"Indeed, it is pretty useless in the end"
Hmm, hmm, keep thinking it's useless.
"Well, it may depend on how you invest them"
Great point here mousy, but please, don't dig deeper.
"It's makes sense."
Why are you even talking balrow? You think it will help you heal faster!?
Fuck, I'm feeling petty alright.
"It does, it does, however, I doubt that it will do much more, my theory was wrong" jenna jump at malfoy words, looking straight at him. Decades of gaming making her gamesense and desire for lore and mechanics out of this world.
"Wrong? What was your theory"
Told you she's coooooking
Malfoy put the food package he just finished back in his inventory "Well, do you see our stats?"
My eyes flash up to attention "yeah?"
He continues
"They are all pretty small, well, it's relative of course. But, they are all smaller than one should expect when they all give use one free point for each...." Malfoy stop for a second, not knowing how to call it.
Jenna come to the save "level up?" My head whip toward annie, I just know she's gonna open her mouth. "is it even the right term?" I was right.
I have no idea. But we don't have any other term so like..."I mean....not necessarily, but. Do we have any other better term?"
Silence.
That's what I thought.
Wait don't we have cycling? But I didn't get the cycling notification again for my second point.
Malfoy keep up his theory as I lay on my bed. Just focusing as hard on the ceiling and their words.
I'm a world record holder at escaping my feelings.
"Very well, let us call it that. Level up, since we get one point at every level up" jenna chime in, her finger pulling on her bowstring. Since when did she took it out!? "How do you know that?"
Malfoy stop. Turn his head to look at her. And after two seconds say.
"Basic reasoning"
Balrow nod at malfoy answer and mull out.
"basic reasoning."
Yep, basic reasoning, I mull out too.
"basic reasoning for sure."
And then annie, following us all.
"basic reasoning makes sense"
Jenna look at all of us.
Every single one of us, all sitting on our beds. Well, I'm lying down but whatever.
And after 2 long second she add.
"basic reasoning, alright, so what next?"
"What's next is pretty simple. Considering we have points at around 8 each" 8!? WHAT THE FUCK!?
[Body: 10
Mind: 10
Magic: 2]
I'M NOT AT 8!? AT ALL!?
My head whip out toward everyone else, and I can see how mousy hand raise itself up. Slow, shaky. "8?"
Jenna turn her head toward him "8?"
Malfoy blink at all of them.
I blink at all of them.
Balrow just stare ahead, well now he's talking but like, you don't expect me to describe everything do you!? "I am not at 8."
Malfoy stop for a second, not even having considered that we would all start with different stats. And slowly, but surely, shaky head. WHY EVERYONE IS SLOW AND SHAKY!? He looks at me?
"Ludger?" Should I tell them the truth?
Should I lie.
What benefits do I get from both?
URGHH URGHHHH WHAT DO I DO!? DAD HELP ME!
Son - that's not my fucking problem.
FUCK!
Taken by surprise by the sudden question, I finally realize that they've all been staring at me for almost 2 seconds. Annie confused smile make it even more obvious. "It's at 10, both."
Malfoy recoil for a second like he's been hit by a truth he doesn't want to admit. "9 both now."
And then, showing the social effects in humans.
Everyone start telling their stats, one by one.
It even follow the sense of a clock! First me, then malfoy, and the next on the clock, jenna!
"6 body, and 8 mind"
Annie almost jump off her seat as she hear that, but unfortunately for her she's being stared at by everyone.
And just like me, the truth come out.
"Uhhhh....5 body and 7 mind" malfoy snort. "hah, litteral grimlin" the grimace that come out of her face could, I don't know what it could do. But it definetly give credit to the grimlin theory.
Before any other fights can happen balrow intervene.
"10 body, 6 mind, 0 magic." He's the only one that included magic, annie chimes in "0 magic, duh."
But her words quickly get snuffed out as jenna eyes widen "10 body!?" And then annie support her "wait wait, 10 body!? Aren't you 161!?" Balrow slowly, extremely slowly.
WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH THIS WHOLE SLOWNESS!?
In any case, he turn his head. Slowly, way to fucking slowly until he can glower at annie.
"Sorry"
"Don't worry, this was nothing but a joke"
Annie smile back and the conversation go back to normal.
Hell yeah for being able to talk!
Malfoy look at his feet, he look. Depressed. As much as he can while keeping his back straight. "10. Ludger I can understand, but..." Damn, no belief in the grandfather of the group, I need to back up the old man.
"Daaaaaamn, no trust in the old generation. Tsk tsk" my finger start to do some strange sort of gymnastic, just showing off strange ways to wave at people.
Annie seems entranced by the movement's, and mumble under her breath "what the hell?" Completly ignoring my words to stare at said finger.
Jenna ignore it well at least "you have both at 10 right? And you didn't used any points?" I nod while making my finger fly around, all for the benefits of annie's eyes.
Why is malfoy looking at us like that?
Jenna stop for a second before, also looking at my finger.
"That's a lot. But, that doesn't change much."
Malfoy suddenly do a small cough, two small cough. Wow, such a slytherin way to get attention back.
"It just gives ground to my new theory more" my finger transform itself into a snapping finger, just perfect to give someone some back up. "True! You didn't finish it, explain everything"
"Wooooow" annie look at my finger like she's in the middle of hypnosis, then she look at malfoy "didn't you said your theory was wrong?" He stop.
"Yes, but I have a new one"
Huh.
I can smell bullshit when I see it.
"Alright, tell us about it" As if he was waiting exactly for that. He continues.
"So, as I believed. Since we all have relatively low stats"
Annie give me a look.
...not my fault I have double her body stats.
"I did believed that, for example, if someone has 8 points. If they added 8 of their free points in them it would double their entire power. Or mind. As much as it would have been a great discovery, with the effect I got. I doubt it is true."
A humming come from my right, wait. Annie didn't finish her food already!? "True. Ludger is definetly two times stronger than you and-!" she barely dodge a pillow "THE FUCK!? THAT'S ME WHO THROW SHIT USUALLY!?"
Malfoy ignore his attempted pillow homicide "indeed, it does not make sense. For example, balrow and ludger both have an equal amount of body. But they do not have the same strength and level"
Jenna rub her ear, her eyes flashing. "Yeah, that doesn't make sense. What are the stats even useful for?" She's trying to figure out something, I'm sure of it.
Balrow, interumpt "We need patience."
Yep, true. "We won't get an answer like that, theorizing is cool but in the end we won't have any complete answer"
I wait for a second before keeping up.
"This system can litterally teleport people, I'm sure it's complex"
Malfoy answer first
"Yes, it make sense"
Then annie.
"for sure, but like...stilllllll those points must do something"
Then they both talk? Together?
"they definetly do. It is an evidence. How much they do is more complicated to understand" "maybe it give's different bonus?" "I do not know, maybe? It probably affect people differently however" "why do you thiiiiiiiiiiink that!?" "Think about it smooth brain, it is simply common sense"
"WHO THE FUCK YOU CALLED SMOOTH BRAIN!?" Huh, so none of them know about substats yet?
"I did, isn't it obvious? How could you not possibly understand something as simple as that?"And they didn't even talk about magic?
"Oh...no, another fight..." Oh that's a new voice, hello jenna!
Do they even know about titles?
"Youngsters." And even balrow goes at it now.
Should I even tell them about it?