Galtea: Time in 3...2..1 Begin next scenario.
"Aww shit. What to do, what to do, screw it." He open the container and took what look like it could help him. He knew it would but playing the role was damn near addicting at this point.
Galtea: Soul Synchro 47% climbing. Applying literacy...applying childhood...applying scholastic abilities...
System: Soul Synchro 67% climbing. Mental breakdown detected. Applying countermeasures. Feedback damage. Attempting to mitigate, mitigation pass.
Health Max
"Argh, shit it hurts," Azul screamed with blood coming out of his mouth. It was taking everything he could to keep from choking on it. "Why is this happening?!" A large amount of blood started to go up his throat. "Gulp," with a swallow all the blood was in his stomach. He fell forward pulling most of the contents of the kit with him. Down on his nees, everything looked hazy and doubled. His sight was getting better. He fell forward onto his face. Trying to lift himself up was to much work, so he flipped over onto his back just trying to breathe a little bit easier. His hands kept moving, usuing the supplies in instinct.
Galtea: User memory playing...
He felt like a movie was playing in front of his eyes. A group of children could be seen all over the place. The kids were playing in the slums. No, they weren't playing they were searching through the rubble everywhere, looking for food by the looks of it.
"Tsss" The tears on the side of his face were drying up. Like hot steel in water, it felt like his skull was burning, then being forced to cool.
System: Soul Synchro 197% climbing. Mental breakdown detected. Applying countermeasures. Feedback damage. Damage Attempting to mitigate, mitigation pass.
Health Max
System: Quest 2 Relax and interact with the body. Quest completed Rewards: Technology Ticket, Fighting Ticket. Reward distributed. Inventory unavailable... cannot deposit..... using Technology Ticket.... using Fighting Ticket...
System: First Ticket Category Bonus...Tech Database-Halo Series. A bonus of the first draw, pulling from the entirety of the Universe of Halo... Lifeworker (Rank-Lifeshaper) placing in mind storage banks due to Intelligence and Wisdom...currently inaccessible. Mental level currently damaged. Advancing Tech by 1 grade.
System: First Ticket Category Bonus...Fighting Style-Mortal Kombat. A bonus of the first draw, pulling from the entirety of the Universe of Mortal Kombat... Shirai Ryu compatible .. Warning User has an understanding of the Lin Kuei.. bonus applied... pulling additional...Removing NonHumanoid options... New style now being pulled ...detected ... now pulling... Lin Kuei pulled.. applying bonus from the style... combining into one... Constitution +2 Dexterity +3 Intelligence +2 Wisdom +2. Charisma +1 User prejudice and stubborn qualities prevent full adaptation of both styles.. Extracting and applying as needed towards the body's condition.
System: User style of Urban fighting cannot be overridden. Combining with Lin Kuei and Shira Ryu Modifying to fit.
System: Bonuses have been applied to both Melee:C Tech:C.
"Arrghh dammit! I am not prejudiced! Ok, maybe a little in a good way I think." Azul yelled and felt his surroundings change. He was no longer able to see the 'movie' in the corner of his eye. Seems he was actually completely within the movie.. no, it was a memory.
"Hey, John over here we found some crates with some cans of food." One of the groups of kids near him yells toward another one and his group.
At the mention of that name, it felt like something triggered inside Azul's mind. Felt like he was detached even further from reality as his vision tunneled onto the kid. And he was able to perceive another set of screens simultaneously along with this one.
The Kid's name was John Shepard. Commander Shepard was a short kid. But he had a special something about him. Azul knew that to be the effect of him being a pillar.
He was standing about 3'5 scraggily and leaned over. His head was moving everywhere like he was searching for something more. He approached the kid with the crate. All the while his head was still moving about until he looked back. He looked at Azul. Not breaking his gaze away.
System: Warning you are not permitted to view this sequence extracting now!
System: Willpower Check Passed at Perfect no damage.
Galtea: User focus on your Tutorial
System: Special Scenario locked. Command protocol under Administration authority.. full scene now visible.
As he looked deep into John's eyes, he could it feel a creepy like feeling come over him. He knew something about me that he shouldn't. It felt unnerving.
"Shepard.. you can count on me this time understand?" Azul moved forward and went to him. HE gave him a punch in the shoulder. "When you need me most, no matter what. I think your sister is alive."
John's eyes went wide. "You really mean it?" Tears started to well up. "Your not just saying that are you?"
"Yes," Azul said smiling happily. "You will find here and togethor.." looking up at the shy he smiled even brighter. "Together you will be a family again. But you have to get tough while still staying compassionate. A very hard thing to do."
"Right.." John started to say then the scene ended.
A second later Azul was back on the ground in the warehouse. "Chish" the sound of a door opening across from opening up. Two Individuals were in front of him, less than 25 feet away. Then he took notice of the tags. Common Thug II Lv 4 and Common Thug III Lv 4.
Everyone at once: "Shit!"
