The Sinspawn was ramping up in its aggression. Shuffling side to side and taking fake slashes at the ground to psyche us out. Wakka merely scowled, rubbing his nose.
"I've seen bigger Fiends," he dismissed and aimed his ball at the smaller head above again. The ball curved through that air on a wind current, spinning until its shape into a disc. It smashed into the smaller head with enough force that it crumpled inwards.
"And that's why we play in the water. Soften the impact, ya!" Wakka grinned.
Second head: 160
The second head turned blue and seemed to leak some Pyreflies. The entire body rippled with anger and pain as if the death of the top head had radiated damage to the rest.
Gui: 553453
"It should join its friend. It has nothing to live for!" Auron called as he went in swinging, his blade glinting off the faint sunlight peeking through the dark clouds above.
The arm came up to block Auron's attack, managing to catch the blade at a wrong angle and pushing Auron to a deadlock. Which given Auron was a fifth of its size, was both impressive and strange.
You watched as the Sinspawn didn't pull back for another attack, but instead began to gather crackling dark energy that wasn't shadow magic... but something more akin to weight or pressure.
It was an appealing element, and you watched how the Sinspawn was manipulating existing forces instead of creating.
The magic was not only simple to understand but easily controlled. You had been defying this particular element quite naturally since you were 'born'— gravity, the force that pulled everything down.
The magical version was a bit like that but more intense.
Like 'crushing every cell or particle making up your body' intense
You wanted this element for yourself. You understood it so well.
So you learned it.
Learned Gravity.
Gravity: Cause a sphere to envelop the enemy crushing them under their own weight—the more massive the target, the more damage. Can be resisted. Has outside combat applications and can be used on other things besides enemies. Cost 5 NP.
Sorcerer gained: Apt Student. +2 to all learning possibilities for black magic and spells that might not fit in the white/red/blue/green/time classifications.
While you were busy learning, the Sinspawn let loose a wave of his Gravity Magic which seemed to not only do what your spell did, but it also targeted one's inner soul... those Pyreflies. A bonus from once being apart of Sin?
What was this creature?
The wave of darkness washed over Auron, crawling past Wakka who rolled out of the way. It moved past Yuna who held her staff down, using some bracer in the shape of a petal on her arm to push the magic back.
You... had no such protection.
The spell hit you and despite having no organs as such, what was inside was still pretty fragile for what it was worth! It compressed before the magic stretched you out like a wet sock.
Eraqus HP: 2216
Auron: 8000600060016002
That physically felt like being put through a wringer, and you had little desire to repeat the experience—heart or no.
Yuna looked at you, and a second later, something more potent than cure washed over you. You couldn't quite... get what the magic was or how it worked to your Sorcerer's eyes.
Your entire body felt like it was refreshed, bathed, blow-dried, tucked in for the night, and pampered. Yuna's healing was warm and tender.
It made you understand your magic was as warm as a sea cucumber.
HP: 1622
Now... it was your turn, and you nodded thanks to Yuna as you held your book out before considering the options. You jumped and switched with a flash to your Warrior class, your new helmet and chest piece—the helmet's leering at the Gui with its new predator look.
"What..." Yuna breathed behind you.
Your change caught them all off guard, but in the time it had taken you to change, Wakka had already moved in to test the defence of the Gui's remaining face.
"This felt a bit more fitting for taking this oversized insect out.," you said as you saw Yuna wholly taken back by the sight of someone changing clothes mid-battle. Hopefully, she would get used to the idea later.
"Later, Yuna. Just focus, for now," you said as Wakka let lose his Blitzball. The ball went in wonky, but the giant arm came up like a wall to protect its face, absorbing the blow instead.
Gui: 453448
"Ahh!" Wakka grunted in disgust at the sight, "he's too armoured up. That limb has to go, Sir Auron!" he called over to Auron who merely nodded and went in.
Auron feinted to the left with a long swing, forcing the Gui to slide away, but Auron was quick as he pushed off the ground and reversed his swing into the Gui as it tried to go the other way.
Gui HP: 448 404
The arm seemed to be hanging on by strands of flesh, one more good strike would server it, but the stump on the other side was bubbling slowly...
