Murim Recurve

Re'Kha made tiny holes at the bottom of both the paper cups and wound the thread through them, finalising the simple process. It was the simple telephone taught as a science experiment in sixth grade.

It seemed there existed a lot of backstory to them, but Re'Kha didn't receive them. Moreover, she wasn't bordered about learning about them in detail for the time being. She wished to get the Quest completed first.

Once they were connected, Re'Kha dropped one paper cup over the way, watching it fall slowly as she pulled the thread, adjusting its descent. She then placed it right next to the window of Chaya's room.

To ensure it would fly away or wobble around with the wind, Re'Kha had used the duct tape to form a circle around the cup. Moreover, this circle was double folded, to ensure there was a sticky layer on the outside too.

Therefore, the moment the cup was in the right position, Re'Kha pulled the thread a little, making the cup touch the wall. The contact stuck the cup to the wall. Even though it wasn't fully stuck and could still come off if the wind grew fiercer, it would do for her.

Re'Kha then pulled the string gently until it was stretched taut, placing her ear in the other paper cup, trying to hear any sounds. Nothing was happening in Chaya's room now, so there wasn't anything she picked except for some muffled sounds of wind moving. It was thanks to the sound produced by the ceiling fan in the room.

Once she had the basic setup going on, Re'Kha leaned comfortably, using the wall as a backrest as she placed the paper cup on her ear. This way, she was hidden and could constantly hear anything that happened in the room.

Even though the sounds were greatly muffled, she could still make out something from it. At least, she would know when Chaya left the house and can act immediately after that.

Re'Kha then picked up her phone, dimmed the brightness, double-checked to ensure all the sounds were switched off and accessed the internet. She then began to search for answers to key questions that she had come across like 'Dilation of Time', 'System of Units', 'Principle of geometry', 'Folklore', etc.

She primarily stuck to mathematics and science, feeling that they would prove useful to her the most. She planned to understand them while she already had a great understanding of such concepts thanks to her character. As an engineer, her character had the best understanding of these two subjects, so it was wiser to learn them now.

Besides, even if it seemed like she understood the reason for all the actions she had made till now, the moment she left Earth, all her actions wouldn't make any sense. It was because she wouldn't be able to understand the numerous concepts that were in place in Earth's activities.

After all, they were from two different worlds with completely different laws, landscapes, and nature. Moreover, her world had Elemental Qi and everything was decided based on them and their interaction, which was always a violent clash.

But on Earth, there didn't exist any Elemental Qi, but the elements reacted with one another to produce mysterious effects. Even though she could understand them using the concept of protons, neutrons, and electrons, she was unable to imagine them.

"Just consider it as if there only exist three variables that govern this world: protons, neutrons, and electrons. And, the way they combine and exist varies what entity they become, which we call atoms. And, these atoms usually exist as molecules or compounds in nature, some of them are complex chains while others are just bimolecular."

"What the…?" Re'Kha was shocked when her mouth began talking all of a sudden. She then sensed how there wasn't any resistance from her character, except for moving the mouth. The moment Re'Kha loosened her control over his mouth, her character began to speak, ensuring he muttered to avoid making any loud sounds, "Wow, this is awesome. How can you control my body? And how did you enter it in the first place? Are you a parasite?"

After a moment of thought, Re'Kha replied by controlling her character's mouth, "No, when I entered this world, I automatically woke up in your body."

"Ahh, an alien? Wow, so aliens were real?" The boy expressed his shock and excitement.

He then spoke before Re'Kha could reply, "And, how do you…aliens look like? Giant wriggly tentacle double-headed creatures with insane telepathic prowess?"

"We are humanoid creatures…" Re'Kha continued, intending to learn more about Earth through this conversation. After all, this was the first time she was ever able to converse with her character. Until now, even when the characters took control of the body to react or make a decision, they weren't conscious about it. It seemed more like an instinctual reaction based on their character and behaviour.

This was the first time the character she inhabited was able to speak voluntarily. So, Re'Kha wished to see if she could learn something different from this conversation, speaking without any masking or lies, "There are a lot of races in our world. We are constantly at war with each other. Appearance-wise, my race isn't all that different from humans."

"How same or how different they are to be precise?" The boy said.

"Like," Re'Kha thought for a moment before stating, "We have a third eye on our forehead, a second heart, and an extra set of nerves we call the meridians. Physique-wise, it's more or less the same, even the aging factor is almost the same. Our resistance to diseases is pretty high, so we tend to live longer. Our natural life expectancy is around 100-120 years."

"What is your race known as?" The boy said after pausing for a couple of seconds.

"We call ourselves the Kalki," Re'Kha said.

There was silence for more than fifteen seconds before the boy spoke, "And…do you cover your third eye with a Tikka jewellery?"