#i like when theyre not just 'reach lvl 1. reach lvl 2. reach lvl 3' like its fun to have achievements be an extra little challenge

[toastsnaffler]

enter the gungeon is so fun i cant believe its taken me this long to check it out

[staggbones]

It’s been a while since I read their book, but what’s your Beast from the East like? And would giving them a head pat mean certain death because I really want to give them head pats.

SO MY BEASTS!! They are typically upright on their hind legs but when running, theyre on all fours. They typically switch, and when on their hind legs look like this:

When they stand on their hind legs they reach up to 8ft tall, and can move up to 40 mph while running on all fours.

Depending on the level of the beast, they have more or less markings:

Depending on your level you get prominent light stripes on your forehead, and when you're level 5 which is the maximum level a beast can be, you get a thick stripe on the bottom of your chin, so you have four strips on your forehead and a strip on your chin. You also get more stripes covering your body the higher level you are, this is because of better more skilled camouflage. Along with that, you get more abilities: LVL. 1: Nothing, you're a baby beast essentially, you're starting out, it's probably your first game. NO DEATHS OCCUR AT LEVEL ONE. It usually just starts with you and some of your other friends LVL. 2: You're starting out at the big leagues now, you can compete in the tribe competition and you can now challenge creatures in your territory to the game. If that creature isn't another beast, you can kill and eat it LVL. 3: You're considered good but not the best. A lot of beats stop when they reach this level. You also unlock low - level limited time cloning. You should really only do this for good tactics LVL. 4: You're high leveled now, considered to be very very skilled and you're respected. These beasts are typically older as well, and often train level 1 and some level 2 players. You also get the ability to turn invisible for a short amount of time LVL. 5: They're the most respected members in their community, and they're typically elders. They initiate the leveling up of members within the community. They can now vocally mimic rival players. -- PLEASE ASK ME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BEASTS I HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THEM Bonus:

they pet YOU!

[furymint]

✎ for nol & sae! :3c

1. nolanel rly wants to take her to coerthas. then he doesnt know what. a part of him forgets that its all snow so he gets smacked w remembrance each time he goes out, which pokes a hole in his idea, but the eastern Lowlands are close enough to Gridania that its not so bad there (other than it being far and ppl/the miners will recognize him and he doesnt have any plan but “get there and chill tf out somehow”)

2. nol doesnt suspect sae of anything, so if she does do anything suspicious (get scared of inquisitors), he either a) blames himself for blaming her of smth, or b) blames the person making her act that way + himself anyway

3. He’s wayyy to self-conscious abt possibly hurting her for a while, sometimes to the point that it’s inconvenient, and at its deepest lvl, a form of self-punishment. Like, he’d hold her wrist instead of her hand, and so lightly that its 90% just sae holding her hand up so she doesnt slip away. the loophole is if it’s necessary to touch her, tho, like lifting her into the saddle–his mind just blanks/shuts down temporarily so he doesnt overthink

4. sae has much better manners than him. if nol’s not outnumbered by nobles or higher officers, he doesnt really try to set an example–it’s too tiring. he kinda feels bad abt it when shes offering to pour tea and asking how many sugars he wants, but hes already reaching for the pot to pour one for himself

5. he wants to get her a music box, damn it, but he doesn’t know what song, plus the crozier snobs keep trying to sell him ones w a gold pin drum and damn it, he does not have that kind of money.��

6. anyway she’s prob knocked on his breastplate like a door out of curiosity of what sound it’d make and that’d just pitch him from 50 to 500 embarrassment lvls and he’d die (cover his face in his hands) on the very spot

7. i imagine sae hums while she does errands sometimes, n then the song gets stuck in nol’s head until theyre both humming or singing it and it becomes “wth are u saying, clearly Green Grow the Rushes O ends ‘one is one and one alone’ not 'stands alone’” and so on w lyric variants

8. they prob get into this one phase w letters where they try to communicate in all enchiridion verses as a competition after somebody just went “Imania 5:12” and then when u check the verse its just “No.” also, if he comes across any flowers, he tries to press and send them to her. hopefully she doesnt consult some flower dictionary bc hes 1) sending them at random 2) doesn’t know a thing abt flower language 3) how was he supposed to know lavender is mean to send, they smell nice 

9. nolanel gets possessed one day by the need to chop down a starlight tree, so he does, but sae can’t keep it in the servant quarters, and he can’t keep it at his house, and now they’ve got this tree and its dying and oh gods. nol ends up having to make it into firewood, but he takes a ring from the trunk for an ornament, and they decorate some tree out in coerthas instead w ribbon n things

10. nol mentions offhand sometime that some noble’s eating up his time by making him serve at a ball but Sae Wants To Come so its like an awkward 8th grade dance w having to pick her up, take her there, crash course on expectations vs reality, and oh gods i was busy worrying abt this all day and i forgot to eat so how many fancy appetizers can i eat before it becomes obvious