It suddenly lunged, almost dragging its lone arm towards Wakka, swinging with all its might to crush the loud sportsman. Wakka turned to run, but whatever agility he had in the water didn't translate to the land much as the Sinspawn slapped him hard with its bulk.
You heard as something snapped in Wakka as he bent the wrong way under the force.
Wakka HP: 3117
Yuna gasped, running over to heal the man as he came to a slow roll. She did a weaker Cure this time, trying to conserve her energy. Cura must be pretty costly to use it seemed.
Wakka stood up slowly, but the cure did its job.
Wakka hp: 1731
You admired her talent with healing magic, it was beyond impressive, but you had to help Auron finish this thing. You'd have a better chance now since the tide below was pulling out rapidly so if it knocked you off the cliff, you land safely on the sand.
You rushed into Gui's injured side, blade blazing as the element of fire was made manifest.
The Silent Hero blade impacted the bubbling flesh where new bone and muscle was forming rapidly. Gui screamed as you dragged the tip across the wound fiercely, the fire melting and sealing the stump as it passed.
You turned abruptly and carved another jagged line down the first one, creating a flaming 'X' in the blackened stump, causing Gui so much pain it flailed in panic, backing off.
Gui HP: 448384
"Woa-oh!" Wakka exclaimed as he got into position again.
"I don't know what you did... but that Sinspawn is gonna regret messing with us, ya?" the man encouraged. Auron must have agreed because his glasses were pulled down his nose slightly, letting his one healthy eye have a clear sight of the Fiend.
Auron's accuracy +10.
"I believe the term is 'Eraqus Smash'." Look back at the Sinspawn "I really should be a bit more physical sometimes. Magic has it's own appeal, but It's rather satisfying just to crush things.." You rolled your neck, feeling power course through in this form—pure physical power.
"Do us all a favour, and fade away like the bad memory that you are," you told the Fiend who snarled, drooling toxic fluids from its mouth.
Your words made Wakka grin and Yuna to come closer, ready to aid you all in any way.
"I have your backs... I can summon?" she said, but Auron shook his head.
"Sometimes... summoning just isn't the answer," the man said cryptically and rushed in.
Wakka hung back for a moment, letting Auron take the lead for this round. You had never considered 'passing' your turn. You just always had something to do during battle, but Wakka needed to wait on Auron dismantling the other arm.
You decided to see if you too, could be a team player. Thinking back to when you worked with Cindy and Aqua, you were able to combo with them in special attacks. You did feel connected to Auron, so there was no harm in trying... right?
You fell into line with Auron, an invisible spark between you igniting as Auron's weird super attack flashed. He could have turned your offer of teamwork away, but he didn't, letting you aid his flashing attack. He leapt into the air as you pushed off to the side then back towards Auron, blade out. Him, coming straight down from the sky, and you, sailing across the ground, almost flying.
You met just as Auron was hitting the ground.
Your blade glided across each other, a single harmonious ring filling the air as they sang in greeting, forming a glowing cross.
"Dragon Song!" you announced as Auron slammed into the ground, the cross rippling forth, followed by tiny ripples in the land that exploded violently after a few seconds.
The cross slammed into the Gui with one final ringing noise before the explosions followed behind, mostly missing due to Gui flailing, but one went off near its face, causing it to stumble.
Its lone arm flew off the cliff, dissolving into more Pyreflies.
Auron Limit break(warrior); Dragon Song: Cross swords with his Dragon Fang and release a glowing cross at a foe for D100+80 damage. Follow this by d10 explosions worth ten damage each.
Damage: 162
Gui HP: 222. HP below 50% All bonuses reduced by half. All negatives increased by 5.
Wakka was in next, using the creature's defenceless state to attack.
The creature screeched out in protest as the ball impacted hard, making it turn away. It looked to be winding up another Gravity spell as it turned back, its other arm bubbling softly.
The Gravity spell rippled out, hastened by Gui's fury as it tore up the cliff in an attempted to crush everyone under its rage. Only Wakka managed to avoid the wave as he dove backwards, throwing his whole body into the mess.
Eraqus: 2724(elemental defence)
Auron: 7000 5250
Yuna: 2217
The spell... was not getting any better to experience.
