarch of the inventors; the calm and always busy Emilia Wintermark, matriarch of the administrators; the quarrelsome and proud Valeonor Duskshield, matriarch of the inner armies; and finally the right hand, first wife and co-founder of the nation Olivia Havenflare, Eva's spokeswoman. The 7 present were silent without even looking at each other, each attending 4 different issues at the same time while waiting for Eva to appear.

Being leaders of the most powerful country on the planet didn't come without a endless stream of problems to solve, much less now that a damn unexpected solar storm had caused the Sacred Barrier that surrounded the island to go out long enough to be detected by the satellites of the foreigners.

Although luckily they had only come to see the island/mobile military base, the enormous problems that they entailed and that had to be solved as soon as possible had visibly affected the 7 Lights present, all with huge dark eye bags (which were only commonly common in Leah) and obvious problems of lack of coordination after too many hours without sleep, not to mention the several cups of coffee on each side of the huge table and that accompanied them almost as if they were extensions of themselves. Luckily for them and for all the other representatives of each guild invited to the emergency meeting No.2, the echo of the Goddess's heavy steps echoed through the hallway after the meeting room.

Quickly and in an orderly manner the representatives prepared themselves by getting up using the sounds that accompanied Eva's march as indicators: First the sonorous steps that one would expect from a being of (at that moment)8 tons and 973 kilos of weight so ... curvilinear and majestic (not to say bulky in the face of a goddess) of Eva. Then the sound of her usual snorts, the result of not being used to being awake and working at hours as early as 10 in the morning.

And finally the sound of the last melody that had caught the attention of the gigantic Goddess, resonating with too much volume through the headphones that hung from her neck over her monumental (in every sense of the word) breasts.

And after all these previous warnings finally the shadow of the goddess covered the table while she struggled to squeeze through the door frame, lamenting with each fiber of her being having decided such a western style for the base instead of the more open style full of arches of her palace/home. "Good morning ..." The Goddess yawned trying to cover her mouth in time, her figure of 25 feet and 11 inches stretching with agility and ease that never ceased to surprise the representatives less accustomed to dealing directly with her. "Thank you all for coming so early." Eva finished the sentence by dropping into her armchair as she moved slightly away from the table that struggled to even reach her ankles.

With a formal bow all the representatives greeted both their Goddess, who returned her greeting before changing the focus of her beloved husbands and wives. A look of pure love and affection that soon became a tedium and frustration to see that none of them had even noticed her presence. It took two false coughs and cleared of throat by Eva to realize that the meeting had already begun and now they had a rather annoying giant goddess ahead.

"Good morning, my dear husbands and wives ..." Eva said in a clearly accusatory tone, resting on one of the arms of her armchair with both arms. The tight and prominent valley of her breasts formed by her arms and head looked like a terrifying and soft chasm, one that being alone covered by an open and semi-transparent robe helped nothing to concentrate. "First of all I want to make sure of one thing: Do I have to generate another Sacred Barrier or have we been able to stabilize this?"

Only Henry managing to maintain enough fortitude before two stimuli so contradictory as to rise and raise his voice, but not before taking a quick sip of coffee to recover energy. “Good morning, Eva. I've been to all the generators at the base of the mountains and according to the engineers, and although this is more Leah things than mine-.” Henry inclined his head towards the matriarch, too busy reading something on a holographic screen to take it for granted. alluded to. “The barrier is ready to hide us as soon as you indicate it and so, finally, return to Arcadia 7Th”

The Goddess said nothing, biting her lip with a somewhat worried expression on her face. “I don't feel too calm knowing that an unexpected solar storm can affect communications and cause my barriers to be deactivated, but if it has been something punctual that is already solved I suppose that it is well. At least this has been an occasional unforeseen and not like that time that Morgan and Mythra managed to sneak into the computer room and deactivate Arcadia's electrical system!” Eva laughed remembering those tense and not funny for 15 minutes. "As for the way home, I don't know if it's a good idea ... the bases of Australia and Saint Helena have enough candidates and you know that I like being those who formally invite you to part of our Arcadia family!"

