Cava Alverez
June 17th, 2028, Manchu Pichu, Peru
After two days of smoking this glowing cannabis regularly, meditating, then cleaning myself up afterwards. I have been having the most amazing visions/dreams, most of them are of a dis-embodied voice, guiding me through the steps necessary to advance my consciousness and prepare for what is to come. As I take the advice given, I feel as though there are slight changes every day, after cleaning myself up and eating a large meal. I feel, stronger, faster, more perceptive of my surroundings, and I know it sounds kind of crazy, but I feel more intelligent.
I have more energy and going into the meditative state takes much less concentration. Today I have decided to push it to my limits and see what I feel like after some rest and food, hopefully my gains will be more noticeable. I suppose I should smoke a little before this next meditation session. It really does seem to help relax and prepare my mind for the session and I can feel myself getting more in tune with my body and mind.
And, here we go, breathing in and out, listening to myself breathing, clearing my mind smoking this glowing joint, breathing in the glowing smoke, and blowing out slowly. There it is, the pressure in my body, I can feel it everywhere, it seems to cover my whole body much more rapidly when I’ve been smoking this glowing Cannabis. As I move the pressure out and back into my abdomen, breath deep, slowly exhale, smoke in slowly breathe out, slowly breathe air in slowly breathe out, the pressure is building again and I circulate the pressure into every part of my body until I feel like I am going to burst, I then pull it back into my abdomen and feel, amazing.
Then as I open my eyes and take a breath, blaaaahaaa, whaaaaaaa, blahhhhh!!! I finally get control and stop violently retching up black coal like vomit all over the ground in front of me. Also, I noticed that I have, yep, pissed my pants, I also have a film of gooey black sweat covering myself and I smell like a tannery. I am so glad the water is still working in the portable office, or I don’t know what I would do, it’s a long hike down to the Urubamba River to clean off. Once the water is gone here, I guess I’ll walk down to the Belmond Sanctuary Lodge. I’m sure there are showers there.
Cava Alverez
June 20th, 2028, Manchu Pichu, Peru
World Quest – Dr. Cava Alverez
-Help restore the Pleiadean Empire on Terra- 500,000 exp & Terran Lordship
-Assist the other human survivors in retaking Terra from the Evil Draco Empire- 500,000 exp & Epic Title
-Notifications-
~You have gained 8 points of Intelligence
~You have gained 9 points of Wisdom
~You have gained 11 points of Perception
~You have gained 7 points of Agility
~You have gained 6 points of Dexterity
~you have gained 14 points of Constitution
My muscles felt tighter and as though they had been inflated then deflated hundreds of times resulting in a pronounced tempering of my muscles, joints, ligaments, bone, shit, even my skin. This must be a result of the additional Constitution points. I also feel far more coordinated than I had in the past, which I must assume is due to my additional Agility and Dexterity. I felt like I was closer to many answers I had been seeking for years, studying the cultures of the ancient past, it’s nice to get a bump in Intelligence, and the Wisdom to use it. As far as Perception goes, it made the world look just a little bit different, it is hard to explain.
Upon arrival at my camp site, I looked at my watch to confirm that it was in fact the 20th of June, and I had been meditating for over 72 hours. I was starving, I ate all the food I had left, which was a substantial amount. Then the announcement heard around the world, followed by the blast of pressure and then a feeling of lightness followed the pressure. This was all rather unexpected, who the fuck are these “Benefactors”, and how did they know we were going to have a cataclysmic level event happening tonight? At that exact moment, the wall I’ve been watching started to glow and a bright blue door sized rectangle appeared. I opened the door and walked through, all I could think about was my mother being abducted by Americans and tortured then made to listen to Nickelback albums until I came back with their artifacts. Onward I forced myself until I crossed the threshold and the door closed behind me.
Then, I heard the same voice I have been hearing in my dreams and I was instantaneously at ease. I felt like I knew this person all of my life and was more comfortable in this presence than anywhere in my entire life.
“Come child pass through the portal and meet your destiny.” The voice said. I immediately felt dizzy after the door closed, maybe from the energy. I saw endless rows of books, and glass cabinets 20 feet high full of crystals of multiple colors, scrolls that looked like they were written on old papyrus or tree bark or something. A large row of beautiful mahogany tables lined with large highbacked chairs sat in the middle of this enormous space and finally there was a golden door lined with platinum at the end of the hall. At the head of that table sat the most beautiful young woman I’ve ever seen. “They are the Draco, reptilian aliens from Draconis Prime”, said the beautiful woman.