Yuna cast a strange spell that was like Cure if Cure was stretched out like taffy and handed out to everybody.
"Be careful!" Yuna said, looking pained herself as if the spell had a lasting impact on her. She stumbled, her balance faltering.
"I-I'm fine. I just need a moment," Yuna promised as she began swaying. Wakka moved to aid her, so you did your best to put this Fiend down. Your sword ignited again as you went for its bubbling stump also. It saw you coming. It tried to dodge.
It failed.
Your pain from Gui's gravity spell made your sword swing easier... faster.
You cauterised the remaining stump with another blazing slash, eliciting a scream from the Sinspawn. Your sword again seemed almost to be a part of your body as it moved like the wind.
You got a precise strike across the enemy's face, causing it to go blind in one eye as the flesh inside melted and popped.
Leaping back from a wild swing, you watched it squirm and writhe as the sky above darkened and the water was becoming filthy from the cliff water because it was becoming streaked with oil lines, perhaps from the residue from the rock.
"It tires, we end this now," Auron told everyone. Yuna still looked like moving too fast would cause her to pass out, but Wakka looked determined. Wakka held up his ball on one finger, and it began to spin with a crackle of electricity. That surprised you as the man seemed almost simple in his tactics.
Hit and blind, but it seemed Wakka was not without some tricks. The ball sent the wreck that was the Sinspawn to the ground spasming as the energy discharged all over its body.
Next was Auron, and he went in with his sword aimed low. His sword cut through mottled flesh, eyes, and maw in a single sweep.
The entire creature swayed before it seemed to crumple to the ground, heaving and exhausted. If it were a person, this would be like being so beaten you couldn't lift your weapon anymore. You didn't know Fiends could get tired like this.
"It's just about dead!" Wakka cheered, but his smile slipped as cries went along the beach.
"SIN! SIN IS HERE!" a nearby scout reported with terror. You looked out past the Gui where the ocean itself had turned black. The sea lifting as something with no defined shape under the current seemed to lift itself out.
"Sin..." Yuna said, stumbling to her feet, clutching Wakka for support. Her face turned to fear... replaced quickly by a fierce determination. This watery apparition was Sin?
It was much more immense than you imagined it to be.
"We need to finish the Sinspawn," you announced, but Auron held you back.
"We don't defeat the Sinspawn to prevent them from aiding Sin. We defeat them to stop Sin coming. Now it is here... it doesn't matter," the warrior said darkly.
"Just like Maester Seymour wanted... as Maester Kinoc wanted. This is crazy. They're going to die. Crusaders, Al Bhed... everybody," Wakka said with anger in his voice.
"So we're just going to leave it here? It doesn't look like it'll recover, but something tells me that its current shape won't matter once that monstrosity reaches land," you insisted.
"We need to retreat. Sin will destroy or reclaim his spawn. We don't want to be seen near it. It sees any attack on the Sinspawn as an attack on itself. You do not want Sin to feel attacked," Auron said roughly, guiding Yuna back.
As if to give credit to Auron's statement, thousands of cannon rung out in a fire, blasting countless pieces off Sin that fell into the water. Scales or flesh that quickly came to live as there own beings.
The water fell away to show a grotesque creature. A whale at first glance, but its front was more like a frog, showing off a massive gullet. Its eyes... anywhere between 20 and a 100 all moved independently, taking in the battlefield all at once.
It was dark, but in a second that changes as thick grey, scales grew over its flesh like reactive armour, rendering the cannons pointless.
"Hey, don't worry!" Tidus's voice suddenly rang out, and he charged, sword glowing.
"One Sinspawn down and another to go," he said and began to slice Gui over and over, each cut seemingly glowing.
One of Sin's eyes spotted this, and it abruptly looked... the other way as if ignoring the scene.
Tidus moved faster and faster, the cuts now overlapping like crazy until the Sinspawn began to erupt in tiny explosions and roared on its rear tail in a scream, topping over the cliff edge and out of sight.
Gui HP: 0
Exp gained: 500+100 overkill bonus.
Tidus flipped back with a flourish and Yuna gave a gasp that had nothing to do with her dizziness.
