Adrian sprinted through the forest, legs burning from the effort as he tried to put as much distance as possible between himself and the tower. Stumbling way to much and falling several times he earned himself several cuts on his hands and knees. Luckily nothing snagged on anything, THAT would have been painful. Aside from his shoes and a simple gold pendant around his neck he was fully naked.
The shoes would have to go as well, if the paladins found him there could be nothing to indicate he was an outworlder. He had seen them smiting the other prisoners and specimens without mercy or hesitation. The coven of interdimensional mages hadn't been kidding about how harshly the gods came down on anything otherworldly. Fucking assholes, summoning Adrian through and messing with his body just to slake their curiosity.
Chancing a look over his shoulder Adrian saw the tower swirling in and out of existence behind him. There were several chunks torn out of it and the lower floors were on fire. As he watched a blast took the top off the tower entirely and Adrian pulled off his shoes. Tearing up his feet was hardly ideal but if just five people could do that much damage? He would crawl over broken glass and AIDs filled syringes rather then be caught in clearly otherworldly clothes. Damn things didn't fit anyway...
He ran and ran for what felt like hours and then slowed to a quick walk when he couldn't run anymore. With a few hours of daylight left he found a deep stream, nearly a river. Aching and bloody he jumped in, gasping at the cool water and not caring a damn anymore. If the holy psychos had found his trail and were chasing he was of half a mind to just let them end it. Not that Adrian wanted to die but he had set off mid morning and had done at least a marathon cross country. He was spent. Exhausted. Nothing left in the tank. Finished.
So Adrian drifted down the stream, dimly aware this would hide his scent if he was being followed and also that any predators in the water would be drawn by his many open wounds. Strangely he felt good, like having a cool bath on a hot summer day... just with orders of magnitude more blood. Sure it wasn't that bad but compared to anything he suffered back on earth it was definitely top 10 on the list of 'times I got fucked up'.
Laboriously Adrian grabbed the gold pendant around his neck and said "status".
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Level: 1 Age: ??? Race: Human
Core Attributes Base Total Physique 7 7 Vitality 12 (-6) 6 Agility 15 15 Perception 14 14 Tenacity 8 8 Spirit 11 11 Clarity 12 12 Focus 8 8
Attribute Points: 4
Talents Level --- -
Talent Points: 1
Potential Talents:
Stealth (general)
Resistance - torture (basic)
Running (basic)
Stamina (basic)
Fearless (basic)
Resistance - slashing (specialist)
Resistance - crushing (specialist)
Traits Effects Outworlder Sanctioned by the gods True Polytongue can understand and speak any language Severely Injured -6 base vitality
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