2 Chapter 2: Awakening.

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Walter/Evelyn POV:

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When I opened my eyes for the first time in this brand new world, I shivered. Before me, I had the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen. I savored the cool breeze on my skin; the scent of the pure air. I lived all my life in cities, I still went a few times to the countryside but I never had such a sensation, the air had a taste and the rustles of the leaves were like symphonies for my ears, I perhaps underestimated the Traits "Son and daughters of Gaïa"...

Anyway, from where I was standing I was able to see the landscape around me. I was on a hill, there was a sea where the sun was rising from, I suppose for now on that it's the east. North of my actual position was a tall mountain range, which will probably be useful in the future for mining resources, I was able to see a river flowing through the forest at the feet of the mountains before reaching the sea. The forest was stretching out from north to west and was only stopped by a cliff when it was reaching the south where a vast plain was spreading to the horizon.

I took a look at my new self, I didn't have a glass so I could only look at my body and hair. I was clearly in a teenage body, I had already a few womanly assets but it didn't matter for the time being. I had been given, at least, enough "clothes" to cover all the important parts of my body and basic shoes, all of them were made with the beast skin and won't be enough for the winter if it's comparable to the ones I know from Western Europe

My clothes were more sophisticated than I thought, they used bone boutons, sinew, and ropes. I had long curly blond air tied in a ponytail with a crude rope and near me lied, a spear, the bundle, and the gourd. The bundle and gourd had a single band, they were meant to be worn in the back but thanks the bands were just big enough for me to wear without them moving around and disrupting my movements.

(A-N: When Evelyn is alone and speaks, I won't write her name first I will just use the ' " ', also since he decided to reincarnate as a "wood elf", the language had changed to 'elven'.)

"System can you... What the f*ck, I'm not speaking in English... How can I not remember how to speak in English too!!!"

<Since the user begins a new life, has a new species and due to the difficulty level, all prior knowledge about languages of the user has been deleted and replaced by a new language inspired by elven.>

"... That makes sense but it's strange to speak a new language like that..."

<It's normal for the user to be surprised, all the system can do is to say that you will get used to it with time.>

"Thanks, I guess... Anyway, System can you give me your functions and options please?"

<Right away user, do you want to know more information about your location and actual knowledge?>

"Yes, I will thankful if you can."

<Additional information: You have arrived on the east coast of the biggest continent currently there are no other members of your species around but that could change in the future, this site is also perfect for a city or starts a civilization. All-time during the year, the food is abundant there is no risk of shortage for a low-level population residing, and the user is advised to find a shelter or build one. If you want to find one, it's possible to find a cave near the mountain range.>

</Individual Knowledge/Skill\

-Prehistoric cooking.

-Crafting prehistoric clothing.

-Crafting early and advanced prehistoric tools.

-Starting a fire with prehistoric tools.

-Basic tanning

-Braiding rope.

-Local wildlife and plant knowledge.

-Hunting.

-Trapping.

-Gathering.

-Butchering.

-Smoking the meat.

-Marksmanship.

-Trade.

-Management.

Note: All knowledge acquired is stocked inside your brain (practical and theoretical), the system just lists it for you and helps you access it. To access the knowledge you just have to think about it or access it via the system As you can see, some of these pieces of knowledge were offered by the system to maximize your survival chances.

Additional information: The Traits "Son and daughters of Gaïa" offers the species of the user natural "knowledge" about wildlife and plants. The user has to note that, in this case, knowledge is more like a very sharp instinct.>

</Options\

-Mute: The system doesn't speak to the user anymore but uses pop-ups to inform the user of news.

-Mute pop-ups: Mute the pop-ups the user has to check by himself the news, the system can't inform the user anymore.

-Custom mute: The user sets the rules.

-Auto-research: If the user doesn't program research the system will begin to research one randomly.>

"You only inform me if I'm not busy or when it's an emergency. You are the least semi-sentient so I think you will know when to speak and when you shouldn't."

<Yes user.>

</Menu\

-User

-Species

-Map

-Research (locked)

-Psionic way

-Information

-Quest>

<The user menu gives information about your age, name, known title, gender, traits, and individual knowledge. The species menu stocks the information relevant to the species you have a tie with. The map function gives you access to the map of a visited place but doesn't update them, you can also absorb the knowledge of other maps and add them to the map function. The research menu is blocked until you obtain or join your first tribe. The psionic way gives you access to a research tree giving you bonuses and skills. The information function regroups all the information given by the system to the user and I think I don't need to explain the Quest function, also you currently don't have a quest.>

"Perfect, I'm not hungry for the time being so I will keep my food. Now, the priority is to find a cave to live near the river so I will obtain shelter food and water with the river and forest near it. Also, System can you open the 'Psionic way' tab, please."

<The system approves the user decisions and it is always my pleasure to help the user.>

</Psionic way\

-Psionic awakening. (non-obtained)

=Prerequisite: Meditate for 72 hours. (0/72)

-Basic telekinesis. (locked)

=Prerequisite: Psionic awakening.

*You can move around objects of little mass.

-Basic psionic instinct. (locked)

=Prerequisite= Psionic awakening.

*Your instincts are sharpened by your new abilities as a psionic.

-Basic healing (locked)

=Prerequisite: Psionic awakening.

*You can heal small bruises and cuts.

-Basic pyrokinesis (not-obtainable)

=Prerequisite: Psionic awakening and meditating for 168 hours. (0/0)

*You can manipulate and start a small fire.

-...

-Basic body strengthening. (not-obtainable)

=Prerequisite: Psionic awakening, train for 336 hours, and meditate for 192 hours. (0/0)

*Increase your physical strength, dexterities, and stamina by a small margin. Decrease the chance of getting sick, increase your life span by 10 years.

