Re: The Blazing Gamer Ch.3: Beacon Academy
Revised A/N: Fixed up grammar and overused punctuation. Removed a plot hole or two. Changed some dialogue and added a bit more detail in places. This was actually the easiest to edit overall.
I've been wondering if I shouldn't just remove the Move stat altogether, I just don't see how it would fit in this non-grid based environment.
Nathan stretched, relieved to finally get out of the hospital bed for the last time. The doctor's had kept him there due to how badly his chest was damaged, and forced him to stay a few more days just to be sure it will heal properly. He didn't even have any time to explore Vale before the week was up. Thankfully Ozpin messaged that what he needed was already ordered and ready for pickup on campus. His new scrolls buzzed with directions to what he assumed was the helipad where the airships would take them to Beacon Academy. Changing into his Lance Lord clothes, with a newly repaired chest plate he realized, he exited the room. Thanking the doctor and nurses he exited out the big white doors into the city of Vale. Checking his scroll showed that he was already quite close to the helipad where the airship was waiting.
Breathing in the city air he burst into a jog down the sidewalk, intent on not being late on his first day of school. He passed by many people his age, with many having their weapon out in the open like he had. A boy with orange hair was twirling a massive mace, bragging about it to his friend, who was holding a medium sized sword with what seemed like some kind of chamber built into the hilt with a trigger near the bottom. This confused Nathan as to why anyone would model the hilt of a weapon to be like a gun but he left it alone. He rounded another corner and practically rammed into a person who was also coming around the corner, barely managing to grab their shoulders before they crashed together. Taking a step back he was met face to face with a startled-looking girl with black and red hair, wearing some kind of dress with colors similar to her hair.
"Sorry about that, but I got to get to the Airship to Beacon!" Nate exclaimed before rushing past the small girl while checking his scroll.
"Huh? What? Wait, Airship? Beacon! H-Hey wait up!" The black-haired girl exclaimed before hurriedly running after Nathan.
Rounding the final corner he was met with the helipad, except it wasn't like how it he thought. The 'helipad' was actually a pier that would have just dropped off after a distance if it wasn't for the airship connected to it. This airship definitely did not look like the one that had been called for the rescue mission a week ago. It had four massive wings that were connected to an even bigger hull, it had a door open and a ramp extended to connect with the pier itself. Nathan gave a low whistle, impressed that something that huge was able to be up in the air like that. He slowed his jog back down to a walk as he approached the pier.
In front of the entrance was an older man with messy green hair who seemed to be checking in the kids who entered the airship. Getting closer Nate heard him speaking like he injected ten coffee cups worth of caffeine directly into his veins.
"Gather aboard children, gather aboard! This is the one way trip to Beacon! Well, not actually one way as you will be allowed to visit Vale during your school year but you know what I mean." The older man spoke rapidly, making the words seem to blend together for Nathan. When he got to the front of line the older man simply looked at him over the scroll he was holding and asked "Who are you young man?"
"Nathan Bellew." He said loudly and clearly. The man checked over his entire list in about one second, finding his name.
"Ah yes, the person Ozpin invited, pleasure to make your acquaintance, you are allowed to board go along now." The words blurred together again but Nathan had at least caught the words 'allowed to board' and enter through the door into the airship.
The entrance lead into what appeared to be a viewing platform, long windows stretched the length of the room. Multiple people were either staring out the windows or chatting with their friends. He also noticed that the airship contained bathrooms, located by some stairs on his right. Set on exploring the airship a little, he walked up the stairs into a same sized room but instead of having large windows, it had multiple rows of seats. Settling on sitting down until the Airship took off Nathan took a random empty seat row and sat down, settling his Lance against the wall. Waiting a few minutes, he flipped out his scroll and selected one of the games he downloaded on it. After awhile he began to hear more chatter as more and more people entered the airship, it wasn't long before the airship begun to lurch as he heard an engine starting up. An intercom came over the radio.
"Now leaving for Beacon Academy, please enjoy the ride." The intercom said before the airship started moving, looking out the window he saw the city of Vale getting farther away as they flew off. He jumped slightly, turning his head as someone spoke up right next to him.
"Um excuse me, is this seat taken?" A Blonde haired boy said nervously, pointing to the seat next to his. Scanning the rest of the compartment Nathan found it had filled up more than he had thought. "No it's free, you're good." He replied, the response seeming to relax the blonde as he took the seat, taking the sword sheath off his back and setting it against the back of the seat in front of him.
