==This piece was drawn in late-2024. Following my first art commission, my Ko-Fi supporters voted for me to begin uploading art here, including pieces that have been up on FA that I still like. This is one of those pieces.==

The assembled group of adventures settled down, having finished exchanging their greetings and abbreviated introductions. The party was complete as far as they were concerned. They had their big muscle, they had their impish caster, they had their enigmatic keen eye, and they had their amnesiac skirmisher. Even as fresh adventurers in this new land, they were confident they had all the tools to at least ace any early jobs their starter company provided. However, the Rodeenas weren't done; Mika looked as though she'd been caught in the middle of a thought, Marren looked as though he was holding back the punchline of a joke, and Milo looked simultaneously in good humor and exhausted.

"And," Mika continued with a sigh, "I am contractually obligated to inform you we will be providing you with a support member. She stipulated as part of her on-boarding that, with sufficient proof of her abilities, we would provide her to a party for maintaining their camp and handling their logistical and upkeep concerns. So I'd like to introduce your party's camp chef..."

"Yessssss! Hi, everybody!"

From around the door bounded a wolf girl in hide wear. In some ways, she looked more like a gladiator than a cook; with a strange-looking "meat tenderizer" on one hip and a net on the other—not to mention the headband and paw-print emblem belt—it was hard to not imagine her as some sort of martial combatant. She didn't have the face or posture of a warrior, though. Rather, as she skipped in and hugged the group she'd be aiding, those bright blue and green eyes gazed up with all the wonder and excitement of a child. While the belt hid it well, it was clear she was a little chubby too. And her embarrassed step back, fold of her hands behind her back, and those silly little lopped ear-tips suggested a degree of awkwardness that a trained fighter wouldn't have had.

And one other thing stood out on the cutie, too. Upon her mantle was pinned a little frying pan brooch. The crystal in the middle seemed to shift in color, though with her giddy, soft expression it seemed to settle into a distinct blue-green color. Was it actually...?

"...soooo yeah! I'm Autumn Wuff, but you can call me Chef Benny! I've been wanting to explore for a while! Cooking for y'all's going to be a blast, so I hope you help me find lots of tasty ingredients!"

Somehow, this was the most intimidating thing everyone in the room had heard all day. The shiver that ran down their spines said it all; this one...was going to be a problem. But they all shared a look of agreement: it would at least assuredly be a fun problem.
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While I'm not ready yet to use my wuff's characters, I absolutely want to channel his characters' energy. And what better way to do that than to make my own wuff? Meet Benny! She's a silly girl with a wonder for cooking, a proclivity for games of will and vision, and a love of teasing and creativity! "Boy Maven," I hear you say, "is this a pred focused around cooking even more than Jules is?" And technically, yes! But if you had to put numbers to her...Benny is 70% sub/prey, 30% dom/pred. She'll always assume, though, that she's going to be the one domming/predding unless someone clearly makes an appealing move. After all, she plays by wuff rules!

And if you're wondering, the brooch is essentially a cursed item that betrays her honest emotions at all times. Know the Dragon's Tear from Breath of Fire II? It's like that, but with more flexibility. So while she might deceive you on early meetings, if you're perceptive and get to know her...well, you'll always know what she's feeling. It's her own little wuff-peculiarity like Aurora's hats~

Anyway, gonna try playing her in a Pathfinder campaign that may be happening in the near future. She's going to be a Culinarian! ...yes, that's a real 3rd party class. It's stupid and I love it. XD XD

Art, Benny Wuff (c)  MavenTreecat

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