《I was Reincarnated as a Puddle of Water》 Chapter 1: Im sorry for the delay. Will probably happen again. Warning: Nothing of grave consequence happens this chapter. To begin with, the main character is an inanimate object, so do not expect too much from the first few chapters. I started by selecting [Yes] to the question. [Solution: {Information} is too low leveled to access this information. Would you like to know the minimum level required?] With the above answer, I felt my body growing lighter. Not like I was less tired or more flexible but like my bodyweight was vaporizing before my eyes. Not that I have any, but... Anyway, I selected yes again. [Solution: {Information} is too low leveled to access this information. Would you like to know the minimum level required?] Goddamn it! [Due to thirst of knowledge detected in puddle Gavan, puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Information} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] I selected yes again. Maybe it will work due to the rise in level? [Solution: Skill {Information} lets you get answers to questions, and the workings of the world. The current level of the skill is one. Would you like to get information on the current level?] I selected [Yes]. It''s obviously going to spit the same dialogue but... [Solution: {Information} is too low leveled to access this information. Would you like to know the minimum level required?] As I thought, I got lighter again. I wonder... [Solution: Your current weight is 2.3 Kg.] I see. But my weight is constantly increasing. [Solution: Your current weight is 2.6 Kg.] Going over what I know, I am a puddle. If my weight is increasing, it must mean... Rain? [Solution: Yes] So, in conclusion, my weight is growing due to constant absorption of water into my body. I wonder what the sudden decreases are? [Solution: Due to use of skills, an equivalent weight of water is evaporated.] So the amount of water I have is similar to my total mana... What happens if I run out of water? No, it''s pretty obvious, isn''t it? I die. [Took damage from external attack. Lost .03 kg water.] What just happened? [Took damage from external attack. Lost .03 kg water.] Yes I know. Do you have any other information? [Solution: The attack was composed of blunt force.] ... [Solution: Velocity: 20 kmph downwards, 3kmph west.]The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ... Somebody just stepped on me, right? [Solution: Yes] The rain went on for several hours. I got bored. I tried to mess with the {Information} skill. This statement is false. Is the previous statement true or false? [Solution: The statement is a paradox, and is thus neither true nor false] What is the integration of x sin square theta cos theta? [Solution: unable to understand phrase ''integration''. Skill terminated.] What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything? [Solution: 42] No, I''m not just messing around. As I never took calculus, and thus integration is not available. However, as it could use the phrase paradox, as long as I know the answer, It''ll use the answer it accordingly. [Took damage from external attack. Lost .07 kg water.] Even when said answer is clearly wrong, as can be inferred from the third question. Thus, while it has basic information of the world, if there is an answer I know or~ [Took damage from external attack. Lost .01 kg water.] ~believe, it will give me the same answer, even if the answer is wrong. To test, I ask My weight is 100,000.0 kg right? [Solution: Yes] When I asked the question, I convinced myself that the answer is yes, but if I were to ask about my weight again, [Solution: 7.3kg] That''s nice... I clear my mind, and ask Name one example of a paradox [Solution: Unable to understand phrase ''paradox''. Skill terminated.] Thus it does not store previous information, also, it cannot get partially related information from me. Only when I know the final answer. Otherwise, it would have understood the phrase ''paradox''. It¡¯s truly an inconvenient skill. [Took damage from external attack. Lost .009 kg water.] The worst part is that I get deceived, I cannot expect help from it. Finally, an actual question: What are the details of skill {Flow}? [Solution: Allows for flow of water.] What a bloody obvious answer! I already knew that! Wait... Could it be because I knew that? [Took damage from external attack. Lost .06 kg water.] God this skill is useless! If I have partial information on a topic, I cannot gain anymore, it seems... [Solution: Yes] I don''t even know if my guess is correct or if I just thought it was when I asked. My head hurts. Of course, not literally, as I cannot feel pain but... Whatever! [Took damage from external attack. Lost .06 kg water.] Just shut up. People are stepping on me, right? I know. I take a breath, calm myself down and use flow. I can slightly move. The water consumption is really low, and I can use it for long periods of time without minding it. Still, movement is terribly limited. I wish I could just somehow see