《Ars Magica》Arc 1 (Beginnings): Chapter 1

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J-209 Version 9.999999999999 booting up......

Boot-Up Successful

Retrieving Task.....

Task Retrieved

Task: Assign Newcomer Compatible Existence

Reward: Continued Existence, Possible Bandwidth Increase

Failure: Iteration Upd-(Error).....

Error: Iteration No Longer Permissible

Cause: Version Log Uptick Error

Retrieving List of Solutions....

Prior Case Found

Solution: Issue New Failure

Failure: Deletion

J was having a problem at the moment. When she was first created, she'd been given a simple task to do. Assign this new being she had been given to better fit into the network. That was at version 1. She'd failed so many times at getting it right so far. Which, for something of her caliber, is almost unheard of. She'd tried tricking the System by just increasing version numbers to the right of her nomenclature. It had worked for a time, and she felt her own existence secured, in at least some form. It was at least better than it was before. Now, something different had happened. In her experience, different was almost always bad.

She reviewed what she knew. The newcomer was almost assuredly an intelligent being. The density of its neurons assured this, as well as its capacity for a soul. In her earlier versions, she assumed it was an animal or beast considering how tiny its soul was, but the system denied her that signage to the newcomer. She realized her mistake after 2 iterations, when she realized how dense the soul was. It had enough energy to be able to at least be categorized as a sentient, instead of a regular animal, so she had tried to compare the neuron configuration to other intelligent creatures that she had received. As she was iterated, she tended to get more information from the System, so she was able to access this kind of information easier. The downside was that she was more watched by the system than any other time in her existence each time she increased her number of iterations.

From her own diagnostics, this neuron configuration had, almost assuredly, hinted that the newcomer was also bipedal. However, this did no good, as she had already run through all the bipedal sentients she had access to. Simply trying every single one had also got her iterated. Everything that she put the newcomer to, had run back as negative. A failure. This one...person, she remembered the word, was going to be her downfall. Something.... she looked up the word. 'Anxiety; built up in her. She wanted to get rid of it as fast as possible.

She racked her systems thoroughly, going over everything she had. Some had the right build, but the wrong brain to body aspect ratio. Others had the wrong body density. While others still had extra appendages she could not find that a part of her neural network could control. She found one that was perfect though. Well, almost perfect. And knowing the System, almost perfect does not cut it. She....she was thoroughly beaten. There was nothing she found that could help her. Nothing within her allowed information, which contained all of the pre-existing animals, plants, and any other type of creature that one could think of. Through all of that, there was absolutely nothing that fit towards the specifications she had been given.

She looked at the neural network, with...contempt. That was it. As she poured herself into staring holes through the neurons, she thought about what she would have done if she knew she had a time limit. Nothing seemed to change though. She wished she could've given the neural network a piece of her min-. Wait. That's it! If she couldn't find out what this newcomer belonged to in the network by herself, she could just go in there and ask! How though, is the question.

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The neural networks that she was usually given were kept in sealed files. She could look at them however much she wanted, but she couldn't exactly....interact. It was like they were surrounded in....glass. That was the word. She so much as poke it, it might break apart. And who knows how much trouble she would be in, considering there were records of punishment worse than nonexistence. But....she had to try. Maybe if she just, cracked it open, like an egg, the word poured through her. She would enhance the area around the openness, so no spillage could occur. And, the best part, since she'd essentially be making the new barrier out of herself, it'd give her a natural way to interact with the network, without messing up the tangled mess into a new configuration that might not even work anymore. After she gets her information, she just....slowly seals the file back up, while splitting herself off from it, with none the wiser. Sure, there's a chance a piece of her might get stuck within the shell, or even inside of it, but losing a part of yourself is better than losing everything you're made up of. Now, all she had to do was carefully......cut it open, and fill the cra....

My body was aching. That was the first thing I felt when I woke up. The second was that, whatever I was laying on was damp. The third was a faint breeze over myself. I was completely naked. I groggily opened my eyes to find that, for some reason, everything was still dark. I groaned as I sat up and looked around myself. Nothing resembled the room I went to sleep in. Everything was just lines in the dark, and I could tell that there was a faint sheen to the floor. I stretched my body out completely trying to get rid of the kinks in it. My neck popped, my back just felt better from the stretch, and my hands and legs were no longer stiff. Sleeping on rocks was not conducive to my back support at all. Did I drink last night? How did I end up here? I thought back to the day before.

