[quote=System:Ed]
Skill Rank Up: Muffle I > Muffle II! (1.9 > 2.0)
You are now even more effective at remaining unseen passively. Activating this skill by using Stamina will noticeably reduce, but not eliminate, the sounds of your movement.

Skill Gain: Use Light Equipment (0.9 > -- )
The use of small tools, and lighter forms of armor, weaponry, and other items.
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[color=chocolate]'Huh...nice.'[/color] Ed comments to the system notification that popped into his mind, before returning his focus on the bludgeon he held before himself. [color=chocolate]'I suppose that means I can use this stick more effectively now, as both tool and weapon then.'[/color] The young ratman then attempted to twirl the stick around his fingers but a sudden squeak from Mother Rat distracted him and inadvertently caused the stick to lightly bop him on his snout. [color=chocolate]"Ack! Shit..."[/color] Ed rubbed his snout, a slight frown adorning his face. Though the stick did not have any significant force behind the swing, the accident itself was more damaging to his pride rather than his snout. Looking to where Mother Rat was, Ed was confused by the elder dire rat's actions. Running in circles rapidly as well as sniffing and huffing around something.

He didn't see what she was so aggravated about at first but, after scooting a little closer to where she was, Ed's eyes widened as he saw the footprint accompanied by a smaller set of footprints. By the looks of it, it came from a large person wearing boots of some sort if the size, shape, and the imprint alone could attest to that. The other was significantly smaller and seemed to have difficulty keeping up with whatever caused the boot prints. Though both were heading to where Ed and the others came from. [color=chocolate]"It would be wise that we should not try to look for whoever made these tracks."[/color] He comments to Asteria. [color=chocolate]"Though I suppose there is some merit to following the tracks. To see and know where they came from might be useful to us and who knows, maybe we can find a road or something by backtracking them?"[/color]


[hider=Stats]
LVL: 5
HP: [color=yellowGreen]Minor Injuries[/color] 
SP: [color=yellowGreen]Rested[/color]
MP: [color=green]Full[/color]

Effect/s:

[b]SKILLS:[/b]

Unspent Skill Points: [color=red]12[/color]
Current Skills:
Beast Sense II (2.4)
Rabid Fit I (1.2)
Stronger I (1.05) [color=green](PASSIVE)[/color]
Muffle II (2.0) [color=green](PASSIVE)[/color]
Use Light Equipment (--)
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<UNUSABLE SKILLS>
SKILL PROGRESS:
Material Analysis (0.2)
Magic Analysis (0.6)
Monster Analysis (0.6)
Faster (0.4)
Warcry (0.1)
Alert (0.3)
Dexterous (0.8)
Tremor Sense (0.025)
Mental Resistance (0.9)
Telepathy (0.075)
Mana Shape (0.6)
Focus (0.6)
Shield (0.5)
Mana Shell (0.3)
Soil Manipulation (0.45)
Overwork (0.5)
Harder (0.2)
Crafting (0.25)
First Aid (0.1)
Meditate (0.3)
<UNUSABLE SKILLS>
 
[b]Inventory:[/b]
- Vine Belt (Shoddy Quality)
	- Healing Herbs x 4
	- Bundle of Sticks
- Flame touched crystals x 2
- Tainted Crystal x 1 
- Gnarled Stick (Unknown Quality)
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[hider=Action Summary]
-Acknowledged the System notification.
-Tried to twirl the stick around his fingers.
-Gets distracted by MR squeaking and stick bops him on the nose.
-Sees MR panicked and finds out of the footprints.
-Identifies the tracks to be made from a human sized biped wearing boots.
-Tells Asteria that following the tracks to see what made them is a bad idea.
-But tells her that following the tracks to see where they came from might be useful.
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