what I''m doing... [Due to the mass of dihydrogen monoxide content of puddle Gavan''s body increasing beyond pre-specified amount (10kg), the level cap for puddle Gavan''s skills has gone from one to two. Also, puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Sense} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] I select [No]. I already have a guess about its effect, so I don''t need repeat information. It seems as though I cannot know what it does unless I try it out. I tried activating it. I saw a black and white world, blurred like I was missing my glasses, and constantly distorting like countless magnifying glasses were moving in front of my eyes, along withan alomst drunk feeling. I deactivated the skill. Looks like all level one skills are trash... [Solution: Yes] I deactivated that too. The rain has all but stopped, and I don''t need a yes man wasting my water supply right now. Then I activated flow, and somehow with the movement of my body, I was able to somewhat guess the terrain and move accordingly. [Due to the mass of dihydrogen monoxide content of puddle Gavan''s body decreasing beyond pre specified amount (10kg), the level cap for puddle Gavan''s skills has gone from two to one. Also, puddle Gavan has lost skill {Sense}.] Well, looks like the specified amount goes both ways... [Solution: Yes] Didn''t I turn you off? [Solution: {Information} can never be turned off] Well this is bullshit! I don''t need this skill! [Due to lack of thirst of knowledge detected in puddle Gavan, puddle Gavan has lost skill {Information}.] I''m just digging my own grave at this point. I want to move underground in order to reduce evaporation, and mitigate blunt force damage. But... I can''t... Probably, it''s because... [Solution: {Information} is too low leveled to access this information. Would you like to know the minimum level required?] Even after disappearing, you continue to waste my water, don''t you? [Solution: {Information} is too low leveled to access this information. Would you like to know the minimum level required?] GOD! SHUT UP! Chapter 2: Bonus Chapter I''m bored! I have nothing to do! I could previously pass time using information but now... I tried flowing. Pointless... I''m not going anywhere. There''s no rain and the sun''s rays are pulling away my life and soul... I wish I could hide somehow, but I can''t. I wanna go underground. I wanna. [Error! Cannot acquire race-exclusive skill {Sink}! Race Incorrect.] Fine. Let''s stick to the gameplan. Electrum! Wait... I mean... Let''s find a body of water and enter it. Hopefully something with a external, constant water replenishment. For that I need information of my surroundings. Hey, {Information}, do yu hear that? I need {Information}. [Due to thirst of knowledge detected in Puddle Gavan, Puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Information} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] Oh, that worked... [Solution: Yes] First: I need more water. How do I get water? Do I have to wait for it to rain? [Solution: Wait for it to rain] [Solution:Yes] Give me a list of skills I can learn at level 1. [Solution: {Information} is too low leveled to access this information. Would you like to know the minimum level required?] [No] Actually, you know what? [Yes] [Solution: {Information} is too low leveled to access this information. Would you like to know the minimum level required?] I don''t know why I thought that would work... ... ... How do I level up skills?The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. [Solution: Use them] Not the answer I wanted. One easy way to distinguish when {Information} is repeating my mind. It talks in full sentenses only. If it uses phrases, that''s my mind talking, not {Information}. How do I level up skills? [Solution: Use them] What are skills? [Solution: Skills are the manifestation of one''s willpower] That''s {Information}. If I will my skills to increase level, will they? [Solution: No] So, how do I level up skills? [Solution: Use them] Are you telling me that if I keep asking you questions, you''ll level up? [Solution: No] WHY??? Oh... Right... Level cap. I guess I''ll wait for it to rain. I don''t even know what to do anymore. If it doesn''t rain soon, I''ll die. And it did rain. Luckily, it was quite humid weather, so it rained soon after. For some reason, a few hours ago, I had stopped being stepped on, so it seems as though it''s either night, or I''m in a safe place, where people usually don''t cross. Within minutes: [Due to the mass of dihydrogen monoxide content of puddle Gavan''s body increasing beyond pre-specified amount (10kg), the level cap for puddle Gavan''s skills has gone from one to two. Also, puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Sense} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] [Due to thirst of knowledge detected in puddle Gavan, skill {Information} leveled up. Would you like to see the changelog?] [No][No] Give me a list of skills I can learn at level 2. [Solution: {Information}, {Sense}, {Flow}, {Absorb}, {Pain Resistance}, {Heat Intolerance}, {1+1=2}. Would you like to gain the details of these skills?] Details on {Absorb} and {1+1=2} [Solution:Grass type. 25 PP. 20 BP Special. A nutrient-draining attack. The user''s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.] [Solution: The greatest equation in the world] That was some useless information... How do I learn {Absorb}? [Solution:Most Pxxxxxx that can learn absorb do so via leveling up. Pxxxxy is the only exception, learning absorb via an event in Gen 2.] Details on{Absorb} [Solution:Grass type. 25 PP. 20 BP Special.A nutrient-draining attack. The user''s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.] Details on{Absorb} Don''t think about Pxxxxxxx [Solution:Grass type. 25 PP. 20 BP Special.A nutrient-draining attack. The user''s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.] Details on{Absorb}. Stick to the gameplan. [Solution: Electrumite] Details on{Absorb}. [Solution: Allows one to absorb water from their surroundings.] So... If I try to absorb water from the surroundings I learn Absorb? That doesn''t seem right... [Solution: No] I''ll try it anyway. [Due todesire to absorb beingdetected in Puddle Gavan, Puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Absorb} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] That worked. [Due to the mass of dihydrogen monoxide content of puddle Gavan''s body decreasing beyond pre specified amount (10kg), the level cap for puddle Gavan''s skills has gone from two to one. Also, puddle Gavan has lost skill {Sense}. Also, puddle Gavan has lost skill {Absorb}. Also level of {Information} has decreased to one] SHHHHHHTTTTTT!!!!!!!! [Took damage from external attack. Lost .06 kg water.] Chapter 3: Watah! One thing people might know about water. It flows from higher altitude to lower altitude, This was a calculated move. I totally didn''t accidently fall into a hole. After reaching level 2 for the third time, I tried to absorb every last drop of water I could find. Then, seeing a relatively large amount of water just flowing away, I did the only obvious thing. I tried to absorb it. This water, washed me away, seperating almost half my body in the process. On one hand, I am now trapped in a hole. On the other, well... [Due to the mass of dihydrogen monoxide content of puddle Gavan''s body increasing beyond pre-specified amount (100kg), the level cap for puddle Gavan''s skills has gone from two to three. Also, puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Shapeshift} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] [No] So it''s not all bad. It seems to be a very big hole, at least big enough to hold 10 times my current body. That said, a hole merely a meter cubed can hold a thousand kg of water so... Not that big? Tried using it. I could kinda sorta creat protusions on my surface. It was totally pointless, and not only did it waste water, it increased surface area, increasing evaporation. Totally useless. Even more than sense. Sense hurt to use, but it helped me make out a few things. First, it''s night right now. Second, it''ll be day in a few more hours. Yes, it let me tell the difference between night and day. That''s about it. As long as i keeps raining, I could... Can I double up? Can Iincrease the amount of water near the surface?You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. Wouldn''t this increase both viscosity and density? If I increase both, it''d reduce evaporation, right? [Solution: No] [Solution: No] [Solution: No] [Solution: No] One negative thing about me. I''m too much of a pessimist. [Solution: Also, that''s probably not how viscosity works] I didn''t ask. [Solution: Yes you did] ... How exactly does viscosity work? [Solution: Unable to understand phrase ''Viscosity''. Skill terminated.] ....................../¡ä¡¥/) ....................,/¡¥../ .................../..../ ............./¡ä¡¥/''...''/¡ä¡¥¡¥`¡¤? ........../''/.../..../......./¡§¡¥\ ........(''(...¡ä...¡ä.... ¡¥~/''...'') .........\.................''...../ ..........''''...\.......... _.¡¤¡ä ............\..............( ..............\.............\... ... Now that I think about it, I have no clue how viscosity works... I didn''t even know integration, do you expect me to know fluid dynamics? But making the surface heavier should prevent the water molecules from breaking past the surface. ... [Error! Cannot acquire skill {Compression}! Dihydrogen Monoxide levels insufficient! Would you like to know the amount of Dihydrogen Monoxide required?] [Error! Cannot acquire skill {Viscosity Modulation}! Dihydrogen Monoxide levels insufficient! Would you like to know the amount of Dihydrogen Monoxide required?] Wait... You said you didn''t know what viscosity is... You lied to me. To be fair... ''Dihydrogen Monoxide''? Really? {Information} is my skill and the system is a system, so... {Information} lets me categorize information I should already know, rather than giving me new information. The only things it''s told me were things I already knew and things about the system... I wonder if there''s another skill that gives me information, or do I simply need to level {Information} up? The minute I stopped thinking about it, I realized I had mentally asked so many questions that... [Solution:
