"ow! ow! ow!" with each sound of pain pulled a bit od debit from his skin, he didn't need to do this but it helped him heal faster. his parent has always told him not to take his eye off the road when he drives a car, today was a good example of why he should do that seeing as he cracked into a restaurant. thankful no one was hurt except him, it helped him lose the cops and he got a snack from there kitchen.
pulling a metal nail from his arm sam stuffed another puff pastry into his mouth, he was going to have to visit when they reopened."oW!" that was a splinter from his wrist and the last thing he could remove with his fingers, "they did say that having the suit shield activate only when it sensed a certain level of danger. crashing a car into a store at almost a hundred miles didn't count, well the car took the brunt of it before disappearing to hell leaving sam to flying the kitchen through a wall.
Currently, his body felt like a big bruise and something in his left leg was craked so he was climbing but he knew he would be fine before sundown early if he actively healed. putting the last pastry in his mouth sam savored the taste before tossing the box into a conveniently near dumpster. stretching his sore limbs sam tried to figure out the direction he needed to go, he didn't visit this part of the island often, "hey a hovertrain stop nice!"
Running up to the station sam quickly found the map, he found the station near his house. "take this train... transfers here ... transfer again and then I get off and walk home. good!" walking from the map sam took a seat waiting for the train the arrive by pulling up the news. he was already on it, apparently, they were calling him a mysterious figure he muffled a laugh he hadn't been called that in years.
they didn't know anything, the news that is, but they were looking for clues and tracks. they wouldn't find anything and even if they did sam could take the cops. his train arrived soon after sam was done with the news and read of the digital novels, he continued to read it after he boarded the train heading home. the ride was simple and a little long before he got off at the station near his house, he walked home from there until he reached the front door where he stopped.
hostility, his mother brand of it and a lot," who pissed her off?" unlocking the door he was assaulted by a screaming match walking inside he saw her a mord away from a fistfight she colled her feathers going from raging rage to controlled," i have told you to fuck off more than a dozen times I do not care for your money fame or you have lived a very filling life without them so hope you take and shove them up your underweight behind!"
At this moment sam remembered why he had a healthy amount of fear of his mother she will make you live in terror, something he only had a few years of practice doing on purpose. he watched as she then cursed them dangerously calm until they got the hint and decided to leave, one his way out he tried to bump shoulder with sam. the raven knocked him to the ground, with a fake smile sam offered him a hand which the guy tried to knock away.
forcefully taking the hand sam squeezed with a small amount of mana enhanced strength getting weak cracking sound as pulled they to there feet and shoved him out the door." so do I have to break limbs or what?" he asked after making himself a glass of water." probably not, so what did you do to get on the news?"
"I have technically broken no laws to my knowledge!" Cora responded by asked what laws he knew. sam just took a long sip from his water digging through his memory at the Sam time, "yeah I got nothing" Cora giggled a bit as she considered lecturing sam on the laws once again. they exchanged a few more words as sam finished his water and headed upstairs to the bathroom he wanted to check on the mutations he could feel the tail but something was wrong so said his gut.
in the bathroom, he lowers his pants with his back to the mirror. the nub that was to be a tail had grown it no longer looked like a bug bite now it looked like a large welt a darkly colored one. "ah!?" sam made a noise of surprise when he touched it, there wasn't pain but he was sure how to describe the feeling. leaving it alone for now sam searched for other changes, 'my skins darkening!" no matter how much time sam spent under the ray of the sun his skin naver changed for its pale shade until now.
it wasn't the biggest change just a bit more color but sam was calmy frecking the fuck out, "please let this be because of the new core and not something else." putting his clothes back in places decided to trim his nails they were getting a bit long,*clink* that could be a problem *clink, clink, clink" after trying a few more time to cut his nails sam decided this was probably another change caused by the lust core." so, my skins getting darker I'm growing a tail and my nails have increased in durability I don't know the creature that I'm turning into?!"
take a few measured breaths sam calmed himself and put the thought of his slow transformation out of his mind, it would do good to work himself up. leaving the bathroom he entered his room and laid on his bed pulled up one of the digital books he owned, he tried to read it for a bit but he couldn't get absorbed into it. sighing he decided his emotions, restless uneasy, he needed to do something with meaning. while wondering what he could do he heard a roar come from the backyard," the rose!"
leaping from his bed, sam climbed out his room window onto the roof which he crossed to up into the backyard. the growling rose paused at his presence, shrinking back ass sam advance on it clearly remembering the 'talk' the human had with it. the power of his forth core well in his throat as Sam made his way to the plant, "give me your identity!" the rose froze twitching along it vines sam understood after a moment it didn't understand the question. 'well it wasn't even a month old', how did he explain this...!
