[Open]

[savioring]

Who: Lightning and you! Plus one closed prompt!
When: May 3
Where: Osiris' Palace
What: There's a giant bird!
Warnings: None yet


[Lightning has had quite a morning. Waking up to a giant white bird standing over her bed, cooing happily, was both welcoming and confusing. The last time she had seen her companion was when the world was ending. She had said her goodbye's to him then.

And now here he was. The Angel of Valhalla himself. Odin. The chocobo was as happy to see Light as she was to see him. Since Hope had suddenly left, it does her heart good to see something familiar other than the crystal flowers.]

[Open]

[After posting on the network, Lightning has to make sure that her temple grounds weren't littered with things that might attack her visitors. Being a god of death might invite some unsavory visitors. Mostly ghosts, though thankfully anything nasty is confined to the catacombs. Odin follows her around just like back home, checking on the same things she was checking on, anything a normal bird wouldn't do.

When things check out, Light opens the doors and waits for Sora and others. Visitors will see the god, Odin, and the ostrich from hell milling about the garden. Be careful not to fall into the river and stick to the paths.]


[Closed to Pidge]

[When Pidge wakes up, one of the first thing she should notice is a large white bird watching over her. With a soft 'kweeh' he'll just keep watching her until she responds. Preferably with pats to the head and praises on how handsome he is.

Please notice him, little human.]

Comments

[oathkeeper]

[When Sora arrives he lets out a long excited whooooaaaaaaa at the look of her temple. It’s definitely a temple he could get used to hanging out at.

He’s super exited to meet the chocobo though. Yuffie used to make jokes that they looked like Cloud's head but never understood that until he had seen the pictures that Lightning had posted. He can defiantly see the resemblances now.]

Lightning?

[He might be a little lost in the giant temple. He wanders a bit before he finds the gardens.]

Hiya!

[savioring]

[Sora doesn't spook easily, does he. Light might not want to take him into the main building. It screams god of the dead in there.

Odin lets her know that there's someone nearby with a soft kweh before Sora even makes it to the gardens.]

Took you long enough.

[oathkeeper]

[Sora gestures to the way he came from.] Think I took the scenic route.

[Really, everyone's temples are massive. Sora likes his little one, but still. He's surprised half of the gods can manage to find their bedrooms.

As soon as his eyes land on the giant bird he grins brightly and bounds over.]

Whoa! It's a real chocobo! He's awesome!

[He'll reach out to touch it, let's see how well that goes.]

[savioring]

[That's because she sticks to the paths. That's how Lightning knows how to navigate the place even in the darkness.]

Least I didn't have to send out a rescue party.

[Odin looks to Light first. She shrugs and the chocobo takes that as a sign that this little human can pet him. He lowers his head so it's easier to do so.]

[oathkeeper]

I'd manage one way or another!

[He lets out a happy yelp when the chocobo lowers his head. He pets it and finds the feathers super soft under his fingertips. He grins warmly and then ventures to rub his cheek on the chocobo.]

Hey, he likes me!

[heptagram]

[What's this giant bird? That seems to be the main thing that she's caught up with, more than the temple in general. Lightning would probably catch sight of her examining the bird.]

Hm... Not quite like a creature I've ever seen... [She's talking quietly. Mostly to herself. But hearing her might not be that hard.]

[savioring]

[Odin is just going to stand there and check out the person checking him out. Since she's not moving, he doesn't see why he should.

Which changes when Light comes into view and he saunters over to her. She pats his neck before looking over.]

Patchouli? You've seen something similar?

[heptagram]

Oh, yes. There were a few species of quite large birds on Earth! Most of them didn't look much like this, though. Mostly a very different, rather dark color.

[savioring]

[Lightning waves her hand to show off an ostrich just casually eating a plant.]

Like that useless thing?

[heptagram]

Mm. There's a few other species that are similar. Most of them are similarly kind of docile.

[revolutionfalcon]

[In hours that he has little else to do, Shun's taken to patrolling around the Far Shore, especially given the amount of off-hand heavenly ayakashi attacks they've had recently along with that fire at the picnic. So it is that he finds himself wandering through Lightning's temple garden, eyes moving over the river briefly as he passes it and catches sight of movement in the distance.

