I’ve realised that I haven’t really described my new living conditions here, the room I woke in is a small room with a few shelves which now contain those books from Abcier, my notebooks and spare clothes. A small one person bed and a window with shutters. Not really that much different from a normal room in a log cabin.
Aside from the magic light on the ceiling that can be turned on at the wall like a light switch and by saying “Eewiki” or Light. It's very reminiscent of Star Trek.
Leaving the room you enter into a shotgun hallway with doors leading to four other rooms down the hall. Not counting mine, there are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a storeroom.
At the bottom end of the hall near where my door is, it opens up into a larger rectangular room with a kitchen, dining and lounge setup. The kitchen is the most “magical” with a lot more knobs and buttons to turn on lights and other appliances though those are mostly an oven, grill and sink with hot and cold water powered by Mana.
No microwaves but when you have an oven that can heat up food as quickly as it does you might not need it.
The lounge and dining room are basically the same as a normal Earth log cabin with the main exception being a large round red crystal embedded into the wall at TV height, but I haven’t figured out what that does yet.
The house is located right on the ocean with the bedroom windows looking out over the water, we are on the eastern side of the island so it's nothing but vast skies and deep blues as far as the eye can see.
I’m currently wearing a hand-me-down shirt from Malter and shorts, both made from what feels similar to cotton and is an off white colour. A bit big for me at the moment but it’ll do.
After a short breakfast in the early morning with the Coans, Malter takes me to a barn not too far away and introduces me to a few of the local farmers. As I said earlier they mainly fish for food but also they grow plenty of other crops and a sizable animal farm which I haven’t seen just yet.
The barn is filled with some recognisable tools but there are a couple standing out like a large boat with a massive net and a hand lead cart with what looks like a fishing rod and line hanging off the back.
After some quick introductions a late comer arrives to which Malter turns to and grins. “Ah, here he is! Michael, I would like you to meet Aikoki. You had asked about physical training and there is none better than him to train you.”
“Nice to meet you Mr Aikoki, thanks for agreeing to train me.”
“Ha! Thanks for agreeing to train me, he says. This time next month you’ll be wishing I’d disagreed! And it's just Aikoki to you.”
“Sure thing. Well, I’m all for a challenge mate. And if I can survive having my legs grow 20 metres and age over a thousand years I think I might be able to handle you” Michael replied with a wide grin.
Elbowing Malter in the side he replies “Oh Malter, this is going to be fun! I like this kid, first thing tomorrow we’ll start out. I'll come to fetch you. In the meantime let's let these guys go back to work and we will talk about the Powers you want to create.”
“Sure, I’ve got notes here. Lead the way.”
“Now by the way” says Aikoki as we start walking, “my training speciality is in people vs people, not people vs monsters or animals. You OK with that?” “Yea sure”
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And so Aikoki and Michael sat underneath some tall trees away from the barn. “Ok kid, what do you want to do, I should warn you though. You might get lucky with creating one or two but it normally takes years to fully develop a Created Power.”
“Lets take it one step at a time then, the first one is a simple training one that I can expand into multiple abilities. I read that those are called Alaia Powers though back home we call them “Psychic Powers” he explained, pronouncing “Psychic Powers” in English.
“I see, that won’t be too hard to train, there are some steps to do before that but we can definitely give you a baseline to do that quickly.”
“Awesome, the next one is a bit more specific, its best translation that I have at the moment would be “Shadowed Cloned Bodied”. Basically it creates a full duplicate of me which can think and move independently, with access to all my powers with memory and more coming back if the Power is undone.”
Silent, Aikoki looks at Michael like he just grew a second head before finally replying when Michael tilts his head. “Muahaix, you want to recreate or rather create a new version of Muahaix Aiwatito”.
“I figured it wasn’t an original idea, but I’m interested in why you reacted that way”
“Muahaix is the name of another OutWorlder from history, he had a similar Power and won many a fight and war. It's said that during a war of an army versus only him he conjured double their forces and nearly won. He was only defeated after a lone assassin made it into his camp during a heated time and killed him. His entire army disappeared in a single instant.
For you to create a Power like this will be very, very interesting. No ones been able to recreate it since and it's been a long time.” his voice was almost melancholy and looking up at the tree tops.
“You’d think that something that useful would be recreated, just the other day I was reading of Stolen Powers and Power archeology, guessing how a power works and using cryptic clues to recreate it.”
“Does your reading explain how Stolen Powers work?” he asked, looking back at Michael.
“Sure, it's the opposite of a Taught Power. Where you try to create a copy or your own version of a Power based on the original. When completed it is not as useful as the original.”
“You're half right, but you see if you hear of that Power or even how it works and then try to recreate it then it becomes a Stolen Power. In other words, so long as someone hears of a famous Power that governments don’t want recreated they popularise it.”
“Woah, so even if you just hear about it you can’t recreate it.”
“Yes, Knowledge will let Power know if a person is trying to create a Stolen Power and so Power will limit the possibility of the Power being created. This is slightly different for Power archeology but how? I don’t know.”
“Wait, Knowledge can read someone's mind?” “Obviously, but I will stress that he and his priests keep anything they know secret. It is never shared without express permission or urgent need.”
“Huh, I guess that explains how Abcier was able to speak English. Back to that Mau-Hax guy's Power.”
“Muahaix, but yes I wont be of much help aside from helping you guide the Mana.”
“Thanks, I’ll need to have a talk with Knowledge before we do anything with the Clones. Actually, how am I able to create a Power that I now know is based on a previous Power?”
“It might be different for OutWorlders, I’m not sure. Maybe ask Abcier or Dr Rath next time you see them?” “Yea I’ll do that, thanks. Well, what's next?”
“I need to go and do some checking and figure out a training plan for tomorrow, in the meanwhile may I suggest a walk along the beach?”
With some questions answered and more ready to ask I do as suggested and walk along the beach. It’s very long at this part, about 10km if I had to guess. After coming back in for a late lunch and helping with preparing dinner (A stew of a large goldfish looking fish with blue flesh) I sit outside for the night.
It’s late and the only lights on outside are just outside of the house, other than that it's just a crescent moon, a bit smaller than our Moon back home, the night sky is so different. I can see a massive band of lights, the galaxy spanning overhead. After some more reflection I head inside for a sleepless night. I am excited for tomorrow.