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So, if it doesn't just spawn… then…
"Where does it come from then?" I ask Inv in curiosity. But I immediately regret it.
"Wel wen i wak up i fel bery bery ful so i concentate an spiat ou new eg!"
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"So, you throw them up?"
"Ye!!!" Inv shakes his head up and down happily.
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And that thrown up egg bomb is currently sitting in my stomach…
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Weirdly enough, while I find it a bit disgusting, I don't exactly mind either. It makes more sense that he would throw them up instead of it just spawning out of thin air. The only thing I can wonder is what the fuck is inside Inv that is capable of making such mass weapons of destruction?
"Well Inv that's your unique ability. No other slugcat is capable of doing something like that"
"Wha s a swugcat???"
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I feel the further I explain things the more questions he has…
'Patience Joseph… he's your partner now.'
"That's what we are. We are slugcats" I answer his question. I'm pretty sure he's a slugcat or some version of one at least.
'I guess he's kind of like an exotic slugcat? One of a kind probably. He does look pretty unique compared to what I look like'
"Ohhhhhh woaw we swugcats!!!" Inv says this while pointing at himself and at me back and forth with his paw.
"Yup were slugcats"
"Su ef me eg es me abiwity ten wha es yurs???" Inv asks me while rubbing his eyes, probably still trying to get whatever he's seeing off.
"I uhh… kind of don't know? Actually, now that we're back to this, what exactly do you see Inv?" I'm finally able to ask the main question. If I can get a better idea of what he sees then I can deal with it.
"I dunno??? Et lok lik a bunc of tiney swcibbles???" ok yeah that definitely didn't help at all.
Awaiting Response.
'Shut the fuck up I know!'
"What do you mean by tiny scribbles?" I ask in confusion.
"Wel et lok lik dis" Inv starts making weird motions with his fingers as if he's drawing in the air? I can't really understand it, but this must mean he's definitely seeing words of some kind…
'Wait a second…'
I'm going to ask a stupid question I probably already know the answer to but I'm going to ask anyways.
"Inv can you read?" I ask this rhetorical question. Who knows he might actually know how to? Maybe he just knows how to read in ancient language or som-
"Was a reed? Es et fud!!??" Inv answers me with excitement.
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'Ok yup definitely can't read. Isn't he supposed to have a mark of communication of some sort? You would think that would make you be able to read or something… actually now that I think about it… everything I read on my screens is still in English right? Wouldn't the mark of communication only translate stuff from the ancient's language???'
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'Well, that's a thought for another cycle'
"No Inv it's not food, but don't worry! There's still food waiting for you until we figure this out" I quickly say to Inv before he can get sad again.
"Oh ok!!!" I hear Inv's tail thump on the ground with excitement by my words.
Thinking for a second I remember the spear I used earlier showing Inv what a shelter symbol looked like. Maybe I could get him to use that to show me what it looks like?
"Hey Inv, I'm gonna pick up the spear again, ok?" I warn Inv on what I'm about to do.
'Don't wanna spook him again'
"o-ok…"
Hearing Inv I walk over to the spear picking it up and walk back to him with it in my paws.
"Here Inv, try to scribble on the ground on what you see with this"
"O-ok!!! I wel twy!!!" Inv answers with determination as I give him the spear.
With the spear in his paw, he starts scratching at the metal ground below us. I watch as I see him fully focused on trying to copy whatever it is he sees in his vision.
'Man… he's adorable when he's focused…'
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"Des es difficult wet te thin en me ey…" Inv says out loud in a bit of annoyance.
"Don't worry Inv you're doing great!" I attempt to motivate him to keep going. I'm a little surprised as I see his skin turn yellow? How many different colors can he display?
"Weally?? Ok!!! Me twy hader!!!" It seems my attempt to motivate him helps since I see his skin turn back to the normal blue.
Over time Inv is able to slowly scribble on the ground on what he's seeing.
"Don!!! Des es wha i sea!!!" Inv drops the spear and points at the ground while looking at me with a beaming smile on his face.
"Ok let's have a look…" I put my attention on what Inv has scribbled on the floor.
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'Well… this is interesting?'
Looking at the ground, I can only make out what seems like Inv trying to copy something that says something in English but very poorly. This is what I can make out from the scribbles.
WoUld YU LiK tU gIV PeRsISion Tu Joseph tu ce StA?
>ye nu
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'Awwww he got my name right! No wonder it took him such a long time on that one part!'
"E-es dis gud enouh Joey???" I hear Inv ask with a bit of worry.
"Yup this is perfect"
'I'm definitely not giving him bonus points since he got my name right… totally not'
With what I'm seeing I can finally figure out what he is seeing.
'It looks like a prompt you would usually see in a video game… It's asking if Inv wants to give me permission to check his stats… what kind of stats would it show?'