After getting her shopping in order(And spending three whole hours posing as both her normal and alternative body, in both clothing) Elizabeth unceremoniously threw everything in her [Inventory]. She decided to keep one set of casual clothing on and also threw her sports clothing inside the [Inventory].
She wanted to see if she could steer the [Evolution] of her skill toward something more useful for her, like a [Wardrobe] evolution.
So when a blue screen showed up she was quite pleased with herself.
| Notice: |
| Skill [Inventory] has detected a large amount of articles entering, most of the same category. Triggering possible evolution paths. First Evolution Path: [Inventory - Wardrobe] Second Evolution Path: [Magic Bag- Garage] Third Evolution Path: [Inventory - Tactical] |
That was an interesting evolution path she had in front of her, "Here is a list of all I took into my [Space Artifact]." Said the blonde handing a neat list with all the articles she took, this included a few tables and clothing racks she had eaten with her skill since she didn't want to deal with the organizing (Yet) while thinking about the evolution she wanted to pursue.
This list however was made by the little maid that was currently giggling in her shadow. For she had taken more than those clothing. As one could see from the things on said list.
"We will charge it to your bracelet Mistress, please hold your hand over here." Said the employee with shining money signs in her eyes.
She did as told while mussing her future path for the [Skill]. She focused her [Will] into the options to see what they were about, first going into the [Wardrobe] since that one felt like what she wanted. And sure enough, the blue screen answered to her question giving her a description of its merits and demerits.
| Inventory - Wardrobe: |
| The first evolution incorporates a [Wardrobe] function, and the [Skill] will add a function to focus more of the utility into clothing, accessories, and armor. It will permit the user to adjust and dress more easily using articles from the [Inventory]. This evolution path is focused more on focusing the efforts of the skill to make the life of the user easier. It will also allow the clothing to be repaired or adjusted to the body of the user, so the user will no longer need to turn the clothing into mana and use the [Shift] skill to change clothing. Truly the epitome of wasting the potential of skill to save time and be lazy. |
That felt like an attack on her persona and lifestyle...Probably the skill was affected by the blonde's asshole behaviors or something. Since it didn't feel like how it usually answered her prompts about other kinds of stuff.
| Magic Bag- Garage: |
| The path of expanding the space. The Magic Bag -Garage Evolution brings an overall increase to the space available to the skill, it will turn the limited space that the user has almost run out into the size of a garage. It will discard the possibilities to organize the stuff from the hud, and any other forms of easier organization. Leaving the user to organize the stuff manually herself. It will, however, allow the user to introduce living organisms into the [Space] created by the skill. Allowing the user to enter in person to said space or to carry living beings into her [Skill].
This will mean that the user will need to organize the stuff in her inventory manually, this skill evolution was triggered by the fact that the user got inventory organization stuff into her skill. [The Saintsworth's Conglomerate encourages the user to take this path.] [For the further in the path lies one of the ultimate goals of the Saintsworths] |
She was tempted to go the [Garage] way since that would allow her more utility overall, even if she would then need to organize the stuff herself...
She didn't want to organize the stuff herself, not when there was a shiny option that promised to resize the clothing for her, and if the skill kept evolving in that theme, maybe that would bring the ultimate goal of an inventory with washing and ironing all in one!
So while she knew the last skill reeked of as her mother would say [OP Cheat skill of Main Character] she wasn't one, she wasn't the main character of one of those fables, nor was she blessed by [Fate]. She wouldn't be able to evolve it that far... Unless she used Rossie's [Blessing] somehow...
No... She wouldn't use her friends as a stepping stone, even a pink-haired one...That she had noticed was growing on her...Truly, pink-haired girls are the bane of all...
| Inventory - Tactical: |
| This evolution is the organic way the skill was supposed to develop, this will bring the user a way to automatically organize the things in her inventory. Bringing several [Tabs] to automatically organize the stuff on her [Inventory].
This can be achieved manually by personalizing the [Inventory] in the nearest [Saintsworth's Approved] laboratory. So the user is encouraged to stay away from this path, while we acknowledge the user's ethos of wanting to laze away. This path doesn't grant much. |
That didn't tempt her that much to be honest, and she would soon forget about it..."Thank you for your purchase, Mistress. Do you wish to subscribe to our newsletter for new clothing of the season?" Asked the cashier while offering her a QR Code in a Holo tablet.
"No, that will be all. I will return here if more I need more accessories or clothes." Said the blonde while walking towards the exit. She would probably not return here since she had bought enough clothing to last her quite a while...
Well, maybe she could bring Rossie here later?
Her own Obsidian Bracelet should be enough to get her in, even if the store was restricted to Gold+ ones...
...Better not, she didn't want to test her newfound peace...yet.
Better to fix her problems with the rampaging skills now and experiment or stress her limits later. For now, she would return home and sleep. It was still the afternoon of a Saturday, but she was already tired.
She had done so much today!
Why it almost felt like she had arrived just a few hours ago!
So she started walking toward home after selecting the [Wardrobe] for her skill evolution. She soon felt the [Skill] grow, not in size. Not really... She felt like the clothing and everything that qualified as an accessory, weapon, or armor going into another different [Space]. While her normal stuff stayed normal. It seemed as if the skill while not growing more space had shunted everything else to another place, in the end, that gave her more space though... Why had the skill wanted her to go the [Garage] route then? If she ended with more space anyway...Probably something the [Saintsworths] wanted. She would ask the blonde asshole the next time she saw him. She could still feel her dragons jumping from shadow to shadow in the back of her mind. But for some reason, they didn't feel constrained by that weird feeling at the back of her head.
She got the feeling that only Nyx was affected by it since he was slumbering at the back of her mind. Just like how her connection to the shadows felt strained while under the effect of the red bracelet.
"Nyx you okay there buddy?" Asked the blonde to her shadow while walking towards home.
"[Lord Nyxfyre says that he feels sleepy since you took that [Relic] mistress. But he will survive, he encourages you to deal with the problem.]" Answered back the little girl in her shadows.
So Nyx also felt that weird out-of-control thing going on with her shadows?
She wondered why the problem hadn't surfaced at the school... Unless it had? She remembered her fight against Akira... Had her violent tendencies been started with him?
Truly he would get a trashing on live TV if he was the problem... But no, for now, she would focus on more important things, like arriving home.
"[Mistress, the scouts report that Mother is finishing preparations for the dinner, at your current speed you should arrive just in time to eat."] Added dutifully the little girl from her shadows.
Wait..."There are scouts at home?" Asked the blonde girl while putting on a pair of wireless headphones, this way they wouldn't think she was crazy...Even if her current conversation was anything but normal. But then again, she was wearing for everyone to see her obsidian bracelet.
"[Yes Mistress, this one deemed important to dispatch one to make sure no one tampered with your current base of operations...And to make sure Mother was safe. We can reroute it to any other work you deem necessary..."] Finished the little girl, a sad tone at the end.
