1 Pulling the Tide(1)
Hello everyone! Just a short introduction, I'm just a regular human with no defects that wants to write stories here just to improve. No one is obligated to read through this sh*t or get angry because as I said I'm only practicing and the reason I'm publishing this book here is because I wanted kind people who teaches beginner writers about their flaws and ways to improve it through reading my story. So if you somehow get angry due to how illogical it is somehow them it's fine I'll just delete your comment afterwards. Good luck and suffer reading my story.
(Chapter Start)
Darkness
That's what my mind thought of the moment I woke up.
Heaviness
The moment I moved my body.
And coldness
It was the feeling I felt when my struggles were for naught.
Where am I?
What is this heaviness?
It's cold, so cold...
The feeling of coldness, whilst unknown became my solace.
A feeling that is somewhat familiar, however, it felt far...far away...
I struggled again, again and again.
Snap.
Something snapped and the feeling that constricted me was gone. It wasn't enough, so I put more strength and there...
Snap.
It happened again, my arms? It was free.
Freedom
What did it mean? I only felt it was a strange feeling, an urge to do something.
I moved my whole being and there I felt the heaviness again however something was strange, I felt like floating...there was a vague feeling inside of me that translated this as "swimming" It made clear to me that whatever I was doing, It was called swimming. Why was it called like that? How does it work? Do I just need to move?
Tempted to experiment with this so-called "swimming" I ushered my being.
Swimming skill acquired.
What? A voice? it was strange... I was curious, where did it come from? And also what is it?
I stopped everything that I could feel, my breathing, what is breathing? Is it how I eat the heavy feeling? Strange, however, I stopped it, stopped the beating inside of me, stopped the voices I heard just to hear that voice again...
Meditation skill acquired.
There it was again the voice...
I couldn't suppress the feeling of calling it out(?) How do I call it out?
Intuitively, my mouth(?) Started uttering guttural sounds, the voice within me going out and echoing into the distance. It was strange, is that me? my voice? but what was that other voice I heard?
I had the urge just to force my voice out so...
RAAAAGGGHHH!
Roar skill acquired.
Strange.
I was curious, I wanted to know, I wanted to learn more of this voice but how could I? Should I just do it again and again? or should I do something else entirely? I didn't know but my mouth seemed to curl up and the beat inside my heart went faster. However, the feeling subsided after a while replaced by a growl inside my body.
I was hungry(?)
This urge again...to eat but I was already eating this heavy feeling? What more does it want?
I tried gulping large amounts of the heavy feeling and I felt like spitting it all out.
Bleurgh!
I will not do that again!
I still felt hungry, so I moved myself.
It was hard moving in this heaviness but I was starting to feel much more comfortable after a while of doing it.
Swimming leveled up to 5.
Night vision skill acquired.
Night vision leveled up to 2.
By moving a lot, I finally managed to see? I didn't know how to describe it however everything was black until I started moving and now it was starting to look blue(?) There were also a lot of things that I didn't know that somehow my mind interpreted as "Seaweeds" and "Corals" I tried to look closely at it and...
Observation skill acquired.
Green algae - A species of seaweed that is commonly found underwater.
Oh...!
I looked closely at the corals after.
Corals - A hard stony organism that hosts different species of fish, commonly found underwater.
I was so distracted observing that I entirely forgot what I was supposed to do, I was only reminded by the growl that my stomach(?) made.
Right! I need to eat...but how?
I started observing my surroundings and I caught sight of something moving. No, there were a lot of things that were moving.
I observed the strange moving things and it said that they were fish.
Are they eatable? No, I mean edible(?)
Only one way to find out!
I grabbed a hold of one and took a bite, it struggled to free itself from my grasp, I chewed a piece of it and swallowed. It tasted fine however something got stuck inside my throat and I struggled to pull it out, only after a while of an action called coughing, did my throat feel looser. I tried to find the culprit to the uncomfortable feeling I felt and it turned out to be a piece of transparent thing from the fish I ate...
Combat ends.
You have killed a hilyad fish.
1 experience gained.
Bite skill acquired.
Pain tolerance skill acquired.
Huh? Cool, more voices.
Now...what do I do? Maybe...I should just keep observing more things around...
(Line Break)
It's been a long time, I don't know how long however I was starting to feel bored(?) It was a new feeling one I'm not fond of. That's why I started moving around, going to other places. In my time exploring I found a lot of fish. small fish, big fish, and fish that looked weird. It had a coral or a shiny rock behind its back, I tried to eat them however my teeth ached as soon as I bit it. So now I know what to eat and what to not.
Feeling bored I tried to explore new places again. I had the urge to release my voice every once in a while, I don't know why however every time I do it like right now a lot of small fish swim together near me.
Call of the sea leveled up to 6.
It was strange however I was happy that I wasn't alone traveling.
Observing interesting things I saw in areas I'd never been to before was my favorite pass time, that's why it's always been that voice that I've grown familiar with always ringing inside my head.
Observation leveled up to 19.
I wanted to find a more suitable place where I could sleep comfortably, not in a dark cave that I previously slept in, but somewhere where I could have a little lighting.
It was one of the reasons why I wanted to explore, maybe I could even see more interesting things like a new fish or even a cool(?) coral.
So yeah...most of the time I spent in this place was repetitive and mundane(?) yet I felt satisfied that even with this I was happy. Happy, am I truly happy(?)
