It rolled and rolled. The green thing under it was soft, different from the yellow thing that was hot. It was different, but the pebble also liked it. Like that he kept rolling and rolling, the green thing felt better when the pebble was rolling.
So it thought.
"Green good moving. Yellow good all time."
"Hm..."
"Green and yellow different."
WHOOOOOSH
[Basic Thinking leveled up by 1, thanks to the Precursor skill, it leveled up by 2.]
[Basic Thinking -> 6/5]
[Warning, the maximum level was reached for basic thinking.]
[Intelligence status created.]
[Inteligence: 1]
[The excess level was converted into an extra point.]
[Inteligence +1]
[Warning! Intelligence too low for unassisted level up.]
[Calculating best outcome for evolving Basic Thinking.]
[Basic Thinking -> Evolves -> Thinking]
WOOOOOOSH
The pebble looked around. The world felt... Different from just a moment ago. It made sense, and it remembered, things that made sense were good. The pebble concluded.
"I like this."
It was now sure, the shiny things were responsible for its change. With the timing, nothing else could be the culprit. It concluded the shiny things were in fact really good.
"Hm..." It tried to remember how to make more shiny things show up. And it was quite easy.
The shiny things used to show up when it was rolling, when it was thinking and when it was feeling new things.
[Thinking leveled up by 1, thanks to the Precursor skill, it leveled up by 2.]
[Intelligence +2]
"Hah! I right." It felt very big brain. Even though it didn't have a brain, nor did it know what a brain was.
Then it traced a plan to make a lot of shiny things pop up. It was a quite simple yet intelligent plan.
First, it would look around, then, whenever it spotted a new thing, it would roll towards it, then over and around, so it could feel how it was.
"Yeeeah."
It put its plan into motion.
Looking around, the pebble could see lots of green things. But it already knew how the green was, so it wanted to find something new.
"Hmmm... Ha!" It found something. It was brown and tall and had a big green on top of it. It was green, but not green, it was a different green.
It rolled towards the brown thing, but soon had it started trying to feel the brown thing, it found a problem. It couldn't go on top of the brown thing.
So it first tried going around. It worked, but the brown thing was different from the other things. The other things went forward, while the brown thing went upwards.
"Strange..."
But as it rolled and felt the surface of the brown thing, something happened.
[Perception leveled up by 1, thanks to the Precursor skill, it leveled up by 2.]
[Perception -> 6/5]
[Warning, maximum level was reached for Perception]
[Awareness status created.]
[Awareness: 1]
[The excess level was converted into an extra point.]
[Awareness +1]
[Warning! Intelligence too low for unassisted level up.]
[Calculating best outcome for evolving Perception.]
[Perception -> Evolves -> Spatial Awareness]
[Roll leveled up by 1, thanks to the Precursor skill, it leveled up by 2.]
[Roll -> 6/5]
[Warning, maximum level was reached for Roll]
[Strength status created.]
[Dexterity status created.]
[Strength: 1]
[Dexterity: 1]
[Warning! Intelligence too low for unassisted level up.]
[Calculating best outcome for evolving Roll.]
[Roll -> Evolves -> Movement]
"Ohohohoho, I'm so big brain" The pebble was really happy. Its plan didn't work perfectly, but it still managed to get new shiny things to pop up. And now, it could see even better than before, and it understood why it couldn't get on top of the brown thing.
The other things he rolled on top of, were on the ground, the green thing was on the ground. But the brown thing was like its own ground, it thought. It went in another direction.
The pebble understood. It couldn't roll up, it could only roll around.
For now, it gave up on rolling on top of the brown thing, but it kept in mind that, whenever it could roll up, it would come back to set things straight.
The pebble also kept in mind that, as the different green was on top of the brown thing, it still couldn't reach it. It was a smart pebble, it would remember to settle it's score with the different green later as well.
Setting its new improved sights on new colors, the pebble started to roll again. Only to realize it was faster, and also felt that it could roll more freely through the green thing, whereas before, the green thing slightly hindered its movement, now it bent to his roll.
Lightning struck through the pebble's mind. What if... like he is doing with the green thing, if he gets strong enough, wouldn't it be able to bend the brown thing too?
[Thinking leveled up by 1, thanks to the Precursor skill, it leveled up by 2.]
[Intelligence +2]
"Yes! Yes, I will, I'm much smart."
Determined by its new discovery, the pebble rolled now with renewed vigor. It flattened the green thing beneath its round self, faster and stronger than before.
While doing so, the pebble didn't forget to look around. Traveling through the green thing, it discovered a new yellow thing, it was a different yellow and stayed on top of a green thing. The pebble concluded, it must be a small version of that brown thing. So it rolled over it and it felt different from the normal green things.
[Spatial Awareness leveled up by 1, thanks to the Precursor skill, it leveled up by 2.]
[Awareness +2]
[Movement leveled up by 1, thanks to the Precursor skill, it leveled up by 2.]
[Strength +1]
[Dexterity +1]
After rolling over the yellow thing, it saw a red thing that looked similar to the yellow one, also on top of a green thing. It understood, the small things were joining up against it so they could roll it over.
But the pebble wouldn't let that happen, not in a million years!
[Movement]
It rolled over the red thing, feeling joyous as it bent to its powerful movement!
[Experience +1]
A different shiny window appeared, and with it, a sense of pride and accomplishment washed over the pebble! It knew what it had to do.
Five other colorful things filled it's sight as it prepared for combat!
"Finally, worthy opponents! Our battle will be legendary!"
The pebble rolled forwards, onto the onslaught!