[Etheric Level -0
Race-Human-Grade(H)
Age- 16
Class-NA
Titles-…FrActured…- Encore- Punch Up- Underdog-
Name-NA
•Health (4>4) •regen(0.12) per hour
•Vigor (2>2) •regen(0.08) per hour
•Mana (1>1) •regen(0.08) per hour
•Constitution-2(1)
-Strength-1
-Dexterity-1
-Vitality-4
•Perception-2
-Intelligence-3
-Wisdom-1
-Awarnes-5
•Will-6
-Aura-0
-Force-*2
-Refinment-0
•Regen-*4
-Life-*3
-Vigor-*2
-Mana-*2
-Free Core Stats- (5)
-Free Sub Stats- (10)
Traits-Crystal Marrow(H)- Human Vigor(ungraded)
Ability's-Pulse(2%formed)
Skills-Identify (unformed)
Affinity-Life?(H)-Life?(H)-Life?(H)]
"So Core Stats multiply Sub Stats? Couldn't that get a little crazy after a while? How much Health could a level 100 person have?"I whisper quietly doing some simple theoretical math,trying to distract myself from the real problems and choices that lay before." If someone one had 5 Con and 5 Vitality they'd receive 25 Health. If there Con doubled they'd have 50 Heath, plus thes get stronger and faster with the bonus provided to Strengthen and Dex."my face goes sour at the thought of a monster with hundreds of Health points.
I circle back to the problems I see in my Status.Firstly my Title and my life Affinity. Apparently my core is now damaged and not just my soul? With the sensitivity provided by my [FrActured] Title, feel that something changed but it doesn't feel an injury. More like the absence of an old scar…as if a sharp incredibly thin needle was finally removed from from my Core, finally letting thing move as the shoud.
My Life Affinity or Affinity's? I'm confused on which.It's probably good it's no longer broken so it won't start killing me again, but the fact this…System is showing a question mark next to them definitely isn't good since it's able to identify stuff about me I just can't. Additionally while I'm not positive I think my Affinity changing in this weird way is related to my Core damage.
Then there's the problem of all this happening after I failed to level up…will it get better or worse if I level more. Do I even have a choice to avoid killing more monsters and thus leveling?
I curl up in the corner of this dark room. Unconsciously i grope my boney legs my mind wanders again… if i dump all my free points into my physical Stats will I gain some muscle? I pull up the discriptons for [Identify] and [Pulse] before I'm tempted to try.
[Identify- uses System recourses to provide basic information on anything.(information available dependent on Skill Level.)]
Could be useful, but how'd I get it?
[Pulse-From the Soul to the Core. From the Core to the Body. From the Body grant your Pulse force.(The Will and Force Stats were detected during this Abilities initial creation. Requires Mana.)]
I vaguely remember doing something that felt like the description when I first punched the [Crystal Abomination]. I touch the wall with my right hand and try releasing a [Pulse] a small ish wave of Mana flows from my core and through my body before leaving my hands and feet to reach the floor. A wave of sensation wash back to me as my Mana ripples outward. It's way to much. My Bones slightly protest losing there only point of Mana, which is odd. But I remembe the damage one punch with [Pulse] could do so I'm not willing to write the Abilitiy off quite yet.
Now there's just the question of my Stats. I really, Really want to dump everything into Con, Dex, and Strength. But that feels like a bad idea. Because of [Crystal Marrow] I only received half the benefits of Consitution, even if it dose give me Mana in exchange, what use is a Magic Bruser who can't take or dish out a punch? Then there's the fact I don't know when I'll next recive Free attribute points. Or if Attributed points will fix my emancipation. What I decided on now will shape my immediate future.
No matter what Consitution has to increase though. I need more Health, Vigor, and Mana and it's increases all 3. I immediately dropped 2 points into Con before I can second guess myself.
