A Taste of Tao 1

Tao downed another mug of beer like it was water. After the night he'd had, dousing his troubles in alcohol wasn't the worst idea to him. At this point, though, the bruin reeked of hard liquor and cheap cigars.

"Oi! Bartender! Bring me 'notha round *hic*, and dis time don't fuckin' water, done yah fuckin' piss ass beer!"

"B-but Sir! This is your fifteenth drink a-and you're drunk..."

The skittish house cat continued to ramble, which only made the drunken panda angrier.

"Do I look like I care about yah fuckin' rules!? Another round, bub..."

Before he could reach across the bar to wring the bartender's neck, a fearsome looking elephant caught his thick arm, twisting it behind his back and smashed his head against the bar. "Your night ends here, pal," the elephant said, adding pressure to the arm bar.

A fierce grin crossed the bear's maw. "Oh you wanna play? Lets play!" The panda kicked back, landing a crushing blow to the elephant's groin. Before he could even keel over in pain, Tao grabbed him by the trunk, and with tremendous strength, Irish whipped him halfway across the room into an empty table, where he crumpled into a whimpering heap.

"I'm calling the cops!" the bartender hissed.

"Don't even bother, I'm leavin'!" the panda shouted as he carried himself out the door with a smug grin and busted lip.

"Ahh. Just what I needed."

Statistics

Name: Tao Haptism
Species: Panda
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 286 lbs.
Age: 31
Signature move: "Emperor Press" (Lou Thesz press)

Tao is a side character in the "Bullwhip" visual novel (Tumblr, Twitter). He's a cameo character, owned by John-Galt, who also wrote the character's flavor text.

Credits

This is Tao as drawn by the mighty Kartos. If you fancy this gritty panda, Tao has a lot of other art in John-Galt's own gallery.

 Kartos © Art (Fur Affinity, Twitter, Patreon)

 John-Galt © Owner of Tao, Story (Fur Affinity)