"Thanks, I never meant to get here so late, name's Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it." The now named Jaune gave a small smirk and crossed his arms, seemingly gaining some sort of confidence while saying his catchphrase. Nathan cringed a bit, that whole catchphrase felt so rehearsed it hurt. He gave a half-hearted smile back.
"I'm Nathan Bellew, and do the ladies really love it?" He joked, causing Jaune to become embarrassed. "They will in time, uh..." Jaune trailed off, slightly desperate to change the subject. He noticed the game playing on Nate's scroll and pointed to it, "Oh, is that Emblem Mystery? I thought that was a console only game?"
"Oh scroll emulators are common all it really took was downloading the game itself from a site, I can show you how after we la-" Nathan stopped as he notice Jaune's face start to turn slowly more green over time. "Land," He finished, "are you alright? You're looking kind of sickly."
"It's my motion sickness, I thought I could somehow ignore it, ugh, but it always happens anyways." Jaune groaned out, crossing his arms over his chest and practically doubling over. "Do you know where the bathrooms are? I'd prefer not to puke everywhere." He said weakly.
"They were right next to the bottom of the stairs, you walked right past them on the way up." Nathan replied slightly nervous, he really didn't need anybody puking on him in his entire lifetime. Jaune got up immediately and rushed towards the stairs as fast as he could, practically throwing himself down them. Noticing that he had left his sword leaning against the seat, Nathan removed the blade from the sheath and examined the blade.
[Crocea Mors]
Sword - Prf Range - 1 Weight - 7
Might - 8 Hit - 90 Crit - 10
Uses - Infinite
'INFINITE USES!? What kind of blade is this?' Nathan's jaw dropped when he saw that the sword will never break. He placed the sword back into the sheath and took it with him, intent on talking to Jaune about it later. Getting up from the seat and grabbing his lance, he went down the stairs into the viewing platform. Jaune never had left the restroom and he had no desire to witness what ever was happening in there so he settled on viewing out the window. Seeing how far away they actually were from the city was fascinating to him. He would have admired it more, but a hologram of the woman who visited him with Ozpin at the hospital showed up, drawing his attention.
"I am Glynda Goodwitch, and you are among the privileged few who have received the honor of attending our prestigious academy! Our world is experiencing a incredible time of peace and prosperity, and as future huntsman and huntresses it is your duty to uphold it. You have demonstrated the courage and dedication for such a task now it is our turn to provide you with the knowledge and training to protect our world." The hologram turned itself off after the grand speech.
"Ugh, sorry about that, did I miss anything?" Jaune spoke up suddenly next to him, his tired blue eyes staring out the window just like Nate's was. "You had left your sword back at your seat, here." Nathan handed Crocea Mors back to Jaune. "You should tell me about it sometime, it seems interesting." Jaune seemed to smile at that, "As long as you let me look at your lance too, I never seen one with a dragon on it." Their conversation was cutoff as an intercom came to life.
"Now arriving at Beacon Academy, please wait until bridge is fully extended to leave the airship." The robotic voice droned out. The airship shuddered, causing Jaune to plant a hand of his mouth as he started to heave again. "Oh no." Jaune immediately bolted for the exit, passing by two chatting girls. Nathan was set to follow him out, before the younger girl who looked familiar screamed.
"Oh, gross Yang! You have puke on your shoe!" As the girls were freaking out, Nathan looked down and stepped over the puke line he was about to step in. He quickly rushed to the exit, keeping an eye to the ground just so he didn't step into anything. Walking outside onto the pathway he noticed Jaune hovering over a trashcan, breathing heavily. Jaune pulled himself away from the trashcan before digging in his pants and popping what seemed to be breath mints into his mouth.
"You good this time?" Nathan said as he cautiously walked up, Jaune looked at him and gave a weak smile, "I am now that we are on solid ground, I really shouldn't have left my medicine back at home, I hate those stupid deathtraps. Um, let's just go." He quickly said, clearly wanting to get away from the accident he caused in the airship itself. Both of the boys finally exited the walkway, taking their first steps onto Beacon Academy.
