“If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.”
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Pain lanced through me. It was even worse than before, and it was growing. I was blinded by the pain. All my awareness, all my focus compressed into pain. For a timeless instant all my thoughts, my self, was shed, and I was nothing but agony. The moment continued on and on
CRACK!
I was aware for the briefest instant as the loudest noise I had ever heard resonated through me. The pain returned and all was lost again.
CRACK!
Endless agony.
CRACK!
I was lost in a cycle of pain and thunderous shaking until suddenly everything was still.
I rested. All I could do was revel in the peace, in the sheer bliss of not feeling pain. My thoughts floated, scattered; I had not felt like this since I was human. In fact… I was coming to wakefulness. All the world gradually shifted back into focus. My aura flexed around me, its threads hummed with energy. I could feel rock, and air, and water, and living things. And when everything came fully back into focus a slew of notifications made themselves known.
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Dungeon Formed
Congratulations on founding a dungeon! All your powers are greater when acting in space set aside for the dungeon. There is one exception: Humans and other humanoid sentients will greatly destabilize your ability to act directly in their proximity. Certain actions or abilities may be exempt from this restriction.
+250 AP for founding your first dungeon!
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Warning! Actions Taken!
Your core was at 7% integrity and falling apart. Founding a dungeon saved you. However, due to massive trauma, additional action was required. The nature of your very existence was changed to save you from destruction.
Self awareness found...
Current Name: N/A / Exsan invalid. Exsan personal name reapplied
Self-referential name “Caden,” applied.
Menu and displays personalized for sentient.
Congratulations on being alive!
-Due to severe healing (93%), this dungeon instance cannot be removed or left until it has properly synchronized. Current synchronization: 1%. Estimated time to full synchronization: >400 days.
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Wait what...? Before I could look more into exactly what the hell that meant, more pop-ups appeared.
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Previous Information Now Available
Non-critical information was withheld due to life-threatening conditions, it will now appear. Future notifications will appear in a small icon to be reviewed later.
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New Skill Acquired
<u>Pain Resistance III</u>
Damage to your core, and other effects which induce pain, are less effective on you. Note that while pain is reduced, the damage is not. This is a rare skill for a dungeon, perhaps you should talk with a therapist about your self-harm issues? Maybe you shouldn’t have this skill.
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Titles Gained!
<u>Wounded Healer III</u>
You placed another life above your own repeatedly.
--- Normal reward incompatible with species – reward will be adapted.
You are the first dungeon variant to achieve any degree of this title.
Title changed for new species, title is now:
<u>Dungeon Martyr III (First)</u>
You have demonstrated compassion and self-sacrifice, repeatedly, even as your own life was placed in jeopardy. These are not characteristics inherent to a dungeon. You are something new, and the first dungeon to bear this title. Be worthy of it.
(First) +1000 Ability Points
+700 Ability Points (100,200,400)
(First) +You may use your skills around and on other life, bypassing the normal restrictions, provided you have no ill intent.
+Easier to learn and cheaper to buy healing related skills (15% Discount)
<u>Touch of the Grave I</u>
You have brought someone back from the brink of death. You have touched the grave and the boundary of souls.
+100 Ability Points
+Slightly easier to learn and cheaper to buy life or soul related skills (5% Discount)
<u>Dread Salvation I</u>
You have brought someone to the edge of death due to your actions, and then made them truly grateful to you by bringing them back. Whether by deceit or accident, you have touched on both death and life.
Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.
+150 Ability Points
+Slightly easier to learn and cheaper to buy death and life related skills (5% Discount)
+Skills and titles relating to deceit are slightly more effective (5% boost)
<u>Seen the Infinite Void</u>
You have been to the surface of the world under your own power. You have seen the void of the sky and felt its corrosive touch on your aura. You have seen, survived, and returned to the depths of the world.
+100 Ability Points
+Your aura is stable a tiny distance above ground, or out of cave entrances
<u>Investment Specialist</u>
Your first 1500 Ability Points were spent on long-term investments. This investment can be be repaid many-fold over time. Try not to waste it.
+10% Ability Point Gain from Leveling
+Hidden (Reward Deferred)
<u>Back from the Brink I</u>
You survived that which should have killed you. Did you learn caution or boldness?
+100 Ability Points
+All skills are easier to learn while you are in personal danger. (10% increased experience)
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I? What? Who??
was a connection. A knowledge that it was something other.
Exsan?