“Catalania?” I asked. “Yes, Catalania Quero, I am the keeper of this archive. Welcome Cava Alverez, your unique bloodline allows you access to this and all archives here on Terra, and beyond. I believe the Draco are aware of this fact and therefore, you find yourself in this precarious position.” I noticed she had what looked like a glowing short sword, about 24inches from top to bottom, made of an alloy that sparkled like gold, but looked sharp enough to slice an armored car to pieces. She went on to say, “I am aware of your intensions here in this archive, and I understand that you have a spatial bag of holding which would hold every book, crystal, and scroll in this archive. I guess my next question is…”
“If you knew for a fact, there was no way to save your mother, brother, or her neighbors, would you listen and follow my instructions? Or would you try to complete your mission, plunder my archive, and return to the Draco waiting for you half a mile down the Mountain?”
“How could I know that for a fact? My phone basically melted about 10 minutes ago and I have no way of contacting anyone to find out how they are doing.” I replied, a little louder than I should have.
“Cava. Please, I am here to help you. I am not your enemy, please, calm down. I can show you the truth, or I should say, you can see it for yourself. Light up one of those cannabis cigarettes and breath, please just sit down and try to breathe, breathe the way I taught you in the dream plane. In… slowly then out…. Slowly continue until you sync with the environment around you. The environmental sounds becoming a part of your soul, breathing, circulating the Aether all around you letting it soak into every part of you until you feel so full you cannot allow any more in…… now flex your inner muscles and compress all of that pressure into your lower abdomen. Now, Cava, concentrate on your mother and where she is now, what is she doing, who is she with?”
=Learned Skill=
Aetheric Scrying – Level 1(Common)
Aetheric Scrying is used in conjunction with advanced Meditation to see events occurring at great distances. The user must concentrate on the subject they wish to view then activate the skill which will use 4 Aether from your pool every min. while in use.
I followed all the instructions until I saw her, she was laying on the floor of her kitchen, bleeding from her head, my brother was also on the floor, directly next to her with large gouges going down from his chest to his waist, almost like giant claw marks, his body is completely destroyed. His service pistol is laying down next to him completely spent as though he put up a fight. These were by far the most gruesome images I’ve ever seen. Immediately tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn’t help but feel like this was going to happen.
“Okay, what am I supposed to do now? I am not a fighter or a warrior of any kind, I am a scholar. How am I supposed to get myself to safety if they are waiting for me on the only path to civilization?”, I cried. “If you are willing to listen and keep an open mind, I will share with you any information I can, answer any questions I am able to, and teach you how to better navigate this new situation that you find yourself in currently. When you walked through that door, you walked into a time dilated space, this entire archive is in that space. One day inside this archive is equal to one-hour Terran time on the other side of that door, that allows us enough time to really effect your training through skill crystals and spell scrolls. All these different learning tools take time to absorb into your brain, assimilate the knowledge, and store it for further use.”
“Are these like going to school to learn these things all at once?” I asked. “I suppose that would be an accurate description, although the skills and spells are both now almost ingrained in your soul like nothing you’ve ever learned up to this point. Once you learn a skill or spell you not only gain the ability to cast a spell or use a skill you also gain a deeper understanding of the mechanics behind the spell or skill, and these become as normal as breathing.” Catalania replied.
“I think I understand so far. This is all a lot to believe but it is happening, so I think I should probably open my user interface and look things over so I can decide how to move forward with the skill crystals and spell scrolls.” I added.
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Name: Cava Alverez Level: 0
Profession: Professor
Race: Human (PLEIDIAN / ANNUNAKI) Bloodline: PLEIDIAN / ANNUNAKI
Age: 37 Weight: 58.97 Kg
Experience: 0 Height: 1.67 Meters
Exp to next level: 50 Class: TBD
Bloodline Provides per level: +2 Intelligence, +2 Wisdom, +1 Perception
Health: 420 Aether: 680 Stamina: 580
Health Regen: 8.6 per min Aether Regen: 15.6 per min Stamina Regen: 11.6 per min
STRENGTH: 4 AGILITY: 15
CONSTITUTION: 19 INTELLEGENCE: 17
DEXTERITY: 14 WISDOM: 19
CHARISMA: 5 PERCEPTION: 20
LUCK: 7
SKILLS / SPELLS:
UNARMED COMBAT – LEVEL 7 (Terran Jiu-Jitsu)
AETHER CIRCULATION – LEVEL 14
AETHERIC SCRYING – LEVEL 1
Attribute points available: 0pts
“First things first, Dr. Alverez. I need to know that you are going to play on team humanity,
please give me the bag that the Draco Agents gave you so I can destroy it.” Catalania asked with a beautiful smile. “Normally I would have you keep it, as is an extremely valuable item. Unfortunately, this one has a tracking spell weaved into it; in case you came to your senses they could find you later.” Cat requested.
