Around 2 hours after Justine started on the swords Tako finishes their third drop off of rocks. Things going faster because that is the only thing Tako is focused on right now with most of their time is spent in flight back and forth. "Hey Hiper Mana is full again and I'm headed off for more rocks Keep up the good work" The Dragonkin Clone Taking off in flight again as the Tiefling opens their eyes and walks over to do another 1/8th of the moat. This time they find that they have a little more energy left than normal and Decides to check out the Status once again.
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Status:
Name: Tako
Species: Dragonkin/Tiefling/Human hybrid
Age: 12
Level: 3
Health: 210/210
Mana: 5/130
Skills: Species Form Shift lvl NA, Tracker Spores lvl. 1, Root Laying lvl. 1, Woodcarving lvl. 2, Bark Working lvl. 1, Knifework lvl. 3, Vine work lvl.1 Knotter lvl. 1, Cooking lvl. 7, Knife wielding lvl. 1, Skinning lvl. 2, Mana Manipulation lvl. 1, Magic Manipulation lvl. 1, Sword wielding lvl. 3, Attalacian Swordsmanship lvl. 2 Tracking lvl. 1, Piercing Stab lvl. 1, Earth Magic lvl. 1,
Passive Skills: Anxiety lvl. 2, Cloning lvl. 1, Vision Master lvl. 1, Death Whisper lvl. 1, Photosynthesis lvl. 5, Plant Identification lvl. 3, Aromatic scent lvl. 1, Animal Identification lvl. 1, Heightened Hearing lvl. 3, Heightened smell lvl. 3,
Blessings: (all) Vore, Vore ability absorption, Languages of the Infinite Minor Blessing
Strength: 32 --> 33
Toughness: 42
Speed: 32
Agility: 22
Endurance: 40 --> 41
Alertness: 45
Dexterity: 15
Flexibility: 10
Perception: 40
Intelligence: 28
Wisdom: 25 --> 26
Defense: 34
Willpower: 35
Luck: 18
Spirit: 15
Force: 29
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"Well well well, looks like we can also earn stats from doing activities. Still that leads to a couple questions like who earned the endurance stat, probably Tako on top of the strength stat. Flying so much probably passed our limits. The other question is whether it was just my mana accumulation meditation of whether it actually requires me to use all my mana for growth. Eh, We'll figure that out eventually. For now let's drain our mana fully with just a little more. Dig!"
With more progress on the mount done and mana drained once again Hiper sits down to meditate once more. Around the same time that hyper finishes up, draining the mana once more Justine also finishes carving the wooden swords. "This is getting easier maybe I'll carve some one sided swords as well. Like some wooden katana, yes I'll do that." And with no more than that simple thought, Justine starts on carving more wooden swords.
95 minutes later Tako has dropped off 2 more loads and reminded Hiper to do the moat again and with that the first time of the moat has gotten halfway completed. Justine also finished up carving the wooden Katana and decided to work on the spears next since Tako has dropped off some plenty of perfect stones and vines and resin and wood so Justine has decided to make a dozen spears. Another 95 minutes same story more moat, more rocks, more spears, and a couple ignored notifications. Justine also finished the spears and has started on staffs and Kali sticks which are pretty easy.
4 hours and 45 minutes later the sun is setting and Tako has dropped off enough rocks to build a wall without the dirt. Hiper Has just finished the first moat ring. Justine has finished all the wood weapons and then some, 6 knives, 6 double sided swords, 6 katanas, 12 spears, 12 staffs, 6 sets of Kali sticks. The three clones have gathered inside the tree and are sitting around a fire, stuffing themselves with rocks and currently unknown plant life, and animal droppings and a few animal bones of unknown origin. Once they have all filled their bellies to the point of it being hard to walk Tako speaks laying out the plan for the night
"So Last night we made the mistake of cooking food without proper defenses but we also made the mistake of not keeping watch, so tonight we will sleep in shifts. Justine will go first since they carved all day, Then Hiper, then me. Also why waste all the time of the night? Each person on watch will keep watch for 2 sets of building the wall with earth magic and will work out and practice martial arts while they reaccumulate the mana. Also this is a world of the infinite, lets try to figure out bending like in ATLA sound like a plan?" The other two clones nod in agreement.
"Yeah sounds good to me." Justine says and takes a drink from one of the bark pouches. " Also are we going to review our status or are we going to wait until morning?" "Let's wait until morning, we didn't gain a whole lot today after all." Hiper replies. "Alright that's the plan now get some sleep I'll keep first watch." Justine says and starts to do sit ups while the other 2 lay down in the bedroll area, extra difficult sit ups with a swollen belly, but it aids the digestion a bit.
