[Imprinting successful, welcome back adminster]
"Haha glad to see that worked," Maddox says seeing that what he just did provided results
The only reason he tried this was due to the nature of the text in that it had access to the memories of the person and Maddox was willing to bet this strange had some other control on a person but he was curious about why this thing was here and how it had gotten here.
Still, questions had answers and some questions had to be answered at a later time, especially in Maddox's case as he had to deal with other matters besides figuring out about some sort of strange text.
Maddox looks at the giant wolf who was simply just giving him a death glare while it was lying on the ground still as it was still too weak from Maddox injecting essence into its body and draining it some of its miasma.
[Awaiting next command]
The text flashes this new set of text as a sort of reminder or incentive for Maddox to do something now that he had become an administrator.
"Modify personality traits," Maddox asks wanting to rid himself of any problems in the future
Yes, he decided to keep the wolf since it could help him a bit with finding an infected since it was a wolf it should have a great sense of smell. As much as he hated infected creatures this wolf was something that while he could not kill physically he could easily do so in the mind space which is what he would have done were it not for the fact that he gained access to the text panel and could potentially modify things.
With Maddox's command, a new item is shown to him with it holding personality traits of presumably the giant wolf since this was where Maddox had entered in.
The screen was simple as it held likes, dislikes, personality, fears, hopes, and more common aspects that affect personality, however, there were a few aspects that were a bit uncommon aspects of personality.
One of them was devotions which were currently empty at the moment but Maddox was sure to edit that in a moment.
"Huh, what is this..." He says out loud when viewing the list his gaze lands on one particular section
[Unchangeable: Blind loyalty to [Redactied] and when called by [Redactied] upon will fulfill any request regardless of personal feelings]
Something unchangeable even though he was considered as an 'administer' to the text meant that was some higher power above an administer which worried Maddox a bit since he was unsure when this would take effect. Seeing that this could not change Maddox decides to not try and change it since he is unsure what would happen if he does.
He had already reached his limit of doing dumb deadly shit for the week so pushing it any further would be bad.
'Now then time to get to editing'
Maddox deletes everything he can from all the tabs in front of him so that he can start from scratch and just like when you change settings on anything he would need to save the settings to apply them first so that nothing would change immediately.
While Maddox was changing the personality of the wolf it was slowly getting to its feet behind him. It was struggling for sure since it was hurt and tired but it knew that whatever Maddox was doing could not be good so while he was distracted it was going to try and kill him before he finished whatever it was that he was doing.
Slowly and as quietly as it could it limps over to Maddox who was focused on the screen in front of him as it was requiring some memories of his to apply some of the things he wanted.
Holding its breath behind him the wolf opens its jaws open wide to bite his head clean off in one motion as it had done before on both human on infected alike.
As its jaws were about to close though Maddox satisfied with his modifications hits save and the wolf freezes in place with maw wide open above him.
"Done," Maddox says while turning around to see what was going on with the wolf only to see it in its current predicament
"Goddammit..."
Maddox was disappointed in himself for not being more careful since the wolf had almost removed his head from his shoulders just now just because he was busy with something and was distracted, he had almost lost his life in the stupidest way possible.
Now Maddox was unsure what would happen if he were to be killed in this form within someone else's body but he had to assume that nothing good would come from it and so he would have to be careful.
Thinking that he will have to act a bit more carefully from now on Maddox moves his attention back to the wolf to see its reaction.
It had not moved at all since being frozen in place by Maddox saving his changes to its personality and practically everything else about it.
[Changes are being applied, please standby]
This was the set of text that appeared once he saved his changes which lead to the wolf freezing but Maddox wanted to see if they would be any change that he could view from an outside perspective.
There seemed to be none unfortunately all that there was is just the wolf staying completely still like a statue while its glowing red eyes stared off into the distance.
Eventually after a bit of waiting though the wolf finally moved with it closing its maw and looking at Maddox.
He was not going to lie in that he was a bit nervous if the wolf was now what he wanted it to be since he had not yet received any new update from the text of its completion.
[Changes saved and applied]
Never mind then it looks like it was carried out smoothly.
'Master' A voice rings out in Maddox's mind
Seeing as the wolf could kind of talk already was a good thing for Maddox since he could communicate with it a lot better than it barking at him and him having to guess if little Timmy was in the bottom of the well type bullshit.