“I know that welcoming new families is something that you and Leon enjoy doing and that this trip you wanted to start instilling in that beautiful custom to the children… but Eva, your subjects now need answers and tranquility from their Goddess” Olivia recalled to her wife ignoring the half angry half mocking look of the giantess. “It may be that this whole thing is a small triviality and we had a thousand and one different plan in case one day a similar situation would happen… but I still consider that you should think about returning home with Anchorage Point and showing them that nothing has happened, to they and our MWC partners”

"Triviality isn't the most correct term in this situation nor the one I would use, if you ask me" Henry responded by fanning himself with a sheet of paper, once again his overweight not helping him stay cool in tense situations. “We have the entire planet behind us, and although we are more than capable of avoid them for at least 100 or 150 years ... I am afraid that this appearance and our rapid disappearance will arouse an interest beyond the passing news, one that if something has taught us all our investigations it will mean that they will not stop looking for us. We will be like a new yeti or big feet, only in our case very real…-”

"The yeti exists, you are thinking of rumors like the wandering Dutchman or bigfoot" Leah said without even looking up, losing himself again in his world without waiting for an answer.

Henry's statement (and to a lesser extent Leah's) aroused the debate that the goddess enjoyed calling "round of affirmations." Eva stroked her chin thoughtfully as she balanced her enormous weight from side to side, trying to fight the dream while listening to the diverse opinions of the representatives.

Everyone had something to say, no matter what guild they belonged to, and one of Eva's work is to separate logical and grounded ideas from inefficient ones such as the debate between her beloved Henry and Leah about paranormal creatures and events. And for something like that there was no need for “phenomenal cosmic powers” r03;r03;like her own, just a little patience and a good excuse to be absent/consult Olivia.

Studying the sideways room from the superiority that gave it its size, Eva noticed that her beloved Valeonor was whispering something by resting her hand on her ear with the headset. And of course the excitement of what was coming next prevented the giantess from thinking clearly, leaning forward discreetly to hit the table with the big toe of her gigantic feet (with a body like her big one was more than necessary and it is logical that the suspension points were also enormous, although luckily for Eva, still very feminine), a trick that she had agreed with her husbands and wives to communicate without words between the fuss of the debates.

"Your two little foreigners girls have finished the medical examination, Eva" Valeonor grunted her teeth. “And finally all those damn outlanders are back in the boats. I go for them and take them to the base living room. As soon as you dispatch those 2 out- to those two foreigners we can disappear and hopefully return home for the new year!” Valeonor smiled turning in her chair until she turned around, sharing the illusion and joy (only for a very different reason) of her wife and goddess.

Eva pursed her lips quickly looking down at her husbands and wives, more specifically at her oldest and closest companion Olivia, who sighed nodding. The Goddess decided not to lose another second, getting up and running to her bedroom at the base to prepare. (It is not that no one could blame her for being excited, all the patriarchs and matriarchs knew that Eva had something in hand from the moment she told her wife and matriarch Emilia the idea of r03;r03;the world-wide telepathic/multimedia message)

"Well guys, let's move on to the issue of new budgets for barrier improvements" Olivia announced with a smile as the announcement caused a wave of tired sighs even among fellow Lights, who despite not listening to the conversation completely fluid It was enough to hear the word loose budgets to run out instantly. "Go Go! It will be fun! At least more fun than talking about how we are going to deal with the journalist that Val killed a while ago ...-"

“Can't we return the body to their country of origin and now? Notifying him that it was because of his bad behavior” One of the representatives of the Treasury guild asked innocently.

"It may be somewhat justifiable for us to some extent ... but I doubt it will be the same for the outside world." Henry pointed along with another sigh, which soon turned into a small chuckle. "We can always send Ethin and show those foreigners that it is true justice!"

The joke was welcomed with laughter throughout the room except for Olivia, who stroked her chin thoughtfully. 

Lucy's last two hours had been like a dream come true. No matter where she looked, it didn't matter who called her: everything seemed to come out of a science fiction movie, only totally and absolutely real.

From holographic panels for everything to smart bracelets that displayed more holographic panels or opened metal doors without even knobs. Many holographic screens, for an almost absurd amount of uses. The last one that left the creek on her? A screen that was deployed from a holographic emitter ... on the edges of the huge bathtub (more than a jacuzzi size) that served to regulate temperature, odors, foam, jets and even dispersion.

The best disinfectant bath of her life.

For a girl born and raised almost all her life between Minnesota and Alabama the level of luxury with which they were treating her was totally unthinkable, much more considering that they were sanitary controls. “Well… 42 degrees… squirting under legs, back and back… and gentle massage? This is paradise! The paradise of the future! That's ... that's all folks! ...” Lucy shouted in pleasure to see that her instructions on the panel had come true, relaxing in the bathtub to the point of beginning to be sleepy, not without releasing some small moans from time to time.

