School, Classes and Cats. -S-
As we finish talking about the town and what we should do continuing on from here, Bruna makes a 'Oh, right' face like the one where you remember you were supposed to do something.
The part that is making me worry is her twitching smile and eyes. The reluctance is evident, what is she hesitating about?
I drill my gaze into her and ask with a smile that's not a smile "Bruna... do you have something you need to say?"
"Eh? N-no, no, no of course not, I'm just silently appreciating the Dragonoid skills." I don't know if Bruna can lie more blatantly than that.
I begin to take a step forward as I say "Are you sur-"
The next moment I feel like I'm falling and my vision goes blank while all I hear are notification sounds.
---An unknown amount of time later---
When I wake up, the first thing I feel is a thin hand clasped tightly on my left hand. I try to open my eyes and fail, so I decide to move my right hand and it encounters hair... hair? I try to open my eyes again with minimal success, they open to thin slits. There's basically no light other than a red lava lamp on a table to my left, illuminating the culprit holding my left hand, Leila my sister... was her hand always that small?
Moving my aching head to the left I can see the familiar brown hair of... Jonathan? Why is he here? Well, he was probably worried but still. As my brain racks for reason after reason, someone's face is buried into my chest. That face is Leila, a shrunken Leila... wait, what.
"Leila... what did you do?" I ask with a twitching smile.
Leila glares over at my right hand near the bush that is Jonathan's head. She grabs it and moves it closer to her before looking back and saying
"I'm a dwarf."
I stare at her expressionless face and meet her eyes to see the excited glint in them... what the heck is she thinking about? I can't see Bruna anywhere... phew, I thought I'd get bear hugged when I woke up.
I choose to inquire "So, what happened?"
Leila tilts her head up and stares at me before continuing to say, "You and Bruna fell over."
...
"I know that! What happened after is what I'm asking!"
Leila shrugs and smiles before moving her head back down and she moves her hands to hug me. As her arms finish wrapping around me a pain shoots through my spine, my wings shoot out and smack into Jonathan.
*CRASH*
""OW!!""
As I feel my wings twitching and pain shooting from my ribs, spine and shoulders after the hug, I glance over and see that Jonathan is now twitching on the floor holding his head, before going and trying to relax my own wings.
Just 'retract' damn it!
As my wings disappear into my back I sit up and stare at Leila, who is... still attached to me. I owe you two now Leila, you better keep one eye open at night.
Leila involuntarily shivers before looking up at me with a twitching smile plastered on her face. I give her a 'smile' before hearing footsteps and seeing Jonathan stand up and brush off the dust on his shirt.
As Jonathan stands up he looks over to me and speaks softly, "Seems that you're awake now."
I raise my eyebrows. "Is there a reason I wouldn't be?"
Jonathan looks away before muttering something. As I hear the creak I look over at the door to see Bruna and a buff man in a lab coat in sandals walk in. The buff, well more burly than buff. The burly man had a white lab coat stretching down to his mid calves while wearing sandals, khaki shorts and a plain green t-shirt with a chest pocket.
Bruna introduces me to 'Dr Frevin' then she grips Leila by the waist and pries her off of me before letting Dr Frevin examine me for wounds and what happened.
As time passes, Dr Frevin's expression goes from curious, to shock, to confusion, to shock, to surprise, to his first question. "How the hell did you even fly like this? How did you fly at all?"
Me, Bruna and Leila fall silent as he explains.
"For starters, all nerves in your arms are damaged severely and I highly doubt they'll heal in the next two months maybe three. Secondly, the state of your muscles and bones is bad to say the least, I'd recommend not moving nearly as much as you did before for 2 to 7 weeks! Third, check your status for whatever the hell the state of your body is."
Bruna goes into overprotective sister mode and stands up, Jonathan's jaw drops as far as possible and Leila falls to the ground from Bruna standing up so fast. All I can say is.
"Bloody hell."
'Status'
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Status
Name: Sharon Escavalier.
Level: 5
Race: Kit
Energy Level: 0
Energy Rank: A-
Main Class: [None]
Sub Class: [None]
Race Class: [ Valkyrie - (Special) ]
Title(s): [One who did not choose]
Effects: [-95% Stats for 252,238,225 Seconds]
Condition: Punished.
