8 Discovery (1/2)
Time: Estimated 7~10 AM
Location: Clearing in the woods, south of Thorna the Village
Current Crisis: Severe lack of proper food
Nero had started to slow down drastically from since waking up in the morning, he had found some nuts, which were edible according to Aldin, but only restored some of the energy needed to be up and moving. They also tasted like black coffee beans.
'Kowalski, what's my state of body and mind?'
.State of the body- Poor (Recuperation stopped due to lack of nutrition)
.State of the mind- Poor (Running low on electrolytes, needed ASAP for proper functioning)
.Rate of perception and processing- slow (Due to the debilitated mental state, the chip has adapted to slow down the rate of processing)
''I could easily die of starvation right now, hehe” He started laughing, slightly crazily.
”What an experience. I'm probably in some other Universe which has so many similarities, yet my situation is so different. The trees are taller than I've ever seen and they have a hue of blue in the leaves. If I don't come across some fruits or meat in the next ten minutes, I'll climb a tree to scout.”
Nero was severely affected by the lack of food, his body was running on fumes and, momentarily, he forgot all about the questions he previously had and put both himself and Kowalski on the task to find anything that looked even vaguely edible.
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Almost exactly ten minutes later, right after crossing past the clearing, he found an empty make-shift Campfire, with left-overs on the sticks hanging on top, the food left was on the burnt side and probably the reason it was left uneaten.
.Caution, the food is giving off particles that interact with your brain waves, the user is advised to keep at a distance.
'... A trap?' he instinctively bent low, down enough to be hidden in the tall, emerald-tinted grass, away from any watchful or prying eyes.
'let me lob a pebble at it'
He found an elliptical-shaped smooth rock, with a slight emerald glow unnoticeable by the naked eye, and threw it. As hard as he could.
Only being a dozen or so feet away, he didn't miss.
It hit the stick...
And nothing happened.
Nero waited... and waited for longer... And longer until he couldn't stop his body's crave to instinctively move towards and indulge his hands and face completely into the meat.
Even half an hour later, Nero was chomping away when he got a message.
.Alert, the digestion of the particles has increased the concentration of the unknown fluid in the blood vessels.
”Don't care right now, tell me later” he said out loud, burping right after only once again chomp away on the remaining piece of meat. It tasted incomparably worse than his own lab made recipes, but at that moment, it was the most delicious thing he had ever had, the crunch on the slightly burnt surface and the chewy insides brimming with an odd fluid made everything taste on a heavenly level.
”Who the hell leaves so much food behind?!” he silently praised them in his heart.
After finishing it all, Nero felt so full he didn't think he could run for another few hours. Both his thirst and starvation dissipated, the fluids making up for the lack of hydration.
Finding a sweet spot under the shade nearby, he rested, and later, took a nap for a few hours. He realized it would take a while to be back up to his prime, and with rest, the time taken only lessened.
It also gave him enough time to recollect his thoughts.
'at least I'm not on the verge of starvation anymore' he felt like he was on his old cloud 9, a literal floating cloud capsule where he used to go whenever he felt stress build up or heavy-headed from sleepless nights of work in the lab.
Waking up from a nap after a couple of hours, Nero asked Kowalski to estimate the time from the sun's position and light rays. It was around 2 PM by estimation.
It was finally time to get some answers.
'First of all Kowalski, tell me everything about these odd abilities you spoke of before. After that, check through the kid's memories and find a habitable place, anything nearby. Process through everything.'