bear bulletin #1

[groundrules]

OUHRSSON Creature of undead warlord Anurr, possessed by questionably malign forces. Dubious loyalties. Has been following the party since the end of Arc I: Sa-Hareth at a moderate pace.

JOURNEY STATS: ✘ Average journey speed: 45km/h ✘ One goat, three chickens, two harpies consumed. Mouth full of tar :( ✘ Said hi to strangers

BEAR BULLETIN #1 Galloping across the canyon has worked up fair Ouhrsson's appetite. He will catch up with the caravan on 25-29 July, during which time characters may optionally experience the following symptoms of largely nocturnal bear infestation: ✘ run-in with bear, at night. Ouhrsson is shy. ✘ helpfully consuming the occasional harpy. Ourhsson is on a low-carb diet. ✘ in your bathing barrels or ponds. Ouhrsson passes the soap. ✘ subbing for that one pelt lining your tent, choosing to move just as you're ready to retire. Ouhrsson wanted a nap too. Mazyar's people will rebel against their guest, and Anurr will (sadly and furtively, without betraying their relationship) whisper for Ouhrsson to leave the party for now. He will return later in Taravast. NOTE: Ouhrsson's elusive presence is meant as a bright light of levity, please don't worry about actual bear attacks against any characters!

Comments

[topoiran]

... so if Ouhrsson is asked about being Anurr's, what would he, in general lines, answer?

[aprescoup]

Ouhrsson is bear.

Bear walk long.

Bear paw hurt.

Who Anurr?

What Anurr?

Salmon where?

Why land stringy?

Why grass chewy?

Why Ouhrsson tired?

Why rain smell? Why taste bad on tongue? Why this? Why now?

[topoiran]

... adorable, and along the lines of what was expected, and Xunxian already has prepared fish for him. Come rest with this one, he won't run or shout.

What was there before the long walk?

[aprescoup]

Ouhrsson tired. Walk long. Walk from forest. Ouhrsson nap. Human good. Human like seal.

Ouhrsson like seal.

Seal fat.

Fat good. Fat soft. Fat delicious.

Ouhrsson teeth crush.

Ouhrsson teeth good?

Ouhrsson teeth strong.

Human strong. But shout? But why? Ouhrsson saw pond. Ouhrsson slip in pond. Ouhrsson waaaaaaaaaaarm. Human warm. Ouhrsson soft. Human soft. Ouhrsson cuddle.

Human run.

Why run?

Ouhrsson want cuddle. Ouhrsson chase. Ouhrsson nap.

[topoiran]

Xunxian is not going to run or shout, Ouhrsson. You can cuddle as much as you want, nothing to chase right now. Rest.

Did you like it in the forest?

[aprescoup]

Ouhrsson liked forest. Forest tree tall. Forest tree branch scratchy.

Branch gets in narrow spaces between belly and leggie.

Branch good.

Scratch good.

Itch-itch-itch.

Ouhrsson so itchy.

[topoiran]

Xunxian scratches through the thick fur without hesitation. He is noooot going to touch between the belly and the leggie but he can go for the areas near the armpits.

So did Ouhrsson have to leave the good branch?

[aprescoup]

Ouhrsson sooooooooooooooooooooooo itchy.

Ourhsson sooooooooooooooooooooooo pleased.

The leggie dances.

All leggies dance.

It is like the branch.

Human is branch.

Branch is good. Branch is gone. Ouhrsson did not want to leave branch behind.

Branch could have come.

But branch has no leggies.

Why branch has no leggies?

[topoiran]

All the leggies dance, and it's adorable, tyvm. Can Ouhrsson crush Xunxian with one paw? Possibly. Is Xunxian afraid? Not even a little.

It does have leggies, it's just that its leggies are stuck in the ground and can't move - the forest stays a forest. How come Ouhrsson couldn't stay with the forest?

[aprescoup]

Ouhrsson felt need for walk.

Ourhsson need for walk is small now.

Small like splinter in paw.

Tiny.

Tiny tiny tiny.

[topoiran]

So you just want to stay here now, hmm?

Scratch scratch scratch.

But other than the itch, is there another need that is greater now?

[aprescoup]

Ouhrsson cannot speak his needs.

He is bear.

Bear is happy.

Bear is scratched.

Bear will eat seal.

Su Xunxian looks like -

Ouhrsson wishes to know if Su Xunxian is seal.

[topoiran]

Please don't eat Su Xunxian, Ouhrsson, that won't end well. No, he is not a seal. No flippers, see? He couldn't scratch him if he were a seal.

But he can probably find Ouhrsson more fish in a bit.

[aprescoup]

How grateful Ouhrsson is! How peacefully he lingers beside Su Xunxian for another half of an hour, before he continues his adventures...!

[topoiran]

Of course, and he is welcome back to him at any time.