…

..

.

Ah.

Mmmmm.

I have been awoken by nothing, once more!

Hahahahaha!

Happily, I let my roots wiggle only to feel nothing. No, not nothing. What I felt was... a slight, tingling pain in some of them.

Hm?

In surprise I tried opening my eyes. Everything was black.

Eh?

I tried listening. I heard nothing.

...Ummmm..

Voice? Did I die again?...

= Nah =

Oh, alri-, wait who in the name of fuck are you

= Don't think about it and just ignore me, I'm not important yet =

L-, like hell you are!

...But I'll obey your words out of fear and not at all out of convenience for the plot. It's not a plot hole if I point it out. (;^))

Ok, so... I'm not dead. Then... what am I?

= Wanna see your stats or something? =

Um yes

= Ve-, h-, m-, rea-, qu-, =

- Name: Bob

Species: Bloodsoaked Child of Venus Lv.1

Health: 50/50

Mana: 0/0

Energy: 4/-

Energy Recovery Rate: 0.5/Sec

Speed: 30

P. Strength: 20

M. Strength: 0

Characteristic Abilities:

Grow Lv.7, Absorb Lv.10, Bite Lv.4, Sweet Scent Lv.MAX, Scent of Death Lv.MAX, Scent of Love Lv.MAX*

Personal Abilities:

Root Control Lv.2, Optical Root Lv.2, Audio Root Lv.1

Resistance:

Munching Resistance Lv.1, Poison Resistance Lv.3

Titles:

The One Who Defeated Georgio, Harbinger of Fear, Pal -

Mhm. Mmmmmhm.

Hm.

Pretty strong, eh?

= Pretty strong, right. Pff =

What? Got anything to say?

= No, no, nothing. Nothing at all. =

Hmmm. Thought so...

Well, um, do you work the same way as Voice?

= Voice? That's what you call her? Well, I ain’t' gonna correct ya if she hasn't. But yeah, kinda =

Oh, um, okay, so... What does that star mean?

= Star? Oh, the *? =

Mhm

= It kinda means the Ski-, ehem, “Ability” which it stands beside is in use. =

Oh. So... That “Scent of Love” thing is in use?

= Yupp, and lemmi tell ya, I do recommend turning it off. Well, not turning it off, as that would be impossible, so I'd recommend changing it to Sweet Scent. =

Right. And how does one do that?

= Well, just change the-, what? I'm not? Oh, sorry, one second. =

…

Alright...

= Ok so =

yeah?

= “Fuck off and find out yourself” =

…

= Sorry just go do it yourself according to V-, Voice, im not allowed to tell you what to do. Sorry, pal =

It's fine, it's fine, I'm used to it. So I'll just...

= Try everything. =

Gotcha.

Hmmm. Step one. Figure exactly what I want to do.

I want to stop smelling like... love or something, and start smelling like.. Sweet? Something like that. Uhhhm.

When I regained my sight, all I had to do was regain something I had lost, so although I may have been unused, it wasn't hard to get used to it once more.

However...

Well! Guess I'll just try it!

HHHHNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG

Hnnnnaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

That did not work.

Not at all.

Perheaps I should visualize something?

Using perfume? Changing clothes?...

...I have no clue.

Come on... Voice 2.0, give me a clue or something!

= ...I'll agree if only to let you cease that pathetic display. Ok so... just like... do it. =

Very helpful.

= No like... imagine stuff blossoming on your skin. =

What does that even mean?

= Uhm. Just try it. =

Alright then.

Blossoming, blossoming.

My skin started prickling.

Blossoming, blossoming.

Buds started forming.

Blossoming, blossoming.

And the buds bloomed.

…

Did it work?...

= Yup. =

Whoa.

That's total bull.

= Yeah kinda. =

Hm.

Wait, I still can't see.

My body feels kinda strange, so...

I'd better find out whats going on, I might have been attacked. That dude that saw me was kinda alarming... he might have fetched back-up or something. Hey, Voi-,

= Please stop calling me Voice, and start calling me Pluto. =

Oh, alright then... Pluto. Um. Okay then, Pluto, is my eye alright?

= Yeah, it just hid itself in the ground. =

It can do that?

= Yeah, your body kinda moves of its own when you sleep. =

Huh.

Alright, then I'll just let it slither out of the ground and open it. Easy as pie.

And, just as I had said, my eye easily uncovered itself from the ground. Luckily, it hadn’t hidden itself too deep.

Shaking the last remains of dirt from its little head, the eye opened slowly.

B-, BRIGHHHHTTTTTTTT

It was day, the sun was high in the sky, and the sky was a bright blue. I had never seen anything brighter.

My entire body quivered in pain, but I forced my eye to remain open in spite of the pain.

After a minute or so, I got used to the brightness and was able to look around. In the meantime, I had also allowed my ear to surface, and the results were about the same, except with a ringing instead of a burning.

Looking around, I noticed something curious.

Is that... Is that a tent?...

And... Is that... A human?...