After his bold declaration, Xavier was forced to explain to them exactly how he knew where a river was, which forced him to tell them about his little solo hunt in the West. He also warned them about the Aquatic Dweller, the monster he fought near the river. The monster wasn't particularly strong, but it did manage to give him a bit of trouble. They soon went to sleep, looking forward to the next day.
"Rise and shine inmates." The guard said, as he dragged his night stick across the iron bars, and forcing them to face the fifth day of being in this strange land. The three of them quickly gathered their things and left the cell, heading towards where they were supposed to meet up with the sisterhood. Rosie and Bella were already there and they greeted the two of them.
"I'll be back in a few minutes." Xavier said, laying his bag and bronze sword onto the ground, before walking towards the Orb of Eldara.
"What do you have to do so early in the morning?" Rosie asked
"I want to check the Orb of Eldara, maybe I'll see something I want now that I have a few points." Xavier said and Rosie shrugged.
"Be careful." Maria said in a concerned tone and Xavier nodded his head. Hearing that, Rosie looked between Maria and Xavier with a frown on her face as she realized that there was something going on.
'He's hiding something, then again, who isn't in a place like this?' She thought, and decided to let it go. She definitely doesn't want to ruin their relationship by pressing him for information. Xavier walked towards the Orb of Eldara while observing the guards, who looked a bit exhausted, and were yawning as they stood around the orb. Xavier clenched one of his fists while keeping his other hand open.
'The Warden placed one hand on the Orb while holding the monster stones in one hand. Then the monster stones turned into sparks and moved into the Orb. That's the biggest issue here, if anybody see these sparks then I'm screwed. Luckily though...' Xavier thought, and looked around. The nearby guards and prisoners weren't looking at him, with most of them stretching and yawning as it was still early morning. He clutched his hand as he could feel his heart beating like a drum in his chest, and the three imp cores currently in his hand. He touched the Orb, while looking at the four guards around him, but none of them was looking at him, directly that is. He could feel them looking at him from the corner of their eyes, their fingers lingering over their guns, probably worried that he'll buy a weapon and do stupid like stab them in the back. Luckily for both him and them, he wasn't that stupid.
"Would you like to trade 3 E- ranked monster stones for 600 points?"
[Yes] [No]
Xavier couldn't help but smile at this message, as this was the easiest way and most points that he has earned at once since he got here. Afraid that the monster stone turning into spark will attract attention, he brought his clenched fist closer to the orb, at an angle that would be hard for the guards to see without looking directly.
'Yes.' Xavier thought and his clenched fist suddenly felt warm, as the purple stigma tattoo on the back of his hand glowed gently. Red sparks flowed out of his clenched fist through the gaps in his fingers. Xavier watched this nervously, hoping that the process would hurry up.
"Hey, what's taking so long?" A guard asked suspiciously, as Xavier has been standing there for over ten minutes.
'Fuck.' He thought and pressed his clenched fist against the Orb, hoping for the process to be finished faster.
"Just searching through the options, there are so many." Xavier said, his voice a bit shaky and the guard noticed.
"What's in that hand?" He asked, looking at Xavier's clenched fist, but the angle only allowed him to see the back of his hand, and he walked over. Xavier gritted his teeth, but he noticed that his fist didn't feel warm anymore and the stigma stopped glowing.
"Nothing, there is nothing in my hand." He said, opening his hand, and the guard snorted when he saw his empty hand.
"Move along if you aren't gonna buy anything." The guard said and Xavier quietly left.
"Stigma Window"
Name: Xavier
HP: 90/130
Energy: 5/5
Class:[]
Skills:[]
STR: 10
AGI: 15
VIT: 13
FORT: 13
Points: 660
'Wow, that's a lot of points. I might be the richest guy among the prisoners. I wonder what I should spend it on. Maybe I can by some bronze daggers, or I could just spend all of them on attributes.' Xavier thought excitedly as he walked back to where Mickey and the others were. As he did, he continued to stare at his Stigma Window, and he decided to upgrade some of his attributes.
[You are able to purchase +6 STR, + 4 AGI and + 7 VIT for 255 Points. Do you wish to make this purchase?].
[Yes] [No]
"Stigma Window"
Name: Xavier
HP: 90/200
Energy: 5/5
Class:[]
Skills:[]
STR: 16
AGI: 19
VIT: 20
FORT: 13
Points: 345
Xavier decided go increase the three attributes that have been the most useful for him so far. He still had no idea what use FORT has, and he thought that maybe he should try and find out. There was bound to be someone who figured it out, hopefully they were willing to share that information.
"I'm guessing by the fact that you're still alive that it went well." Mickey said, as both he and Maria stood at the entrance to the building. Xavier couldn't help but grin when he heard this, and they immediately started asking for details.