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Chapter IX: Fat & Happy
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It took nearly half a day for the two to collect all the goblin corpses, some of which had to be dismembered and moved in pieces. The two were able to drag the badger’s kills into a starting pile with relative ease, but the other two kills were further away and Unk had to learn to use a blade with his foot.
“Never again Flaps, that was exhausting. This shit better be worth it,” said Unk as he sat down on a pile of goblin corpses.
Would you like to active Amalgamation? Y/N
“Yes, roll the lotto.”
You have gained +2 in Dexterity
You have gained +1 in Constitution
You have obtained the eyes of a Goblin
You have discovered the location of a Goblin lair
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“Ouch, that was a lot all at once. I should probably only use that ability in small doses, unless I want a blistering migraine. Eh, at least now I’m pretty sure that only a small portion has to be absorbed for me to gain something.”
“Find greenies I do’s?!”
“I don’t know about all that. We still need to go through all this junk. Plus, I’d like to test these eyes out in a minute.”
Flappers indulged in some rotting goblin corpses while Unk struggled to collect himself. He was still weak from the fight, however, in another day or so, he was pretty sure that he’d make a full recovery. In the meantime, he had some loot to go through.
Unk flipped through some items with his feet and said, “This is all junk! My eyes don’t even work yet and I can tell this is all utter garbage.”
“Food!” screamed Flappers as she waved a piece of jerky around.
“Yeah, you can have that, I don’t want it. The only good thing out of this pile is probably the sword and the coins, neither of which I can really use. Here, keep this, “said Unk as he tossed Flappers a sack containing fifteen coins.
“Carry I do’s!”
Unk sat back down on the withered pile of corpses and said, “You know what Flappers? I need to get stronger, faster, and just overall better at life! I almost melted from standing in front of a single beast, not to mention, I almost died today!”
“Master why?!”
Unk heel kicked the pile beneath him and said, “Becuase I have to find myself! I can’t remember who I was, and every time I try, it’s like a white blanket coats my mind.”
“Blanket?!”
“Yes, exactly! Stuff like that is how I know I’m in the wrong body. All these euphemizes roll off my tongue, no, my mind, but when I think deeper on them I come up blank! It makes me think I was someone else at a point…”
“Master help find master!”
“Thanks, buddy, that’s all I needed to hear,” said Unk as he looked up at Flappers.
“Eyes master!”
“Wow, I can see! And when did you get so damn ugly-looking Flappers?”
Caw-caw!
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