Miria eyed the forest suspiciously as she circled the building, but this time, nothing seemed obviously present. "Alright, I think we're clear. Give me the shovel, and I'll get digging." She said, and Claire passed her the folding camping shovel they'd looted.

"...Are you sure you want to start digging? I can help, and it might be better if you keep watch..." She offered uncertainly.

"Nah, you've got all those stats that give you better awareness, and I have better physical stats. You can take over if I get tired." She said, grinning at Claire, and set to work. The pace she set was steady and determined, and though Claire kept her eyes on the forest, and set Chomper on a patrol between them and the edge of the trees, no monsters appeared to challenge their claimed sanctuary. She listened to Miria working, and as the shovel dug up the dirt, she heard something on the very edge of her perception.

"Stop, I think there's something..." She gestured to Miria, and Miria stopped and stepped back from the hole while Claire pressed her ear to the ground.

"...If it's a monster, should you, like, move away from the ground...?" She asked, hovering nervously.

Claire waved a hand at her frowning. "...No, it's... Oh..." She closed her eyes, breathing slowly as she listened to something only she can hear. "...Ohhhhh. Okay." she sat up, stretched, took a deep breath, and then made a parting motion with her hands, a nimbus of power glowing around them as the earth obeys, the hole Miria had dug deepening into a much larger opening - a proper grave, six feet deep. "There we are. I, uh, need to spend some points on stats to get more MP to do the rest, though."

Shape Earth
- Cost: 1 MP
- Duration: 3 seconds
- Target: Loose earthen material within 10 feet.
- Shifts up to 60 cubic feet of earth up to 10 feet distant.

Miria whistled. "See! I said your magic would come in handy. You go for it girl. Aren't you glad I had you get some essence from killing those monsters earlier?" She teased, and Claire rolled her eyes.

"Yeah yeah, okay, you were right." She said, smiling a little despite herself as she stood up and moved over to repeat the act, leaving behind a line of graves, five of them in total. "There. Well, now we need to go get the bodies..." She said, and they share a pained look.

They bring down the last of the bodies held between them, wrapped in blood stained sheets, and line it up next to a grave. Another look passes between them, and Claire steps forwards and moves to address the bodies. "...Hi. I'm... Sorry we couldn't save you. I don't know your names... But I hope you find peace. Please rest well. Know that the touches you left on the earth will echo on forever in all things, and that your lives were not in vain." She said, bowing deeply at the waist, and they began to carefully lower the bodies into the graves, one after another, before Claire bowed again and moved the earth back into place, one after another. Chomper silently approached with a series of cuttings, and Claire planted one above each grave and pumped magic into it until it took root and sprouted into a small tree.

Miria approached and rubbed Claire's back as she stood watching the graves. "You did really well! I was inspired, honestly." She said a little sheepishly.

"...Thank you. I'm... Completely out of mana. I'm going to go meditate for a bit, I think? I've been forgetting to, but I want to get back into the habit. Stay safe please?" She asked, and Miria nodded and followed her back inside.

"Yeah, I still need to move my stuff up into that empty apartment. I'll get to work on that. Oh, I should probably clean the place up some too - I still have a discarded cocoon full of goo in my room. Did you have to deal with anything like that?" she asks.

Claire blinks and side-eyes her. "...A cocoon? Noooo. I just got really tired and feverish for a day or so. You came out of a cocoon?"

Miria laughs. "Yeah! Just bug princess things I guess."

"I guess. I wonder why such a big difference? I think your class is 'rarer' than mine, maybe that has something to do with it..." Claire says, pausing as they move to part ways. "I'll come say hello when I finish my meditation? Make sure you have everything you need, maybe help you lift your mattress or whatever?"

Claire grins. "I dunno, I bet I could lift my mattress on my own now. Though I'm not sure I can fit on it... Might want to loot something larger from one of the other apartments..." She says uncertainly. "Well, I'll figure it out."

Claire walks in the open door to find Miria surveying her room. "You get everything moved?"

"Yeah. I was right about the mattress, way too small for me now, so I grabbed a much larger one from one of the other apartments on this floor. Saved me trying to figure out how to get it up the stairs, too." Miria says, stretching her top two arms over her head and her bottom two behind her back and flexing a bit. "Meditation go well?"

"Uh, yeah, I'd say. I got a skill for it and everything." Claire responds.

Basic Meditation:
- Uncommon Skill (2 Star)
- +2% ability to Meditate per level.
- When meditating, up to +5% increased resource regen per level, depending on the quality of the meditation.

[Cannot raise. Cost: 37 Essence]

"Here's the rest of my sheet, what are you at right now?" She asks Miria.

