Bargain Bin Appraisal is a unique skill granted by an unknown source that allows enhanced perception. While the skill's normal state is passive and lets me perceive better, it can also be used actively, which consumes MP. Active use gives better descriptions, and the more unique the thing or concept I'm appraising, the higher the cost. I appraised the skill earlier, but now I understand the context for passive appraisal. Apparently the passive side of this skill does not consume MP; it also grants different perceptions than active appraisal. Great — I don't have to spend twenty years learning languages. Could that mean I can talk to animals and dragons if they exist? That's a scary thought. I'd be horribly awkward if I started meowing at a cat in front of people; I hope the ability doesn't force me to do that. I've determined that my Redescription ability probably grants me new skills. I have no idea what the catalyst is other than hair, because I can't yet appraise it. I might as well use it to spawn powers for now. I asked to remain outside the gate for the time being so I can explore my skills a bit more. Clyde reluctantly agreed to my proposal; it would have seemed suspicious for a no-name man to appear at the city gate expecting entry. When I returned to the city, I walked outside the gate for a few hours and discovered a forest. A forest! What splendor. I encountered some goblins there, but I beat them without using any skills. I had a distinct feeling that "Flame Finger" wouldn't help in battle and would just waste MP I was trying to regenerate. After about six hours, when the moon was at its highest (probably midnight), my MP reached 4,500. I felt like I could use Redescription again.

My gamer's intuition told me the depressingly high creation cost of Flame Finger was probably related to its ability to evolve. I could see great potential in it, but I wouldn't use it for now. As I set out to create another ability, I thought of possibilities. Should I focus on another element? Could Redescription do more than create skills? I'd probably try that next.

I moved my hand toward a tree and considered using Redescription to change it into an inanimate object — a sword? a magic staff? — the possibilities were endless. Holding my hand out, I settled on what to try. How exciting! I figured Redescription ran on Dungeon Master rules and could do almost anything; its power and cost were probably determined entirely by what I asked for, like wishes. "Become an infinite storage bag!" I demanded. As soon as I did, black lightning shot from my hand into the tree, gradually transforming it into a bag of pristine leather with a string strap—exactly as I had imagined. Even a strand of my hair was consumed in the process. I looked at the bag sitting on the floor. Is it infinite? Can such a little bag be infinite? I giggled and picked it up. A few hours later, after my MP recovered, I appraised it and strange text appeared:

Bargain Bin Bag of Below a Basic Build's Ability [??MP]
This bag is a pocket-dimension container capable of storing the weight of one tree: exactly 1,222 kg. Deposits and withdrawals are determined by the mass of the items and whether they are alive.

What the heck is with that long name describing how the bag is terrible? I used the little magic I had left to rename the poorly named item "Magic Bag." What a pity—why did I pick such a tiny tree? It appears the 1,222 kg limit is based on the weight of the tree I converted. The phrase "Below a Basic Build's Ability," aside from being poetic, seems to mean the bag is pretty awful. I went to sleep intending to test it on another tree in the morning.

When I woke the next morning, I was stunned. Shocked. Unraveled. Peeled. Shaven. Why don't I need to shave? Anyway, I tried using my roughly 4,500 MP on a tree again and a window popped up: "You can only use Redescription one time for similar effects." That window not only confirmed my belief that it could do almost anything, but also showed that its power was limited only by the uniqueness of its uses. Holy crap! If I'd spilled the beans about my ability to the people in the car, they probably would have discovered this earlier, which could have put me in serious danger. That's another reason I didn't tell them, and I'm extremely grateful I restrained myself. I wasn't lying; I simply didn't know.