"He's lucky Jecht is neglectful to the end," Auron muttered under his breathe as the other wandered over from their own defeated Sinspawn. None looked too harmed, but their potion bag looked a lot lighter than it had before.
"Tidus. I don't know whether to thank you or smack you for that recklessly amazing act. I will contemplate which is more fitting after we have left the sight of that monstrosity over there," you said, and the teen grinned, looking rather pleased with himself.
The sky flashed white as Sin surrounded itself in a flickering blue shield that was streaked with eye-searing distortions.
There were no words to describe the pure destruction it wrought when it completely reduced everything on the beach before it, its flesh, countless Chocobos and their riders... everyone and thing were reduced to pieces so small that they just seemed to vanish in a flash of white.
"That...can't be real," Tidus's swagger drained at the scene.
"Sin is very real. Sin is our nightmare," Lulu said, voice quiet with something dark.
"We need to move. Now. We can discuss what's real or not once we're out of range." you reminded, and the group began to pick up speed as something smashed into Sin's shield. You all ducked for cover as stray bolts of arcing electricity swam over the cliff as a massive weapon began to push into Sin's protection.
It looked to be a double-ended ray weapon set up on the cliff. The shield turned red and multiplied, exploding the weapon with rage before the massive whale turned its growing protection into a singular explosion aimed at heights were cannons still fired at it.
You actions to make them run prevented the summoner and her group from being eradicated down to their atoms. It didn't stop the cliff breaking apart and splintering as if Sin took a hammer to the earth.
Tidus and yourself fell one way as you both were bringing up the rear. Kimahri was going to joining you, but the Ronso leapt from rubble to safety. He tried to grab Tidus on the way, but he missed by inches. The rest of the group fell to a lower piece of the cliffs on the far side, splitting up to avoid being crushed.
You and Tidus fell to the beach below where a massive wave rolled in, a freak wave that would not only save your life but carry you away from the jutting spears below of broken earth.
You crashed into the water and went under the wave.
The sun, already dull behind black clouds... didn't reach this far down.
-
You awoke in a strange place. Not quite... a dream, but not awake either. It was odd since you didn't sleep, so waking up felt like a new experience.
A city in a haze dream was far below you, but the air felt like water. Tangible.
It felt like this place was both the dream and the memories. In the far distance, you saw Tidus floating before a topless man with a black tattoo across his chest. He had wild unruly hair behind a red bandanna. He looked like Tidus when the boy was upset.
You wanted to go to them, but you were called elsewhere.
You emerged in some strange forest-like area where the trees looked crystalline, the sky an aurora of swimming galaxies. Around you, spirits... the recently dead moved in and out of sight. None noticed you or cared.
You wondered why you were here until the air shimmered in front of you and a boy stepped forward. Face hidden deep in a blue hood, revealing only a tanned chin. Golden lines decorated his jacket along with red tassels that hung off at the bottom.
"Somehow, I get the idea... You're as much a 'child' as I am, despite both our appearances. In that regard, I feel it only fits I ask what you might need of me," you said casually. The spirit nodded.
"I am a Fayth. One of several in Spira. First," the Fayth bowed deeply before resuming his posture.
"We did not mean to trap you here. Under our dream, we suffocate Spira as it is. We didn't have a choice. Slipping in was hard enough, but getting you out is a near-impossible task," he went on.
"It's not the first time I've gotten stuck somewhere, though it somewhat better to know it was unintentional this time," you said, and the boy smiled.
"I didn't say you were stuck. I did say 'near-impossible task', not impossible, after all," the Fayth reminded as he threw you something.
Catching it, you saw it was a strange flat disc that shimmered despite no light touching it.
"We Fayth are imprisoned by the same ore that Spira used for Sphere Grids, but even purer. Mined from the deepest places of where Pyreflies roam, this stone is usually decorative and nothing more to most," the child explained.
"To leave this world, you must be able to enter the Dream. In some places, the Dream leaks out into the stars. This piece will guide your nature to the edge and allow access back in," the Fayth smiled.
"Any questions?" The spirit asked as if there was no rush.