System: Athletics Check 22 Pass
Feeling himself in full control, Azul was already charging them with his biotics. He kept his arms on out in a close line. Brushing right past em his hands hooked around their throat. He ran them through all the way to the next wall. The first one, Thug II hit the wall. He kept going with Thug III and smashed him through the opened door to the next room.
"Cring," the metal gave as the woman's body was lodged inside. Jumping up, Azul was getting ready to land on the woman's head. They were augmented the same as he was. He needed the extra power to do it. "You.."
Was all the thug managed before her head was caved in from a knee strike. "Bam," seeing the health drop drastically he wrapped his hand in biotic energy and made ready to punch at the throat. He stopped once he remembers who it was. Grabbing her by the mouth he covered and forces his Pather power into her. Her senses overloading she went limp. The soul piece left from him and went into her. He watched as her regenerative abilities already kicking in.
"Fwoosh," Azul ran to behind a desk to hide. It wouldn't be long till the other guy would come around. 'Gotta find something to fight with. A way to fight more effectively.' Holding his breath Azul held his breath and calmed his breathing.
System: Intelligence Check 21 Generating Cantrip Spell... adapting to user's current biotic level...
Flame Fist learned.
"Oh yeah, this will help me!" Azul said dashing from his current location towards the Thug. Throwing a chair at him he was right behind it. 'Lv1 Flame Fist activate.' The moment he thought about it, it came forth. Little motes of fire started to gather and circle around his fingertips. All the way up till his second knuckle. 'This is so different from last time. Way more natural with me. How weird it feels more in synch with me.'
"Lift!" The thug yelled lifting the chair away from her before it made contact. Her eyes went wide when she saw Azul charging with a colorless vapor. 'Is that fire?' She thought to herself.
'Concussive shot!' A flame bullet went flying forward and burned right through the thug. "Fwosh," pulling the fire back towards him, Azul let it move around his body as he delivered a flying knee kick to the woman's upper chest. "Thump," the blow almost ending the woman's life. The soul piece entering helping to keep her subdued.
"Chish" the door opened to show two spheres of biotic energy floating.
"Push!" A new attacker said moving forward after the attack launched.
'Lv1 Adrenaline Rush activate.' With the time slowing down, Azul grabbed the body and used it for a block. Right before the push made contact, he let it go. Catching sight of something different happening this time. He saw a yellow glowing point the size of golfballs glowing in the spheres as they came out of the body.
Redirecting the fire to his front he activated Lv1 Biotic shielding. The membrane appeared with flames around it. "Pwaam Pwaam" they smacked against the barrier distorting it. Sending biotic energy all over doused with flames.
Health -4
Health -2
"You bastard! What the hell was that!? How did you get biotic flames?" Common Thug IV yells at Azul scared. She lashed out in fear while moving up and taking a swinging punch. She connected right in Azul's exposed gut. It looked as if he almost doubled over from the pain. But he wanted her to get close to him. Grabbing her in a death hold, he held tightly. "Let go damn you!" The fire started increasing in intesity. "Fucking hell it burns."
The first woman he took down stood up angry. She started walking around to get her bearings back. She didnt even see what was going on with the others. "You bastard killing you is gonna pay big, can't wait to head to the spa and kick back, relax and get my nails fixed up again. How's the poison treating yah?" She said this in a sing-song like voice. While she walks over to her counterpart. "Hey, brat are you ok?"
"It hurts feels like I am getting cut up in the inside. I can't form up my biotics! What did you do to me!? Tell me." Common Thug II yells at Azul. She kept clenching her hands in front of her and shaking them.
Common Thug III looks at him warily. Her head scans him up and down. Her sight focuses on his exposed neck. "That mark on your neck... let go and reveal that mark!"
'What mark on my neck? This girl is tripping balls or something.' Then he remember a facility and himself reflected in the metal ceiling being restrained. A woman in a lab coat was marking his chest with a tattoo gun. He couldn't tell what the design was though. 'Different person different tattoo this time.'
"Show me the mark now! It's not a request." Her hands begin to glow and hum. "Show me or I'm gonna rip you a new one!" Her eyes begin to blaze over with biotic energy.
"Lady I could kill your friends and I didnt. Spare me the mellow drama. We shake for a truce or.. I stop playing nice and have myself a Powerpuff girl bbq." Azul activated his flames all around his body. "So whats it gonna be?" To keep it nice, he added. "I will show you mine if you show me yours."
System: Charm Check 22
"That's cute last words." She smirked at him before a wave of energy comes flying at him. "Twin Shockwave!"
'Hah, pain in the ass Users I swear. Biotic shielding.' Redirecting the fire to his feet caused it to disperse with the shockwave. "So killing it is." Calmy he spoke and the fire reappeared. This time fire chains around the trio.
"Ugh push." The head of the group yelled.
