The Imps and the new age

The order had come from above. Way, way above. They were not sure how above, and they were not sure if they wanted to know how high up it went.

The Imps were a curious people always in an existential crisis, this has been discussed in detail. They were however not stupid. Most questions in the Universe had a reasonable answer, they knew. They also knew that some question were not worth asking, for the answer could drive the questioner insane. Take this, for example. They managed the cosmic infrastructure for the Gods, and assisted the holy quintinity with whatever new cosmic changes they wanted. Creation, upbringing, overseeing, destruction, etcetera etcetera. This one was new. The request had come for the creation of a new cosmic entity, or a set thereof, more powerful than the Gods themselves. It was a tricky situation. The Gods didn't want anything beyond their knowledge happening with the Imps, they were also mighty insecure about their position in the power hierarchy. They had spies all over in the realm. Sooner or later they would figure out that the Imps were working on beings that would become superior to them, and hell would be lose. Until then, they had obstruction free time to work on the project. Such large projects often took many eons -- the minor interactions between all the power sources had to be mapped out, existing matter would have to be tested for its interaction with all the new abilities. Most importantly they would have to make sure that the limits placed on the power were strictly hard and nothing or no combination of powers by themselves of interaction with external powers could break the limits set. It was not ideal that they'd be doing this work hiding from the gods, but the alternative was to delay things for much longer under their suspicious supervision.