Awakening 1 (2/2)

The teddy bear realized that it could think. But right now all it was thinking of, could be summarized by its very limited, intelligence 2 mind, was “what the heck are these squiggly things right in front of my face?”

It didn’t recognize the words as words. It couldn’t read. They were just some sort of looming thing in front of it, that overlaid and blocked a good portion of its vision. And without the ability to answer the prompt, the words simply hung there, incomprehensible.

“There we go.” The man mopped his brow again, leaning against the shelf. “Woof. Takes it out of you. More mana draw at this level. Greater results? No matter.” The man stepped back, and spoke again. “Eye for Detail!” The teddy bear watched as the man’s eyes flashed gold for a second, then returned to normal. “Yes, all Greater Golems. Int score successfully gained for all of them.” He frowned. “Odd that the bear’s intelligence is so low. Good wisdom though, oddly good. Form following function? Investigate later.” He flipped open his notebook and scrawled again.

Not that the teddy bear noticed, it was busy looking around the room with new eyes. New thoughts filled its head. It now had the ability to question, to wonder what things were, and why they were that way. And it found itself growing rather annoyed at the way the glowy squiggles kept getting in the way of its looking at things.

Snap, went the notebook. The man cracked his knuckles, eyes dropping, even more tired than he had been at the start of this whole event. “No point in putting this off. Sink or swim time.” He took a deep breath, and spoke clearly. “Form Party.”

DING!

The sound rang from everywhere and nowhere, and the toys looked around to see where it was coming from. The cat growled in annoyance at the high-pitched sound, and relocated under the nearby table.

“Moment of truth… let this work!” The man rubbed his hands together, and looked to the hobby horse. “Invite golem!”

Golden light flared between them. The hobby horse looked back at him. It twitched slightly.

“No. Nonononono… not another wasted run. Come on, it has to work. Invite Golem!”

The hobby horse just stared at him, with its painted eyes. And the man’s face sunk into his hands. “Damn. Just… damn.” He looked down the row, lips pressed into a thin line. “Ah well. Three more chances with this batch. If not this one, then sooner or later I’ll crack it.”

He turned back to the hobby horse. The bear turned, angling its head until it could see what he was doing relatively well, around the gaps in the glowy words.

“Waste not want not,” the man said. “Disenchant!”

And to the teddy bear’s utter surprise, the hobby horse evaporated into dust with a flickering yellow crystal dropping down to land in the pile. The hobby horse was gone.

The man swayed, then leaned against the wall, breathing hard. “Enough for one more, I think. Mmf. Might as well get this over as fast as possible. Invite Golem!” he barked at the ragdoll, and again the golden light flared…

And the teddy bear realized that if the man kept doing that, he’d eventually get to the teddy bear.

INTELLIGENCE +1

To the bear, the words shifted for a second to display a much shorter, smaller bunch of squiggles, then faded away to return to the old familiar ones that had filled its vision for the last few minutes.

But inside its fuzzy skull, ideas started trickling in more freely. It was still relatively stupid, but now it was stupid at about one point five times the thinking speed it had before.

“You too, huh? Pity. And you’re double the intelligence, so it’s not that, “ the man mused, as the ragdoll didn’t react to his invitation. “Goodbye, my dear. Disenchant!” Again, the toy turned to dust and crystal.

Though the teddy bear was new to sentience, and new to this whole concept of, well, things and existence in general, a notion formed in its newly-enlightened mind.

And the first thought to cross its mind that wasn’t a question, was a pretty simple one;

I don't want to be dust.

WISDOM +1

???? Character Sheet

Spoiler: Spoiler

Name: ???? Age: 12 minutes

Jobs:

Greater Toy Golem Level 1

Attributes:

Strength: 4 Constitution: 16 Hit Points: 50 Armor: 10

Intelligence: 3 Wisdom: 11 Sanity: 14 Mental Fortitude: 0

Dexterity: 6 Agility: 3 Stamina: 19 Endurance: 20

Charisma: 2 Willpower: 10 Moxie: 12 Cool: 20

Perception: 5 Luck: 5 Fortune: 10 Fate: 0

Greater Toy Golem Skills

Adorable – Level 1

Gift of Sapience – Level NA

Golem Body – Level 1

Magic Resistance –Level 1