Getting Your Bearings 2 (2/2)
Your Bodyguard skill is now level 4!
Your Toughness skill is now level 14!
+4 HP
The fight went on for a bit, and Threadbare switched from trying to shred the guy to just trying to survive, letting Pulsivar do the real work. Fortunately that was a good strategy, and in the end, after three dodge skill and two more bodyguard skill ups later, the raccant fell, glasses shattering, and Threadbare sagged into Pulsivar, hugging his wounds away with what remained of his sanity.
You have healed Pulsivar for 80 points!
Your Innocent Embrace skill is now level 9!
He was gambling here…
…a gamble that paid off, as the words appeared again, and he felt his reserves refill.
You are now a level 9 Bear!
+5 CON
+5 STR
+5 WIS
+3 Armor
+3 Mental Fortitude
+3 Endurance
You are now a level 3 Animator!
+3 DEX
+3 INT
+3 WILL
Whew. Okay.
Digging through the remnants of the raccant, he found that somehow the creature’s hammer had disappeared, but the gold chain and the baggy pants remained. The black pants almost sparkled, some kind of glitter worked into the material. They were too big for him-
-but he had a trick for that, now didn’t he?
“Adjust Outfit.”
Your Adjust Outfit skill is now level 2!
He took a sniff of them.
Wooooo, nope.
Your Scents and Sensibility skill is now level 15!
“Clean and Press!”
Your Clean and Press skill is now level 4!
They fit nicely, adjusted by magic to teddy bear size. Oddly enough, they only had one pocket in them, and it was really deep. Bigger on the inside than it should be, judging from the outside. But when he tried to put some of his coins in there, the pocket sealed up. It unsealed when he moved his paw away. Weird, he’d mess with that later.
Draping the gold chain around his neck, he picked the largest tunnel that didn’t look like it went back the way they’d come, threw another couple of mends on himself, and stomped forward. Pulsivar followed, relieved that the noisy music was now gone.
Six more trash mobs, and a small group of raccants later, Threadbare’s nose twitched at a T-junction in the cave. He took a snuff… and smelled Sandalwood.
Missus Fluffbear! He hurried to the right, completely ignoring the sign on the wall.
BEWAR THE BEARSERKER
In his haste, he completely missed the tripwire. His little legs hit it, and his disproportionate strength snapped it like thread.
WHAM!
The floor under him fell away as the trapdoor opened, and the bear plummeted.
Pulsivar, just as surprised as Threadbare, stared, then readied to jump… and gave a frustrated howl, as the trapdoor slammed shut in the big cat’s face.
Smooth, greased rock slid by under Threadbare’s pants, which flapped in the wind of his passing. He flailed for a grip, found nothing, and spilled to the ground as the slide leveled out and opened up into a wide space.
More stalagmite benches surrounded the edges of the cavern, with chicken wire between the cheering raccants occupying them and the pit below. The pit Threadbare was now lying in. He stood up, brushing himself up, and looking around. The slide behind him quickly sealed as soon as he looked at it, a stone door slamming shut as its counterweight tripped. He walked over and poked it desperately, fearing for Pulsivar.
Your Adorable skill is now level 16!
Your Work it Baby skill is now level 4!
Then a ratcheting metal noise came from behind, and Threadbare turned, slowly. The scent of Sandalwood filled his nose, and for a minute his heart leaped…
…until he saw what was emerging from the darkness under the rising portcullis.
Four times his size, with fur of pitch black, and bright-red button eyes, the plush toy was a walking behemoth. It bore a full-sized lumberjack’s axe in both paws, and the weight of it strained the teddy bear’s seams, revealing wisps of stuffing spilling out from stretched thread.
And worst of all, he recognized it.
“Fiyt! Fiyt! Fiyt!” Chanted the Raccants above, and the giant-sized Missus Fluffbear roared, headbutted the wall next to her three or four times, sending up red ‘20s’, and turned to glare at him.
And all Threadbare could do was stare, aghast. ”Oh no. What did they do to you!”
Spoiler: Spoiler
Name: Threadbare
Age: 5
Jobs:
Greater Toy Golem Level 10
Bear Level 9
Ruler Level 4
Scout Level 4
Tailor Level 8
Model Level 3
Necromancer Level 1
Duelist Level 1
Animator Level 3
Enchanter Level 1
Golemist Level 1
Smith Level 1
Attributes:
Strength: 86 Constitution: 90 Hit Points: 234(284) Armor: 37(41)
Intelligence: 69 Wisdom: 100 Sanity: 169(199) Mental Fortitude: 27
Dexterity: 54 Agility: 64(69) Stamina: 124(158) Endurance: 47
Charisma: 63(68) Willpower: 55 Moxie: 118(153) Cool: 20
Perception: 65 Luck: 57 Fortune: 122(152) Fate: 10
Generic Skills
Brawling - Level 22 (+2)
Climb - Level 12
Clubs and Maces - Level 9
Dagger - Level 9
Dodge - Level 5
Fishing - Level 1
Ride - Level 7
Stealth - Level 5
Swim - Level 2
Greater Toy Golem Skills
Adorable - Level 16
Bodyguard - Level 5
Gift of Sapience - Level NA
Golem Body - Level 20
Innocent Embrace - Level 9
Magic Resistance -Level 4
Bear Skills
Animalistic Interface - NA
Claw Swipes - 18
Forage - 8
Growl - 1
Hibernate - 37
Scents and Sensibility - 15
Stubborn - 7
Toughness - 14
Ruler Skills
Emboldening Speech - Level 1
Identify Subject - Level 1
Noblesse Oblige - Level 1
Royal Request - Level 1
Simple Decree - Level 1
Scout Skills
Camouflage - Level 1
Firestarter - Level 4
Keen Eye - Level 1
Sturdy Back - Level 5
Wind's Whisper - Level 1
Tailor Skills
Talioring - Level 37(41)
Clean and Press - Level 4
Adjust Outfit - Level 2
Model Skills
Dietary Restriction - Level 15 (+30 to all pools)
Fascination - Level 2
Flex - Level 10
Self-Esteem - Level 10
Work it Baby - Level 4
Necromancer Skills
Assess Corpse - Level 1
Command the Dead - Level 1
Soulstone - Level 1
Speak With Dead -Level 2
Zombies - Level 3
Duelist Skills
Challenge - Level 1
Dazzling Entrance - Level 1
Fancy Flourish - Level 1
Guard Stance - Level 1
Weapon Specialist - Level 5 (Brawling +2)
Animator Skills
Animus - Level 10
Command Animus - Level 1
Creator's Guardians - Level 6
Eye for Detail - Level 1
Mend - Level 11
Enchanter Skills
Appraise - Level 1
Glowgleam - Level 1
Harden - Level 1
Soften - Level 1
Spellstore - Level 1
Golemist Skills
Command Golem - Level 1
Golem Animus - Level 1
Invite Golem - Level 1
Toy Golem Construction - Level 1
Smith Skills
Refine Ore - Level 1
Equipment
Apprentice Tailor's Apron (+4 armor, +4 tailoring)
Poor Quality Bling
Baggy Pants of Hammerspace (+5 AGL, +5 CHA, Allows hammerspace for one blunt weapon)
Quests
Save Celia
Unlocked Jobs
Cook, Tamer, Wizard