“Oh god, Lucy! I didn't know you were those kind of girls!” The sudden but unfamiliar voice made Lucy jump from her state of absolute relaxation. Turning around being so tense was completely impossible, and Carmen took the opportunity to jump into the tub right next to her splashing as much as possible. Even none of them knew each other especially well, but for the little that Lucy had been able to verify Carmen didn't seem to have an iota of modesty, at all times shaking her incredible body before all and all with an air of enviable mischief. (even if it was against robots)

“God, you're right! This is a truly delight!” The Mexican reporter groaned in pleasure, leaving her body completely dead to the point of floating slightly. "Do you still have a little pain because of that robot examiner?" Lucy nodded as she could, biting her lip. “I thought so, and it was supposed to be a body exam specialist! It has been almost as intrusive as my plan for the Goddess! By the way, what's yours?” The question didn't catch her by surprise, Gabe had already warned her during the previous preparations that all interviewers would have plans prepared to address the alleged Goddess, strategies and questionnaires to get as much information as possible.

"Although we are both chosen for the interview ..." Lucy smiled the most smug smile that a young journalist from Mankato could even imagine, looking at her "friend" over her shoulder. "It doesn't mean that we are going to do the interview together and I doubt that our respective newspapers enjoy too much that we give exactly the same information!"

Carmen nodded slowly, shrugging her shoulders before changing her eyes to the center of the bathtub. “But ... listen to me, Lucy. And if that supposed Goddess gives us only a limited amount of time for both? That would mean we should do it together, you know? Shouldn't we coordinate to get the maximum information?”

One (Well, three) counter question and simple reasoning but that completely broke all the self-confidence that Lucy had built, leaving her in a state almost at the level of a scared fawn. "I guess ... you're right" Lucy nodded almost at the same time as Carmen, who was now the one who wore the smug smile as her flag. “I am going to study the physical reactions of the Goddess, especially to a series of especially private questions. That way… I will know how closely I will be for her to be totally honest with me. And I also want to check if she has powers! What kind of God would not have powers?"

"First of journalism career, huh?" Carmen's innocent comment especially hurt Lucy's self-esteem. “It's okay, I've read the information about you that happened to me before the phones were taken from me and I know this is your first great interview. And what a great first interview, on the other hand!” The Mexican looked both to the sides to make sure they remained alone and to the clock (also holographic) that counted 5 minutes of relaxation remaining. “Listen carefully to me, Lucy. It may surprise you, but in the world of journalism, police tricks such as a good cop and bad cop are also used-”

"Are we going to do that ?!"

Lucy's sudden emotion was contagious, so much so that Carmen covered her mouth with her hand to stifle a laugh. “You are more adorable even though you are 3 years older than me, so you will be the good cop to ask that supposed Goddess more kind questions and stop me when I try to surpass her limits, understood?”

“And won't that be very simple?And what about the powers? If she is a Goddess the world should know about whether she really has powers or not!-”

"Lucy, focus and stop thinking about teenage fantasies!" Carmen growled pinching Lucy's thigh to stop her relentless thread of words. "There are no gods or magic, do you see around you? This is science! We are facing a civilization on our planet that has advanced in its investigations so much as to fill and replace everything with tactile holographic screens, not gods, demons and unicorns" Lucy responded with a soft growl, rubbing her leg where she had just pinched her.

“They call me the red queen of political journalism, you know why?” Lucy denied confused by the analogy or the reason for it. "Because I leave no one with their head over the shoulders, and I assure you my dear Lucy ... that someone who has the courage to call herself Goddess will not be different!"

The moment when the huge and grumpy Valeonor left them in the room where their was going to have the interview, they both reported how far Carmen's words were from being fulfilled. The cruel smile of the muscular "matriarch" who had accompanied them all the way underground to leave in what she had called as the very bedroom of the Goddess finally making sense to see the panorama.

Even with four years of difference between them and having raised both in different countries, the feeling that evoked being both standing behind the bedroom door was the same: They felt like characters from The Borrowers.

And it wasn't too far from reality, the enormity of the room could only be described with even more adjectives for large size. Only the chair closest to them should be 30 feet or more tall, not to mention its excessive width or the table behind it. The coat that hung from it would have certainly served to cover (easily also) almost a whole circus tent ... and that only staying in the nearest objects.

