I figured it was time for another stat table. One note, I went back and made a slight change to chapter 30 and had Brin add some points into Dexterity and Will while they were talking about it.
Information
Name Brin isu Yambul
Age 13
Race Human
Class Glassbound Illusionist
Level 21
Attributes
Strength 99
Dexterity 104
Vitality 92
Magic 53 2023-12-09 20:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Brin rolled over in his sleep, half waking. He would’ve gone immediately back to sleep if not for Hogg’s voice.
“You’re awake! Finally! Well? What are you waiting for? Get up and tell me how it went. Well, I know how it went. Glassbound!”
“Hrm? Hogg?” Brin blinked, looking around. It was still dark. It was probably still hours before dawn.
“Who else? Come on. Get up already!”
Brin groaned. "What time is it?"
"I don't know. Let's go. I've already...
2023-12-08 18:49:56 +0000 UTC View PostBrin opened his eyes to find himself back in Travin’s Bog. There was no roof over his head, just gray, cloudy sky and the walls around him were so cracked and crumbling that it took a moment before he recognized them as the walls to his old apartment. It was like his old home from earth had been transported to Travin’s Bog and then burned down with the rest of the town.
The sofa was there, and his computer desk, and all his other furniture, but it looked like a house fire had torn t...
2023-12-06 18:12:17 +0000 UTC View PostOnce when Brin had been Mark, back in high school, he’d been a little more than rude to Rudolph Hansen. Brin had yelled some insults and expected to be paid back in kind. Instead, Rudy turned around and decked him. It was an eye-opening experience for Mark, to get laid out on his back with one punch. It wasn’t so much a lesson he could put into words; some lessons aren’t like that. They’re lessons you learn with your soul. But if Brin had to put it into words, he’d say something abo...
2023-12-01 19:40:34 +0000 UTC View PostDespite how hard he racked his brain, he couldn’t come up with those missing three minutes. He’d gone in, seen her standing there in her clean white apron– That didn’t happen. That wasn’t real.
He knew the memories were fake, but he still couldn’t dredge up the real one.
Marksi was chittering at him in alarm from his shoulder.
“Did you go in there with me?” Brin asked.
Marksi twitched his tail in the affirmative.
“Did you see what ...
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2023-11-27 18:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostBrin did not beat Davi for the first time. Like always, Davi won with overbearing humility. He knocked Brin into the dirt again and again, without ever hitting harder than he absolutely needed to or taking any cheap shots.
Brin did see a marked improvement, though. Using [Directed Meditation] didn’t make him stronger or faster per se, but it did make him better. In a state of total focus, he read Davi’s movements better. His movements were smoother, more intentional, rather than the...
2023-11-27 18:44:26 +0000 UTC View PostThey walked in ominous silence. Brin and Zilly were side by side, following Hogg whose black-clad form seemed to be the living embodiment of night. He couldn't quite figure out how Hogg was doing it, or even what he was doing. [Know What’s Real] didn’t complain about anything. There was no visible illusion or effect of the light, but at the same time Hogg just felt more menacing than he usually did. More solid. More dangerous.
He tried to give Zilly an encouraging smile, but she ba...
Brin smiled. “Why? What’s in there?”.
“Nothing,” said Zilly.
Internally his head was spinning. Something to do with [Witches] or possibly the undead was inside that silo. And Zilly knew about it.
He didn’t want to suspect his friends. No, he didn’t suspect his friends. He didn’t suspect Zilly, even if she’d been kind of annoying lately. Marksi was clearly agitated about being this close to the silo, but he didn’t seem alarmed by Zilly at all.
That d...
2023-11-17 19:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostBruna followed him out the door when he left. She might’ve been seeing him out to be polite, or maybe she wanted to talk to him. Brin braced himself for a difficult conversation or a stunning revelation, after all, when a [Witch] wants a private conversation, it couldn’t be anything good.
“Thanks for doing that,” said Bruna. “I haven’t seen Yon laugh like that in days.”
“Huh?” Brin’s brain froze for a second, trying to find a double meaning or hidden threat. Th...