Backlash Occurring: [Duration: 96 Hours]
- Nerve Damage in arms, wings and broken ribs.
- HP is limited at 2.
Wings: [Gold Main with Black Stem]
HP: 2/13 [260] + {0}
MP: 10/10 [200] + {0}
Stats: # (True Number)
Strength: 6 [120]
Constitution: 6 [120]
Dexterity: 11 [220]
Intelligence: 7 [140]
Wisdom: 7 [140]
Charisma: 7 [140]
Stat Points: [0]
General Skills:
Inventory[Lv: --][Capacity: [2/10], [Retract/Reveal Wings]
Main Class Skills:
__
Sub Class Skills:
__
Race Class Skills:
Flight[Lv: 3], Improved Balance[Lv: 2], Basic Wind Magic[Lv: 2]
Equipment/Accessories:
[Tap To Reveal]
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I glance over the status and settle my eyes on the condition before muttering in almost a whisper. "show notifications."
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[You have flown for the first time]
[Title Gained: First Time Flier: Natural]
[You have flown via system-implanted instincts and recklessly, backlash administered.]
[Title Gained: Reckless Airhead]
[{(Global Announcement: New Feature.)}]
[{(New Feature: Energy Rank System, Class System)}]
[{(Energy Rank: Based on your abilities and base energy you'll be given a rank between A and Z, in which you'll get additional stat bonuses for higher ranks. Energy Ranks also strengthen abilities.)}]
[{(Class: A specialty that any race can learn or get better in, there are also [Class Mutations]. There are [Main], [Sub] and [Race] Classes. [Main] consists of: [Priest], [Magician], [Villager], [Esper], [Psychic], [Soldier]. [Sub] consists of hundreds if not thousands of classes for people. [Race] Classes are classes assigned based on your race and specific talents and actions in the past 12 hours.)}]
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I speed read the notifications before understanding the new features, while at the same time asking myself what kind idiot I was. My eyes then settle on the new Titles.
My expression sinks before asking what the benefits are.
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[Reckless Airhead]
[Description: An Idiot who charges in without thinking.
As such: you gain 1.05x your stats when doing an action with <25% chance of success.]
[Earned by: Earning the first backlash in the new universe.]
[First Time Flier: Natural]
[Description: Due to your natural ability to fly (even if it was from the instincts given to you by the system) you have gained this title.
As such: Learning the etiquette, rules and how to actually fly. It will be easier to understand due to experience from flying.]
[Earned by: Flying like a pigeon.]
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I become transfixed on the [Earned by] section of both titles. Why the hell am I being referred to as a pigeon?
[They fly home completely reliant on instincts, the way you flew was the same.]
Shocked, I take a few moments before asking. Why the hell did you respond?
[Authority insufficient, access to information denied.]
Seeing the dead end in front of me, I turn to the other title and ask the system what it means by 'new universe'.
[The planet E-3819 and planet J-1 have been {} using {} and the {}. They have then been {} using the {} and is now in section A, zone 4 along with the others in project {}. Access to further information denied.]
'That was extremely helpful.'
[Function {} of the system detects sarcasm in your statement.]
'Really? What doesn't the system have, mind telling me?'
[Redacted]
'What, now you're being silent?'
[User {} is preventing further access to information or interaction]
I sigh and glance over at Jonathan who's talking to Dr Frevin. I turn to Bruna and see Leila on her lap and a cat on Leila's lap.
When Bruna looks back at me, realisation appears in her eyes and she speaks in a quiet voice.
"Sharon, can I ask you a few things?"
I nod.
"Great, first, do you want to go to flying classes when you get better?"
Flying classes? Seeing the apparent confusion, Bruna continues.
"Some of the adults are teaching themselves how to fly, they'll start teaching the younger people when they've figured it out."
I nod and then furrow my brows.
"Bruna, what about the school building, Did it get destroyed?"
Bruna dons a grin from ear to ear and says with a satisfied voice. Leila listens and pumps her fist in the air shortly after.
"The Wyverns burnt it down."
I smile, glad for school to be over. Only to be replaced with a negative attitude and questions as Bruna brings me out of it.
"One more question."
I turn to her and tilt my head with an eyebrow raised.
"Where'd the cat come from do you think?"
I look at the cat on Leila's lap and think about it before shrugging.