However, to do that he needed to use his memories of school so about now the wolf has the same intelligence as a 5th grader right now since giving it too much knowledge about things all at once might bring forth some problems.
'Right schooling...'
Maddox had practically not thought about education since he was introduced to the world of miasma, essence, and the struggle between the two forces. Still, while he was smarter than most high schoolers while only being in the final year in middle school he had a lot to learn.
However, the thought about going back to school was instant brushed aside with one simple answer, just copy others' knowledge and skills to get smarter.
It was a simple answer that would allow Maddox to learn how to do things that people in other professions would have to learn for maybe a couple of years until they could enter their field and work that is since getting some jobs are a bit more difficult than others.
Thinking about it though made Maddox realize that his father's movie directing career and his name might be able to help him after all.
Movie directors tend to have people in their respective fields come on to sets to give their inputs on how a scene is played out to give the film a more realistic feel while still being out of touch. If Maddox were to use it though he would be able to rope in some people that he could copy their memories from so that he could learn from them.
"Hehe..." Maddox could not help chuckle at the thought as he started coming up with a plan for his first movie under his father's name to be a military one
'Master?' The wolf asks seeing Maddox kind of ignoring it and just snickering to himself
"Oh right, your here..."
In truth, Maddox did forget about the wolf since it was taking its obedient servant trait to the max as it would try to not cause to much trouble for Maddox as possible.
"Right than from now I will call you 'dog' understood?" Maddox asks going with a simple name since he was not one for naming
'Yes Master' The wolf says with its tail for some reason wagging at the sorry excuse for a name
Now wolves and dogs cannot talk of course but this was the mind space so with the word mind in its name it was connected to Dog's mind and allowed Maddox to speak to it and it to him. He could also keep the connection set up nearby if he expended some miasma to establish a connection but he could not keep it up for great distances.
Only when necessary or whenever Maddox entered Dog's mind space would he be able to talk to it but it could still understand him in the real world since it knew English now.
"Alright let us leave," Maddox says as he retrieves his copy of Dogs memories and withdraws his miasma from Dog
Opening his eyes Maddox sees Dog's eyes also blink a few times before it gets up slightly and sits on her hind legs.
Its head almost touched the ceiling of the place but it did not thankfully, but for Dog to move around it would have to keep its head down so that it did not bump into anything in the ceiling since the metal rafters were exposed.
"Alright Dog for now you can rest and regain your miasma understood?" Maddox says as Dog was just looking down at him wanting to know what to do
"Woof" A soft woof is given as a reply before Dog scoots over against the wall of the building and lies down before closing its eyes
'...'
Maddox does not say anything but takes a good look at the massive 'dog' that he now owns.
Like most wolves Dog had a mixture of a white and brown coat of fur with various shades of gray or brown mixed in within it. The lower half its body consisting of its under belly and legs had white fur while its upper part which was its back tail and face had the black fur with the gray fur meeting in the middle along with sections of brown fur mixed in which were a common color amongst alaskan wolves.
Other than its size Dog looked just like a regular wolf from Alaska.
Getting up Maddox walks over to the secondary office that was in the building and was where he kept the five Coalition women on some inflatable matrresses that he bought at a store.
Looking at his watch and seeing that it was well passed midnight and almost two in the morning Maddox decides to simply go to bed first so that he can look over the goblin's memories and if he got everything that he needed well than Dog will have a nice snack in the morning.
Lying down in another inflatable bed he bought in the other office Maddox pulls his blanket over him and soon falls asleep while he views the goblins memories in his own mind scape.
Waking up Maddox leaves the office with his body well rested and his mind fresh with the memories of the goblin that he had viewed all night long.
Thankfully Maddox only felt a bit tired mentally and spending a few nights like this would probably not impact him to much, but every so often he might just spend one night not doing anything in his mind space so he could relax.
Looking around the second office he could see that the girls were all still forced to sleep but Maddox knew that forcing someone to be asleep for a long time would be detrimental for their health if there is not proper equipment.
He understood holding in the urge to piss can be painful and he wanted to make sure that he finished with what needed to be done before any lasting damage happened and that the toilet was free and usable by the time he allowed them to wake up.