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  [colpse]Chapter One Hundred and One - Evolution

  I had a list of possible evolutions to choose from, a whole lot of juicy things to dig into. But, unfortunately, I didn’t have the time just then.

  The delve team were sniffing about, looking for loot drops by the boss and looking increasingly disappointed as their search found nothing. The girls were focused on their own thing. Awen had a small piece of gss that she was fog on and Amaryllis was... shog herself? That roblem for ter.

  The pilrs along the edges of the room were now housing two portals. Oing just beyond the dungeon and the other...

  I walked over to the dungeon’s core room and stared within. This one looked like a sort of empty treasury, with the dungeon core sitting on a velvety cushion atop a stone plinth, A step into the room and I was flooded with fresh mana that made my fiips twitch.

  No roots, evil or otherwise.

  I was grinning as I stepped out of the core room.

  “You’re not supposed to go in there,” Percy said. He had removed his helmet, revealing a surprisingly handsome twenty-something boy with nice blonde hair pstered to his head and an okay .

  “I didn’t touything,” I said.

  He harrumphed and tucked his helmet under one arm. “We’re leaving in a bit.”

  “Right!” I said.

  Eli and Boots were pag things up in a few smaller bags, they didn’t seem to carry much with them into the dungeon, probably because they stayed in Rosenbell and didn’t all sorts of supplies in. “Alright,” Eli said as he stood up and stretched. “We’re done here. It was a real pleasure w with you dies.”

  “It was fun,” I said. “Will we be seeing you in town?”

  “You see me whenever and however you want,” Eli said.

  I took a moment tister that, then turo Amaryllis. “I think it’s time we go.”

  We left the portal with only the sound of Boots’ r ughter and Percy’s disappointed sigh behind us.

  The air outside the dungeon hit like a wall of warmth, sug all the humidity away in only a few short seds. I hadn’t noticed how dry it was around Rosenbell. Then again, we had walked etting acclimated as we moved.

  “Where to?” I asked.

  “An inn,” Amaryllis said. “Then... perhaps a bookstore after? I hope that this town has at least ohere are some little things I’d like to look up.”

  “Brilliant!” I said. “I’m gonna be looking at my stats and such while we move, alright?”

  “I, I lead you,” Awen said. “By-by the hand. As we walk. By holding your hand. In mine.”

  “Sure!” I said. “Usually I’d ask for a piggyback ride, but that might be too much, huh?”

  “Awa. I... I wouldn’t mind if you rode me.”

  Amaryllis sighed. “You’re both idiots,” she said as she pulled a cord o the empty spot where the lift had been. It rang a bell far above and soon the lift was dropping to our level a foot at a time.

  I grinned, squeezed Awen’s hand in mine, used my other hand to scritch e behind the ear, and asked Mister Menu to pop open my stats page.

  NameBroccoli Bunbsp; RaceHuman (Riftwalker) First Cssamon Bun First Css Level

  10? Age

  16?  Health

  135? Stamina

  145? Mana

  120?  Resilience

  45? Flexibility

  50? Magic

  25?  SkillsRank amon Bun Skills ingA - 04% JumpingC - 100% GardeningD - 24% CuteD - 100% DangD - 30%  General Skills` InsightC - 69% Makeshift on ProficyD - 68% ArcheologyF - 63% FriendmakingC - 19% Physical ManakinesisE - 17%   Skill points

  3? General Skill Points

  4?  I’d gotten way cooler since arriving on Dirt, but I still had a ways to go. My big rank up would be ing at rank S. That was five whole points. After that... I guessed that I could spend some points on other things? Maybe Dang and Gardening, they both sounded handy. Or maybe I could get those sooner? So many options!

  The lift finally arrived and Awen tugged me onto it.

  “How many css evolution options is it normal to get?” I asked.

  “It depends on the person’s achievements,” Amaryllis said. “There’s always at least o go pretty high.”

  “Uncle once said he had ten options once. He picked the ohat souhe most fun,” Awen said.

  I nodded. “If it’s good enough for Abraham it’s good enough for Broccoli.” I nodded.

  Amaryllis muttered something that sounded like it might have been ‘utter morons’ but I decided to ighat.

  You have Five (5) avaible Css Evolutions!

  I grinned and poked at Mister Menu to show me the first.

  amon NunYou have sed ghosts with magid might. Have caused others to obtain the fear of god, and have stayed pure in body and mind.

  Requirements: VirginAffinity for Holy magics

  Skill Unlocks:ing > Holy ing

  Css Description:The amon Nun, as warm and soothing a presence as warm amon on a cold day. A figure of calm and purity in an otherwise turbulent world.

  Do you Want to Evolve your amon Bun css into the amon Nun css?

  I tapped my as we rose. “I got a weird one,” I said. “amon Nun. It’s like a holy thing.”

  Amaryllis shifted. “That could be useful, I suppose.”

  “I don’t know, I don’t look good in bck.”

  I ignored Amaryllis’ fused look and opehe css even as the lift stopped aarted walking.

  Buns of SteelYour posterior has suffered repeated damage. Now it is hardened and toughened against even the hardest smack.

  Requirements: Suffer damage to the rearA leg-based movement skillHave at least one person admire your posterior

  Skill Unlocks:Da; Booty SwingJumping> Butt Boung

  Css Description:Buns of Steel; both tough, and impossible to ignore.

  Do you Want to Evolve your amon Bun css into the Buns of Steel css?

  “Awa, you have a strange expression,” Awen said. “Are you okay?”

  “Yeah, yeah it’s just. Ah, this css looks...” I wondered how I could say it. “I think it’s a tank css. Not for me.”

  “That’s, um, okay. You should be yourself, right?” Awen asked.

  I grinned over to her. “That’s right!”

