Chapter 11 Red Fumes

Chiwa placed his hand on my shoulder and suddenly we were both back at The Fallen's courtyard.

He then looked at me, smiled, and flew up to the central tower.

I now see he isn't completely invisible when transforms, but instead looks like a heat haze or mirage when he's in motion.

Then he reformed at the window on the central tower.

"Come on then" Chiwa shouted down at me.

"You know I can't fly yet right, that's why I'm here" I said.

"Then you better start climbing up then"

That cheeky old fucker, this whole council is full of jokers.

The tower is about 50 meters high, but luckily its covered in ornate designs that I can use as foot and handholds.

This is the last time I ever need to climb so it's not that bad.

With my 20 STR and 21 AGI, it would be an easy climb, but my shoulder is still injured from my fight with Dorji never the less, I get to the window at the top in just 10 minutes.

As I pull myself in I get a glimpse of the beautiful interior.

Mirrors hang to the left and right of the room.

7 hand-carved chairs made of marble and draped with colored fabrics surround a large marble round table.

Suspended high above the table lays a massive bell larger than the table itself.

Chiwa is sitting in the center chair with a strange apparatus in front of him, it looks like a tea brewing stand.

I walk over.

"This is the mist brew" he hands me an ordinary metal bowl.

The liquid itself is mostly black with many other colors swirling disappearing and reappearing.

"So I just drink this and boom I become mist?"

"No I will place it above the flame and you will inhale the fumes"

"Ok, shall we begin? " I say.

He nods and places the bowl above the fire and I lean in above it.

"No need to try to inhale it, just breath naturally" He stated.

The fumes coming off arent any one color and like liquid is made up of many colors.

My vision clouded by fumes begins to become wavy.

Before I could see the room I'm in out of the corner of my eyes but now all I see is black and the colored fumes.

"The mist brew is made up of Gambo flowers grown in Z'Gambo and the savage mists of a far of land"

Chiwa's voice echoed in my ears.

"The fumes contain the power of life and vitality, that power now flows through you"

The colors of the fumes congeal in a consistent red until it's all I can see.

"The color of the soul is the color of your existence it is the color of your vision"

My body feels lighter and vision begins to correct itself.

"Now it is the color of your form as well"

The fumes stop as the bowl is now empty, I look to Chiwa he looks happy.

"Take some time to familiarize yourself with your new power take it slow" he says softly.

Ding Perk Mist Form Unlocked

I open my perk menu and see it finally has an entry, I open it for more information.

Mist Form

You have the ability to transform into mist untouchable by regular physical means.

You can transform from mist to man but transforming again takes a 3-second cooldown.

You can teleport to any place you have previously been before but must channel the mist for 6 seconds.

Teleporting people requires more channeling time.

Partial transformations are possible but the same cooldown applies.

It's pretty in-depth I think I get it.

This ability will replace portals for me, and makes me much stronger than any regular criminal can handle.

I look down at my hands and focus, they turn into a red mist, looks like I'm the red ranger now.

I wave my hands about seeing red trails behind my hands.

Look to my right at the mirror and see my iris has turned red, that's a little jarring but cool.

I turn my hands normal with a taught, now the fun bit.

I try to turn my whole body into mist, I take a second but I succeeded.

It feels very unusual I'm no longer standing on my feet, more like floating.

I turn my head or rather the head of the mist to the mirror to see that I look like a floating cloud of spread-out red mist with a simple face.

I will myself to float forward slow at first, but soon I'm circling the room at faster and faster speeds.

Next step going up.

I tilt my face up and start moving up, I then move on to loop da loops.

I steady myself on the ground and try taking a dagger from my inventory which now shows my current mist form by the way.

Only for the dagger to fall through me and clang on the floor comically.

Chiwa tilts his head to the side, I try to explain but only now realize I can't talk because I have no vocal cords, it's a strange feeling.

I do a lap of the room and engulf my dagger and try to draw it back in and it worked.

I can abuse that later, imagine this a red mist flies into a museum seemingly eating every painting it comes in contact with.

I fly next to Chiwa and turn back, the weight of being alive tripping me up for a second and I fall to the ground.

"That's a bit embarrassing" I say.

"Don't worry when Dorji first transformed he flew into the wall lost focus and fell to the ground" Chiwa tells me.

One last test I go over to the window and look to the courtyard and try to teleport there.

I focus for 6 seconds nothing happens, then again for 10 seconds still nothing.

I remember back to Joshua teleporting the both of us, his mist drew a circle around our feet.

I try that, it takes about 6 seconds then suddenly my vision flashes red and I'm standing where I was just looking.

I transform again and fly back to the tower.

"This feels amazing, thank you so much Chiwa"

"You've earned it and you adapted quickly I'm surprised you got down teleporting by yourself" he told me

"I understand you have your own battles to fight but just remember to oppose the Crane Society wherever you go"

He hands me a small green box and a golden thumb ring with a small blue gem on it that looks like mist is trapped in it.

"Even though you are not on the Council of 7 we will give you the ring of arrival it allows you to feel the vibrations of this bell ringing"

He points up to the bell above us.

"If it rings we would like it if you came to respond and see if there's an issue don't worry your arrival was the first time the bell rang in 30 years"

I open the box and see a small replica of the bell above but in a dark green hue

"It is a special bell that can only call Dorji to you his job is the gatekeeper and he can call the rest of us."

He finished by saying "Only call him when its necessary, no false alarms"

"Of course Master Chiwa Thank you for everything" I bowed but when I came up he was gone.

Ok then for now ill travel back to Kamar-Taj to ask the Ancient One some questions.

I charge my mists the teleport back to Kamar-Taj.

Poof

"Welcome back, love the eyes they look good" Said the Ancient One.

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End of Chapter

Hawkeye

STR 18

AGI 20

END 18

RES 18

INT 15

WIS 20

CHA 18

PER 25

Advanced Human SHIELD Agent