"Finally got a third one. I think I've gotten enough abilities," Vallen said as he reeled back his Prana line and stared at an independent black smoke clinging onto the side of his line. Its form moved and writhed like that of an actual fish that was just pulled out of the water and suffocating on land. Though unlike his black smoke, this one didn't have a water nor a flame appearance, but instead seemed to have some sort of pointy edge to it.
He had fished for so long that the sun was slowly disappearing into the horizon. During that time, he had only managed to get two abilities, not including the one he just caught, that were very unique to say the least.
"Man, if it takes this long just to get three abilities, then I'd better find a way to make it to civilization," Vallen muttered at the black smoke as he tossed it onto his raft.
With his free hand, Vallen gripped the black smoke and watched as it slowly seeped into his body. He closed his eyes and processed what ability he had gained. After a few moments, he sighed as he stood up and canceled the Prana line.
Shaking his now free hand, Vallen walked towards the black egg and placed his hand on its surface. He stared at its surface and spoke, "I finally got enough abilities to help you break your shell. But now all we need is to figure out your form."
As he said this, he opened Helper and stared at [Twisted Mind].
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[Twisted Mind]- An ability that allows the user to weave the forms of Prana into a gaseous form before being absorbed into the user's body. Where their form and ability are stored, hidden from any darting eyes. The host's main body will not be able to use stored abilities and stored abilities will not be lost. Current abilities stored: 3
Stored Abilities:
[Mirror Fog]- An ability that allows the user to generate a white fog that creates illusions. These illusions take the form of beings corresponding to the target's greatest emotion. These emotions can range from love, happiness, sorrow, and fear.
[Bleeding Rose]- An ability that allows the user to create red flowers that can be commanded to either expand their red roots or to release their petals. Any latched onto by the roots will have their Arcana drained over time, with the effects stacking depending on how many roots are latched. Any latched onto by the petals will have their control of Arcana slightly disrupted, with the effects stacking depending on how many petals are latched.
[Grand Pierce]- An ability that allows the user to create five corporeal lances that track down targets if they were seen. Can be charged with the damage increasing depending on how long they have been charged.
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"Though you have unique abilities, if I were to guess. I would say you aren't meant for full-on combat. At most, maybe hit and runs or sneak attacks," Vallen muttered as he stared at the window. He thought for a bit before just sighing.
"Sadly, though, I am not that creative. It might be because my memory is sort of messed up. So what should I make you appear as?" Vallen thought as he stared at the floor. As he stared, his eyes saw his own reflection and for a moment he thought of something. That thought soon turned into an idea.
"Well, since you will be the first to be made. I might as well make you with in my image, though with some little extra details," Vallen said, chuckling as he pushed his thoughts into the egg.
Soon, the egg pulsed as small ripples spread from Vallen's hand around it. Slowly, little bumps appeared on its surface, and before long, these little bumps quickly rose to long, sharp spikes. Constantly jumping high, before being flat, and once again jumping high.
Though these spikes weren't actually physical as when they touched Vallen's body, they quickly turned into smoke before reforming and repeating the same process once again.
The pulsating egg slowly calmed, and before long, its surface became tranquil. Seeing this, Vallen let go of the egg's surface and stepped back.
He watched as its form became as still as a rock, with no form of disruption on its surface. But before long, a crack appeared on its surface. It started as a small crack, but quickly spread across the egg's shell. Black smoke seeped out of the cracks and cascaded onto the raft's surface.
Finally, the cracks stopped once it had reached the entire egg. One by one, the shells of the eggs fell onto the raft and turned into black smoke, and before long, all of the shells fell. Revealing what was hidden inside the egg.
A figure stood in the center of the raft, wearing the same research clothes as Vallen. From his white lab coat to his white pants and shirt, and even the white shoes he wore. Though the figure did not have a name tag on its chest, a red flower was placed there instead. Its red petals seemingly fold and unfold like a beating heart, revealing its pink core. Its flesh was not actual flesh, but red roots that spread so far that it seemed to have replaced the bones. Where the head was were several of the same red flowers growing in small bunches, all furling and ungurling like that of a beating heart.