She wasn't one to complain about it "No, that was good thinking, leave it as such and make sure Rossie stays out of trouble...Or trouble she can't deal with, don't report anything that isn't important. I don't want to overstep on her privacy if it isn't needed." Said the blonde girl, she didn't want to go too far on the problem with privacy, she was having a hard time dealing with her problems if she found out more problems about Rossie...Yeah, it was hard enough to know that she had a ravaged soul that needed mending. With some luck, her current evolution of magic would help her deal with that.
"Did you assign Scouts elsewhere?" Asked the blonde girl while remembering that this little girl seemed to have more control over her skill than her.
"[Of the 10 scouts available, one was left at the library with the nice lady, since they held important information. Another is at your current base of operation as reported, and the third one is currently on sentry duty around your current position. The other seven are on standby...The five soldiers are ready to attack interlopers and the 3 hounds are prepared to search or track any threats that come...And of course, us two caretakers are always at your service.]" Finished saying the little girl.
So she had 20 Shadow Dragons overall to do her bidding...Well, 15 as the caretakers didn't seem to have combat power...And of course, the scouts would stay on their current duty for the foreseeable future.
She would assign them as needed but she would leave at least 5 free for missions as [The Shadow Empress]...
Ugh...that name...She would probably have a hard time as a [Villain] with that name...Especially since she would end up working as a subordinate...But she had already registered it...
She would need to see if [Echidna] didn't find problems with it later. For now, she was closing in her current dormitory. So it meant she was coming close to home and to a nice dinner with her girlfriend...
She suddenly felt awkward. The wording was right...But somehow calling Rossie who was a girl and her friend Girl friend felt...It made her blush.
"I need a pillow." Said the blonde girl while walking inside the apartment building and towards the elevator. "And to scream in it for a few minutes."
"[Shall we prepare one for when you arrive Mistress?]" Said the little girl in her shadow, somehow she got the feeling that the always taciturn butler was frowning at the little girl and telling her no.
She gave a mental thumbs up to the Buttler. "That will not be necessary." And said as much.
She was already here and could smell the aroma coming from their shared apartment already, she hadn't noticed that most of the floor was empty if her shadows were telling the truth, most of the apartments on their floor were empty for some reason... More meddling from Father?
Probably, but in the end was for the best, for if they had heard the trashing her previous night's event had done.....Yeah, she would probably be dealing with more troublesome stuff.
So while refocusing her mind she walked into their apartment. "Welcome home Eli-Eli...Do you want dinner, a bath...Or...Me " Came the voice of her...Female friend....nope that also sounds awkward.
"...What are you doing Rossie?" Asked the blonde while looking at her pink-haired friend...Yeah, that sounds better.
Rossie was currently dressed in a cute pink apron...Over her normal clothing, somehow that made her feel...Disappointed?
Why?
"This little guy told me you were coming back, so I rushed dinner preparations...I wanted to make our first dinner in the big city special!... But didn't manage to dress up to the occasion..." Answered her Rossie while pointing to one of the shadows in the room. She could indeed feel one of the dragons there...
How could Rossie tell though?
She then murmured "Or undress...The little bastard told me too late!" Something she couldn't quite tell what it was, as the pink-haired girl talked too fast and in a hushed voice. Probably nothing important anyway.
She found refreshing the fact that even with all her boost in stats she could still act like a normal person near her loved ones...
"So what do we have today?" Asked the blonde girl while walking towards the dining table, somehow the shadow dragons were already setting up the table while Rossie sat down at the other end of said table.
The little girl was running from one side to the other directing everything while her friend just smiled at the little girl and gave her a nod.
That in turn brought the brighests smile to the little girl's face, who then redoubled her efforts.
"[Today's Dinner is Fish and chips its an easy to cook, and easy to eat common dish for this area. We have fried fish in batter with some potato chips and some choice sauces to dip in the food. Please enjoy the dinner prepared by Mother...If you need anything we are at the ready Mistress.]" Came the voice of the little girl while some dragons brought the dinner.
The Buttler was the one to put each and every plate for them and to serve their drinks though. It seemed only he and the little girl had enough dexterity to do such fine movements.
Soon enough they had the dinner served with some pieces of choice drinks and desserts ready at the side "So how was your day?" Asked the pink-haired girl.
"It was awful. Didn't know everyone outside [Avalon] was a brute." Grumbled the blonde while cutting a small piece of fried fish and dipping it in hot sauce. "They also are greedy pigs, everyone!" Said the girl while eating the small piece of fish in one go and taking a huge sip of her juice.
The pink-haired girl only looked at the blonde grumbling while she recounted her experiences during the day and how the blonde had dealt with them...Mostly, as Elizabeth wasn't telling her how she had lost control (Again) while fighting the Exo Suit Tinkerer...Nor what she had found about the taint.
" They only treat me fine while I look like this and have this bracelet! " Complained the girl while raising her arm with the obsidian one. "But as soon as I turn like this!" She said while her whole body was surrounded by shadows and she transformed into her [Alice] persona. "They treat me like a plague!" She ended her rant.
Then sheepishly looked at her female acquaiantance...No, that also felt wrong. She then looked at her girlfriend.
"Do you not find me...Repulsive?" Asked Elizabeth still in her black-haired form..."With the [Taint] and all of that..." She knew she was smaller in this form, but even so, she felt like she was even making herself smaller in the seat while absently minded played with the fork and knife.
On the other end of the table, Rossie just smiled while looking at her. "Of course not Eli-Eli." Said the pink-haired girl while standing and motioning with one hand at one of the shadows, which made one dragon rise and move her chair just right next to Elizabeth.
"And I will be angry if you ever think so little of me again." Said Rossaline while putting her plate and sitting next to Elizabeth. "How could I ever hate you?" Started saying the pink-haired girl while putting both of her hands in the checks of Elizabeth and making her look at her.
"When you are so adorable, no matter if you have a blonde figure sculpted by the gods..." She said while looking her up and down. "Or a black-haired lithe figure akin to a little sister." Smiled the pink-haired girl.
While hugging Elizabeth, for her part Elizabeth just nodded and kept on eating. Somehow the food tasted like it had a little more salt on it, but even so, she didn't mind it that much. Nor how her eyes seemed as if they had water on them.
She just kept eating while hugging one of the arms of her girlfriend, if nothing else this was one of the best dishes the pink-haired girl had done so far.
In the end, after eating she went to sleep, leaving all the cleaning to Rossie, she put on her pajamas and noticed how they seemed to be bigger...?
She looked at a strand of hair and noticed how it was black...Did she stay on her [Shift]?
No wonder she felt more comfy, this one brought her closer to the shadows after all, and the shadows were comfy...
She debated if she would sleep on this form or not...But in the end, decided against it so "[Shift - Cancel]" and returned to her usual form. She felt the stifling feeling once again hit her, but at the same time, her clothing adjusted to her body. She needed to deal with this without depending on other body forms.
If she started depending on her shifted form, she was worried one day she wouldn't be able to distinguish what form she was in and would do an oopsie. She was, after all, going to be juggling these forms quite often in the coming days.
