Vol. 4 - Growth - Chapter 3
Thomas followed Selena as she led the way to the guild building. Reykhoten was her home city so she knew where just about everything was. When they arrived at the building, Thomas was surprised to see it filled with so many people. The air was filled with the buzz of many conversations happening at once as players and NPC's came together to pick up quests for the day. Looking around at all the unfamiliar faces, he was still unable to tell the NPCs from the players, yet the NPCs always seemed to notice he was an otherworlder. He'd been curious about that fact but had always just assumed it was a game mechanic. Now he was wondering otherwise.
He turned to Selena and asked, "I'm curious, how is it that you native residents of this world can always tell who is an otherworlder on sight?"
Selena looked at him slightly confused, "It's rather obvious. All of you are granted a spark of divinity when you're summoned. It's what gives you all your special abilities when you arrive. It's very easy to sense it."
She looks around and then points to a random woman in the crowd, "She's an otherworlder. Focus on her and try to feel the difference between her and the man next to her. He's from this world so he should feel different."
He nodded and started to focus on the woman. One of the biggest pitfalls in his gaming career, and even in his real life, was his tendency to get so focused on something that he would become oblivious to everything else. It sometimes made him out to be a bumbling idiot. He didn't mind though, it was simply who he was and it also had a nice benefit as it allowed him to focus solely on his work and make great items. He focused on the woman and did his best to follow Selena's rather vague advice.
He studied the female player and male local as he tried to feel the difference between the two of them. It took some time but he eventually began to notice that the woman gave off a slight aura. It was extremely hard to define the feeling but he could tell that the man wasn't giving off anything similar. As he focused on the feeling the difference between the two became clearer until it was obvious.
Once he could feel the difference between the two he started to focus on himself and Selena. He was convinced she was a local but now he had a way to tell for certain. As he was still new to detecting the aura given off by players it still took him a few moments to detect the aura coming off of himself. Selena lacked that aura and it confirmed to him that she was a local for sure.
| System Notice: You have detected your own Spark of Divinity. Unlocking the Spark of Divinity Innate Ability. This ability is granted to all players. It has no known effect or rank and cannot gain experience. |