#earthrunes

Vince grins fiercely as he wrestles with the animated quilt, twisting and rolling across the floor with his monstrous opponent. "Ha! You picked the wrong bed to make your last stand upon, foul beastie!"

"Careful Vince, it has teeth!" Charity calls out to her rescuer. She knows he's a King among Beasts, and no cowardly lion, but he's also a lover not a fighter. Still, he is the Mane Man, and proving it!

The Quilt does have teeth and tries to bite Vince with rending molars and nasty half impacted wisdom teeth!

(Dex or Wits plus Athletics or best guess if you would and can)

/roll 5

Vince twists aside, attempting to move so that the quilt's snapping maw closes on empty air, narrowly avoiding a mouthful of lion.

"Careful, my lady. I know how to handle a little biting, especially when the sheets are already getting this heated." He wrestles the quilt back toward the floor, trying to pin the unruly beast beneath him.

Vince almost loses some manly fur to the creature but none twist in the sheets like he does, and at last his specializations in athletics come full to force in a combat... (Actually, this may not be the first time it's been used, but he's such a gent, documentation prior to now was gauche) . Vince manages to find a safe spot to put a knee here, and a paw there...

(Str plus Brawl, you may get an extra die for any tens as we are arguably in his home turf 😉 )

/roll 5

(Ope!)

Difficult beast, it flips him and now it is on top , snarling and drooling down on him, hungering for his flesh... which may remind him of one or two past events, but again, there's an NDA of honor involved.

Charity chants, "As you've given it to me, and much to my delight, I give the gift of wood to you, that you might survive this fight!" Vince feels it, his fur grows as protected as the mighty oak, or at least the studly poplar! (Oakenshield)

Vince feels the magic take hold, with the strength of oak (or at least cedar). He glances up at Charity with a wicked grin. "Well, my lady, I must say... you've certainly got a knack for making me stiffen up at just the right moment."

He turns his attention back to the snarling quilt. "Now, come along, you. Let's see what you make of a lion who's been properly reinforced."

Charity blushes prettily even as Vince turns his attention to battled against the threaded... eer dreaded foe!

(Another Str Plus Brawl)

/roll 5

(Woo!)

With a roar, Vince , five time champion of the Mattress World Wrestling Contest in the Mall (which he can never return to, but that's another story) , manages to pin the Mimic just so, it's teeth having no chance of purchasing a nasty bite on him in return. It dares to try for the tail, but that is kept aloft from it's mouthy reach like ambrosia reserved for gods alone! By this time, The thanes of the castle have come in, armed with spears, nets, and Elmer's glue. One troll asks "Good lord, a Mimic. Vince, are you injured?" / Save for a few light grazes on his oaken shield, not really. Vince MIGHT have a masculine scratch get all the way to a shoulder, but fortunately no scar above a brow that would drive him to being an EVIL lion as per Disney rules.

Vince, still astride the subdued Mimic, gives the troll a confident grin. He takes a moment to look himself over, running a paw over the grazed fur at his shoulder.

"Nothing that will keep me from the sheets tonight, I assure you." He glances toward Charity with a rakish smile before looking back to the assembled thanes. "Although I confess, I have had more agreeable bedfellows."

Charity some how blushes AND looks a bit smug at the same time. A sign of Fiona influence?

The Thanes help take the Mimic in custody, there's some epoxy in use, but only once Vince is safely out of range of any adhesive. IT struggles and flaps, and will be delivered to Vashti, the castle seamstress. She has plans. Oh yes.

As for Vince himself? Charity takes his hand and motions him to follow her to another room. She has a reward for him, a .. private one.

He struts and waves his tail, the triumphant tomcat. Fade to... let's say, gratitude!

(YAy Gratitude! End Scene)