"give me you, what makes you the being you are, give me that information!" this time the rose understood the question. even after all his travels sam had run into few plants that were caple of speech, but that didn't mean he was incapable of talking to plants with a certain level of intelligence mostly though sign language modified of course. he was impressed by how much the rose learned he just gave it a book and left it to its own devices though it possible his mother helped it. with the knowledge and passive active witch core, a summoning circle was forming in sam's head.
'that the final part!' sam instantly kneeled down, filling a finger with as much witch power as he could without aggravating the lust core. steadily sam drew out the summoning circle onto the lawn, in term of a summoning circle it was pretty simple that didn't stop the strange beauty all summoning circles possed. when the circle was complete sam took a step back to take a picture of it, now he just needed to bind it that was a bit more difficult for a living thing. inspiration hit him he walked up to the rose ignored how it leaned away from him taking one of its petals he placed it in the center of the circle.
a bit more witch power into the petal and it was time for the chant,' let see something in Spanish I think...no that won't work...closer...there!' " vienen hermosa pero peligrosa flor de la lujuria, ayudar a revivir mi lujuria con su belleza engañosa!" The circle was bound to the rose and sam no longer felt restless, now he could read his book in peace. giving his thanks to the flower sam turned around and with a running leap barely grabbed back into the roof. he crossed it and swung back into his room sliding into his bed pulling the virtual book back open.
he wasn't sure when his stomach made its emptiness know but he did know he was coming back to that book he wanted to see if he could reach the point one of them realized their feelings, three sandwiches later he was back to reading. "I'm gonna kill this author,' one of the main charters just got shot sam was not pleased but he did appreciate how their friend preceded to go feral on the attacker." that is not how you wield a chair!"
the light of the rising moon told sam that it was time to stop reading unless he wanted to finish the book today. stretching until his joints popped he sighed,'time to deal with the mimic slimes,' summoning the suit he noted that there was still a bit of damage from the crash. he didn't mind the suit would repair itself in time, opening the coat the command the slimes onto the floor before him.
"go explore and mimic, return before the sun rises, stay out of sight", the slime bouned out the window into the night.
'was that wise my lord?"
"probably not but they need more form do they not, besides this will show what they can really do!' stretching a bit more sam headed downstair for water. "so what do you think is the next thing I should mutate, I'm thinking some kind of fruit tree." that last bit was probably his stomach talking but it was a good idea and would probably have fun results,' so what kind of fruit should use as a base.' sam considered the options as he took a bit out of a granny smith apple its acidic taste washing over his tongue.
eating the apple while considered the fruit he should mutate reminded sam of all the apple he encountered over the years, he laughed remembering the apples that bit back then he stopped to rub his upper lip as the memory of pain surfaced, 'no one would notice a new kind of apple and I think I know someone who runs an apple orchard now is my relationship with them good or bad.
finishing off the apple sam kept the seeds and head up to his room where he pulled the life recording book from where he hid it. opening the book sam flipped through trying to remember where he met them,' i think it was an English speaking country...I've been to six ... Did I cross a swamp before meeting them? or was it a blizzard I remembering being wet whiles stealing some apples and some cider. there were fresh-baked pies and tarts candy' his stomach was talking again he needed more than an apple but he thankful he found that chapter of his life.
"Marie Bruun", that was her name she had courage from sam remembered her knees shook as she confronted him. he also remembered her kindness as well. he needed to know how she was doing these days, how should he go about it ...' social media!' it was actually pretty easy to find her account. it looked like she didn't post often most of what she did post was about apples or showcasing the fact she was a member of the human-animal alliance just like sam was 'oh I could send her a message through that'.
after that though, sam noticed that she was an active member of the alliance this only improved his opinion of her but it made it harder to send her a message, protocol, and such.' okay so I need to figure something else out could I send an e-mail?' sam closed and resealed his book of life.
'if I may be of some help," sam easily gave the go-ahead," one of the more common of mimic slimes is to send messages to have the mimic your appearance and voice give them the message and send them on their way.' sam opened expressed how happy he was with this idea. " that's exactly what I will do, I bet she had never gotten a message like that before," he chuckled as he entered the kitchen instantly going for the fridge. he decided on some leftovers, while he heated them up the helper went into detail on mimic slime messaging, it was pretty simple but he had to be careful slimes were not the brightest creatures.
platting his reheated food sam popped it into his mouth absorbing the heat and directing it to the fire in his lungs, while he ate he pondered on the next step on teaching the heart fire to daniel. he still hadn't gotten it to ignite but he had reached the point where he could store heat, 'build up the heat at this point and direct it thought the body that's what I have to teach him next.' popping more hot food into his mouth sam drained it heat while the source asked a question.
'why do you use such a skill you are more then caple of controlling your body temperature without it,' sam had to pause there he did have that kind of power.
"sentiment!" sam would admit to how he smiled at that moment