Ember Abiss: Rot Mage

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‘Uh… yes…?’ Ember thought as she was being bombarded and overwhelmed by the explosion of boxes and text that appeared in front of her. Each like a translucent yellow brown box with vibrant orange text.

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“Arughhh!” Ember groaned. She felt a deep aching burn in the pit of her stomach. It felt like the worst food poisoning she could imagine, while also getting punched in the stomach, but to top it off it came with the same disconnected dropping feeling from a free fall.

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[Notice The Fusion of Non-Native Energies With User's Native Spiritual Energy Has Modified Your Original Affinities]

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[Name: Ember Abiss

Title: None

Race:Human

Age:23

Level:1

Class: “Locked”

Affinities: Rot, Nature, Void

Lifeforce: 50

Mana: 50

ki: 50

Alacrity: 5

Acuity: 5

Vitality: 5

Vigor: 5

Tenacity: 5

Fortitude: 5

Free points: 5

Active Skills: 0/5

Passive Skill: 0/5

Classless Skills:0/5]

[5 Free Points Available]

[Please Allocate Points Before Continuing]

‘What the hell was that?!’ Ember screamed in her mind. ‘I barely recognize some of those words…. How am I supposed to know where to put them if I don't understand the stat.’ “Urgh” she groaned, ‘What is alacrity?’

[Alacrity: Representative Of the body's ability to move, bend, or flex to the will of the user, also controls Ki regeneration.]

‘O…Okay, Well that's useful.’ she thought to herself. ‘Umm… define all other Stat terms.’

[Acuity: Representative Of the speed and processing power of the user's mind, also controls mana regeneration.

Vitality: Representative Of The body's ability to heal and regenerate, also Controls Lifeforce regeneration.

Vigor: Representative Of the body's baseline Lifeforce, strength, and speed.

Tenacity: Representative Of the minds will, influences the strength of magic and skills also controls mana pool.

Fortitude: Representative Of the body and minds ability to resist the influence of outside forces, also controls ki pool.]

‘Great, much easier to understand. Now I want to know how much they influence me. I know I'm not at the peak of physical fitness but I'd consider myself above a decent amount of people. Seeing as most people just sit around watching TV or anything else to be inactive…’ Realizing she was getting off track she smacked her cheeks and refocused. ‘Focus… I have 5 points to set. I need to make it count because I have no idea when I'll get more, or how it will affect me realistically. I know magic is real here, and honestly that sounds way cooler than being strong or fast. I'm strong enough for anything I've needed to do so far and my speed isn't terrible. Okay I think I've decided. Umm… system? Oh wait if I remember correctly one of the notifications I read earlier called it metatron.’

‘Metatron put 3 points into Tenacity and 2 into Acuity.’

[Understood]

[Name: Ember Abiss

Title: None

Race:Human

Age:23

Level:1

Class: “Locked”

Affinities: Rot, Nature, Void

Lifeforce: 50

Mana: 80

ki: 50

Alacrity: 5

Acuity: 7

Vitality: 5

Vigor: 5

Tenacity: 8

Fortitude: 5 ]

[New Classless Skills Unlocked]

[Please Select 1 Of The Following: Aura, Identify Plant, Void Pocket, Translation.]

‘Metatron, define each available skill.’

[Aura: mana generation above the body's mana cap will be excreted as an Aura of the user's strongest affinity. User can choose to push mana from their mana pool into the Aura to keep it active.]

[Identify Plant: user can pull up basic system information on plant life.]

[Void Pocket: user is able to open a small rift to the void, allowing you to store non-living items.]

[Translation: user is able to read, write, and speak any language connected to the system.]

‘Urgh…’ she groaned internally, ‘Those all sound super useful or cool, but what would be immediately useful and not bite me in the end.’ Ember leaned forward resting her chin on her palm with a contemplative look. ‘I think I'll be fine without translation, I made it to town with Thorn in one piece and I think I could get Willow to give me directions and maybe a few language lessons if I'm lucky… or can work out a deal with her. Okay, that's one down and three to go. Identify Plant sounds useful but it also seems pretty situational… I think I'll pass on that one as well. So I'm down to two… a clearly utility skill or a possibly offensive one. If even the bunnies I saw here have horns that is probably a good indicator that the world here is more dangerous than I'm used to. I guess it would be best to have a way to defend myself with magic, since I chose to take the magic stats…’

‘Metatron… I will choose Aura as my Classless Skill.’ She thought to the system, confident in her choice.

[Understood]

[Name: Ember Abiss

Title: None

Race:Human

Age:23

Level:1

Class: “Locked”

Affinities: Rot, Nature, Void

Lifeforce: 50

Mana: 80

ki: 50

Alacrity: 5

Acuity: 7

Vitality: 5

Vigor: 5

Tenacity: 8

Fortitude: 5

Active Skills: 0/5

Passive Skill: 0/5

Classless Skills:1/5

Rot Aura - lvl 1 ]

‘Awesome.’ Ember thought, ‘now that that's done I'm curious. Metatron, what are Affinities?’

[Affinities represent the nature of mana generated by the user. Affinities are listed in descending order from most produced to least.]

‘Cool, cool, although I'm a little concerned by my skill choice now… does that mean I'm going to cause everything around me to immediately decompose?’ Ember wondered curiously and with a bit of concern.

[Incorrect]

[User Ember Abiss's Rot Aura while in passive mode will slowly decompose anything within range based on the excess mana generated. While in active mode the rate of decomposition is determined by the amount of mana supplied]

‘Okay, that's at least a bit better. I won't destroy my house just by living in it… although I guess I would need a home to begin with.’ With that thought all the excitement coursing through Ember plummeted into a pit of depression. ‘I don't have a home here, I don't even know where here is… apparently it's a different universe or something, because I don't think mana or ki existed where I came from. I'm sure that announcement would have made headlines. Unless it's dark energy? But isn't that just the force of space expanding or something?’

Ember smacked her cheeks, ‘Focus.’ She mentally scrolled back through her notifications for the description of her Rot Aura. ‘Okay, so… brightside. It seems like it is not always running. It will only activate passively once I hit full mana. The passive rate is as slow as my regen… which I'm not certain of either. Lastly I can keep it turned off if I consciously maintain a mana balance below full. I think I can safely live near people again. Ehehe… although it's not like I've lived near anyone since I left home to hike the Appalachian trail.’ A few minutes pass by as Ember drifts into daydreams of the time she spent in the mountains. Ember, once again, smacked her cheeks and then looked up, swiping the H.U.D. out of her sight and focused on Willow. “Umm… I have questions.”