"You know, this is about the fourth time or so that a world's higher forces have actively approved of my intrusion... I must be doing something right, to make such interesting friends so easily," you began.
"Is there any way I can help them? I might not know her exact fate, but I feel as if I should do something to help Yuna not reach her expected goal. "And what is Sin? From your eyes?" you asked, and the Dream shifted, making the child held a finger to his lips.
"We're in the deep Dream, but let's be careful with our words. It's not what you should be doing, but simply what you should not do," the child promised.
You tilted your head.
"Give up. The path 'she' walks is a worn one, and its reward is losing its point. Going with an option that doesn't work means innovation and gambling. We've put the pieces in place both out and in. They just need to do their part," the Fayth explained.
"The other question... It is a shell. An egg that will never allow itself to crack open for the slumbering being inside is weak without its surface. The power which gives hope is the same that provides nightmares. The... thing you asked isn't a thing at all. It's a weapon that needs a power source and a driver," he went on.
"The egg has gotten better at being an egg over the years, but if you wanted to poison it... you don't need to do more than simply get inside," The boy began to waver slightly.
"Given what I saw, that last part certainly seems easier said than done. Still, it's more than I originally had," you admitted.
"Not the case. If you land on it... it cannot harm you with anything but its still primitive surface defences. It's never had to develop those because none would dare get close. Its toxin would do all the work," the spirit promised, looking at the sky.
"The trick to that... well, they are for the feeble and weak. The toxin is just millions of Pyreflies overriding a person's memories since the Pyreflies are memories. A strong enough 'self' will quickly dismiss the toxin," he explained, and the dream curled as if displeased.
"I see... and this Pyrefly?" you pointed to your helmet where the thing seemed to be relaxing.
"Your connection to the Summoner arts. It is collecting memories, emotions... distilling them for you to understand in days what it would take others years," the Fayth said after a moment.
"A friend and aid, then. I will have to think of a suitable sweet for them in time," you announced.
"Her name is Keyo..." the Fayth smiled, and the Pyrefly seemed to be either agitated or nervous about the name.
"A good name for a good friend. My appreciation for your assistance, Keyo," you announced the world around you began to collapse, falling away in patches.
"It is time. The Dream is pushing you out. Remember my words," the boy said and vanished in more Pyreflies before the entire thing just blinked away like a lousy afterimage.
You floated somewhere else.
A strange... swirling void.
A large sword seemed to float in a dimensional that was forever swirling and sinking into a black hole.
A man in ornate robes stood on the sword edge. He turned slowly, fading away to reveal a strange... tick thing that floated with robust protections and flanked by two statues.
"Outsiders... why must we... war. I refuse... Beville invites dark...refuse. Sin...will...world." the flickering voice was like a static recorder so old it was falling apart.
It began to repeat one word over and over until it just a high-pitched whine.
Outsider.
"Outsider, surely, but less a monster than you," you called, and it didn't hear you. It was a tormented soul and memory of a man long gone. It was instinct and action stuck on a loop—an echo of what was once desperation and duty.
It was a shadow. A memory. Nothing else.
It flexed power that was both awesome and parasitic, feeding off a being around them. This dimension where the sword seemed to float was inside someone.
The air seemed to shift, and the world turned, throwing you into the black hole residing behind the spirit. It was one of the 'edges' the Fayth had spoken off. The biggest one and perhaps the reason the spider thing was here.
He was guarding the way in and out.
Oddly, it was shaped like a keyhol-
You were shunted into the darkness.
-
You felt yourself phase through the thin line between dream and oblivion, reaching familiar space before you hurtling trajectory made you all lost and confused. You grunted as you slowly climbed to your feet after landing on a world.
The world was dark, and it was raining. Great. The city above looked to be a shadowy world with neon lights. The streets were tight and narrow. It was devoid of any life but the overflowing Heartless and perhaps the giant floating white castle.
What was worse than was the corridors of darkness were tightly woven here. They felt... policed of all things. They narrowed to unique points around the world and trying to access on got you a nasty sting in return as if you weren't 'allowed' to teleport.
The city was either empty of portals or hidden to your senses (you made a note to find a class that let you detect hidden places or 'sneak' into guarded places). The only 'functional' ones you sensed were in... the giant... castle.