So after returning to her normal form and throwing herself into the bad she went to sleep, focusing on her [Soulscape] and transporting herself to outside her soulscape... Admiring the shadow orb that represented her soul.
And somehow she could feel...Something else...She focused her senses and there were a couple of presences around, the first being the most prominent, the [Shadow Essence] she was used to.
The second one felt somewhat pinkish, focusing on it she found a carbon copy of the little maid mingling in the half that housed the blonde asshole, surrounding her were the other shadow dragons in a corner of the laboratory. And a few had a dog house...Dragon house?
Either way in that corner was a small mansion and the little girl and Buttler were cleaning it while some small armored dragons practiced with weapons and others with thrown weapons.
She found it funny how that corner had blackened bricks as if they had repurposed part of the laboratory, she even could feel Alexanders looking at them with a smirk on his face...Wasn't he on vacation?
She dismissed that train of thought and focused again, the next presence she felt was that of Nyx, it felt like feeling herself but different. If the little girl was an amalgamation of herself and Rossie (She would need to check on that later), Nyx was an amalgamation of herself and...Shadow Essence? And most of the dragons were an amalgamation of herself and Nyx. That got weird after looking into it.
The third and fourth were Alexa and Alexanders, nothing weird there. They felt...Transparent? As if they were here but not really here, she couldn't put her finger on how they felt and felt like it would be better if she didn't look too much into it. So she followed that train of thought and focused on the next one.
This one next felt...Comfortable, like the embrace of a loving mother...But it wasn't her Mother's embrace...It was...different...She walked away from it before she was lulled into sleeping in the comfortable feeling.
She had more ones to investigate after all.
The last one felt...Oppressive, all-encompassing, and more importantly...It felt π̵̲̞͎̜̭̱̬̭̀̎̍̽͂̚ε̵̧̨̤̳̘̳̱̺͔̝̃͝ͅι̶̛̬͚̋̈́̈́̋ν̷̨̘̼̿̊̑̇͊̉̊α̶̢̧̡̜̘͓̜̍̏̔̾̈́͜σ̸̨̻̫̗̗̭̌͊̐̍́μ̴̨̭̤̤͐͒̊̉͘͠έ̷̨̝̙̯͚͋̓͛͠ν̶̹̟̚͝ο̶̖̪̏̈́̍͘ς̷̧̛̬̗͉̝͈̦͕̯͖ wait what?
"[π̵̲̞͎̜̭̱̬̭̀̎̍̽͂̚ε̵̧̨̤̳̘̳̱̺͔̝̃͝ͅι̶̛̬͚̋̈́̈́̋ν̷̨̘̼̿̊̑̇͊̉̊α̶̢̧̡̜̘͓̜̍̏̔̾̈́͜σ̸̨̻̫̗̗̭̌͊̐̍́μ̴̨̭̤̤͐͒̊̉͘͠έ̷̨̝̙̯͚͋̓͛͠ν̶̹̟̚͝ο̶̖̪̏̈́̍͘ς̷̧̛̬̗͉̝͈̦͕̯͖]" She tried saying that outloud and only garbled sounds came, something wasn't right.
"S̶͇͗́̽̈́̊͊͗͆͘o̸͙̰͚͋̐̄̉͐̌̒̍ ̸̖̳̬̖̑͠y̶̡̘̮̣̮͑̾̌̓̈́͌̈́̔͠o̸̡̬̮͚̠̯͋͒͗͗̃̇̿͒̀͛́ų̵̢̡̘̞̗̜̳̦̹̂͊̓̆̂͠ ̸̲̲͈̣͓͓̏̒͛͛̈́̊c̸̢͉̭͇̮̑ȃ̷̖͎̣̫̲̣͚̟͙̬̳͒͂̊̿͊͛̈́̋͊͋ń̷̳ ̵̟͓́̋͘͜͠s̸̡̥͓̦͖̰̺̤̰̟̯̓̂͗͛͌͂̌͘͝͝e̵͎͓̔̄̃̈́̆̅̃͌̐̕͝ǹ̶͕̟͓̰̺̫̱͗͘s̶̢̲̝̩̯͍͍̹̓͋͋̽̿̂͋̒̅̀e̸̢͍̺̦͉͕̙͈̳͔͐͂ ̵̡̼̦͉͕̽̐͑̄̀́̕m̴̼͌̄̎͌̌̾͋̎͋̈e̵̜͈̰̗͙͙̍͐̀͐͗̉̌̚͜͜͠ͅ?̶̞͍͔̲̘̟͎͔͆͊̇͒" [Something] spoke something that wasn't quite right.
Something from [The Outside]... Something from far into the void surrounding her [Soul], something both primal and corrupted...
Something that made her feel...[ᚺ̶̺̟̹̟̽ᚢ̷̡̧̳̝̮̫̟͌̓̊̀̄́ᚾ̵̣̤͓̼̰̙̃̏̅͋͆̈́̽͝͝ͅᚷ̴̡̢͉̲̳͇̫̼͐͜͜ᛖ̵̟̾̆̓͋̾͗̃ᚱ̸̬̰̖͓͖̬̊͜ ̶̡̡̱̞̜͕͈͖]̽.
She wasn't sure of what it was, but she was sure that her eyes would be shining red in the real world...And probably her hair was either turning or had already turned dark. Not black but darker than black.
She got the feeling something was calling her from below...Below? What was below? Her [Soulscape]?
It didn't matter what it was, the call from outside was all that mattered.
