52nd Resurrection

[sanctus_dei]

Action A: [Some of you might have noticed your Christmas light and decorations going missing. None of the big or heavy things, like lawn ornaments, but things like tinsel, small wreaths, strings of lights and the like are disappearing. Or maybe you'll catch the culprits in the act - two large crows who quietly chatter and squawk at one another, as if talking. They might be un-stringing your lights with their beaks and claws, or trying to figure out a way to lift a larger decoration, or both trying to pick up a wreath so they can carry it together. Do you investigate? Catch them? Chase them off?]

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Action B: [The bird thieves are not hiding their spoils, dumping them on the lawn and porch of 337 Brady Lane. Once they've collected enough, they caw loudly to get their master's attention. Theo comes out to argue with them.]

What the hell are you doing?

[One of the birds cheerfully flaps while holding a string of lights in his beak. The other caws at Theo.]

Because I don't give a damn about Christmas. Where did you get all of these?!

[Feel free to approach/accost/etc.!]

Comments

Action B of Course

[infinitemars.livejournal.com]

[Well, Kira's more or less used to Theo's pets by now, since they're always around somewhere, so she isn't so bothered by the fact they're raising a racket. In fact, she's not even really startled by Theo's yelling; he always was rather grumpy. But catching just a little bit of the conversation, she can't help but come outside and stops as she sees the mass pile of decorations the crows have built up.]

...What in the world?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[The birds are excited to see Kira, and caw at her their pleas. Theo shakes his head.] Shut up!

[He turns to her.] They wanna decorate for Christmas. They don't even know what Christmas is.

[infinitemars.livejournal.com]

They want to decorate? Why? Do they like the lights or something?

[Asking this because there are a lot of lights in that stack.]

B

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

[Passing by, Marisa snickers.]

Your familiars are being ornery, ze. Might want to watch out that they don't steal anything from the hellraven's territory.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

They're about to get their feathery asses kicked.

Hellraven?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

The hellraven's name is Okuu and she's from the Underworld of Gensokyo. She's really big, really powerful and really stupid.

And territorial. Birds and all...

B

[callinblueskies.livejournal.com]

[On his way back from school, walking up the the scene of Theo arguing with his birds, it's only when Rin sees the object of their debate that he lets curiosity take over.]

Hey the got us decorations! [Yes he's looked.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

They stole decorations. I'd make them put them back but there's so goddamn many. I'm gonna have every other drone guy in the neighborhood knocking on the door know.

[callinblueskies.livejournal.com]

...Hang up signs saying "found decorations"? Or leave them off at the community center?

We should use some if people don't claim them.

A!

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Aaron wants his decorations back.

He gives chase. They can fly, they have the advantage.]]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[They can fly, but Christmas decorations can be cumbersome to a bird. Working together, the pair are making off with a sheep from a nativity scene.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[He's going to try and leap up to snag it with his teeth or at least scare them into dropping it.

Making growls and angry yips at them.]]

A

[kinship]

[Cain happened to notice the two crows on his windowsill unhooking the lights, and opens it in a hurry.]

Hey! What do you think you're doing?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[The one bird squawks in shock and immediately flies off. The other defiantly caws at Cain.]

[kinship]

[Frowning at the one left cawing, he tries to hold onto the half untangled lights.]

These aren't yours.

A

[noluckduck]

[The birds aren't even messing with her decorations, but she approaches out of sheer reflex, just to listen in to what they're babbling about.

Then she remembers she can't understand them anymore, and she feels an odd pang of longing.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[When she approaches, one hops off a bit, a red christmas ribbon in his beak. The other is working at some garland on a fence. He caws at her, as if trying to talk. Deimos never seems to get that most other people can't understand him.]

[noluckduck]

Can't talk to ya, lil' guy.

[Butt damn, the habit is hard to break.] Hey, this place ain't yours, is it?

B

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

[Oh he knows those little thieves, so instead of yelling at them he just follows them to Theo's house]

I have to hand it to you two, I didn't think that you guys would be able to get that wreath this far on your own.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[They both flap and crow happily at Ken. Theo, on the other hand, frowns.] Don't encourage them.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

I'm not tryin' to encourage 'em. I'm just saying that it was pretty damn impressive that they managed that amount of team work.


What the hell are they tryin' to do anyways?

A

[ooeeooahah]

[ Seeing the lights being stolen from across the street, Ilsa will go out in the front porch with a couple of cookies - stars decorated with sparkling sugar. ]

Hey, you two! Come take a break!

[ Because she's not sure how much her neighbors will tolerate their lights missing, and it's not like she can't replace the lights on the house here. ]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[The crows turn to look at her, unsure if they're speaking to them. They're birds, after all, and usually people aren't inviting them over. But she has food. Phobos doesn't come closer, but Deimos does to get a look at what she has.]

Latest Action A

[idkmybfforin.livejournal.com]

[Speaking of hellravens, here's one now!

...predictably the slowest to the party. Or even notice.

In her raven form, she flutters up to the rooftop and looks down, feathers already beginning to puff up.

She wasn't irritated at the theft of decorations and such, but that there were crows. On her territory. This was unacceptable!

She calls once--toktoktok--and then swoops down the roof into the yard and at the crows like a feathery bomber.]

sob my sub JUST RAN OUT and locked all my crow icons XD

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[The birds look up as soon as she calls out. Phobos is out of there *so fast*. He's too much of a coward for this. Deimos, though, is determined to pry this garland loose first. He's so close! Phobos calls out to him to get moving already!]