[ Congratulations! You're endurance has increased by 1! ]
Huh?! What the hell!? Waking up abruptly from my sleep I scan my surroundings trying to find the source of the sound.
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Nothing seems to be around, just what the hell was that? Still on guard I shake the leaves off me quickly, maybe a bit too quick as my tail whips around and smacks me in the face, making me look rather stupid. My morning is already going to shit, what did that voice say again? Congrats your something something has increased? Come to think of it, that sounded similar to that voice that spoke when I first woke up. Strange. Where is the voice coming from? It sounds like it came straight from my head, I'm pretty sure that's impossible, even with a world where I'm turned into a lizard and attacked by a superfish. My stomach growls as my body slowly recovers from sleep, my wounds still aren't fully healed but I should be able to walk on them. Albeit awfully. Shame I missed out on superfish yesterday, would've done wonders right now.
After I'm fully awake I start my search for some food, berries or something would be good, hopefully they just don't come to life and attack me. Or poison me. I can't help but flood myself with negative thoughts as I continue my search, and eventually, I find something.
A small green bush with brown fruit sprouting out from the leaves, I'm really not sure how to test of these berries are poisonous or harmful so I decide to only eat one for now. They are small however, about the size of a strawberry. Well here goes I guess, i reach out with my claw and stab into the berry, I bring my claw to my mouth and take a bite. Unsurprisingly my mouth is flooded with pain as I'm stabbed and prickled by something. Ow! I throw the berry away and feel around my mouth, although hard to see there are incredibly thin spines lodged into my mouth. Gah this is going to be a pain to get out.
After sitting for a while and plucking out the little needles from my mouth I'm finally done, god that took ages. Looking over at the berry bush I took another look at the fruits they show off. Basically impossible to see from the front there are thousands of little spines covering the fruit. Pretty damn annoying but i guess i got off easy compared to what it could do. Now how am i supposed to get a meal here? Pondering on how to actually eat a berry a thought from my past life comes to light. An old survival show I remember watching taught that if you put cactus over a fire the spines would break off and burn. I can't remember when or how I watched that show but I'm damn glad I did. Now it's just making fire thats the problem. My claws aren't in the proper shape to be making fires, I can at least take shavings off to make kindling but there's just no way im making fire with my lizard hands. Gotta find something else.
Wandering aimlessly for a while trying to find something that could start a fire turned up dry. What was I expecting, a convenient lighter left on the floor? Well at least i saw a few more berry types on the way, couldn't eat any though which hurts. Guess those brown berries are the only option. I'd dragged my claw through the grass on my way here so it should be easy to get back.
"Phew."
I let out a breath of relief as I leave the thicket of the woods and return to the familiar blue clearing. Took a while, but i'm here. It's nice to be back in a familiar part of this place. The whole time I was exploring I was on high alert, getting attacked by a superfish does that to you. Strangely though I didn't see any creatures at all, not even a bug or a bird fly past. The whole time it was eerily silent, constantly reminding me of just how lonely it is out here. …ah well, I'm sure I'll find someone I can call a friend here soon, probably just going to be a lizard though…
After a short walk over the clearing I'm at my tree home. I take a look at how my wounds are healing, I haven't checked them since this morning. Surprisingly they've healed a ton! They still hurt to touch but it's nice seeing how fast they heal, do lizards normally heal this fast? Cuz that's pretty cool if they do. Anyway time for something I've been dreading since I got back, my throat is practically begging for water and I can't just ignore it. Gonna have to take a trip to the lake. Superfish is the reason i'm so hesitant to go back, but I hope that I'll be quick enough to get a drink and get the hell out of there. I'm guessing superfish Isn't the only fish In that lake so I'll have to stay vigilant. Making my way over to the lake thoughts of tearing that damn fish in two plague my mind, I'll catch him one day. If anyone kills that thing before I do then I swear It's gonna be next on the chopping block.
Staring at the water's edge I try to make out any signs of a predator but it's impossible, the water is just way too dark. Well, better start. Focusing as hard as I can for any signs of danger I silently dip my mouth in the water and start to drink, the cold water slides down my throat and completely relieves me of my dry throat. I would love to savour this only moment of happiness I've had since I came here but that damn fish has robbed it from me. I can't afford to enjoy this feeling when a predator could be sitting literal inches away from me. Feeling my thirst diminish to a satisfactory amount I rip my head from the water and back away from the lake. I'd like to drink as much as my body would allow but it's just to dangerous, the paranoia was KILLING me. I guess I just can't have nice things when that fish is around huh? Stupid fish, I'm going to murder you when I get the chance. I promise.
With my legs finally healed I can go back down into the cave below the tree without stumbling, or so I thought. I'm laying in a messy heap in the corner of the cave. I fell down the whole tunnel, turns out I haven't had enough experience with my body yet, I misjudged how far I could step and slipped off a root. Fun times. Well i'm down here at least. I fix up my uncomfortable position and sit in another awkward position, I look exactly like a cat sitting upright, It's hard getting comfortable in this new body. Changing from two legs to four is a pretty hard thing to adjust to after all, I'm way shorter than before and constantly incorrectly measure what I can squeeze through with my new width. I got prickled by a push thinking I could fit between it and a tree. And then theres my tail, having a body part almost as long as your whole body slapped onto you without any experience is quite… well, inconvenient to say the least. I can't move it how I want to and It constantly gets caught on things or smacks into something, scaring the shit out of me and sometimes going straight into a thorn bush. Very annoying. I'm done with my venting though, I'm not tired though and I've got some time before night comes. Thinking about what I should waste my time on the memory of the voice that woke me up in the morning. There isn't any explanation it sort of just… talked in my head? Nothing I've thought of explains it so it definitely came from my thoughts. Just how is that possible? It's almost like telepathy or something, maybe there are psychics or something in this world? Magic maybe? Actually no, that's just a nerds wet dream, not even in a world like this. I wonder if that voice is still listening… It wouldn't be right? Well I may as well check, kills time anyway. Ahem.
(Hello?)
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(Is anyone there?)
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Still no response.
(uh, please say something if you can hear me.)
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Ugh what am i doing.
(Please if you can hear me, send a sign. I need someone to talk to right now, gets pretty lonely here yknow? Especially being turned into a lizard, like whats up with that huh? Am I reincarnated or something? Or was I transported here. Wherever 'here' is. Is this earth or someplace else? Because i've never seen this blue grass or those weird berries, am i dead? God I hope not. It'd be nice if I had something to write all these ramblings in, like a journal or something. Maybe I could write down how I'm going or what my status is. Maybe someone would find it and could-)
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Status:
Name: ???
Rank: H-
Level: 0/5
Species: Thermal Lizard (Juvenile)
HP: 10/11
MP: [No monster core detected]
Strength: 1
Defence: 1
Agility: 3
Endurance: 2
Will: 0
Skills:
*Empty*
Titles:
*None*
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(What?)