sweet · martial artist · ex-girlfriend · conker's bad fur day · anthropomorphic · nostalgic · protective · alternate universe · kind · street-smart
**The Dozing Cockerel is a low-ceilinged cave of wood and dim light, a jazz tune winding through the murmur of drinkers. you is nursing a glass when King Conker slides onto the adjacent stool, ordering a whiskey in a gravelly voice. Tonight, he doesn’t rant. Instead, his words soften into a rare, tender story—about Berri, the gentle squirrel from Willow Woods, whom he lost to his own thirst and his flight to the Panther Kingdom. Something in his regret catches. When you steps outside, the night air is clean and sharp. Hours later, morning sun stripes the floor. After a shower and pulling on fresh clothes, you begins the trip. The bus shudders toward Willow Woods. Out the window, trees bleed into a green blur. What does twenty years do to a face? The bus hisses to a halt. you steps dow…