Exiting the domed room a priest hands out two sheets of hastily written paper and a red crystal before looking at Abcier and me in surprise, mostly at how Abcier looks white as a sheet.
I notice that as well and turn to him, slowing down my walk. “You good mate?” “Um, yes. Just never heard someone laugh at Knowledge’s offer before. Why did you?”
“Like I said, I have a God I follow from home. I would not be the person I was today without Him. There is no doubt in my mind that if I had accepted I would have regretted it for the rest of my life. Otherwise, it went well!”
“Well!?” Abcier whispers in shock “You antagonised a god!, don’t you understand how grave that might be? If word gets out…”
“But it won’t, you won’t say anything and neither will Knowledge as all the stuff he knows about people he has to keep private, just like you told me.”
“Well yes but that does not change the facts of what happened, there might be consequences.”
“Then I will face them later, for now I need to see a god about a dog”
As we walk to the temple to the left of where we entered one I pull up the Interface window I moved out of view earlier. While I pocket the Memory Crystal and its paper.
Main System Interface upgrade (Rank C ~> CC) unlocked
Current Features available:
MP and HP Meter:
MP: 50 points. HP: 523 points
Map mode: Tactical, City, National, Globe, Domain, Star Charts
Voice Chat: Local, City, National, Hemisphere, Global, Domain, Stelar
Party Creation: 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000+
Auto translation: 1 Language, 2, 5, 10, 50, 50+
Basic Memory Palace: Five Rooms (able to be increased), House, Mansion, Block, City
Clones have access to System Interface
Adaptive Matter-Energy Storage - Inventory: 5kg, 10kg, 25kg, 50kg, 100kg, 500kg+
Secret Features activated
New Features (Gifter: Knowledge):
Map mode sub ability: Institutional Awareness (Live)
Track the locations of all active hunters or searchers of OutWorlders within a defined area. Updates Live (within five seconds), Zoom and tagging functions available. Available in all map modes.
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Basic Memory Palace upgrade (Basic ~> Advanced)
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Integration with Shadow Clone fully enabled.
All clones are able to store memories and personalities into a dedicated section of the Memory Palace, this enables their recollection. Further advancement available.
Memory Palace: The four towers (Mansion).
Tower 1: Personal Memories
Tower 2: Clone Memories/Personalities
Tower 3: Unused
Tower 4: Unused
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Further System Interface Advancement Required:
Sub ability available: Trust but Verify
For people you need to trust, using this ability will show a icon next to their S####s S##### to determine if they can be trusted.
Green: Can be Trusted.
Orange: May be Trusted.
Red: Must not be Trusted.
Ok looking good, i'll be honest I was kinda crapping myself there talking back to a being like Knowledge but hopefully it’ll be ok. Are the others also like this?
The other papers given to me by that priest from the door appear to be the instructions for the recycler and food generator.
“Can you put these into the bag please?” Michael asks turning to Abcier, who takes the papers and adds them. “Thank you.”
It's only a quick walk away and soon we are entering the temple to Creature, the god of all living things apparently. Upon entering we are greeted with a similar sight of seating and large doors but a different theme, there is a ton of greenery and plant imagery around with the doors looking like they are almost a living thing.
A priest in a green robe arrives to greet us, contrasting Abcier’s more brown robe “Greetings, Michael Hayes I assume?” holding his hand out.
“You assume correct, you may know Abcier of Knowledge?” I say turning my head, “I am here to ask my Questions''
“Of course, I will direct you. Abcier, if you will wait here.” With a nod and a few exchanged glances we move toward another door set inside the larger door. The domed section is starkly different from Knowledge, while Knowledges appears empty till he appears, Creature has his filled with trees, vines, moss and small animals.
Things that can be compared to mice, squirrels, and other animals. Creature is already here, and appears as a farmer dressed in overalls and jeans, typical Earth farmer clothing, but you know, golden with white accents.
“Hello Michael, welcome to my home. Drink?” He sounds like a typical aussie farmer, friendly in speech and tone, accent and all.
A bit surprised, I turn to a horned deer-like animal that approaches with its horns bent into a coil shape, the coils holding a glass filled with water.
“I’m good thanks, is this how you always treat your guests? Dressing up as farmers and handing out drinks?”
“Well, you are a special case. I had heard from Knowledge that all that pomp and circumstance as you would call it didn’t sit well with you. So I decided on a less, formal approach, though I am normally about this formal usually.” He adds with a grin before picking a glass himself from the deer creature.
“You have questions, what do you want to know. Michael of Earth?”
“Are all of you this direct? You're not gonna ask me to worship you are you?”
“Hahaha, oh goodness no. I don’t know why Knowledge asked that of you but we are definitely different from each other.” he chuckled.
“Cool, mind if I look around while we talk?” “Of course, go right ahead!”
As I walk toward a group of smaller mice-like creatures with green fur I ask “You made some changes to my body when I arrived, adding that Well and Network I can understand but I want to know what else was added or changed.”
“Not too much, most of the repair was direct enough. The only major additions made where changes to your brain, a large section of what you would call the Motor Cortex and Brain Stem, these were quite damaged.”
“How so? And how did you know how to repair them?” I ask as I squat down to pet these mice things, soft squeaks coming from them.
“Your brain was subjected to all sorts of trauma, but the Cortex and Stem were completely destroyed and so a replacement was needed. When in that instant the crossing occurred I had managed to take a peek at your brain before it was too badly damaged by the lightning and crossing. Once I had a template it was easy enough to either repair or create anew.”
“Guess that explains the temporal anomalies from that Crossing document, you could see I was in two places at once.”
“Yes, those were difficult to remove. I had to completely replace those parts of your body. Despite being called gods we are unable to change the course of time, nor would we want to.”
“Understandable, you do not want to mess with time willy nilly. I have heard of animals and monsters and the differences between them, one a natural animal while another a mindless beast, wanting only to kill and reproduce. Why continually create monsters?”
“Huh, I have been asked that many times. The Answer would take too long to get into but let’s just say it preserves a balance.”
I can see that I suppose, you have all these powerful adventurers with all sorts of magic, better they are earning a living rather than killing each other.
“Is there anything I should know about this new body of mine? This isn't exactly my home world, there are bound to be some changes or reactions?”
“Yes, this is something I had wanted to discuss with you.” Well that's got my attention, standing up and looking back at him.
“OutWorlders can experience a phenomenon called Dimensional Shakes, you are correct that this is not your home world and the damage from the crossing is a massive strain on the body. The Dimensional Shakes are a, stain on the body.
At some points, throughout your life you will experience a pain like nothing you have felt before. It is pure luck that you have not yet experienced it, it will be a pain scale of 7 or 8 and last only a few moments but this is something you will have to live with.
And if this takes place in an extradimensional space, these Shakes will only get worse. It will not kill you, but it is painful.”