2023-11-15 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe problem with life-changing conversations is that he never knew he was in one until it was too late. Brin had made all sorts of plans for the lies he could tell if anyone figured out that he was on track to be an [Illusionist]. He’d settled on the idea that he’d try to get everyone to believe that he was a glass-based [Warrior]. If he could demonstrate a lot of competence at hand-to-hand combat, especially against a real [Warrior] named Zilly, he’d be able to make the lie stick.
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Brin’s first night training with the sword again didn’t go as well as he’d hoped. His hands were used to holding a spear now. Hogg had only gone over the sword forms with him a couple times, and he was still in bed recovering from his ordeal with Neptune’s cavern. Brin was certain the old guy would get up and practice with him if he asked–if only to show that he could–but Brin didn’t want to ask. Even Hogg had to have limits.
Rather than practice incorrectly, he followed ...
Brin stood in outside the public house scratching his head. He realized he didn’t actually have any way of finding Jeffrey. This town didn’t have an Inn; adventurers stayed in the old boarding house or rented a room from one of the townspeople. But this was Jeffrey’s hometown, for all that he spent most of his life on the road. He probably had a home here, although Brin had no idea where that was. He was beginning to wonder if anyone knew.
Jeffrey was something of a celebrity in t...
2023-11-03 19:31:46 +0000 UTC View PostIt was oddly jarring to walk into the public house and not have Hera give him a second glance. Right, in this culture he was technically an adult. It was more complicated than that, obviously. All the people from his same System Day were still living with their parents and most were just starting internships. But legally they were adults and could even order alcohol. Although, he’d heard that when Rodrige the new [Carpenter] had tried to order rum, Hela had just laughed at him and told him ...
2023-11-01 17:20:58 +0000 UTC View PostHogg’s clothes were torn and dripping with water, blood was leaking from his ears, and no doubt he had many more wounds that Brin couldn’t see, but he acted like everything was completely normal. He’d even insisted on taking Brin down to the cellar and telling him everything. There was an intense excitement in his eyes when he related the tale. Brin got the impression that this was less about giving him urgent information, and more about wanting to talk about the awesome day he’d had....
2023-10-27 20:17:50 +0000 UTC View PostBrin checked Marksi’s wound before he left the cave, but it didn’t look too bad. A scrape along his side, but it wasn’t too deep. He washed it out with clean water anyway, but that was all the doting Marksi would let him get away with.
Marksi hopped down to strut back and forth, proud of his new badge of courage. He marched on his stubby legs, long neck twisting around to see how his scratch interrupted the gleaming scales in the faint light.
“Yeah, it looks great. Very fi...
2023-10-25 16:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostHe felt the shock of cold as he hit the water, even though he didn’t need to. He had the Achievements to ignore anything less extreme than magical ice and molten lava, but not noticing temperature differences was just another weakness, and weakness wasn’t something Hogg could abide in himself. He let himself feel the cold and everything else.
Some might say that it's a bad idea to jump fully clothed into a body of water, and for most people it would be. But if he had that particular...
2023-10-21 18:01:10 +0000 UTC View PostBrin had hoped that they’d go straight over to Neptune after they got back, but they didn’t have the potion yet and Hogg wouldn’t even entertain the idea of waking Calisto up in the middle of the night to make it.
To top things off, Brin and Marksi still smelled like corpses, so he made them bathe before they could enter the house. That meant using a bucket and rag on the back doorstep with cold water in the middle of the night.
It didn’t ruin his good mood, though. Three ...
2023-10-20 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHogg huffed. “No, you can’t fight that one. You think you can just pick out enemies the way you would a toy at the carnival?”
Brin tugged on Hogg’s sleeve and did his best young-child voice. “Papa, that one. I want that one, Papa. Pleeeeease, Papa!”
Hogg slapped his hand away while Luiza shook her head in incredulity.
“Come on, Hogg. You basically already gift wrapped it for me,” said Brin. “When am I ever going to get a better chance to grab some ...
2023-10-17 17:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-10-14 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Step lightly,” said Hogg as they approached the walls.
Brin had always wondered why Hogg spent so much effort to learn to be stealthy when as an [Illusionist] he had literally been able to turn invisible and muffle all sound. It was paying off now, though. Hogg moved like a ghost, and Brin doubted he’d have spotted him if he didn’t already know exactly where he was.
