Now, he sat perched on the ceiling above the pool. 'I was shot. I fell through the seal, into the portal, and now I am here…in the body of a bat.' He quickly added that last part, because that was the part that was the most difficult to digest. It wasn't the falling through the portal. It wasn't the loss of his parent's, whatever their fate may be. It wasn't the unfamiliar environment. It was the pure pitch-black barely 5 pound bat body that was the most difficult to accept. If one thing must be known about Zura and only one thing, it should be known that he absolutely and irrevocably loved his previous appearance. One could argue that it was to the point of vanity, but he simply saw it as accepting another part of himself that stood absolute in the world and he was not the only one who thought so. He was beautiful. Golden skin, reminiscent of the purest honey. A jaw-line that was growing more defined by the day. Long, curly black hair that hung just past his shoulders, and don't get me started on those shoulders. No, he was not vain. He was appreciative. However, that is no longer. Now, he was a bat. 'But why a fucking bat,' Zura thought to himself as he hung upside down pondering his next move. 'I need to get back. How? No, that is a useless train of thought at the moment. For now, I need to think about the needs. I need information. I need the where, when, and what of my current surroundings.' Zura began to focus his mind as he organized his thoughts, and ask himself the needs, right up until he was interrupted, that is. [Notice: Current location…] "Shit!" Zura shook his head in a knee-jerk reaction to the sudden voice that appeared in his mind that was certainly not his own. He stopped his movements. Regulated his breathing to its most shallow rate and calmed his mind. It took him exactly 2 second to reach this mindset. There was no need to look around. He could feel from where that voice originated. It was in the same place he heard himself often monologue. His conscious mind. 'Speak,' he spoke into his mind. No response. Zura thought about it. 'Hm. I heard the words "notice current location", as if it were in response to my question. Okay. What is my current location?' Zura thought and then heard, [Notice: Current location Upper Dungeon Undra]. 'Right…who are you?' [Notice: I am the inter-verse system]. 'Inter-verse. Multi-verse theory? No, that currently isn't important. What is your purpose?' [Notice: System is functioning with the directive to assist the host in becoming the strongest entity in the world]. 'Who gave you this directive?' [Notice: Host's tier is not qualified for that information]. 'What is the meaning of tier?' [Notice: Tier is defined as the quality a life-form's soul.] 'Elaborate.' [Notic-]. 'Are you fully under my command?' [Notice: The system is operating fully under the command of the host]. 'Then stop saying notice at the beginning of every reply to a question or comment.' [Understood]. 'Elaborate on tier.' [The quality of a life-forms soul ranges from mortal to celestial, depending on the essence of a life-forms soul that is capable of existing as one with the energy of the universe]. 'Continue. There is clearly more.' [That is all the knowledge on 'tier' that host is currently qualified to know]. 'I see. Even though you are fully under my command, my command cannot override your directives?' [Correct]. 'I see.' Zura had always been lauded as a genius. However, this wasn't necessarily his view. He mostly believed himself to be average, while everyone else was simply below average. Not for one moment did he believe in his existence that he was the smartest or the most capable. However, he also certainly never believed himself to be incapable. If it could be imagined, then he believed that he could do it and that is where his genius lies. His beliefs that through himself, all things are possible. Now, this will be fully observed. 'So, let's break this down. I am currently in a location known as Upper Dungeon Undra, in the body of a bat, which now is essentially my body, that is capable of growing at an accelerated rate, seeing as how I was most likely born a day ago and am now capable of flight, and I have a modified voice in my mind that is capable of listening to my thoughts which has the intention of assisting me on the road to becoming the strongest entity in the world. Is that correct?' [Correct]. Zura took inhaled a deep breath, as he counted out 5 seconds in his mind, and then he counted out five more as he released that breath, and then, his mind disappeared. [Host] [Host] [Host.....]