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[earthen_hope]

Oh, great.

On the other hand it could be a lot worse.

Do you folks at housekeeping have a hose I could borrow?

[This entry is marked with various ink smudges and is not messy, but written in an extremely careful and neat hand with any words that aren't perfectly neat scribbled out.]


[ooc: So the other part of the price tag is that Cara and Helios' house now has an immovable flock of birds sitting on it doing... what birds do.

ALSO: for characters who knew Renae, Cara learned from Will off-journal that she's gone for good. So she'll be going around and letting them know. If you want we can use this entry for quicklogs; if you'd rather handwave it or do a full log, that works too. Just let me know with a comment here or in chat. :) ]

Comments

[totaldrama-king.livejournal.com]

A hose? That`s an odd request....

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I need to clean off the roof this evening.

[totaldrama-king.livejournal.com]

What got on your roof that you need to clean off? I mean, of course, you can use it.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Oh... there's a flock of birds that won't go away, and, you know. I'd just wait for rain but according to the forecast we're not getting any 'till Friday.

[totaldrama-king.livejournal.com]

Oh... Ew... But yeah. Go ahead and use the hose.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[firacrux.livejournal.com]

...What's goin' on?

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Birds, on the house. They won't go away.

[firacrux.livejournal.com]

How many birds?

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

A lot. I tried getting them to go away; it didn't work.

[firacrux.livejournal.com]

...Great. I'll try to chase 'em off when I get back.

Cara, what's with the writing?

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Good luck. They sure didn't listen to me, even when I tried chasing them.

Nothing's with the writing. [long pause.] But I have to talk to you when I get home.

[firacrux.livejournal.com]

Ugh.

...Alright.

quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

[The birds are still there, unfortunately, and Cara's decided to hang out inside with the cats. She's sitting on the floor with one of them in her lap, just waiting for Helios to get home so she can give him the news.]

quicklog

[firacrux.livejournal.com]

[Eventually, outside there came some shouting and the clatter of rocks tumbling down the roof, eventually Helios gave up trying to startle the birds and came inside.]

quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

[Rocks and shouting, yeah, that's Helios. Gets up and brushes cat hair off the front of her dress.]

I tried that; they won't budge--

[All right... how to say it...]

Helios... Renae is gone. It's been confirmed.

[She feels... odd as she tells him that. She's not crying, although she probably could if she let herself. Renae is gone, but they know it for sure. Not that "gone" is reassuring by any means, given what little is known. But it's better than not knowing at all.

Not that they got a chance to say goodbye.]

quicklog

[firacrux.livejournal.com]

[No they wouldn't, stupid birds.]

...

[He's silent for a long time, almost appearing as though he didn't even here her, but slowly he nodded, his shoulders dropping slightly.]

I figured.

[Hearing it didn't make it any better, though, now he wanted to go out and stab something. Or hit something. Maybe start another fight with Zombie.]

quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

[Nothing makes it better really. A certainty one way or the other would be nice but all they know is not here but not completely gone.

She's silent for a bit. There isn't much to say. If anything at all. And looking up she just spots some of the pictures that Renae drew and painted.]

...sorry.

[It comes out in a very small voice and she knows it doesn't make sense to say it. Now she's starting to feel like crying.]

quicklog

[firacrux.livejournal.com]

[Helios just shakes his head, his own eyes had strayed to some of them. Then, without really explaining himself turns to leave, reaching for his sword on the way out.

Time to go vent on some not-so-defenseless giant spiders.]

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

What happened?

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Oh... nothing serious. Just a bunch of birds that won't go away.

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

Maybe I can help you get rid of them.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Well--you could try, but my chasing them around and shouting at them didn't do much good.

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're sure you won't hurt them?

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

That might be it. I don't really want to hurt them though, just get them to go somewhere else.

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

I know, but maybe we can make them think that you are trying to.

rofl that icon is hilarious XD quicklog?

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see what you're getting at. We'd have to be pretty careful, though.

Why thank you ~ =3 Sure!

