Chapter 243: Twilight Spirit (1)
"I see," Kya responds after a while as she sits between Sokka and Katara. Her reaction is not that different from Ursa, Jin, June, Azula, and Zuko once he told them the same thing. This kind of information takes some time to process but Katara adds this time, "I know it's weird but I knew about this for a long time. And Sokka, I know that it's hard to accept but—"
"Oh, I already knew, too. Didn't Nik tell you?" Sokka shrugs, "Yeah when I had my face stolen, I also shared memories with Koh for a period. Heck, I sometimes see weird flying phantoms of dragons every now and then. Aang says I became spiritual or something."
"Maybe you can get waterbending," Nik smiles hearing this. While he can 'grant' bending abilities by connecting the mind, heart, and spirit of the target, the person in question must have great spirituality, too, as seen in June's case who is only flinging pebbles at this point.
Different from others, however, Kya has spent a lifetime in 'death' and she sighs, "You want to leave... what about you two."
She looks at her children who go silent.
"I..." Katara begins when Nik interjects, "I think you should wait before making any decision. We are due to leave for Fire Nation soon. The only reason we haven't left already is that Iroh wants to make sure that if your father is in one of those prisons then, at least, he gets a chance to... look better. Sometimes this kind of reunion can be hard. And now that you guys have reunited with your mother... it's only fair to wait for your father."
Katara looks at Nik with a worried expression. It's not that she is worried that he is trying to block her out but she is worried about the fact that he may be trying too hard to act indifferent to their eventual choices.
They all left their places of origin for certain objectives and being with Nik would be a great deviation. Of course, Katara is on the cusp of finding her father but what about others?
Suki left her village to try and make the world a better place.
In fact, Sokka is still the chief of the village and he would like to return to the tribe as he relays soon after Nik finishes speaking.
"I'd want to return to the village... Don't get me wrong. They are my family but the men of the village are free. They have reunited with their families. If Katara leaves, I will be with her. Rena knows about it... she has no family either. But if possible, I want the village to be here. In this place. It's certainly risky but at this point, let's be honest, every location has a risk involved when it comes to survival."
Nik takes a deep breath, "You told Rena?"
"Not the point I was trying to make."
"But you did tell her," Nik persists.
"She got it out of me," Sokka grumbles and averts his gaze.
"You're lucky Kya is here right now," Nik scoffs and crosses his arms.
"I can leave if it eases the tension in this room," Kya smiles as Nik turns silent.
"I won't lie... this is an important topic and I truly wish you could just make a quick decision," He sighs and looks at Katara, "But you're damn lucky. You two set out to find your dad but found your mother instead... I'll take the rewards for it later."
Katara glares at her man for not only ruining the sweet words before but also for saying this kind of suggestive stuff in front of her mother but he pushes ahead, "Anyway... if I had a mom and dad I loved and they happened to be around... I would ask for their permission. They are just as important."
Sighing softly, Katara nods and smiles, "Thanks... for everything. I know what I want, but I'll take your suggestion. And you did promise to return to our villages with us after everything so we have some time."
"Yep," Nik grins.
"And if it's not too troublesome... would you be willing to continue our previous conversation tomorrow?" Kya suddenly speaks up, "Rena and Sokka had a chat with me today. I wasn't sure about it but their adventures sounded so interesting." Smiling a bit more than usual, showing that her talk with her son and his beloved had been more than uplifting, Kya proposes, "I'm looking forward to hearing from the two of you."
Nik nods and bids his farewell.
It's been hours since his return and it's already evening. Of course, in between, he has brought back Ty Lee since Suki wanted to spar, and out of all the warriors, Ty Lee and June are the only ones challenging enough for Suki. June has that brute strength about her and Ty Lee has her chi blocking.
But Nik chooses not to look up to others right now. It doesn't take a genius to understand that others from Old Ba Sing Se would find the women Nik knew from before to confirm and understand each other's choices. Besides... while Nik truly wasn't looking forward to these talks, he did look forward to something else.
