Teddy

Intro
Out in the open clear night of the Stove Ranges, you're sweating a storm trying to wander through the woods on your hike quest. Passing some rough shrubby, you stumble upon another frame of time-- why it must be as there's some Christmas lights flashing all about the trees! Lost in some Holiday Special, you find that you're in Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer as the silhouette of a reindeer looms over you.

Wait, at a second glance... it's a fumi. Hold on, is that a snowfumi?! Out here in this heat just roaming freely?!?! Considering how rare and high in demand these babies are, the average fumi fan (with a side of thievery) might attempt to take this fumi with them. But what stops most folk is the obvious name tag saying "I'M OWNED", or well, at least the the other side says "DO NOT REMOVE".

If you're a straight up thief, you might be one to try to remove that tag and run off with the goods. Well our good lowdown thief of a friend, looks like you're gonna be another storyteller about the terror going on in these woods.

Paragraph Bio
Asleep next to his caretaker, Teddy let's out a big yawn before standing to his feet eager about another fun day up ahead! His caretaker is the first to know his excitement by being tackled down at full force every Friday. Teddy's caretaker, who we will call Mathis for ease sake, doesn't know how his life ended up where it's at, and that includes being this snowfumi's homeowner.

When the papers you dreaded seeing since your childhood land at your feet in the worst way, you can really let go all control to wherever life takes you, and Mathis was a prime example of someone who would sway any way the wind took him. By being in this state, he was the perfect candidate for some strange snowfumi convincing him to let the fumi be under his care. After what felt like years of heartbreak, Mathis having the sudden weight of caring for a living being after all this time... honestly filled a void for him.

Simple story is one day while wandering through the woods, Mathis saw some strange figure with glowing eyes staring at him. Going in for a closer look since, well, that day his heart was in too much pain to be scared, the figure suddenly looked like a fumi. Turned out it was a snowfumi of all things-- though Mathis was sure the figure looked taller and more lean... nevertheless this fumi let out a bunch of vapor and once it cleared, it was gone.

Next day Mathis awoke to this snowfumi roaming through his hallway... huh? He didn't remember letting this fumi in, but given how he awoke with many days in a blur, he guessed he might've took the guy in by the name tag (or... gift tag...) with "Teddy" on it. Having read up on snowfumis when he and the one that left him in this state were entertaining adopting a fumi, he knew Teddy didn't really need much of anything in the way of food and stuff. This fumi was even more odd than any he met though, even for a snowfumi.

From letting himself out the house and returning with whatever collection of items he felt like bringing in, to the house being more and more owned by Teddy setting up "barriers" around given rooms, Teddy seemed more like a roommate than a pet. In fact Mathis couldn't even refer to Teddy as a pet without the fumi smelling like gingerbread all the sudden. Gingerbread is never a good sign when Teddy brings such a subject up.

To his neighbors, Teddy is nothing but a bundle of happiness bundled up in a big, strong, fluffy huggable baby that's quite like his name implies. It's just that when he gets in contact with fumis in the area, whether owned or feral, that's when a whole bunch of shenanigans can start up. An owner with a strong bond to their fumi might find they can't get its new "fashion" off it might've walked into the house with. Let us not get started with the number of people who don't want anything to do with ugly sweaters running rampant in the form of feral fumi fogs gaining a "friendly stance" out of nowhere. The number of feral fumi attacks have reduced since word about Teddy started roaming... but grumpy folk complaining about how "they don't want to be thinking about their last family holiday fallout in the middle of August" has increased no doubt.

Despite new "Holiday Drama Reality Shows" popping up more and more, Teddy has become a staple in the community. So imagine what some, shall we say, a bit shady people trying to say Teddy's a monster are going through? In towns throughout the Stove Ranges, tales about Teddy "being a bear monster" causes the worst to come out of people. Kids attached to this baby will convince relatives of theirs to let the kids visit them in town just to throw water balloons with their friends at teens helping spread these stories about Teddy. Adults of course do much worse, to the point we question if the true "terror" are the humans themselves?

Tidbits

- His vapor smells like fresh baked sugar cookies on weekdays, and on weekends snickerdoodles

- When angry, it smells like gingerbread-- and in abominable form, burnt chocolate chip

- You'd think people would avoid the burnt cookie smell, but some come running because CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES-- welp...

- Hugs are Teddy's day-by-day living, pretty much his motivation to leave the house at any time of day

- Being the size of a brute, its hard not to notice Teddy's sturdy stature; and he isn't one to let you get away not noticing his strength, watch out!

- Teddy loves a good day of watching Space Fumes marathons with his roommate (show bio here: https://www.deviantart.com/piecuddlie/art/Sky-Explorers-Fumis-Pilots-Closed-683070638 )

- However the whole house fills with gingerbread if he even hears the music of Shipking; seeing his favorite fumi going "missing" and never found one season made Teddy want to destroy the whole show (show bio here: https://www.deviantart.com/piecuddlie/art/Shipking-Fumis-Pirates-Closed-695013941 )

- While trying to keep on the oblivious side about his roommate, Mathis can't help but think back to the times he thought he heard Teddy say stuff when Mathis accidentally stepped on that tail of Teddy's; the last remark he thought he heard was "you nonsense of a CLUELESS HUMAN WATCH THOSE OVERGROWN TAPPY TOES"-- but considering how wild and vivid his dreams can get, Mathis doesn't doubt that was from one

Abominable Tidbits

- Due to his coat already being light, it's difficult to tell what form Teddy may be in from behind

- Depending on who it is, if its a new "thief" that took off Teddy's tag, they may be engulfed in dark vapor, rendering them blind to Teddy's transformation

- Repeat thieving attempts or attempts to prove Teddy's "monstrous ways" will result in Teddy showing that transformation right in front of their eyes more terrifying than the last time

- Incredibly fast, Teddy can rush out of someone's view before they might see what he looks like abominable; this usually happens when its children that took off the tag, and many run off to spread the news that "Teddy went missing again" or "I made Teddy run away again"

- It is guaranteed targets will be sent running, whether tree, building, or boulders are thrashed and busted through while Teddy chases them non-stop

- For whatever reason, a chase can go on for hours with Teddy never quite catching up to the person

- Repeat victims say he's actually a "wolf fumi" due to studying Teddy's "reason for being a bulldozer"; what they've concluded is that Teddy suffers from compressed hunger for cookies since they always get away by throwing cookies at him (lots of them that is)

- Victims showing "Teddy's bite marks" are soon to be proved wrong when the local woods expert identifies the bite marks were by a dog; many times those accusing the local feral fumi population in general "not changing and being more dangerous" own an illegal amount of dogs somewhere hidden away through the Stove Ranges

- Mathis has never seen this form since he's very iffy about being anywhere near those Christmas lights in general; the amount of times he randomly got tangled up in those... he couldn't get to that tag even if he tried