4 Caution
After accidentally destroying his desk Zach puts on his jacket and leaves the house quietly, closing the door behind him.
He walks through the slum like area towards a local park with no one inside, the usual police cars are visible. For some reason black vans with faded windows can be seen occasionally, the police cars don't pursue them so they must be connected some how...
When he gets to the park he heads to a wooded area that is well covered, he starts to collect sticks, branches and stones from the floor and gather them in one area.
.Ok, lets check out what this skill can do.
Zach concentrates his eyes on the branch in his hands revealing small black lines across the surface, he taps the lines with his hands with no results.
He ends up propping it up and doing a karate chop he saw on TV.
SNAP
The branch is broken in two.
.So, a strike is required?.
He puts a rock in a secure area and concentrates on it, revealing a smaller black line compared to the branch. Zach takes out the dreidel that he brought with him, when he holds the handle the small black line turns into a slightly larger black dot.
.So it changes based on what i use?.
He strikes the rock with the dreidel as hard as he can.
Smack!
A large crack appears on the rock but it doesn't completely fall apart.
.So, the ability changes on what i use, the strength of the object and how hard i hit it.
Crunch
He hears something rustle in the dead leave behind him, surprised he stumbles back and fall on the stack of rocks he had made.
What he sees is a hedgehog on the floor, suddenly an awful idea arises in him.
.Should i test it on a creature too?.
He sits for a while contemplating whether or not its the right thing to do.
.I need to test the effectiveness on a living thing.
He prays for its safe journey as he concentrates on its body with a stone in his hand, a large black spot envelopes its head.
He brings the stone down while closing his eyes.
Splatter
Its head explodes in a spectacular manner, blood covers everything in the near vicinity.
He opens his eyes looks and vomits with trembling hands.
After a few minutes of retching he pulls out the dreidel and drops it in the blood.
[Small creatures blood +1]
.Show me the status.
[Zachary Miller - Human - Male
Condition - Fine
Strength - 8
Intelligence - 9
Agility - 11
Stamina - 7
Spirit - 8
Luck - 10
Skill: Quick retreat, lv1 Pain resistance, Unveiling eye
Body mods : N/A
LV1 Exp: 2/10]
.8 more creatures to kill, i crushed some ants earlier so really small animals like insects don't count i guess.
He scratches his head and ponders his next move.
.I can't test anything more due to them involving achievements.
Light starts to fade and the sky turns orange, the sun can barely be seen over the horizon.
.Its getting late, i should probably be getting back. he mutters to himself.
When he gets home he notices his Father isn't back from work yet, not that he knows what job his Father does... He thinks it must be a night club job or something similar.
His Mother is awake in the front room still drinking taking no notice of him.
He goes up stairs, washes the blood off of his body and goes to sleep early in preparation for tomorrows school day.
As Zach approaches school he makes a game plan in his head, he will avoid areas that he is usually in to try to evade Sajid and his goons. Other than going to class there is nothing else he needs to do, spending the rest of the day in the nurses office or in the toilet would be fine too.
He gets to class and is greeted by Mr.Robinson who notices his presence.
"Zach were you ill yesterday?"
.Errr yes, i was sick so i left early. Sorry for not telling you before i left.
"Be sure to tell me next time yes?"
Zach nods are seats himself in the corner.
Class goes by quickly and once again, the bell rings for lunch.
He leaves the class without mention and starts walking to the nurses office, the school is quite big but only has 2 floors making it a chore to walk through. Most of the time you won't even see half the students in the school due to how large it is.
While walking through the corridors he sees someone who looks familiar, its his childhood friend who abandoned him when he started gaining weight and losing friends.
Zach feels like his heart is being squeezed as he watches her walk past, chatting to her friends while doing so.
It wouldn't have been that bad if she had just stopped hanging out with him, but to make space between him and her she had publicly humiliated him in front of all their friends further ruining his reputation.
While watching her back move into the distance he spots the third one of Sajids goon group. Raheem approach them with a broad grin on his face.
My childhood friend Grace seems to be in a good relationship with him as she stops chatting to her friends and walks off alone with Raheem.
.Damn, he's the reason she abandoned me?, i feel so pathetic!.
Raheem walks off with his arm slung around her shoulders.
Zach feels anger brewing inside his stomach, like butterflies are about to burst out of his chest.
He has the odd thought of "Maybe i should test the dreidel on a human again" but brushes it off as a momentary lapse in thinking.
He walks to the nurses office that's close by, opens the door and finds no nurse inside.
.Why isn't the door locked if she has already left?. He mutters to himself
Either way he needs to hide from Sajid and this is the best place at this time of day.
He lays down on one of the vacant beds and closes the curtains that is revealing his existence in the room.
After a couple minutes of laying down and reading some of the old magazines left on the desk nearby, he hears someone come in.
"Raheem don't be naughty we're still at school" an all too familiar voice giggles as they walk in
"Don't worry cuz i got my uncle to see the nurse at this time, its all free for us"