Both journalists wanted to discuss the situation with the other, express their sudden fear with something more than cold sweats and slight tremors, but neither managed to find the right words for the situation ... and both were afraid that the situation was going from bad to worse when they heard the first one.

The first thunderous sound echoed throughout the bedroom, still sounding behind the colossal door on the other side of the room, a sound almost too similar to that of a bare passage on a marble floor ... only with a much greater intensity at a level similar to the sound of an airplane taking off.

The second came just after, even closer to the door, and was accompanied by the biggest throat throat that both had ever heard. (a trend that was repeating itself too much for the taste of both)

The moment came when a melody began to sound from behind the same door and an intense light began to seep through the edges of it. The intensity of both began to increase when the door began to open, the light so intense that the figure in front of the light was obscured ... and yet its mere presence was completely unreal.

A female figure with the greatest curves that both had ever seen dressed in a sleeveless tunic that hugged her curves like a second skin until reached her ankles, with a fierce mane that reached her waist. And so tall that she had to duck to get through.

The woman's presence alone was insane, a thin, almost model waist supporting some hips and breasts beyond the limits of current legality. And the size and intensity that each step brought with it made the ground tremble in a way that seemed almost as if it were all a dream. The light began to stop shining slowly, the immaculate skin and the absurdly beautiful features of her face becoming clearer and clearer (Next to a strange curvature in the lower tunic section), waking up feelings that two straight women didn't know they could have. 

Of course that was left behind when both women noticed the giant woman's hair in front of them, formed by something similar to hair but more crystalline in appearance, as if it were multicolored crystals.

"Welcome, Lucy Wrights and Carmen Rodríguez de la Fuente" The gigantic woman spoke in a melodious and soft voice but as intense as if she were speaking through very powerful speakers. "My name is Eva and I am referred to as Goddess"

The mixture of sensations and feelings in her were absurdly contradictory, so much so that their brains merged into the only word that both managed to form: "Woah ..."

Eva laughed softly covering her mouth with the back of her hand, moving a little further to be so close to them that they could notice the body temperature emanating from her skin. Gently not to scare them the gigantic Goddess moved her chair to sit. "Ready for the interview, girls?" Eva asked with perfect elegance and nobility that made her seem almost a mythical figure.

Neither dared to answer, staring at how Eva sat gracefully so as not to wrinkle her white robe ... and before they could both realize, her point of view changed to be looking directly at the Goddess's boobs (technically torso and head, but the image of the breasts was too ... large ... to ignore) from a position much taller, both standing on a sturdy and polished wood surface. “As you can see they call me Goddess for something. Among my skills that you should now know is the teleportation of both myself, things and other people's beings as you just checked, and also the ability to read minds, which I have used to give you an explanation to your question but I don't plan to use more-”

"Hey? If you can read minds why not do it?” Lucy asked almost instinctively, realizing seconds after what she had just done and who had done it, reacts by covering her mouth as quickly as seconds ago.

“You ask me why I don't read minds though I can? I am of the opinion that we all need and have the right to feel safe in our own mind, and although I can read the mind to save talk time I decided centuries ago not to do it… except in situations of extreme need like right now” The sincerity of the Goddess was grateful to the reporters, who despite facing the greatest being they had ever seen never began to calm down.

Clinging to the little courage she had accumulated, Carmen took a step forward to offer her hand in cordial greeting to the Goddess who received her with a melody giggle, taking her hand with her index finger almost as long as Carmen herself. Lucy quickly joined the grip literally, grabbing Carmen's hand with one of her own and the tip of the goddess's index with the other.

"See? Much better!” Eva smiled as she retrieved her finger, sitting more cordially for her two guests. "I know that my size makes a very direct first impression, but I hope that over time you will know how to look beyond my appearance!"

The two journalists nodded innocently, Lucy being the first to realize what she just said. "Over time?" And as soon as Lucy mentioned that part of the comment Carmen quickly also noticed the meaning.

"Of course, normally the first u32; months my new citizens are still scared to see me, but you'll see-"

"Excuse me, Goddess Eva ... Isn't this supposed to be for an interview?" Carmen was the one who asked this time, sitting slowly while a feeling of discomfort grew strong inside her.