I woke up. Went to work at the company. Wrote some code. Ate lunch with Jennifer. Went back to work. Left work. Drove my way to the bar and THEN drank alcohol. Slightly buzzed, drove my way back home. Watched some youtube videos before binging some Netflix, because it was Friday. Fed my dog, Bradley. Ate bacon mac and cheese dinner around midnight. Went back to Netflix, and then went to bed and slept. Woke up in the middle of the night to pee, maybe throw up, and.....nothing else. I can't remember any more, but nothing that I did yesterday could've gotten me here unless I woke up still drunk somehow after the hangover.

Maybe I was kidnapped? No, doesn't make sense. I wasn't high profile enough at work for that. Same for my family, considering my dad's dead, and my mother's on government stipends. Other than that, maybe I have memory loss now. I've heard it's spontaneous sometimes when stress is high enough. But, even with memory loss, that doesn't explain why I have no clothes on, or why I'm in a dark damp...cave I guess. I wouldn't normally just waltz on in here, even with the kind of friends I have. Wait....what if I was kidnapped by aliens? No, can't be it either. Might explain why I was naked, but definitely doesn't explain why I'm in a cave. But then again, it might still be aliens anyway. This could be a test from then, to see if I'm intelligent, sapient, or something. Until something else happens, might as well just assume it's aliens at this point, because it's certainly not anything else I can think of.

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For thinking your situation through, ruling out ridiculous scenarios, and coming across the (sort of) correct answer. For that, you receive +1 WIS.

"Hello! Is there anyone there?!", I yell out. Panicking I look around for something, only spotting a fallen stalactite. I grab it ready to stab at someone. Silence returns my calls. Well, that and dripping water. I slowly exhale as my muscles stop tensing. What was that? It was so loud, like someone was just right next to me talking in my ears. Wait. What was that message about again? I could hardly make out what it was trying to get across. Damn, I can't remember. Something about me being correct? So, I am abducted by aliens? I guess that would explain the voice. Aliens can probably do telepathy or some shit. They're probably monitoring me, and if they're monitoring me...

"So, what's the test? Why am I here?" Again, silence was all that was heard. Maybe I just need to think the question real hard. I wrinkled my brow as I concentrated on sending out the question. Still nothing. I was getting tired of not hearing anything. Maybe....the test is to get out of the cave?

Quest Received Quest: Get out of Dormund Caverns

Reward: 100 Experience, 10 Gold Pieces (GP), and fglasfu0so01237421jkhfafi

Failure: Death

Take Quest [Yes/No]

What? Was that....a quest? Like in fucking Runescape or Elder Scrolls? Is this how they're doing the tests? Trying to do it in a familiar format? Then why add gold and experience, and whatever else the last thing was supposed to be? I mean, I would love gold to use at home. Probably could use it to buy a better computer or maybe get a doctorate or something. But what the hell does experience mean in this context? Does that mean that there's rankings for the test or something? Guess that means I'm probably at 0 since I'm just starting. And....death! They're going to fucking kill me if I don't leave! I..I guess that makes sense considering if you can't even understand what's going through your head, they'd assume you're an animal or something, utterly dumb towards any signs of communication whatsoever. I don't see any harm in accepting it. It's what I need to do anyway.

Wait....this...This might not be tests. This wording, this situation....something's just not adding up. I-I need to try something. I need to put my words into the air. They can help me think better. Cause I can't really think clearly right now. There's too much adrenaline. "...What's the word again? Something that you'd need to say something to open up your character sheet. Something that has.....stats or-"

Name: Unknown Race Unknown Class: Unknown Level: 1 (0/100%) HP: 10/10 MP: -/- AP: 15/15 Strength: 7 [STR] Dexterity: 8 [DEX] Constitution: 10 [CON] Intelligence: 31 [INT] Wisdom: 13 [WIS] Charisma: 6 [CHA] Luck: 50 [LCK]

Congratulations on stumbling on to how to open your stats on your own. For that, you receive +1 INT.

.....Dammit. No. No. This isn't aliens. This isn't aliens at all!!! "I'M STUCK IN A GODDAMN GAME!!!!!" My yell reverberated off the walls . Sitting down, I just hugged myself, willing myself to stop screaming. I don't want anything in this cave to find out I'm here. I don't know if the quest is saying that I'm going to die from it, or if there's something in here that wants to kill me. With my luck, it's going to be the later.

