-in the vehicle-
"ok i know this is awkward but can i at least get mr sacred flames name?"
???:"leo"
"lol"
Arch:"lol"
Leo:"wut"
"your name matches perfectly"
Leo:"shut up, anyways, what can you do?"
"i can raise dead things up to a limit i can increase, and i have a skill that can store around 2 of those raised souls right now, i can view very basic parameters and see a soul outline of things, and have a bestiary of specters"
Leo: "bestiary?"
"any soul i raise adds to what info I'm given, it tells me how their made, and their weaknesses and strengths"
Leo: "anything else?"
"in exchange for a soul I've risen i can revive myself from death every 24 hours"
Leo + arch: "WHAT!?!"
"yea, self resurrection at the cost of another soul"
Leo:"impressive, I'm assuming it only works for stored souls?"
"right on the money"
Leo: "so what can you call upon?"
"right now, one of those ghouls and the boss"
Leo: "wut"
"i broke the clock it used, so its debuffed to high hell, probably to the level of a low grade, not like i want to call it anyways"
Leo: "can you… not gain skills from the cores?"
"his core is what increased the graveyard cap, but no"
Leo:"theres something i want to try when your registered"
"what's that?"
Leo:"artificial core, see how it works for you"
"thats… actually a great idea"
Leo:"yea, also, your probably going to be shunned by all of the squads, and we have out squad limit, so your going to have to go solo"
"wut"
Leo:"your going to have to enter a controlled field on your own"
"wut"
Leo:"look, our rank is high, meaning our group cap is low, and no guilds are going to want you, so expect to work solo"
"Damnit, of course military exorcists are the ones who found me"
—at the registration center—
i look around the clean and neat area i find myself in, everything in here screams government building
Arch: "sorry we gotta leave so soon, you know how often these pop up"
"its fine just stay safe"
they stayed to explain to the receptionist and thats about it, they had me sit in the waiting room, for maybe around 30 minuets just to check over and over if I'm an awakened "while I'm here might as well soul sight some people"
[george
soul power: low
potential: medium
aspect: edge]
interesting aspect, but i dont know what it does
[sylvia
soul power: v.low
potential: v. High
aspect: create]
interesting, if she increased her mana and power, shed be as her potential says
[brock
soul power: v. High
potential: medium
aspect: surpass]
now thats probably a very specific power, if I'm correct, probably an increase in power that makes you stronger then your opponent.
————
eventually they confirm I'm awakened and take me away to a measuring room
worker:"ok, so what you do is place your hand on the orb and it'll just do its thing"
"soul sight"
[brian
soul power: medium
potential: v. Low
aspect: copy paste]
"huh"
i place my hand on the orb
Brian: "five skills, and its detecting familiars, two, and three items, overall grade is E"
e, not the best, once it became public knowledge, the system over went heavy overhaul, eventually they decided on going with a guild system and awakening rank like in comics, if I'm correct they decided it so it was easy for normal people to understand
Brian: "so, your first assignment will be sent on the watch your given, it'll be a F rank cluster or building"
I nod and walk out, grabbing my watch, which shoddily says E on the screen, along with the complementary synthetic core
"soul sight"
[conner
soul power: low
potential: v. High
aspect: necromancy]
"Not bad, especially for my skill set"
as i walk out of the double doors that make up the front of the registration building, my watch gets a ping, vibrating on my wrist
"Soul sight"
[awakened watch: imbued soul
soul power: v. Low
potential: v. Low
aspect: telepathy]
[skill found in item, watch: transmit message]
[message: 354 xxxxxxxxx drive]
"already? Mother of Jesus"
—at the miasma field—
i looked at the medium sized dome covering the house, the black mist obscuring the house
"better now then never" i walk to the dope and into it, the black smoke entering my lungs, i look at the core as i walk through the seemingly endless barrier
"soul sight"
[synthetic core: compatible skills: none]
i pop the core into my mouth and swallow
[skill unlocked: miasma sense]
"miasma sense"
as per usual i got no description but instead a giving panel
[concentration: low]
"nice, a miasma reader"
as i break through the barrier i met with the same house that got covered, except its burning, a lot
[message: we detected this early and evacuated all peoples, though they did say they were missing a doll, be careful, it may have been possed, at best it became an imbued item]
"awaken"
[penny does not wish to leave the graveyard]
"oh mother fucker, the fire, i forgot"
weakness to fire, of course, how will i survive
[skill usage detected in hoodie: cooling]
as the panel pops up i feel like the hoodie gets colder, and i feel as if the fire gets pushed back just far enough as i enter the house
"if medium has two skills, why is there a very low?"
[very low has a skill count of 1, every rank increases the skill count]
"ok, equip red hoodie onto penny"
[equipping]
the hoodie vanishes and the fire tries to snap at me
[skill in knife detected: burn resistance (basic) *non spiritual fire will not burn]
"awaken"
a pool of black miasma forms as penny now comes out wearing the red hoodie
"lovely, now let's hope you dont get burned, if you do, your given permission to return"
[Penny is now able to use the graveyard at her will]