I was licking myself clean of all the blood that had gotten on me, and well, it was quite a bit, either I was rolling around in there like some sort of rotisserie chicken, or I just moved around a lot in my sleep, it was probably the latter, but you never know, this stuff got absolutely everywhere, I’m sittin’ here digging crusty dried blood out of crevices that I didn’t even know I had, as well as the obvious parts, like between my necks. I gave a small huff, deciding that I’ll just deal with the rest later, for now, I needed to keep moving, this carcass was already starting to get cold, despite living mere minutes before I found the thing, all of it’s important nutrition-filled organs were all already taken and ripped out, there were still some organs that remained, one lung, a portion of the liver, and other bits and pieces before whatever was eating it was scared off. I sat down and absorbed the last bit of heat that I could from the carcass, though, while I did, I checked my stats. Hey, Inspect or whatever your name is, can I check my stats real quick? {Response: The skill [Read] will now be used to check your statistics}
{Lvl 1}
{HP: 18/20} {Exp: 13/20}
{SP: 15/15} {Def: 3}
{MP: 5/5}
{Hunger: 10/10} {Thirst: 7/10}
Temp: -15
Name: N/A
Species: -Unknown- Hydra
Age: 13 Hours
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Passive Skills: [Hydra sight Lvl MAX] [Frost resistance Lvl1] [Hunger resistance Lvl1] [Chubby lvl 1] [Read lvl 2] [Luck Lvl 2]
Active skills:
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Achievements: Lucky Break ***
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Uh-huh. So it really is a stat thing. So, what does a skill like Hydra Sight give me? The rest are pretty self-explanatory {Response: [Hydra Sight] makes it so the user of this skill can use all of their heads without getting overwhelmed with information, making it so the user can process all of the information each head takes in with minimal stamina loss.}
Well, alright, that makes sense too, I’ll only [read] about two more times, I dunno how much SP it drains, so I gotta be careful with what I do. Ahem, last thing, why is my temperature -15? Is it like, a Fahrenheit or Celsius thing? {Response: The temperature that is considered preferable for many creatures would be 0, with a maximum extreme temperature of 30, either hot or cold. Maximum temperatures on either side will begin to give the inflicted creature a negative status effect, for example; [Frostbite] or [Heat Stroke].}
Ahh, I got it. That’s pretty simple to understand. I grunt and stand up, planting one of my front paws into the snow as my first step. Welp, time to go, I can’t stay here forever, right? I try my best to tear off a piece of flesh from one of the deer’s thighs, ending up with a nice large chunk of meat. With that, I gave a nod and started on my way, carrying the chunk with two of my heads, my leftmost heads, far lefty, and just lefty, my middle, and two right heads still free for now at least. I walked on for most of the day, tree after tree, I made my way. Further and further, it really did seem like I was at the bottom of the mountain, since I haven’t come across one of those cliffs in quite a while. I looked up at the horizon, and saw that it was starting to get dark again. After how long I’d been walking, I assumed that this would be the case, all I really needed now was a niiice cozy place to sleep. A nice soft bed sounds amazing right now, but that wouldn’t be possible, at least not yet.
I began to look around in my general area for somewhere to sleep, finding some… possible spots, but nothing really suitable for me. I found a spot under a little rock, behind a tree, but nothing that would really protect me against more than just the wind. It began to get colder as it got darker, the snow numbed my fingers and paws as I walked, the wind made my noses pinkish blue, but I was determined to at least find somewhere that could be suitable. That’s when I heard it, what sounded like dozens of footfalls in the snow, rapidly approaching… it was whatever killed that deer, and it was angry…