  We passed out of the dock se and into Rosenbell proper just as I opened a new csses description window... thing.

  amon BurnYou have begun to walk the path of fire mastery. You are not just spicey. You burn.

  Requirements: Fire mana useAt least one mana-manipution skill

  Skill Unlocks:ing > Purifying FmePhysical Manakinesis > Physical Fire Proje

  Css Description:The amon Burn is the pyromaniac others fear. Upbeat and happy oside, your soul burns with a desire to see the world turn to ash as you ugh and bounce across its fming corpse.

  Do you Want to Evolve your amon Bun css into the amon Burn css?

  “Ohh,” I cooed. “A fire magic css!”

  “Really?” Amaryllis asked. “That’s somewhat unusual. It would probably turn a few of your skills towards fire aspect abilities.”

  “Yeah, it does say that muot sure if I like the description. The nun css was better.” I shrugged. “I’ll think about it, I guess. !”

  amon Bun BunYou have made the making of friends your priority in life, and in doing so have gathered loyal loved ones by your side.

  Requirements: FriendmakingMade multiple friends aultiple racesBe at least two people’s best friendTeach others the magic of friendshipSave one friend from mortal peril and have them return the favor

  Skill Unlocks:Cute > AdorableJumping > Hopping

  Css Description:The amon Bun Bun is a symbol of friendship from the tip of her ears to the bottom of her soles. Nature smiles upon them and even the cruelest heart finds a kernel of fondness for the open-minded innoce of the amon Bun Bun

  Do you Want to Evolve your amon Bun css into the amon Bun Bun css?

  “Oh, oh, I really like this one. Mostly,” I said. “The...” I paused to look around. We were now walking through some of the less busy streets, Amaryllis aiming for a little inn just across where we were. I noticed some people looking at us, wide-eyed and others pointing. Had we made a se? “The, uh, Cute upgrade isn’t needed, but the rest looks really promising!”

  “So, you’ve found the css you want then?” Amaryllis asked.

  “Maybe! There’s oo check out.”

  Py BunnyYou have charmed and seduced your way through the world. It has not gone unnoticed.

  Requirements: Make one person fall madly in love with youShow over 50 people your underwearShow over 10 people a sex toyBe able to unlock the sedu skillWear an animal colr daily for over a week

  Skill Unlocks:Da; Love MakingFriendmaking > Sedu

  Css Description:The Py Bunny is as fun as she is feisty. Twisting the wills and imaginations of those around her with a few well-pced words and a shift of the hip.

  Do you Want to Evolve your amon Bun css into the Py Bunny css?

  I felt my face warming up. Warming up a lot.

  “Awa, are you okay?” Awen asked.

  I looked around, notig for the first time that we were in an inn. “I’m fine!” I squeaked.

  Awen bli me, then carefully pced her free hand on my forehead. “Awa, you’re so hot.”

  “No I’m not!” I said. “I mean... no? Just warm. Warm is all.” I tugged at my colr. “I’m not taking that css.”

  Amaryllis stared at me, a set of keys in her hand. “Right. We look over... whatever is b you now ter. We have a room on the sed floor.”

  I nodded along and tried to make the blood move somewhere other than my face. “Awen,” I asked as we started to climb up the steps. “I’m not a seductress, right?”

  It was Awen’s turn to go red. “Awa!”

  Our rooms were niough, not on the level of the rooms of Julien and Juliette’s Inns, but and rge, with a little bathroom to one side and a row of little beds set out in the middle.

  e hopped off my bad picked one of the beds for herself, settling down in the middle for further napping.

  “Food will be arriving soon enough,” Amaryllis said as she took off her pad tossed it to the side. She sat on the edge of one of the beds. “Picked a css yet?” She asked.

  “I think so, yeah,” I said. amon Bun Bun seemed like the perfect css for me. It was really just my normal css, but a bit more. Not too much of a differe didn’t have some of the specialities of the other css options, but that was okay.

  “Well then, what are you waiting for?” Amaryllis asked.

  I gri her as I took off my pad set it o hers. “Nothing! “

  Do you Want to Evolve your amon Bun css into the amon Bun Bun css?

  “Yes please,” I said.

  Ding! For aplishing great deeds and reag the tenth level of your css, you have unlocked the amon Bun Bun css!

  Your Jumping Skill has transformed into... Hopping!Your Cute Skill has transformed into... Adorable!

  You are now eligible for a sed css! Please pick from the csses you have obtained!-Wondernder-Gss on-Puppeteer

  That strange warmth that pushed through my body when I levelled up returned, only it was tenfold as strong. My chest tracted and I felt faint for just a moment before it passed and my vision snapped bato focus. Then there was a strange... feeling at the base of my bad atop my head.

  My hat flew off as if someone had just smacked it from behind and cttered to the floor off to one side.

  “Huh?” I asked.

  My friends were staring. Staring hard. Even e was looking at me weird.

  “Did it go--” I stopped mid-word. My voice sounded off. No, not off, it was still my voice, but it sounded as if I was hearing it in a sort of almost-echo. It wasn’t the only sound that was weird.

  I turned my head and something on my scalp moved. Then it twitched.

  “Ah-ah-awa,” Awen said. She raised a hand and poio the top of my head.

  I reached up, slowly, and touched something long and furry that was standing... flopping, above my head.

  I rao the bathroom, the floppy thing flopping with every step.

  In the mirror was Broccoli Bunch. Wide-eyed, with her brown hair in a bit of a mess.

  And atop her head were ears. Big, two-foot long bunny ears, coloured the same brown as my hair, but with poofy white tufts at their base. They were ramrod straight now, almost as if they’d been spooked.

  I stared.

  The ears... my ears, twitched.

  Then one of them flopped down, folding in half at the middle.

  “Oh.”