(Alvin's POV) We all just looked at Simon, then at anything else, because honestly, we have no idea on how to get back to our real world from wherever this "Mainland" is. "How the hell do YOU not know, Si? You're the one who's thing brought us here.." I quickly stated while side eyeing Simon. While I do think this "Burn" trait thing is cool as all hell (I meant metaphorically, because it's actual fire), this situation is cutting into my day time. I'm a busy guy with things to do, I can't spend my day stuck in...some alternate dimension realm because of my four eyed brother's inventions. (Okay, yes, I DID put myself into this, but come on! I did NOT expect this of all things to happen! Looks like we'll have to switch perspectives on this, haha...)
(Eleanor's POV) I shrugged and checked the time on my phone again. Still hasn't changed, it said 12:09 PM like it did hours ago. So maybe time is actually stopped here, or in the very least, the clocks are all broken. Damn that, I had something planned earlier, but now it's getting harder to remember what that was with every passing minute. I looked at my hand, wait, wasn't my hand burned earlier-? I swear, it was when I was back with Jeanette when we landed here, but now it's...healed...? Jeanette seemed to notice, looking like she wanted to point it out, but stopped herself midway. Alvin ended up asking why I was looking at my hand, but I'm not about to tell him, I do NOT need him freaking out over a little flesh wound of a burn. Anyways, I also did remember that weird stat GUI thing, that appeared over Alvin's head earlier, and it seems like just thinking about it activated it, because I looked over my head to see...
[Name: Eleanor Miller]
[HP: 250/250]
[Trait: Berserker]
[Location: Mainland]
"Berserker...?" What does that even mean? Well, after seeing Alvin's "Burn" trait thing on the GUI over him, I'm guessing that MY own trait is this "Berserker" thing. That probably explains why I was able to curveball throw a whole ass suitcase, or kick a bathroom stall door off it's hinges. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm strong for sure, but normally not THAT strong, you know? Either way, it's good that I discovered my "Trait" as well. Now I'm wondering if anyone else besides me and Alvin have gotten theirs yet. "So uh...that's my uhm, trait, I guess..." Brittany would have nodded for a second, I almost took her life by kicking the stall door off, so that's a fair reaction.
"Did any else of you get this screen thing over your heads saying yours either-?" I pointed up to the GUI over my head, which proceeded to vanish afterwards. I blinked and shrugged, but it didn't seem like Theodore, Simon, Jeanette, or Brittany had a "Trait" yet. So we clearly don't spawn in with these things, we just get them after enough time or something, I guess. "Uh- nope-" Theodore spoke up, which clarified that right now, only me and Alvin had these "Traits", at least until the others gain their own ones as well. Slightly a bummer, because these things are cool, but, guess we all will just have to wait and see what the other four shall gain.
(Theodore's POV) With that being said and done, all of us walked out of that weird eye doctor place thing- and the world looks exactly the same as when we entered it. Not sure what I expected to change anyways. Either way, this stuff is...weird. Whatever this place is, and whatever these "Traits" are, are really weird. I will admit though, I hope that I get one of these things as well. They're pretty much like superpowers-! Those are cool, and they don't seem to have any bad effects on us. (Okay, maybe not YET- but still, come on, powers! Who wouldn't want those-?)
Me and the other five explore this weird gray field colored town for a bit longer, every building and alleyway and crevice was not left untouched. Once that was over, we all met up by the eye doctor place again. Alvin was carrying some sort of sheet or flyer thing, whatever it was. "So uh...any of the rest of you get one of these off a wall or something-?" Alvin held it up, it looked like...a clipboard. Not just any clipboard, it was one of those ones from back in school, like sign up sheets. "Alvin, where did you get this-?" Simon almost immediately replied after staring at it with the rest of us. "I found it next to...some sort of empty warehouse looking area. It says something about "Psychic Class" or whatever. Do we even have that in school...?" I laughed but tried to stifle it, as well as Brittany and Eleanor. Simon just rolled his eyes and corrected Alvin as usual, he would NEVER grow out of that.
"Alvin, you dumb fuck, it says PHYSICS. Not "Psychics", I swear, you're 18 and you still can't read...oh to hell with it. Anyways, what would a flyer saying "Physics Class" be doing in...whatever this is?" Simon gestured to the world around them, before back at the flyer, to which Alvin shrugged it off. "Beats me. This place isn't school, and there's no schools in this town area. Maybe it's something to do with this weird magic world stuff. Would probably make for a killer song topic."
I just facepalmed, as did Jeanette and Brittany, but after that, our attentions were all on high alert, because we started hearing something. (What the hell is that faint noise-?) A few blocks down, from where that warehouse area was, there were dark shadowy things. And after a bit of them dogpiling on the windows, they all came crashing out, scrambling up and now darting towards us. They had to be no taller than like 4 feet maybe, but there's a lot of them. Alvin gets his fire aura on from earlier, and his hands have those orange flames around them again from his "Burn" trait. Eleanor also readied up, and I swear I saw her eyes flash to pitch white for a second. It's a bit hopeless though, because that crowd of whatever they are, closed the distance quickly.
