[color=0072bc][h3]Ardur The Pixie[/h3][/color] [color=92278f] A New Friend? >>>> No Pain, No Gain. /// day 8 // Afternoon[/color] [quote=LOOT!] 58 Mana Crystals Discovered. 7 Flame-Touched Mana Crystals Discovered. 1 Source Crystal Discovered. [/quote] Ardur was quite surprised when they discovered what was hidden under the bed of coals. Mana crystals, lots and lots of mana crystals. Crispy certainly was busy. Some of them were even elemental infused and then there was a source crystal. There must be an even larger crystal or crystal vein under the cave floor somewhere. The pixie watched as a friendly goblin came and took the source crystal. He wasn’t entirely sure how the goblin that the wisp called Digbie could use such a crystal, but he did agree that they should study it a bit more. While the wisp and the goblin argued, Ardur set to pilling all the warm embers a little way away from the pile of crystals and used his wings to keep the coals a bright orange color. Moving a few sticks and other charred pieces of wood onto the small pile of coals, Ardur worked to get the fire up and going again. As the small fire crackled and burned Ardur walked to a nearby dead goblin and tore some of its flesh from an open wound. Bringing it back to the small fire and letting some of it burn and cook while he gathered three mana crystals. The pixie did watch as a green slime with a few other followers made their way to the side of the bonfire then toward the pile of crystals. The slime did look like one of the others from the day before but this time looked a little different, but he didn’t quite know how. [quote=System:Ardur] 3 Mana Crystals added to inventory. [/quote] Ardur watched the slime take a few crystals and head off again barking orders as he did. The pixie was quite happy to simply ignore the power struggle to go on between the wisp and the slime. Instead, Ardur gathered the remaining burnable wood and piled it on the small fire. The burning goblin flesh smelled horrible and as he ate it tasted horrible too, but it was nice to finally eat something cooked. That and he needed something to get his mind off of what he was going to do next. The small fire was beginning to die down a little, with what was left of what he could find for wood. His mind was going over what he had learned so far when it came to gaining skills. Something must always be sacrificed, time, mana, health, flesh, pain, maybe even materials. This was the order of this world, it was primal, no pain no gain. So what of the things that ruled this world? Where there gods? Is there only one or many? So many questions with only one quick way to find out, through pain and sacrifice. Staring at the three mana crystals next to him, the pale white pixie was almost in his own little world. Picking up one crystal and using it to refill his mana he looked about as he began to take fast deep breaths. He began to get antsy as he looked to the other pixie, for some reason this one looked smaller than him but no matter his gaze swiftly shifted from him to the lizard. This one he also recognized from the day before at the meeting. [quote=System:Ardur] 1 Mana crystal used. Mana fully restored. 2 Mana Crystals remaining. [/quote] Ardur began to hop slightly and stretch out his muscles. He knew that the others might think he was insane for this, but he had to know. He had to know just how much he could take, how far he could go, and how much mana this would consume. With one more deep breath the small pixie picked up the other two crystals and stepped into the fire. Hot. Almost too hot, the pain and agony. He could feel his flesh burning, the smell alone almost made him vomit. Yet he stayed in the flames his eyes locked in a permanent glare towards the entrance. The ever active [u][b]Lesser Healing II[/b][/u] was just barely able to keep him from sustaining permanent damage but was draining his mana quickly. It started as a whisper at first that nearly became a yell from pain turned to anger, from anger to rage. [quote=System:Ardur] [color=ed1c24]Warning:[/color] Health Low. Health Restored. [/quote] [color=92278f]“My name is Ardur, I willingly sacrifice my flesh, blood, health, and mana to call out to whomever may be listening.”[/color] One of the crystals he was holding shattered and was absorbed. The fire was quickly draining his mana at a rate he did not expect, or perhaps it was something else through his rage he was not sure. [color=92278f]“All I ask for is a name and the knowledge of how to worship you. Grant me this and I promise I will not disappoint you. I may be small and rather insignificant but I will be mighty”[/color] The flames and the pain were beginning to become too much for him. [quote=System:Ardur] [color=ed1c24]Warning:[/color] Health Low. [color=ed1c24]Warning:[/color] Mana Low. Health Restored to full. Used one Mana Crystal. Mana Restored to full. 1 Mana crystal remaining. [/quote] Feeling his legs and muscles begin to give out. Ardur left the burning embers and collapsed on the stone floor. Rapidly losing consciousness from pain. The pixie used the last mana crystal he had to cast [b][u]Lesser Healing III[/u][/b] on himself before everything went black and at long last he felt cold again. [quote=System:Ardur] [color=ed1c24]Warning:[/color] Health Low. [color=ed1c24]Warning:[/color] Mana Low. Health Restored. Used 1 Mana Crystal. Mana Restored. 0 Mana Crystals Remaining. [/quote] [@floodtalon] [@Zeroth] [@Gardevoiran] [@King Cosmos] [@Old Amsterdam] [@CriticalHit] [hider=Ardur's character stats] [b]Level:[/b] 2 [b]Health:[/b] Full [b]Mana:[/b] Full [b]Stamina:[/b] Full [b]Inventory:[/b] N/A [b]Clothes:[/b] N/A [b]Weapons:[/b] N/A [b]Magic/Skills:[/b] Shield I, Lesser Flight II, Minor Heal III, Physical Conditioning I [/hider]