Well.
"No portals, too many heartless, and no idea where I am. This is going to be a rather unpleasant trip for me, isn't it?" you sighed, and after a moment, there was a single bright side.
Your connects pulled at the castle. Someone you knew was in the castle.
You slithered up high, defying physics to get some height. The Heartless has little care to chase you. You still lacked their desired meal.
With enough power brimming inside of yourself, you decided to get stronger. You would need it in this place.
Psychic level 12
Exp:624593
General: Accuracy +1
General: NP +1
Psychic: Speed +3. Physical damage+3
Psychic: Teleport: Move to any place within sight. Instant. Cooldown 3 turns. Cost 3 NP but doubling the cost allows one other person to come with you. Some barriers or magical defences may negate this.
Psychic: Psi-Burn, Psi-Ice, Psi-Thunder. Non-magical attack techniques that cost 1 Np and use the same dice to roll.
You liked where that was going, so you did it again.
Psychic: 23
Exp: 562
General: 3 HP. 3 NP.
General: +5 resistance to illusions.
Psychic: Rift: Deal d3 damage and remove one physical resistant from foe if roll accuracy 70 or higher. Cost 3 NP.
Psychic: Keen mind: All non-magical techniques that cost NP have +3 flat damage added to them if they harm.
Psychic: Empty like the Wind: +10 defence against emotional attacks.
Next up... you hit up the Blue Mage.
Blue Mage: 23
EXP: 531
General: HP +4
General: Elemental Defence +1
Blue Mage: Exterminator Blast: Do flat 1 damage unless the target is insect class. Do d10+10 damage—cost 1.
Blue Mage: Plucker Potshot: Do 1 flat damage unless the target is bird class. Do D10+10 damage.-cost 1
These classes continued to evolve, and it gave you a taste of power that would be beyond useful. Perhaps what interested you most was what that Fayth said about 'sense of self' to guard against Sin's toxin.
If this didn developed a healthy mind like Psychic, nothing would.
Psychic: 36
EXP: 438
Level 4:
General: +1 dodge.
General: +3 NP.
Psychic: Aura: All damage who total ends up being 1. Negate that damage.
Psychic: Psi-Water. Psi-Aero. Psi-Earth added to options. Same cost and dice as previous.
Psychic: White wall: +15 defence against mind-reading.
Level 5
General: Physical damage reduced by 1.
General: Non-elemental damage reduced by 5.
Psychic: Flight. Able to get in close range to flying enemies. Lazy application outside of battle. No cost. Passive.
Psychic: Halt: Make the target unable to move for D3 turns. Still able to swing their arms. Cost 2 NP. Foe can resist via dodging.
Psychic: Mental Scream: Send psi waves into enemy's mind, causing their accuracy and dodging to suffer. Cost 2. Lowers Accuracy and dodge of for by 10 for three rounds. Does not stack.
Level 6:
General: Non-Magic damage is now D5 as it based.
General: Any move that causes a debuff on the enemy's stats have a +5 to their accuracy roll.
Psychic: Ego and ID: Split yourself into two clones. Each clone has 50% of original stats across the board. Bonusesfully affects both clones. Second clone will equip a backup weapon or fight barehanded if no weapon is available. HP and NP are mirrored between clones on the split. Cost 15 NP. If one Clone dies, the skill ends. Cooldown: Once per day. Can be used outside battle but distance limit.
Outfit choice for psychic!
A set of black sunglases.
A silver tie decorated with a shooting star.
White gloves that have fingers. (propped up by ambient psi energy)
Backpack. It's good for snacks, making you look like a highschooler, and its silver and sleek.
[x]Blue tooth extension on visor. Can be used as a phone if you know numbers.
Wheelies: Your shoes now come with wheelies installed. Locked during battle.
Little floating angel wings on your back. A little small, but they seemed to just float there (you cheat with psi)
You switched to the Psychic class for the first time and were a little bombarded by the sensations. Not emotions, but more... the sense of the world.
This place was quiet, but the undercurrent of thought did pass by occasionally. The heartless were based creatures. Hunger and fear were all they seemed to fear at any given time from what you saw. The castle was... different. Sparks of something laid up there. Again, not emotions, but a collection of ego.
