Multitasking, a real breathing exercise

After Skyler finished stretching, he realized he forgot to use Observe on Zissu. He brought his left hand's finger tips up to lightly press against the center of his forehead, rubbing them lightly against it as he thought. 'Ugh, I must be getting old. Not only did I miss my chance to use Observe on her, but I only took note of her outfit.' He shook his head, returning his focus to the task at hand. Purring while running shouldn't be too hard, right? He tried purring how he normally did, by vibrating the back of his tongue and allowing air to flow over it.

To Skyler's surprise, this had an unexpected result. Not only was he purring from his mouth, but his throat as well. He could feel the muscles within his throat, the laryngeal muscles, vibrating rapidly as he was exhaling air. This sound grew louder when he grinned to himself, feeling proud that he was able to pull this off so quickly. When he did, he forgot to keep his tongue vibrating, losing that extra purring sound while retaining the natural purring going within his throat.

Skyler lifted his right hand to his throat to verify what he suspected to be true. Sure enough, those vibrations were truly coming from his throat. When he looked up to his health and mana bar, he could see his health and mana regen had increased dramatically. His health regen had increased from .34 per minute to 84.34 per minute. Whereas his mana regen had increased from 2.78 per minute to 131.18 per minute. He chuckled, but stopped upon hearing his purring waver. He quickly realized that his breathing needed to be stable to continue purring unencumbered. This crossed off the purring without effort section of his quest.

Skyler decided that this was enough of simply purring. He needed to try to do it while running. This was an interesting yet odd way to multitask, but this was for his quest. He shook his head slightly while thinking. 'Here goes nothing.' He took in a deep breath before starting to run homeward. He tried to run as slowly as possible to make it easier to breathe while running. For the first couple of minutes, it was fairly easy to run while purring. However, as time went on. He could feel his chest tighten and his ribs were starting to cramp.

Skyler's breathing grew more and more ragged as he continued to run. However, upon reaching the fourth minute, it had simply become too much. His body was overheating, causing him to sweat profusely. He could feel the sweat accumulating upon his brow, chest, back, and legs. He soon came to a halt, laying face down upon the pavement to try and cool off. His purring still continued, but not for the same reason. His entire body was limp for the next few minutes as he cooled down. As soon as his face touched the pavement, a new red exclamation flashed that he allowed to pop up.

Achievement Unlocked!

Experienced Runner

Run for over two minutes without running out of breath!

Reward: 5 xp, 2 Endurance, and 1 Agility

Endurance has increased from 20 to 22.

Agility has increased from 21 to 22

Skyler's eyes closed after reading that. However, the tip of his tail started to twitch when he started to smell something oddly enticing. When his eyes reopened, he saw a Muscovy duck. Its body was covered in oily black and brown feathers except for its wings, which were covered in mostly forest green feathers with a small section of white, making a line dividing the top half of its wing from the bottom. It was at this moment that he realized that it had been a while since he ate, causing him to absentmindedly lick his lips and purr. His tail's tip flicked back and forth as he slowly got on all fours, readying himself to pounce. However, when he did, the duck turned around and started to fly off.

Over the next five minutes Skyler continued to give chase, purring the whole way while thinking. 'One false move duck and you're mine!' At that moment, his eyes were distracted by his quest turning itself in. He stopped in his tracks, losing track of that duck.

Quest complete: Natural State of Being

Reward: 20 xp and 1 Endurance.

Optional bonus: 35 xp, 1 Agility, 1 Endurance, and Natural Shapeshifter Tier 1

Endurance has increased from 22 to 24.

Agility has increased from 22 to 23.

New trait obtained!

(Passive) Natural Shapeshifter. Tier 1

Allows for the seamless transition between transformations without the use of mana.

Unlocks at Tier 2. All transformations gain 50% more from their stat increases.

Unlocks at Tier 3. Language skills and societal cues associated to a transformation will be gained while within that form.

Unlocks at Tier 4. All transformations gain one powerful ability.

Unlocks at Tier 5. All damage taken is reduced by an additional 10% while transformed.

Skyler's eyes widened as he read all of that. His tail slowed to a stop as he scratched his chin. His heavy breathing caused his ears to twitch when it caught his attention. He blinked, realizing just how out of breath he was as a wave of fatigue overtook him. "Ugh.." He fell to the ground with a thud. - 10 Hp He naturally started to purr, causing his health to recover rapidly. However, he was still quite exhausted. He was trying to focus on something else, but his eyes were closing. He was simply too worn out.

As Skyler laid there on the trail, passing out, he began to wonder what he would find when he awoke. Would he be alone? Back at the hospital? Or something worse? He passed out soon after his eyes closed.

Name: Skyler Peterson

Title: The Gamer

Lvl: 5 XP 651/1,000

Hp: 120/124

Hp regen: .364 per min

Mp: 214/214

Mp regen: 2.78 per min

Money: $2,220.41

Build: Overweight

Weight: 215 lbs

Height: 5' 10 ¾"

Dick size: 6 inches

Inventory slots 3/25 (Black Pearl Ring of Enthrallment, Small Living Core, and Vial of Slime x 2)

Unspent skill points: 0

Str: 20 + (0) + (0) End: 24 + (0) + (0)

Int: 25 + (0) + (0) Wis: 32 + (0) + (0)

Agi: 23 + (0) + (0) Cha: 14 + (0) + (0)

Lib: 16 + (0) + (0)