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Chapter 7 by TheScyle TheScyle

Where does it take him next?

The bathroom

John was shortly tempted to just go in the girls bathroom, maybe being lucky to see something. Truth be told, he would have done it, but thanks to his 'Gamers mind' skill, or maybe just due to the ability of thinking like a normal human being, he figured out that it would end rather badly for him. No amount of smiling would get him out of that situation safely.

So he entered the boys bathroom. Luckily it was empty, so he stood in front of the mirror, looking at himself. One thing instantly jumped at him. He noticed the skills effects. He did look more happy, more friendly and generally just more appealing. It felt weird to him, as if he was looking at a photoshopped picture of himself. Just that this picture moved and looked out of a mirror. But if that is what his skills were able to do to him, then there was no way he was not going to train them.

The next minute he was trying to get more skills. Smiling was good and well, but the more skills he would have, the more powerfull he would become. So he tried to make flirty eyes to himself, flex his rarely impressive muscles and even did a duckface. Nothing got him anything.

"Open skilltree!" he said but all that showed up was his character sheet, stating the skills he already had. Damn, it would have been a great help to have a list of all achievable skills. Now something caught his eyes. Mana. He was up to 47 mana again right now. Almost enough for two more usage of theft... or something else.

He closed his eyes and focussed on his mana. It was as simple as picking up a feather to him. The concept of magic and mana was so deep in his very nature, due to him always playing mages in RPGs and reading the fantasy description of how to access the magic. He felt the energy inside him and started to focus it on himself. He moved the mana to his face, to his appearance. As he opened his eyes and looked in the mirror once more his view was blocked by a new window that had popped up.

New modifier: Mana infused, Level 1, costs varying

The modifier Mana infused can be activated with any not mana consuming action. The usage of mana increases the effect of the action. The specific effect is depending on the action.

Note: The description of this modifier will be extended to list the costs and improvements of all actions this modifier was already used on.

Alright! Not what he wanted, which was a completely new skill, but yet something nice to have. Time to try it out. He focused on his mana and used it on smile just to instantly cancel it again. No need to do anything without knowledge. After checking the description, as recommended, he found out what a mana infused smile would do.

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After reading this he noticed that the mana cost were paid up front. He had lost 5 mp even if he only used it for a second. So it was costs per started minute. Good to know. He gave himself one last look in the mirror, nodded and said "Alright, let's do this!" to himself. Almost as if to mock him for actively trying to achieve a skill earlier, these four words now triggered one.

New skill: motivational speech, Level 1

The motivational speech grants you a boost of 1 in all attributes for the next 300 seconds.

Note: You have to see your own reflection to activate this skill.

Note: Using motivational speech again before the duration is up will reset it to the full length. It may only be prolonged up to three times.Once the effect wears off it may not be used again within 12 hours.

So basically it was a short timed buff. For a second he considered instantly using it again, only this time mana infused, but he decided against it. Mana infusion costs mana per minute. The motivational speech lasts 5 minutes and he couldn't stop it before that. So if the mana costs were to high, he would end up without any mana in the end.

Now finally ready to go to his next class he stepped out of the bathroom and went on to arts and craft. Maybe with his new abilities he would be able to make a good impression on the goddes of a teacher he had there...

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Will he be able to?

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