Oh, that was a lot of ego.
Your blue tooth began to connect to something, the silver piece curving along your face.
"This is Demyx radiowaves. For all you wiggles out there. Here's Sitar rendition of 'Wonder Wall'! Sit back and let's jive!" the sudden bright and obnoxious voice yelled into your ear.
"He seems like an oddly lively individual. Then again, I'm rather sassy for a sock." You changed the channel.
"-The moon sifts aloft, out of reach. Her pale light on my face," a familiar voice sounded out. The sound of a page turning was clear. "The moon sits eternally. My heart would beat for her if I possessed even a fraction of one," the voice read on, and you decided that was enough radio for now.
You still had some experience left to play with... and a new class to pick it seemed.
You saw silvery and black spheres with blazing images within. One of a giant great sword. One of a musical instrument, one with a wicked scythe, one with a book of smoky pages...
A lance with wind whirling around it, a barrage of knives with a current between then, a pair of dice coming up snake-eyes, and more kept coming.
A long set of twin blades, a gleam about the edges, a burning wheel with spikes...
A flower unfolding atop a staff, giving off a gentle light. A series of gears grinding together with wires lacing inwards.
You picked the class with the kunais and felt your form shift to something that was your usual Dusk body but with a long silver scarf that covered your lower face and dangled behind you.
The Shadow of the Silver Light: The Ninja class was unlocked.
The speed of the shadow is only illuminated by the flash of the storm.
General: Speed +1
Ninja: Shuriken: Conjured three shuriken to throw. Does 3 physical damage. Cost 1 NP.
Ninja: Shadow Stance: Give up attacking this round to double your dodge. No cost.
This form had an instant pull to it. It made you experience a sort of rush that came from having power. You looked down at the many Heartless and knew you were above them. A shadow they could not even perceive. It would be so easy to put a knife in all of them.
But you restrained yourself.
Instead, you levelled the class two more times, hitting each threshold with interest.
Ninja level 13
Exp: 438376
Ninja level 2:
General: HP +3. NP +1
Ninja: Stealth: A passive ability that allows you to go undetected when you wish to sneak. Roll a d100 to have a 'base stealth'. Using the environment or stumbling will add bonuses or malus to the modifier at different enemy checks. Enemy must pass your stealth to detect you. Enhanced senses, special powers, and others will bypass this.
Ninja: Ambush: Attack from a succeed stealth roll to do critical weapon damage with a current weapon. No cost.
Ninja Level 3:
General: +1 dodge. +2 HP. Darkness defence +1
Ninja: Surface Cling: Center your gravity on any surface your feet touch. Cost 1 NP. last ten rounds.
Ninja: Throw Weapon: Throw current weapon and have it reappear in hand. Does same damage. Cost 1 NP.
Ninja: Counter: If you take damage this round, hit back for 5 flat damage per successful attack. Cost 2
You were faster... accruate... and most impostantly, quiet.
You went on to levelling Alchemist next.
Alchemist: 36
EXP: 283
Alchemist level 4:
General: NP +3. Poison resistant +3
Alchemist: Anitode: Create a vial of antidote that cures poison (rank 1) and a variety of weak general poisons and toxins in the various worlds. 4 NP.
Alchemist: Poison: Magical spell that inflicts a foe with weak poison. Does 1 HP per turn for D10 rounds.
Alchemist level 5
General: HP +5. All Fire damage +3
Alchemist: Well Made: All grenades and Mixed items are made thrown with +5 accuracy and do +1 damage.
Alchemist: Hero(?) Drink: Half damage taken this turn but becomes inflicted with blind and poison. A nat d100 must surpass resistance rolls for the effects to take hold. Cost 5 NP.
Alchemist Level 6
General: Fire damage reduced by 10. +5 NP.
General: +1 accessory slot unlocked.
Alchemist: Measuring Cup: All items created in Alchemist class have their NP cost reduced by half. Future items will be adjusted accordingly.
Alchemist: Frag grenade: Throw a grenade that does D7 damage to all enemies close together. 4 NP.
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