Arc 1 - Chapter 64 - A Rousing View
“Go ahead, you can pick it up. Take a look,” Viladia offered, gesturing towards the shard that Thea was still mesmerised by.
Gently, almost scared of what might happen if she touched it, Thea reached out for the alien construct on the table in front of her and picked it up.
It felt surprisingly mundane to the touch, almost as if the strange geometry that her eyes were telling her existed, was merely an illusion of sorts. But every once in a while, she could feel a slight tingle in her fingers, that hinted at that not quite being the truth. There was definitely something odd about this shard’s physical existence, of that, there was no doubt in Thea’s mind.
As she brought up the shard towards her face to more closely inspect it, a System Window suddenly manifested next to it, as if she was looking at an item within one of her RPG-style arcade games back on Lumiosia.
Slightly startled by it, she looked at Viladia as if to ask, “Are you seeing this?”, but the stealth expert simply smiled and nodded knowingly, as if this type of reaction was exactly what she had expected.
Focusing back on the window, Thea began to read.
| [System]: Gold-rarity Ability Shard detected. Displaying information of contained Ability. [Active (Gold) - Shadow Step - Level 0] Description: Allows the Participant to expend a certain amount of Focus and Stamina to swiftly dash to a selected location. The target destination must have a vertical elevation difference of no more than 2 metres from the starting point and be within a set distance. A shadow, large enough to accommodate at least one foot of the Participant, must be present at the destination for the Ability to activate. This Ability requires Line of Sight and Line of Effect to activate. Cost: 30 Stamina + 30 Focus - Distance: 4.0 Metres
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