Staring at Tony's soul I feel a darkness with me wanting to grow, wanting to feed. His soul a hazel-green just like his eyes had a smudge of black to it, his own darkness. Tony had a life before me I can't take that away from him.
Post our shared climax I leave Tony's body, emerging into this world back in my weak human form. "Hey, everything okay?" Reaching towards me with concern in his eyes is Tony. "Sorry I just didn't feel so great, maybe I should have eaten food like you suggested" I gave him a half-hearted smile. "That's okay, I keep dried rations here, try eating some just don't force yourself, we still don't really know what your body needs and doesn't need when possessing people." He comes back with dried meats and fruits, sitting back on the bed with me gently rubbing my back with one hand and offering the food with the other. I start eating, finding myself starving but after a few bites I start to feel sick. "Maybe I'm just tired? Is it okay if I sleep outside of you tonight?" A look of worry crosses Tony's face but without warning I'm pulled into his warm fuzzy chest and both of us are now in bed. His strong arms wrapped around me, his legs entwined with my own, I feel his tongue start licking the top of my head cleaning me. "Yes, it's fine, but only if you let me hold you like this". The licking was a little weird but everything else was amazing from the warm feeling of my face using his pecs as a pillow to the rhythmic beating of his heart. I soon drifted to sleep. I dreamt of Tony, but a younger Tony he was just a kitten, and we were on a sailboat at night. Taking my hand, he showed me the great constellations of this world under the watchful eyes of the two great moons. He drew in the sky the whale, the lion, little fox and the great bull, telling me stories of Deities and Monsters of Heros and Villians, his little eyes sparking like the stars above.
I awoke to those same eyes staring at me still sparking, "I dreamed about you." He said nuzzling his face into mine. "I dreamed about you too, you were a kid though and were showing me constellations" I said returning the nuzzle a kiss. A look of surprise crossed his face "were we on my father's boat at sea?" "Yes?, though I didn't know it was your father's boat" Alert now, "I've heard of this before you were Dream walking it's a type of Magic that Sorcerers are capable of!" As if on cue I heard a ding and my status screen popped up:
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Achievement: Innate Magic (New class unlocked, Soul Sorcerer)
Achievement: Wandering Dreamer (New Spell learned, Dream Walk)
Achievement: Intwined Souls (Symbiosis upgrade, available)
Achievement: Fight Temptation (Additional upgrade point available)
Possession Level up! Lv.1 -> Lv. 2
Unlocked Upgrade (2 Available):
Range Upgrade: You enhance the reach for initiating Possession. Up-close proximity is no longer necessary, as you can now utilize Possession as a ranged touch attack within 25 feet plus an additional 5 feet per two levels you possess.
Affliction Upgrade: The more physical damage the target sustains, the greater the chances of a successful Possession. Injury, illness and poisoned weakens their life forces, making it easier for you to overtake.
Insanity Upgrade: The more mental damage the target endures, the greater the chances of a successful Possession. As they losing control of emotions, even sanity deteriorates, their ability to resist your influence diminishes, allowing you to seize control more easily.
Knowledge Upgrade: Target life and Knowledge become a encyclopedia for you to study. You gain the ability to tap into the target's memories and experiences, acquiring knowledge on specific concepts or topics.
Empathy Upgrade: You develop an intuitive awareness of actions that against the target nature. Additionally, when communicating with the target, you gain the ability to perceive their emotions and surface thoughts, deepening your understanding of their inner state.
Symbiosis Upgrade: While possessing a willing host, receive any benefits the host would receive from eating, drinking, and sleeping. You also share experience alongside your host, should you or you host Level Up the other will also gain a Level Up to use as they wish.
Rare Magic Learned: Dream Walker
Casting Time: Instant
Range: Touch
Target: An unconscious or sleeping living creature
Duration: Until the target wakes up
Class restriction: Soul Sorcerer
Character Level up! Lv.0 -> Lv.1
Please Select a Class
Classes Available: [Commoner], [Blacksmith], [Cartographer] [Ranger], [Rouge], [Soul Sorcerer]...etc.
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"Uhhh Tony could you take a look at this?" I say, trying to show Tony my screen. He presses his weight against my back, "You need to make your status visible to me, just imagine it as a solid object." I close my eyes and will my status screen to no longer be transparent.
"There you go, wow that's alot of options, huh your only Lv. 1?"
"Yea is that strange?"
"Maybe, you are from another world, so I thought you'd be at least whatever Level you'd be in your world."
"My world doesn't have levels, or magic, or status screens, or beastmen."
"Huh sounds kinda boring" He says a little smug. "So what did you wanna show me?" I wave both my arms at the screen gesturing to all of it, "What do I pick?"
"Hold on that's pretty personal, I can't decide that for you. I can answer your questions though." He gets up grabbing the desk chair, he sits down now facing me with a serious look on his face.
"Okay. well first question, what class is best?"
"All classes have pros and cons, some are meant for fighting others are meant for specific jobs, once you pick a class you can only get a new one when you level up or grow the class you already picked. Also, some classes need to be unlocked first. Looks like you have access some of my classes and even [Blacksmith], maybe from when you possessed Flix? Normally you have to unlock them by training."
"Okay maybe I can learn new classes if I possess more people, but how do I level up?"
"Well, it depends on person to person the rate, but everyone levels up when they gain experience trying new things or working on improving already learned abilities and powers, like possession went from Lv.1 -> Lv.2 and you gained a level up. You should know though, there's a level cap a 20, you need special ceremony or item to go above it and will need a different one after 40, 60 and so forth."
"That might be hard to do since I can't really walk around as myself, but guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Anything else I should know?"
"Yeah, after every 5 Levels you get to increase your stats, though certain classes like [Commoner] also increase your stats as you level it up."
"Well, I don't really wanna be a Commoner so I might pass on that class, bigger question though, what are my stats?"
Tony reaches down and swipes the screen in front of me to the right, "You really were a Level 0. By the way, it's what we call babies.”