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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 2010-09-26 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Note to self: speak with Hughes. 8| Though Sanji would bet money the man already knows]

She teaches people how to heal. And she's really nice! I bet she'd love having you as a student~!

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly!

[He stands up then, and brushes some dirt off his knees] It might take some practice, but I know you can do it.

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
What a heart of gold~! Your papa must be very proud~!

[He lets her hang on, slowly steering her back in the direction of her apartment] And what was Elicia-chan doing before she found the mama bird?

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[... oh ho]

Pirates? What kind of a pirates?

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So Nami-san's already told you some of the stories~!

Those are the pirates I like best. Maybe you can show me some of your pictures?

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
That's because we come in all shapes and sizes! I've met pirates bigger than buildings.

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It's true! [With mock-insistence] And pirates with golden hooks for hands! Or one with a peg leg and a really big mustache!

The peg leg one likes kicking people with it. [He'd know. ;;]

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-09-27 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I bet it's uncomfortable. But the body can adapt to a lot of things, too.

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like... eeeeh.... [Give him a second, he's not used to this part of the whole Big Bro package]

Getting used to something you didn't have to before. Like you're adapting to being in Luceti, aren't you?

And that mama bird adapted to having a broken wing.

/sobs. FEEL FREE TO TELL ME TO STOP REPLYING SO LATE

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-10-18 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
... [He nearly stops walking, at that. Whatever he's feeling... he keeps to himself. There are some issues the mind of a child doesn't need to be burdened with]

Until she gets here, you can be a big girl and wait for her with us, right?

8Db

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-10-18 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
That so? [Giving her hand a squeeze, and chuckling as she goes off on what's probably one of her favorite subjects]

Then I can't wait for her to get here either! And I bet she'd be really proud of that pie you made the other day.

[identity profile] oda-hates-me.livejournal.com 2010-10-18 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a really good mama to me.

[He pauses - well, uh, ABC's across worlds is a messy business. >_>]

My ABC's? It's been a while since I've thought about 'em. [cough] But of course, I wouldn't forget something like that!