Micky spent his time hunting squirrels and other critters practicing his lesser [Tame]. He eventually found a way to make the [Charm] a channeled spell and eventually was able to make a small connection with it. For example, he could feel the [Charm] slipping as he dealt [Dmg]. In this way he could control his [Dps] so that it would not overpower his [Charm]. However, he was still aways away from actually [Tame]ing a creature.

Micky and Jimmy found a beehive along with the other game, lucky. Micky used his lesser [Mass Charm] to [Charm] the bees so that he could get at the honey. He had seen a priest that liked [Mead] when he made a pilgrimage to a [Temple] for his [Destiny] [Blessing]. The [Priest] had shown him how to use smoke to calm the bees. Of course, Micky did not have any smoke but [Charm] worked just as well or better. He also knew when to reapply [Charm] was when the bees used [Sting] to much. Slowly Micky used his knife to remove honeycomb after honeycomb. He left 1 in 8 of the honeycomb in the hive, as well as all the brood. This was so that he could come back and get honey again! It was magical. Of course, there are villagers that would take all the honey and leave none, even Jimmy wanted to. But Micky was educated by the [Priest] who seemed fascinated by these creatures. Micky had to agree they were industrious little bees.

Days passed in much the same way, Jimmy had already left to go back home. Micky had told Jimmy jokingly that now that he left Micky was going to have real adventures again like the [Dungeon]. Jimmy had just punched him in the chest and yelled “Don’t you dare” as he left.

Micky practiced with his [Charm] spell and improved. All the time he avoided Bob, who like Tim said was out for blood. Pinky however, was also out for blood. Well, at least petty revenge anyway. And of the two Micky was always more afraid of Pinky then Bob.

When he wanted to be Pinky was pure evil. He was also the reason Bob had such a good rep. Pinky would go out and cause trouble, then get someone else blamed for it. Micky remembered the time that he was blamed for putting a smoke bomb into the girl’s bathhouse. It was an expensive thing but even his mother enjoyed the expense. And every husband grumbled as they were forced to take a good clean bath once a month. But the men always enjoyed their night back from the bathhouse as they kicked out the kids. So it was almost a kind of festival.

Pinky in his ever evil ways, had planted a [Stink bomb] in the girl’s bathhouse. And this caused widespread panic. And like with all of Pinky’s evil schemes Bob was in the right place at the right time to solve it. Of course in the process, he got an eye full of all the girls at the time. But that was a necessary sacrifice for the cause, and he was forgiven. For not only did he remove the offending device, he also found out the culprit. It was Micky all along, the proof was that he found the [Stink Bomb]! Of course, Micky would have to disagree, he was over peeping on Susan at the time, but Bob, Pinky, and Susan didn’t know that.

Micky only found out after the fact because his mother was in the bathhouse at the time. She, of course, gave him a talking too for the [Stink Bomb]. Micky knowing what had happened admitted that he was peeking on Susan so he couldn’t have done it. Of course, Susan overheard that and gave him a good thrashing for it. But it didn’t matter, in Micky’s righteous furry he had his mothers not virtue to defend! So he ran at Bob accusing him of orchestrating the whole thing only to get beaten up worse than his previous two beatings. To the cheers of the villagers for Bob thwarting the villain.

Micky of the time had gotten an extra helping of thrown rocks from the women for that event. But Micky was not alone in his grief. Though most of the other kids his age didn’t even know it was Pinky who done it.

But things were changing for Micky. He doubted that Bob could go toe to paw with a monsterfied Pepperoni [Boss]. Even if she was a bit mana starved at the moment. Even his entire gang Pinky included would have trouble with a pissed off Pepperoni and that’s not including Micky himself buffing her out her wazoo. Plus, a [Tamed] monster is considered a part of a [Citizen] and their assets. So Pepperoni could whoop them and it would be him doing the whooping by law. He already felt vindicated.

So Micky practiced his improvised [Charm] getting closer to lesser [Tame]. He almost had it a couple of times with some rabbits and squirrels. But it wasn’t close enough to be called [Tame] and too far to be called [Charm], if he had to name it, than [Empathy]? He had a general feel for the creature he was connecting with. It was still a channeled effect and not a passive or a [Buff] like a [Bond]ed [Tame] was. But Micky felt he was getting there.

Then he ran into Bob. Bob looked terrible. Not like he was actually doing bad or anything. His face was still punchably handsome, and the teeth he wasn’t missing were white. He was buff and just a mild tan. Not a working tan but a [Knight]’s tan from practicing in the training fields. But still spent most of his time luxuriating indoors. He had a Brawler’s physique but it was close enough that the young maidens couldn’t distinguish the two. But like he just took a shower under a flock of birds. And maybe he had eaten the wrong things this morning. And maybe gotten slapped a few times and didn’t know why. But still, did I mention he was punchably handsome? Ya, he was the dream guy of every village girl age 14 and below. Even like this.

