D1C3 - Body
I still had a stack of [Fors Fortis] I could use at the moment, so I didn’t hesitate. What I desired was an “Ideal Appearance” or simply put to be hotter than a model. Hehe. Yeah, girls flocked to me when I was a genius doctor, but that was because of my money. In all honestly, I had a very plain face.
What?
It’s a given that beautiful people are afforded more advantages in life. This isn’t a baseless point, I remember reading several studies that were done on this topic. In one of them, it was found that attractive people earned approximately 10-20% more and were more likely to get promotions. The world is unfair. Now that I had the power to change myself, I sure as hell was going to use it. Of course, beauty also had its downsides but in my opinion, they were completely outweighed by the advantages, I mean getting free lunch boxes and food, what could be better than that? And they say there is no such thing as a “free” lunch. Pal, thats only if you’re ugly. Heh.
Either way, though this [Fors Fortis] skill was slightly risky, it still paid off in the end.
I rolled a 5 for benefits and got the “Very Attractive” effect. As for the detriment, I lucked out and rolled a 1 which resulted in a “wing-shaped birthmark” on my upper arm. I didn’t receive any prompt on “canceling out” so I suppose that it only appear when the results were incompatible.
Ding! You have completed both rolls. [1] Stack will be used.
Remaining stacks - [4]
Benefit - Appearance is now “Very Attractive”. Will activate at onset of [Puberty].
Detriment - Wing-shaped birthmark.
At any rate, I was very happy with this result, although the bone shifting and fleshing melting did kill off the mood somewhat. At least it was not as painful as the last activation of the skill.
Now that this was finished, I got back to the problem of having no “time”. Immediately, I could feel the passive effect of “luck” working on me. Why you ask? Using the skill had forcibly developed my senses, you cannot improve something that does not exist in the first place. I could now hear my Mother! She was singing me a lullaby with her sweet voice. I dreamed of honey and Ice-cream when she was finally done.
Don’t you stare.
Even a doctor has to maintain his glucose levels, do you know how much we need to study? Even as a doctor, you have to take med exams regularly to keep your license! Don’t think that being a doctor is just about sewing people up and slapping a bandage on them. Namen-ja-ne-yo!
At any rate, I soon realised that my mother, being the absolutely wonderful person that she was, would only sing me the lullaby at a set time each “day”. Thanks to her I was able to keep track of the time very easy. Very soon, a week had passed and my skill had reset it’s cool down.
Right then, what next? Now that I had gotten the two most important things out of the way, it was time to roll for another two body modification. Vain? Me? Oh you. Such a joker. Anyways I decided on “Body” and “Immunity”. “Body” was a simple choice to make. In her message, Nana said that Edehalla was “slightly medieval”, knowing her personality, I was fully prepared to believe that it was more like “Dark Ages” medieval rather than “Renaissance” medieval. And if my textbooks have taught me anything, the Dark Ages was a place where only the strong would survive.
No more Obamacare or social security bullshit, you pulled your weight or you died. Nice and simple, my kind of world, no longer would I have to deal with ungrateful fools who would try to sue you just because they tore their own stitches. I mean, what was the fool thinking in the first place? If you leave the hospital to fuck some whore at a brothel, you’re obviously going to ruin your stitches. And yes, that actually happened. Ugh! Fucking Americans, I wish I had gone to some Asian country, at least they give you proper respect. I can only blame myself for not taking my mother’s advice to work in Hong Kong. I was born there, but like fool, I was attracted to a life of fame and went to the U.S.
“Immunities” was another no-brainer, if I had a strong immune system, I was much more likely to survive in an era where vaccines didn’t even exist. Not to mention it would help me greatly in surviving past my infancy. Being a doctor, I was very well aware of what the hygienic standard was during the middle ages. Whatever you were thinking, it’s ten times worse. For heavens sake, they don't even wash their hands let alone germ theory. Note to self, don’t do handshakes.
Ok, so maybe I was being slightly critical of my new home, but I wasn’t one to leave anything to chance, despite the fact that I have a skill that does that very thing. At any rate, I wanted began my rolls for “Body”. Once again the dull voice resounded in my mind. I honestly couldn’t take it anymore.
“I can’t take it anymore. Hey! you’re there aren’t you? I can’t keep calling you “Hey”, so your new name is “Nana Two” or “Nanachu”, you got that? And can you please change your voice?”
“Query processed. Answer: Understood. Designation is now [Nana Two] pronounced as [Na-na-chu]. Understood. Downloading Voice Patterns. Please wait… Download complete. Installation complete. Activation complete.”
