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Morgan Mackenzie was startled awake by the intrusion of more insistent DING! notifications slamming into her head. She was alive, although she was not quite sure how. Her everything hurt, but in a distant and numbed manner. It was as if she were sitting in the back seat of her own mind. Sensations filtered through as if she were experiencing them second-hand, like it was all happening to some other Morgan. This Morgan knew she was in a state of shock, but it was the only way for her to even function at the moment. She knew this feeling of detachment could not last, so she pulled herself together and directed her attention at the insistent messages intruding upon her mind.
You have survived a [Mana Cascade]! For achieving this feat under the Aspect [Naked Survival], the Aspect has increased in rank to become [Naked Affinity]!
She dimly remembered seeing that particular message right before she passed out, but dwelling on it caused her mind to instantly recoil from the memory. The next notifications were far more welcome, if still a mildly disturbing reminder of her continued lack of clothing.
You have stayed an entire night alone in the Wildlands and have lived to see the dawn! For accomplishing this feat under the Aspect [Naked Affinity], the experience awarded for this achievement has been doubled!
+1000 Experience gained.
You have reached Level 7! Health and Status partially restored!
For reaching this milestone while [Naked] and [Unequipped], rewarded points doubled.
10 distributable Stat Points awarded.
10 Skill Points awarded.
You have reached Level 8! Health and Status partially restored!
For reaching this milestone while [Naked] and [Unequipped], rewarded points doubled.
10 distributable Stat Points awarded.
10 Skill Points awarded.
Due to extremely high levels of ambient Mana combined with other local conditions, a [Cleansing Scrubby] has gained sentience and Awakened as a new species! As the previous owner, <unnamed> [Cleansing Scrubby(Slime Species Variant, Originator)] has imprinted itself upon you. Would you like to claim it as your pet and give it a name?
Reading the last message was enough to startle Morgan right out of her dazed frame of mind. Sputtering, she jumped to her feet while she twisted around looking for the scrubby loofah she had totally forgotten about when she woke up. Said scrubby was currently several feet above the level of her head, somehow clinging to the side of one of the vertical branches that led up into the tree's canopy. And it was moving.
”What in the hell?” Morgan blurted. The pale purple lace puffball was slowly churning itself back and forth as it crept along the tree trunk eating into the soot and seared churple jelly splattered all over the place. The path left behind by the scrubby was perfectly clean tree bark. As it twisted itself back and forth like a washing machine cycle, it seemed to exude a soap-like foam and draw it back in as it got dirty with soot and churple juice. Seeing the clean path it left in its wake, Morgan looked down at herself and realized how clean she was. It cleaned me in my sleep!? Even her hair was clean and shiny, with a healthy silken sheen. Looking back up at the loofah, she thought I don't know if I should be happy about that or totally disturbed…
As if it could sense her attention, the scrubby suddenly dropped itself down from the tree-trunk and slowly rolled over to rest just in front of her feet. She started backwards a half-step and then made up her mind. ”Screw it,” she said as she picked up the plucky little creature. ”I shall call you Lulu the Loofah!” As if naming the thing out loud was some sort of signal or trigger, another notification popped into Morgan's mind, along with Lulu's own status information.
You have claimed Lulu the [Cleansing Scrubby] as your bonded pet! The pet bond allows you to view the status information of any of your pets. Bonded pets will always find their way back to you if separated!
Pets level up on their own over time, in addition to gaining a percentage of experience you earn on your adventures together!
Status Information for: Lulu
Species: Cleansing Scrubby. Distantly related to Slimes and Oozes. Originator of its species.
Level: 1
Stat Details not viewable except by owners specialized in Pet based or Tamer type Classes
Skills
[Cleansing Scrub]
[Foaming Wash]
[Absorb Grime]
[Exfoliate]
[Moisturize]
[Rejuvenating Rinse]
”Originator, huh? So you're the first of your kind?” Morgan said to the little scrubby. It gave no indication that it understood what she said. The laceball simply sat contentedly in her hands. Before its vivification, the scrubby had simply been a balled up wad of puffy synthetic lace with a string knotted around its center. It wriggled in protest in her hands as she squished it in different directions. The once ivory-colored lace fronds were still pale on the outside, but deepened to a violet that was closer to the color given off by Morgan's [Mana Pulse] spell the previous night. Where the center knot of string used to be was now a spherical crystal structure vaguely resembling a sieve, with the fibers of the lace weaving in and out of the openings. The core glittered in dim shades of purple. Lulu the Loofah suddenly had enough of being handled so roughly, and with a grace Morgan was not expecting it hopped out of her hands up to her shoulder and sat there. She gave it a pat and it responded with a faint burbling purr.
”Absolutely lethal levels of cute!” She giggled at her new sidekick. It felt good for her to have something she could still laugh about in her present circumstances. As Morgan's thoughts returned to the present, she sighed and mentally pulled up her own status information. There was a lot that she had not been able to spare any attention to while she was simply trying to survive the previous night.
Status Information for: Morgan Mackenzie
Level - 8
Primary Class: [Locked]
Secondary Class: [Locked]
Health - 153/170
Stamina - 202/224
Mana - 112/112
STR - 11
AGI - 11
CON - 15
VIT - 28
INT - 14
Stat points available to distribute: 20
Current Skills:
[Naked Instinct]