I’ve slept for a day and most of the night. Now I am munching spirit coins. They taste horribly, but they slacken my hunger. If it had not been for Thomas, they would have had me. I hope he is all right.
Unfortunately their WiFi does not get up here. But they do have electricity. So I am charging everything. That is a practical thing I can do. On the mental front I am starting to feel like a trapped animal. The only thing that gives me a bit of hope is the DVD. It shows that whoever my sponsors are, they cannot just put an hour’s worth of instructional movies onto my tricorder.
Why are they giving out Awakening Stones, though? Do they have so many of them that it is jus easier for them to make me happy than to make threats? Or, much worse, will I need them? My tricorder grades them. Do I have to assume that rarer stones give better abilities? I think so. Or do they need me to have those specific abilities? That would be bad, because those abilities have nothing in common. Although I may get two different tasks.
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[Pipes of War]
Cost: moderate mana
Cooldown: none
Perform a ritual without a need for additional materials on an ally that establishes an immaterial pipe through which at your choice at the time of establishing the pipe you can transfer
1) messages
2) excess mana
3) excess health
4) excess stamina
Each partner can end a pipe at will. The maximum range depend on your [Spirit] attribute. Pipes have a maximum life time that depends on your [Recovery] attribute. You can maintain 5 pipes at once. Each pipe can transfer a different payload but only one pipe at a time can lead to an ally.
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[Chemical Warfare]
Cost: variable (Conjuration: low, Spell: high)
Cooldown: variable (Conjuration: none, Spell: 6 hours)
Conjuration:
Add chemical ammunition and an option to launch it to your weapons conjurations (if multiple forms – to the cheapest form). The number of shots depends on the conjured weapon.
The launchers can also be used for other compatible ammunition.
Spell:
Command your poison gases to form an immobile cloud that will last 2 hours.
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If I am to solve a problem that requires both abilities, it will mean serious trouble. And of course, the 64-million-dollar question. Why don’t they do the mission themselves? The obvious answer is that it is not survivable. However, if it is not survivable, why waste awakening stones on me? Am I the world’s most expensive distraction?
I wish anybody were here – well, not that asshole von Bülow – to talk to. Do I rue murdering him? In a practical sense, yes, the price is too high. Otherwise, no. That guy had it coming. And I have seen too much to keep pretending that some people don’t have it coming.
Anyway I should watch the whole DVD, not just the directory, while I have ample electricity.
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What is this guy? People may have metallic green hair out of a bottle, but their eyes? Or is this CGI? According to him, auras are projected and retracted and this can be done partially. I need to figure out a way to train that on my own.
I still need to make a decision. I won’t stay here for three weeks. I ultimately, after doing and surviving the job, I’ll still want to get out of the area the GDN dominates. So I will move southeast within Europe. And I will get my car. If I am to start anew, I want some stuff from home. Photo albums, that kind of memorabilia. I know there’s a risk, but apparently I got watchers. Tomorrow during the day I’ll do laundry and then travel into the night.