*Name*:
- Claire Baker-Smith

*Classes*:
- Flower Dryad, Level 1 [23%]

*Resources*:
- 7/7 HP, 7 Regen per week.
- 5/5 FP, 5 Regen per day.
- 10/10 CP, 10 Regen per day.
- 4/33 MP, 33 Regen per day.
- 14 Essence.

*Stats*:
- Dexterity 1 [14%]
- Constitution 1 [13%]
- Wisdom 2 [2%]
- Awareness 1 [38%]
- Empathy 1 [32%]
- Spirit 2 [3%]
- Harmony 1 [22%]

*Abilities*:
- Dryad Physiology 1 [8%]
- Dryad Mentality 1 [13%]
- Plant Growth 1 [33%]
- Nature Magic 2 [2%]

*Skills*:
- Bind Familiar 1 [28%]
- Meditation 1 [23%]

*Spells*:
- Shape Earth

Miria shrugs. "Haven't made that much progress. Looking at my physiology sub-abilities. Need to pay to level them separately, but they're... Not too expensive? And a couple are decent."

*Name*:
- Miria Castlin

*Classes*:
- Tyrvexi Hive Princess, Level 1 [11%]

*Resources*:
- 14/27 HP, 37 Regen per week.
- 8/8 FP, 8 Regen per day.
- 9/12 CP, 12 Regen per day.
- 2/2 MP, 2 Regen per day.
- 1/1 Eggs, 0.2 Regen per day.
- 0/2 Intrinsic Quintessences.
- 134 Essence.

*Stats*:
- Strength 2 [10%]
- Constitution 2 [12%]
- Vitality 2 [3%]
- Intelligence 2 [8%]
- Instinct 1 [17%]
- Dominance 1 [8%]
- Empathy 2 [12%]

*Abilities*:
- Tyrvexi Princess Physiology 1 [23%]
- Tyrvexi Princess Mentality 1 [11%]
- Servitor Eggs 1 [0%]

*Skills*:
- Melee Combat 2 [6%]

Tyrvexi Princess Physiology
- Rare Ability (3 Star)
- Sub-Abilities:
- Protective Chitin 1 [18%]
- Antennae 1 [14%]
- Extra Limbs 1 [19%]
- Pheromones 1 [11%]
- Increased Stature 1 [21%]
- Sexual Anatomy 1 [0%]

[Raise? Cost: 56 Essence]

Tyrvexi Princess Physiology - Protective Chitin
- Rare Sub-Ability (3 Star)
- Protects against injury to covered areas.
- +2% protection per level.
- +0.5% coverage per level.

[Raise? Cost: 30 Essence]

Tyrvexi Princess Physiology - Extra Limbs
- Rare Sub-Ability (3 Star)
- Gives extra arms, specializes arms, and gives short tail.
- +1% improved strength, motor control, and durability for all limbs per level.

[Raise? Cost: 30 Essence]

Tyrvexi Princess Physiology - Increased Stature
- Rare Sub-Ability (3 Star)
- Greatly increased height and physical strength.
- +1% increased phyical strength per level.
- +0.2% increased size per level.

[Raise? Cost: 29 Essence]

Claire raised her eyebrows. "Huh, I see what you mean. Sexual Anatomy, though?" She asks, smirking and raising an eyebrow at Miria.

"Ugggghhhh I forgot about that. Haven't looked at it, don't even want to know what it's about..." She says, blushing and covering her face, while Claire laughs and rubs her back.

"No worries. Well, maybe wait till tomorrow and see if you can get the price down, then start buying things? Also, found my class description, it's even more expensive."

Flower Dryad
* Rare Class (3 Star)
* Resources: +2 HP/level, +2 FP/level, +5 CP/level, +10 MP/level
* Stats: Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom, Awareness, Empathy, Spirit, Harmony
* Abilities: Dryad Physiology, Dryad Mentality, Plant Growth, Nature Magic

[Cannot raise. Cost: 278 Essence]

Miria frowns. "...Oof, no kidding. I have like one dialog left at the moment, let me check mine..."

Tyrvexi Hive Princess
* Ultra Rare Class (4 Star)
* Resources: +5 HP/level, +5 FP/Level, +5 CP/level, +2 MP/Level
* Stats: Strength, Constitution, Vitality, Instinct, Intelligence, Dominance, Empathy.
* Abilities: Tyrvexi Physiology, Tyrvexi Mentality, Servitor Eggs.

[Cannot raise. Cost: 428 Essence]

She laughs. "Even worse! Well, okay, good to know at least. I wonder why your class experience is going up so much faster than mine?"

Claire blushes. "Welll, I think you're 'supposed' to be using that signature ability, for one thing."

Miria winces. "Ah. Yeah, I suppose that might have something to do with it..."