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It is a new day.
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Mana: 3/56
EXP: 22/30
Digging- 3/7
A long time has passed. I have burrowed some inches into the sand. I am glad that it is sand, for it is soft and malleable. It shifts to cover me. The bird, even if it wishes, cannot follow me to this place. I miss the sights of the outside world. It is dark here, dark enough that I can not see even with my low-light vision. At some point I realized that I had lost the need to sleep. I suppose when I first entered this existence I had slept from habit, a habit that had died in this darkness.
I spend my time thinking. There is not much else to do. My memories of my previous life have grown weaker in the waters of my mind. They are very faint now. I do not remember what my parents looked like. I know that I loved them. I have pondered mana. I know that mana did not exist in my previous life. Since I took the (MAGIC) skill, I can feel it as a part of me. It courses through my body. As I use it, I can numerically see, in the blue box, the number getting bigger, yet I can also feel my capacity growing within myself. A tank of energy, with me as it's conduit. I fear what might happen if I attempt to use too much at one time. This body may shake and tear and rend till there is nothing remaining. I use it faster than I can recharge it. I do not know if I gain mana from an internal process, or from the external world. Perhaps, if someday I find a way to travel, I can determine this. Every time I use mana, my capacity grows. Every time I use mana, my experience grows. This is the only thing that satisfies my desire for entertainment.
I clear away another small speck of sand beneath me.
Tick.
Something is new.
Tick.
There is something hard beneath me. It does not give as easily as the sand. My current mana is not enough to shift the molecules of this thing. I believe it to be a rock. For now I rest.
Mana: 56/56
EXP: 23/30
Digging- 3/7
My mana reserves are full. I'm about to burst, I feel so energetic. I feel powerful. I drill down. The hard material gives way. Within about ten seconds my mana is gone. I have made next to no progress. I must push on. I do not know my goal. There is some itch within me that is un-ignorable and it drives me to hollow this world. I will carry on.
Mana 0/93
EXP: 27/30
Digging- 7/7
Mana_Manipulation- 1/7
Congratulations, you have gained the skill (DIGGING)
I have channeled a shallow groove into the hard surface. I am cradled in it. I suppose I will gain the dark vision skill when I next level up, so that I may understand my surroundings. I use my mana quickly, and wait till it refills entirely before I use it again. Through experimentation, I have determined that this raises my capacity faster than using the mana as it comes. As I dig, I notice I am noticeably faster. Skills, I have decided will be absolutely vital to my success in this world.
I am sick of being alone.
3 EXP has been gained.
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Congratulations, you have gained a level. You are now level TWO
You have gained 12 points. If you so desire, you may now acquire skills
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE SKILLS:
(SENSATION)
(VISION)
(LOW_LIGHT_VISION)
DARK_VISION
BRIGHT_VISION
HEARING
[SMELL]
[TASTE]
(OBSERVATION)
ANIMISM (REQUIRED: SAPIENCE)
(MAGIC)
BASIC_MANIPULATION
MANA_MANIPULATION 1/7
(MANIPULATION)
(DIGGING)
Dark vision was an obvious choice. Assuming it worked as I imagine it would, I will once again be able to see. Though just sand and what I believe to be a rock, I am sure this will remain useful for the foreseeable future. The basic manipulation skill I took, though I know not what it entails, because magic greatly interests me and I wish to utilize it to its utmost. I currently have no need for traps or lures.
Congratulations, CHARLES. You have gained (DARK_VISION) and (BASIC_MANIPULATION)
My world flares with information as I can see around me. The previous black void replaced with the yellow of sand and a deep mellowed red of the rock beneath me. I reach out with my magical sense, eager to learn what the manipulation skill granted me. I find nothing. For a long while I stretch and I strain my magic in every way known to me but nothing new is gained or learned. I suppose, for now, all there is is digging.
Mana: 12/250
EXP: 30/92
Digging 4/7
Mana_Manipulation 2/7
A considerable amount of time has passed. I think it must have been a few weeks. After I had been digging without rest for a few days, I began to zone out. The time began to pass very quickly. The rock, I quickly discovered, was a small thing, but it was hiding something much larger. A thick bed of clay, of what depth I cannot be certain of. It is here that I have created my room.
I estimate it to be roughly 10 feet by 10 feet. It is not a large room by any stretch, but it is mine, and I feel pride in that. The ceiling is flat, I discovered my ability to tunnel is used equally as well to extend and build, and I used that to cover it behind me. It is fortunate that I no longer breathe, for the air would be quite stale. In the center of my room is my pedestal. I rest there now. I'm not sure if my body actually requires this, or if it is a psychological symptom of my previous existence. I can feel myself becoming reinvigorated. This hole I have dug in the ground feels comfortable, it has the feeling of being home.
Would you like to establish a dungeon?
Y / N
I look at the words, and consider them. I am unsure of what exactly they mean. Images of European castles, dank rooms with metal claws and chains, iron maidens and pears of anguish. I find such things distasteful, and so the choice to me is obvious. No.
Would you like to establish a dungeon?
Y
Dungeon established.
Racial milestone [Seedling] has been completed.
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I am sure that I clicked no. The text has betrayed me. Perhaps it is simply unreliable, or there was some electrical interference. It is a curious thing. The worry leaves my mind, as I begin to glow, casting dark purple shadows on the walls.
Skill (SUMMONING) has been gained.
Skill (MANIPULATION) has been transmuted to skill (DISTANCE_MANIPULATION)
You have advanced a stage in your lifecycle. EXP gain has been adapted.
Congratulations, Charles.
Ah. I am now hovering. That is new. I have not hovered before. I immediately probe with my adapted manipulation skill. It appears it is no longer relegated to materials that I am touching. Further testing reveals almost the opposite: extending a small pillar of clay from the wall, I attempt to push myself off my pedestal. In a three foot sphere around me, my powers fail. Attempting to knock myself off by dropping a chunk of clay from above realizes my body can move. As if a magnet reacting to a same pole, the falling clay and I are pushed away from each other, before a similar force brings me back to the center of the pedestal. I continue to glow. It took me a long time to conduct my experiments, so I suppose that will remain. With that explored, I attempt to use my summon skill. It takes some squeezing and coercing of mental muscles, but eventually I find the trigger.
An interface appears before me, detailing categories of summoning ending at "earth" and "hell", filled in the middle with various in-between categories. Earth is the only usable category, reading (one free), the rest of the categories reading (no reagents available). Not knowing what to expect, I click the button reading "roll".
Rolling...
Rolled 12
Summoning...
A brilliant white light fills the room. This leads me to notice that extremely bright lights no longer cause me pain. As the light fades, a creature stands in the room with me.