AN: Sorry for the later than normal release, I was busy playing modded Terraria on the recent update of calamity doing a revengeance master mode run… lost track of time, and didn't write anything! That along with other things has pushed back the release time. On another note, tomorrow will be the last day I'm doing edits and after that, I will go back to the regular upload schedule.
'The logical part of my mind is simultaneously yelling at me to both stop and proceed… to survive I need to meditate and learn nen, yet just sitting and physically doing nothing is a horrible idea considering my circumstances.' having finished taking stock of my supplies and also setting up my small one person tent, I was forced to deal get out of the rocky spot I found myself in.
*sigh* stepping out of the mouth of the tent and onto the dry dusty ground of the rocky outcrop I moved to the middle of the outcrop and closed my eyes.
'The first thing I need to do is find and open my aura nodes… Hopefully, this will be easier for me to sense as I was only recently given a body that contains aura. Though I don't have much hope as I never was one to meditate before coming to this world…' relaxing my body as I began to 'feel around' for anything that felt foreign inside of my body. And just like that, I spent an indefinite period of time standing under the heat of the sun as I continued to search for my aura nodes.
"SSKKKREEEE!" however, my concentration was interrupted by my aspiring predator, making me recoil in shock for a moment as I opened my eyes.
"God!" looking at the source of the noise was the half-exposed body of the worm as it clicked its mandibles at me before going back into the sand.
'What an asshole… ' looking at the setting sun I was reminded about the soon-to-be change in temperature found in desserts.
"I don't even have like… a hoodie. *sigh* well, what I was doing earlier didn't seem to work all that well. Though, that might just be me not having amazing talent… let's just hope it's enough to get me out of here in mostly one piece." hyping myself up in preparation to… stand for long periods of time. This time, however, I decided to change my mindset when searching for my aura nodes seeing as I made no progress previously.
'Rather than look for something "foreign" in my body I should look for something else? Aura is essentially lifeforce, so maybe the heart? That and it seemed to be described in the anime like it was a connected circulatory system of your life force… so I just need to find a place to start and work my way through the rest of the nodes.' taking a deep breath as I once again began searching for my aura I stood on the peak of the rocky island as the evening went into the night. I made note of this change due to the cold winds that began to pick up and the far off death cries of nocturnal animals that woke from their slumber.
'Uh… maybe a visual image may help me out? The sooner I do this the sooner I get into my tent and my sleeping bag, the already cold temperature with the wind chills is criminal! So… maybe it's like finding the tab on a roll of tape where you have to prod around to find it instead of "looking" for it inside my body… Let's go with that for now.' In contrast to my unmoving stature and discipline, I displayed under the heat of the sun for hours on end, my shivering and slouched over form and disarrayed thoughts were slowing down any possible progress I was making. To combat this, I decided to quickly go back into the tent and grab various layers and spare clothes I had and donned them in hopes of combatting the cold.
"R-really d-doesn't help I was f-from a warmer a-area in my old world!" shuffling out of the tent with a small portion of my rations in hand I had a late night dinner directly under the moon that had reached overhead by now, illuminating my surroundings a small margin.
*sigh* bitting into a tough and leathery strip of some sort of cured meat I mentally recounted everything I knew about Nen and what was speculated by fans… only to come up short in terms of how aura was actually opened besides being punked by someone with Nen or meditating. I mean Sushi or whatever his name was had "good" talent and it took him a long while to grasp his aura. Meanwhile, Gon and Killua got their aura unlocked and ten restrained within a day… I think? It's been a while since I watched the damn anime and I only rewatched the cool fights and battles with Nen involved… fuck!' shoveling a small handful of crackers into my mouth before dusting the crumbs off my hands before standing up from my previous seat of a large stone.
"Now let's stand… so I can make a stand… out of Nen. God, this short span of isolation is doing wonders for my mental health." and for the third time this day, I began to meditate.
'You know, that really strong multiversal not a ROB guy is most likely getting really bored watching this… I mean MEDITATION! How riveting! I bet he is on the edge of his seat! He is most definitely not bored out of his mind… though he could totally give me a grasp of my nen with a snap of his fingers…' recalling the fact that there was someone who could easily get me out of this situation I tried baiting for help, even if it was shameless and downright spineless to do If I could benefit then I didn't care all that much.
{time skip}
"You know… If I was in his position I would just use temporal powers and just fast forward to the point I wanted to see… *sigh* that and the lack of 'divine inspiration' striking me after loudly expressing those ideas most likely confirm that." looking at the rising sun on the horizon I decided to retreat into my tent to get some resemblance of sleep, most likely waking around or before noon to get back to opening my aura nodes.
'Thankfully I'm getting close… I think? It feels like a warm and fuzzy stream inside of my body, though I cannot pin down its exact location inside the body or manipulate it in any manner but, I can at least sense it…' taking off my many extra layers of clothes and slumping on top of my sleeping bag I began to catch some sleep.
*yawn* "Aight, I'm going to sleep…" and with my announcement, I immediately fell unconscious.