Of course, all the village maidens aged 15-20 wanted to punch his face in just as much as their boyfriends/husbands and any male aged 20 and below. He knew he was untouchable in the village and he flaunted it. He even propositioned quite a few women but they unanimously turned him down. Even Mrs. Williams who was a lady that both served and served at Mrs. Marcia turned him down. Her exact words were “I’m not interested in kids.” Pinky had pranked Bob for a month for that one.

There he was walking towards Micky with a scowl on his face. But then he noticed the scowl on the faces of the villagers. This time he didn’t have them at his back. This time they were at Micky’s back. Micky had a shit eating grin on his face when he realized that he, for once, had backup. Bob walked up to Micky face to face.

“I thought I told you to never come back here?” Bob said.

“I thought you were told to apologize” Micky smiled back

Bob was pissed, Micky was ecstatic. Bob sucker-punched Micky in the gut. Oh ya, he didn’t need backup to be the shit out of me. Micky remembered too late. He sank down and then Bob was hit in the side of the head with a rock by a kid. Probably one that he bullied. Bob glared him down, but he was outnumbered, and there were a lot of people that wanted to throw rocks at him. The village took a major hit when he lied about that achievement. Luckily they hadn’t informed the [Baron] about the villages newly owned [Dungeon]. Otherwise, the village would have hell to pay, and it wouldn’t be the village… or even Micky to pay it. This still didn’t mean they weren’t pissed.

“Don’t let me see you again!” Bob yelled. Before he kicked Micky in the gut while he lay on the ground. Micky groaned. Jimmy that bastard [Jinx]! Micky got up to see Bob going over to his cronies.

Micky just stood around not knowing what to do, he obviously wasn’t going to leave but he didn’t want to stay. That’s when Bob saw Littlefoot. She was the most beautiful girl in the village, 14 and 2 seasons, just 1 and one-half seasons older than him. She ran towards him. Well apparently she was going to comfort him. He was the talk of the village now, and he would soon be getting tariffs from the [Dungeon].

And she ran past him… and into the arms of Bob… [System] did Micky hate Bob. Micky clenched his fist until it turned white. Bob had everything, he always did, what made Micky think he could ever have good things? What made Micky think a girl would like him?

“You like Littlefoot?” Asked Pinky, who had snuck up on Micky.

Micky whirled around to see Pinky standing behind him. The little bastard was sneaky when he wanted to be.

“Don’t worry he’s not interested in girls his age.” Pinky said.

“That kissing their doing certainly looks interested.” Micky said sourly.

“Ya, but he only wants to ‘Do it’ with a real woman.” Pinky said

“Do what?” Micky said

“Dunno” Pinky looked away

“And does that include your Mom?” Micky’s smile was back.

“I swear I will get you and him back for that!” Micky said.

“Sup twerp?” Said Susan.

“Nothing!” Micky said standing a little straighter.

“Is that little shit bullying you again?” Susan said, Micky shook his head and tried to put his hands behind his back.

“You dare lie to this sister?” Susan said as she hauled Micky along towards Bob.

“I gotta go!” Pinky whispered before disappearing.

“Bob you bastard, how dare you bully Micky. Only I can bully Micky and Sis Anderson! Nobody else.” Susan proclaimed. Micky wanted to disagree that nobody could bully him, but he was afraid he would get bullied by Susan if he did. It was best he kept the women in his life happy.

Bob looked happy to see Susan, Littlefoot looked pissed that her makeout session was interrupted.

“Susan!” Bob yelled

“What are you doing here?” Littlefoot said with so much venom the grass seemed to wilt. Micky knew he did.

“To kick some ass and erase some names.” Susan said

“Hey now, I don’t know...” Bob said

And was interrupted when Susan kicked him in the balls. He went down like the sucker Micky was.

“Hey, you can’t do that to my man!” proclaimed Littlefoot.

“I already did.” Susan said as shoot put her arms under her breasts. Littlefoot looked at her and seemed to get angrier, Micky had a feeling she lost, bad had no idea what. [System] she is beautiful Micky thought.

Susan glared at Littlefoot, and Littlefoot knew she couldn’t win. Susan was an [Amazon Seamstress] and could beat down Bob in a fair fight with both levels and battle ability.

“Come on guys let’s go!” Littlefoot declared as she grabbed the still crying Bob and dragged him. “It’s not that bad.” Reprimanded Littlefoot. Micky felt like he lost something even after Bob got the shit beaten out of him.