Heading to the water side of the Port Island District took a little bit of time, but it was still a little in the morning. The water did indeed feel natural in terms of being a nice catalyst for unlocking the next ritual. The current Boon he had still had about a day left, and perhaps that ritual could be leveled more to get more boons. Still for now, Lucian began to focus and commune with nature. This would take some time, probably all of Lucian's morning. Still, what could be unlocked could be worth it. --- Lucian Nature Ritual: 84 - 29 Nature Ritual Knowledge = 55 --- Lucian's knowledge of how to go about this wouldn't be too stellar, as it was hard to say what kind of ritual would be gained from this. --- Lucian Nature Ritual: 9 - 25 Nature Ritual Power +25 Lack of Knowledge = 9 --- Lucian's lack of knowledge was not much of a problem thanks to a superior execution of the ritual. As he used his Mana Flow and Spirit Channeling to both connect with nature he would feel a voice in him like before, the water he was looking into beginning to ripple. The ripples seemed to echo in his mind, and while they did not speak words, he could feel the things they said in his very spirit, in his self. [i]"You wish to wield the powers of nature? You who have once harmed it before? Nature provides you its aid, but now you wish to wield the force of nature as well? I feel your guilt though, that you do regret what you did in the past, and as long as you work to atone for your sins, then the might of nature shall make a contract with you..." [/i] Suddenly Lucian could feel it. Like a mighty torrent, through the connection of his spirit and mana, a powerful surge flowed into him. It was overwhelming, incredible even. The very tossing and motions of the oceans themselves entering his very being. Slowly but sure, on his arm as this surge entered through him, a mark would begin to appear. Three long, blue lines.that resembled waves. Lucian would feel his entire body being tossed and thrown about. Of course, that wasn't actually happening. He was still sitting down, but he would feel as though he were being tossed about at sea, even being able to see himself being thrown about by waves. Slowly he was dragged under, slowly the waves pushed him into the depths. His lungs would fill up with water as the air vacated them as he sunk lower and lower. Right before he drowned though, the waters above and around would clear and calm, and he found that he could breath, but still not see. Then, in a single instant, he was back in reality, two new windows presenting themselves to Lucian. [hider=Window] A Skill has been created through a special action. Through successful execution of the second of the basic natural rituals, the ability to more freely use the performed ritual, Nature's Power, has been created. [/hider] [hider=Nature's Power] Nature's Power (Level 1: 0/100 EXP) (Active: 100 MP): You connect and focus your spirit to nature, contracting with it and acquiring temporary power. For a time being you will acquire a power of nature that you can harness a few times using your own energy. You may also use this ritual to make new contracts to be able to acquire more special powers. Currently you may have only 2 powers of nature at any given time and you can only use each power 6 times before you must reacquire it. All current powers strengthened by 5%. Current Powers Contracted: 1 --Ocean's Wave (14 MP): You harness the force and power of the waves of the ocean and seas. If there is no water nearby you instead conjure a mighty wave of your own unseen spiritual force that can knock down and smash an opponent, dealing 1~10 plus the strength of the Ritual in damage. This also can knock down an opponent if they fail to beat the strength of this power. Note that this power is at half strength without a source of water nearby. If their is water nearby you may instead control that, firing it at an opponent as you connect your spirit to it, allowing you to use the complete strength of this power and halving its MP Cost. Current Powers Active: 1 Ocean Waves (6 Uses Left): 18 Strength [/hider] If Lucian checked his watch after that, he would notice that he had been there practically all morning, the entire ritual, including whatever delusion he was put through, having taken up all of his morning. Before he got up though Lucian could hear something in the distance... footsteps maybe. It definitely didn't sound normal. There was no one there though unless he decided to check his mini map. After a few long moments though, whatever was there was gone. Might have been his imagination, might not have been. Even a check of the mini map didn't reveal anything currently, meaning there was nothing there. Still, there was now not much time left, meaning if Lucian wanted to get to his class on time, he needed to hurry.