Chapter Thirteen (Patreon)

Ali’ya groaned as she woke up, big black lettering taking over the bulk of her vision.

Adolescent System Activated! Welcome to your Adolescence.

Several Changes have been made to the System.

Age: Certain traits and advances will now be dependent on your age.

Vital Statistics: As a Togorian, you are stronger, nimbler, and more resilient than a baseline human. Between the ages of 11 and 20, each year your Strength score will increase by one. Every other year, your Agility score will increase by one. Every year, your Vitality score will increase by one, with a bonus one-point increase on years your Agility stays the same. Your Intellect will increase by one point each year you are enrolled in an academic program. Your Will will increase by one point year year you break at least one (1) major rule or five (5) minor rules. Your Charisma will increase by one point for each year you make at least one new friend or ally. Your pre-bonus maximum for physical scores has been increased to 55.

Additionally, your Intellect score has increased by five due to childhood events, while your Will score has increased by three. Your Charisma score has been increased by the number of friends and close connections you have formed (five).

Skills: As an adolescent, you no longer learn as quickly as a child. Skill progression will be slower from here on out, but faster than when you gain the Adult System. Additionally, each skill point gained will grant you one experience point. This applies retroactively.

Experience Points: 20,951/4,000

Level: 4 → 7

Age: 10

Vital Statistics: 6 points

Strength: 10 (+5 Togorian) = 15

Agility: 15 (+5 Togorian) = 20

Vitality: 15 (+5 Togorian +2 Underdweller) = 22

Intellect: 21 (+10 Learning Prodigy +2 Improved Memory +1 Technology Adept) = 34

Will: 28 (+10 Force Prodigy) = 38

Charisma: 20 (+1 Noble Lineage) = 21

Lucky: 10 (+5 Lucky) = 15

Skills:

Beginner → Novice → Trainee → Adept → Proficient → Professional → Expert → Master → Legendary

Skill Points: 245

Skills:

Acrobatics: Novice 60

Appraise (objects): Beginner 22

Appraise (companies): Novice 8

Architecture (small buildings)

Architecture (large buildings)

Architecture (ecumenopolis)

Art (Drawing): Beginner 35

Art (Painting): Beginner 20

Art (Sculpture)

Astronavigation: Beginner 88

Cartography (land)

Cartography (water)

Cartography (space)

Climb: Adept 35

Cooking (food): Adept 90

Combat (claws): Novice 11

Combat (fists): Beginner 18

Combat (martial arts--Cathar): Adept 21

Combat (martial arts--Teras Kasi): Beginner 30

Combat (melee weapons): Beginner 23

Concentration: Adept 8

Deception: Adept 25

Disguise

Distilling

Editing (academic): Novice 83

Editing (biographies)

Editing (memoirs)

Editing (novels): Proficient 68

Editing (plays)

Editing (poetry): Beginner 16

Editing (politics)

Editing (short stories)

Editing (textbooks)

Etiquette: Beginner 70

Farming (hydroponics)

Farming (rural, mechanized)

Farming (traditional)

Finance (investments): Proficient 24

Finance (loans)

Finance (sales): Proficient 3

Force (Battle Meditation)

Force (Blast): Adept 35

Force (Dash): Trainee 24

Force (Drain)

Force (Drain Knowledge)

Force (Empathy): Trainee 90

Force (Enhance): Adept 75

Force (Guidance): Trainee 60

Force (Heal): Beginner 35

Force (Imbue)

Force (Ionize)

Force (Lightning)

Force (Pull): Trainee 38

Force (Purge Toxins)

Force (Resistance)

Force (Sense): Adept 5

Force (Shield): Adept 12

Force (Stun)

Force (Telekinesis): Adept 8

Force (Trance): Trainee 28

Force (Tutaminis)

Force (Valor)

Forgery

Geography (Hyperlanes): Beginner 20

Geography (Deep Core): Beginner 8

Geography (Core): Beginner 13

Geography (Colonies): Beginner 5

Geography (Inner Rim): Beginner 6

Geography (Expansion Region): Beginner 4

Geography (Mid-Rim): Beginner 9

Geography (Outer Rim): Beginner 11

Geography (Wildspace): Beginner 1

Handle Animal

Handwriting: Professional 85

History (Coruscant): Novice 50

History (Galactic Republic): Trainee 78

History (Hutts): Beginner 55

History (Jedi Order): Adept 16

History (Mandalore): Beginner 35

History (Torgoria): Beginner 38

History, Broad (Deep Core): Novice 72

History, Broad (Core): Trainee 70

History, Broad (Colonies): Novice 60

History, Broad (Inner Rim): Novice 22

History, Broad (Expansion Region): Novice 8

History, Broad (Mid-Rim): Novice 5

History, Broad (Outer Rim): Novice 10

History, Broad (Wildspace): Beginner 8

Holonet Navigation: Adept 23

Insight: Beginner 87

Intimidation

Jump: Beginner 45

Language (Binary): Beginner 10

Language (Bocce): Beginner 5

Language (Dai Bendu): Trainee 8

Language (Galactic Basic): Professional 30

Language (Huttese): Novice 40

Language (Mando’a): Beginner 1

Language (Ryl): Beginner 84

Language (Togorian): Adept 80

Language (Togruta): Beginner 38

Law (Coruscant Local): Beginner 21

Law (Galactic): Beginner 18

Law (Jedi): Beginner 30

Library Navigation: Adept 12

Lightsaber (Shii-Cho): Adept 4

Lightsaber (Makashi): Proficient 3

Lightsaber (Soresu): Proficient 20

Lightsaber (Ataru)

Lightsaber (Djem So): Beginner 38

Lightsaber (Shien): Beginner 24

Lightsaber (Niman)

