The Ascent

While climbing the mountain, I get a little tired, so I form some arms with climbing picks, instead of hands, and move the mass making up my helm, specifically the face plate, open, so I can breathe, while lodging the picks in the wall, making sure im secure, before relaxing. May I mention the ones in my real hands are attached to the armor, so I can loosen like this.

I take a few minutes, facing the wall, and shift the back of the armor a bit so I can "turn" around. More of me leaving the armor itself in the wall, and using the armor as a platform.

It's, stunning, to say the least. I see a large castle, past hills, and smaller mountains. A beautiful, stone palace, built like a fortress, specifically designed for a large ruler. It's three times further here was, west from where I started.

I'll probably visit, seeing as how I have one target at a time, leaving the others unaccounted for.

(All 99 Player's Remain. Player 0, The Bounty Hunter, has Killed 1 Player. Work together, to kill your Enemy. Friendly fire is off, magically enforced so you can not kill each other. Player 0 is discluded from Player Count. Player 0 is powerful. Player 0's Abilities will reset, when killed. Player 0 is ever dying, not ever living. That is all.)

Oh. I see, a spell he regretted, bringing in a third party. Announcements to let them now I'm near. And smart, not specifically physically strong. Not even that, they'd get scared ability wise.

So, I have advantage, by knowing set targets? Or nearest...

(Neither. Randomly Selected until a Player is killed. Of which the hunted looses their arrow. Until selected again.) It explains.

Ah, so I do have to be the one to kill them?

(Indeed. You could wait them out, being immortal, of sorts. Last thing, before Autopilot, when you die, your abilities you gained are kept, but reset a level 1. Figured I'd say something.)

Ah.

Let's see, I think to myself as I start to climb, again. From my cozy little spot to the top. I spot a cave, and look at the sun, behind me. It's going to be dark soon. I climb in, after throwing a bone rock in. No sounds after the rock. Out of nest. Or deep cave moved upward by tectonic movement.

As I climb in, I make a sturdy wall in the hole, and tether it with picks to the walls, four each side. I use a muscle tether between me and the armor, and walk further in. I see a few bones, but its an empty nest. I look for creature clues, see nothing, and form a small hole in the top of my little wall, so fresh air enters. Small enough for a mouse.

Day hunter, I think to myself as I loom around, looking for something regarding the creature. I could make the wall, after pulling the mass, over into a wall, and make it seem like part of the cave.

"Bone Cloak, fits." I say, and find a little spot to lay down, and transform into my "wall".

If it's smart, it'd see through it. Hopefully, a drake. Be delicious on my first day. I set a few bear traps on tethers, and I notice I haven't checked my other skills.

1, Tissue, 2, Gravity, 3, Fire, 4, Predator. Four out of my now seventeen. 5, Devour: Mana, 6, Camouflage. I check the skill, and it works like a chameleon. I activate it, and it hides the wall, by making it the same color as the surroundings. Lucky Me.

7, Cat Eyes. Night Vision, essentially. 8, Controlled Supersonic Hearing. Adjust between sound pickup level by telescoping your sense. Closer equals louder.

9, Inspect. Naturally, one of the best. But any can be used like that, if you've got brains. 10, Health to Mana 1/100. Damn, that's an old one. 11, Regeneration. 1 health a minute. That's... Probably picked it so I have reserves, by using 10 every minute, so 11 heals me.

12, Transmute. Reshaping Matter I touch, or loosing mass for stronger matierals, or gain for weaker. I'd be able to dig, way easier with higher levels. 13, Eagle Eye. Zoom up to 3 times, higher levels plus 2×.

Damn, I'm a hunter. Ohh. I see.

14, Shadowhop. This is basically a spell. Oh. About 5-10 feet away, ah... For, 10 points of a picked bar. Nice. 15, BlackPyre. A extremely hot flame for ten times the cost. Probably a melt or incinerate use. Even close combat.

16, Hijack, gives a random skill of your target for an hour. Ooh, I like that.

17, Overcharge. For a loss of skill, not magic use, for 24 hours, of loss, gain 200% effect gained by skills. 30 feet of Shadowhop, a flame 3 times hotter then BlackPyre, 9 times zoom. Good pick.

(18: Seer?) I hear. A joke? (Yes.)

Ah, because of intelligence. Thanks for these, I'll use these appropriately.

Silence. Then, a big bird enters the nest. Damn it, could've used the big alligator meat. Been a while. It brings it's meal over near, and gulps it whole. A wolf.

I wait for it to sleep, somehow not noticing me.

I slowly bring my mass together for a arrow, after pulling it back, I let it loose into the big creatures eye, penetrating deeply.

"Thanks for the meal." I say, as it squirms, dying as it spots me. No alligator, but I've got some chicken. I form a humanoid figure with my remaining mass, and tear it apart, make some daggers, and have the puppet slice the good, and leave the bad.

It seems to have been a species relative to a golden eagle, but not an eagle. Big, scary, Raptor.

I reform my armor, and cook a nice tasty meal using my fire magic after a leg i ripped off looked tasty.

(Predator Activated. Eat a creature you've bested in combat to activate, once per creature. Enhanced body part based off part eaten.) I feel my toes have a small, itchy change. I look at my toes. I seems to have gotten a bit thicker of thighs, but my toenails lengthened slightly. Ah, growthspurt.

I form a pair of clippers, and clip my nails. I form a flight based armor, with retractable wings, forming the muscle culture so I can fly, and make a birdlike armor. White Raven, is back in business.

I sleep, wake up, and start to climb. Ready for a new day.