lockandkeyblade | 004 // Video - Action // In which Sora makes a friend

[Hey there, Vatheon! Time for a homely little broadcast of a cozy looking ... stable? Since when did Vatheon have horses? Must be new. The screen pans slowly, revealing a vast open field, bordered by a rickety white fence. Sora's voice speaks off screen:]

Hey guys- check out what showed up at Nostalgia Nook!

[And then woa! Fluffy yellow feathers invade the screen. The SFC shakes as the person holding it begins to laugh. Sora swivels the SFC on himself. His hood is caught in the beak of a rather large bird. Behind him are several more, nearly twice Sora's height and scattered throughout the field.]

They're called Chocobos. Some are pretty friendly. The guy at the stable? He says I can have one if I take good care of it! [Another Chocobo head bobs into the screen, nibbling at the end of a spike of Sora's hair. He doesn't seem to mind.] You can even ride them, but you gotta train em' first.

Oh. And when you sing, sometimes they'll dance. Watch!

[The screen swivels around, squaring on an unassuming Chocobo several yards ahead. Sora clears his throat, and begins to whistle a tune. The bird in question quirks its head at the SFC and surprise, surprise, it actually begins to dance! It bobs, sways, rolls its head, warking rather excitedly, drawing attention of other ones nearby who more or less begin to do the same.]

[Just when things start getting interesting, that's when it all stops: there's a loud, irritated wark right behind the SFC. Sora has halted his musical performance and the screen has wandered away from the dancing chocobo as if Sora has become distracted offscreen. Could be trouble...]

Uhh.... hey there... You want some greens, is that it?

I'm sure I've got some around here. Hang on a sec....H-hey!

Wait, what're you - Oh no!!

[The screen finally jerks around, catching a flash Sora being tugged backwards, his hood caught in the beak of a rather irate looking bird. The broadcast stops.]

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Yes, here I am, as promised. [He tosses the feather aside and approaches the bird as it invades Sora's pack, reaching out to plant his hand on the chocobo's beak.] Ah--! [He is shoved aside as the bird tosses its head--it wants more greens, not a hand in its face. The big chicken is stronger than it looks.]

Uh, okay... [Axel grunts and tries again to pry the bird's head away from Sora.] Come on, Feathers, we're trying to have a conversation here...!

[Sora is teetering on one foot, the same side the Chocobo's trying to get into. Oh man, he hopes you know what you're doing, Axel. It is a big bird, and really doesn't want either of them losing a hand. Hard to talk, explain, even answer questions like this.]

Oh man... there's gotta be something else around here that it likes more than my stuff-

[Sora begins to hobble forward, looking around the stable for some feed or greens- anything. It's a goofy sight.]

Well, whadda these suckers eat, then? Besides backpacks and short kids with spiky hair?

[If he could just get the bird to let go of Sora for a minute, he could get the both of them out of the pen using a corridor--the kid had already proven he'd be fine moving through them, swanky black coat not necessary. But he wasn't about to test what would happen to a giant chicken if it was dragged halfway into a corridor of darkness...]

[Sora just sighs, exasperated.]

I think there's some Gysahl greens in the crate around that pen. If you could just- Whoa!

004 // Video - Action // In which Sora makes a friend

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[action] oh man...

[action] sorry for the wait

[action] S'all good, my pyromaniac brotha from anotha motha