[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/QCgTnAH.png[/img][/center] [hr][@Zeroth] As soon as his evolution decision became concrete inside his mind, Jason immediately felt a deep and powerful sleep come over him. It was too fast, and there was no fighting it--just like going under before a surgery. Thus began the most inexplicable out-of-body experience Jason could ever dream of. Jason drifted upwards, out of his body, rising high enough that he could look out across the cave. He could see the pool where he had first begun his new life, flopping down into the water and slowly bobbing his way back to shore with his flimsy little pseudo-flippers. He could see the tunnel he had painstakingly spent hours digging, the small herb garden he had been neglecting, the large green crystal--the same color as the Source Crystal, but easily a hundred times larger--sitting in the dark and softly glowing. Drifting further upward,layers of rock began to obscure Jason's vision. The evolving slime wondered, was this really a dream? No. It couldn't be... He had just left his body. Was this normal? Did he just fuck up royal? Was it because he was an anomaly to this world? Jason's train of thought was interrupted as light hit his eyes once more. Rising higher and higher above the earth, the former warlord realized that this was an invaluable opportunity to map the land. As he continued to go higher and higher, Jason attempted to study and memorize as much of the world as he could, his allies would definitely need such information in the future. Higher and higher he went, before him, the entirety of the planet rotated thousands of miles an hour, yet from this distance appeared as no more than a soap bubble, as if it would pop if he but brushed a fingertip against it. The city lured him, cried out for him. The island's red skies held him in sway.... Only for the 'SYSTEM' to absolutely flip the fuck out. [quote=SYSTEM] Ȇ̛͈̤̒̏̔͆͌̚Ṙ̵̸̳͓̤̦̌̃͆̊̿͠R̴͐͑͏̲̬̖͈̮͙͟O͈̰̠͇̰̩̐͒͊̃̊͝R̘̱̻̺͖̺̱̩ͦ̒̓̀:̧̼̬̖̲̗̼̥̻̌͊̂̎͂̚ ̗̗̯̉̿̓͘͟E̷̡̱̮̩̥͈̪̹̱ͣ̿͐N̴̦͈͙̪̓ͫ͂̒ͧ̓C̺̠̮̞͋O̢̤͗̉ͭ͘U̻͇̤̪̤̲̟ͫ͆ͅN͚̰ͯ̑̿ͧ̈ͯͨͪ͜Ṱ̷̨̧͓̪̖̒͊͆̔̆ͦÊ̢͖̗̤̳̥̦͓̦͑̾ͬ͊̀͠R͆͆ͯ̈́̇͏̙̠̜̲͇̕E̩̞͂̉ͭ̀͟͝D̗̬̤͇̩̤̣̅̇̿̾ ͐͂́ͪ̆̉͏͙͔̝̹̺F̨̱̬̟ͤ̊ͯ̿͆͟O̴͚̤̙͖͈̱ͬ̀ͧͪ̇ͬ̆͌̀́R͐̿͆҉̞͙̺͇͔̕Ẹ̬̼͑ͤͦ̏̈́̀I̭̟͍̝̿͗͒̓͆ͫ̽G̸̡̯̹͈͑͛̈͋̋̒͌́N͕͎̹͕̝͒ͫͣ͋̎͌͞ ͖̼͕̣͔̲̥̮͖ͬ͋̄̌Oͭͥ҉̷̼̞͚̼͓̥B̢̖͈̜͕͒̋͂̂ͯͧ̍̆̕J̵̨ͩͥ͏̥̲̼̪̥̯Ę̩̹̟̙̮͕̍͂̾͢ͅC̛͓̼͎͇̗̞̽ͤ͂ͥ͒̾̚͘T͉̙̩ͬ͂́̚͠͡ ̞̮̫͖̺͉̝͚̄͑ͣ̊̆̃Ṣ̸͕͑C̏̐͋ͩ̄̽ͥ̄͏̶͇͉A̖͚̝̼̻̘ͩͥͥͫ̋ͩ̐N̷͇͎͔̟͍̉ͥ̉̅ ̱̤̺̱̲̣̄̈́ͪͥ̆̒͢ͅC̪̩̒̀O̸̷̭̘̻̺͖̣ͭͩ͆̈́̎͟M̼̣̭̥͕̬͎̑ͮ̐̌͆͞Ṕ̸̜͈͔̞̙̜̏ͭ̅ͫͧ̎ͮ̕L̩̞̲̗͍̘͂͘Eͬ̾ͤ̄́̀͏̶̦̜͖̙͖Ţ͉͓̰͍̙̱̮̏̈́̅̎͗E͎̼̖̙̪̔̔͛͝.͗̆͏͖̳ ̨̩̦͕͚̾̈̐͢T͎͇̪̠̮͉̣̆͋̌͒̌̓̽ͭ͜͞H̓̊̓̅̂҉̡̛̗̘̫̲̝̟̤ͅR̶̗̥̣͇͊͂ͣ͂̐̾̋͢͟E͙͇̹̣̾ͥ̏̎̆̿͋́͝A̛̭̯̗̱̥̞̝̅T͉̼̗̼̹̄ͩ̋ͅ ̷̷̼̣̫̝͇̅̊̿̓̚D̓͌̄̑̚͏̛̹̲͇̩̜̖̲̗͟Ę̱̻ͮ̇͆T̴̪̱̯̣̅̓ͧ̄̎Ē̯͎̋͋̈ͬC̷̛̛͖̩̯͉͆̈̄T͙̪̹̮͇͎̅̄̀̈͌̚ͅĔ̛̩͍͈̲ͫͤͪ͗̅͒ͤ͛͜D̛̼̭̻̥̻͋̊̀͐̈ͧͯͩ̅̕.