Nathan and Jaune looked down the lengthy walkway, which was dotted with benches before coming to a statue surrounded by a few trees and large columns. After that has doors that even far away they could tell were very big. Nathan's scroll buzzed, showing directions to a building called the Amphitheater, which was just ahead of him. They began their long walk forward side by side. They chatted about video games to make the walk less boring, but they didn't have to for long as they encountered an argument happening right in front of them.
"Are you even listening? Is any of this sinking into your daft head?" A girl dressed in white screamed at the other girl,the same one Nathan saw before, who was looking dazed, and...about ready to sneeze? A closer look revealed some kind of dust cloud that was coming out of a red vial that the screaming girl was flailing around. "What do you have to say for yourself!?"
They weren't surprised that the girl sneezed, but they didn't expect the dust cloud to ignite and for a giant fireball to engulf the immediate area, ice crystals and bolts of electricity shooting out. Jaune ducked under a ice shard that was ready to take his head off. A clinking near Nathan's feet drew his attention, he saw another red vial like the one that girl was shaking around during her rant. He picked it up, looked around to see if anybody was looking at him, and pocketed the vial. Something like that could be useful later and if he kept it in his inventory it would more than likely not explode. Besides, it's not stealing if you're not caught. It wasn't long before his ears were assaulted by the girl verbally bashing the other again.
"Alright, if we don't either do something about this or leave I'm actually going to go insane." Nathan liked to think of himself as a patient man but this had no stopping point if that one girl's screeching had anything to do about it. Jaune looked at him, back to the two girls, back to him and nodded.
"I said I was sorry Princess!" The Red-head snapped back in retaliation, finally fed up.
"Okay, lets back it up. I feel like you two got off on the wrong foot." Nathan interjected, joining the relatively one-sided conversation, he flinched at the icy glare sent to him by the girl in white, Jaune was talking to the redhead.
"Got off on the wrong foot!? She crashed into me and caused the explosion!" She screamed indignantly.
"Hold on right there princess, she might have crashed into you, but I saw you shaking a red vial that caused a dust cloud to form. That explosion was actually your fault, not hers." He could actually see her face grow red, either out of embarrassment or anger, probably both.
"She is a heiress actually," A new voice joined the conversation, turning his head he realized it was actually Blake, that girl that helped him back at Train. "Weiss Schnee, from the Schnee Dust Company." Blake held up another vial, one that was red like the one he stol- ahem, 'acquired'. This caused Weiss to inflate with some kind of pride.
"Finally! Somebody recognizes my greatness." She exclaimed haughtily. Blake narrowed her eye's at Weiss before she scathingly said, "The same company that has questionable business partners while also being infamous for its controversial labor forces."
This caused Weiss to sputter before angrily ripping the vial out of Blake's hand and storming off. Butlers seemingly appeared out of nowhere to gather her luggage and followed her. "I swear I'll make it up to you!" Little Red shouted at her before sighing deeply. She turned around to talk to Blake but was met with her staring at Nate for a second before simply walking away. "Well, welcome to Beacon I guess." She half-heartedly laughed before turning to Nathan and Jaune, "What's your guy's names?"
"I'm Nathan." "I'm Jaune." The duo said simultaneously. This caused the girl to smile, "I'm Ruby nice to meet you," She paused before looking at Jaune curiously, "Hey, aren't you that guy who threw up back on the airship?" This caused Jaune to groan out of embarrassment and Nate to laugh.
"We should get going to the Amphitheater, that welcome speech might start soon." Nathan said, pointing ahead to the doors in the distance. Ruby and Jaune agreed and they began walking.
"Can I make your nickname Vomit Boy?" Ruby asked innocently. Nathan snickered as Jaune became both angry and embarrassed at once. "I'm telling you! Airsickness is a much more common problem than people think!" He said indignantly. Ruby raised her hands in a placating gesture whilst giggling.
"Sorry, it was just the first thing that came to mind!" She said in a vain attempt at justifying the nickname. Jaune thought a bit before snapping his fingers, a smile appearing on his face.
"Well...what if I called you Craterface?" Now it was Ruby's turn to be embarrassed. "Hey! I said that was an accident!"
"Yeah well I didn't plan on throwing up on the way here either!" Jaune shot back good naturedly. They stayed silent for a second before chuckling again.
"Anyways, the only name I'll be going by is Jaune Arc, short, sweet, rolls off the tongue and ladies love it." Jaune replied, causing a groan from Nathan and Ruby to raise an eyebrow.