[ ️You have alerted "The Students" ️]
[Uncommon Encounter]
(Alvin's POV) "The Students." That's what these things are? No wonder I found a flyer that looks like it came from a school at that warehouse. Oh well, I've got this covered. I already was on the move and flying, and just landing on the ground in front of them sent this orange wall of fire in front of me, and a lot of them ran into it, burning alive, like maybe thirty of them. The only issue is, that well, they weren't stopping. "Oh shit-" I barely had time to react as ten of these little shadow things came at me for my ankles and body, causing me to jet back with more fire to clear the distance. Great, these things DON'T burn, they haven't even slowed down. I wasn't watching my perimeter, because two of them jumped on my back, and I think they stabbed me with, claws? I don't know what, but it HURT like hell, and in that one moment, the rest came for me, because I felt myself being jumped on by more of them, the burning and the not burning ones, and I was getting dogpiled. I tried using my fire to burst out, but it did little more than send a few flying off before more came at me.(Shit-! I don't think these burn-!)
Now I'm certainly getting stabbed at. I can't do much, but I hear Eleanor as I'm brought down. I can see Eleanor throwing some around from the situation that I'm in. At least these things can be killed, because Eleanor's having no issue slinging these things and tearing them in half, but I didn't have time to be happy for the blonde ponytails wearing chipmunk, because I felt a sharp pain of claws in my back, causing a scream out of me that I wish I didn't do (I swear, I sounded like Theodore there-!) It got the ten of these things to be kicked off in one go by Eleanor, and whatever they are started trying to go for her as well, but again, she's just too strong I'm guessing. After throwing one of them off of me and stomping on it, Eleanor just picked me up like a ragdoll and started hauling ass in the direction of the others, because even after all that...there's still so many of these "Student" things.
Eleanor ran past the others, who quickly followed suit, and me, I hate being babied, but right now, I'm feeling way too weak to complain. One of these student things snatched Jeanette down by the ankles, but apparently it's about time for her "Trait" to unlock or something, because a gigantic messy wall of vines and thorns impaled the thing grabbing Jeanette, and blocked off the others. Now the crowd behind us was stopped by a giant wall of thorny vines it seemed. Jeanette just looked astounded before she got up off the ground and ran back to the rest of us.
[Name: Jeanette Miller]
[HP: 250/250]
[Trait: Gaia]
[Location: Mainland]
(Jeanette's POV) "Don't...don't ask. I guess mine came up as well." So my uh..."Trait" is called..."Gaia", is that so? Well, that associates with nature, so by merit I figured it's because I'm into protecting nature and well...as Alvin would say it, "being an eco friendly tree hugger.." Whatever, I didn't get any harm from that "Student" creature that grabbed me, and uh... any questions would have to wait for later, because Eleanor put Alvin down, as we finally have a moment to breathe instead of fleeing from those things. All of us look at him, and...he's got these small, child looking marks in him, they're stab wounds, from really small claws.
We don't have much to help or first aid things to help with stab wounds or any wounds of that matter, but apparently my "Gaia" trait was of aid in this situation, because I had kneeled down to aid Alvin, and without even touching him, this green and purple light would have emitted from my hands, traveled down to my claws, and then it seeped into the stab wounds. Alvin winced in pain it seemed, but it looked like it subsided after that and...the wounds were gone-? Apparently I can be a healer now it seemed, but I'd have to look into the extent of it later on. All of us, even Alvin, just watched as purple and green light emitted from within Alvin's stab wounds, and were quickly knitting back his skin and flesh together. The healing process of the body seems to have been kicked into overdrive momentarily, so it's like regeneration. Even his clothing which was stabbed through was mended as well.
Alvin immediately got up with surprise but he was thankful in the very least. He inadvertently thanked me, which I figured would be the most gratitude that anyone would get out of that chipmunk, so I smiled and shrugged it off. One thing that was true was that he seemed genuine about it this time, but besides that mere moment of peace, we all had to look at the bigger picture...how were we all going to get out of here-? That's our jarring question. Brittany just looked a bit uncomfortable at the fact, so did Theodore. I myself was also concerned, not as much...until I remembered all my house plants. (Especially the pitcher plants I take care of, they're my favorite ones...) Well, that certainly got me antsy for a bit since I noticed that my hands were trembling and shaking, and now vines were growing out from my sleeves and constricting their thorns around my wrists. I guess my "Trait" was also a manifestation of my own anxiety at times...I eventually managed to calm down from Simon and Alvin reassuring me that we'd get out of there somehow. Huh, funny. Looks like Alvin was actually grateful for me healing him. Not something I'd ever expect, but hey, a win's a win, right? (I just hope we can manage to not get caught in something else for a bit longer...probably just wishful thinking..)