Chapter 11: Sometimes you need a little magic

Chapter 11: Sometimes you need a little magic

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

Roald Dahl

I always believed in magic and now I've found it.

Somedays it is easy to forget who I was and only focus on the here and now. But as I start to stock the library in my mind fortress I reflect on all the books I've read. My Recall skill is working overtime as I struggle to remember all the books I've enjoyed reading as well as all the ones I've used to teach others.

Certain authors spring to mind quicker, the children books filled with rhythm and rhyme coming the quickest. While the huge novels of high fantasy and science fiction are far beyond the level my Recall skill can reach. Yet still I'm hopefull that one day they will be mine again. For now I begin to fill my shelves with the shortest books I can remember. One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

My illustrastions aren't the best but with time they will improve and time seems to be all that I have at the moment. That and my mind.

My Mind Fortress skill is fantastic. It might have taken 100 days of isolation to build it, or hit the requirements for it but the skill will be with me for the rest of my life.

I might be reborn.

I might be inhuman.

I might be born at either the dawn or sunset of a civilisation.

But . . . I will in time be able to bring part of my own world with me. Even if it only ever exists in my head.

I've started to add more detail to my spartan fortress.

Room 1A now has a Mariners Windrose Compass ingraved on the floor. I was always a fan of the their names. Tramontana for the Northern point and Greco for the north east. Levante to the East and Scirocco for the South East. Ostro for the South and Libeccio to the South West. Ponente for the West and finally Maestro for the North West.

I've also added a constellation or two to the ceiling Aquarius and Aquila. Leo and Orion as well as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Maybe when my mind stat increases and I can handle building more rooms to my fortress I can make my own planetarium. I wonder what the night sky looks like wherever it is I am.

The self portraits are still a work in progress. Art was never one of my strengths but again with time maybe this life I will be able to make better progress.

I have tried to move my Stats on the central wall from which this all spirals to reorganise them but I have yet to be successful. However, with my Time sense surprisingly hitting (Lv 10) this week and I was able to add some extra detail to my age. I am unsure if this happened because I have created a clock for each of my rooms within my mind fortress or for some other reason as I had thought that it would take me a full 64 days to reach what I thought would be the final (Lv 10) in Time Sense.

Now I am unsure if there are other tricks to levelling skills or even if (Lv 10) is not the cap for a skill after all. Although it took the full 32 days to level up my other skills to reach (Lv 9) so not convinced either way yet.

Today I will have been aware for 4 months, 2 weeks, 6 days and 20 hours. Assuming my baby brain was well enough formed to cope with an adult consciousness just before midway through a normal human pregnancy I believe I have up to 1 month and 2 weeks left to my delivery day. Again assumption being the mother of all failures I won't be pinning my hopes or plans on it.

If consciousness magically began at the day of conception I could have as many as 5 months 2 weeks left, and in a world with magical stats anything is possible. Alternatively if I did not drift into consciouness midway but later, then tomorrow is entirely possible too. Hoping for the best preparing for the worst.

But how do you plan for being reborn?

I'm not quite sure.

Maybe next time I'm in my mind fortress I could add a count down clock to my rooms.

Approx. 40 days to D day

Tired.

Orange . . . glow.

Close . . . eyes.

Sleep

Level: 7 Experience: 12,100/25,600 Age: 4 months 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours

Health: 140/140 Stamina: 107/107 Mana 180/180

Vitality: 14

Endurance: 9

Strength: 9

Dexterity: 9

Senses: 24

Mind: 82

Clarity: 18

Magic: 18

Free Points: 70

Skills: Time sense (LV 10) Listening (LV 9) Meditation (LV 9) Sense Mana (LV 9) Swimming (LV 6) Eavesdrop (LV 9) Memorisation (LV 9) Echolocation (LV 9) Recall (Lv9) Composition (Lv 7) Mind fortress (Lv 5)

Skill experience: 3000

Origin experience: 8000

Can I make it to level 10 before I'm born?