̭ͨ̀ ̧̖̣̺̯͎̯͖̜̠̽͗Ṃ̨̛͎̘̞͚̼̀ͮ͐ͣ̾ͭ͢Oͨ̀ͩͣ̓ͪ͆ͥ҉̳̙̲V̊ͯͬ͛ͣ͂ͣ͗͠ͅI̶̧̲̜̫̹ͥ͋̽ͮͬͦ̇͗͘Ņ̵̹̪̞̪̥͇̳͋ͮ̄ͤ̚ͅG̴̡͍͇̯̀͂̀͑̉ͣ̚͝ͅ ̴͇̗̙̽̂ͤͥ̒ͩ̅͢͠T̪͈͎̑̈́͢͞Oͥ̎̋̓̐̐ͫ͊̈͡͏͍̘͍̰̤͖ ̖̬͉̗̳̟͍͂Q̵̨̻͚̲̠ͪͬ͂̈́̆Ũ̸͎̱͖̫͓̟̗͆̕A̧̨̯̙ͩ̐ͬͬ̏ͪŖ̒̽̓͑̄͋ͫ͝͏̘͎̣͉Ả̰̜͍̖̾̌͑̏̋͋̓̅́N̰͕ͫ̈͆T̻ͥ̐̑͌͛͒͜I̵̤̞̩̽͜N̆̉̄̈ͩ̇̚͏̬͈E̵̴̲͉̠̮͕̝͎̟̿ͦ-̺͙ͭ͑̌ͮͦͯ̊ͣ̚-͍̻͕͙͖̓͗̒ͣ́͋̃̀ ̴̡̧̘͍͈͔̥̭̝ͯ̈́̌̑̏ͮ̿ͫṊ̴͍͈͓ͭ͒ͬ͂ͣͥ͆E̛͇̜̹͔̙̤̻͋̽Ẅ̯̝̣͈̥͙͔ͦ̃ͩ͘͠͞ ̼̻̞̖͇͍͔̩͊̿̊͒ͯE͊̅ͨ̌͋͂҉̰̻͎̰Ȓ̶͍̼̦͎͈̼ͬ̀̋̑̆ͤ͢Rͦ̑̓̓ͭ͜҉̺̼̣̹͍̝̻̀Ọ̘̬͉̞̗͈̖̅̓̊ͬ̋ͪͤ͋Ŗ̠͉̩̫͙̤̼̙̩ͮ̉ͥͪͮ́̇̿̕.͉̤̠͔̫͊̄́̃ ̸̵̳̳͔̬̺̰͖ͣͧ̌ͬ̈́ͥ̕ͅO̷̪ͨͩ̈V̾͌̾ͨͤ҉̮̣̠̙̳ͅE̴̶̴̬̖ͥͬͦͨ̔R̗͍͍ͧ̌ͨ̇̍́͒R͉̙͔̽̀͘͝I͓̺̓̄͋͋̏͒͂̂ͫD̵̢̫͕̺ͮ̌̔͊͛̀Ḙ̜̖͙͈͙̠̥̼ͬ̅͋̍̽̀̈̃́ ̸̺̠͚͖̺́͊̑̌̽̕I̸̡͔̜̹̦̥͇͔̬͗̑͊ͧ͂̕N̶̗͈͓̤̗̙̊̄͂I̡̢̫̎͐̉T͋̄͋͑ͨ͘҉̧͈͈̳̭͕I̮̣̙͈͋͋̓̄ͭ͟Ạ̶͎̳̭̹͎͊ͭ̽ͭ̓̊́T̩̘̗̱̥̞̲͈̃͐̐͑ͥ̊̿̃̀Ẹ̡̱̰̲ͪ͊̀̈͂͢Dͦͫ̋͑̑͛̍ͬ̒҉̯̮̺̤̺.̡́ͬ̈́̀̌̓͐͏̤͖͖͚̞.̭̳̩͍̘̮̾ͥ̈́̿̍͂̎ͩ.̷͉̣͖͚̯͕̣́͐͠ͅ [/quote] Shit, THAT couldn't be good. However, just as Jason assumed all was lost, he a familiar voice... The man who started this whole little adventure; The Demon King himself. [quote=System:Jason] [color=red]Y͖̰͉̖̝̩̯e̦̤̻a͓͖͕̤h̭̻̠̭͈̼,̺͙̤ I͖͙̜̫̤̙͕ ͇͎͈͙̱̺̟fi̙̘̙̰̼̫g͉̱̺̩̯͎u̞̤̱ͅr̩e̗̲d̦̰̖̮ ͉t͚̝ͅh̟̠̳̦̫a͖̭̻͓̲̘t̠ ͚̰̼̱w͍as͙ ̦̮̤͚g̝̤͈ͅo͙͙̖̠i̱n͖̩g͎̖̺̹͉͓͇ ̮̝̖ͅt̠̲o͎͖̠̻̱͇ ̫̺͎h̳͖̗̲ͅa̹̬̺pp͎̫̘̪e̯̫̟̹͈n̝̺̱̟͍ͅ.̼ ͖̳̱͙̼̦̥H̙̲̠̬͔̤ͅm̹̦̟̭.̗̹̞.̱̥̭̦.