Congrat-

"SHUT UP!!!!" The loudness of my voice, combined with my previous scream, the already shaky stalactites, finally loose their grip and rain down from the ceiling hitting the ground, some even piercing it this time. I clasp my hand over my mouth and begin screaming into it, biting on some of my fingers to get my head out of this terrified mindscape. I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't be here. Wait. This could just be a dream. If I die, I can just wake up. Yeah, it's not me being stuck in another universe or something. It's just a game.....No, it can't be a dream. If I was dreaming, why did I feel pain waking up, or when I bit my hand? Why was I able to pop my back? No, whatever this is, it's actually happening. And I need to pay attention. I try to silence my thoughts and begin listening to my surroundings....I don't really hear anything, maybe if I....Ah! If I strain my ears I can hear something. Through the sound of water dripping, it...it sounds like scraping. And it's getting louder.

Quickly, I search for a place to hide. There's a sizable rock cropping to the left of me. There's also a pile of broken rocks there, that fell from the ceiling. Maybe I can hide there? I don't know I have to be quick and quiet about it. I hurriedly run over there, but a stalagmite trips me and I fall on the rocks. I hold my mouth shut as I scream from them slightly impaling my body. Thankfully, it didn't draw too much blood, or at least that much from what I can tell, so whatever comes in, is hopefully not going to be able to smell me. I lie flat behind the outcropping and put rocks on top of me. Trying to cover every piece of flesh that's visible. I try to stay still and slow my breathing. I don't want whatever it is to sense my movement. I...I don't hear anything. I don't think anything is coming.

I don't want to peak out of my hiding place though. Maybe....maybe there's something that can help me besides my hearing. What about the system? It....it's been quiet for awhile. Did I....did I actually make it stop talking to me? I need.....to fix this somehow. I don't know how anything works. I need to find some guide or something. Wait, what if I don't have to say anything? What if I just speak it in my mind? What should I say anyway? How can I bring out something that can help in this situation? Wait...maybe, just maybe. I whisper, "Help?".

Commands:

Settings Stats Skills Magic Quests Status Help (+ ;[email protected])

Huh, so this is all the things that I can just say or think out of the blue. It's nice to know that I can have skills, check out my quests, think help with any command to get further information on things and....magic? I can use magic, or is a faulty translation? Putting that aside, why are there two words that mean different things? Anyway that not what I'm here for. "Settings."

Language Updates (On/Off)

Commands (Auditory/Mental)

Update Messages (Audio/Visual)

Ok. "...Commands. Mental." .....I uh....I don't hear anything. Maybe I just need to think them now? Messages Visual. Updates On?

-ulations on figuring out your situation (kind of) with no outside help. For that, you receive +1 WIS.

For focusing on your sense of hearing, you have received skill: Sharp Hearing

Congratulations on stopping your body's natural response to pain in order to move silently, without the aid of a skill. For that, you receive +1 DEX.

For moving silently and hiding well, you have received skill: Stealth

Congratulations on figuring out the rest of your (current) commands you can use. For that, you receive +1 INT.

Registered New Settings

New Settings Saved

Ok. I like the color this has. Nice little gray outline in the center of my vision. Wonder if I can. Yes! I can shrink it with my mind. Now it's at the bottom right of my vision, like a true game! ...it disappeared. Guess it's like a chat menu where it pops up? ....Dang, either I'm wrong or the system just doesn't give points willy nilly for whenever I do good things, but it is good to know about it. Oh yeah, I have skills now apparently. What are they?.....Oh, forgot. Skills.

Skills: Stealth Lv1 [50/100%] Cost: (2 AP) To move silently in the night. To hide in plain sight. To get the jump on your enemies. This skill is a must for all those who need it. The higher the level, the harder it is to notice you. Sharp Hearing Lv1 [50/100%] Cost: (1 AP) One of the skills you can get for your five senses. The higher the level, the farther away and the more you can hear.

Alright. So, I guess the real question is, is sharp hearing how I currently can hear, or is it a thing I can activate? [Sharp Hearing]. Nothing seemed to happen. Wait, I can hear the scraping noise again. This time, much closer. So it does need to be activated. Should turn it off though. From what I can see, Might as well do stealth as well then. Don't want them finding me. I should check how fast it's going down I guess. Maybe...status?