While doing sit ups she focuses on absorbing mana from the area around them. After a few minutes Justine switches to standing up and doing punches for a while, Then lunges. At first it was difficult to absorb mana while working out but by the time she has finished 100 lunges the human clone has a handle on it. it also seems that focusing on mana absorption aids digestion and in turn Digestion aids mana absorption. Justine picks up some rocks and uses a little mana to form dumbbells for some curls and other workouts then continues assorted workouts and after about 50 minutes the mana is full again and Justine's belly is much smaller.
She lets out a burp while leaving the tree and goes to the pile of rocks and dirt. "Those rocks and logs honestly have a pretty good aftertaste." She says and giggles to herself as she spreads out in a horse stance squat next to the pile. " We are trying to learn bending so why don't we start with earth since we have earth magic. I have time since I kind of sped things up so lets give it a shot." She takes a deep breath as she readies herself.
"Remember what the blind bandit said, in order to earth bend you need to be firm and immovable like the rock. Then you move the rock." Justine pictures what she wants to do then stomps and does an uppercut picturing the dirt and rock forming a firm wall. A small section of wall forms, firm and sturdy the rock and soil blending together to form something stronger, and once formed it's about 15 feet tall 5 feet wide and 3 feet thick with a sturdy 2 foot wide ledge about 12 feet up. however it doesn't feel like it was done right. So she goes again, and again and again and again and after the 11th time, while sweating and panting she gets a notification. and checks it.
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Skill Achieved:
Silent Casting lvl. 1
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"Bah... that ain't right! I'm trying to bend it not cast it! Wait that's it! Maybe I need to be out of mana for it to work. Let's try that, I'll go until my mana is gone and keep going." And so she does, and after a mere two more she feels the tiredness of mana drain and gets in position again. "Ok here we go!" She stomps and throws another uppercut again picturing the same thing.... and nothing happens. "The good things don't happen in one try, I have some time let's go again." Justine spends the next 20 minutes putting in the effort to no avail. "Maybe I'm going about it all wrong, In this world everything seems to take a type of energy, I've even unlocked stats like flexibility, and I didn't have mana at first. So lets go again, this time I'll do the mana breathing but this time I'll focus on the energy of the earth and how it feels when interacting with my body. Alright new plan lets go!"
Another hour of stomping and punching later Justine is ready to give up but keeps throwing one more every exhale. "I can't give up, not again, Giving up is what I did in my last life. I got broken down at a young age and I gave up. I let my anxiety control me. Time and time again I would give up and withdraw. Hell I came to this world because I gave up! Not again! Never again! I wished for a life where I can do what I want, So I will keep going again and again and again!" Another 40 minutes pass and Justine realizes that the mana is full again. "Ok lets drain our mana and go again!"
5 minutes and another 65 feet of wall later the stomping and punching has resumed. and about 7 minutes later, another section of wall rises and 3 notifications pop up.
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Skill Achieved:
Earthbending lvl. 1
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Stat Unlocked:
Chakra +5
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Energy Unlocked
Bending 24/25
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"Fuck Yeah! Finally! Woooh! oops gotta be quiet." Justine does a quiet fist pump. "Also it looks like getting the rest of the wall will be pretty fast at least for a little bit. At least as long as it uses the same amount maybe I can get more done with one bending energy. Let's see." Justine goes over a bit and tries to do a 10 foot wide section and when they check the bending it only went down by 1. "Hell yeah now lets try fifteen." She repeats what she just did only 15 feet and checks it went down by 2. "Okay so somewhere between 10 and fifteen I don't feel like checking right now lets just do 10 foot sections and get another almost half the wall built right now and go wake up Hiper".
Justine sets about the project of building the wall with earth bending then goes back inside the tree and wakes up the tiefling. "hey wake up, I unlocked earthbending and found out digesting while working out and accumulating energy has it's benefits. 3/4 of the wall is built and I am going to crash, good luck Hiper." And with that statement the human clone plops down next to the dragonkin snuggles up and promptly falls asleep.
Hiper blearily wakes up, barely registers what Justine says watches the human fall asleep and lets the words and memories catch up. "Yeah, thanks, wait for me to wake up why don't you, just because we treated our-self like crap on earth doesn't justify this." Hiper grumbles out a complaint but smiles and sets about swallowing a bunch of rocks and logs and known plants to follow their own advice. After all it's been about 3 hours, Hiper and Tako have digested what they ate earlier. Once Hiper has eaten their fill they then set about doing small workouts and focusing on accumulating energy, and not just mana but bending as well.
Around an hour and 10 minutes later both sets of energy are full again so Hiper goes to the uncompleted section of the wall. a couple minutes and 11 bending energy later the wall is complete. "Okay we got that done faster than planned. so for now lets make the moat twice as deep and make the walls thicker." The Tiefling temporarily turns into a Dragonkin and flies over the wall and in front of the moat and lands getting to work. Another couple minutes and half of the moat is 10 feet deep and Hiper is flying back over the wall and lands next to the tree and goes back in. Hiper looks at the ashes in the firepit and smiles, then grabs a lot breathes fire on it before putting it in the pit. "Firebending Time!"