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

We will be, we don't want then hurt for real.

quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Right then. I'll see you in about fifteen minutes?

[It's closing time so there's no issue with the weapons stall; she heads home once she's done. And yes, that flock of birds is still there. The roof is perceptibly whiter.]

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

Sure~

[Lampwick headed out for Cara's house as soon as he closed his journal and tucked it into his bag. He didn't mind helping Cara in the least, especially since she was a great person in his opinion. He blinked in surprise when he saw her roof.]

...Wow.

quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

[Cara's glaring up at the birds up on the roof, but her expression becomes kind of a resigned half-smile when she sees Lampwick.]

...Yeah.

So... can you breathe fire? Or do you think the flame on your tail would be enough to frighten them off? Most animals hate the stuff.

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

I can breathe fire, but starting small might be better.

[Lampwick looked thoughtful.]

I think I'll need a way up there, Cara. Any ideas?

Re: quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Hm... Yeah, I've got one.

[She carefully picks up Lampwick so that his tail is away from her clothing and does what she did her memory: she Jumps. She tries to not go quite as high though, which makes it slightly erratic.

It's too bad she never got to show this to Renae--

--and then she lands, slipping a little on the roof but not falling off. The flock stirs but otherwise keeps on tweeting as Cara finds the cleanest spot she can to set Lampwick down.]

Shoo, you nitbitten featherbrains!

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was amazing, Cara! I didn't know you could jump like that.

[Lampwich smiled brightly at her before turning to the task at hand. Dropping onto all fours, he began to swing his tail back and forth through the air, creating a light shower of embers near the birds closest to him.

They were nowhere near enough to actually burn anything, but the heat could be felt.]

((ooc: These are your birds, so it's up to you what works or doesn't.))

Re: quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

I got a memory crystal this morning--until then, I didn't know I could jump like this.

[She watches as Lampwick starts trying to spook them off with his tail, and joins in too, moving in and clapping her hands loudly. But all the birds do is stir, fly away a little, and then land again. Not even the flames are fazing them.]

Great... I think this might just be part of what happened from the memory crystal. Normal birds would have been long gone by now.

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

[Lampwick stopped shortly and turned to look at her curiously.]

What do you mean?

Re: quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

[Frowns at the birds.]

Well, I got a cloud over my head raining candy and it dropped a memory crystal on my head after a few hours. I thought that was it. But these birds just aren't budging when there's every reason too...

...for that matter, they're not giant like the rest of the birds around here either.

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

You have a point. They're not. So how long do you think stay here?

[Lampwick tried breathing fire above the birds. He actually wouldn't wish being drenched on much of anything.]

Re: quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

I don't know--hopefully not for too long.

[Sighs--the fire makes the birds stir and tweet a bit, but other than that they stay put. She gives him a resigned smile.]

I don't want to wear out your firebreathing--thanks for the help anyhow.

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind, it'd be a good workout if it worked.

[Lampwick shrugs, poking the bird closest to him.]

Think maybe they can't fly much or something?

Re: quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I think it's probably just a trick of the Tree.

[Shakes her head and makes her way back to the edge of the roof.]

I guess I'll just have to wait for them to go away and hose it down.

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

Well it could be worse, and I could help you clean up. But for now let's go down.

[Although he really would help her, Lampwick was seriously hoping she would decline. Moving to the edge of the roof, he hopped down. The problem was always going up not down for him.]

Re: quicklog

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Nah, it shouldn't take too long--me and Helios can take care of it. But thanks anyway.

[She smiles, and hops down off the roof too.]

Re: quicklog

[ambitious-fire.livejournal.com]

[Lampwick nodded.]

So what do you want to do for now?

[extantlaw.livejournal.com]

I suspect that I would regret asking, so I will refrain.

Sanitation has hoses in their store, if you wish to borrow one.

[feathered-earth.livejournal.com]

Yeah--don't. Thanks, though. I appreciate it.

[extantlaw.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I trust it will be returned in good order.