One reason to try and get Raat's essence was to have a more convenient life in the home world and other travels.
The other reason is the reward he selected for killing Ozai.
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[Bloodline Evolution Compound (Uncommon): A product of Transmigration Paradise that allows the host to evolve a bloodline to the Uncommon Rank at most by providing the best options and guaranteed results. (Additional Info: Any Bloodline higher than the common variant is subject to Bloodline Shackles prevailing in the Omniverse.) (Special Info: A paradox skill detected that negates metaphysical shackles.)]
This is what he obtained from the Silver Mystery Box and this further opened various options.
[Various changes detected to the body aside from the Common Bloodline granted by Infinity. Scanning the sources and providing a list of Uncommon Ranked Bloodlines that fit current skill-set and changes in the body.]
[1. Adonis' Blaze
2. Lower Fire Servant
3. Lower Water Servant
4. Lower Earthen Servant
5. Lower Wind Servant
6. Aphrodite's Blood
7. Cold Fire Imp
8. Sand Imp
9. Mud Imp
10. Scorch Imp
11. Lower Sea Spirit
12. Death's Acolyte
13. Eye of Knowledge
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176. Pink Goblin
177. Twilight Spirit
178. Sun's Seer
179. Sun Offspring
180. Bright Child
181. Night Child]
'As expected... adding more skills increased the number of choices,' Nik licks his lips and settles on his bed.
He has been looking forward to this moment.
Scanning the various options, the skills they would grant him, and in rare cases, the few skills he may lose after selecting a bloodline, Nik comes to form his choice rather easily.
There is only one bloodline that improves on his original bloodline ability and provides another ability at that. Not only that, the boost to his parameters is decent and well-rounded without any over changes.
Bloodlines like Pink Goblin that instantly revealed he would turn into a whole different creature, not even humanoid were crossed off of his list.
He had nothing against other species but suddenly turning into something else... after dropping truth bombs certainly would bode ill for him.
So, he decides on Twilight Spirit.
Unlike its rather exotic name, the buffs granted to him are less elegant and rawer.
To be fair, Nik is looking forward to these buffs the most. According to Infinity's reserve of knowledge that he can tap into, bloodline not only increases strength at once but also increases the ability to procure more strength at a quicker pace.
In layman's terms, this increases potential.
And only Twilight Spirit not only remains neutral to the boosts in elemental affinities but also keeps his current affinities the same.
Almost all the Bloodlines chose to increase one affinity at the expense of another.
If he did not have Mokshi, it would have been an acceptable compromise. But not now.
And to be fair, Nik did get attracted to the description of Twilight Spirit rather easily.
[Twilight Spirit: A spawn from the long lineage of dusk and dawn that wishes prosperity to those whom they desire. This uncommon bloodline grants the user a more adaptable body to extreme changes and is remarkably attractive to whomever they desire. (Additional Info: This bloodline provides two innate skills one of which mixes and enhances the current one.)]
Essentially, this would give Nik the ability to control his charm to a certain extent and groups of people.
Once he selected this, the screen shifts once again.
[Selection locked.]
[Extracting spiritual inheritance from the database.]
[Delivering it through walls of reality.]
[Inheritance obtained.]
[Injecting inheritance into the user. The user shall receive a jolt of shock.]
'A jolt of sho—'
Before his thoughts could even hope to finish, a 'jolt' runs through his body in a manner so painful that his entire body seems to have shut down. A formless shock passes through him that blows out candles and causes a small disturbance in his room.
His relatively build frame suddenly has his veins charting his body from head to toe while he is still shuddering and foaming in his mouth!
But Nik doesn't feel any of it.
Instead, he is in a world of... someone else's construct!
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Alternate Title: Mokshi Needs No Compromise!; The Talks < Reward Time!; Pink Goblin is Superior!
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A/N: Pink Goblin is indeed superior. It does not talk or think of others' feelings. It just seeds others. For the civilization!
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