“You little… ARGH!”

Dulled senses: minor

Fire damage taken: medium

I really shouldn’t have entered this building.

I flail my arm around, knocking both it and the Imp into the wall. The buggers bit everywhere, and it still fucking hurts. My sap is pouring from my right branch, system messages shooting off in my view.

I press harder with my right root, pushing the second Imp further into the floor.

Bleeding effect: average

My root finally makes the thing’s neck break, killing the Imp below me. One down, two more to go.

A ding shoots off in my head.

You have slain an enemy with a PW1

Turning around, pain spreads around my chest rapidly. My entire head darts down, the Imp clawing repeatedly at the bark.

Dulled senses: minor

Bleeding effect restarted

Bleeding effects: average

I grab the bugger with both of my hands, the thing still flailing at my chest. His claws nick some of my head vines, and I toss him away as hard as possible. It hits a wall and slumps to the floor.

Helendari Demon – Imp – Common

Bestiary: Weak enemies when alone. Beware of groups. Prefers live meat.

My left leg starts burning.

Fire damage: minor

Status effect: Left leg incineration

Health levels approaching critical

“FUCK! SHIT!”

I flail the cinders of my leg around, ashes mixing with the sap falling from the wounds. My head turns wildly as I try to spot the one who did this, my vision getting red.

Helendari Demon - Flame Imp - Common

First encounter. Bestiary entry added.

The Imp is standing on a shelf a few meters away, throwing small balls of fire at me.

I take a step with my right foot and fall down, spotting that I now lack the roots of my left foot to keep balance.

You’re a pirate now, matey

Dulled senses: minor

Health levels near critical

This screen flashes red briefly, before returning to blue, and makes a more ominous disruptive sound than the regulars. I try to not get distracted and reach for the Imp again.

“COME HERE, YOU CRETIN!”

The fire cretin jumps off the shelf, claws pointed at my face.

I swing my right arm like a bat, swatting the Imp away. The bark on my arm shoots off with the Imp.

You could start playing baseball

Dulled senses: minor

Health levels near critical

The Imp is knocked down as it babbles things I assume are curses at me.

I use my hands as a replacement for my left foot, crawling towards the Imp. The thing gets up before I manage to reach it, already moving towards me.

With a dash of brilliance, I push off the ground with my arms, my right foot sending me in the air. The Imp stops, his head rising, his black eyes meeting mine. My body falls down on the creature, as the floor below me shakes from the impact. Or it could be my nose hitting the floor.

Damage: average

Health levels critical

WARNING!

“Damn it.”

You have slain an enemy with a PW1

I barely manage to lift myself off, blood dripping from my nose, and black ooze spreading down from my chest.

Grunting, I reach the last Imp, which hasn’t moved since hitting the wall.

I hold my hand above my head and drop it onto the Imp like a sledgehammer.

“Timber.”

I need to work on my battle cries.

You have slain an enemy with a PW1

If a log falls on an Imp, does it make a sound?

Power level recalculation in progress

Status effects calculation in progress

My second battle complete, I slump against the wall, the meshed remains of the Imp next to me.

My left leg is reduced to a stump, only one of the roots reaching its complete length. My right arm has sap oozing from it, which drips on the floor. My chest contains cuts, bruises and a small indentation from the Imp’s head.

Regrowth: Left leg − approximate 10 days

Root increases Regrowth rate by 25%, Photosynthesis increases Regrowth rate by 25%

Multiple instances of Regrowth stack their total counters

I heave for breaths as the fires around me slowly die down, the flashlight long since reduced to a piece of melted plastic. So much for nighttime exploration.

Bleeding effects stopped

Plant body updated

Added: Minor to average bleeding effects stop faster

The wisps of smoke exit through the broken windows of the building, as I ponder what came over me to think that going into a building at night would’ve been safe. I should’ve just stayed in my apartment, smashed wall or not.

I wish the Imp corpses around me would dissolve like in games now.

Status.

Status Screen - Basic information

Player name

Treant[U:13241]

Gender

Unspecified, see notes

Race

Hybrid

Subtype

Human-Plant hybrid

Titles

Stomper(P)

Class

None

Power Level

4

Traits and Skills (click for more info)

Plant body

Increased water resistance

Heavily reduced fire resistance

Decreased ice resistance

Minor to average bleeding effects stop faster

Photosynthesis

Increased regeneration in Sunlight

Dulled senses

Resistant to minor injuries

Increased regeneration at high health

Regrowth

May regenerate limbs and organs

Abilities (click for more info)

Root

Root yourself to the ground. Allows the body to absorb nutrients from the soil below you. Bonuses:

Vastly increased health regeneration (affected by soil quality)

Increased upper body strength

(Partially) Immune to dislocation

Activates trait Underground Detection

Underground Detection – allows user to sense objects and creatures within a small radius

May be cancelled at will, or when a sufficient uprooting force is applied

Status effect

Left Leg Incineration

Regrowth: approximation 10 days

Reduced mobility

Regrowth

Reduced health regeneration

I try to visualise any kind of a health statistic, trying to click on various windows that pop up.

Health levels: Critical

Sigh.

I reach for the bag that somehow managed to not get ripped or burned. I should start wearing it, maybe its plot armour defends me as well then? I take out some water to quench my thirst, I’ve head enough heat for today.

The bottle still in hand, my mind goes dark.

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My dreamless sleep is interrupted by a familiar clicking inside my head.

Rise and shine, firewood

Ugh, my whole body feels like it’s made of wood. I open my eyes, remembering that it actually is.

My chest is dyed black, cuts shining through with glistening brown liquid. My stiff neck creaks as I move my head around, examining the room I decided to go into last night, which turned out to be one of the worst decisions in my life.

The most obvious change is the sunlight coming through what were once windows.

The room itself is a mess, rubble and ashes dominate the scenery, the Imp corpses only adding to the eeriness. A crow pecks at the corpse next to me, removing bits of flesh with its beak, a mix of grey and black feathers on its body.

So, I’m not even a threat to a crow now?

I raise an arm to shoo it away, but the crow simply backs out of my reach and returns once I drop the arm down. Cheeky cunt.

“At least you’re not trying to claw my eyes out.”

The crow caws before returning to its feast.

Photosynthesis activated

My head vines slowly shift around as the leaves move to take in the sunlight.

My back suddenly bulges, pushing me off the wall. I twist my neck to its limits trying to glimpse at what is going on behind me.

Two enormous leaves unwrap from the bark on my back, settling just below my shoulders and sprouting behind me. I use one of my arms to tap a leaf lightly, getting a small bounce in return.

It’s… peaceful somehow. Serene. I enjoy the moments of silence, my leaves bouncing to the taps of my hands.

I use my hands to push me off the ground, standing on my root and a stump, trying my best to not fall over while limping over to the remains of the window. I press my hands into the parapets, sticking my head out to look over the city in light.

Ruined buildings and wrecked cars paint the landscape around me, only a few solitary birds flying around from time to time. I try to spot any evidence of other people, but nothing of the sort comes up, the buildings severely blocking my view.

I turn back to look at the other living being in the room, the crow continuing to pick away at the carcas of my foe. I try touching it with my bark, but it hops away quickly.

At least you tried

I don’t know what I expected.

“See you around sometimes,” I exclaim to the crow as if expecting an answer to come back, and exit the room.

It’s a brand new day, and I managed to survive my first night.

Haha

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Bio: I used to be a supermod on RR for a few years. I also wrote a few fictions here and there, never anything good.

Currently split between persistent existential dread, studying, and working as a content writer, which saps me of most of my imagination for creative work.

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