"C̸͔͈̺̞̟͉͐͛̎̏ͅo̸̢̢͓̤͚̫̭̤̱̥̹̐͋̄̂̓͒̀̉̉m̶̨̝̩̪̦͕̒̀̀̇̊̌́́̇̚͝ḛ̸̛̛͕͉̰̺̣̰̫͙̲͂̑̓̐̏̎̃͝ ̶̲̱̞̲̟̻̥̻̯͂̑͐̍̀̓̕g̷̢̛͍̯͛̊̈͜i̵̧̭͍̟̜̗̒̎ͅr̴̡̠̮̪̠̮̘͉̤͛̔̀ͅͅl̸̜̳̦̍̃͑,̴̢͚̻̇̅̓̍̄͋̾͑͑͜͠ ̷͕̑̆̿̇͌̀̕e̷̡̢̮̥̫̠̼̘̼͌ͅm̵̬̮̭̮̺͔̖̈̏̎͒̌̽͊̎̈̂̈b̶͕̘̗͖͇̪̹̺̰̯̈́͆̄͆͗̚r̸͉͖̲̆̈́͒̀a̷̠͑̃͛̇́̔̓͘̚͘c̶̥̾̂e̸̡͈͚̩͚͖͈̲͊̓́́̉̈̓͌̚ ̴̘͍̌͆̇́̈͘͠t̵̡̧̡̳̲̘̪̳̯͛͌̃̌͊͜ḧ̸̬͈͙̱̝͎̝́͛͗̉͑̓̇̎͝͝͝ê̷̺̥̙̲̂ ̶̮̘̳͓͈̻̲̹͓̓͊̽͛̋̉̂̚m̵̛̻̠͚̙̾́a̴̛̞͕̺͍̺͕̳̰̗̓͑̆ḋ̸̛̦̲̝̼͊̀͋̑̋̊̕͠͝ń̴͈̞̝̜͐͂̓̀͒̀̾̌̂e̶͍̋͐͂̊̈̈́͂̿͛͘͜s̸̢̨̳̘̟͔͈̓ś̶̨̖̬̺̺͙̗̫̭̃,̴̹̩̯̹͖͉̥̀̋͐̑̀͐̓͑ ̶͉͖̟̔͗̈͆͝͠e̵̛̲͍̻̰̮͕̎̅̿̋̓͋̿̃̚͠ͅḿ̴̢̘̬̻̬͚̟͑͐̆͆̈́̈̌͂̀̀ͅb̴̨̻͔̘̞̹̮̟͙̱̮̍̀̔̄́͝͝ŕ̸̡͖̥̦͈̳̓̉͐͋͜a̸̢͉̯̩͓̘̬̤͌̊̓͒́̉̿̚̚c̴̢̝̩̫̗͂̚͜è̶̱̣͓̱͓͚͚̲̆̋̆̾͛̂̂͐͜͝͠ ̷͍̦͔̫̺̲̗̋̾[̵̧͙͔̞̳̥̠̟͍̋T̷̨̛̰̺͎̫̫̳͗̓̆͑̉̓̈͋h̵̝͈̫̗̪̪̻̜̋̌̏̾͑͆̒̃̚̚͜e̴̡̛̜̥̮̬͗̓̎̽̒͘͜͝ ̷̪̝͖̬͎̪͓͗̈́̀Ḩ̶̐̌͋̈̋̀̈̎͋́̕u̴̖̞͚͙̬̼̹̎͐͋n̶̢̼͈͙̺̘͇̫͍͍̓͌͛͛̊ͅg̵̨̞̲͚͙͚̘̜̐͠e̴̘̰̻̒͘r̶̤͓̙͍̀̓́̓̎́͘]̵̨̢̜̗̣͎͚̳̗̌͂͑̈̈̒͑͂̏͜͜.̵̡̡̡͔̩̖̪̫̠̱͆́̽̀̈́̌̀̕̚.̵̛̟̉͂͋̌̈́̀̐̐̚͘.̸̥͕̝̣̈́̀B̶̡̙̖̯͖̩̯͓͋͗̉̋́̓̌͘r̴̡͙̥̥̺̠̗̓̒̊̊̿̆̿̎i̷̧͔̟̮̾̄̚n̸͚̣̩͈̪̜̦͛͐̆͐̓̍̏̀͐́ģ̷̢̼͇̤̖̪̮̖̬̎̌̀̀̀̐͂̋ͅ ̴̨̮̳̀̓̒f̸̢͙̫̱̘̼̮̹̿o̷͉̗̹͊͆̓̌͆͝ȑ̶̯͍͖̥̯͍͉̈́͝t̵̗̍́̋̊̆̒̊̕͝h̶͉̖̥̺̯͗̄͂̒͛̾̽͋̕͠ ̸̨̺͍͉̦̬̫̝̥̉̅͋͘̚t̷̛̪̟̻̲̳̲̦̝͆̉͗͘͝h̷̖͇͔̭͍̼̓͊̓̍̈̈́ê̴̮̗̘̯̫̙̤̤͚̍͂̋̂͘͝ ̸̡̬̦̮̰̖̣͕̦̀̓̀̇͒̓͒͠P̸̢̢̺̱͎̻̙̘̳̖͒̽̀͒̑͑̚͠r̴̛̮̺̦͈̮̜͇̋̃̈́̈͒̃ơ̶̯̺͓̍ͅl̵̥̈́͒̑̀̅͐̚͠͝ͅͅͅį̷̹̯̹̥̤͐́̾͂̑̾̔͛͝f̸̹̲̼̗͔̲͔̞̯͍̈ȩ̴̨̢͓̬̫̑̄r̸̛̤̟͍͎͍̙̩͔̪̓͊̕̕a̸̛̲̽̀̽̿t̵̯̺̰͊̌̈̒̂͗͘͝į̶̗͔̘͗̈́̐̅̐͝ö̴̡̧̪̯̦͇̼̰̝́̈́̇̍̀͂̚̚n̴͍͔̞͉̪͙̓̾̑͂̆̈́͌́͐͠ ̶̢̳̟͎̗̝͖͖̺͕́͊͊̐͗̍͠a̴̢̹͈̲͓̙͔͆̂̕͜͠n̶̢͙̮͈̘̝͙̗͚̼͌͗̅͠ḍ̴̳͙̮͔̯̮̖͙̩͊͐̋ ̸̜̞̀͋̓̾̐g̴̢̢̖̰̼͙̖̱̘̈͂̔͛͒͐̌̉͜͠i̵̡̘̓͂̈́̈́v̴̤̞͎͓̪͎͙͌é̸̖́̊͋̽̐ ̷̬̞̗̘̠̘̲͚̦̬̆̎̒̈́̇̎̐͗͗͝͠ẁ̴̖͎͔̭̪̩͍a̷̧͇͎͍̪͙͚̥̗͖͐̏̽̂y̶͚͇̎̈̏̈́̂̕̚͘͝ ̶̟͕̳͙͈̺̕t̷̛̫̏̌́̈̍́̈́ö̸̧͙̲̤́̽̎̉͋͆̇͜ ̵̪̥͚̹̱̰̜͍̾̓ͅḾ̷̨̛͔͕͍̠̰͗͛́͆̎͛̃̈́͜͜ͅő̶̡̨̡̻̳̹̜͒͂́̄́̏̐̚͝t̶̛̛̩̖͍̗̲̀ḧ̴̢̩̲̩̜̥̖̩͉̖̃̎̓̾̓̽̊͋̕ẽ̶̡̨̬̗̦͉͔̘̭̟̰́̋̐͌͝ŕ̶̭͕̞̟̭̪̉'̵̧̨̢̨̳̼̱̮̲̭͆͌̑͒̉͑̍̒̚s̵̿̔͗͒̒͜͝ ̶̢̮͍̪̞̠̗͚̱̬̥͑̅͛̾̒̀̋̚̕͠w̸͖̍͋̈́i̴̠͔̋̎͂͆ͅs̵̨̖̘̗̻̹͛̂͌̆̔͒̓ḥ̴̼̺̼̰̭̖̥̆̍.̶̝͓͇̱̫̯́͋̓̈͆̌͛̈́̀" See, the voice in the void had the right idea too.
But she didn't get much time to think about it. For she heard...A bark?
"[Woof]" Yes a bark, and then everything went dark, she got the feeling that something slimy was surrounding her and it felt as if a huge tongue was holding her in place?
Either way, she didn't have too much to think about it for she lost consciousness while trying to extend her hand towards the darkness. It made her remember something. Something she hadn't had time to think about lately...She was missing a [Skill].
