Guess who back? Back again after getting horrifically caught up with his own shit~
Cause it's me. I am back~.
Yeah...kind of dropped the ball on writing stuff a bit there everyone, really sorry about that. On the bright side though, I platinumed KH3, A Hat in Time, AND got the new Etrian Odyssey game! Oh, also work and whatnot too, but that's less exciting.
Now, lets finally get a bit closer to being a Non-invalid with out recovery period. You have all been CRAZY lucky avoiding the Wu activation this time around, ya know?
Anywho, winning votes go here, some important future stuff goes on the bottom. Enjoy.
Spoiler: Winning Votes
TUESDAY: Choose 3 worth of Action Points Below
[X] BI-MONTHLY EVENT: Buy Food Supplies, Gain ?, and ?. (Costs 1 Action) Still Cool.
[X] Try to Train Something (Costs 2 Action)
-[X] Chi No enriching the soul today, instead, watch some Huloo There.
Let's GO (kakugo, rise like a Ghost-o!)
You had been awake for a few minutes now and already you could tell it was going to be a long day.
Your side and back weren't nearly as sore as they had been before, that wasn't in question, but it didn't stop you from being aware of every thump of your heart ringing through the aching tissue with nothing to distract you.
So, knowing a losing situation when you saw one, you dragged yourself from the comfy bed(of EVIL) and got dressed for the day with minimum groaning...
Only to run headlong into the swarm of gardeners, maids, butlers, and handymen running too and fro at the behest of Koga with a megaphone in one hand barking orders and a whip in the other, randomly cracking it in different directions.
"What...did I just walk in on?" You asked mostly to yourself as you flattened to the wall as best as you can, the normally servile servants not caring for an instant if their young change was in their way, merely racing forward carrying massive loads of baskets and bundles.
"HAHA, Young Master! It's good to see you up early for once! They're just setting up for the day." Came the ringing voice of Koga straight into your brain from right beside you through his megaphone, breaking you from the wall clutching your ears, as well as stopping all the servants in their tracks, horror growing on their own features.
"Whoops, forgot to turn it off! HAHA!" Koga merely said obliviously to the tension around him now, flicking the large switch on his machine with a thumb while raising his young charge with his other hand, whip forgotten.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!" You yelled back at Koga's face once you steadied yourself, half out of fury and half because of the deafness refusing to go away for a minute.
His response?
"BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY!" Koga beamed.
Your eye twitched uncontrollably, even as the others around you picked up everything around them and scrambled away, eager to escape. God damn it, you wanted to be angry at the guy, but you would have done the exact same thing if you had the chance. Plus...it was hard to actually stay mad at a guy who stuck by you and 'cared' about you.
"Okay, it... was kind of funny. So, what actually happened here anyway? Looked like a warzone." At the here, you made a big show of gesturing with your hand to the mass hoard of footprints and forgotten scraps of what were once clothing or food scattered throughout the small courtyard your room lead out to on the outside.
"Exactly what I said. Setting up for the day. What, you thought the fresh fruit, pressed linens, and new buckets of screws came from nowhere? Or from elves?" Koga stated, crossing his muscular arms and giving you a raised eyebrow visible even through his Kamaid-Mask.
"I...but why the rush then? It's only...6:20 in the morning!" You began to ask before checking the time with your phone, shocking yourself. The only reasons you were awake now were if you had a breakthrough or were bindging something great!
"Indeed, we were almost an hour and a half behind schedule today due to a clearance sale this morning followed by some unexpected traffic." Koga nodded in agreement, glad you saw the truth of how close they had been pushing it.
You just kind of stared at Koga for a minute before backing away back down into your basement, now fully aware and looking for signs of people coming and going from your Lab. You were surprisingly disturbed to see at minimum 4 different sets of footprints that weren't your own or Koga's.
GAINED +1 Wisdom, +Materials for Idea Building/Construction
After that brief but unsettling realization of just how many come and go into your Lab's without you being aware of them, you felt another bite of your side for a moment when you bent too far to one side, and decided to catch up on some shows and manga you had heard about the last while, but had been too busy to bother with while dealing with your own magical misadventures.
"Huh, there's a thought. Note to self, write biography as light novel/webcomic..." You muttered to yourself as you searched for your recs among the reams of entertainment.
"Meh, seen it, seen it, was pretty good but never going to update, stopped last month, ooh, Iruma-kun eh?"
Spoiler: Soloman say what?
"Pfft, okay, you go into the favorite pile, if only for the meme's I can make with Clara." You snickered to yourself, taking joy in the parallels you could see between yourself and the protag. Sure, he was a goody goody and you didn't usually like that, but he was put into a dangerous situation and he's making the best of it, hitting just a little too close to home with you.
Plus you also had a semi similar build, so it might be a good easy cosplay if you wanted to. That was always nice.
"Ahh, that was nice. And it's only...9 PM!? WHERE THE HELL DID THE DAY GO!" You shouted in disbelief as you rushed to your feet, arms above your head in shock at the time. You sat down and what, literally didn't move for more than 16 hours? WHAT HAPPENED!
Wait...
"I put my arms over my head and didn't feel anything." You said as you froze in your pose for a moment. Slowly you, put your arms and body back into normal position, but there were no sharp pains or thumps with your movements. Just to test it, you made a show of rolling your shoulders, before punching the air once, twice, a third time and then a kick!
Nothing! No pain, no hiss of air, you were back to normal!
"Woo! Jack's back, and not a Wu missed! YES!" You howled with triumph to the Lab, making the Jackbots loitering around you golfclap as you continued to laugh at your good health.
GAINED:
+1 STRENGTH, for working past your bodies limits and reaching new heights.
AND
+15 Chi, for making your body overall healthier! Congratulations!
END OF CHAPTER
GAINS:
GAINED +1 Wisdom, for discovering just how easily accessible your 'safe' space truly is.
+Materials for Idea Building/Construction, freshly provided by your lovable locale wait staff.
+1 STRENGTH, for working past your bodies limits and reaching new heights.
AND
+15 Chi, for making your body overall healthier!
END OF GAINS
LOSE:
Temporary Debuff: Muscle Tearing; Torso; Moderate: By working yourself to the bone, you have incurred damage to the body that requires time to heal. Cannot undergo 'strenuous' activities, and if forced to do so, can lead to loss of stats or life, depending on location and severity.
END OF LOSSES
YOU ARE NOW HEALTHY
Authors Note Final (Importanter stuff)
And like that, the Healing Arc FINALLY ends. I have to admit, you are all both really lucky in that a Wu didn't proc, and unlucky in that it took nearly the mandatory rest period for me to roll enough healing dice. If we got enough on the first day after we hurt ourselves, we'd have gotten 50 extra Chi due to how bullshit we were. But no, bare minimum instead. Ah well, still an improvement.
Important stuff now though. After much deliberation, and talking to outside confidants, I. Have decided to start a P atreon. It's in no way mandatory or anything in any way, merely a part for you to contribute to should you wish or want something specific. I'll leave the name to it in my profile page, if you're interested.