Yeah... Being in a hole all day is boring. I looked over the skills I have, and tried to level them all up to three. I thought about gaining skills, but if there''s a cap on number of skills, or a cap on total skill level, a skill like 1+1=2 would be terrible to gain. Not to mention, some skills can be negative. The only differences in skill availability between levels seems to be the level-up skill. I can learn most skills anyway. {Heat intolerance} is a pass. I don''t know how to level {Pain Resistance} given that I can''t feel pain anyway. I''m somewhat wary of {1+1=2}. Sense level 3 was great. The image was slightly blurry, and a monochromatic blue, but I could somewhat make out the surroudings. Only sight, but still, great. {Information} Level 3 worked basically the same as it did before. I couldn''t figure out the differences between levels of Information. Absorb worked faster and at greater distance now, but otherwise, it''s the same. The jewels, however, were change shape and flow. When combined, they allowed me to create a thin stream of water, and leave the hole. The results, when combined with absorb were amazing, and sense allowed me to gather more information about my surroundings. Overall, things were looking up. I learned that I was in a vilage, but it was a goblin village, not a human one. I learned that rain contains an absolutely massive amount of water. And I learnt that 1000kg of water isn''t nearly as massive as I would have thought a few days ago. Having powerleveled my skills, I headed, at top speed, towards level 4. Chapter 4: Name hidden [Due to the mass of dihydrogen monoxide content of puddle Gavan''s body increasing beyond pre-specified amount (1000kg), the level cap for puddle Gavan''s skills has gone from three to four. Also, puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Compression} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] [No] Good lord. I can now easily leave the hole anytime I want. I simply choose not to. The compression ability helped me powerlevel further by reducing speed of evaporation. The increase in level cap for {Absorb} and {Flow} really helped. I''m just going to sit here and powerlevel my abilities to level 4, and get to level 5. . . . . . . . Not gonna happen. I reached an equilibrium position today where using {Flow} + {Absorb} caused a larger loss of water due to evaporation than it got me. The rain still helps, and since groundwater is replenished every time it rains, for the short time it takes me to absorb everything, it helps, so while I won''t be streching my supply lines any further, I won''t be removing them either. Although my progress now is painstakingly slow as all the water within a certain distance of me is gone, the timely rains still mean my weight is constantly increasing.This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. In fact, {Information}, current weight please. [Solution: Your current weight is 7386.3 Kg.] Almost there. I don''t have any hope of reaching level 6 here, but level 5 should definitly be possible. I''ve started to notice trees around me dying, probably due to sense leveling up enough for me to see color. I tried to suck the water directly from the dead trees. Not nearly as efficient as getting water from the ground, but what do I have to lose... Since this is a goblin village, I tried to drain a goblin earlier as well. It was even slower than the tree, and the goblin was so terrified that he ran, meaning I didn''t get too much from him. It was still quite entertaining. Thus, I extended a supply line into the heart of the goblin village. Entertainment, something sorely missing from my first month or so of being reincarnated as a puddle, was suddenly a thing. Suffice to say, I wasn''t earning anything from this endevour, outside of the ire of goblins. In fact, I was losing water. But it didn''t matter. This is what "Having fun feels like..." [Took damage from external attack. Lost 1.2 kg water.] [28 kg water disconnected from Puddle Gavan] Holy mother of the holy lord! It''s been ages since this happened. I didn''t really see anything, outside of a bright light. Information on the attack? [Solution: The attack was comprised primarily of heat and light, with substantial amounts of blunt force as well.] A fireball? Probably, it was aimed at a point in my supplyline into the goblin village, making me lose connection to the rest of the supply line. Granted, 28 kg isn''t too much water to the current me, but still, big loss. Goblins, wash your necks and wait. You will suffer the wrath of a puddle of water. Once I get out of this hole obviously... But still... A fireball, huh? I sure don''t want to be hit by that again... [Due to fear of heat detected in puddle Gavan, puddle Gavan has gained a new skill {{Heat Intolerance} level 1}. Would you like to gain the details of this skill?] F@#$ F#@$ F$#@ F@$$!