The Genesis Game

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"Carved wood actually." Replied Seraph as he turned one of the figurines in his hand, examing it closely. No sign of battle marring the surface. 

Putting the figurine away, Seraph turned toward Sadie, a question on his mind."I made a mistake, and you got hurt because of it, but I'm curious, if memory serves you were what? A level 50 something Spellsword, this should have been an easy battle for you."

The way she stopped and tensed up let Seraph know it was not something she wanted to talk about, and when she started to explain Seraph was surprised. "I told you before Seraph, I renounced the immortality of the dungeon to join you on this, crusade or whatever you might term it, but there were stipulations."

Seraph prompted her to continue. "What stipulations? If your going to be traveling with me, I need to know your not a liability, that I can trust you when our backs are to the wall, I need to know that your willing and able to get your hands dirty. I'm trying to save the world, there's no place on my team for moral grandstanding."

With a hard, resentful look Sadie responded. "I know how you operate Seraph. I'm painfully experienced with your work." Her voiced hardened with anger before continuing. "There are things I can't tell you, things beyond my control, even things taken directly from my memory that I'll never be able to recall."

"But" She said as Seraph noticed her body posture relaxed. "I'm not level 50 anymore, or even the level 25 I was a few days ago. This is a full restart for me."

Inwardly Seraph g.r.o.a.n.e.d.  He never would have agreed to take her on if he had known she had been reduced down to level 1.

Apparently Seraph had not been as inward as he thought because he saw a brief expression of uncertainty on her face.  "It's fine really, this one battle put me up to level 11 and with as a Fel Elf I get 3 points per level."

That was news to Seraph that made him much more comfortable with continuing. "Ok, that's great, I was worried you wouldn't be able to keep up."

Sadie looked at him with a wide smile, the smile of someone that has been on the brink of defeat and come out victorious. "I can keep up your pace Seraph, and I know I can trust you with my life, that's the second time in a short span of time that you've saved it. But I do know you, conventional reason would question if cause equals casualty here. In short Seraph, traveling with you is dangerous."

Looking her over, Seraph was glad to see that she wasn't hurt. The magic of the dungeon had rapidly healed her, even as his own flesh struggled to mend itself.  Even with the magic of the dungeon and his abyssal body, his charred hand would still take a moment to see, but as for her, she was already healed, and he was ok with that.

Seraph smiled, glad that she was alive and laughed. "Yeah, it is. But you and I both know things are going to be dangerous regardless, and it'll only get more dangerous from here. I got a level up though, give me a second to adjust my points."

With a thought a thought Seraph summoned his stat screen.  This wasn't a place to let earned stat points go unused.

Name - Aliases

Luca Fernandez – Seraph

Race

Abyssal Elf

Passives

Body of Mana

Dark Heart Aspect of Wrath

Prince of Lies

Abyssal Body

Slender Hands

Abilities

Thousand Handed (24-1000)

Cold Hands (64-1000)

Burning Fist (73-1000)

Starfall (11-1000)

Preservation (N/A)

Retreat (N/A)

Level

Current Unassigned Stat Points

3

14 of 999

Current Experience

515 of 1,100

STR

6

INT

3

AGI

3

WIS

3

LCK

3

PHY

1*

END

5

PER

3

SOL

$2930*

Looking at his stat sheet, Seraph was surprised to see 3 unused stat points. This was his 1st level up since becoming an Abyssal Elf, logically it made sense to him and he hoped the extra point gain would be persistent. 

He decided to add two points to agility and one point to perception.  Being able to outmaneuver an enemy was important, and mobility was king, but more so, the Cover ability was fairly useful, and with a high enough agility tempered by a body strong enough to manage the speed, and a mind capable of perceiving it, he reasoned he could keep most of his allies alive. That was one thing he wanted most to do differently this time around, keep the people who mattered to him alive.

"So Seraph." Sadie asked with a bit of a smirk, the scar on her cheek all but disappeared since her transmation into a Fel Elf. "What kind of build are you going for anyways? The man you used to be would never have covered for anyone."

With a shrug he responded. "I'm not really that man anymore. Things are a bit different now, I don't feel the same kind of, I'm not sure how to describe it, like a compulsion, some inherent need that needs to be scratched. I feel, different. I'm not sure if whole is the right word, but it's something."

She nodded, the smile gone from her face, but an expression that bordered on kindness remained. "Maybe its because the body you inhabit hasn't seen the things you have?  Exposure to dark things leave scars on more than just the soul. Or maybe you've m.a.t.u.r.ed and changed, or it's the changes you've made, this time around you've decided to abandon your humanity. Perhaps that's given you some manner of resistance." 

He walked away, heading towards the podium, this line of thinking and conversation wasn't one Seraph was interested in exploring. His interest lay in curiosity wondering what comes next once he put the figurines on the podium.

Notification: Global Announcement  - Emergence

Attention: The World Dungeon has fully emerged on the surfaced. Time is now fully integrated. The current time is 16:00 EST. We thank the first three dungeon cohorts for their efforts. Please be advised to secure lodging and other accomidations before nightfall. We are expecting an influx of thousands of new players as they finish the tutorial.

Seraph dismissed the announcement and ran the rest of the way to the stage. "We need to hurry." He shouted behind him at Sadie as he slammed the three figurines into the podium.