[@UltraCraftGames]
As Peter experimented with the crystals, he found them to be a bit like hard candy—they could certainly chip a tooth, if the Wisp had possessed any, but with a bit of effort they were easily broken or cracked. Too easily, in fact—they didn’t seem like they would be of any long-term use as building materials, weapons, or even jewelry. 

When he blasted one with his Mana Orb, however, two things happened. First, the crystal let out an odd ringing sound, like feedback on a microphone or speaker, and went dark as the light inside it died. Secondly, a floating screen suddenly appeared as if he were in a sci-fi film—except the screen wasn’t in front of his eyes. It was [i]inside his mind.[/i]

[quote=System]
Your MP is low. 
[/quote]

And when he used his Lesser Force after that, carving himself some crystal eyes, it appeared again. 

[quote=System]
You have no MP remaining. 
[/quote]

Suddenly he felt himself becoming exhausted, and he began drifting down towards the earth—then, the crystal eyes flashed. Like sugar crystals in water they began to dissolve, sinking into Peter’s body!

[quote=System]
You have used a Mana Crystal. MP is fully restored. 
[/quote]

And then he felt fine. 

But before the newly reborn Wisp had a chance to consider all of this in detail, he heard a pair of crude voices. Two Goblins wandered up to the wall, right beneath Peter and his crystal cluster. One of them held a knapped stone in its fist, and growled at the Wisp. 

“Get way from theres, you!” It waved its other hand as if shooing a fly. “These our shinies!” The second Goblin began to gather up fragments from the crystals Peter had broken off the ground, clutching them in its arms the way one might hold valuable coins. 
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[@Guy0fV4lor]
As Jason broke off a chunk of crystal, he found that he could hold things inside his body without them being instantly dissolved if he focused on wrapping them in a membrane beforehand. The same occurred with the plants—and then, like Peter, he experienced the odd sensation of a digitized hallucination. 

[quote=System]
1 Mana Crystal has been added to your Inventory. 
1 Healing Herb has been added to your Inventory. 
[/quote]

When he entered the pool, he discovered two more things—but neither of these were to his advantage. First, the equilibrium of water pressure on all sides of him and the air he was breathing through the membrane of his skin rendered him unable to actually submerge himself. Like a ball, he floated as a perfect sphere, his pseudopods only barely able to move enough water for him to slowly, ever so slowly, paddle along. 

Second, the pool was [i]very[/i] deep. The clear water did not look black because of the stone or a lack of light by itself. It looked black because it’s depths stretched down far, far out of sight. And was it Jason’s imagination, or was there something in those depths, flickering at the corners of his vision?
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[@Rune_Alchemist]
As Ash watched and waited, she could see other creatures going about whatever business they had all around the cave. A Wisp seemed to be playing around a cluster of those glowing crystals, until two Goblins began to growl and flail their arms at it. And as she hid, a green slime flopped along past her, picking some of the herbs and seemingly enveloping them into its gelatinous body. Was that how they ate? Surely if the herb were poisonous that slime would keel over soon? But as she watched, the slime simply plopped into the pool of water, then began to drift in slow circles as its pseudopods paddled near-uselessly. If she were so inclined...it might make easy prey. 

[url=https://youtu.be/QY1Vetd7OCs]But then—![/url]

A buzzing sound reached Ash’s ear holes as something approached from behind her. If she turned, she would see another Wisp, glowing an angry shade of red. It seemed to swell up for an instant, then it discharged an orb of crackling light at the Fanged Lizard!