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

[asobouyo]

[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.]

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/gets the turtles and the fish

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

[You know what, this tree's gnarly enough that he's just going to reach up and grab a branch above his head, then pull himself up to stand on it though he still hangs on with one hand. His anatomy is happier that way. And that way he can see the hole over her head.]

Oh yeah! That's pretty cool! [And with a blink, he realizes that, fat though they may be, they're all kind of small...] Huh? Have you seen the mom?

/AND DON'T FORGET THE TINY PANDA BEARS!!

[asobouyo]

Yeah, I followed her here... but now I can't find her.

[Siiiigh! :T]

/kvjzsdgvhzdbfvjh YES

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

Don't touch the babies then, okay? A lot of birds won't take care of their kids if people've touched 'em.

[Just a helpful tip there bitty.]

[asobouyo]

R-reaaaally? Why not??

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

I think they don't like the way we smell. So that's why you shouldn't touch a baby bird unless you know it's not gonna see its mama again.

[asobouyo]

[...She sniffs her arm curiously, but just trusts you on this one.]

That's awful! I'm glad people aren't like that...

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

[And that face is killing him, so Sora grins widely and distracts her from it.] But mama birds take really good care of their babies! So it's a good idea to leave 'em alone anyway so they can do that. We can't teach them to fly like they can.

[asobouyo]

...How do they teach them to fly, you think?

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

By showing them, of course! They show them how to flap their wings and hover and fly longer and longer every day.

[His own wings quiver just a little on his shoulder blades at the thought.]

[asobouyo]

[Elicia giggles and flaps her tiny wings.]

Sounds like fun!!

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is! But we can't do it, you know. We're not birds, so our wings don't work that way.

[He's trying to make a "serious" face at that to impress upon the kid the absolute truth of the statement - and comes out looking pretty silly.]

[asobouyo]

[It's okay, when Elicia's serious it still manages to look not-so-serious, herself.]

Why do we have wings, anyway?

[valorandwisdom.livejournal.com]

Uhhh...

[Oh great, how to explain the harsh realities of this world to a five year old.]

Umm, the people that used to live here, they all had wings. And the people who live outside this town, where we can't get to, they've all got them too, but theirs are different. So I guess the guys who bring us all here think we should, too.

[asobouyo]

Oooooh... So we can fit in and not feel different or lonely!