"Of course, what would it be if not?" Eva asked curiously, crossing her arms over the table. “I send that message to everyone on this world to find two reporters who met a number of conditions: Don't be offended But the conditions were 2 foreigners not very successful in they current jobs, who were young people willing to work hard and improve their current situations and who didn't have great links with the outside world. You two are, of the journalists who have decided to send me, the two that best meet my conditions and believe me that when I use my skills seriously I don't usually make mistakes” The two journalists looked blinking confused. "Something happens? You are not interested in the interview? It is a great opportunity, I have a lot of money from my budget to hire staff without spending and the advantages of this position are years better, centuries ahead of than you currently have! And if you have contracts I plan to pay the termination clause for you”

"Is this a job interview ...?" Lucy took courage to ask, still dumbfounded by the turn that had just taken the whole situation.

"Of course, what kind of interview would it be if not? Let me tell you a little about my plan and that it would be your job, to see if it convinces you a little more” Eva began to speak, waving her right hand in front of the girls, a mysterious blue energy peeling from her fingers in the meantime almost hypnotically. “Almost 400 years ago I founded Arcadia 7Th with my two loved ones, my first husband and wife Olivia and León, a home where I can use my powers without causing terror in the population as it had happened throughout my youth ... Slowly people that had followed me began to use all the space I created for them to expand and attract more people who came looking for my protection and ... blablablabla to sum it up! Arcadia 7Th has become without realizing it on the top of the planet in all areas ... except one”

"Which one?" The two journalists asked in unison, completely engrossed in Eva's story.

"Variety!" Eva shouted, leaning back, golden glitters emanating from her hands, hair and pupils. “I see the outside world and I am fascinated by what a mixture of cultures much more shocking than Arcadia has caused! In all areas of art also, from painting to video games through theater, cinema, comics and others! Something like Cats would never have exist in Arcadia 7Th, you know? Watching the reviews online I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's not just that! Friends, Criminal Minds, Shrek, Star wars, Pokemon! Have you seen pokemon?!" One of the comments had awakened Lucy's vein of interest, which slowly began to rise to comment ... until Carmen took her by the hand to pull her and sit her down again. 

"It's a madness of idea born to collect insects become a symbol of so many childhoods that I can hardly understand it! No matter where I look, there are so many wonderful things that I want my children to discover ... and that's where you come in, girls!” Eva came back to both even more than before, leaving very little personal space for journalists. “Arcadia 7Th has been importing content and material from abroad for so many decades without giving anything in return that I want to introduce ourselves to the world and teach them what we have to offer… beyond scientific, medical, diplomatic levels that you have only been able to dream of”

"Sorry but I still don't understand where we come in" Lucy asked so confused that her face was a real poem.

“I offer you to work for me in a letter of introduction  with which to open ourselves to the world and show you everything we have done for them! And by letter I mean a documentary in every possible way. In return I will appoint you citizens of Arcadia 7Th immediately and with all the benefits that entails, you will have all the material, equipment and labor that you need, and of course your salary will be more money than you can ever spend in a single life.

What sense does this world have a goddess as powerful and cool as me if they have no idea of my existence? I do not plan to impose my will on anyone, I have never done it nor will I ... but I want you to know that Arcadia 7Th exists, that you know how much we have worked to make sure that our planet is a good place and that we have not been invaded and enslaved any other alien species" 

Why Eva kept talking after giving such serious information to journalists was something that neither of them dared to ask, preferring to let the giant continue to speak in a much closer and more sincere tone. "This January 1 will have been 20 years since my first daughter, Hope, was born ... and I want them to discover our wonderful planet and their wonderful cultures in the same way that I did at their age while looking for that place that only existed at that time in my dreams... the ideal place to build our perfect little world, my beloved Arcadia 7Th. Can you ... can you understand what I mean?"

Lucy may not have known the Goddess for no more than 10 minutes, but the way Eva spoke and expressed herself managed to fill her heart with a feeling too wonderful to miss the opportunity.And the idea that his salary was more than he could spend in his life meant that after so many years he could finally unleash his geek vein and buy all the merchandise accumulated in his chrome folder "Dreams".

"I want to do it" Lucy bit her lip with emotion, thinking that she needed better words for the jump that was about to happen.... at least during the thousandths of a second it took Carmen to take her hand to force her to get up. "WE WILL DO IT, GODDESS EVA!" The Mexican shouted in a state of utter euphoria, including Lucy without even asking her anything.

"Oh goddess really ?! That's so amazing, girls!" Eva shouted the emotion, an act that was received with both having to cover their ears. (Not in pain as strange as it was, if not from the internal vibration)

"I promise you that this is going to be great, and for my honor as Goddess that I never break my promises!”