I regret my decision instantly as my Bones grow hungry, before I even realize it I've eaten what little food I had and am already contemplating eating the still somewhat fresh corpse of who use to occupy this dark hospital room.
…" n not doing that again any time soon." I say after getting control of my self back. Something is definitely wrong with me… or perhaps this whole apocalypse thing didn't cure me like I initially hoped? At least I've got a second point of Mana now… Yay…
Knowing Regen has already been increased once without doing…that, to me I place 1 Core point there and it actually feels really good the hunger even lessens as my Core begins producing more energy to fill my now deppend reserves.
I hesitenly place both of my final core Stat into Perception vaguely feeling that neglecting it would be a mistake. Plus it might help with that sensor overload that [Pulse] caused.
A light wave of vertigo assaults me as my physical ability to perceive dubbles. Thank goodness I'm in a dark room, this is gonna take a bit to get used to.
That leaves my Sub Stat points. I start by placing one point into Strength, and Dex feeling I need more general body to walk properly or else I'll be slave to carts and rails for ever.
Strength makes my meager muscles flex and condense. While Dex helps my body loosen and become more responsive.
I decided to place my remaining free points into Mana Regen having decided I'll need lots of Mana to practice my only real Ability and this probably won't make me go wild like Con did. I place them one by one trying to be careful and each time I feel more and more uncomfortable . But as soon as I pass 5 in the stat my Body and Core begin really protesting? Well except for my bones which almost cry out with an unnatural desire. But I'm able to hold my self together against these new feelings and resist stopping or dumping everything all at once. I need this!I literally can't be physically strong right now! Even after I increased my physical Stats my body didn't grow I'm ironically thinner than before! I need Magic in order to fight. In order to Survive, but I also refuse to lean on this lean on or feed into this bone deep desire.
Maybe a Day later after having put the last point into Mana Regen the Nawing in my bones becomes bareable.
I let out a tired sigh of relief. What ever is wrong with me is different related to the sickness that put me in this hospital…different but related nonetheless. I pull up my Status and immediately get a new Notification.
[Title Recorded-Enriched-+(1) Mana Regen per level.-(Be the first of your race to increase Mana Regen to 10-(This is a partial Title)]
Titles can do that? Not very useful right now. But it's nice to be rewarded for skimping on increasing Vitality.
[Etheric Level -0
Race-Human-Grade(H)
Age- 16
Class-NA
Titles-…FrActured…-…Enriched…- Encore- Punch Up- Underdog-
Name-NA
•Health (8>4) •regen(0.15) per hour
•Vigor (8>2) •regen(0.10) per hour
•Mana (2>1) •regen(0.50) per hour
•Constitution-*4(2)
-Strength-*2
-Dexterity-*2
-Vitality-4
•Perception-*4
-Intelligence-3
-Wisdom-1
-Awarnes-5
•Will-6
-Aura-0
-Force-*3
-Refinment-0
•Regen-5
-Life-3
-Vigor-2
-Mana-*10
-Free Core Stats- (0)
-Free Sub Stats- (0)
Traits-Crystal Marrow(H)- Human Vigor(ungraded)
Ability's-Pulse(2%Formed)
Skills-Identify (unformed)
Affinity-Life?(H)-Life?(H)-Life?(H)]
Force went up again? Well it's good something extra came out of that suffering."YAWN"… I glance at the Door, my new Perception already doing wonders. I've already barricaded it with every rolling piece of medical equipment this room contained, including the patient and his bed!
I I should be fine to sleep. Yay, what are the odds something tries to eat me while I sleep a second time.
I curl up in the dark corner on the floor clutching my only water bottle while warped in a thin bed sheet." I I'll be f fine. Y you can't beak what's already broken." Fitfully I fall asleep, half forgotten memories of a happy nuclear family plaguing my dream. A family held together by lies, masks and an foul found fortune.
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Down below in the hospitals ground floor a group of 49 people also try desperately to survive in the hospitals Lobby. Unaware of the there're fellow survivor.