Marksi camouflaged himself perfectly with the street and quickly faded from view. Growing legs hadn’t don...
2023-10-13 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostBrin stood to pace, but then realized that the enchanted circle wasn’t big enough for that and sat back down again.
“I don’t even know where to start. How could you miss something like that?”
“Look, I could make excuses. Undead are hard to spot until they start getting hungry, and Neptune was already a loner. The long and the short of it is that he fooled my [Inspect],” said Hogg. “I don’t have the time to [Inspect] everyone every day, but I do make an effort to ch...
2023-10-11 17:05:43 +0000 UTC View PostBrin's status sheet! This is 11.5, so it's before chapter twelve where he increases Inspect a bit more.
Information
Name Brin isu Yambul
Age 13
Race Human
Class Glasser
Level 11
Attributes
Strength 70
Dexterity 65
Vitality 67
Magic 44
Mental Control 62
Will 47
Unassigned points 10
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Brin spent the next two days in meditation, broken up only to eat and clear his mind with a short but intense workout with Davi. He was finally getting to the point where the intrusive memories weren’t destroying his ability to function. He still had a long way to go, but after two days he was getting antsy, and Marksi was beside himself with worry.
Marksi hadn’t really noticed much when Brin spent the first day at home. He’d probably just figured that Brin was taking a well-dese...
Brin had a dozen things he needed to do now. Investigate the [Digger]. His Class avatars had practically begged him to look into that guy. He also needed to figure out a way to investigate the [Laundress] and the [Trapper] without being obvious about it. He’d gotten away with accepting the hospitality of Bruna and Chamylla because they’d already shown they were trustworthy, but he couldn’t keep doing that going forward. He also wanted to follow Hogg and Effa to the public house and see ...
2023-10-04 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“[Scarred One] is locked forever now. You’ll never be able to take it back, no matter how much you regret giving all that power away. But what if I told you there was a way to get the best abilities of a [Scarred One], while also making yourself immortal?”
Still in Brin’s mental space, the Scarred One grinned maniacally at the chance to introduce one of his evil Classes.
Brin leaned forward on the couch and put his head in his hands. As much as he didn’t want to entertai...
2023-09-29 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next two weeks were a blur of constant activity. Working out with Davi in the mornings seemed to lighten the big guy’s mood. The bags under his eyes disappeared and he became much more cheerful, although he still complained about the frustrating [Bard] lessons every chance he got.
About four days in he dropped his weights with a surprised look on his face, as if he’d just come to a profound realization. “I can be a [Bard] and still be strong.”
“Yeah, obviously. You...
2023-09-27 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChamylla sat for a long moment, in thought, then seemed to realize something and smiled. “And yet you ate your sandwiches.”
“What?”
“Your mother was an [Enchantress] and a [Witch]. The clear implication is that as an [Enchantress] I must also be under suspicion. Perhaps even for the murder of Gustaff, yes? When people look for [Witches] any powerful women must be suspect. It's the way of the world.”
“No,” said Brin.
“It’s quite alright,” said Cham...
2023-09-22 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Bruna Pimental is a [Witch],” said Brin.
It had taken until the following morning for Brin to see Hogg again, and the man definitely wasn’t happy to be down in the cold cellar this early in the morning.
“Congratulations!” said Hogg sarcastically. “You got the easy one. Now if there’s nothing else…”
“Hold on! You let me eat dinner with her weekly. For months! What happened to ‘never accept a [Witch’s] hospitality?” asked Brin.
“Accepting a [...
2023-09-20 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostBrin was immediately consumed with one question: Could [Witches] see through the eyes and ears of their familiars? Because if so, Davi’s mom had heard him sing a song about how he wanted to run his fingers in her hair and then get her in his bed.
If she’d heard that, then things were about to get really awkward.
It also wasn’t a great idea to receive a [Witch’s] hospitality–it hadn’t even been a full day since Hogg had told him that–but as far as Mrs. Pimental was co...
2023-09-15 16:57:25 +0000 UTC View Post