Week Four

You'd been avoiding this for too long. While you had come into money issues

recently, you now had enough money to afford Blake's vaccinations. Whenever you had

brought up the topics of the vaccinations to Blake, she had always managed to somehow

turn the conversation to something else. S

he was very good at distracting you and "smooth talking" you onto other trains of thought. Well, no more, it's time Blake got her shots. Even if she doesn't like it, she's still a cat most of the time. True, her new domains may make her more resistant to disease and other such things, but there was still a chance that she could get sick.

With that, you informed Blake that she would be getting her shots today. Once more she tried to steer the conversation into something else, but you would have none of it. Picking her up, you placed her on your head and went off towards the nearest "Veterinarian". While she whined for a bit, once she realized that you were serious, she calmed down.

The visit was surprisingly short, though, the doctor did comment on how Blake was extremely healthy and much smarter than any cat he'd seen before. He even offered to allow Blake to breed with his own cat. She didn't take very kindly to that. He had such a nice tie, now it was covered in pee. At least Blake is safe from diseases now.

[No Chance of Blake Getting Sick! Lost 200 Lien!]

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The fact that you lost so easily to Yang had been on your mind since the incident.

You couldn't let yourself end up in a situation like that again. So, you decided to practice your hand to hand combat. Remembering the stance Yang had used, you began your training. You didn't find her style to your liking, so you decided to make your own.

You had lots of time, so you experimented with different ways of punching and kicking things. Surprisingly, you made an adequate amount of progress, you think. If you had the chance to go and face off against your past self in purely unarmed combat, you'd be able to easily crush them.

The most interesting thing that happened ,though, was that you somehow found a way to punch it aside. It was quite a surprise, you had wondered what could happen if you tried to project your soul from your fist, so you tried it out. At first, nothing happened, you tried to experiment with the different ways you could move your soul around.

Eventually, you tried to compress you soul into a little ball right in front of your knuckles.

Punching forward, you created a small thin cone out of your soul to funnel the release of

energy from the compressed ball. It worked surprisingly well and you could now propel the kinetic energy from you punch towards a target.

[Long Fist(LV1): You've created a way to transfer the force of your punches through the air itself.]

[Unarmed Combat: (E--) --> (D-)]

When you started your Body domain training, you expected to get some progress done.

Sadly, you were too...distracted to actually do anything productive. Ruby had shown up and

asked to see how you trained your semblance. Suffice to say, you spent most of your time

explaining the usual exercises you went through to improve your powers.

In the end, you talked with her for the entirety of your training time and completely forgot to actually get any work done. Maybe you'll have better luck next time? Perhaps you ought to find a more secluded spot?

[Gained Nothing]

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Blake(c)'s Pov

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You found your transformation to be....empowering. The rush it gave you was something that you were sure anyone would love. With your form came stronger instincts, they made you a bit more aggressive and quite more possessive and protective of Mordin. Delving into training once more,

you found yourself feeling something in the back of your mind.

You tried to reach for it, it felt so close, sadly,

you couldn't reach it. Instead, you focused on something you could improve. By the end of your training session, you had While you figured out how to increase the amount of time you could stay in your combat form.

As per usual, you informed Mordin of this and he gave you one of his head pats, he even used his tentacles this time! You love that way he uses them to scratch both your ears. If only you could grow some, then you could scratch yourself whenever you want.

[Transformation Duration Increased!]

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Learning to talking was fun, especially after the reaction the red one gave you. Perhaps you had been spending too much time near the green joker, but seeing others react to your speech was quite fun. So, the time it took you to learn how to properly talk passed by

faster than you could imagine. You could now easily hold a conversation with Mordin, though, you found the fact that there were still people out there that could talk better than you a bit....annoying.

Well, you didn't really need to improve anymore, but perhaps learning the ways of persuasion might be a good idea? After all, you had no trouble convincing Mordin to your point of view, why not try and do the same to others? The very first thing you used your new found talent for was to thank the one you care for the most.

"Thank you very much for everything, Mordin"

He simply smiled and gave you a hug.

[Blake Can Now Talk Like A normal Person!]

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Mordin Pov

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Seeing Blake constantly pushing herself to be better, you decided to give her a little boost.

EXP was something that was quite.....special. It was the very essence of improvement, aside from what it was and how to use it, there was nothing else in your stored knowledge.

You found that to be quite odd, still, it was a quick way to rapidly improve. Whether it was absorbing the knowledge on how to do something, or bending the rules of the world change your existence, EXP was a very valuable tool. You hopped Blake liked it.

[Blake's STR, DEX  and Soul Increased!] Lost 36 EXP!

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Aside from your usual business, a couple of interesting things happened during the week.

Like ruby deciding to invite everyone on the team to a movie night. You liked movies, though, you've only seen a few.

"So....what should we watch? I've got some cool superhero movies or maybe we should watch....This!" Ruby tells you once you've all settled in.

Looking at the cover, you see that it is a documentary on the creation of modern weapons.

"How about....a romantic comedy?" Suggests Blake

"Nah...what we need to see is...a Horror movie!" Felicia announces

A horror movie? What's that?

"Aww...come on....not a horror movie!" Whines Ruby.

"I'm glad you asked Mordin, a horror movie is a movie made to scare people. I'm sure you'll like it." Felicia says with her usual fox-like smile.

Well...that does sound interesting

"No!! come on Blake, you don't want to watch a silly horror movie, right?" Ruby pleads

Does she not like horror movies?

"I don't mind" Blake answers Ruby with a small smile

"Ok.....scary movie it is." Ruby says with a resigned tone

And so, you all crowded around the TV screen and began watching "The Dullness". The movie followed a man, his small son and his wife as they were tasked with taking care of an old hotel during the winter. Even with all the lights off to apparently add to the "atmosphere". You didn't really find the movie scary, though, Ruby did seem to shake quite a bit.

She even jumped and grabbed the nearest person, namely, you, when the father tried to break down the door. The sudden movement caused Blake to jump from your head onto the floor, she wasn't very happy about that. Felicia's laughter could be heard over Ruby's firm denials about being scared. Blake simply went and made herself a tuna sandwich, you eventually had to convince her to make one for Blake.

Overall, you found the movie a bit boring, though, you did like the part where the twins asked the little boy to

play with them. After all, who wouldn't want to play with someone that could cause hallucinations? Felicia's favorite part was when the father broke down the door and kept informing his wife that he had arrived.

Ruby didn't like that part at all. You think you had....fun? Well, you wouldn't mind doing something like this again.

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What surprised you the most this week was when Yang asked you to spar. You had both been cleaning out the male bathrooms, a feat which you did not find interesting at all when she asked if you were still looking to

have a friendly fight with her.

Even with your...less than acceptable social skills, you could tell that she was very nervous. Having no reason to refuse, you

told her that you'd be glad to take her on.

"That's great! But I have to say.....cleaning these bathrooms is like eating a clock" Yang says with a smile

Oh? What does a clock taste like? You've never eaten one before.

"Erm....well, it's very time consuming!" She replies with a large grin

...huh....that's.....

"Awww, come on! That one took a lot of time to come up with!" She whines, a small frown can be seen on her face.

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"Pftt....fine, not like you know how to tell a joke, I don't have time to put up with this."

Your lip slightly rises.

Well, what time should you meet her for the spar?

With a large grin, she tells you that you'll meet up tomorrow after your janitorial duties.