Chapter 28: 23: Alma

Ashes that littered the lake were neatly bunched up and flowed out of the lake through the draining river. ‘Apparently she can control water currents… should’ve been obvious considering what she is but still looks impressive nonetheless…’ 

There were still a few survivors that arrived late to be caught in the trap with their wings whining in the air.

Usually gentle river currents and the still lake stirred, animated by unseen force. Under its surface water swirled, creating unnatural miniature eddies and whirlpools. They shot up, targeting the fliers buzzing around, slicing through them, with just enough water and strength to kill them with no wasted effort. Looking closely there were two water currents spiraling each other at such a speed that bystanders would only see it as a single current that shot out and obliterated them. One by one they fell into pieces, until not one of them was left.

‘Waterjet cutting, I remember seeing one of those machines that could cut through stainless steel with abrasive water and tons of pressure. Just normal water should still be able to cut through soft materials like wood and stone. I don’t think my skin is made out of metal, one more reason not to piss off this girl.’

>Maintenance end…

-Something said interrupting her sentence. Inside her head, within her thoughts. It’s nature was the same as how Alice would reach out to her sometimes. 

>Multiple administrators detected.

But unlike Alice who had awkwards stops and intonations like that of a child learning to speak, this one was crisp and clear, eerily so. Gender of the voice androgynous, swinging back and forth between masculine and feminine.

>Need both consents for integration.

It was like a recorded message announced over an intercom, formal, mechanical and uncanny.

>Query. Answer. The Alma system was created by the overseers as a self developing semi-sentient evolutionary algorithm to facilitate the use of [Soul Scrying] and [ACCESS DENIED] for sapient lifeform and to further increase the bio-interactivity features compared to the predecessor systems. System rebooted after the maintenance loop was ended by overseer intervention.

>Query. Answer.

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>Query. Answer. Alma system requires administrators’ consent for full access.

>Query. Answer. Assented.

>Query. Answer. Admixed. Will improve Bio-interactive modules in relation to communication.

>Consent from administrators confirmed.

>Integrating user… standby…

‘I forgot what I was going to ask… uh, just think of something fast.’

Do you know anyone who can teach me a thing or two about any weapons?”

>Recalibrating…

“Hrm… the highborn used to be known for their swordsmanship, now they’re mostly archers so-

>Initialization complete.

-if you’re fine with archery then any one of their rangers or whatever could help you. But with any luck,-

>Feedback systems active.

that refugee leader is still alive and kicking, he might be able to help you as he knows a thing or two about swords. However there’s an iss-

> Educement protocols ready.

-ue about how you look. They most likely won’t see you as who you are but more likely to see you as one of the Monstrous spiders. Though they used to be more common now I haven’t seen them for a few centuries now. Perhaps they’ve gone extinct.-

>Initiating telemetry.

Simultaneously following the content of what the two dissonant voices were talking about quickly overwhelmed Alicia’s mind so she could only nod along while trying to digest all the information.

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>Ready for basic use.

Finally one of them stopped. Her head was smoking - metaphorically - from overworking.

-To them you’ll look like a monster so you’ll have to disguise yourself somehow.”

>Recommendation for action ‘Disguise’.

Acquire <Mimicry>. Educe 〔 Anthropomorphic mimetics 〕.

‘What are educements?’

>Query. Answer. Educements further develops and modifies a skill to allow it to exhibit abilities previously restricted. Educements uses Alma system allocation points. Educements do not modify administrator ability statistics.

‘Oh this ride just never stops does it? What is auto execution? And stop saying ‘query’ every time, just say the answer from now on.’

>Acknowledged. Auto execution process acts on behalf of the administrator to best achieve results in the interest of the administrator, balancing efficiency and effectiveness.

‘Sure why not I should have some leftovers.’

‘Wait I haven’t actually seen anything after getting this skill so I can’t do it right now.’

A blob of water raised up, the amorphous mass took a vague humanoid shape. The spirit’s own reflection visible on it, it eventually formed into an exact replica of her. To someone who didn’t know any better it would look like she just went through mitosis.

‘Take the water, put my reflection in it? Then form it into shape… Difference in mass is quite big huh… I never knew I was this large… even though my upper torso is literally a half a person. ’

After multiple failed attempts Alicia managed to create a single successful mirror image.

>Notification. Energy reserves under 75%

However in her excitement at success and startlement from Alma she lost her focus causing it to fall apart yet again.

>New spell branch unlocked. Spell Mirror image acquired.

>Under normal conditions Alma system Telemetry functions will notify administrators vital information. Administrators from now will be able to monitor their condition.

‘Don’t scare me like that…’

⟨ Pallesthesia ⟩ ⟨ Presence Detection ⟩

‘Hurried light steps… strange gait… not coming close… orbiting around… I know this behaviour… It’s that girl again…’

‘If what I’m thinking works out… I’ll have legs! I mean humanoid legs. Bipedalism! Long have I missed you. I never appreciated you then. Now let me amend that fatal mistake!’

I chose the absolute worst week to start revamping my charts which despite being low effort to do, it’s still a time sink that I can’t avoid plus I didn’t even redo it in a final way and introducing a new component to it.

Family, troublesome relative visits, University assignments (I may not seem like it judging by the hot trash I write but I am an English major) from the online ‘classes’ all in the same week making it difficult to work. For now I have till octagon but after that I’ll have to start inventing shapes, I mean rectangles work fine but triangles don’t like being connected to others for some reason. I like the radial progress bars they actually look like a something you'd find in a game.

Btw you can ask me question on any chapter, and I'll answer it to an extent.

Trivia: You can see through a some lizard species' head in through one ear and out the other which shows about how smart they are. (I.E Not very smart.)

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