" and what do you mean, did something go wrong with the prosses...I feel fine if not a bit heavier "
sarel looked at Alexandrove with a hint of suspicion but he decided to explain what happened in detail.
sarels POV six hours earlier
he was just finishing of the last teriad when he saw Alexandrove useing the weird looking box on his wrist that reminded him a lot of the containers that the collective used, as he saw Alexandrove fiddle with the box after putting a piece of the teriad in it after he did that Alexandrove suddenly collapse in front of him, he rushed to check on Alexandrove to see if something was wrong.
sarel instantly recognized the stalker process when he saw it but what he saw was defiantly wrong, normally the person going though the process would faint that was nothing unusual but they would usually have bulging veins that seamed to flow with blood that was a mixture of the black and what ever the eruptides original blood color would be until the blood turned either back to human red which indicated the person became a stalker, or the blood turned full black and they start bleeding from every orifice and eventually die.
that was the normal reaction but what happened to Alexandrove defied all commonly held logic, his veins bulged with a mixture of black and teal as was expected, the black color won and sarel knew in his heart that Alexandrove was done for, but at that moment Alexandrove breathing started to increase as his black "blood" started to get execrated from his pores and his entire body started to contract as he seemed to have a seizure and after all the black was gone Alexandrove looked inhuman his muscles became denser, sturdier but that was not the most surprising part his entier muscular structure seemed to have a blueish tint, and his blood vessels seemed the run teal blood instead of red for a long time.
After Alexandrove stopped sizing his body started to go back to normal, the entire of the prosses took less then 4minuets, Sarel was terrified as well as mesmerized about everything, picking him up he found a cave to stay safe until Alexandrove woke up, it started to rain and after a wiel it pick up so he made a fire with some dead wood to make sure they were both warm and waited.
Alexandrove POV
after sarel explained what happened Alexandrove was terrified looking at himself he noticed a metallic sheen under his skin that seemed to confirm sarels story.
" it has been around 6 hours since then and were most likely going to be stuck here for another 6 to make sure it's safe to go outside" said sarel with sincerity
"but I have to ask out of curiosity what was that metal box...are you with the collective? surly not .....right ???"
"...what's the collective?"
"(*_*).....HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT"
"(*_*)....."
Alexandrove stayed quiet since he didn't know what to say, he really didn't know a lot about this world yet and still the thing that was in both there minds was the same.
("What the hell ARE YOU")
after five minutes of awkward silence Alexandrove decided to explain how he got the device, it took about an hour to explain to someone that didn't understand much about electronics.
" Ok ok...so let me get this strait you bought a "magic box" from a old guy in a rundown part of town for more the a PLATINUM plate, that apparently allows you to and a quote { makes it so you can also alter and change the sample to make it easier to adapt to your biology}?...that's kind of hard to believe, although it's not the craziest thing I have witness in my life."
" so you believe me then?"
" OW FUCK NO it just means i know your a good liar...or at least not with the collective"
" OK I got to ask what the hell is the collective anyway"
"...ok so one of the city's named thalion is being run by a group of rank 9 stalkers that is said to posses supernatural ability's and every one of it's members has a box just like that one, it is also said that they don't regard non-stalkers as humans and just think of them like livestock, using them to keep something called the magi running, but even though I am a stalker I am still not sure what it is.
it's like a local legend it's odd that you don't know it..."
...Alexandrove couldn't really know how to answer that so he just stayed quiet until it was time to leave, although he was quiet his brain was occupied by many questions.
(" what am I now, am I even human, what is the magi I will probably be killed....wait I forgot I have the cardinal.") as he thought of this he turned on the cardinal to the displesure of sarel.
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[terra-aurora system V0.52.1]
[booting...]
[welcome: Alexandrove bellkenin]
[states]
[data bank]
[bio-sample analysis]
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[Notice host body has reached rank 1 congratulations]
[notice system rank has been raised rank 0->1 congratulations][notice host has gained New skills:(cartilage brace)(bio-metallic)(bio-gyroscopic) ]
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[terra-aurora system V0.52.1]
[booting...]
[system rank 1]
[welcome: Alexandrove bellkenin]
[states]
[data bank]
[bio-sample analysis]
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Alexandrove was surprised if not a bit curious, he didn't miss the distrust in sarels eyes when he turned on the machine, he used the data bank and asked.
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[terra-aurora system V0.52.1]
[ running system analysis...analysis complete ]
[ please ask query[_________________]]
[Alexandrove:[what are skills?]
[Answer: a stalkers body takes on the effects and ability's of the eruptide they consume, System takes those traits and then fusses them with the hosts bio-signature creating a trigger mechanism through a prosses called linking were the body obtains muscle/ neural memory of how the power should feel shortening the learning curve, skill is used to identify said spesific traits.]
it made sense up to a point but it was certain he was definitely not human anymore.