"Don't worry Ruby, the women will love him within time." Nathan interjected, cutting off Jaune's response.
"I hope they will," Jaune clarified, "My mom had always said...oh never mind." He voiced before trailing off, looking defeated. Nathan simply patted his shoulder, "They will Jaune, they will. Just have a bit of confidence." Jaune raised his head a little, looking a bit better. Nathan decided to change the subject.
"So Ruby, are you excited to be going to Beacon Academy?" Ruby lit up at the question, "Of course! I cant wait to finally use my baby Crescent Rose!" She became absolutely giddy.
"Uh, Crescent Rose?" Nathan questioned, raising an eyebrow. Ruby reached behind her and pulled out some sort of weird red colored contraption. It was square in shape until Ruby pressed a button and it started to unfurl longer and longer until it turned into a full size scythe. Embedding it into the ground, Ruby's grin widened, " It's not only a scythe, but it's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!" She spoke with pride, eyes sparkling.
"It's a what?" Jaune spoke up confused, with Nathan actually speechless. "It's also a gun." Ruby responded as she returned the scythe into its original square shape, "What weapons do you guys have?"
Snapping himself back to reality Nathan pulled his lance off his back and handed it over for Ruby to inspect. Her eyes lit up like she just got a Christmas present. "Oooo, the handle is made out of pure steel while its head is silver! With a cool etching of a dragon as well! Did you make this yourself, what does it transform into?!" She shouted excitedly.
"In a manner of speaking yes, it doesn't transform into anything I had just wanted it to be practical. Didn't see much of a way to add a gun onto it." He replied half-lying, technically he did make it since it was his powers that gifted it to him.
"That makes sense, although I guess you could modify it later on once you get ideas. It's still cool lance though Nate, how about you Jaune?" She turned to Jaune after giving the lance back. Jaune pulled out Crocea Mors, and to Nate's surprise, turned his sheath into a shield. "I..uh...have this sword and shield, the shield itself is able to retract into a sheath in case I get tired of carrying it on my arm I'm able to place it on my waist along with the sword." He's told the two awkwardly.
"But wouldn't the shield just weigh the same even when transformed?" Ruby questioned as Jaune put his sword back into the shield and transformed it into a sheath.
"Yeah but at least this way my arms won't get tired," he sighed exasperated, "sadly mine wasn't created, it's a hand-me-down actually. Great-great-grandfather used it during the Great War." This caused a whistle from Nathan.
"A blade that never had to be sharpened that long, huh? At least you wont have to worry about maintaining it at all." Nathan had no idea at all what the Great War was, but a blade that's been used that long was impressive.
"Yeah I like it," Ruby piped up, "No one has any appreciation for the classics these days. Oh, it looks like we're here!" The group stopped at the set of open doors that lead into the auditorium. Jaune stepped ahead of them and motioned forward with his hands. "Ladies first." He spoke, looking at Ruby, she giggled and went ahead saying a thank you.
Then he looked at Nathan.
"I said Lad-" "Yeah I heard what you said" Nathan interrupted, giving Jaune a small shove forward, causing him to laugh as they followed Ruby into the Amphitheater.
The trio looked out over a large group of students, a risen stage was on the other end of the room with a single microphone planted on it. A voiced piped up out of the crowd. "Ruby! I saved you a spot over here!" A yellow haired girl shouted, waving her arm above her head trying to get Ruby's attention.
"Sorry guys I've got to go, catch up with you after the ceremony!" Ruby said quickly before dashing off towards the woman, leaving Nate and Jaune at the entrance.
"Great, where else will I find a nice quirky girl to talk to now?" Jaune sighed exasperated causing Nathan to give an over exaggerated gasp. "Are you saying I'm not enough for you? I'm hurt Jaune." All it received was a deadpan stare. "Fine, fine, but it's only the first day there may be tons of quirky girls to talk to. We should go find a spot before the speech begins." Jaune nodded and the duo walked off. Nathan couldn't help but feel like someone was watching them though.
After finding spots, they both could hear a commotion going on ahead and to the left of them. "Is that the girl from the courtyard? She came back for more?" Nathan questioned Jaune, pointing at Ruby and Weiss, who was handing Ruby some kind of pamphlet. "-nd talk about boys like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there." Weiss said, pointing behind her back directly at Jaune. Jaune's head tilted sideways, hearing her mention him. A low hum from the microphone silencing the giant crowd immediately. Ozpin and Glynda stood at the podium, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.
