Congratulations: You are now a tree!
Reset has given you [Astral Affinity] (Common) T1(0/100) corresponding to your body's inclined affinity!
You get a free Talent and Skill synergistic of each other with the [Astral] Affinity for unlocking the Astral Affinity
You have received Astral Shaping [Astral] [Active] (Common) T1(0/10)
You have received Astral Absorption [Astral] [Passive][Active] (Common) T1(0/100)
Congratulations: You are the first to have an Astral Affinity.
You will receive a free Talent and Skill of both [Akashic] and [Astral] Affinities.
You have received Uncover [Akashic] [Astral] (Common) T1(0/10)
You have received Detect [Akashic] [Astral] (Common) T1(0/100)
What was this, suddenly there were words in front of my face, a lot of words that I don't understand, yet somehow I knew the meaning of them, it feels weird, oh wait, it's saying something else
Detecting age...
Why does it want to know my age? I wonder what you can do with an age
The host is one day old: The introduction is starting in 10 seconds
Oh, I am one day old. Doesn't help that I have no idea how long a day is but it's fine, keep your secrets box, box thing, Boxy. You know I think I'll call you boxy
Step 1: Think of "Status" to open up your Status Page
So I did as it requested, and thought of the word "Status"
Name: Yggdrasil
Race: Astral Seed(1/12)
Class: (Locked Until Level 10)
Age: 1 Day
Level: 1 (0/100)
Conditions: None
Health(HP): 10/10 (1 per hour)
Astral Energy(AE): 10/10 (1 per hour)
Defense: 1
Vitality: 1
Wisdom: 1
Intelligence: 1
Agility: 1
Affinities: Plant (Common) T1 (0/100), Soul (Common) T1 (0/100) Astral (Common) T1(0/100)
Skills: Root Control [Plant] (Common) T1(0/10), Avatar[Soul] (Common) T1(0/10), Language[Akashic][Soul] (Common) T1(0/10), Astral Shaping[Astral] (Common) T1(0/100), Uncover[Akashic][Astral] (Common) T1(0/10)
Talents: Natures Heart[Plant] (Common) T1(0/100), Unbreaking Soul[Soul](Common) T1(0/100), Reset[Akashic][Soul] (Common) T2(0/200), Astral Absorption[Astral] Common) T1(0/100), Detect[Akashic][Astral] (Common T1(0/100)
I looked at it and somehow understood everything I was seeing, the words meant nothing to me yet I knew exactly what they meant, very similar to when Boxy talks
Step 2: Think of "Affinities" to open up your Affinities Page
Hint: You can think of individual Affinities to only see one Affinity at a time
I was curious about what exactly the Affinities did so I quickly said (thought) "Affinities"
Plant Affinity(Common) T1 (0/100) (Increases control, ease, and power of plant Skills by <10%>, lowers the cost of plant Skills by <10%>, increases control over plants by <10%>, and lets you have <1> plant Skill)
Soul Affinity(Common) T1 (0/100)(Increases control, ease, and power of soul Skills and Talents by <10%>, lowers the cost of soul Skills and Talents by <10%>, increases control over souls by <10%>, and lets you have <1> soul Skill)
Astral Affinity (Common) T1(0/100) (Increases control, ease, and power of astral Skills and Talents by <10%>, lowers the cost of astral Skills and Talents by <10%>, increases control over astral energy by <10%>, and lets you have <1> astral Skill)
Honestly, this list is pretty boring looking. just the same thing is written 3 times with just a few different words, it's also saying 10% a bunch, that doesn't seem big, or maybe it is I wouldn't know. Now that I think about it the only thing I know, is that I can't trust those weird tall fleshy creatures, the ones with the long attachments on them. I think they like enslaving people. No idea how I know this though, oh well I just have to be careful of them in the future, however, I would do that.
