[center][h1][color=chocolate]Edward Marsh[/color][/h1][/center]
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Ed's eyes narrowed as he glared back at the surrendering bandit with equal, no, with more intensity than the bandit. With his bloodied teeth bared, he hissed out a raspy response to being called a [i]pet[/i] of the people he just helped save. [color=chocolate]"NOT. A. PET. JACKASS."[/color] The ratman then growled at him once more before letting [b][Rabbid Fit II][/b], [b][Beast Sense II][/b], and [b][Dynamic Eye I][/b] to deactivate. The ratman then took a seat on the grass and let the cool early morning air help him catch his breath; even for a scant few moments. 

Now that things had calmed down, Ed looked to the spearman that currently pinned the bandit, then the cart driver, and finally the tall swordsman; each time mentally asking the System to conduct [b][Monster Analysis][/b] on each before finally speaking. [color=chocolate]"A 'thanks for helping us' would be nice..."[/color] Ed let out a sigh. [color=chocolate]"As you all have noticed, I am not your average run-of-the-mill ratman. I won't go into any complex nor convoluted explanations as to why I am this way, but I will say this."[/color] Ed stands up and dusts himself off and tries his best to sound as convincing as possible, which is not much to be honest but he was doing his best. [color=chocolate]"I am not from here and neither am I your enemy. I have no evidence, other than my words and actions, so it's up to you if you consider me to be otherwise."[/color] Ed even went as far as to sheath his sturdy stick beside his trusty cudgel and raise his hands to show them he had no weapons other than what God- erm -The Demon King gave him. [color=chocolate]"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some things to do."[/color]

Ed would then approach the bodies of the slain bandits and begin a new task: Looting the bodies. First, he would approach the kobold caster and use the staff and it's black cloak into a sizable [url=https://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/bindle-icon-vector-line-illustration-260nw-1453565579.jpg]bindle stick [/url] to help carry back everything the kobold had on it. He would then move on to the hobgoblin, taking and donning the wooden breastplate it had and wear it's straw sandals before placing the vine belt into the bindle. He looked to the fat man's corpse and looked to the tall swordsman named Wulf. [color=chocolate]"Would you mind if I took the knife he had?"[/color] If he was allowed to do so, he would gladly take it. An actual knife would be a great step up for Asteria from using the stinger rather than the stone one the caster had. If not, he wouldn't push the issue. Either way, he would soon bid them farewell and begin heading back to the tall grass and sneaking back to the barrow but making it not obvious. Heading back to the direction of the village for five minutes before making a sharp U-turn and heading back to the barrow.

[hider=Stats]
LVL: 7
HP: [color=Green]Healthy[/color]
SP: [color=Yellow]Rested[/color]
MP: [color=Green]Full[/color]

Effect/s: SORE

[b]SKILLS:[/b]

Unspent Skill Points: [color=red]0[/color]
Current Skills:
Monster Analysis (1.25) [color=green](ACTIVE)[/color]
Magic Analysis I (1.0)
Overwork (1.3)
Dynamic Eye I (1.1) 
Rabid Fit II (2.0)
Smash I (1.3)
Focus I (1.0)
Beast Sense II (2.75) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Mental Resistance I (1.0) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Alert I (1.15) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Harder I (1.0) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Faster I (1.05) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Stronger I (1.65) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Muffle II (2.275) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Dexterous I (1.1) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
Use Light Equipment (--) [color=yellow](PASSIVE)[/color]
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<UNUSABLE SKILLS>
SKILL PROGRESS:
Material Analysis (0.5)
Warcry (0.7)
Tremor Sense (0.05)
Telepathy (0.1)
Mana Shape (0.7)
Shield (0.5)
Mana Shell (0.4)
Soil Manipulation (0.7)
Crafting (0.6)
First Aid (0.1)
Meditate (0.4)
People Sense (0.3)
Plant Analysis (0.2)
Swift Swimmer (0.4)
Charm (0.025)
Repel (0.025)
Stealth Kill (0.3)
Blunt Resistance (0.1)
Prehensile Tail (0.5)
Mana Strike (0.6)
Minor Heal (0.05)
Iron Gullet (0.4)
Taming (0.1)
Suppress Presence (0.5)
Use Medium Equipment (0.4)
Inspire (0.2)
Point Strike (0.3)
Strengthen (0.3)
Pierce Resistance (0.2)
Double Skill (0.1)
Deception (0.2)
Lucid Dream (0.2)
<UNUSABLE SKILLS>

[b]Inventory:[/b]
- Vine Belt (Shoddy Quality) x 1 [color=green][b][Equipped][/b][/color]
[list][*]Bundle of Sticks x 1
[*] Flame touched crystals x 2
[*] Short Cudgel (Unknown Quality) x 1
[*]Sturdy Stick (Unknown Quality) x 1[/list]
- Grass Mat (Unknown Quality) x 1 [b][Dropped][/b]
[list][*] Healing Herbs x 1 
[*] Nullven Cone x 1 
[*] Flint and Striker x 1 
[*] Tainted Crystal x 1 
[*] Great Club (Unknown Quality) x 1 
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- Battered Wooden Shield (Unknown Quality) x 1 [color=green][b][Equipped][/b][/color] 
- Assorted Insect Parts and Meat x 1 [b][With Asteria][/b]
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[hider=Action Summary]
-Replies to the defeated bandit and reminds him that Edward, is in fact, not a pet.
-Deactivates all his active skills and lets himself rest a bit on the grass.
-Uses [Monster Analysis] on all the cart defenders before speaking to the spear user.
-Explains his situation but was wary to tell key information, making it seem that he was just a random encounter. A lone one at that.
-Leaves it up to them if they believe him or not and consider him a new friend or foe.
-Ed begins to loot the dead bandits, first the kobold's equipment and then the rest of the hobgoblin's equipment.
-Wears the Wooden Breastplate and Straw Sandals.
-Asks Wulf if it's cool with him that he takes Fatty's knife. If so he takes it, if not he won't.
-Either way, Ed bids them farewell and retreats to the tallgrass to sneak back to the barrow.
-But Ed uses the scenic route back to make sure they won't see him return to the barrow. 
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