Ozpin cleared his throat before speaking. "I will keep this brief. All of you have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to both hone your craft and acquire new skills, and once you finish you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But when I look out amongst you, all I see is wasted energy in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can and will only carry you so far. It is up to you to take that first step." Once he finished he simply started to walk away, Glynda took his place.
"You will gather and sleep in the ballroom for tonight; your initiation will begin tomorrow. Be ready. You are dismissed." Glynda walked away from the microphone as well, tapping on her scroll. The crowd roared to life again, students talking to others about the speech and how initiation will play out. Nathan's scroll buzzed, opening it was a message from Glynda Goodwitch herself.
'Mr. Nathan Bellew,
Your school supplies have arrived. Come to the Beacon Tower as soon as possible as Ozpin also wishes to speak with you. - Glynda Goodwitch'
Putting his scroll in his pocket, he turned to Jaune before realizing he wasn't there anymore. He was instead chatting up Weiss, who looked less than thrilled about his entire existence. Shrugging, Nathan slipped his way out of the chattering crowd and exited the auditorium. Looking up at the massive tower, he walked off, wondering what Ozpin would talk to him about.
Entering the tower, he was met a secretary, beyond the desk had lead to a elevator. The secretary noticed him and quickly shuffled her papers together before addressing him. "Mr. Bellew?"
"U-uh, yeah that's me," He stumbled over his words, not used to being called mister. "Ozpin had wanted to see me?"
"Yes, please take the elevator to the top floor, that is where Ozpin's office is located. Your supplies will be down here when you come back." She replied before sitting back down at her desk and typing something on her computer. Nathan muttered a thanks before stepping over to the elevator. Once the elevator arrived he stepped in and pressed the top button. The ride up was quick for how big the tower had seemed from the outside. The doors open and he walked into Ozpin's office.
The inside of the office reminded him of a gigantic clock, dozens upon dozens of gears rotated and moved above his head, behind Ozpin's desk was an actual clock face. The floor itself was also a clock face missing the pointers a normal one would have. Ozpin himself sat behind his desk, slowly sipping out of his cup. Glynda stood to the side, viewing something on her scroll.
"Ah, Mr. Bellew, you're finally here. That was something we had needed to do before but waited as you were recovering." Ozpin said calmly, "We are going to unlock your Aura."
"Um, Aura?" Nate questioned.
"Aura," Glynda spoke up, "is the manifestation of our souls, something that everything with a soul can use, Grimm themselves do not possess souls. It can be our shield and weapon, and with enough practice a semblance will form, what the semblance will do is based off the individual. We are going to unlock yours for the initiation tomorrow. please step forward, close your eyes and concentrate."
Walking forward, Nathan stood in front of Glynda with his eyes closed. She put one hand onto the side of his head with one placed onto his chest. "For it is passing that we achieve immortality. Through this, we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all, infinite in distance and unbound by death. I release your soul, and by my shoulder protect thee."
Nathan felt something spark within him, before slowly growing. He felt faster and lighter than before, like he could take on the world. He felt the spark within him grow more before stopping, it was small and faint but it was definitely there. Opening his eye's he saw a faint black glow appearing around himself. He also saw Glynda with furrowed brows. "Is something wrong Glynda?" Ozpin questioned, concern lacing his voice.
"It's his aura sir, it barely took me any of mine to unlock it. He must not have a lot of it at all, definitely lower than normal." Glynda spoke her concerns. Ozpin merely looked between both Nate and Glynda. "Well, it could just be that he has not had any training with it in the first place, perhaps with practice it shall grow on it's own." He rationalized.
Nathan felt absolutely great since this 'Aura' was unlocked, he could see notification screen pop-up in abundance. "Thank you for unlocking my aura." He said while giving a small bow. Ozpin merely waved his hand, "Do not worry about it, everybody here already had theirs unlocked before they came here, you were just a special case. Now go get some rest, your going to need it for the initiation tomorrow. Do be sure not to forget your supplies on the way out of the tower, your locker number is on your scroll." Nathan thanked them again and got into the elevator. Grabbing the box on the desk, he exited the tower.