After getting her shopping in order(And spending three whole hours posing as both her normal and alternative body, in both clothing) Elizabeth unceremoniously threw everything in her [Inventory]. She decided to keep one set of casual clothing on and also threw her sports clothing inside the [Inventory].
She wanted to see if she could steer the [Evolution] of her skill toward something more useful for her, like a [Wardrobe] evolution.
So when a blue screen showed up she was quite pleased with herself.
| Notice: |
| Skill [Inventory] has detected a large amount of articles entering, most of the same category. Triggering possible evolution paths. First Evolution Path: [Inventory - Wardrobe] Second Evolution Path: [Magic Bag- Garage] Third Evolution Path: [Inventory - Tactical] |
That was an interesting evolution path she had in front of her, "Here is a list of all I took into my [Space Artifact]." Said the blonde handing a neat list with all the articles she took, this included a few tables and clothing racks she had eaten with her skill since she didn't want to deal with the organizing (Yet) while thinking about the evolution she wanted to pursue.
This list however was made by the little maid that was currently giggling in her shadow. For she had taken more than those clothing. As one could see from the things on said list.
"We will charge it to your bracelet Mistress, please hold your hand over here." Said the employee with shining money signs in her eyes.
She did as told while mussing her future path for the [Skill]. She focused her [Will] into the options to see what they were about, first going into the [Wardrobe] since that one felt like what she wanted. And sure enough, the blue screen answered to her question giving her a description of its merits and demerits.
| Inventory - Wardrobe: |
| The first evolution incorporates a [Wardrobe] function, and the [Skill] will add a function to focus more of the utility into clothing, accessories, and armor. It will permit the user to adjust and dress more easily using articles from the [Inventory]. This evolution path is focused more on focusing the efforts of the skill to make the life of the user easier. It will also allow the clothing to be repaired or adjusted to the body of the user, so the user will no longer need to turn the clothing into mana and use the [Shift] skill to change clothing. Truly the epitome of wasting the potential of skill to save time and be lazy. |
That felt like an attack on her persona and lifestyle...Probably the skill was affected by the blonde's asshole behaviors or something. Since it didn't feel like how it usually answered her prompts about other kinds of stuff.
| Magic Bag- Garage: |
| The path of expanding the space. The Magic Bag -Garage Evolution brings an overall increase to the space available to the skill, it will turn the limited space that the user has almost run out into the size of a garage. It will discard the possibilities to organize the stuff from the hud, and any other forms of easier organization. Leaving the user to organize the stuff manually herself. It will, however, allow the user to introduce living organisms into the [Space] created by the skill. Allowing the user to enter in person to said space or to carry living beings into her [Skill].
This will mean that the user will need to organize the stuff in her inventory manually, this skill evolution was triggered by the fact that the user got inventory organization stuff into her skill. [The Saintsworth's Conglomerate encourages the user to take this path.] [For the further in the path lies one of the ultimate goals of the Saintsworths] |
She was tempted to go the [Garage] way since that would allow her more utility overall, even if she would then need to organize the stuff herself...
She didn't want to organize the stuff herself, not when there was a shiny option that promised to resize the clothing for her, and if the skill kept evolving in that theme, maybe that would bring the ultimate goal of an inventory with washing and ironing all in one!
So while she knew the last skill reeked of as her mother would say [OP Cheat skill of Main Character] she wasn't one, she wasn't the main character of one of those fables, nor was she blessed by [Fate]. She wouldn't be able to evolve it that far... Unless she used Rossie's [Blessing] somehow...
No... She wouldn't use her friends as a stepping stone, even a pink-haired one...That she had noticed was growing on her...Truly, pink-haired girls are the bane of all...
| Inventory - Tactical: |
| This evolution is the organic way the skill was supposed to develop, this will bring the user a way to automatically organize the things in her inventory. Bringing several [Tabs] to automatically organize the stuff on her [Inventory].
This can be achieved manually by personalizing the [Inventory] in the nearest [Saintsworth's Approved] laboratory. So the user is encouraged to stay away from this path, while we acknowledge the user's ethos of wanting to laze away. This path doesn't grant much. |
That didn't tempt her that much to be honest, and she would soon forget about it..."Thank you for your purchase, Mistress. Do you wish to subscribe to our newsletter for new clothing of the season?" Asked the cashier while offering her a QR Code in a Holo tablet.
"No, that will be all. I will return here if more I need more accessories or clothes." Said the blonde while walking towards the exit. She would probably not return here since she had bought enough clothing to last her quite a while...
Well, maybe she could bring Rossie here later?
Her own Obsidian Bracelet should be enough to get her in, even if the store was restricted to Gold+ ones...
...Better not, she didn't want to test her newfound peace...yet.
Better to fix her problems with the rampaging skills now and experiment or stress her limits later. For now, she would return home and sleep. It was still the afternoon of a Saturday, but she was already tired.
She had done so much today!
Why it almost felt like she had arrived just a few hours ago!
So she started walking toward home after selecting the [Wardrobe] for her skill evolution. She soon felt the [Skill] grow, not in size. Not really... She felt like the clothing and everything that qualified as an accessory, weapon, or armor going into another different [Space]. While her normal stuff stayed normal. It seemed as if the skill while not growing more space had shunted everything else to another place, in the end, that gave her more space though... Why had the skill wanted her to go the [Garage] route then? If she ended with more space anyway...Probably something the [Saintsworths] wanted. She would ask the blonde asshole the next time she saw him. She could still feel her dragons jumping from shadow to shadow in the back of her mind. But for some reason, they didn't feel constrained by that weird feeling at the back of her head.
She got the feeling that only Nyx was affected by it since he was slumbering at the back of her mind. Just like how her connection to the shadows felt strained while under the effect of the red bracelet.
"Nyx you okay there buddy?" Asked the blonde to her shadow while walking towards home.
"[Lord Nyxfyre says that he feels sleepy since you took that [Relic] mistress. But he will survive, he encourages you to deal with the problem.]" Answered back the little girl in her shadows.
So Nyx also felt that weird out-of-control thing going on with her shadows?
She wondered why the problem hadn't surfaced at the school... Unless it had? She remembered her fight against Akira... Had her violent tendencies been started with him?
Truly he would get a trashing on live TV if he was the problem... But no, for now, she would focus on more important things, like arriving home.
"[Mistress, the scouts report that Mother is finishing preparations for the dinner, at your current speed you should arrive just in time to eat."] Added dutifully the little girl from her shadows.
Wait..."There are scouts at home?" Asked the blonde girl while putting on a pair of wireless headphones, this way they wouldn't think she was crazy...Even if her current conversation was anything but normal. But then again, she was wearing for everyone to see her obsidian bracelet.
"[Yes Mistress, this one deemed important to dispatch one to make sure no one tampered with your current base of operations...And to make sure Mother was safe. We can reroute it to any other work you deem necessary..."] Finished the little girl, a sad tone at the end.
