《A Curious Bird》1. Where Am I
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"Ugh, my head hurt."
A bird open its eyes and shook its head. Then it turns head to look around seeing a forest and then he looks at himself and saw feathers and wings. "Eh? EEEEHHHH!"
*Few Minutes Later*
After taking that he is in fact a bird, he said, "Think Aariv think. What happened the day before." Aariv closes his eyes to remember. '"What.....Help!" Fires were burning everything that he could see and he was coughing from all the smoke. His body was in pain and he could hear people crying for help. "No..No..No, no, no, no!"' Aariv open his eyes, panic. "Ugh, all I can remember is fire burning everything. I must have died and reincarnated as a bird." He signs and said, "This is so much like that those novels Kevin likes blabber about. Wait, who is Kevin? Never mind we can ask later. He said that was something like a videogame status the main character can call upon. So status!"
Name: Aariv
Species: [Pale Owl] - Lvl. 1
Skills:
[Peck] - Lvl. 1
[Passive Skill: Flight] - Lvl. 1 [Passive Skill: Night Vision] - Lvl. 1 [Stealth] - Lvl. 1
[Appraisal] - MAX
Stats:
[Available Stat Points: 0]
[Strength]: 10
[Endurance]: 9
[Wisdom]: 12
[Agility]: 14
[SP]: 28
"It really works, wait [Appraisal]?" Aariv said.
[Appraisal] -
Can provide information when used on a target.
Aariv blink. "So I can get more information by using [Appraisal]?" Aariv then points at himself with his wing and said, "[Appraisal]"
Pale Owl - An species of owl whose face is pale.
"Hmmm, quite useful." Aariv said. "[Stealth], [Peck], [Flight], and [Night Vision] are pretty self-explanatory."
*Growl*
"I need to find food." Aariv mutter. He spread his wings out of instinct, letting go of the branch he was standing on and flap his wings, and flew.
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Night was upon the world as Aariv flew through the sky while activating [Stealth]. Aariv searches the ground and found a mice scurrying around. Aariv dive towards the mice, his talons stretch and grab the mice, he than squeeze the mice killing it.
Defeated [Forest Mice] - Lv. 2
Experience is awarded
[Pale Owl - Lv. 1] ---> [Pale Owl - Lv. 2]
He flew onto a branch and then stare at the dead mice. "Do I really have to eat this?" Aariv questions. He only hunts the mice because of his hunger and his instinct. Aariv put the mice near his beak and swallowed it shuddering. "Not as bad as I thought but still disgusting." He mutter. "Still hunger though." Driven by hunger he begins to hunt again.
*An Hour Later*
Defeat [Horned Rabbit - Lv. 5]
Experience is awarded.
[Pale Owl - Lv. 6] ---> [Pale Owl - Lv.7 ]
[Passive Skill: Flight] - Lvl. 6 ---> [Passive Skill: Flight] - Lvl. 7
[Passive Skill: Night Vision] - Lvl. 7 ---> [Passive Skill: Night Vision] - Lvl. 8
[Stealth] - Lvl. 8 ---> [Stealth] - Lvl. 9
Aariv ate the horned rabbit. His hunger was finally quelled. "I feel so full," Aariv said. "And tired." Aariv close his eyes and went to sleep.
*The Next Day*
Aariv woke up to see the night sky. He shook himself. "I should check my stats," Aariv said. "Status."
Name: Aariv
Species: [Pale Owl] - Lvl. 7
Skills:
[Peck] - Lvl. 1
[Passive Skill: Flight] - Lvl. 7 [Passive Skill: Night Vision] - Lvl. 8 [Stealth] - Lvl. 9
[Appraisal] - MAX
Stats:
[Available Stat Points: 8]
[Strength]: 19
[Endurance]: 17
[Wisdom]: 20
[Agility]: 24
[SP]: 42
'[Peck] is still Lv. 1 because I didn't use peck on any of the rats and those horned rabbit' Aariv thought, he didn't spend the stat points just in case he spends them on a stat that was useless to him. "Let's explore the forest," he said. He took to the sky and began to explore. He saw horned rabbits hopping around and saw other owls flying around snatching mice and horned rabbits. "[Appraisal"
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[Horned Rabbit] - Lv. 3 - An rabbit that has a single horn on its forehead.
Stats:
[Strength]: 5
[Endurance]: 4
[Wisdom]: 8
[Agility]: 10
"Hmmm," Aariv said. He landed on a branch to rest and was prepared to hunt a horned rabbit but stoop by hissing sounds to his left. He turns his head to see a green-furred fox hissing at him. Aariv took to the sky and then [Appraisal] the fox.
[Forest Fox] - 18 - A species of fox whose fur is green like leaves and has some control over nature.
Stats:
[Strength]: 28
[Endurance]: 19
[Wisdom]: 27
[Agility]: 32
[SP]: 87
[Mana]: 78
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