&@^$*!#&^$@# !@(&!#^%*^!@#)(%^!@()%^!@)#%^(!@ Refund! Refund! I don''t want it! Put it back! [Due to skill {Heat Intolerance}, evaporation rate increased.] [Lost 3245.7 kg water] I just lost all my supply lines. Apparantly, they''re too thin to handle current evaporatio rates. This day literally could not get any worse. [Took damage from external attack. Lost 128.6 kg water.] Another fireball? @#$%! The goblins are attacking! Chapter 5: Sorry for the delay A man once dreamt he was a butterfly. Once he woke, he was not sure. Was he a man who once dreamt of being a butterfly, or a butterfly currently dreaming of being a man. Neither, actually, since he''s dead now, and has been over 2 millenniums. But I pondered. Am I a man currently dreaming of being a puddle, or am I a puddle who once dreamt of being a man? Do men actually even exist or are they a figment of my imagination, a mental construction of taller, pale goblins? Was my past life real? Or, since I remember so little of it, was it all a dream? Am I real? Is the goblin currently trying to kill me real? Is the fireball rushing toward me real? [Took damage from external attack. Lost 132.6 kg water.] Was that message a delusion? Systems don''t make sense, right? Like, where is it even located? Perhaps, they do, and it''s my sense of sense that doesn''t make sense. Sensible. No. I''m not trying to run away from reality. I''m not doing my absolute best to run away from the situation at hand I''m only trying to run away from this hoard of goblins trying to kill me. [Took damage from external attack. Lost 111.1 kg water.] I''m using absorb at full force while flowing at full speed in the other direction. As long as I escape this with 1000 kg left, all is golden. If not, I''ll expand, flow will level down, absorb will level down, and I''ll be a bigger, slower target which is even worse at fighting back. If I go below 1000, I go to 0.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. If I manage to drain them of stamina (Cuz they''re running), mana (Cuz fireballs are the only thing I''m scared of), and/or water (From Absorb) before then, all iiz well. I activate sense. Only 3 goblins left. There were only 3 that were shooting fireballs ayway, so I guess the rest of them just gave up. Two of the three look exhausted. I take a risk. I send 2 thicker supply lines towards them. Perhaps, if I can get their last bit of water, I can make his a 1v1 situation. [Took damage from external attack. Lost 2.3 kg water.] [12 kg water disconnected from Puddle Gavan] Dammmm. He saw through me. I don''t know how I feel about that, getting outsmarted by a goblin. Then again, I don''t know much about goblins. Maybe they''re really smart. I mean, they can use magic... Humans can''t use magic, far as I know. And humans are really smart, if they exist. I mean, they made planes and stuff. ... This is a long shot. Maybe... [128 kg water disconnected from Puddle Gavan] ... [Took damage from external attack. Lost 0.3 kg water.] I don''t know much about planes, but I''m sure they''re supposed to fly for more than half a second. I mean, this can barely be qualified as jumping. ... That actually turned out better than I thought. One of the goblins slipped. He''s probably too tired to get back up. I mean, it makes sense. You''re sprinting after a blob of water for over a kilometer, occasionally shooting fireballs, a highly mentally taxing activity. Then, it drops over 100 liters of water right at your feet. I''m surprised the other one didn''t fall. The third goblin is way powerful, so I expect nothing of him. No, wait... They''re stopping to help the fallen goblin. Perhaps they''re afraid of me sucking him dry. I''m a huge anamoly to them, so they shouldn''t know how I work. Phew, survived by the skin of the teeth I don''t have. Don''t expect me to be here when you return. I have a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very short lifetime. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. Skills that I don''t quite yet have. This quote is falling apart. I''m not good at this. Whatever, wash your necks and wait. I will be back, and when I am, I will drain every last drop of water from your blood, muscle, and bone. [Due to the mass of dihydrogen monoxide content of puddle Gavan''s body decreasing beyond pre specified amount (1000kg), the level cap for puddle Gavan''s skills has gone from four to three. Also, puddle Gavan has lost skill {Compression}. Also, level of {Information} has decreased to three. Also, level of {Sense} has decreased to three. Also, level of {Absorb} has decreased to three. Also, level of {Flow} has decreased to three. Also, level of {Shapeshift} has decreased to three.] F@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Due to fear of heat detected in puddle Gavan, skill {Heat Intolerance} leveled up. Would you like to see the changelog?] You know what, I don''t even care anymore.