Lightsaber (Juyo)

Listen: Novice 36

Literature (fiction): Novice 21

Literature (non-fiction): Novice 8

Literature (poetry): Beginner 14

Mathematics: Novice 23

Mechanics (Droids)

Mechanics (Hovercraft)

Mechanics (Lightsaber): Novice 26

Mechanics (Starships, small): Beginner 8

Mechanics (Starships, medium)

Mechanics (Starships, large)

Mechanics (Weapons, small arms)

Mechanics (Weapons, artillery)

Mechanics (Weapons, vehicles)

Medicine (amphibians)

Medicine (aquatic animals)

Medicine (felinoids)

Medicine (fish)

Medicine (humans and near-humans)

Medicine (humanoids)

Medicine (insectoids)

Medicine (non-sentients)

Medicine (other)

Metallurgy (forging)

Metallurgy (industrial): Beginner 22

Metallurgy (knowledge): Novice 6

Movies (fiction)

Movies (non-fiction)

Nature (Desert): Beginner 30

Nature (Forest): Beginner 72

Nature (Plains): Beginner 41

Nature (Tundra): Beginner 18

Performance (Acting): Beginner 11

Performance (Comedy)

Performance (Dance): Beginner 12

Performance (Music, Brass)

Performance (Music, Drums)

Performance (Music, Keyboard): Beginner 70

Performance (Music, Singing)

Performance (Music, Strings)

Performance (Music, Woodwinds)

Performance (Oration): Novice 14

Persuasion: Novice 51

Piloting (Bikes): Beginner 20

Piloting (Hovercraft): Novice 38

Piloting (Spacecraft, small): Novice 72

Piloting (Spacecraft, medium): Novice 18

Piloting (Spacecraft, large): Beginner 8

Politics (Coruscanti): Novice 8

Politics (Galactic Republic): Novice 80

Politics (Jedi): Beginner 40

Pharmacology

Religious Knowledge

Scent: Trainee 16

Sleight of Hand

Slicing

Spot

Stealth: Beginner 22

Swim: Novice 5

Tracking (rural)

Tracking (space)

Tracking (suburban)

Tracking (urban)

Tracking (wild)

Typing: Trainee 90

Webpage Design: Beginner 70

Weapons (artillery)

Weapons (blasters)

Weapons (demolitions)

Weapons (slugthrowers)

Weapon Design (ballistic)

Weapon Design (lasers)

Weapon Design (plasma)

Weapon Design (other)

Weaving

Winemaking

Woodworking

Writing (academic): Proficient 20

Writing (biographies)

Writing (memoirs)

Writing (novels): Professional 75

Writing (plays): Beginner 40

Writing (poetry): Proficient 30

Writing (politics): Beginner 18

Writing (short stories): Adept 30

Writing (textbooks)

Current Quests:

Noble Lineage: Find out your noble ancestry

Revenge: Find out who killed your parents and avenge them

Force Proficiency: Increase three of your Force skills to Proficient: 1

Forceful Intent: Increase at least one of your Force skills to Professional: 1

Professional Padawan: Increase at least one of your lightsaber skills to Professional: 1 before being taken as a padawan

Research Master: Increase at least one of your technology or knowledge skills to Master: 1

Time to Learn: Have a Jedi take you as their padawan learner

Trillion Downloads: Reach one trillion sales of your book

Skill Quests: Choose to elaborate

Level: 7

Experience Points: 5,951/7,000

Vital Statistics

Strength: 10 (+5 Togorian) = 15

Agility: 15 (+5 Togorian) = 20

Vitality: 15 (+5 Togorian +2 Underdweller) = 22

Intellect: 22 (+10 Learning Prodigy +2 Improved Memory +1 Technology Adept) = 35

Will: 30 (+10 Force Prodigy) = 40

Charisma: 23 (+1 Noble Lineage) = 24

Lucky: 10 (+5 Lucky) = 15

Experience points from her skills was unexpected, but greatly welcomed. Not only did it mean that her training had paid off, it provided a simple (if not easy) way towards leveling up. Even if it would take longer now.

Ali’ya had little to do during the journey back to Coruscant. Her lightsaber had already passed Professor Huyang’s inspection and there was little reading material onboard besides the lightsaber manual. Ali’ya knew those could be useful, but after cramming for the Gathering she simply wasn’t interested in reading yet more technical manuals. Instead she practiced her handwriting, typing, and drawing. Swiftly as she could manage, she transcribed her entire novel Sandstorm onto flimsy. Once she was back in the temple she would copy it onto paper, perhaps with illustrations and illuminations like a medieval text of old. For now she simply worked on doing the same to Sandstorm’s sequel--still in its second draft--Winds of Change. Upon finishing this, she set to re-editing them, discovering a number of things (mostly minor) that she wished she could change about Sandstorm and far, far more things that she wanted to changed about Winds of Change. She then typed both books back into her datapad. With that finished she still had another six days before they would reach Coruscant.

So, she meditated. She levitated objects with the Force. She pulled things towards her and floated them back down. She used the force to disassemble and reassemble her datapad (and whoo boy did that almost go horribly wrong, those tiny screws were even more finicky than she could have predicted). She prepared her media campaign, creating hundreds of accounts designed specifically to harass major book reviewers and culture commentators to read and review her book.

Wait, Ali’ya thought as she was about to sit down to create her 211th account. If I can improve skills by practicing, can I improve my physical abilities too? It was an interesting question, and one that she did not have to ponder for long.

Yes.

Fuck yes, Ali’ya thought.

Though it takes far longer to improve Vital Statistics than it does to improve skills.

Whatever, Ali’ya dismissed. She was already stronger, swifter, and healthier than she had been in her past life. Knowing that there was a chance to be even better . . . how could she not take it?