I happily gave her the tracking bag those shitbags gave me, all I could think about was finding a way to make “Kevin” pay, to make his benefactors, pay. My mother, my brother, I, didn’t ask to be a part of whatever shady shit they are involved in. Cat then gave me an amazing glowing blue ring, I put a tiny spot of my blood on it which it soaked in. Cat told me this would bind the ring to me, not allowing anyone else to access the storage space inside. “A spatial storage ring?” I asked. “Yes Cava, they are in use all around the cosmos. You should probably get used to encountering technology that is new and advanced beyond your current comprehension. The ring contains a small pocket of space that you can store non-living matter for later use.” Cat explained.
“Cava, you are the most intriguing person I’ve met in an age. You are suited to Magick as well as a path down the unarmed brawler path, I guess that will be your decision to make. Perhaps you could create a different kind of cross class, where you beat people up with both Magick and your fists, and then study their culture once they are sufficiently subdued. As far as where we should start, which of the elements speaks to you?” “I have no idea.” I replied
“Okay, let’s do it this way. Come over her and we will conduct an experiment, please sit down at the large table next to me. I am going to put six stones down onto the surface of the table, I want you to pick up each stone, examine it then return it to the table.”
I picked up the first stone, it was black obsidian looking metal not glass, it was almost oily to the touch, it kind of grossed me out and made me want to drop it on the table. I put that one back, wiped my hand off on my pants and picked up a light blue translucent crystal that was soooo cold it almost burnt my hands, back down it went. Next, I picked up a dark blue sapphire the size of a grapefruit, it had a lightning storm raging inside it, it was mesmerizing. I returned that stone to the table and picked up the blood red stone that looked like it could be an enormous ruby with a fire inside.
It was warm and inviting and it spoke to me, it said, “Mistress Alverez, you can be my master, if you are willing to make the sacrifices necessary. Fire does not just burn, it also provides a light in the darkness, it can be a beacon of hope in a sea of despair.” I returned the stone to the table. I then retrieved the small piece of granite material, and it was changing between green, red, and black granite right in my hand, it was amazing and beautiful at the same time. I then picked up a piece of petrified wood, it was warm and inviting and made me feel clean. The last stone was all white, glowed brightly, and looked like it was made of white light, I picked it up and it actually shot out of my hand, sizzled a little bit before my hands seemed to repair themselves.
“Well, we can rule out the Water Element, Dark Element, & Light Element. What did the fire Elemental stone say to you Cava? Did it promise you anything or did it have questions?” Catalania asked. “Surprisingly, it reminded me fire has many functions, such as providing a light in the darkness. It says it will let me be its master. Is that what you mean? Is it something to worry about?” I asked.
“Not at all Cava Alverez, if fire told you that you could be its master, that is exactly what it meant. It is rare to hear from an element, it is also rarer still for an element to submit to your will immediately. You also seemed to take to the Aether circulation method I sent to your dream plane, not many people would have the intelligence necessary to see it there and then duplicate it here in the physical realm. I am excited to see what else you may be capable of.”
“Alright Cat, where do you think we should start?” I asked my guide. “ I have prepared everything I think you may need to grow and thrive through the tribulation and conquer the period after stabilization. There are only six basic elements, Air, Water, Terra, Fire, Dark, and Light. You may find that in those elements, sub elements such as metal, lightning, magma, ice, steam, blood, there are all sorts of sub elements to work with, you will find your own path with continued experience. First, I am going to give you some spell scrolls that include Fire Elemental, Terra Elemental, Air Elemental, as well as Wood elemental Magicks. Each element has a different purpose, all have both offensive as well as defensive spells. I would like you to start with Fire Dart & Healing Flame. Next you will be given Minor Lightning.” Cat went on to say, “We will start with these three spells. They will take some time to resonate in your mind and then a bit more time for your body and mind to synchronize. Once that process is complete, we will then take some time to practice those spells until you feel comfortable with your new abilities.” Cat finished.
Cava Alverez
June 21st, 2028, Machu Picchu Archive, Peru
After I woke up twelve hours later to Cat standing over me. “Dr. Alverez now that you’ve had time to assimilate all three of the spells, I gave you yesterday, I suggest you take the day today to practice them and let the use of them become like a reflex.”
So, I spent the next day practicing those three spells, by the end of the day I could shoot a fire dart about 30 feet, and it would stay on fire for about 20 seconds. I could heal 20 hps per second for about 20 seconds. The minor lightning spell was now a part of my being, and I was using it more effectively every time I cast it. Practice took time as my Aether pool was still small, and I had to sit down and meditate every time I drained it.