She wasn't one to complain about it "No, that was good thinking, leave it as such and make sure Rossie stays out of trouble...Or trouble she can't deal with, don't report anything that isn't important. I don't want to overstep on her privacy if it isn't needed." Said the blonde girl, she didn't want to go too far on the problem with privacy, she was having a hard time dealing with her problems if she found out more problems about Rossie...Yeah, it was hard enough to know that she had a ravaged soul that needed mending. With some luck, her current evolution of magic would help her deal with that.
"Did you assign Scouts elsewhere?" Asked the blonde girl while remembering that this little girl seemed to have more control over her skill than her.
"[Of the 10 scouts available, one was left at the library with the nice lady, since they held important information. Another is at your current base of operation as reported, and the third one is currently on sentry duty around your current position. The other seven are on standby...The five soldiers are ready to attack interlopers and the 3 hounds are prepared to search or track any threats that come...And of course, us two caretakers are always at your service.]" Finished saying the little girl.
So she had 20 Shadow Dragons overall to do her bidding...Well, 15 as the caretakers didn't seem to have combat power...And of course, the scouts would stay on their current duty for the foreseeable future.
She would assign them as needed but she would leave at least 5 free for missions as [The Shadow Empress]...
Ugh...that name...She would probably have a hard time as a [Villain] with that name...Especially since she would end up working as a subordinate...But she had already registered it...
She would need to see if [Echidna] didn't find problems with it later. For now, she was closing in her current dormitory. So it meant she was coming close to home and to a nice dinner with her girlfriend...
She suddenly felt awkward. The wording was right...But somehow calling Rossie who was a girl and her friend Girl friend felt...It made her blush.
"I need a pillow." Said the blonde girl while walking inside the apartment building and towards the elevator. "And to scream in it for a few minutes."
"[Shall we prepare one for when you arrive Mistress?]" Said the little girl in her shadow, somehow she got the feeling that the always taciturn butler was frowning at the little girl and telling her no.
She gave a mental thumbs up to the Buttler. "That will not be necessary." And said as much.
She was already here and could smell the aroma coming from their shared apartment already, she hadn't noticed that most of the floor was empty if her shadows were telling the truth, most of the apartments on their floor were empty for some reason... More meddling from Father?
Probably, but in the end was for the best, for if they had heard the trashing her previous night's event had done.....Yeah, she would probably be dealing with more troublesome stuff.
So while refocusing her mind she walked into their apartment. "Welcome home Eli-Eli...Do you want dinner, a bath...Or...Me " Came the voice of her...Female friend....nope that also sounds awkward.
"...What are you doing Rossie?" Asked the blonde while looking at her pink-haired friend...Yeah, that sounds better.
Rossie was currently dressed in a cute pink apron...Over her normal clothing, somehow that made her feel...Disappointed?
Why?
"This little guy told me you were coming back, so I rushed dinner preparations...I wanted to make our first dinner in the big city special!... But didn't manage to dress up to the occasion..." Answered her Rossie while pointing to one of the shadows in the room. She could indeed feel one of the dragons there...
How could Rossie tell though?
She then murmured "Or undress...The little bastard told me too late!" Something she couldn't quite tell what it was, as the pink-haired girl talked too fast and in a hushed voice. Probably nothing important anyway.
She found refreshing the fact that even with all her boost in stats she could still act like a normal person near her loved ones...
"So what do we have today?" Asked the blonde girl while walking towards the dining table, somehow the shadow dragons were already setting up the table while Rossie sat down at the other end of said table.
The little girl was running from one side to the other directing everything while her friend just smiled at the little girl and gave her a nod.
That in turn brought the brighests smile to the little girl's face, who then redoubled her efforts.
"[Today's Dinner is Fish and chips its an easy to cook, and easy to eat common dish for this area. We have fried fish in batter with some potato chips and some choice sauces to dip in the food. Please enjoy the dinner prepared by Mother...If you need anything we are at the ready Mistress.]" Came the voice of the little girl while some dragons brought the dinner.
The Buttler was the one to put each and every plate for them and to serve their drinks though. It seemed only he and the little girl had enough dexterity to do such fine movements.
Soon enough they had the dinner served with some pieces of choice drinks and desserts ready at the side "So how was your day?" Asked the pink-haired girl.
"It was awful. Didn't know everyone outside [Avalon] was a brute." Grumbled the blonde while cutting a small piece of fried fish and dipping it in hot sauce. "They also are greedy pigs, everyone!" Said the girl while eating the small piece of fish in one go and taking a huge sip of her juice.
The pink-haired girl only looked at the blonde grumbling while she recounted her experiences during the day and how the blonde had dealt with them...Mostly, as Elizabeth wasn't telling her how she had lost control (Again) while fighting the Exo Suit Tinkerer...Nor what she had found about the taint.
" They only treat me fine while I look like this and have this bracelet! " Complained the girl while raising her arm with the obsidian one. "But as soon as I turn like this!" She said while her whole body was surrounded by shadows and she transformed into her [Alice] persona. "They treat me like a plague!" She ended her rant.
Then sheepishly looked at her female acquaiantance...No, that also felt wrong. She then looked at her girlfriend.
"Do you not find me...Repulsive?" Asked Elizabeth still in her black-haired form..."With the [Taint] and all of that..." She knew she was smaller in this form, but even so, she felt like she was even making herself smaller in the seat while absently minded played with the fork and knife.
On the other end of the table, Rossie just smiled while looking at her. "Of course not Eli-Eli." Said the pink-haired girl while standing and motioning with one hand at one of the shadows, which made one dragon rise and move her chair just right next to Elizabeth.
"And I will be angry if you ever think so little of me again." Said Rossaline while putting her plate and sitting next to Elizabeth. "How could I ever hate you?" Started saying the pink-haired girl while putting both of her hands in the checks of Elizabeth and making her look at her.
"When you are so adorable, no matter if you have a blonde figure sculpted by the gods..." She said while looking her up and down. "Or a black-haired lithe figure akin to a little sister." Smiled the pink-haired girl.
While hugging Elizabeth, for her part Elizabeth just nodded and kept on eating. Somehow the food tasted like it had a little more salt on it, but even so, she didn't mind it that much. Nor how her eyes seemed as if they had water on them.
She just kept eating while hugging one of the arms of her girlfriend, if nothing else this was one of the best dishes the pink-haired girl had done so far.
In the end, after eating she went to sleep, leaving all the cleaning to Rossie, she put on her pajamas and noticed how they seemed to be bigger...?
She looked at a strand of hair and noticed how it was black...Did she stay on her [Shift]?
No wonder she felt more comfy, this one brought her closer to the shadows after all, and the shadows were comfy...
She debated if she would sleep on this form or not...But in the end, decided against it so "[Shift - Cancel]" and returned to her usual form. She felt the stifling feeling once again hit her, but at the same time, her clothing adjusted to her body. She needed to deal with this without depending on other body forms.
If she started depending on her shifted form, she was worried one day she wouldn't be able to distinguish what form she was in and would do an oopsie. She was, after all, going to be juggling these forms quite often in the coming days.
