Uh-oh.

[wrfiends]

[Today, the quad has a new resident.]

[This is not necessarily a good thing.]

[You can ask all sorts of questions: like how did it get here!? Or what does it want?! Or even why is it here in the first place?! And these are all perfectly good questions (with perfectly good answers, mind), but not ones you're going to get an answer just by asking.]

[Because whatever the answers might be, the fact remains that there is a very, very large red chocobo sitting contentedly in front of the quad's stage -- right in the middle of everything, in other words. At the moment, it has its head tucked back and its eyes shut -- it's napping.]

[Then again, who knows how sensitive its hearing is? (There's another good question, and this one might be answered quickly and directly if you care to ask...)]

Comments

[isnottheworst]

[Yoshino just stares at the giant thing]

...

[and then after a minute or two]

How the heck did this get here?!

[wrfiends]

[At that noise, the chocobo lifts its head, cracking an eye open balefully.]

[isnottheworst]

Um... nice giant chicken...? [backs away slowly]

Where's Lalamon when you need her...

[grollschwert]

[...]

[Interesting. They don't usually come in red. She'll just try to ignore it, but who knows how successful she'll be at that?]

[wrfiends]

Wark.

[Grolla will not get far. One or more of the chocobo's keen senses has alerted it to her presence, leading it to lift its head and let out that alarmingly imperious call.]

[earthlychild]

[A red chocobo? She remembers betting on one at Gold Saucer, but it's been ages since then. And it's just sleeping in the middle of the walkway. That can't be comfortable. She climbs up on the stage, looking down at their new intruder for clues. They startle easily and she doesn't have any greens, so she speaks softly.]

I think we should find you a stable. This isn't a good place for a nap.

[wrfiends]

[The chocobo ruffles its feathers as it lifts its head, turning to face Aerith lazily.]

Wark.

[senseofjustice]

[Did someone say RED?

Terezi doesn't think she's ever seen something like this face-to-face. Probably because technically it's a bit hard to see.

She tiptoes closer to it, trying to be quiet.]

[wrfiends]

[The chocobo cracks an eye open to peer at the interloper, alerted by some keen sense or another.]

[lunar_princess]

[Jeeze, you'd think that a chocobo would be kind enough to not plop itself down in a place that's usually filled with people, but that certainly seems to not be the case.

With a light huff Luna hovers her way over to the chocobo to make sure she doesn't startle it too much before setting herself down next to it. Voice remains soft for the time being.]

We think you may have picked a bad spot for your nap...

[wrfiends]

[The chocobo opens an eye, then slowly lifts its head to face the pony.]

Kweh.

[hispeedchase]

[Oh. Oh my god. It's a red Chocobo, on the day he chooses to wear all red. What sorcery is this?

You bet your ass he'll be creeping up on it. He'd never seen one red before.]

[wrfiends]

[The chocobo cracks one eye open to peer at Chase. Not balefully, exactly, but it IS having its nap disturbed.]

[redcinemareel]

[IT'S RED AND GRELL WANTS IT! Plus, she's a sucker for Chocobo, since she still has the one she raised last ...year? Or two years ago? Whichever.

Said pet chocobo, Lark, is with her, looking on curiously along with Grell. She inches comically closer in an attempt to try and pet it.]

[wrfiends]

[As Grell approaches, the chocobo lifts its head slightly, eyeballing not her, but her smaller companion. Does the term 'pecking order' come to mind, very literally?]

[rewritethis]

[Let's lay this situation out in a clear, logical fashion. Ed can do that. He's nothing if not scientifically-minded, whatever anyone else claims.

Problem: enormous, gently snoozing red feathery thing. Desired outcome: lack thereof. First attempt at a solution: wake the damn thing up and surprise it badly enough for it to shift. Which, okay, given the size of it, would probably cause other problems in very short order... but it'd get rid of this one, wouldn't it?

Pretty simple, really. All that's left is the method...

After a quick glance around at the unoccupied part of the quad - well, it'd have to be quick, there's not much of it - he spots a couple of usable-looking rocks sitting a few yards away, and takes a cautious (but not silent) step towards them.]

[wrfiends]

[Which means the chocobo has cracked open an eye to peer at the alchemist. Well, it's awake, but not startled...]

[scatterflower]

*Chika can't help but just stare at the sleeping red bird. Well, that wasn't something a lot of people saw everyday. And it wasn't a Digimon, Chika could tell that much.

Piyomon jumped up, leaning forward and staring over at the other bird creature.*

Hey, hey, Chika? What is this?

I don't know. But you might want to get back from it, who knows how'll it'll act if it gets angry.

I'll be fine. I mean, we had to worry about worse things than this, right?

... I still think you should be careful.

[wrfiends]

[The chocobo opens one eye to look at Piyomon with lazy curiosity.]

[dragonspooker]

[Okay. Come back from a mission, working on getting settled back in - maybe go to the Quad to catch up on what paperwork's been missed, and...

Giant red chocobo.

What.]

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA HERE?!

[wrfiends]

[Its sleep disturbed, the bird lifts its head to look blearily at the loud, small woman.]

[moirailcompass]

[.................Nepeta hasn't hunted in so long.

S o L o n g.

But why hunt and kill innocent creatures when food is so readily provided for you? That's what made her finally give up going to the training center. Not to mention that something about the idea of locking a bunch of animals up to be killed didn't exactly sit right with her.

Yet something about this lone chocobo out here made it hard for her to resist, but resist she would try. It had to belong to someone after all. She looked around, trying to see any signs of who it might be owned by]

[wrfiends]

[It shows faints hints of perhaps having been saddled at one point, maybe even bridled, but those hints are faint indeed. Otherwise, it looks free as a... well, you know.]

[aqueousdemonoid]

[Sollux is just wandering about the facility, when suddenly giant red bird-thing. Needless to say he's a bit confused...]
I thought they kept the monthterth in the training thing... [Maybe it's domesticated? Yeah, that's probably it. All the same, he's just going to try to quietly sneak around it.]

[wrfiends]

[The chocobo opens an eye to peer at him as he attempts to sneak. You've been spotted!]