Step 2: Think of "Skills" to open up your Skills Page
Hint: You can think of individual Skills to only see one Skill at a time
Alright Boxy, I'll think of these Skills just for you, hopefully, it will look less bland than the Affinities page "Skills"
Root Control [Plant] [Active] (Common) T1 (0/10) (You can rapidly move the roots of any nearby plant, moving upwards of <44> kilograms of roots at upwards of <5.5> meters, per second, over <1.1> seconds at up to a range of <110> Meters and the roots gain a temporary combined <44> HP. Costs <9> AE)
Avatar [Soul] [Active] (Common) T1 (0/10) (You can move your soul outside of your body with an AE-fueled shell for <11> seconds that costs <9> AE, capable of taking <110> damage and casting Skills through your avatar. If you stay outside of a body for longer than <11> seconds or the Astral shell loses all durability you will get 1 higher form of soul damage every <11> seconds. Every <110> damage your soul directly takes you will get 1 higher form of soul damage. Your soul can move at up to <110> meters per second You can spend <9> AE to reset the shell and the time you can spend outside of a body. You will only die in Avatar form if the soul damage will dissipate your soul. You may have up to <1> form for your shell. {0} free forms. Current forms {Basic Humanoid})
Language [Akashic][Soul] [Passive] (Common) T1(0/10) (You can speak, read, write, and comprehend any language <10%> quicker)
Astral Shaping [Astral] [Active] (Common) T1(0/10) (You have the Ability to move up to <11> Units of astral energy at up to <110> Meters per Second over <11> seconds. You can shape the astral energy at will, change its form, and can imbue it with the Affinities you have control over at a cost of <9> extra AE. <9> AE cost to use)
Uncover [Akashic][Astral] [Passive][Active] (Common) T1(0/10) (You can see through anything that is composed of the Akashic records or out of AE based on the level of the Skill, your Willpower, the strength of your soul and how strong, hidden, or complex what you are trying to view is. You can imbue a variable amount of AE into the Skill to turn it active and are able to temporarily increase the strength Uncover)
There was a lot with the Skills page, there are a lot of cool-looking Skills here, don't really get what the deal with [Language] is though. I mean I understand what it means thanks to the weird innate understanding I have of all these boxes but what would be the purpose of language when Boxy just makes me know what I need to know, and the only other thing that I know of that can talk is the one from the scary memory.
Step 3: Think of "Talents" to open up your Talents Page
Hint: You can think of individual Talents to only see one Talent at a time
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As I was getting the hang of this I promptly thought of the word "Talents"
Nature's Heart [Plant] [Active] (common) T1 (0/100) (You can have up to <1> Link to a plant which can be thought of as an extension of your body and you can cast Skills and Talents through. You can store a Linked plant inside of a subspace as long as it is less than <10>% of your body volume and weight. Links are permanent and if a Link is destroyed the Talent level will go down by 1. {0} free Links, current Links are {????? Seed})
Unbreaking Soul [Soul] [Passive] (Common) T1 (0/100) (Your soul is <110%> more durable, <110%> more resistant to negative effects on the soul, heals from negative soul effects <110%> quicker, and can use either HP or AE to heal or to temper your soul)
Reset [Akashic][Soul] [Active] (Common) T2 (0/100) (You can reset your status and soul into your body to remove physical and Soul based effects. You will lose all memories except <2> of up to <20> seconds, your level, all other Skills, Affinities, and Talents above
Astral Absorption [Astral] [Passive][Active] (Common) T1(0/100) (You will automatically absorb up to <1> AE a day to increase your AE Pool. Any extra AE will fill up your pool if empty. The AE you absorb can change you. You can use <9> AE to absorb up to <1> Ae to increase your AE pool over <11> seconds. Any extra AE will fill up your pool if empty. If you attempt to increase your AE pool by more than <11> a day with this Ability, you will lose <1> HP and <9> AE permanently for each extra AE you attempt to increase your AE pool by. You can absorb up <110> AE a day to fill up your AE pool. Any extra AE absorbed with this Ability will give you one higher level of Astral Shock and Astral Burn)
Detect [Akashic][Astral] [Passive][Active] (Common) T1(0/100) (You will automatically notice any use of the Akashic Records or Astral Energy within <11> Meters that are within your bounds to notice. You may notice concentrations of the Akashic Records or ambient Astral Energy and can see it with clarity based on Willpower, the strength of the Skill, any modifiers relevant to the Skill, and the concentration of Astral Energy. You may spend <9> AE to increase the potency of the Skill by <110%>, the range by <1100%> and increase the clarity by <110%> for <9> AE)
As I was reading through it I noticed 2 main things, the first thing was that all of these look just like Skills, the second was that for some reason [Reset] was at T2 and that I can't use it for 10 years. Kind of strange but I don't even know how long 10 years is, I know it's some sort of quantity of time, but just like when it came to the day from earlier I have no real reference for how long it is. I think Boxy said something about seconds earlier but I wasn't paying any attention to how long that was. I just felt a strange need to give Boxy a name at the time. Well, it's not like it matters anyway, why would I ever want to lose all my memories, seems like a bad Talent.
Step 4: Think of "Race" to open up your Race Page
Hey, for this one it didn't even give me the hint on opening only seeing single Abilities at a time, I just grew attached, and then it was ripped away from me :(
"Race"
Astral Seed (Astral Seeds have a base stat of 1 in all stats on birth. Astral Seeds are certain to get an astral, plant, or light Affinity and it is easier to get or advance any of those Affinities. Astral seeds gain Affinities faster based on the most prevalent types of astral energy and advance those Affinities quicker based on how much of that type of Astral Energy is nearby. Racial Trait Astral Photosynthesis [Innate]: Can feed all biological needs by feeding upon ambient Astral Energy or light that touches the seed. This can speed up development, increase stats, and change you.