So after returning to her normal form and throwing herself into the bad she went to sleep, focusing on her [Soulscape] and transporting herself to outside her soulscape... Admiring the shadow orb that represented her soul.
And somehow she could feel...Something else...She focused her senses and there were a couple of presences around, the first being the most prominent, the [Shadow Essence] she was used to.
The second one felt somewhat pinkish, focusing on it she found a carbon copy of the little maid mingling in the half that housed the blonde asshole, surrounding her were the other shadow dragons in a corner of the laboratory. And a few had a dog house...Dragon house?
Either way in that corner was a small mansion and the little girl and Buttler were cleaning it while some small armored dragons practiced with weapons and others with thrown weapons.
She found it funny how that corner had blackened bricks as if they had repurposed part of the laboratory, she even could feel Alexanders looking at them with a smirk on his face...Wasn't he on vacation?
She dismissed that train of thought and focused again, the next presence she felt was that of Nyx, it felt like feeling herself but different. If the little girl was an amalgamation of herself and Rossie (She would need to check on that later), Nyx was an amalgamation of herself and...Shadow Essence? And most of the dragons were an amalgamation of herself and Nyx. That got weird after looking into it.
The third and fourth were Alexa and Alexanders, nothing weird there. They felt...Transparent? As if they were here but not really here, she couldn't put her finger on how they felt and felt like it would be better if she didn't look too much into it. So she followed that train of thought and focused on the next one.
This one next felt...Comfortable, like the embrace of a loving mother...But it wasn't her Mother's embrace...It was...different...She walked away from it before she was lulled into sleeping in the comfortable feeling.
She had more ones to investigate after all.
The last one felt...Oppressive, all-encompassing, and more importantly...It felt π̵̲̞͎̜̭̱̬̭̀̎̍̽͂̚ε̵̧̨̤̳̘̳̱̺͔̝̃͝ͅι̶̛̬͚̋̈́̈́̋ν̷̨̘̼̿̊̑̇͊̉̊α̶̢̧̡̜̘͓̜̍̏̔̾̈́͜σ̸̨̻̫̗̗̭̌͊̐̍́μ̴̨̭̤̤͐͒̊̉͘͠έ̷̨̝̙̯͚͋̓͛͠ν̶̹̟̚͝ο̶̖̪̏̈́̍͘ς̷̧̛̬̗͉̝͈̦͕̯͖ wait what?
"[π̵̲̞͎̜̭̱̬̭̀̎̍̽͂̚ε̵̧̨̤̳̘̳̱̺͔̝̃͝ͅι̶̛̬͚̋̈́̈́̋ν̷̨̘̼̿̊̑̇͊̉̊α̶̢̧̡̜̘͓̜̍̏̔̾̈́͜σ̸̨̻̫̗̗̭̌͊̐̍́μ̴̨̭̤̤͐͒̊̉͘͠έ̷̨̝̙̯͚͋̓͛͠ν̶̹̟̚͝ο̶̖̪̏̈́̍͘ς̷̧̛̬̗͉̝͈̦͕̯͖]" She tried saying that outloud and only garbled sounds came, something wasn't right.
"S̶͇͗́̽̈́̊͊͗͆͘o̸͙̰͚͋̐̄̉͐̌̒̍ ̸̖̳̬̖̑͠y̶̡̘̮̣̮͑̾̌̓̈́͌̈́̔͠o̸̡̬̮͚̠̯͋͒͗͗̃̇̿͒̀͛́ų̵̢̡̘̞̗̜̳̦̹̂͊̓̆̂͠ ̸̲̲͈̣͓͓̏̒͛͛̈́̊c̸̢͉̭͇̮̑ȃ̷̖͎̣̫̲̣͚̟͙̬̳͒͂̊̿͊͛̈́̋͊͋ń̷̳ ̵̟͓́̋͘͜͠s̸̡̥͓̦͖̰̺̤̰̟̯̓̂͗͛͌͂̌͘͝͝e̵͎͓̔̄̃̈́̆̅̃͌̐̕͝ǹ̶͕̟͓̰̺̫̱͗͘s̶̢̲̝̩̯͍͍̹̓͋͋̽̿̂͋̒̅̀e̸̢͍̺̦͉͕̙͈̳͔͐͂ ̵̡̼̦͉͕̽̐͑̄̀́̕m̴̼͌̄̎͌̌̾͋̎͋̈e̵̜͈̰̗͙͙̍͐̀͐͗̉̌̚͜͜͠ͅ?̶̞͍͔̲̘̟͎͔͆͊̇͒" [Something] spoke something that wasn't quite right.
Something from [The Outside]... Something from far into the void surrounding her [Soul], something both primal and corrupted...
Something that made her feel...[ᚺ̶̺̟̹̟̽ᚢ̷̡̧̳̝̮̫̟͌̓̊̀̄́ᚾ̵̣̤͓̼̰̙̃̏̅͋͆̈́̽͝͝ͅᚷ̴̡̢͉̲̳͇̫̼͐͜͜ᛖ̵̟̾̆̓͋̾͗̃ᚱ̸̬̰̖͓͖̬̊͜ ̶̡̡̱̞̜͕͈͖]̽.
She wasn't sure of what it was, but she was sure that her eyes would be shining red in the real world...And probably her hair was either turning or had already turned dark. Not black but darker than black.
She got the feeling something was calling her from below...Below? What was below? Her [Soulscape]?
It didn't matter what it was, the call from outside was all that mattered.