Note: If not specified, all the hours don't have to be done in a single shot. All physical activities can be considered as training like hunting. Also, to enter a meditative state the system can help you in this endeavor, the system provides an alarm to wake you up from your meditative state or sleep.

A more detailed version of these skills/abilities are obtainable in the tab associated.>

"That quite a list... Anyway, I can't meditate for 72 hours on a hill I first have to secure food and a shelter".

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3rd person POV:

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As Evelyn finished talking, she equipped herself with the items which were before her. Bundle in the back, gourd on the hips with the sling and spear in hand, she decided to enter the forest. It took her a few hours to find an inhabited cavity in the mountainside. The cave had an opening facing the east, higher than the treetops of the forest below. The river and forest were only a few minutes away from her cave letting her "easy" access to food and water. The cave was had a few alcoves making this site the perfect spot for a large tribe even if she was alone for the time being, it will change in the future.

After inspecting her new home, she decided to eat her provisions, which were only enough for lunch and dinner. By the time she was done, it was already early afternoon and she needed to prepare her home for the night and it was only when the sun was setting off, that she was ready for it. She was able to prepare a campfire ready to be ignited, a vegetal bed to sleep on, and was able to capture a little animal, which was looking like a rabbit but with an extra pair of ears and a little bigger, to eat tomorrow morning.

It took her almost 14 days to acclimatize herself, rasing up with the sun, and go to sleep a few hours after he set, these hours were dedicated to meditation. She couldn't meditate all day long, she was alone and she needed to hunt to feed herself and arrange her cave. During these days, she was able to create most of the tools she needed and necessities among them all sorts of stone tools, spare stones spears, beginning tanning a few skins, few meters of rope, and upgraded her campfire to a basic oven where she exercises herself to make clay pots to cook and stock water.

Her pots were rough and ugly, she never had done it before and it was a new experience for her, but they were doing their jobs, even if the first ones she created didn't survive the baking. The clay was coming from the river bed and the water from the river was surprisingly clean, she only boiled it the day before drinking it and until now she didn't feel ill. As she thought: "So far, so good."

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Walter/Evelyn POV: (17 days after arriving, night time)

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It has been a little more than two weeks since I arrived here and everything is fine for now and I hope it will continue that way. Tonight, I will finish the prerequisite of the 'Psionic awakening". After finishing my dinner and cleaning my pot with a little bit of water from the 'cleaning' jar, I sat in front of my campfire, I had a fire camp in the cave near the entrance and the oven outside, one was for comfort and the other for works and cooking.

Thanks to the system, I could enter a meditative state in almost any position and I could also enter it without help but I had to assume the lotus position and he takes me at least 15 minutes to enter a meditative state but with the system help only a few second are required. I was standing against the wall the entrance on my left, the campfire right in front of me and I activated the system feature. Soon enough, I was meditating.

During these two weeks, the more I mediated, the stronger I felt something nearing, connecting to me, it felt so right, like I was missing a limb, and soon I will have it back. I don't know how to describe it, but I can only say for sure; it brought me intense pleasure and longing. After 3 hours and a half, something clicked inside me, inside of my soul and mind. It felt like a wave hitting me from the inside and trying to reach the outside, but it was contained inside my vein, inside my blood. I don't know how much time it took for the 'wave' to settle but when it was done, this power was flowing, calm, and yet powerful.

After my awakening, I opened my eyes, the sun was already high in the sky and I decided to take a 'day off' since I stocked a few fruits and still have a bit of meat from the day before I could do it. I passed my day experimenting with my newfound power.

"System can you open the psionic way tab please."

</Psionic way\

-Psionic awakening. (Acquired)

-Basic telekinesis. (Acquired)

-Basic psionic instinct. (Acquired)

-Basic healing (Acquired)

-Basic pyrokinesis (obtainable)

-Basic cryokinesis (obtainable)

-Basic aerokinesis (obtainable)

-Basic geokinesis (obtainable)

-Basic body strengthening. (obtainable)

-Basic mind strengthening (obtainable)

-Basic soul strengthening (obtainable)

-Basic mind protection (non-obtainable)

-Basic mind attack (non-obtainable)

-Basic mind-reading (non-obtainable)

-1st Ascension (non-obtainable)

-Basic telepathy (non-obtainable)

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Note: All the basic skills can be upgraded when you meet the requirement or/and after training the said skill to the next level, for more details ask me about the requirements. Also from now, when you enter a meditative state you need a precise image or feeling of the skill you want to train, obtain. To use a skill you need a precise image of what you want to do or/and happen to produce an effect.>

"Thanks for the note can you give me the details of the new skills

<Sure user. The cryokinesis, aerokinesis,...>

(A.-N.: I will post a chapter in the auxiliary later to detail all these skills so wait for it.)

After a day of experimenting with telekinesis and healing self-inflicted superficial wounds, I was drained, psionic power uses a lot of 'brain power', physically I was perfectly fine but I was exhausted mentally, all I wanted was to go to sleep, satisfied with my day. But I still needed to eat, during my dinner, I summarize the result of my experiments.

I could with telekinesis move around one of my spears 5 meters around me, throw it with the same power as I can do physically, and maintain it in the air for 1 or 2 hours if I didn't move it around too much.

My healing was the most exhausting one, even a small cut cost me dearly in energy, I don't want to imagine this skill at a higher level of power and mastery, but this skill has an advantage, it also sterilizes the wounds and for me who will live in a world without good medicine for a long time, it was a godsend.

Also, I couldn't truly experiment with psionic instinct, since it a 'passive' skill but I could note that it improved all my senses, for example, I could hear things from a greater distance.

In the end, my first few days in this world were good and I can only hope that my luck will continue.

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