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  1. Grumpy Bear

    Beary Christmas

    Grumpy Bear commented on Grumpy Bear's story chapter in Beary Christmas

    No, werebears have no weakness to silver, gold or any other ore or metal. Werebears can be killed through severe injury that can kill faster than they can heal, even with their fast healing powers. A regular bullet to the brain or heart will kill a werebear, but a bullet to the gut or other organ would most likely be healed and therefore non-fatal.
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    Bears of War

    Grumpy Bear commented on Grumpy Bear's story chapter in Bears of War

    This plan would only work on the one night a month the entire pack left the pack house empty for the night. It also works because Nick isn't a particularly good head of security. The Alpha obviously has other motivations for rewarding him with a high-ranking position that he is unqualified for. 😉
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    Gunnar stood looking out the window of his guest suite within the North American Lycan Council headquarters, gazing at the Canadian Rockies that dominated the horizon to the west of the city. Mike padded up behind him barefoot and wrapped his arms around his Papa, kissing him on the neck and enjoying the view. “Who would have thought when we started this adventure that we’d end up getting a free vacation somewhere so beautiful!” Mike said, hugging his Papa tightly. “Technically, t
  4. Grumpy Bear
    Mike and Gunnar stood side-by-side on their hind legs in their full grizzly forms, their clothing shredded at their feet, bracing for the impact of the dababbi monster that was charging directly at them. “Love you, Cub,” Gunnar growled softly in the bear-language to Mike. “Love you more, Papa,” Mike growled back, and they both struck a defensive posture as the dababbi neared them with wild anger in its eyes. “Stop!” A loud voice suddenly rang out above all the turmoil. All ei
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    My brain randomly changes names around as the words are flowing out. I was over halfway through writing this scene when I realized I'd changed Daniel's name to "Dennis" for the whole chapter. WTF.
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    That was my favorite line of the whole chapter when I was writing it.
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    The next morning, the bear camp began to stir at sunrise and various groups of bears emerged from their tents after a night of heavy playtime. Gunnar and Axel’s bear pile untangled from each other, and they shifted to their human forms, scratching, and stretching in the morning sun. “Thank you all,” Daniel said to the group, “I realize now what I’ve been missing being cooped up in that stuffy house for the last hundred years with just me and Papa. “I also understand better why Gabriel
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    Gunnar led the convoy of vehicles up to the gate of the Arnolds’ mansion in Mount Savage. He had gotten word that the reinforcements from Atikokan and General Apollo’s Infantry had both arrived this morning. Gunnar was surprised to find the gate in the wall surrounding the grounds standing open, and drove his Jeep on through, followed by the rest of the vans, SUVs, and motorcycles. The gardens around the mansion had sprung up into an army camp in a matter of a few hours. As Gunnar rolled
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    I promise that Bill's story is not yet finished. The rest of his tale may be bittersweet, but you can be sure that he will receive the commendation that he deserves!
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    “Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred!” Christopher shouted. “Alcyoneus, Echion, Porphyrion, Eurymedon, Pelorus, go track down those boys. Each of you capture two and bring them back here.” Five of the monsters began running down the trail in the direction where the boys had escaped, while the remaining three stood guard over the captured bears. A half-mile away, the boys were just reaching the fire tower. “Everybody start climbing to the top!” Bill said, “I have an idea.”
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    Most of the time we're doing it on purpose so that we can allow our characters to make the wrong choices! They roll the dice that they're doing the right thing, but end up with 20/20 hindsight instead.
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    Well, since I have a map of the area in my head, I can explain... The bears decided that it would be easier and faster to get the boys out of the woods if they followed the well-worn trails rather than trying to take them cross-country through the dense woods, and indeed, they were able to get the boys to do a double-time jog. However, the trail that they were on only led back to the van by going through the camp first. They chose speed over stealth, and that was probably their mistake.
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    Tomorrow's chapter is going to blow your mind. You won't be disappointed!
