Another cheer came from the crowd, indicating to Jane it was time for her to show off— something she did quite well.

“For those that might not know, there are twelve classes that you can be born with. I myself was born an enigma.” Jane began to explain. “The other eleven classes have some sort of system they follow for what their powers are or what they could be. Enigmas on the other hand have absolutely random power sets, which makes it a little harder to train.”

“Some get lucky and have spectacular powers, some are a little unlucky and get more mundane powers. I myself was quite lucky.” Jane put her arms out in front of her with her palms to the sky.

Summoning her phantom hands, she grew them as large as they could and had them hover around the stage. Some in the crowd were less shocked, like her parents in the front row or Eric in the tent, but everyone else was enamored at the sight— even the mayor.

“The most useful and versatile ability I have is the power to summon a pair of phantom hands that can function on their own.” Jane crossed her arms over her chest and had the hands fly over the crowd in a little aerial dance.

“They're incredibly useful for many tasks you might need done.” Jane explained. “My favorite is this.” Jane jumped up and had one of her phantom hands swoop down underneath her feet to carry her into the sky.

With the speaker crystal in hand, she looked down at the crowd from a little higher than normal and spoke. “I can fly with these!”

Jane did a few speedy laps around the stage to get everyone excited. She then flew down back onto the stage and unsummoned her hands. Her face was a little flushed from adrenaline but she made sure to put on a calm expression.

“That was only the start, I have a few more things I wanna show everyone.” Jane said. “The next part I'm gonna need a volunteer, one who deems themselves quite strong.”

A few pairs of arms rose into the air immediately which Jane scanned to see if she could spot anyone strong that she recognized. The face of the town's lumber jack and his massive frame that dwarfed anyone else in the crowd, was the first thing her eyes were drawn to.

“Mister Jack, why don't you come up here!” She called upon the lumberjack that she remembered was named Lando Jack. He seemed like the best choice.

The burly man tidied through the sea of people and made his way up the stage and next to Jane who gave him a big toothy smile in return.

“Alright Lando, just follow my instructions.” Jane handed Lando a spare lumber ax she had brought up to stage just for this demonstration. She was handed a block of wood from the crew working at the tent and held it in her hands.

She then stuck out her arms straight out beside her and said, “All you gotta do is chop this block of wood as hard as you can. Don't worry about my hands.”

One of her phantom hands came over and covered the front of her face to block any wood chips that came flying at her face.

Lando raised an eyebrow at first but seeing the confident look on Jane’s face, he nodded. He was a silent man for the most part. Raising the ax as high as he could, Lando then brought it down with intense force.

This was a delicate process for Jane because she knew the ax wouldn't hurt her, but it was possible for it to shatter into pieces and cut someone if it slammed into her hand. So when the ax easily pierced through the block of wood and hit her hands, she carefully blanketed the momentum and let it naturally come to a stop.

To the audience, this all happened in a split second that it just looked like the ax’s force pushed down her arm but that wasn't the case. They all gasped seeing the ax swing down and split the wood in half but were pleasantly surprised when it reached her hands and they ended up perfectly fine after being hit by the town's lumberjack.

“My hands and a little bit of my wrists are indestructible, and my phantom hands hold a part of this property.” She took the ax from Lando and thanked him with a smile. “Can you stay up here for a bit, I got a few more things to demonstrate.”

He nodded with a satisfied grin. It seemed he liked what just happened.

“Besides my phantom hands and indestructible hands, I also have three smaller powers that I must say are quite random. That's just how us Enigma’s are though.” Jane shrugged and grabbed two more blocks of wood.

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“This is a normal block of wood.” Jane said and nodded to Lando who once again chopped it without much effort.

“This is a block of wood I've enhanced with my power.” Jane sent a pulse of aura into the wood block for a few seconds then nodded to Lando again. This time when Lando’s ax hit the wood block, his ax only made it a tenth of the way through.

“My power allows me to reinforce an object with my aura to make it stronger, more durable and overall last longer.” Jane explained and a murmur spread around the crowd. To a town like Redwood— or really any town, this power was incredibly useful.