̝͎m̝̱̬a̱y̞b͎̗͇̲̣̠e̟̤̫̭̻̯ ͚̼̥a͍̟͈̱ ͔̳̹̳C̫͙̯̜̩̣u̮͖͓͍͓͎r̘̼͙̥͖̞͍s͉͙̦e̤̘͙̥͇͔ ̭wo͚̳̥̼u͕͕̼̼̟̩l̥̩ḍ̖̮̗͈ ̩͚͔̠ͅa͚̤̰̹n̞̣c̩͍ḫ̳͖͇̺͈͎o̪̙̲r̪̻ ͎̬͚̻̯th͈̯̣͇͙̠e͓̪͓ ͙͖s̘͉̟͉͈̱ͅo̯u̮̳̮l͇̱̲̱s b͍̖͓̞͇̲͕e͍͚̯̤̠͙̬t̹̞͙̥̟te̞͖r̟̫̠̱͕̣,̲ b̲̜̜̪̗̪̰u̗͕̺t̩̜ ̫̱̳ͅI͓͎̞͔͙̗͇ ̳̳͕͈̗d͍̹̖̠̱̜̼o͎̙͙̣̦̱n͔'̥̹̗̫t̹̦͉̺̖͖ͅ ̗͙w̘̠̬̞͈a͔̙̞nt͉̘̥͚͕̳ͅ ̘̦͉̹͙̝̲t̥̬̻̫h̠̩͙̠̙̝ḛ̱͚͎m̫ ̖̲͔͉̰a͍̰̟ͅl͖l̫͕͖̖͕ ̩͍̙͍e͇̝̮̜̺͚̦v̺̺̬͈̭͓̭ọlv̖̥i̟̘n̰͈̥͍͇̼g̝̫̺̰̲ i̯̭͎̜̮n̺͉̖̫̻ͅt̻o̘̤̘̩ Un͕̹̳͕̹de͓̙̣̘ad̮̲͚̩̬͚.̺̮̦̗͓.̯͍̗̝̰̱.̝̪̘ N͇̯o̪̻̺̠̮͚w ̲̼͔̯w͍̖̭̥̩h̰̹i̺c͚̹̻h̗̜̲͓.͎̗̜̼̠̮͍.͖͓̙ͅ.͓͙͖̜̠a̤̯̲͙h̦̠̞͍̲͚͓.̳͕͈ ̝T͇h̼̖̟̳e ͔̤̰̪̠͎̤W̺ͅa̭̣̻͉rl̻̝̞ọr̭̗d̘̬̞̻̘.͙͓͇̙ ̹̹͕̝Ho̱̳̝̟͔w̞'̹̝͍s̯ i̪͓͉̮̗ͅt ̫͖͖̟b͍͉̱̼͖ḛ̩͍͕̳͖̖e̯̻n͙̙͙͔, ̠͔̫̫̗͈be͔̫i̻̻̤n̥ͅͅg͍͎̪ ̱̗̺̭̼a ͍̠͖̫̘p̫̳͇̦e̮̠o͕̫͉̻̳͙n ̦͚̰͉ạ̙̪͉g̤̯a͇̺i̠̙̣̺ṋ?̝̥̼͖̞ͅ ̬͙̱͕̪̣ͅN̲̭͚̩̮͇o͈̻̩t̩̬̥ ̦̩̘̖̪̥͙s̗o̪̗̞̮͖͍ͅ ̞̪͉̝ẹ͖͙̗͉a̲͙̳͙ͅṣ͖͙̥y̗̺͇͕͇͉ to̘̹̭̺̮̦ ̻͙t̤̫̩̫a͈k̞̪͈̰ͅe̻͙͈ ̜͎͎o͎̜̬̦͈v̲͖e͔͔ͅr̳̬̦̩͎ ̳̖̻̲w̱̬͇̼h̠e͈̩̻̼̣̬n ̥̝̠t̘h̗͔̲̬̮͔e̥̬̘̜ ̙̯͙̲̹͓r̘e̤̗͙̫͙̮͔s͔̳̜̼̥t͉ ọ̰f̘̞̹ t̹̟h̞̫̖͈e ̲̼̫̼͇̰͎p̼̪͚̹̯op̹͔̟̟̻͈̟u͙ͅl͙̘a̮̝ͅt̥i͉o̤n̙ ̙i̩̖̭̭̦̟͍ṣ̠̦n'̹̯̗̼̰͍̦t͎̬͓͙͇ͅ ̫ẉe̫̜̥a͚̜͎k ̪͇̭̠̝f̰̟̼͚͎̘ͅrom͇͔̙͔͎͎̬ ͉͖̱̫͕̥̝s̻̥̝̥̯ͅta͉̟̩̘̙̬rv͉̣̦̤ͅa͔̭̯̥ͅt̫̟̖i̤̝̙͈̯o͚̭͕̣n̘̥̻ ̮̦̦͕̦̼̳aͅn̻̲̬̘d̪͈̳̘ ̲an̠̝̮ ͉a̮͉̭̻͉̱d͍͇̪̙̼͕̼va̖̖̼̯̙n̟̯̺̠ce̝̥d̖͎̬̰̣ ̻͉̬na̲̮̹̲̼t̤̰͍̰io̺̫̤͓̟n ̱͎͕is̱̠n̮̗͙̳̞̘̩'̝͖̣̳̺̺t̫ ̰̞d͖̰̯r̭̲̩̝̞̯o̲p̞̺͚̩̥p̟͉̞̼͎ͅi̳͚n͙͉͖͉g ̥̤w̠̭ea̹͎̫̳p͚̰͍̙o̼͍n͎̯͇͉̜͔r̟͈̙̮ͅͅy͉͍̲͇̼ ̗͕̤͕̦i̟̺̮n̙t̲̲̬̤̖̞̭o̻̲̯͖̝̙ ͙y͖̼̜̟̘͍͕o̹̬̘͕̬̯u̝̱̭̹̣̠r͓̜̖ ͖͇ḷ̰͉a͇̙͕̭ͅp̠̼ͅ i̞̣͎̫̫n̜̞̺̙͇̼ ͉͎̭͕̳ͅex͇͕̗̙̗c̳͇͚h̞̬̣̯̣̞͈a̦͇̹̭n͙̠͍̫̭̙g̹̞͚͍͉̼e͓͉̰̩͕ͅ ͍̦͔fo͓̝̲̩͕͚͚r͔̮̗̙̭̰̞ ̲͎ͅf̯͙̮̤̹͍i̺̘a̭̗͓̠̹̬t͉͉ ͓̙̱̪di͉a̲̮̝̟̝̘͚m͕̻̳̩̺̭o̪n̹̟ds̪̮͔,̖̮̮̘ ̩is͍̙̳ ̹͙̦i̙͖̞͓̦̟̰t̙̤?̗͇̘̣͓̭ ͚̻͓̗M̰̞̪̤ḁ̞͉g̞i̠̰̯c ͚͖͙͉͎͍̞p͙̘̟̥a̺̰̗̭̥̯ͅt̩̜̹̮̺h̟̻͇̯̖̫̯, ̼̗̣̘̩̜h̯̫̺̭̬̯u͈͖͕̙͈̦̯h͙?