I dislike the idea of questions that I can't answer so I just willed myself to find a suitable home for myself, maybe bring in some of those cool(?) star(?) shapes I saw hiding in the sand and decorate(?) the place with those.
But...I still need to find my...home(?)
Somehow in my time of swimming, I've had that intuition(?) that leads me where I rest in, some sort of radar(?) I don't know but I always end up there whenever I return from one of my adventures.
Swimming leveled up to 25
Finally, I've found it.
In front of me was a coral cavern that had enough space inside, the feature I wanted it to have like just a little lighting to see better wasn't there, unlike the previous cave, this one wasn't in the denser part but it was the only coral habitat around the area so I could just pound(?) another coral in the top and voila(?)let there be light(?) then boom(?) it would be perfect.
Going inside I passed through a lot of fish and some seaweeds that I removed, there were some spikes in the way so I grabbed a piece of coral and pounded those annoying things making way for me.
My night vision(?) sight was on and what I saw inside was nothing but a handful of sand underneath, some spiky corals I needed to pound with, and...
Wait...what's that?
It growled, two of its fangs pointed at me and those wicked eyes that wanted to tear me apart.
I screamed.
AAAGGHHHH!
I tried to swim away however that thing...that thing was FASTER THAN ME!
Immediately, pain entered my tail(?) and its grip stopped my movements, agony enveloped my whole body as I tried to struggle away from the monster but alas it kept its tight grip on my tail making it go numb from whatever fluid it was injecting inside of me.
I HAVE TO DO SOMETHINGGGG!
Nervousness and pain assailed my mind as I tried to find anything useful just to gain an advantage against the monster and in my despair, I found the piece of coral I discarded a few seconds ago...I struggled to reach for it but once I did I didn't hesitate to lift it up and pound IT.
HIIISSSSHHH
It hissed and stumbled back just to bite me again, I didn't relent and pounded it again and again until its head became mush and I could finally sigh in relief.
Combat ends.
You have killed a Poisonous Eel.
25 Experience gained.
Pain tolerance leveled up to 2.
Poison tolerance skill acquired.
Poison tolerance leveled up to 3.
Blunt Mastery skill acquired.
Blunt Mastery leveled up to 2.
You have leveled up! You are now level 2.
That was the last thing I heard before my body got numb and my consciousness faded to black.
(Line Break)
Huh?
My tail hurts a lot...what happened?
I looked at my tail and saw a grotesque mess of a creature just an inch away from me making me flinch, yet after knowing that I killed it previously I sighed in relief.
I tried to move my tail but excruciating pain attacked my nerves, I felt cold sweat running down my back so I just decided to lay down for a while until I could move.
I had nothing to do at the moment so I tried to make the best of my time while I healed. I stared at the creature again and I could only shake my head before pulling it towards me, I observed the damage I'd done to its head and I was satisfied to see that the killing blow was a crack in its neck, the head was mostly concussed but it wasn't enough to kill.
Anatomy skill acquired.
Cool.
I spent most of my time observing it however I couldn't observe most of its parts so I tried to tear its skin apart, and to my surprise, I was strong enough to do it. I figured it would take a while but yeah time to observe its insides.
Anatomy leveled up to 2.
I guess that's as far as I can go with this creature...I wonder how it tastes though?
Taking a bite, it tasted a bit sweet and it was less fishy! dang...
Should I hunt these things more?
Weighing the pain and the taste of the creature gave me trauma(?) and motivation(?), but who says I won't be prepared next time? So, taste it is!
HAHAHAHAHA! I want to cook(?) it. hmm, what's a cook? Another crazy word is added to my list of unknowables...
*Sigh*
What should I do now? I'm so bored! Maybe I'll just sing again.
Propping my voice, I then release guttural sounds.
GRAAAHHH
GGGGGRRRRR!
UGHRAAAAA
Call of the sea leveled up to 9.
I didn't understand a thing, however, the small fish seemed to like it as they flocked beside me. I was encouraged to do it more because of that.
GRRRAAHHHH
gggrrrrrr
uhgggrraaa
Call of the sea leveled up to 15.
The sounds(?) mellowed a bit, I swear I was getting good.
I sang and sang and sang until I heard it, and I understood it.
Call of the sea leveled up to 23.
A phoenix, dying, taking another chance.
Deep down this depthless blue.
I sought to understand my circumstance
and know my place in this new world.
It was only one line however it conveyed a message to himself, a soul that was unlikely from this world. Curious and lost.
Come forth! Citizens of the ocean!
I beckon you to hear!
To feel the reverberation
of what I hold dear.
It wanted to let "them" know but who were they and what did he hold dear?
A fire is burning.
in a place where water reigns.
Warm and cold brings healing.
To a kingdom full of steel hearts.
This one...he can't understand, not now that is. There was a lot more that I felt the need to sing, to express, to let...me? Understand? however, my mind became a bit dizzy as an influx of information filled me.
Call of the sea leveled up to 30.
Some questions were answered, but in turn, created more questions.
Who was he really?
Who were the "Citizens of the ocean" that I called upon?
What do I hold dear?
and the last one, I didn't understand however it didn't bring comfort but it had brought a sense of guilt that somehow was released from my heart. The feeling of something similar to what he had been once.
I have to save them.
(Chapter End)
A/N: I won't update because I felt this was a failure. (If I stoppeed writing then consider this on hiatus.)
