Common Rat slain, 3 exp gained

"Muahahahaha, You are no match for me you pesky blanket!" I chuckle to the soft brown rug.

I place a foot on the blanket's back and lift my beak up while rustling my tail feathers. My victory pose.

"You fought well, but were no match for the mighty ME!" I declare to the stone roof.

"You're lucky your most desirable fluffiness will be graced by my happy hug" I say as I wrap my wings around it's side. There's a little bit of blood on the head which is absolutely not fluffy, but the back is completely dry! All that hard work to preserve the fluff has paid off!

I spent the next 5 minutes rubbing my arms and face on the still warm fuzzy skin before I give in to the hunger and start eating.

Ahh if only I could take the fluff with me. At least there's always more to chase around!

I hope I don't run out of blankets, they're both fluffy and tasty, they're the best!

I continue my waddling march down the endless twisting and turning tunnel while rubbing my belly with my dark red wings to aid digestion.

So far there haven't been any branches in the tunnel, just a single path, occasionally lit up by a burning stick on the wall. Of course, there are many many blankets scampering in the darkness. Because it's so repetitive I've been spending much of my time whistling songs, I made one really good one that goes "fluuuuuuuuu doooo gulululu dooo fluUUUUuu" aaaand I've also been cuddling with any blankets that can't outrun me. So, even though it's pretty boring, I'm still having lots of fun! Because I'm awesome.

As I approach another fire on the wall, maybe the 40th or 50th, I think of an amazing idea!

I march to the wall opposite the flaming stick and face the torch with a determined look in my eye. I scrap my talon on the ground and raise up my wings in preparation for the run up. I give into my innate instincts and frantically flap my tiny wings while running like my life was depending on it.

"You will be mine, you seductive fire!!" I yell.

+ 1 Dexterity

Once I was a few centimeters away I leaped up and tried to run vertically on the wall while flap-flap flapping away. I'm even able to make it half-way up, but alas, the flame is still too far away and I am now falling down in slow-motion to the hard stone below in a tangle of feathers.

Oh no, I broke my first promise. I didn't think this through and now I'm falling again >

Suffered 9 Falling Damage

"YEOUCH" I squawk as I land on my delicate buttocks.

I shoot the flame on the wall a hurt glare as I rolled to my feet.

"Why would you do this? I only want to hug" I say as I feel innocent tears welling up in my eyes.

I turn my back to the flame and run down the tunnel without look back, soft tears falling to the cold floor. I run and run for hours all while sobbing like a hot mess, not even the tantalizing blankets are able to distract me as I zoom past.

I only stop running when I run right into a blanket that didn't run away in time and we both tumble over one another from the collision. Before the blanket can run away I wrap my arms around it and weep into the soft fur. It squirms in the hold initially, but after a few minutes of my sad hug it relents and accepts my tears. This was a nice blanket, a warm and big one, my troubles were sinking away into the fuzzy cushion.

I must of fell asleep next to the blanket because the next time I opened my eyes they were all blurry and sore from crying. The blanket was also sleeping with a wet patch of tears on it's side. I continue to hug it while my headache clears.

I find that my throat becomes very parched from all the crying and wailing, and now, once again, I'm forced to drink my latest blanket to slate my thirst and hunger. I decide to hit it with a big attack while it's still sleeping as I discovered earlier that the bigger blankets have more energy than the little ones.

I dig my head underneath the blanket's belly and lift my head up so that the blanket flops unto it's back. I then gently place my talon on the blanket's chest, careful not to wake it up while doing so. Once I felt like I was ready I continued to shift my weight onto my talon and push down until the sharp claw pierces the skin and sinks into the flesh.

3 Piercing Damage

The blanket awakes with a scream and wiggles like a caffeinated snake, but, before it can gain it's footing I drag down my talon and slice a big gash from it's sternum to it's pelvis.

13 Slashing Damage Common Rat is Severely Bleeding

The blanket manages to kick me away and drag it's bleeding figure further into the darkness. I just walk after it calmly, I already know it won't get far before it stops moving.

Common Rat Slain, 5 exp gained

As I'm lapping up the blood and picking away at the yummy legs I begin to ponder the strange head sensations that often invade my brain. They sometimes feel good, sometimes bad, and sometimes the have no feeling. I think I'm also starting to see a pattern with the feelings and if I look closely at them, I can see squiggly lines. I have no idea what it means, but they're consistent!

I know that whenever I headbutt the blankets I see "Damage", whenever I get hurt I see "Suffered 'something' Damage" and finally, the warm sensations are kinda strange, I don't remember the patterns because they all seem different. I made another promise to myself to pay more attention the next time I get a sensation, especially the warm ones, so that I can feel them again.

Now, with my tummy filled and my tear-ducts emptied, I waddle into the darkness again with the strange thoughts in mind.

P.S. I accidentally went the wrong way again, but don't worry I turned back around once I noticed >.