“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, hugging the Oni for dear life.
“HAHAHAHAHAHA!” she just laughed.
“I ALREADY DIED ONCE!!” I complained as we fell into the dark void. “NOW I''M GOING TO DIE AGAIN!!”
Yolin laughed harder.
“AAAAHH!!!” I screamed again and closed my eyes. “I DON''T WANT TO DIE!”
We spun in the air as we dropped, picking up speed the longer we fell.
“You wont die, Natasha!” Yolin retorted next to my ear in an amused tone. “It will hurt, sure... but death is not waiting for us down there.”
I did my best to avoid throwing insults at the Oni. “AHH! TRUST NOTHING! BETRAYAL IS FOREVER!”
“Open your eyes, Natasha!” she pushed.
“NO!” I shouted back. “I''M GOING TO DIE OF A HEART ATTACK, YOU SMOOTH BRAIN ONI!”
“NATASHA!” she shouted in my face.
I opened my eyes and saw her angry face.
Quite pretty, I must add.
She grabbed my face and headbutted me, then shouted, “ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR LIES GREATNESS!”
“I KNOW! BUT IT''S FUCKING HARD!” I shouted back.
“THAT''S THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT, YOU DUMBASS!” she retorted in exasperation, then released me.
“FUCK!” I retorted and spun around, facing down. “SHIT!”
“TRY LANDING ON YOUR FEET!” she instructed, fixing her position.
I tried doing as she told me, but ended up spinning around.
“BRACE FOR IMPACT!” she announced and started laughing.
“YOU''RE ENJOYING THIS TOO MUCH!” I accused her.
The ground entered my glow''s range and we immediately crashed on it. The rock broke and I sank into it like it was snow.
My body went completely numb and the air in my lungs got pushed out.
The sound of the impact was as loud as an explosion that echoed in the chasm.
Did I die? I wondered, feeling nothing. Did I snap my spine?
“I told you to land on your feet,” Yolin''s voice reached me. “And see? We didn''t die.”
“I think I broke my back,” I groaned. “I can''t feel my legs... or my entire body.”
The Oni chuckled. “Well, you have Ignore Pain,” she pointed out.
I pushed myself off the ground and looked around. My fall had made a hole in the rock.
“Check your status for any damage,” Yolin suggested, standing next to me.
I did and found my health points to be unchanged. “What the fuck?” I muttered in relieved surprise.
“See?” Yolin insisted. “No need to be scared of heights.”
I sighed and laid on my back. “Ah, yes. I am no longer scared of heights,” I muttered in monotone.
She smiled and offered me a hand. “Let''s find diamonds so I can rearrange your insides, then,” she chuckled.
I sat up and took her hand. “Do you know how diamonds look like when raw?”
She pulled me up and grabbed my face. “I have an idea,” she muttered and opened my eyes with her fingers. “Look to your right,” she instructed.
I did. “What''s up? I wasn''t injured by the fall.”
“Nerves and some blood vessels are too tiny to register as health point loss if damaged or severed,” she explained, inspecting my eyes. “Now look to your left.”
I moved my eyes and sighed. “Can''t you use the Cleric scan skill to check?”
“I could if you were an Oni,” she explained and wobbled my head to the sides. “Any dizziness?”
“Nope,” I replied. “So the scan is not universal?”
She released me and shook her head. “Not really. I can see basic information but nothing too specific. The scan shows you''re healthy but that only means you won''t die without healing. It would show the same if you lose a finger, for example.”
I stared at her in confusion. “Didn''t you see I have both genitals, though?”
She nodded. “That''s... basic information as I said. I know you have two lungs, a stomach, a heart, a liver, kidneys, a brain... You know, organs required to live. Your skin, eyes, nerves, veins, bones, marrow, and more are foggy because you''re a Halve. Your immune system is confusing, too,” she added, then sighed. “I won''t even mention your E''er receptors, those are an absolutely confusing monster.”
I squinted at her. “How does the whole...” I gestured at my crotch, “work?”
“No clue,” she replied with a shrug. “I''m not familiar with the coding.”
I raised my eyebrows. “Coding?”
Yolin''s eyes widened a little. “You don''t know about that?”
“No, wait,” I interjected, raising my hands. “I know about DNA. I meant, like, if the code is there, shouldn''t the function be obvious?”
The Oni''s face turned to confusion. “DNA? What''s that?”
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A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.
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