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First Exploration in Forest I
Cloud plopped down on her bed. She lived in a building with many other Hunters. Each Hunter had their own separate room. Two rooms to be exact. One bedroom and one bathroom, both were blue. That was all they needed, since most of the time they would be down on Ragol anyway.
"So you're my MAG. And you eat recovery items. Here, have a monofluid," Cloud smiled as her blue MAG ate the monofluid. "Here, have another one." Cloud fed it until it would not accept anymore. "I guess you're not hungry anymore. Do you talk?" Nothing came from the floating object. "Oh well. That's okay."
Cloud placed all her items on the nightstand next to her bed. She opened the drawer in curiosity. There were… personal items. Two feet away from the nightstand was a closet. She opened that and found several other blue outfits.
She felt a little tired, so she sat down on her bed. She took off her barrier on her left arm along with the glove, then her boots. She undid the tie on in her hair and let it fall to her shoulders. She undressed all the other parts of her outfit that she did not want to go to sleep in. She placed the barrier onto the nightstand, so it wouldn't break or anything bad like that.
"Good night MAG," Cloud yawned, climbing into the bed and pulling the soft blue blanket over herself. She stared at the light blue ceiling and soon drifted off into sleep.
The lights in Cloud's room came on suddenly, waking her up. Every Hunter's room lights were turned on every day at that time to wake them up, if they hadn't already. Cloud got up from her bed. She put on the same outfit she wore the day before, since it was lying there at the foot of her bed anyway. Cloud visited the bathroom and then fixed her hair. She walked back into her bedroom and put on her barrier, frame, and glove. She grabbed her saber and monomates. MAG floated over to Cloud's shoulder just as she finished putting on her boots.
"Good morning MAG. How are you? Hungry?" Cloud asked. She reached for the one monofluid she had left. She fed it to MAG and it went up and down in delight. "Sorry MAG. That's the last one I have. I'll have to go down and buy some more later."
Cloud opened the door that led to the hall of the building she was living in. She turned off the lights and closed it shut. She walked over to the bank to withdraw some meseta. She withdrew enough to get two telepipes. She then ran over to the teleporter between the hospital and the Hunter's Guild. It took her into an area that had lush green grass and trees. It looked calm and peaceful. Next to her were some boxes. She smashed them with her Saber and found several items. She found 20 meseta and two monofluids.
"Hmm, looks like I won't have to buy you food," Cloud said to MAG, as she fed it the two monofluids. "Come on, let's see what else there is here."
She passed a blue energized gate. "Hmm… more boxes! I wonder if there are more items in them." Cloud walked over to one of the boxes and smashed it. She found 10 meseta, but before she could pick it up, a creature leapt at her from out of nowhere. It had a body that resembled a wolf. Cloud yelped in pain as its claws cut her flesh and made her bleed. She ran back to the other side of the gate and noticed that the creature would not go past the gate.
"No, I cannot run away. I have to be strong," Cloud encouraged herself. She used a monomate on herself, and her wounds were healed. "Wow, this is some cool healing potion."
Cloud ran to the other side of the gate and slashed at the creature. It took her six more hits until it was finally killed. She sighed in relief. But she let her guard down again. A new creature popped up from the ground, along with two others that looked just like it. It looked like a bear with a long nose and sharp teeth and claws. They surrounded her and attacked her.
"Ahhh!" Cloud screamed. She ran under one of them and slashed at them. A long while later, they were all dead. She checked around the room. There were no more creatures to attack her. She felt a surge of energy shoot through her. It felt good, and she felt more powerful. Cloud searched through all the boxes in that room. She found several more monofluids and monomates. She also found a dimate. She fed it to MAG and it changed. It looked a little bit similar, except it now it was silver, with a line of glowing blue in the center. "what happened?!?"
"Cloud, it is nice to finally be able to speak. I am no longer MAG. I have evolved into Varuna. Thank you for feeding me that dimate. It was delicious," MAG, now called Varuna, thanked its master.
"I thought you couldn't talk," Cloud said, observing it.
"I don't know. Well, I can now. At least you won't be as lonely," Varuna stated, matter of factly.
"Yes. That is a good thing. Will you change again?" Cloud asked.
"Maybe. It is possible. Depending on what you feed me, my different stats will go up. When my stats go up, I can help boost yours. And if you feed me the right items, I will evolve into something else," Varuna explained. "And when you encounter a new enemy, I can identify it for you. After awhile, you'll get used to their names and I won't have to identify them anymore."
"Okay. Come on. Let's go to the next room to see what there is," said Cloud. She ran to the door with the green symbol, and it opened for her. "This is nice."
The door led to a curving pathway. It led to another door and it opened. The bear like creature emerged from the ground again.
"That is a Booma. There are three different kinds of Boomas. You will see the other two later," Varuna informed her.
Cloud striked the Booma. This time, it took less swings. More Boomas appeared, and Cloud defeated them all. She was taking less damage now also. The wolf creature leapt at her after the Boomas were killed.
"That is a Savage Wolf. The leader of the pack is the Barbarous Wolf. If you kill the Barbarous Wolf, the Savage Wolves defense and attack power will go down. So be sure to kill it first," Varuna hinted her.
Cloud did as Varuna told her to. She ran to the blue wolf, the Barbarous Wolf. She used three charged attacks and it was finished. The Savage Wolves began to glow red and blue, indicating that their defense and attack went down. This made it a lot easier to kill them. Soon the room was cleared, and Cloud felt that surge of energy again.
"I love this feeling. It makes me feel stronger. What is it?" Cloud asked Varuna as she smashed the boxes and took the items.
"You are gaining experience and leveling up. Currently you are level 2. Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you. Each time I evolve, I learn a new Photon Blast. Currently, I know the Photon Blast, Farilla. When you attack a certain amount of times or if you get hurt, my Photon Blast meter will go up. When it is one hundred percent full, I can use a Photon Blast and kill or weaken the enemy for you. And sometimes, if I am really happy and not hungry, hint hint, I will heal you for you, and cast Shifta and Deband. Those are two spells that raise your attack power and defense temporarily. When I get better at it, I will also give you temporary invincibility. Now, isn't that wonderful?" Varuna asked.
"Very," Cloud answered, amazed at all the new things she learned.
"Now, I'm a little hungry here," Varuna demanded. Cloud laughed and gave it a Trimate she found. Varuna squealed in delight. "Yummy!"
"I found some more items. Here's another Saber, a Cane, a clawed weapon, more meseta, and that Trimate I just fed you," Cloud told the hovering Varuna. "And how am I supposed to carry all of this?"
"You can figure that out yourself," Varuna laughed at her. "And let me see that claw weapon. I can check if it is stronger than the saber you have now." Cloud handed the new Saber to Varuna. "Hmm… this one has a much higher attack percentage. Use this one. It's a Photon Claw"
Rustling came from the bushes. A Humar dressed in a black outfit leapt at her. Cloud screamed as the Humar dug his saber into her chest. He tried taking the Photon claw from her.
"NO!" Cloud screamed. The next thing she knew, the Humar slapped her so hard it knocked her unconscious.
So what did you guys think? I don't think I edited this chapter yet. So there's probably gonna be mistakes. And no, Cloud is not gonna be raped, if that's what you were thinking. Just watch out for the next chapter. Bye bye, and please review. ^_^