Not only could tools be reinforced, but so could buildings or just everyday items like shoes or clothes. While her other powers were cool, this small power she had showed off was the most interesting for the townsfolk.

Much to Jane’s surprise so far, the people of town seemed to be enjoying what she was doing. They didn't look afraid or disturbed by her powers, but more interested and curious than anything.

“Thank you Lando, you can head back down.” Lando looked stunned at the wood block he couldn't cut through, but after hearing Jane he grunted and walked back down.

“Alright I need three more volunteers who are feeling a little stiff.” Jane announced. A little confusion sparked through the crowd at first, but then some folk raised their hands. She wanted specific people and selected three older folk that eventually hobbled onto the stage.

“My next power is one of my personal favorites.” Jane approached one of the volunteers, an older woman with a cane. “I can send a pulse of warmth and comfort into someone's body which can help warm you up, help your body relax and recover, and can even help you sleep.”

Jane asked the older lady if she could touch her and got the go ahead. She grabbed the old woman's shoulders and sent her pulses of aura into her body. A blissful smile immediately spread on the woman's face and she closed her eyes in relaxation.

After ten seconds, Jane let go and the old woman opened her eyes.

“Thank you, that felt amazing!” The old woman stammered out with more energy than she looked like she could give off. “I feel like I can walk better now.”

“Happy to help.” Jane smiled and watched the old woman happily walk down the stage with less effort than she’d normally need. Then Jane did the same thing to the other two volunteers who left the stage with similar happy faces.

“Finally my last power is something some of you might really be interested in.” Jane was handed a pot from off stage that held a single dull pink withered flower. She had brought this from home to show off this last power.

“It's quite simple, like the other two powers I have shown, I can send an aura into plant life to make it grow faster and healthier.” She touched the pot and sent in her energy. The once withered looking flower quickly re-energized and rose from its once droopy form to a beautiful and tall standing pink flower.

Immediately the crowd started talking. To any of the plant farmers in Redwood, if they could get ahold of her power their crops would be better than anyone else's. This was a godsend for them.

“Now don't get too excited just yet, the reason this flower came to life quickly was because it was only a single flower. To use this power on a large scale is a lot harder and less effective, but it still does work.” She explained.

“Those are all my powers! Now while I'd like to help out the community, I can't just give away my time and power for free.” This was her plan, to advertise her future business. “That's why in the near future, I will be opening up my own business where I'll be up for hire if you're in need of my powers.” The crowd shut up and was listening, they wanted to know all the details.

“Don’t worry, it's not going to be an exorbitant price since I do want everybody to be able to get my help if they need it.” Jane announced. “My place is still being built, but once it's completed I'll let everyone know so they can reach out to me if they need to.”

Now was the hard part. How did she end this whole thing? ‘Thank you and have a good day?’ Or maybe, ‘That all folks, I'll see you around!’

Should she be flashy and fly away on her phantom hands? She didn't have time to contemplate so she did the first thing that came to her head.

“So with that out of the way, I wish everybody a good rest of their day!” She ran and jumped into the crowd but before she got close to the heads of the people below, one of her phantom hands caught her and flew her into the air.

Yes she chose to be flashy.

‘That was a pretty simple way to end it, but it looks like it worked.’ She heard the crowd cheering below her and looked down to see people waving at her.

She couldn't help a smile from tugging at her lips seeing the crowd's reaction. They didn't seem to hate her, in fact they looked like they were excited she was here. That was the best case scenario she could think of.

She waved back and continued flying away from the stage. ‘Wait, where am I going?’ Now that she was already flying away, she couldn't just fly back, that would be awkward. Once she got past the town square, she directed herself to the little glade she had been practicing in earlier this week.

Once she got there, she landed on the grassy floor and put her hands on her hips in thought.

“Well.” Her plan to fly away worked but now she had to walk back. It wasn't 1 o'clock yet so she had to burn some time before she met up with her friends at the Little Goose.

‘What should I do for an hour and half?’ Jane thought and started walking out of the glade.