Well that explains why my stats were all 1, I wonder how long it will take for me to get more stats from my Racial Traits
Hint: Strength is how much physical strength you can exert
Defense Is how much harder it is for anything to harm you
Vitality gives you more health and is how fast you regen it, also makes you more immune to negative physical status effects
Wisdom is how much will you impose into your arcane Abilities to increase their potency and how much harder it is for arcane effects to harm you
Intelligence gives you more Astral Energy and how fast you regen it, also makes you more immune to negative magical effects
Dexterity is how well you can control your body
Agility is how fast you perceive things and can react to them
Defense Is how much harder for you to be harmed by physical damage
I already knew exactly what these do since the boxes make me know it just by looking at them, but I'm not sure why 2 stats on there are struck out.
Hint: You can increase your stats by training them, certain Abilities, and consuming special items, and can even unlock new stats
How do I even train, the understanding I get from the words don't tell me anything about how to do it at all, does using my Racial Trait count as training because it increases my stats? All it does is give me the feeling that it is trying hard on something, but nothing on what exactly I need to do, maybe use my [Absorption] Talent. Even more important is how do I consume things, maybe Boxy will tell me how to
Hint: Affinities make your Abilities stronger and cheaper
I already knew that, I'm starting to think that Boxy isn't listening to me, I want to learn how to train or consume special items, not redundant stuff I didn't need to be told
Hint: The difference between a Talent and a Skill is that Talents are much harder to get, unique to each individual, and generally with much more rare and strong effects, yet also take 10 times as much effort to level them up compared to Skills. Skills are much easier to get than Talents, they are not unique, the max amount of skills is bound by their respective Affinity level, and is much easier to get stronger.
Boxy keeps giving me less time between boxes which is kind of annoying, I hardly have time to look through them
Hint: the power of many things are split between different ranks and tiers, where there are ten tiers per rank, and when you fill out the tenth tier it will rank up (EX: Common to Uncommon), become much more powerful, and can even get new effects.
I guess Boxy just wants to spite me at this point, You might as well throw all of the notifications at me then Boxy
Hint: Abilities refer to any non-Affinity action you perform using the Akashic Records or Astral Energy
Hint: You can get benefits from the Akashic Records by meeting certain criteria that can ignore skill limits
Hint: The difference between passive Abilities and active Abilities is that passive Abilities are toggleable and free, while active Abilities need to be activated each time to use and have activation costs.
Hint: Passive Abilities start in the off state, and Innate Abilities are passive ones that are always on
Hint: For unfamiliar Abilities, you need to manually think to activate or deactivate them
Hint: These boxes are called tabs
The introduction is over: Please don't waste my time by somehow going through the tutorial again
Hint: You can look at past notifications by saying "Logs"
Well dang, I guess Boxy actually was listening, Boxy just felt like being mean. All the boxes came almost instantly at each other and I had to immediately use the Logs tab to scour through the tabs that Boxy tried to make me miss
The only really important thing that I learned from that was how to use my Abilities, which made me strangely excited, and incredibly so. No idea why that's the case but I wanted to start using every spell I could. I immediately used my first useable Skill in my status, which was [Root Control]
Activated Root Control
-9 AE
1 AE remaining
Root Control XP +0
I wasted it. It was over before I could even do anything with it. At least I know how long a second is now. Oh well I'll just use my next Skill, [Avatar]
...
Nothing happened. Oh wait, I don't have enough AE to use any Abilities anymore. Now I feel pretty disappointed and stupid. Hang on, I can still turn on my passive Abilities. this realization made me instantly forget about the mistake I made just a few seconds ago and started turning on my passive Abilities, from the top of my stats menu one at a time to feel exactly what they do. So to start with the most useless one, [Language].
Activated Language
Yep, I felt nothing from activating it. At least it's free. Next for [Uncover].
Activated Uncover
This time it actually did something, I could see my status screen a tiny bit more clearly, which was also completely useless. It fixes the non-existent issue of the status screen being slightly too hard to see, inside my mind. Maybe for it to be useful I have to put AE into it, but I want to save those to cast more of my Abilities and feel what it is like to use them, except [Reset], never [Reset], it seems too harsh to use even if I can get some Affinities. Now that I have tried out all the passive Skills I am going to try and use my first passive Talent [Unbreakable Soul].
Activated Unbreaking Soul
Honestly, this one just made me feel better, that's all it felt like it did, but that's better than the other ones that did nothing or basically nothing.
Activated Astral Absorption
I decided to turn on [Astral Absorption] and all this one felt like it did was make me feel better as well, just in a different way. [Unbreakable Soul] made my mind feel better and this made my body feel better, but apparently, this was supposed to make me have more AE over time which I really liked the sound of, I want to be able to at least use all my Abilities. This leaves me with just one last passive Ability, [Detection]
Activated Detection
And out of nowhere, my empty world was filled with beautiful, blinding, colors.