System: Lv2 Biotic Shielding conditions met advancing.... Lv3 Biotic Shielding
System: Lv1 Flame Fist conditions met advancing.. Lv2 Flame Fist
The wave hits against his shield and bounces right back at her. Actually, it bounces back at all three. They were close enough for them all to get hit.
"Crack" heard something give way when bo slide into the wall and door. Common Thug II is on the ground struggling to get up. Azul could see her backside was covered in burn marks some old and some new. There was also some new marks little-drilled holes along her backside. The other one was looking no better really.
Common Thug III clothes are in tatters she looks a mess. Blood oozing from the side of her face labored breathing you could see the bone sticking out her side. Azul thought he should move in for the kill.
"After all this, you act this way.. what a freaking pity." Clenching his hand the flames intensified and he focused it there. He started to walk towards the group. As he gets closer his hackles started to rise. Couldn't' help but pause. Then he saw it, a red wing floating in his right eye, and a blue wing floating in his left.
He felt his vision begin to cloud. Two little screens appeared even bigger clouding his vision under the wings.
System: Option 1 Renegade: More Power Option 2 Paragon: More Experience and Skills.
Galtea: Choose Paragon User.
Listening to Galtea he did so. "You three owe me do not forget it," Azul said them as he bathed them in flames. It would force their biotics to focus on healing them. He walks away into the other room down the hall. He was was on autopilot. The very moment he chooses Paragon, the air became heavy and his shoulders felt lighter.
The three women look extremely pissed as hell. As soon as Azul left, they stood up and looked at one another. They followed the direction he went into.
"Ting! Ting, Crash, Ping Ping Ping," the little one smashed the beakers. The leader sent her biotics out once she had control again sending glasses flying all over the place.
"Yes, I found some here brat situp and breath this in." Common Thug III comes back with a breathing apparatus and attaches it to Common Thug II.
"TShhh, Tshh, Tshhh," As the apparatus attaches to her face expelling some vapor from its bottom port. It was the toxin portion discarded harmlessly. "We gotta move if we wanna live and get paid. We have to kill that guy!"
Common Thug IV looks at III and says "He spared us. We should just kill some of the others and collect their bounty instead."
"Damn it he is worth more!!" Common Thug III yelled.
"How do you know that?" And what was that mark you kept asking about? Is he worth more due to his unstable Biotics? I also saw that smirk you gave him, are you planning on toying with him before killing him? That's a bad habit you have. Common Thug II says as she moves off the table after getting up and mixing some chemicals together.
"It would have been easier if we didnt destroy so many things." Common Thug IV says.
"One Because of the flame biotics. Two that mark was given to him by Alliance NexGen Experiments. Three his biotics are unstable due to mental problems, my brother had the same issue. Four ...shut up and no I'm not... it's not a bad habit, it lets me learn my biotics better. What the hell have you made? We gotta go after him!" Common Thug III yells after her partner.
"We are gonna go after the others. I am not fighting another unstable..especially with these wounds. I am making a solution to fix my biotics the reflected attacks messed me up too much." She said this through clench teeth and rattling hands.
"Hey did anyone feel weird when he touched us?" Common Thug IV said. Seeing their expressions she decided to leave it for later. "Nevermind. We need to get this over with. A second chance at the tutorial. I am not passing this up."
"Yeah, I defintely dont want to go back to the Game Over screen." Common Thug III said.
Unknown to the three, there was someone else in the room. Watching all this unfold while taking notes.
Galtea: All enemies defeated. Experience awarded Level up! Spend your three new attributes User. Rewards will be available to use after the tutorial is over.
System: Bonus Acquired For choosing your path. One additional attribute.
System: Leaving mental shard changing location...Transfer in 3...2...1
"Wait a sec....!"
'I will let you know when someone is around. Just speak out loud to help convey your a little naive.' Zelda said from within. 'That way it won't arose to much suspicion about why you are quiet mostly. Dont worry I believe I have a grasp on what the System is hiding from the Administration for you.'
"Well, these are coming along nicely. Well, they look good to me. I need someone to compare them to though. Hey System how do I check the details on my abilities and stuff? Do I just think real hard and that's how I get it or what?"
Galtea: You will need the ability to do that. Or have someone explain them to you who knows what they are.
"Well System can you tell me what each are, and in detail please and thank you?"
Galtea: I cannot.
"Why the hell not!?"
Galtea: Watch your tone. I am an older model System the ability to check on oneself should be earned through skills, traits, or talents. I do not coddle User, you must earn your power and abilities. Once you learn them I will remind you of what cannot be done, if it is needed.
"You know you are kinda becoming more human-ish and less A.I./Guide type thingy. What else can you help me with then?" Azul had a smirk on his face. Over the millennia he kind of forgot this conversation they had. But right now talking to her it was easy. There was something to be said open this force repeat he was going through.
Galtea: I can tell you where your abilities come from. Also can tell you how to advance them and what to look out for in the future. I would prefer you to learn mostly on your own since this is a Tutorial. It allows for more points to be given as well.