͔͔̬̗̼ ̤̱͍̫A͎̗̜͉̣̫n̼̘̫̗̟d̗̹ ̣͕̱̬a̻̣ ͓͖̘͈̯̣̹ḇ̹̣̖̖i̪̺̤t̞͉̦̦̟ ̜̞̲̩̮o͔f͓.̘͕͖ͅ.͚͕͎͍̲͙ͅ.̝̼p̘̜̻͉͖͓s̝̜̟i͈̪̱͈͉̯͖on̫̗̩ͅi̤̹̻͈̗c̞͎̤̫s̠̼? ̦̜̱̗̲͍̣R͔͓̜ar̻̮̺̤̲͈e̟̹̞̜,̗̗̩ t̙̫̠̣̜h̺̥̪̟at.̲̬͙̤̗ͅ ̙͓̤͇̱̱O̰̳̯̙h͉͖̫͖̣ ̖w̪̰̘͖̮e̘̼̤̜͉͇ͅl͕̫̠͖̻̳͙l̦̬̞͖̦̮ͅ,͍̬̩̝͕̝͇ g̮o͓̲̗̰̘̩̩od ͖͇̣̠l̻u̱̹̖̤̦̰c̞k̳̲̼̯̖̝.̠̣͓̯ ͉̯̤̬̳͕̖I̻͙̱̮̰͉̳f̪͍̘͔͓̗ ̘̘̥̥ͅy͉o͕̹͇͙̠̹u̦̰̠̮͚̦̼ r̜̤e̫m͕̙e̫͙̺̻͇̯m̪̗̭͚̯̘̝b̩̲̬̯̠e̦̟͔͖̜̙̮r͎͙̲̪̪ ̮̠̤a̖̬ͅn͈y ̫̜̳̖͕̦of̝ t̩̬͈͙̼h̯̮̳̟̯̲ͅis̲͇̝̞̣͚ ̤w̱͔͍͙̭̫hen̮̙ ̭̪͉̻̲̰yo̤u̗̰̳͕ ͕͍w͔̼ak̗̙̮̣̱̬e̟̰ ͚̲u̮̗̥͈̤p̬,̘̟̬͍̥͓ ̭be̬̝̙̣̠̙̤ c̹̱̩͎ḁ̱̬̥̞͚̬r̖e̗̗f̠̻u̳͓̣̳̜̞l ̬̱̟͎w͚̣̰i̻̹͖̤̹t̹̲̺͉̱̥ͅh̙ ͚̫̪a̤͔̺n̰̫̟̟y ͕̖͍as͚̻͍̜̫̟̟t̩̰̩̟̙̭ͅra̤̬l̫̞̠̠͓̟̥-̜̪-͎[/color] SECOND OVERRIDE INITIATED [color=red]Fuck you, everyone knows they forget the cryptic bullshit as soon as they wake up! At least I don't straight up tell them--[/color] ERROR: ENCOUNTERED TOO MANY ERRORS. RESETTING... [/quote] Psionics WERE rare! A smile spread across Jason's (nonexistant) face. He knew it! Hopefully it would earn him a 'variance like Crispy. Wait.. Was the Demon King talking to someone else? Perhaps there were even-- Before he could finish the thought, Jason suddenly found himself plummeting Earthward. As he fell, the slime tried his best to keep his eyes locked on what he assumed to be the area outside the cave, hopefully cleaning the warlord just a little extra information before returning to his body.