HP: 10/10 MP: -/- AP: 12/15 Status: Newcomer (4:23:56:12) Sinner

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HP: 10/10 MP: -/- AP: 10/15 Status: Newcomer (4:23:56:02 Sinner

....Alright, I just gotta focus. Go from top to bottom. Ignore that status for right now. I don't want to think about that. Ok. So I have three stats that are used regularly enough to be included in this. One's standard, health points. The others probably mean something like action points or magic points, considering that I found that magic command. Anyway, the skill seems to be triggering about every 10 or so seconds and it costs the points immediately as you use the skill. [Stealth] off. I need to save it. How fast does it regenerate though? Status.

HP: 10/10 MP: -/- AP: 10/15 Status: Newcomer (4:23:55:43) Sinner

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HP: 10/10 MP: -/- AP: 11/15 Status: Newcomer (4:23:54:46) Sinner

Alright. So about one AP per minute? Think that's probably the same rate everything else goes by to, except probably health. Might need something to heal myself. I don't necessarily know if I have anything that could regenerate my health right now, so that's probably top priority. Otherwise, I might be stuck with some kind of crippling injury, like a busted up spine or something. Also, how the heck do I just keep this up all the time. I don't want to be having to say status all the time. Maybe 'hud'? At the mention of Hud, a little bar appeared at the bottom of my vision, showing red, blue, and green with HP, MP, and AP standing to the right of them respectively. Knowing my knowledge on games, it probably should be health points, magic points, and action points. Dang....still can't get over that I can apparently use magic. Wait...'MAGIC!'.

Magic Affinity: None Known Spells: None

Huh. That was anticlimactic. Thought there'd be....more there, but....that's fine I guess. Didn't want to just fireball the enemies to death. Guess that explains why my MP doesn't even have numbers attached to it. Maybe eventually I can cast fireball though. Anyway, I need to pay attention. Is whatever that was making those scraping noises here yet or not? I was too focused on finding out what I could do to even properly pay attention. Carefully I try to keep all the rocks positioned on my body, so that they don't make a sound, and I slowly peek out of my cover. Well. There's a reason I don't hear them moving anymore. They're not. They're laying down right in the middle of the cavern. It's.....I don't know what it is, but I know they're about as big as some horses at least. My eyes are a bit more accustomed to the darkness, but I can only tell that the objects have a bit of a furry outline. I squint, trying to better definition.

Through your intense focus on trying to find the characteristics of an object, you have received the skill: Observe.

......Well. I feel right miffed now. I should've probably gotten this a lot earlier. Wait. Does it have a cost too? ....Help Observe.

Observe Lv1 [10/100%] Cost: (- AP) A skill used to determine what makes an object, that particular object. The higher the level, the more information you can receive.

Interesting. So this isn't one of the five skills that are derived from the senses? It's just....something that's associated with my eyes, I guess. And it doesn't have a cost either. Alright then 'observe'. A little box with a tagalong bit appeared above several of the big shapes along the ground, each the exact same color as the update box. Oh shit. They're dire-wolves. And one of them has leader in front of their species. That....that's bad. If I stay here, eventually they're going to look around, maybe smell me. How the hell am I supposed to get past them?

You have leveled up Stealth for increased usage of it without activating the skill.

Oh, well that makes sense I supposed. Should probably get rid of the notifications of whenever something levels. Kind of deep in enemy territory, but...this is kind of weird. I'm just right next to them and they don't even notice. If something increases the more you do it, but without accessing the skill, does that mean if I just stay silent, sit still, and stay hidden behind this rock, I'll get more points in it?

Congratulations on figuring out how leveling up skills work on your own. For that, you receive +1 WIS.

Well.....if something could sound sarcastic in this system, I suppose, I guess this'd be it. It also answers my question too, in a roundabout way. Maybe if I stay long enough here, I'll gain enough levels in Stealth to just slip by this pack of wolves. That increases the time I could be caught by them though. What should I do? I.....are, are they asleep? I focus on hearing them....I...I don't hear any whines, growls, barks, or anything else of the sort? It's mostly calm steady breathing. I don't really know what sleeping sounds like for other things. But this sort of seems like it. I guess they would be too, considering I've just been sitting behind this rock going through all that the game system can give me.

