Total Adaptation - War & Evolution

Stats

General

Name: Nameless

Age: 12 days

Size: Pea-sized

Shape: Sphere

State: Liquid

Amnesiac

Supreme for All Ages:

Current Tier: 0

Unlocked by: Remembering

Evolution:

Brave New World Evolution Pattern

Root: Virus

Titles:

Summoned Existence

Virus

Chosen of the Tree of Life

Affiliation: Brave New World Raison d'être: None

Karma: 0 Sanity: Sane Laws: 1/12

Alignment: Neutral Effect of Karma: None Truths: 1/6

... Well, this is unexpected, to say the least. It certainly is much better than having to focus all my attention on a voice, and having the ability to see is simply wonderful, if only in my consciousness.

It's a shame I can't take my time to thoroughly understand all this information. So, uh... Virus? What should I do now that I am near the Root?

You must meditate near Us, and try to understand the essence of 'Damnation'. The more you meditate, the more you should understand Us and Our philosophy. However, you may not have much time for this visit, as you must return to your body and survive. We wish you good luck. If you wish to talk to Us, you shall always be welcome here.

Understood. I'll go meditate now. Um, thank you for your help. It was life-saving. I will make sure to visit again soon!

With that, I float to the giant red root and start thinking about the notion of damnation.

After what felt like an eternity, I leave meditation and head towards the sea.

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.... ....

You suck at choosing, my good brother.

Please refrain from speaking in this manner to Us.

You're such a party pooper, I don't know why I still talk to you. What's for sure, though, is that your Chosen won't live for long.

...

Oh, come on, no need to pout about it. Both you and I know it's always those two old, dried up fellows that have the best Chosen.

It may not be the case this time. After all, Our Chosen is unique.

Isn't he some human child who was summoned here through the usual ritual?

... Truths lie beyond lies, the most obvious is often the most deceptive...

Ugh, you and your cryptic words. Seriously, why do I still talk to you?

.... ....

.... ....

As I float back to the giant body of water, I realize even more clearly that my body is in fact deep within the sea, if not the ocean, inside a... shrimp?

Really, I got sucked in by a shrimp?! I don't even know where I remember shrimps from, but for some reason, this feels incredibly frustrating.

Considering we are not that far apart in terms of size, it's normal that it's been having difficulties digesting me.

Alright, it's time for my consciousness to return to my body.

Glup!

Ahhhh, nothing beats one's own body. As nice as having vision was, I feel more at ease now.

Back to the issue at hand.

'How long is it until total decomposition, Minis?'

[Time remaining: 7 minutes.]

Well, that's about what I expected. Okay, time to put what I learned earlier to test.

'Kill and show your skill. Infect!'

I start feeling faint and sleepy. Ugh, I knew this would happen, but it's worse than expected.

Now, what exactly did I just do? It's simply the result of what felt like years of thinking. I was, in fact, attuning to the essence of Damnation. There are many properties and skills to learn, and I'm still only barely scratching the surface of everything this Root offers me.

This skill, Infect, is the most basic knowledge for any Chosen of the Virus Root. What it does is send infected cells into the metabolism of another organism. The downside is that it requires a lot of energy for my current size.

Well, it was more than worth it, for I can now use these cells to do very... useful actions.