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    The boys were up with the sun and full of energy. Sean wasted no time telling the others that he and Bill were now best friends, and Gary gave Bill a sly wink of congratulations when no one was looking. Gary asked Bill and Sean to start a cooking fire for breakfast, and Bill sent the other buddy teams out into the surrounding forest to collect wood while he and Sean gathered smaller kindling and grass for tinder around the campsite. When Bill had his nest of dry grass ready for tinder and
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    Gary had driven the boys about two hours away from the Academy campus to the Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area. That was the best place around for true wilderness camping, and it also had several fresh mountain springs so that they would have plenty of water for drinking and cooking. He pulled the van into a parking lot for the primitive wilderness area and was happy to see that there were no other vehicles in the lot, so he might not have to worry about their group running acros
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    Hello Jason! I had found this image on a site of open-source images without a copyright or original source listed, but unfortunately it was brought to my attention that it is licensed, so I've had to remove it. I'll try to put together something just as impressive from my own photo sources!
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    Ezekiel, Joel, and Jacob pulled up to the gate in the high wall around the massive mansion. “This must be the place,” Joel said, “I don’t think there are any other mansions this size for a hundred miles.” He leaned out the window and pressed the button on the intercom. “No solicitors,” the box replied with a curt voice, and then went silent. Joel gave the other two bears in the car a look, and then leaned out the window again. He pressed and held the intercom button. “E
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    “I think we can assume that Christopher’s destination is Mount Savage and his Papa’s mansion.” Gunnar said, addressing Ezekiel, Mike, Joel and Jacob. Gone were Axel, Thomas, and Sam who had taken ten additional bears from the camp and had gone back to Hacker Valley along with Alpha Nelson and Xander to confirm that all was clear and release the rest of the pack from the fallout shelter. “If we draw a line on the map from Brian’s village to Hacker Valley, and then continue that line north,
  19. Grumpy Bear
    Please note that Archibald Arnold was a real human in history who began an industrial empire in the town of Mount Savage, Maryland. However, unlike this story, the real Archibald Arnold died in 1822.
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    Thomas rose at sunrise and walked out of the bedroom he shared with Sam into the hallway. He opened the door to the guest room a crack and peeked at his lycan guests. They were in the room with the bunk beds, and both Nelson and Xander remained asleep, Nelson on the top bunk and Xander below as befitting their rank. He trudged down the stairs to the kitchen to start the coffee going, but the aroma of a freshly brewed pot hit his nostrils when he was only halfway down. He turned the corne
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    “Has anybody seen Axel?” Rusty-Pete called out to the bears beginning to crawl out of their tents and stretch in the early-morning sun. “It’s our turn to cook breakfast, and I haven’t seen hide nor hair of him since last night.” Gunnar was just stepping out of Ezekiel’s tent, holding the flap open for the old bear and giving him a peck on the cheek. “I think when we find my cub, Mike, we’ll find Axel,” Gunnar said with a grin. “Till then I’ll pitch in with breakfast. That seems to be
  22. Grumpy Bear
    It was the morning lull at Papa Bear’s Diner. The in-between hours when the breakfast crowd had already eaten and gone, and the lunch crowd had not yet arrived. Joshua and a couple other retired regulars sat around the counter gossiping and drinking coffee when the door opened, and four enormous men walked in. They looked like bikers, and indeed, they had arrived on motorcycles just a minute earlier. They were dressed similarly, in leather pants, biker boots, t-shirts and leather vests. The
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    Here is an image from an ancient Turkish manuscript, circa 1121 AD. The top picture is a "dababbi", a half-man, half-bear. The bottom picture is a "dabaghi", half-wolf, half-hyena.
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    “I don’t understand, Papa” Mike said sternly. “You never told me before that a werebear could breed a non-kindred and turn him into a monster.” They were in the office in the back of the diner. Thomas had called Gunnar on his cell phone in the middle of the breakfast rush, and Gunnar had quickly pulled Mike aside so that they could discuss the situation with Thomas in private. “I never mentioned it Cub,” Gunnar replied, “Because doing so would be unthinkable. You know the time and ca
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    “Surprise!” Thomas shouted, pulling the tarp off the heap of rusty metal. “Happy anniversary, Cub. I hope you like it.” Sam did a walk-around and he looked up at his Papa with a grin. “Papa, do you know what this is?” Sam asked with barely contained excitement in his voice. “Of course I do,” Thomas replied. “This was my car years ago. I bought it new in 1955. I want to know if you know what this is.” “It’s a 1955 Ford Thunderbird convertible!” Sam exclaimed. “This was yo
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