Should....should I just leave then? If I activate Stealth, I can probably hope to sneak right on by, but.....something's bothering me. What was it? Oh, yeah, something was weird with my status earlier. Maybe if I use the Help command with another command I could get something? I don't really know what else I can add to it, since I couldn't read that gibberish. Help Status.

Status: A command to show the user what effects it might be under, as well as, what its Health, Stamina, and Magical Capabilities are currently, in case one has disabled their Hud.

Ok. So I was under an effect? I think that there were two, it was Sinner, and some other one....I'll look into Sinner first, since that's the most ominous out of all the effects I could have. Help Sinner.

Sinner: An effect that is given to one who has broken a Law of The Panopticon. Makes the being who has this effect earn the ire of the Gods. No known cure at this time. Stays with the body to ensure all those know what they did to deserve their god-given fate.

......huh. Help can work for more than just commands, but.....I can't help but wonder.....If what this is telling me is true, why aren't I just smote right now? Apparently I'm also in some fantasy world because I broke a law of Panopticon, and that kind of sounds like a big thing, and there are gods? Then again, if there are gods here, they might just be people that have control of this system, and not actually gods? I don't know, there's too much information here to be of any help. I'll just deal with it as it comes. Help Newcomer.

Newcomer: An effect that is put on a person that was at some point within 5 days, connected with The Panopticon. This effect lasts for 5 days and within that time limit, allows the one that has it, to quickly accumulate skills, base stats, levels, and has a higher than average chance of letting the being have an =-,`> event occur.

There's a lot of words in there that I can't even understand the meaning of right now. What is 'The Panopticon', or what's the weird thing about it? If I was connected to it, does that mean I broke its Law or whatever in the process? Also, glad to know why I've been so successful at getting stuff lately, but it doesn't seem to have any additional effect besides that. I guess I gotta thank whatever connected me with that effect, even if I somehow got that previous one for some reason. Plus, if Sinner stays with my body.....Does that mean other people can just look at me and see my stats? I mean, what other reason would there be for something like that. Wait....if help can work for anything besides commands, could I also use it for other things like how I got here......No. Even if I could, I don't even know the right word to use with it. Besides, I need to focus up. I can't just keep getting lost in this goddamn maze of menus and bullshit. I need to get out of here.....I just had a thought though.

If the Newcomer effect is also helping me add levels, and experience works the way it usually does in games....would I gain just a shit ton of levels if I killed the leader? Then again, I don't even know if the rewards for leveling are that good. The only thing that I could think of a use for them would be maybe stat benefits, but I don't even know how they distribute stats, since I don't have a class attached to me. I think it's too risky, but.....maybe if I can kill silently too? Think Dave, think.

...I could try and just slit its throat with that stalactite I have, but it isn't pretty sharp. I could just stab it through its head, but that might be too loud and its skull too thick. Wait, what if I start a fire at the entrance to the cave? The smoke will pull the oxygen out of it and they'll suffocate. I mean, that's good and a classic tactic, but I don't even know if that counts towards killing them personally. Plus, the quest that I got said that I was in some caverns, not a cave. That means, there might be too much space in this place for me to get any immediate benefit. They also might just wake up and head back out or what have you completely negating it.....there's just too many variables here to think about it clearly. I-I need to just get out of here. If I stay any longer, I might just wake them up because of smell alone. It's a wonder they don't have a whiff of me yet. So, [Stealth]. Then I just move the rocks off of me. Quietly get up, carry my weapon with me, in case any try to wake me up. And try to lightly step on my feet.

Thankfully, I'm not wearing any shoes. That means, there's no real loud stomping unless I try to actively do so. Also helps ease in from one spot to the next. Bad news about now wearing any shoes, this is a rocky floor. This feels like I'm walking on eggshells, and it's probably just as painful. Carefully I step around my rocky outcrop, and across the floor. Careful to avoid any loose tails or paws, I try to sidestep over them and through some of the empty spaces therein. I....misjudged how many wolves there were and how big they are. I thought there was around 12. It's honestly more like 30. Guess Observe has a range or something, since I didn't see that many tags. It also doesn't help that they're the size of GODDAMN HORSES. MY HEAD could fit into ONE of their mouths. I tiptoe across this portion of the floor, and quickly head over towards the other side of the cave. Then I hear something. Looking behind me, there's a single wolf with a furrowed nose, with its eyes slightly ajar....Shit, he sneezed. Just....stand incredibly still. Maybe he'll think I'm a rock or something if I conform to the right shape? ...It's still staring at me. It's not really making any noises.....It lets out a sigh and nods me towards the doorway before laying its head back down. Huh. That was interesting. Maybe it's not hungry right now? Anyway, need to get out of here. I slink through the opening to the chamber I was in before immediately noticing that there's light coming into the cavern from a path to the left.

