Chapter 103: Natural Abilities
Wait I thought to myself. My natural abilities? I didn't need a mask. I just needed to alter my camouflage. It wouldn't even take long to do so.
After all my system could help me change my appearance completely. Making it impossible for other students to recognize me. My new high credit balance would help as well. If my uniforms got badly damaged I'd be able to replace them in a snap. Now I just had to decide who I would be picking a fight with, and why.
I could pick a fight with my favorite bullies, but there were only two people I could think of that I could pick a fight with easily. It would be easier if I could pick a fight with one person that was stronger, and have people come after. I needed to pay attention to everyone around me tomorrow. If I could find someone in some kind of a pecking order which seemed to happen at every single school. Sometimes it would just be a bunch of random jackasses beating up whoever they felt like, but since I hadn't noticed any obvious fighting in the halls.
These guys were much more secretive, and secrets meant someone was managing this whole pecking order. I was just hoping it didn't go above the student level. If the staff was in on in then I was going to be in trouble when I picked this fight. My wings twitched while I was deep in thought. It was a good thing I had really great eyesight.
If anything happened within my sightline than I'd be able to work from there. My muscles tensed as I stilled. The thought of getting into fights excited me. I didn't know why, but it was a peculiar habit I'd picked up after fighting all those poachers. I'd been avoiding thinking about that aspect of my personality since I'd gotten back, but the urge to pick a fight had been getting stronger. I wouldn't be able to ignore it much longer.
The whole idea of picking a fight was enough to get me riled up on it's own. Keeping my head down like usual was driving me nuts. I was overthinking things, and that made me distracted. Being distracted made me miss things. Missing things made me vulnerable.
I couldn't contain myself forever. I'd tried bottling myself up when I was a hatchling. It didn't work well for very long. I had much better control of myself now, but I wasn't in complete control yet. It sucked, but at least now I knew I was slowly unraveling, and how fast.
I would probably get more stable once I aged up again. That mental stability was another thing I needed from leveling up. Standing up slowly as I stepped back into my room.
"Are you ignoring me?" Savannah tapped my nose.
I hadn't noticed her coming closer.
"I wasn't trying to," I shook my head slightly as I focused on her, "I was thinking."
"What could keep you so distracted that you don't see me coming?" Savannah frowned, "I'm right in front of you."
"Just about how I could change my camouflage to keep people from finding me out," I snorted, "I was wondering how I could alter it in a way that wasn't noticeable on the fly."
"You want to be able to alter your camouflage on the go," Savannah gave me a funny look, "Why?"
"Why not?" I smiled, "If I learn to change my face on the fly I'll be able to fight more freely in a pinch."
"You want to pick fights?" Savannah frowned, "That's risky."
"For me," I smirked, "Being alive is risky. I'd rather be able to fight for myself as much as possible then sit on the sidelines waiting for the fight to come to me."
"I can't really argue with your logic," Savannah gripped my horn, and pulled my head up to her eye level.
I had to stand slightly for her do it, but she was making a point.
"But you really can't be picking fights unnecessarily," Savannah let go as I stood the rest of the way.
I backed into my room slowly, and closed the door quietly. Savannah wouldn't like what I planned to do sooner rather than later so I would have to keep this little damage resistance raising adventure to myself. I settled down to get a nap in before rooftop stretch time. My wings twitched as I settled up against the far wall. I could feel my muscles relaxing slowly as I lapsed into sleep.
Ethan, and I went up to the roof later. Stretching felt so good. As much as I feared being discovered, a part of me kind of wanted someone to figure me out. If I was found out I'd be able to stay in my real body all the time. I wouldn't let that happen obviously, but I wouldn't be all that upset when it did.
I'd be in trouble, but I wouldn't be upset about it because then I wouldn't have to deal with hiding anymore. That was the part I looked forward to. I woke up to the beeping of my alarm as usual. Most of the day went as usual. I had my eyes peeled for any trouble, but I didn't notice anything all morning.
I was beginning to think that I was shit out of luck as I stuffed down a massive amount of meat for lunch. Then I noticed some kids acting odd on the edge of the the cafeteria. Savannah, and Ethan were both eating so they didn't know what I was thinking. It wouldn't take long for them to figure out what I was thinking. I finished off my food faster then usual, and stood up quickly as they were leaving.
The urge to pursue them drove me into a fast walk right away. Savannah, and Ethan had caught onto me now. They stopped eating right away to pursue me as I pursued those two students that had caught my eye. I debated on ditching them once I was outside, but since they were literally linked to me I wouldn't be able to ditch them for very long so why bother ditching them in the first place. I slammed the cafeteria doors open.
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