[PRP] Chicken Bones (Hel/Rojo)

[Smerdle]

Today, the calaca was practicing running. He had thought he'd had a decent handle on it before he had come to Amityville, but it turned out what he had been doing all of his life was actually known as jogging to everyone else. If he didn't want to get caught by the likes of that crazy tree ghoul, he would have to learn to speed up.

The problem he had discovered with speeding up was that it was actually really difficult to do successfully. His bony feet seemed determined to get caught on every faint rise and pit in the earth, and when he fell, he still had a tendency to break apart, despite his work to prevent it. Putting himself back together was hardly a problem, but it was time consuming, which defeated the purpose of running away in the first place.

Having learned a couple of harsh lessons about outdoor activities and fancy clothes in recent weeks, Rojo was entirely in the buff, his bright markings writhing slowly as he bounced through the trees.

Lucyal

hi

 

[Lucyal]

At the base of one of the trees, was Hel's ridiculously large chicken raven familiar. The familiar wanted to be out and about today, and was currently partaking in one of it's favorites past times: hunting bug minis to gobble. It was rooting around at the base of a tree, ruffling its feathers whenever something got away from it. Innocently rooting through the weeds at the base of a tree. Unassuming and unsuspecting.

It's reaper was nearby, her shoes and socks off as she was shin deep in a stream flipping over rocks looking for crayfish minis.

Smerdle

 

[Smerdle]

He didn't see the raven right away, but when he did, Rojo's jaw dropped as he paused, and he let out a barely audible squeal of delight, bringing his hands up to his zygomatic arches. He had never seen such an... un-mini minipet before. He wondered if it would fit in his room.

"Hello, Mister Bird," he whispered, tiptoeing closer. "You would look lovely in a hat." It was too bad he hadn't brought his.

Lucyal

 

[Lucyal]

Famine's head popped up at the whisper, and it whipped it's head around to stare at the approaching student. It cocked its head even more to peer at it with one dark red eye and blinked a few times. It didn't deem Rojo a threat. Look at him. Famine didn't worry about others being a threat to it...it was rather large, and Rojo was only some bones.

"Wark!"

Smerdle

 

[Smerdle]

One hand left his face and inched toward the bird's side.

"Wark. That is bird for hat, yes? Would you like to come home with me? I have many hats there. And I can get some... bugs... maybe." He didn't have a clue where to get bugs. "You are lost." He nodded. "I think you are lost." It was a fine justification and it made Rojo feel better about stealing what was probably someone's thoroughly mind-blowing pet.

Lucyal

 

[Lucyal]

Why yes, it did think it'd look pretty dapper in a hat, but the familiar was rather amused that Rojo thought it was going to take it home. So amused in fact, the familiar tilted it's head back, opened it's beak wide, and bobbed its head up and down repeatedly in what seemed to mimic soundless laughter. It's neck feathers even puffed up.

"Kweh!" The giant chicken then stopped 'laughing' and pulled it's head down to leaned it towards Rojo and lightly n** one of the student's bones. Getting a taste for it since it didn't have any hair to preen. Like Hel's.

Smerdle

 

[Smerdle]

Rojo could totally tell the bird was laughing. Narrowed eyes and a sarcastic curl of his lip might have indicated his feelings on the matter had he possessed a face, but having tells had never been a particular problem for the boil. He mustered his sweetest voice and cooed, "We can get you a tie if you'd like. And a little coat." Because obviously it was the hat it had found so amusing.

He was not going to force the creature to come, but perhaps he could still win it over. He was motionless for a whole twenty seconds as it pecked him, then he reached up to tentatively touch its feathery neck.

"I am probably not very tasty," he added in a low murmur. "Just so you do not waste your time eating my arms."

Lucyal

 

[Lucyal]

The familiar stilled, it's neck arched high in a thoughtful pause. A tie Rojo says. Well, ties were pretty awesome. Ties and bow ties. Way better than hats and little coats. It did look pretty darn awesome in ties and bow ties. It let Rojo reach to pet its neck, and though it did seem to humor some of these ideas...it wasn't going anywhere.

Plus Hel was still around...somewhere. Hrm. Famine craned its head around, and while it still spotted the reaper's boots and stockings, the valkyrie herself was no where to be seen. Probably went further downstream of something looking for the crayfish minis. It turned back to Rojo and squawked at him.

Smerdle