Arthur awoke with the strange feeling that everything under the surface of his skin was sore. yet, as he shifted around in bed, he realized that it was deeper than muscle soreness. The odd, dull pain seemed to penetrate even past his heart.

Wait... he was in bed?

The last thing he remembered was the weird sensation of consuming the card. What had happened?

Even with his eyes closed, he must have made some movement or grimace. Or else there was an alert for when a patient returned to consciousness.

"Oh good, you're awake," Marion's voice said with a very thick level of irony. Hadn't he said something like that before? The last time he was here?

Opening his eyes, Arthur took a swift look around the room to confirm, yep, he was in the hospital. Also, Brixaby was nowhere to be seen. Though he felt the link between them was as strong as ever, so he wasn't overly concerned. He was probably just sleeping somewhere else.

From the dim light that filtered in through the window, it was just dawn.

"How are you feeling?" Marion asked, this time putting down his book. He was probably concerned about Arthur's silence.

Arthur raised his hand. "I need a second."

Then, holding his breath -- real and mental -- he checked his version of the 'Call of The Void', which he had thanks to his link with Brixaby.

Call of The Void

Legendary

Nullify

The wielder of this card has the ability to take another card of the same rank or lower from any deck. Once placed in a temporary deck, the new card’s aspects are slowly consumed and added to a list of ten removable/adjustable slots to grow the wielder’s strength.

This list is not transferable and will dissolve upon the wielder’s death or removal from the core.

This card is part of the Call set. Search out other cards in this set to add to your power.

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- Endless Grindstone: The chance to learn the basics of a new skill by casual observation is 1:4, with a 33% overall accelerated rate of learning.