"C̸͔͈̺̞̟͉͐͛̎̏ͅo̸̢̢͓̤͚̫̭̤̱̥̹̐͋̄̂̓͒̀̉̉m̶̨̝̩̪̦͕̒̀̀̇̊̌́́̇̚͝ḛ̸̛̛͕͉̰̺̣̰̫͙̲͂̑̓̐̏̎̃͝ ̶̲̱̞̲̟̻̥̻̯͂̑͐̍̀̓̕g̷̢̛͍̯͛̊̈͜i̵̧̭͍̟̜̗̒̎ͅr̴̡̠̮̪̠̮̘͉̤͛̔̀ͅͅl̸̜̳̦̍̃͑,̴̢͚̻̇̅̓̍̄͋̾͑͑͜͠ ̷͕̑̆̿̇͌̀̕e̷̡̢̮̥̫̠̼̘̼͌ͅm̵̬̮̭̮̺͔̖̈̏̎͒̌̽͊̎̈̂̈b̶͕̘̗͖͇̪̹̺̰̯̈́͆̄͆͗̚r̸͉͖̲̆̈́͒̀a̷̠͑̃͛̇́̔̓͘̚͘c̶̥̾̂e̸̡͈͚̩͚͖͈̲͊̓́́̉̈̓͌̚ ̴̘͍̌͆̇́̈͘͠t̵̡̧̡̳̲̘̪̳̯͛͌̃̌͊͜ḧ̸̬͈͙̱̝͎̝́͛͗̉͑̓̇̎͝͝͝ê̷̺̥̙̲̂ ̶̮̘̳͓͈̻̲̹͓̓͊̽͛̋̉̂̚m̵̛̻̠͚̙̾́a̴̛̞͕̺͍̺͕̳̰̗̓͑̆ḋ̸̛̦̲̝̼͊̀͋̑̋̊̕͠͝ń̴͈̞̝̜͐͂̓̀͒̀̾̌̂e̶͍̋͐͂̊̈̈́͂̿͛͘͜s̸̢̨̳̘̟͔͈̓ś̶̨̖̬̺̺͙̗̫̭̃,̴̹̩̯̹͖͉̥̀̋͐̑̀͐̓͑ ̶͉͖̟̔͗̈͆͝͠e̵̛̲͍̻̰̮͕̎̅̿̋̓͋̿̃̚͠ͅḿ̴̢̘̬̻̬͚̟͑͐̆͆̈́̈̌͂̀̀ͅb̴̨̻͔̘̞̹̮̟͙̱̮̍̀̔̄́͝͝ŕ̸̡͖̥̦͈̳̓̉͐͋͜a̸̢͉̯̩͓̘̬̤͌̊̓͒́̉̿̚̚c̴̢̝̩̫̗͂̚͜è̶̱̣͓̱͓͚͚̲̆̋̆̾͛̂̂͐͜͝͠ ̷͍̦͔̫̺̲̗̋̾[̵̧͙͔̞̳̥̠̟͍̋T̷̨̛̰̺͎̫̫̳͗̓̆͑̉̓̈͋h̵̝͈̫̗̪̪̻̜̋̌̏̾͑͆̒̃̚̚͜e̴̡̛̜̥̮̬͗̓̎̽̒͘͜͝ ̷̪̝͖̬͎̪͓͗̈́̀Ḩ̶̐̌͋̈̋̀̈̎͋́̕u̴̖̞͚͙̬̼̹̎͐͋n̶̢̼͈͙̺̘͇̫͍͍̓͌͛͛̊ͅg̵̨̞̲͚͙͚̘̜̐͠e̴̘̰̻̒͘r̶̤͓̙͍̀̓́̓̎́͘]̵̨̢̜̗̣͎͚̳̗̌͂͑̈̈̒͑͂̏͜͜.̵̡̡̡͔̩̖̪̫̠̱͆́̽̀̈́̌̀̕̚.̵̛̟̉͂͋̌̈́̀̐̐̚͘.̸̥͕̝̣̈́̀B̶̡̙̖̯͖̩̯͓͋͗̉̋́̓̌͘r̴̡͙̥̥̺̠̗̓̒̊̊̿̆̿̎i̷̧͔̟̮̾̄̚n̸͚̣̩͈̪̜̦͛͐̆͐̓̍̏̀͐́ģ̷̢̼͇̤̖̪̮̖̬̎̌̀̀̀̐͂̋ͅ ̴̨̮̳̀̓̒f̸̢͙̫̱̘̼̮̹̿o̷͉̗̹͊͆̓̌͆͝ȑ̶̯͍͖̥̯͍͉̈́͝t̵̗̍́̋̊̆̒̊̕͝h̶͉̖̥̺̯͗̄͂̒͛̾̽͋̕͠ ̸̨̺͍͉̦̬̫̝̥̉̅͋͘̚t̷̛̪̟̻̲̳̲̦̝͆̉͗͘͝h̷̖͇͔̭͍̼̓͊̓̍̈̈́ê̴̮̗̘̯̫̙̤̤͚̍͂̋̂͘͝ ̸̡̬̦̮̰̖̣͕̦̀̓̀̇͒̓͒͠P̸̢̢̺̱͎̻̙̘̳̖͒̽̀͒̑͑̚͠r̴̛̮̺̦͈̮̜͇̋̃̈́̈͒̃ơ̶̯̺͓̍ͅl̵̥̈́͒̑̀̅͐̚͠͝ͅͅͅį̷̹̯̹̥̤͐́̾͂̑̾̔͛͝f̸̹̲̼̗͔̲͔̞̯͍̈ȩ̴̨̢͓̬̫̑̄r̸̛̤̟͍͎͍̙̩͔̪̓͊̕̕a̸̛̲̽̀̽̿t̵̯̺̰͊̌̈̒̂͗͘͝į̶̗͔̘͗̈́̐̅̐͝ö̴̡̧̪̯̦͇̼̰̝́̈́̇̍̀͂̚̚n̴͍͔̞͉̪͙̓̾̑͂̆̈́͌́͐͠ ̶̢̳̟͎̗̝͖͖̺͕́͊͊̐͗̍͠a̴̢̹͈̲͓̙͔͆̂̕͜͠n̶̢͙̮͈̘̝͙̗͚̼͌͗̅͠ḍ̴̳͙̮͔̯̮̖͙̩͊͐̋ ̸̜̞̀͋̓̾̐g̴̢̢̖̰̼͙̖̱̘̈͂̔͛͒͐̌̉͜͠i̵̡̘̓͂̈́̈́v̴̤̞͎͓̪͎͙͌é̸̖́̊͋̽̐ ̷̬̞̗̘̠̘̲͚̦̬̆̎̒̈́̇̎̐͗͗͝͠ẁ̴̖͎͔̭̪̩͍a̷̧͇͎͍̪͙͚̥̗͖͐̏̽̂y̶͚͇̎̈̏̈́̂̕̚͘͝ ̶̟͕̳͙͈̺̕t̷̛̫̏̌́̈̍́̈́ö̸̧͙̲̤́̽̎̉͋͆̇͜ ̵̪̥͚̹̱̰̜͍̾̓ͅḾ̷̨̛͔͕͍̠̰͗͛́͆̎͛̃̈́͜͜ͅő̶̡̨̡̻̳̹̜͒͂́̄́̏̐̚͝t̶̛̛̩̖͍̗̲̀ḧ̴̢̩̲̩̜̥̖̩͉̖̃̎̓̾̓̽̊͋̕ẽ̶̡̨̬̗̦͉͔̘̭̟̰́̋̐͌͝ŕ̶̭͕̞̟̭̪̉'̵̧̨̢̨̳̼̱̮̲̭͆͌̑͒̉͑̍̒̚s̵̿̔͗͒̒͜͝ ̶̢̮͍̪̞̠̗͚̱̬̥͑̅͛̾̒̀̋̚̕͠w̸͖̍͋̈́i̴̠͔̋̎͂͆ͅs̵̨̖̘̗̻̹͛̂͌̆̔͒̓ḥ̴̼̺̼̰̭̖̥̆̍.̶̝͓͇̱̫̯́͋̓̈͆̌͛̈́̀" See, the voice in the void had the right idea too.
But she didn't get much time to think about it. For she heard...A bark?
"[Woof]" Yes a bark, and then everything went dark, she got the feeling that something slimy was surrounding her and it felt as if a huge tongue was holding her in place?
Either way, she didn't have too much to think about it for she lost consciousness while trying to extend her hand towards the darkness. It made her remember something. Something she hadn't had time to think about lately...She was missing a [Skill].
