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> Hard ?
> Easy ?
> Normal ?
> Lunatic...? LUNAtic.
> Boundaries and Barriers Upkeeping-Overseeing-Warding...?
As Branxis, no wait, Lenz? Lorenz? Brent or Benz? As what-her-name is forming, an incredible amount of mind matter streamed directly through Ran's body, into her limbs, through mine,
wow! Dizzying! Into the house of petals that has a name now! Its Lorenz! But Ran looks terribly drained, and her thoughts are still being extracted into Lorenz! Oh no!
"Sorry Ms. Ran, and come on Lorenz, we need to go and solve the incident now!" Lorenz and I took off in flight, while Ran weakly expressed strong bursts of emotions, I knew I made the right choice before this druid could take off too much life from Miss Ran!"
Lorenz herself is....Um, surprisingly blank, I guess that is expected of a shikigami used only to decode the petals, but she really does need me to tell her all the basics! Alright! Koishi Komeiji is very pumped to be a wet nurse!
"So Lorenz, is flying fun? Its your first time flying! You are just born as a Shikigami! Look at all these petals, are they not pretty?"
Lorenz is just dazzled and confused, her mind almost is like a stillborn, blank, bleating, while looking very energetic externally, so interesting! This contrast is definitely not observable in common circumstances.
"Don't worry about your fuzzy head Lorenz! I got a handful of petals from Ms. Ran, your surrogate mother, just chew and swallow and you will find out how to stop this incident!"
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Lorenz has acquired: A handful of petals>
Lorenz has gained a knowledge: Capacity to convert petals to knowledge by consumption >
Lorenz has mastered an ability: Flight >
Lorenz has gained a knowledge: (Heritage);Lorenz is a shikigami birthed of Yakumo Ran's mind matter and functional by Koishi Komeiji's input of a purpose of life. Lorenz's apparent mission is to resolve the petal incident. Lorenz is feeling a bit dizzy again from all the knowledges I compiled and put in her pretty little head! Although I empathise, that still makes me feel a bit insulted, I am the best when it comes to planting ideas in people's heads! So if only you would know me! Oh right, hats!
"So the messy highlights in your head are the handiwork of mine! Once again, I am Koishi Komeiji, and my hat is the friend that helps me relax! <3 " I took a deep breath, and continued.
"You probably will not see me once your personality develops more fully, as I can only be interacted with by other people based on my mood, and some really odd ones like Ran would go into Zen for a couple days just to interact with me! But that's worth it! Because I can provide a favour nobody else can, to alter the subconscious and thinking processes of life or inanimate objects alike!"
Lorenz still looks confused, I could feel my chest deflating! Ah~~~I will just put the rest in her pretty little head directly so she will figure it out.
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Koishi Komeiji holds your hand with both her palms, and your foreheads touch....>
A stream of new information flooding into your mind!
>My name is Lorenz, I am a druid-origin Shikigami formed by Ran Yakumo's extraction of her own life essence, and injected into some sticks and trees and petals.
>My duty is to resolve the Sakura petal incident, my agency improves with the more energy I accumulate, and I can consume petals that may affect my energy levels with other side effects
Agency and energy
>I can fly, consume petals and read their information, or consume petals for their energy.
>My wet nurse is Koishi Komeiji, the hat is her friend, who will help me develop an identity, my mother is Ran Yakumo, who shall dispose of once the incident is resolved.
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"Wait.....Some of that definitely does not add up" Lorenz, oh Lorenz! She is finally starting to have thoughts and speech!
"Yep yep! I am not the wet nurse, I am technically your papa! Because I am going to teach you more and more new things from now on!"
"No....Right.....Um.....No wait, me? Dispose of my mother Yakumo Ran? After the incident is over? And...and I think I could fly, and my heritage are not the same as what I remembered, and I can eat petals or read them?"
Lorenz's panicked mind quickly skimmed through the petals I gave her, and the words "Plague", "Apocalypse", "Joy", "Unity", "Pride" are beamed into mine! Wow, Lorenz's ability is so useful!
"Plague, Apocalypse, Joy, Unity, Pride... Woah! You just did...."
"Plague, Apocalypse, Joy, Unity, Pride... Oh no! I did not read your mind! Your subconscious seems to just go directly to your control of your body! I don't know what that means either, but that was not mind reading, nope! Nope! Your mind is still a fledging, like a baby! Right now you are like a transmission pager for me, Great Detective Koishi, to figure out the mischief and foul play behind! Come on Lorenz! Gobble em' petals up and lets make land to think!"
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Koishi and Lorenz thus descended quickly into a patch of the Forest of Magic, sitting down on a small clearing; Meanwhile, Koishi has shut off her physical and subconscious ability and is now imperceptible.
I, Lorenz, am feeling parched and would like to test out 'consuming' some of these petals, but I also need to find their meaning...
This is all so confusing, I close my eyes and pray, why have I come to this world? What do these words even mean? I wish there are answers, what should I do?
>_?