As the figure stood there, the black smoke cascading onto the floor soon slithered beneath the figure's clothes. As the smoke slowly rose, it began to solidify atop the roots. Hiding them from view as it climbed higher and higher. Before long, all the roots were hidden from view, as were the flowers forming on its head, leaving only a figure with a black, smoky body in white research clothing and a single flower beating on its left chest.
Vallen stared at the figure, a smile on his face, before he frowned. "I might have gotten a bit too far with the black smoke. But I didn't have much to use and I really don't want my first creation to also look like a starving man," Vallen muttered to himself as he stared at its form.
"Now what to name you? After all, I need a name for this form..." Vallen walked around the figure, examining its body and its appearance. Before long he stopped walking and stared at the single red flower beating on its chest, "how about Rose? After all, your insides are roots connected to the flowers, and the name of the ability is [Bleeding Rose]."
After a bit of deliberation, Vallen just nodded his head, "yeah, your name will be Rose!"
Once he finished with that, Vallen opened Helper and clicked on [Twisted Form].
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[Twisted Form]- An ability that allows the user to use any stored ability to create a Twisted of their own desire, in which they can pilot or command. But if there are abilities that clash with one another or a form that cannot hold said abilities, then the form will fail. Current forms made: 1
Twisted Forms:
[Rose]- A Twisted with the appearance of a man whose flesh has been replaced by black smoke and whose bones were replaced with red roots that all lead to a single flower connected to the heart. Wears a white research suit and pants, as well as two pairs of white shoes. Abilities- [Mirror Fog], [Bleeding Rose], [Grand Pierce]
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"Good, it tells me what abilities my forms have and even what they look like," Vallen nodded in satisfaction as he closed Helper. He now stared at Rose, who was just standing motionlessly.
"Now what do I do?" Vallen rubbed his chin as he realized that he had basically nothing else to do.
"I could go fishing again for abilities, but that will probably take too long. Hmmm, maybe I could try practicing piloting Rose?" Vallen looked at Rose once again and to try it out.
"So how would this work? Would I just need to do something special or-" as Vallen thought this, he felt a sudden pull in his mind. Shocked, Vallen tensed, but before long, he slowly understood what was going on.
"Right, just let instinct do the work," Vallen said as he allowed his mind to be pulled by this invisible force. Before long, he felt his mind split in two, and soon his vision changed.
In one vision he was staring at Rose and in the other he was staring at himself. He raised his right hand and both he and Rose raised their right hand. He then clenched his hand and felt both figures clench their hands at the same time.
"Wow, this is weird," Vallen thought as he snapped his finger. Soon Helper appeared, but the window only appeared in front of Vallen and not Rose.
"I guess that makes sense, after all, Rose isn't the main body," Vallen chuckled to himself as he tested something out. He thought of walking his main body to the right and also thought of Rose also walking, but instead of Rose walking right, they would instead walk left. If it worked, then both of them should be walking the same way.
He walked to the left, but sadly, Rose also walked to their right. Seeing this, Vallen was a bit disappointed with the outcome, "I guess doing something like that needs practice."
With nothing else left to do, Vallen thought of severing the connection. Soon Vallen could only see Rose's figure standing to his left. Vallen lifted his hand up and clenched it, waiting to see any reaction from Rose. But they did nothing but stand there.
"Good, severing the connection was very easy. Now I don't need to worry about not being able to return to my main body," Vallen mused as he walked to the center of the raft and sat down. Vallen placed both his hands on its metal surface and allowed his Prana to seep out. He watched as black smoke escaped from the palm of his hand and slowly flowed across the surface.
Before long, the smoke dived into the water and fell into the dark abyss of the ocean.
"Okay, lets test this out. Rose," Vallen said as he watched Rose's body twitch, "as my first command, I order you to swim into the deepest parts of the ocean and gather as much stray Prana as you can."
Upon gaining the command, Rose walked to the edge of the raft and fell into the ocean. Surprisingly, the water didn't splash as much, or not even at all, as Rose's figure slowly bobbed on the ocean's surface and, before long, began to sink into the darkest depths of the ocean.
Watching Rose sink into the ocean's surface with seemingly no resistance, Vallen just smiled as he began fishing once again.