77 Troublesome Bunch (2/2)

Shared perk- Closed System

Loyalty: Max

Condition: Unidentifiable

Her energy increased a good amount. I'm guessing it's because a third type was added in. Harpy also seems to have disappeared from her status..... Does that mean that she is no longer a hybrid? Has it become recessive in her appearence or something? I try to ignore the weird alien that has begun twitchingas I ponder about the possibilities here.....

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Yeah, I have no clue.

”So, how different is your status now?” Gin

”..... Very different?” Xelu

”How specifically? Gin

”The numbers and words displayed are different.” Xelu

Well, hot damn. Who would have guessed? Her speech has become more refined but, it seems that she is still problems with understanding the meanings behind words.

”.....Can you at least show me any new abilities you have?” Gin

”I can.” Xelu

...

”Well?” Gin

”Hmmmm?” Xelu

”Aren't you going to show me your new abilities?” Gin

”Do you want me to?” Xelu

I feel like bashing my head off a wall.

”Yes.” Gin

She holds up her fingers at a bush on the ground. Purple energy that resembles electricity wraps itself in the black and red energy and fires off. It engulfs the bush and.... Transforms it.....

A writhing mass of tentacles that squirt purple blood is the end result..... What? What would happen if you use that on a person???

I cut that line of thought off. I sit on the ground to wait for Set and Xelu plops down next to me. It's surprising that her evolution is taking longer than Xelu's.

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After an hour of waiting, her cocoon splatters out on all of the surroundings. We are currently where the treants used to live before we wiped them out. After the Wretched came through, all that was left was some bodies of water and dirt. Vegetation grows really quick though, as can be witnessed from the recovery of the forest near the nest. Some grasses and bushes near us get splashed with the inky-amber cocoon.

They start growing wildly until they are unable to sustain their own weight and collapse.... I guess Set could use her life energy in this way even though its technically not an ability? I look over at Set who is trying to morph her body into a humanoid figure. I can see that she is focusing on specific areas as they are more stable. What areas are they? Well, I'd rather not say.....

It takes a bit but, eventually, a stable figure is formed out of a black ink and an amber liquid. It seems that she couldn't do anything about her eyes as eight beady ones still appear on her face. The rest of her face is still very human. A mouth with teeth that are somehow white. Nose, cheeks, everything seems to be there. A beautiful youthful face even with her eyes..... As for her body.... Did she use Ravel as a model? Ridiculous, almost unrealistic proportions. Her chest is larger than my head. It freaks me out a little. She is about as tall as me, a little under 2 meters. However, she is not a stickman. I try to quit observing her curves and stuff as that's not a good thing to make my focus....

....She is not naked, but, she doesn't have clothes on. It weirds me out even more. Since her body is made of ink, she lacks some things that should not be exposed on a normal human figure. Not sure if it's due to her lack of knowledge on those parts or what... I really should not think on that.

She walks over and hugs me....? Her body comes apart and turns into thousands of strands. They wrap around me and turn into tattoos that cover my whole body. Well, minus the area on my chest where the roots are sticking out of. I look over into a puddle of water and see that my face has some claw-like tattoos on it.

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I open her status screen as I did with the previous two.

Name: Set

Race: Life-Ink Arachnomorph(unique)

level: 15

Required exp: 12,000

Health (440/440)

Resource-Ink/life essence(470/470)

Shared perk- Closed System

Loyalty: Max

Condition: Normal

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Her resource increased a good bit and her health by a marginal amount. Still, she should be much stronger.

”I'll show you what I can do now!” Set

She is rather excited.

She throws out a few globs of ink from my arms and the ground glows gold. A wide complicated circle appears slightly off the ground..... It's probably about..... 6 meters in width. Hmmm? I feel a warmth in my chest along with a surging strength. Xelu runs over to Kess as she doesn't seem to like the feeling.

”It'll heal and cure some abnormal statuses. It also slightly increases strength while you are in the circle.” Set

She explains it's effects which are quite good. With it's size it will be very useful.

”My other healing ability also had a upgrade on how fast it works. It should be much easier too since I no longer have to make a complicated drawing.” Set

I nod and look over at Kess and Xelu who are coming this way

”..... Set, if you guys ever need anything, just ask. You guys do a whole bunch so, I'll take requests.

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'I ne.............bef.....oth....w....e......l...p' Set

I can hear her muttering something rapidly through telepathy which she seems to no longer need. What is she saying?

”Mashta, Kess asked me to ask a question.” Xelu

”Hmmm? What does she want to know?” Gin

”I swear she has gotten even worse. I asked if she could ask you a question and, she doesn't even wait to hear me out.” Kess

”Why not just ask yourself?” Gin

”Errr. Set was clinging to you with a weird expression. Xelu seemed like a good scapegoat to use to interrupt that. Set ended up tattooing herself to you before this twerp could interrupt.” Kess

”As for what I wanted..... Do we still have any morsels left in our larder?” Kess

”....” Gin