asobouyo: (Playing outside is good for you!)
Elicia Hughes • Age 7 ([personal profile] asobouyo) wrote2010-09-22 09:36 pm

4th Teddy Bear [Action][Forward-dated to daytime]

[A relatively normal day, so far. Elicia'd been coloring up pictures of pirates (fire-breathing lions were soooo last week) and was generally relaxing in her new setting. Lots of new friends and happy times! But as she finished up Mr. Pirate's peg-leg, she happened to notice, by chance, something out the apartment's windows...

A
small bird limping across the grass outside!

Well, leaving it certainly wouldn't do... It'll only take a second to go see and it's close by, so it'sokay!—besides, it looks like it could rain in a little bit... She has to make sure the little critter wasn't stuck out during a drizzle...

So Elicia leaves the apartment and rushes down the stairs, slip-on shoes click-clacking all the way. She can see the bird in the distance trying to flap a mangled wing, and runs toward it... which is, in hindsight, a bad idea, because it just darts into the brush. She continues for a few seconds until she's in a little clearing, where soft frenzied chirps meet her ears.

A tree! Over there~!

She climbs its jutting roots and looks into a hole to find baby birds, all chirping and fat... like their mama? Aaah, but that means mama bird was missing! Was it really the one she'd chased earlier? Well, she'll just sit and admire the babies for now while waiting for any sign of said mama birdy, whenever you feel like bumping into her.]

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Maah maaah, just wait a sec. Stay here, I'm gonna go get her.

[Ten years of training; all the blood, sweat, hearts and tears; nearly being drowned on a daily basis; suffering multiple concussions from kicks to the head.

All for this very moment. 8|

He actually doesn't need to use most of his speed - the bird's injured, for christ's sake, and by the time Sanji has scooped the poor critter up, she nearly forgets to chirp in dismay. Seriously, what the hell just happened?

While she's figuring that out, Sanji tosses a grin over his shoulder and nods for Elicia to come out, gently gripping the bird in his grasp and mindful of the wing]

Does that mean she's gonna be shoving pictures of her pets in everyone's faces in a year or two?

[identity profile] valorandwisdom.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? Birds? What kind of birds?

[Yes, totally forgetting that a five-year-old is not likely to know bird types other than "feathers!" and "tiny!". But he changes direction and heads over to the tree, taking a running leap to catch some of the branches and pull himself up into it easily. He's a good climber.]

[identity profile] nightsofrain.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, n-nice to meet you, Elicia! I'm Kyrie! [However Kyrie doesn't state her age though because...erm, it's hard to explain.]

I do! I think they m-might even be my favorite animal. W-what about you?

[identity profile] lotusgatekeeper.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You've got a pretty good name there yourself! Nice to meetcha, Elicia.

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[identity profile] applehair.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah! You might fall from there. [It's a short fall, but she's only five. ;;] What are--- see birds?

[identity profile] broken-messiah.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
With a hurt wing...? [looks around] Where did you see it?
catus_carnival: (☼ Tao is Taokaka)

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[personal profile] catus_carnival 2010-09-24 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? But you shouldn't be up there, little one! You might get hurt, meow.
catus_carnival: (☼ ceiling cat is watching you)

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[personal profile] catus_carnival 2010-09-24 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry! Tao can get you down!

[identity profile] lotusgatekeeper.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure! But do you think there's enough room for both of us up there?

[identity profile] esper-flight.livejournal.com 2010-09-24 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's listen. Maybe if we're quiet, we can hear her....

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-25 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
I hope not, even if it's delicious. Pie's not the best diet for birds.

[The bird is still chirping in distress, so time to finish this nice and easy. He bends down enough so Elicia can see what he does - there's a warm light from his hand, see, glowing a faint blue. By the time he pulls his hand back, the mama bird utters another irritated peep and flies straight away, heading for the nest hidden inside the trunk]

All better!

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