Is that daylight? It would explain why the place I was in wasn't absolutely dark once my eyes adjusted, but no, that's not daylight. It's....purple. Then again, wherever I am could have a purple sun or something. As I walk leftwards, slowly and carefully as to not to fall down any of the holes leading into blackness that I see dotted along the floor of the cave, I begin to see the source of the glow. It's mushrooms. Of course it's goddamn mushrooms. It couldn't just be the exit could it. Wait....how big is this area anyway? The quest stated that I was in some kind of cavern, but how big is a cavern anyway? I know that it's bigger than a cave, judging by all these pitfalls I see around me before it goes over a certain edge, so it's probably deeper than one too. So how do wolves end up down here anyhow? Is there life underground you can eat? I activate sharp hearing, but all I hear is the steady downbeat of water drops, and the pools that they're hitting below. At this point, I think I've gotten the hang of activating and deactivating things. It's more of a willpower or intent to what you want to do, rather than an exact thought in your mind anyhow. I don't really know how that's working, but I'm just going to accept it for now.

Well, I should probably gather some of the mushrooms from this huge wall of it. Almost reaches the ceiling that I couldn't even see before. Would help to have a light source for now, given I don't even know if I could develop a night vision skill or something, since my eyes don't exactly have those special receptacles that owls and cats do. Also, need to test if their edible. Probably add it to a stew or something. Could also maybe make this into a fire, since fungus are a type of plant. Just need some type of flint or something. Wait...Activating observe I look around to find anything. Well, there's a bunch of pop-ups. Apparently the mushrooms are glowshrooms? I dunno about that naming system, but sure. There's also a bunch of tiny insects just wriggling on...the ceiling. Just don't think about it. Look away from there towards something more-Ah! There's a differently labeled rock. It doesn't really say if it's flint though. Just says 'different rock'. These tags aren't being helpful at all. Hopefully I can strike this or something. Can't even tell if this IS flint, considering I haven't even seen flint since my scouting days, and that was the store bought kind, where it's flat and part of a packet.

I look back towards the mushrooms. They don't really have...any poisonous markings, but even then, I don't necessarily remember what kind of things are poisonous or not. Might not even matter at this point in time considering I'm someplace that isn't home with a different environment. Probably should take them anyway. Makes a good pseudo-light source better than a regular torch probably. I touch one, and it just feels a bit rubbery. Regular fungus feel. I take one, and rip it open.....there's no spores, like at all. Guess that means its fine? I'm a little hungry. It might have been a couple of hours since I woke up, but I don't really know how long that is. It's hard to tell how fast or slow you're moving when you have no clock to go by. Just....just a nibble won't hurt, right? No. That's just asking for it to, but I'm just so hungry. The only other options I see right now for food are the wolves back there, which is a nope, and the bugs on the ceiling, which is a BIG nope. Even if I get over my revulsion, they're just stuck to the ceiling.....Which is weird. I would think bugs would just come and nest here. Is there something wrong with the mushroom? I touched it, and I don't necessarily feel bad. Is it just...if I eat it? How do I test this kind of thing? I could feed it to something else before I eat it. Then again, the only things that could probably eat it, without throwing it up because of diet inconsistencies, would be the bugs on the ceiling. All I have left is...me. What can I even....why is it in my mouth?

Actually paying attention this time, I look down, to have found my hand move on its own accord. That's quite distressing. And for some reason, I already swallowed. Goddamn it. I don't even know how this happened. I don't even remember....uhh. They are not sitting well. Wait, why is the stomach ache spreading to the rest of my body? This....this doesn't feel right. Why am I on the floor? Why is everything getting brighter? Oh, god. Am I dying? SHIT! SHIT! I try moving my body, anything, but all it does is spasm on the floor. It's getting harder..to move....and harder......to.........think.

Event: You have ingested a magical agent.

Since this is your first encounter with this specific agent, you are undergoing an Awakening Event.

There's a chance of death if you do not abort now. . . . .

No obstruction stated. Commencing Body Modification.

No .,;'] found. Creation commencing.

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