Threadbare Volume 1 by Andrew Seiple

Author:Andrew Seiple
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LitRPG, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Gamelit, Threadbare, Comedy, Sword and Sorcery, Puns
Publisher: Andrew Seiple
Published: 2017-12-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9: BRINGING HOME THE BACON

Threadbare considered his options, and waved.

The boar’s eyes narrowed.

“Oh boy,” came Jarrik’s whisper from upriver. The boar shuffled back, glaring between the tall half-orc and the little bear. “He's over here,” Jarrik called, as loudly as he dared, then froze. The young boar stared his direction for a while, then looked back to Threadbare. It snuffled him, and Threadbare snuffled back.

Your Scents and Sensibility skill is now level 7!

Then Celia burst through the trees and the boar whipped around to face her, squealing and pawing the ground.

“Hey!” Bak’shaz burst out behind her, a big goofy grin on his face, with a dead fish in each hand, and Shelly clamped on for dear life to his hair. “Let’s be friends!”

The boar hesitated.

Behind Bak’shaz, axe out, Garon moved up, step by step, slowly. “You sure you want to try this, Bakky?”

“I always wanted a boar.” Bak’shaz never looked away from the pig. He approached, step by step. “Besides, I got my Beast Truce.”

Celia froze, a stuffed animal in both hands, and looked over to Jarrik. The thin scout nodded. “Let ‘im try. If it dunt work...” Jarrik tapped his bow.

The boar and Threadbare watched Bak’shaz approach, holding the fish, grin up the whole time. Eventually the smell of the fish became too strong, and the boar sniffed once, twice, then paced forward and tore it from the boy’s hands, slurping it down in three crunching bites.

“Tame Monster!” Bak’shaz said. Green light flared...

...and the boar instantly shrunk to half its former size.

“What?” Celia said, staring.

Behind her, Jarrik and Garon relaxed. “It means it worked,” Garon said. “He’s Bak’shaz’s pet now.”

“Yeah, but it’s a manageable size fer him until he gets ta a higher level,” Jarrik explained.

“That’s... that makes no sense,” Celia said.

“And moving teddy bears do?”

Well, they had her there. She watched Bak’shaz laugh delightedly and tackle the boar, winced as they rolled around on the dirt, and the boar bit and shoved at the little half-orc. Red numbers flashed up, low ones, but still... she hissed between her teeth. “Are you sure of this?”

“Relax, this is why Tamers get good con. Besides, I’m not just a mercenary.” Garon pointed at his brother. “Slow Regeneration.”

“Mom taught ‘im shaman,” Jarrik explained. “Figgered if he was gonna go off ter fight in battles, he should prolly know how to fix himself.”

“His name is Porkins,” Bak’shaz finally declared after the scuffle was over, and Shelly was returned to his pocket.

“Well, tha’s nice. Let’s get tha fish and go home before Porkins eats any more of our dinner.”

“As for you!” Celia shook her finger at Threadbare, who looked back at her, seated as he wrung water out of his legs.

CHA +1

Your Adorable skill is now level 12!

“Aw, it’s not like it was your fault,” Celia said. “We’ll just... tie you to a rock or to me next time you’re fishing. Here, let me try this... Clean and Press!”

Mordecai’s sons watched, as the water sprayed out of the bear, along with the mud, stains, and random weeds he’d collected during his dunking.

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