Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - How To Eat If You're A Fork? - Chapter Summary
Unnamed main character (Gerald) muses about the absorb skill, and discovers that all he can do is wait for something to touch him.

At some point, something does, and he quickly absorbs it, gaining experience, regaining durability and gaining the Mana sight (basic) skill. Although he had high hopes, the skill did not, in fact, give him sight, but allowed him to see floating conglomerates of mana. After overcoming his subsequent disappointment and despair, he inspects the skill and then views his traits.

Much time passes, and he absorbs things every now and again without much gain, including mana conglomerates, passing the time by mentally singing a fork version of '99 bottles of beer'.

Finally, he absorbs another mana conglomerate and develops the 'Mana touched (Minor)' trait, unlocking mana in the process and giving him a small increase to intelligence (0.5), hardness (0.2), durability (0.2) and charisma (0.2). The status window notes that if he were made of flesh, doing as he was would have caused him to contract a deadly disease, instead.

New Skills
'''Mana sight (Basic) (Mid Rare, Passive/toggled) – '''You are able to see the largest congregations of mana around you within (Intelligence*Wisdom)/5m indistinctly.

New Traits
'''Mana touched (Minor) – '''You have consumed mana repeatedly, and it has thus permeated through your body, changing it in some ways. Were you made of flesh and not wood, you would have instead contracted a deadly disease. Lucky you.