"Ahh yes I'm fine actually I have a different way I will be going about training, it's fine. You guys go do your training in the tube and tell me about it, I'll try to do my training in the tube before the trial started…. We don't have Lot if time to practice so you guys should get going you might learn something new." Van said to the group to try and stop the onslaught of questions he felt were about to come.
Hearing this the three exchanged glances before looking back at Van, "Alright but remember you said you would win, don't let outdo you, you'd better be ready when the trial starts." Max said before turning around and heading towards the tube he was assigned.
The girls exchanged one more look before they simply said, "Okay, if you say so." After this exchange they turned and entered their respective tubes as well leaving Van alone in the training room.
'Okay system how am I supposed to absorb aetheric energy, by the way do you have a name it's kind of weird calling you system all the time?' Van asked the system eager to start his own training regimen.
[If you must you can refer to me as Nora, also to absorb the aetheric energy I advise the host find a comfortable position sitting down and close his eyes…]
Van sat down in a lotus position as instructed by the system and closed his eyes. 'Now what do I do?' Van asked the system.
[The host should visualize his home planet, don't worry about if it's accurate or not instinctually the host should be able to imagine a completely accurate representation of his home planet because of the connection the host has established. Once the host has visualized their home planet the host needs to imagine becoming one with this celestial body, feel everything it feels and feel how it effects its surrounds and the role it plays within the universe, as you assimilate this feeling the amount of aetheric energy you can access from these celestial bodies will increase.]
The system said a lot there that caused Van to be a little confused initially until he changed how he was thinking about what the system had just said.
He first began to visualize the prime black hole. Initially his mind was completely black until the details began to form. He could see a large mas much bigger than anything he had ever seen before.
It was like a dark orb, if not for the mass of colors swarming around it like rays of light being contorted into curves it would have evaded the sight of anyone that wanted to look at it.
Van could feel a sense of home with the sight he was looking at. It was also one of the most magnificent and beautiful sights he could have ever say he'd seen.
When he felt a sense of familiarity with the sight in front of him he recognized it as the feeling of looking into a mirror after going a long while without seeing oneself. This feeling was what gave him the insight to decipher the systems words. He essentially had to make this prime black hole an extended part of himself to access the aetheric energy it held.
Van began to reflect on the sight of the prime black hole and how it felt like he was looking into a mirror. 'If this feels like a mirror doesn't that mean that this is already myself, but why can't I feel it as if it were me..' Van thought to himself while meditating on how to become one with this black hole.
The longer he thought about the feeling of looking into a mirror the stronger the feeling became, it was hypnotizing to look into a mirror that reflected something you were not yet something it felt like you were.
He soon lost track of time and was only brought back to his senses by someone shaking his shoulder and hearing Max's voice in his ears. "Van, Van, VAN!"
"Yo what's up?" Van casually replied after opening his eyes, only to get punched on the shoulder by Max.
"Sheesh man I thought you died like that for a minute you had me worried. Come on it's already night time we finished our training 6 hours ago we didn't want to bother you earlier but dinner is ready and I was getting a little worried" Max said, the other 5 of the group were also standing there looking at Van as if he was a new species of alien that they knew little about.
Seeing everyone here Van scratched his head while laughing awkwardly and said. "Aha of course I knew that let's go eat, you all tell me about how your basic training went!"