Nathan entered the ballroom wearing a grey shirt and sweatpants, changing after a quick trip to the bathroom and lugging a bedroll. The crowd that was present in the auditorium was all under the same roof here, either chatting with one another or trying to get some sleep. Scanning the room, he noticed a familiar mop of blond hair. Moving around the multiple beds, he came upon Jaune who was laying down reading some kind of pamphlet, which looked eerily similar to the one that white haired girl gave to Ruby. Wait...
"Jaune what the hell are you wearing." Nathan stared at his friend who was wearing some kind of baby blue onesie, with a little cartoon rabbit on the chest. All finished off with rabbit slippers with large ears flopping around.
"They're pajamas thank you very much, really comfortable despite its appearance. Either way where were you? You disappeared after Ozpin's speech was over." Jaune looked up at him questioningly. Nathan simply rolled out his bedroll and laid on it. "I was just getting my school supplies packed away." He explained. Jaune nodded and went back to reading the pamphlet called 'DUST: for Dummies and Other Inadequate Individuals.'
Nathan laid down his head, ready to get some sleep for whatever the initiation will be tomorrow. Until he heard someone arguing with another, raising his head and looking over, he realized that Ruby and Weiss were arguing again. Remembering he never talked to Ruby after the speech, Nathan turned to Jaune, "I'm going to go say goodnight to Ruby, and maybe try to break up that third fight they're having." "Uh-huh" Jaune responded, already seemingly nodding off. Getting up, he carefully made his way over to the small group huddled near the wall.
"Hey guys, what's going on over here?" Nate said, drawing everyone's attention and causing Weiss to pinch her nose and walking away irritated. "Hey there Nate! Yang," Ruby turned to the blond girl, "this is Nate who I talked to you about, and Nate, this is my sister Yang!" Ruby said, gesturing to the tall blonde girl. They didn't really look anything alike , but who was he to judge.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you Yang." Nate held out his hand, which Yang took with a firm grasp, shaking it, "Nice to meet you too, it's a relief to hear Ruby's made some friends, I almost thought she'd be nothing but a hermit during her time here." She said snickering.
"Yaaaang, stop trying to embarrass me!" Ruby whined, practically tackling Yang, who only laughed harder. As they were having their sibling spat, Nate noticed someone sitting against the wall, realizing that it was Blake he figured he should say something.
"Hey there," He caught her attention, tearing her eyes away from the book she was reading, "You're the one from back at the train."
"And you were the one dumb enough to try and fight a Beowolf Alpha on your own." She deadpanned.
"Yeah, that one was my fault. But, listen," Blake raised an eyebrow, "maybe we had gotten off on the wrong foot before. So hey, I'm Nathan, nice to meet you." He held out his hand in a sign of friendship. She looked at him for a few seconds before reaching out and shaking his hand. "I'm Blake, nice to meet you too." Nathan yawned and stretched tiredly, "Well, Blake, I'm heading off to bed, got to get ready for the initiation tomorrow, good night." "Good night."
Walking back, he noticed Jaune absolutely passed out with the pamphlet covering his face. Nate slipped into his bedroll as the lights began dimming. Now that he had some privacy, he can finally check out what this Aura was. He mentally called up his status page.
[Status]
Name: Nathan Bellew
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Class: Lance Lord
Level: 1 Exp: 0
Aura: 5/5
Health: 22/22
Stats:
Strength 8 + 1
Skill 8 + 1
Speed 9 + 1
Luck 5 + 1
Defense 8 + 1
Resistance 3 + 1
Constitution 8 + 1
Move 6 + 1
Confused on why there was a sudden plus one to all of his stats, he tapped on Aura and another pop-up appeared.
[Aura] - [Passive]
Manifestation of the Soul.
Active - + 2 to all stats, damage taken will deplete Aura instead of Health. Bonuses negated should Aura fall to zero.
Passive - + 1 to all stats, damage taken will still deplete Health. Bonuses negated should Aura fall to zero.
Replenishes 1 Aura Point per 30 minutes.
Nathan thought of trying to actively use his Aura but another yawn cut off his line of thinking. He really need sleep. Closing the windows he rolled on his side, snuggling deeper into his bedroll. Tomorrow was bound to be an eventful day, and he was eager for initiation. Briefly wondering what it would be like he started to nod off. Sleep overtook him quickly and then he was snoring with everybody else in the ballroom.
Blazing Gamer Ch. 3 End.