Cliff didn't intend to appear as a threat; he was just expressing how he felt today. He would only ever mess with somebody if he felt threatened enough to not play dead. Even then he wouldn't lay a finger on them before it happened; blame it on his instinct. Others blamed it on his 'drunk nature'. Oh please, he knew the limits he could take and that only ever happened in his teens. Just because he smelt like it didn't mean his atomic structure was made of alcohol. He just made sure he'd drink enough to keep some spirits in him, to make him actually do something with his life.

As the fire elemental waved he was kind of surprised that she did, and with such a brilliant smile. Usually he could see disgust or fear when people smiled at him, how the emotion glassed over their eyes and faked their smiles. So in response to this phenomena, he rose a hand a lazily waved back.

Name: Cliff  Joseph Hangar
Gender: Male
Species: Opossum
Height: 5 ft 5 if he stands straight
Magic/abilities: Excellent climber, can play dead, knows little electrical magic
Age: Late 30s

Appearance: Anthropomorphic opossum with dirty white fur, typically wears a brown vest, shorts, boots, and a stained white long sleeve.

Personality: Cliff is 80% most likely to be drunk. This means most of the time he is angry yet unaware of it, inserts sarcasm into every compliment, and only smiles over winning an argument. His sober side, however, shows an excellent listener and sympathizer. Either way, Cliff loves to give advice, though does it blunt, harshly, and without thinking when drunk. When threatened, he would make a sassy remark before playing dead. People normally associate that with his drunkenness rather than his animal instinct.

Background:

Cliff formerly worked at the Core, mainly working on its construction and maintenance. Back then he was just one of the boys, and had an outstanding work ethic. However during a power outage he and others had to fix his fiancee and coworker, Elle, got seriously electrocuted by the systems and today is still in an unstable condition. This caused him to drink away his emotions for ages, and started up his alcoholism. Cliff would even turn up to work drunk, and was later fired for being seen as a hazard to himself and other workers. To move on, he’d down more drinks. He moved on to performing simple household electrical repairs for his career instead, making sure to spend some time each week to visit Elle until she later died with him by her side.

Voice reference: (First minute gives a good idea. I couldn’t find any decent enough clips that were shorter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5gzPlULCG0