Jack munched on his remaining portion, and resolved to keep up his efforts. He was gonna have mushrooms out of that jar today even if it knocked him out trying.
[Roll: 19/20]Jack resumes his efforts of using nature magic to grow mushrooms, as he goes back to the routine, once again putting his hands to the jar.
As he practices more and more, something in him seems to click, as he becomes more fluent at channeling his energies into the jar. After some time, a few healthy looking mushrooms have begun sprouting from the jar.
[Jack's Nature Magic skill level has increased from 0 to 1! (and an additional 70% to reaching next level)]
[Jack learns the spell Minor Fungus Growth]One of the mushrooms also seems to be a little different from the rest.
[Jack discovers alchemy ingredient: Forest Mushroom][Jack obtains a Forest Mushroom]The ingredient doesn't seem to be used in any currently known alchemy recipes, but can be bartered with at the apothecarist, or perhaps used for alchemical experimentation.
Laemmle ask the owner of the lost cat how is it looks like.
Maus tells Laemmle that the cat is mocha-colored munchkin cat, and has a knack of going all over the place, sometimes even into the forest.
Then searching for the lost cat, focusing on alleys and roofs of village's house.
[Roll: 13/20]On the roofs, Laemmle finds a ball, probably belonging to the kids.
[Laemmle obtains Red Ball]In an alleyway, she finds a gold coin.
[Laemmle obtains 1 gold piece]In another alleyway, Laemmle finds a collar with the name "Mocha" written on it. The collar has been ripped and torn in various places. There is also some brown-ish colored fur nearby, probably belonging to Mocha. There is however no sign of the cat nearby.
[Laemmle obtains Ripped Cat Collar]
He backs out the door, looking at Flo until he is out, then hurries back to his room to resume his studies.
If nothing else, he'd learn where his newfound skills could take him.
Doctor Doak continues his studies, reading Volume 3, which had to do with drawing on mana wells directly from plant sources.
He also skims over the books, getting an idea of what each one covers:
(i) deals with properties of plants which can be used to both amplify and limit the magical potential of magic practitioners
(ii) influencing the growth, fertility and yield of plants through magical means
(iii) drawing on mana wells directly from plant sources
(iv) shaping and manipulating different plant parts to do your bidding, focus on basics every nature mage should know like entangling roots, advancing fruit development, moving branches/leafs to create cover etc
(v) advanced study, specializing in one family of plants for maximum potency, cites example of wizards who specialized in ferns, vines, orchids, evergreen trees, Phallaceae mushrooms etc
(vi) limitations of nature magic, and dangers associated with it and the potential corruption it can cause.