Once I had taken a day to practice and meditate, Cat gave me four more spell scrolls, I received Terra Firme Spike, Terra Firme Enrichment. Terra spike is a large spike I can summon from beneath a target, impaling them and hopefully ending the conflict. Terra Enrichment boosts my Constitution and Strength for a period of time and then has an equally long cooldown, scales with level. I was startled out of a deep meditation session by………….
“Dr. Alverez, the Draco soldiers are coming up to the site. It appears they also have a few slaves with them. I sincerely hope that they have not had the time to create a clone of you to gain access to this facility. I need you to wake up and please come downstairs and calibrate both entrance and the teleporter to your genetic code, even with cloning the code will be slightly different, which is enough to be denied access.” I did as Cat asked and went down some stairs to a room with some very high-tech looking equipment, I placed my hand on the plate that Cat indicated and was instantly pricked in all of my fingertips. “Thank you, Dr. Alverez, I suggest you use this teleport array to go to Saul Palo for some much-needed martial training. There is a gentleman named Carlos Gracie, he is a martial arts Grandmaster, specifically Brazilian Jujitsu. With some of the spells you have learned and the way that they will grow with you, I feel this would be an excellent addition to your training and help you survive the tribulation and thrive after the stabilization. Being a mage will not make using a weapon be feasible, so you need some unarmed combat training, not to mention you already have some knowledge of the art.”
“So, I am shooting to become an ass kicking wizard?” I joked. “Yes, exactly like that, though the class is called Battlemage” Cat finished. “Battlemage, huh? I like the sound of that.” In that moment thoughts of my newly deceased family kind of made me snap.
“Fuck those Draco Putas!! Cat, if I go train and become stronger, can I come back here through the portal and destroy these scumbags?” I asked with revenge in my heart. “Yes, Dr. Alverez, that is why I had you calibrate the teleport array to your genetic code, you are the only person allowed access to this facility. You can however grant access to others. And you are always welcome to come back when you are more capable and dispose of the team that murdered your mother and brother. I will be more than happy to assist you in whatever way I am able. I have a gift for you also, here is a spatial container ring, the first thing you must do, is prick your finger on the pad once more and rub a bit of that blood over the top of the ring, this will bond it to you and you alone, no one else will be able to access this space, there is a pocket of space in this ring that will allow you, through the use of your UI and mental prompts to store a finite number of things. In this ring I have included a number of spell scrolls for your journey, some will be for you to use when you grow stronger, but others will be of use to the companions you encounter on your way. Before you are on your way could you please absorb this skill crystal? It contains an advanced Aether Circulation Technique called Elemental Purity, this technique will allow you to pull an amount of an element you are familiar with in along with the Aether you usually circulate to accentuate your ability to manipulate that element and gain further knowledge of that element as well. I would suggest meditating in an area rich in the element you are trying to draw in. Meditating in a cave underground would be ideal when trying to draw in the element terra, as it would be beneficial to meditate in a shallow stream when trying to draw in the water element, meditating by a roaring fire could help with the fire element, sitting deep in an old growth forest could help advance your wood element and meditating during a lightning storm could work wonders to advance your air element.” Cat beamed with pride. She went on to say, “Cava, you need to move on to Saul Palo and learn what you’re going to need to crush these Draco interlopers, they have no business here on Terra and should not be left to their own devices. You have 96 hours until the beginning of the tribulation, take all of that time to practice the spells you learned here, also listen and learn everything you can from Grandmaster Gracie, he is one of the most knowledgeable humans in existence when it comes to empty handed mele combat.
Once the stabilization period is over, warriors from all over the universe will flock to be but mere apprentices of such an accomplished martial artist. Many beings in the cosmos are dangerous due to their physical prowess, few are true Grandmaster Artists, capable of manipulating their physical form to meet their ever-changing demands. There are few in the universe who are as willing to ensure that the next generation of warriors fighting for Terran independence are adequately trained and tempered to rise to the occasion. Consider it a great honor to have the opportunity to learn what you can from this man.”
“Cat, thank you, I will see you soon, I will be back before the end of the tribulation. I cannot thank you enough for everything you’ve done for me, for your guidance, your advice, and your ear.” I said with tears in my eyes.
“Dr. Cava Alverez, it has been a pleasure to meet you and it has been more of a pleasure to get to know you. Now go, in four days the tribulation will begin, and you are going to need as much training as possible. I am expecting big things from you as your potential is limitless.” Cat replied, as I stepped onto the teleport pad and through the gate.