>>53994678>”I leap off the balcony!” Zoroark interrupts, clamping a hand over her pretend hat as she pitches over the edge.>Bouncing off the couch cushions, she rushes to the table and tosses her d20.“Make sure to add your DEX score.”
>Rolling a natural twenty, Zoroark celebrates both her roll and the simple math problem.“You land directly atop the shopkeep’s stall. With your fall cushioned by the tented fabric, you roll with your momentum. With grace that would make an elf blush, you land standing. Shoppers are stunned as you land in their midst.”
>”Butting my way in line, I purchase one of the commoner hats the peddler has in his stall.”>”I’ll take this hat that everyone is wearing nowadays. It’s all the rage.”>Zoroark sashays her way towards you and “pays” you with gold.>”Do I blend in? I would move with the crowd.”“You do.” You rule. “With your new, oversized hat, you melt away among the hundreds in the market square. From their vantage point, the guards can’t spot you.”
>Now at the end of the chapter, you collect your notes and shuffle them together with a few taps on the table.“Congrats!” You called out to the crowd of peasantry in front of you.
“You passed today’s math test.”
>The mass of humanity faded away as Zoroark pecked you on the cheek.>”Part Zoroark.”“Hmm?” You asked, straightening out the pens and books on the table. “What was that?”
>”You. Part Zoroark for sure.”“Well, thank you for the compliment.” You said before scratching the sensitive spot behind her ear.
>”We should do this again.”>”With family…”>Pausing, you looked at Zoroark.>Lost in thought, staring at nothing, she rubbed her gray-furred belly.”Oh… yeah, your nieces and nephews would love it.” You said.
>Zoroark stared back at you.>Her smile widened. 