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Full name: Ankh Chi Barry

Nickname: Big Pooh.

Date of birth: 10/17/91

Ethnicity: Great West

Cast: iron smith (dormant)

Bloodline: Kishi (dormant)

Class: ???

Class status: ???

Hobbies: reading, chatting,drawing and watching anime (otaku-des!).

Well known for: hard negotiator, adept marketer, ambiguous morals and sharp tongue.

Kishi: « Oh by the way, that hit on the head earlier was me trying to unlock you latent mental power. Your unconscious is now integrated in all your bodily function. This allows you to, not only see and hear spirituals and mythicals but you can also touch them... and when I say touch, I mean hit! *shameless cough*. Your brain functions have also benefited, your processing power and visualization are off the charts now compared to normal humans. Maybe the Dalaï Lama and other hermit monks can somewhat compete.

Ankh: « ooh! That's why a window popped out in front of me with my ID looking like a stat window from an rpg then. »

Kishi: « This must be the influence of your profligate lifestyle. Your unconscious will rearrange any information influx into something you can easily understand. This is a passive benefit of initiation, but since I had to pop out without an IV, it's a little gift *we are family after all* . Some fine tuning might be needed. It will become more and more powerful as you grow, for now only a small part of your unconscious is accessible. The rest depends on you."

Wow if I had doubt before, it has been drowned by the awesome benefit that just landed on my lap. Just this passive could allow me to do things nobody else could. However, my instinct made me weary of Kishi. I had no idea what he would make me do or what was actually his purpose. I didn't buy the 'family crap'. But now was not the time to question him on this topic again.

Ankh:"So I got the info down and except for the cast class and class status, there is nothing surprising. Should I start discarding stuff?"

Kishi:"No no there is no rush. You need to be thorough. I told you that the important part in an APH is it's defining truth. what do you know about your names or cast? what do your hobbies say about you? You can derive power from all of this."

Ankh:"Alright let's start one by one then. Names 1st. I will need to rely on you for this I do not know much."

Kishi:"As expected."

"1st name: Ankh.

Ankh is an Egyptian word meaning Life. It's symbol is a cross with the top branch being and empty oval.

The possibilities with 'Life' as component of an APH are boundless. It will all depend on you but it's basically one of the most powerful components...granted that you manage to properly explore it, which is not easy.

2nd your Middle name: Chi.

Chi refers to your personal spiritual guardian, In your particular case, your parents, by giving you this name put you under your guardian star's protection. I will elaborate when we come to the topic.

Nickname: Big Pooh

Ankh: "I definitely want to keep it! I got from a lady customer that I usually deal with. One day she said that my flattering words are so sweet she fears for her health, as if my tongue was coated with honey. This made my co-trainees laugh and one of them added that I was chubby and liked honey like Winnie the Pooh. Thus was born the nickname Big Pooh. This idiot that embarrassed me, got dumped by his girl the same day and fell into depression. Karma is a "fille de joie" but I want to keep it as a memento of 'one' time I got to witness the world being on my side. Hehe

Kishi: "alright I'll erase this"

Ankh:" come on now...." my protest was so half-assed that Kishi proceeded as if nothing happened.

Kishi:"Your last name is bound to your bloodline which I already talked about earlier. Lets move on to your birthday. Your date of birth is directly linked to the movement of the stars and is more significant in defining one's character than 'modern' humans tend to think. African astrology is one of the most accurate and the one that applies to you due to obvious reasons. Your guardian star is the 'Witch' also known as the 'judge '. This is also a very powerful star and your link to it is strong thanks to your name. The initiation will unveil its power to you. I need to tell you that it is impossible to discard your guardian star and you will rise and fall under it.

Your ethnicity will give you various buffs when you battle on your turf, it also has an impact on your cast and class. You need to know that your ethnicity is not only apparent by some aesthetic traits but also manifests in the social structure of your people. This impact your class since it is an aspect of you that is linked to your tradition, like it or not. For example people from the coast have a different social system than yours thus, the casts might be different or simply inexistant.

The social structure of your people makes it so you inherited the Dogo of your grandfathers branch because you are the second son whereas your brother as the first born inherited the Dogo of your uncle's branch. It's a matriarchy.

Now the cast.

First of Great West people used to be warriors that converted into laborers and farmers. Those that clinged to the warriors way founded the 'dozo' or hunters, politicians created 'Poro' that deals with politics and religion; and scribes turned into 'griot•' the guardians of history.

The iron smith cast or 'Casters ' (those that use casts to shape things. Could be understood as creators, inventors) was created by people with special skills such as smithing, healing or divination, eccentric inventors whose creations could be problematic also gathered under this cast. All in all, the iron smith cast is one of the most eclectic and versatile thus having a high status among your people. Last but not least, only someone from this cast is able to create artefacts that was the agreement with the 1st Dogo-be.

The class is a sub element of the cast, you can see it as a job. 'Class status' represents your progression at a particular job. From novice to specialist. You will know more about this later.

Ankh: "What about my hobbies?" I asked

Kishi:"*scoff* your hobbies are not defining enough, you do all this without serious dedication it just shows that you are a lazy bum."

I bet he was just waiting for this opportunity to laze-shame me again.

"As for what you are known for" he continued, none of it is detrimental to you so you might as well keep keep this reputation.

Ankh:"So basically you just wanted me to pick up new hobbies? I will never give up on my otaku spirit! Never !" I said, agitating my fist in front of me and harboring a defiant expression.

Kishi: "It would be beneficial to you but whatever. You will have no spare time in the foreseeable future anyway. Hobbies? Let's see you try. *Kishishishi*" The evil grin on Kishi's face didn't inspire anything good neither was the hyena like laugh that came from his 'dark side'. Nevertheless I already made up my mind to keep the cards that were dealt to me by fate.

Ankh: " can I keep that joker you offered for something else?"

Kishi: "granted it is not used for something outrageous, yes. Actually I'll think of something useful.»

Ankh: "then I will keep this slate, I don't see a reason to change. You said yourself that my potential was top class. Am I some kind of genius?"

Kishi ignored me again and said: "since this is your choice, let's wrap up our first meeting. I will give you some space to let you familiarize yourself with the unlocked portion of your unconscious. Two days from now I'll contact you again with a routine to get you prepared for the initiation."

Without giving me time to say anything, Kishi disappeared leaving behind a chilly hyena laugh:"Kishishishishi...".

Left alone in the dark, I just 'willed' myself out of here and banally woke up.