After hear the monotone voice morph into Nana bubbly speech, I could not help but feel somewhat weirded out by the new change, despite the fact that I was the one who had ordered it done. Ah well, whatever. In any case, I was in a hurry to roll for “Body”. And so I did.
You have activated the skill [Fors Fortis], your wish is to have “Enhanced Body”. Confirm? Y / N
I pressed “Yes”.
Ding! You are rolling for benefits. Processing. Complete.
You have rolled a 6.
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Congratulations! You gain the following effects.
+15% Pink muscle (Replaces existing muscle mass)
+15% Tidal volume (Increases Lung Volume)
+15% Body flexibility (Replaces existing joints, ligaments and tendons)
Ding! You are rolling for detriments. Processing. Complete.
You have rolled a 6.
Congratulations! You gain the following effects.
+30% Metabolism rate
+ Mother’s Heritage
Ding! You have completed both rolls. [1] Stack will be used.
Remaining stacks - [3]
Benefit - +15% to [Pink muscle], [Tidal volume], [Body Flexibility]
Detriment - +30% to Metabolism rate, + Mother’s Heritage
After recovering from the pain that was now known as body-sculpting, I mulled over the attributes I now gained. First of the benefits were really deserving of a 6 after all. Some people might not understand the importance of [Pink Muscle], but I did. It is the most efficient muscle in the human body, the average person only has 2% of this rare muscle. In general there are three types of muscles in our body. Skeletal, Smooth and Cardiac.
Skeletal muscle are the muscles we use to move our bodies. They are split into two groups. The first is known as Type I, also known as Red muscle. It’s function is an “endurance” muscle, this type can be commonly found in athletes that do Endurance sports like Marathons.
Type II can be split into three subgroups but the two most important subgroups are IIa and IIb. Type IIb muscle are known as White muscle. It’s function is a “reflex” muscle. this type can be found on alethes who do sport that require very quick, sharp and strong movements.
And now for the magical Pink muscle, known as Type IIa. This type of muscle is basically a combination of Red and White muscle, while it has slightly less “endurance” than a red muscle and slightly less “reflex” than a white muscle, its benefit is that it is EXTREMELY trainable, meaning if you do endurance activities the Pink muscles growth will lean towards more “endurance” and vice versa when doing “reflex” sports. You could even say that having lots of pink muscles is a bodybuilders wet dream! This basically meant that committing actions into muscle memory is slightly easier for me, I could not have asked for a better treasure.
Having increase Tidal Volume basically meant my lungs were bigger, which in turn meant there is more surface area for gas exchange. In simple terms, I will be able to absorb more oxygen which means my muscles won't get as tired so easily. See that I had increased flexibility was also a great thing, a wider range of movements would mean I would be able to move more nimbly and dodge incoming attacks with more ease. While both were great, they still could not compare to the gift of Pink muscles.
As for the detriments, I didn't really have too much of an opinion, increased metabolism simply meant I would assimilate proteins and amino acids gained from food a lot quicker. I’d have to eat a lot more frequently but that wouldn’t be a problem if carried around high energy snacks like granola bars. If my new home did not have them, then I would simply have to make them myself. Honey and nuts, Simple and Easy. Since I didn't even know who my mother was, there was no point in worrying about her “heritage” at this point.
Since I was now done with my “Body”, it was time for my “Immunities”. The familiar popup appeared before my eyes once again.
You have activated the skill [Fors Fortis], your wish is to have “Advanced Immunity”. Confirm? Y / N
I pressed “Yes”.
Ding! You are rolling for benefits. Processing. Complete.
You have rolled a 4.
Congratulations! You gain the following effects.
x4 Resistant to all diseases.
Ding! You are rolling for detriments. Processing. Complete.
You have rolled a 4.
Congratulations! You gain the following effects.
x2 More likely to catch the common cold.
Ding! You have completed both rolls. [1] Stack will be used.
Remaining stacks - [2]
Note - Due to several effects contradicting each other, you may choose to cancel them out. If effects are not canceled out, then all gained effects will be implemented.
Would you like to do so? Y / N
I bite and press “Yes”. I really did not fancy being called a sniveling idiot.
Ding! You have selected to cancel out the contradicting effects.
You have gained the following.
x2 Resistant to all diseases.
The skill has completed the process of selection.
Implementation in…
3…
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I could feel my veins, arteries and capillaries burn as my lymphocytes began mass production of a large number of “Natural Antibodies”. I could almost imagine the white blood cells dressed as white knights, running around all sorts of rural villages and conscripting the men there. Judging from the fact that I had rolled not long after my Mother sang me a song, it was a full day day before I stopped hurting because I could hear the opening notes of Mothers lullaby. The pain had drained me mentally and I fell into blissful sleep.