When he gets closer, his eyes go from Lightning to the chocobo to the ostrich, and it's at that where two and two go together.]

So you were the one talking about your ostrich when the vultures got out. [He can't help but look back to the chocobo at that point, though, because it's...pretty eye-catching.] What the hell is that thing, anyway?

[savioring]

[Ah. It's vulture guy. Now there's a face to the name. Nehkbet. Though he doesn't quite look how she expected... Nehkbet was a goddess according to her research.]

It left eventually. Must have realized there wasn't any food here for it. [Which she was thankful for. It was an ugly bird.]

A chocobo. A bird from my world used as a mount and companion.

[revolutionfalcon]

[There's surprisingly few people here who've done that research, and Shun himself isn't one to bring up Nekhbet technically being a goddess off hand. He knows he's not the only case of a male incarnation of a goddess here, anyway.

With a faint snort somewhere in the vicinity of amused and dismissive, Shun glances over the gardens.]

Probably not its kind of territory, either. They don't avoid the garden, but they seem to prefer perching around open ground.

[The bird being used as a mount explains the size, though, and he gives an understanding nod.] Sounds useful, at least. It's hard to be that surprised by these kinds of animals when so many people post about getting dragons or whatever the hell back from their world. [And then there's the ones who get back cats.]

[savioring]

[Light can't say much since she's supposed to be a male god.

She doesn't mind the fact that the bird left. Open ground was hard to come by around this place, which suited her just fine. Less chance of an aerial attack.]

A dragon? Sounds like a mess to have around. At least Odin here won't breathe fire on anyone who pisses him off. [Just chuck a few Fira spells their way.]

[revolutionfalcon]

Basically. I might have a flock of vultures, but claws and beaks only go so far.

[Not that it wouldn't be handy to fry enemies, admittedly, but the risk of frying neutral parties seems a little high for it to be worth the trade-off.

The idea of a bird named after a god in a place full of gods draws a faintly amused snort from Shun, and he looks over the bird again briefly before turning his attention back to her.]

Not a name I would've expected in this place, but then, who the hell knows they're going to get sidetracked to a place like this.

[connivingbird]

[He said he was going to fly in and that was what he did. Ankh knew that as a god he could just use that ability to go wherever he wanted, but that took away the enjoyment that he had when he stretched his wings. The feel of the wind through his feathers, the way the ground looked and the feel of the sun on his back, it all was something he had thought lost to him all those years ago. That he could indulge in it now made him use it even more so then before.

Spotting an open area, he came down for a landing, a few feathers scattering from his wings (they would fade and go back to his temple either becoming a part of the pillows or other decorations), and raised his head as he scanned the vegetation. Then he saw the garden and pulled his wings in with the accompanied metallic sound and headed for the group of people and birds.]

[savioring]

[Odin was the first between him and his friend to notice this new person. He let out a soft noise of curiosity as he walked right on over to check them out. This person was rather interesting. After a moment he made a loud 'Kweh!' sound to alert Lightning that someone was there.

Light raises an eyebrow, heading over to the pair of them.]

Take it you're here to see Odin?

[connivingbird]

[The human form he wore was that of a slight Japanese male so when the chocobo came up to him, he had to raise his head to meet the bird's eyes. Being that he was little more like a bird himself, he made his own soft inquiring noise something between a trill and a chirp, before cocking his head to the side to look over at Lightning.]

Yes. Odin, is it? I'm Ankh.

[savioring]

[Odin chirps and sways gently. He's rather happy to have met another being that's bird but not? The last one he knew was Chocolina, and she was more preoccupied with talking to Lightning instead of him.]

Seems he likes you. Doesn't happen often.

[connivingbird]

[There was a hint of a smile on his face as he reached over to give the chocobo a scratch along his ruff. It had been a very long time since he had seen any large birds, and as much as he liked to pretend that he found everything annoying, there was a part that still remembered what it had been like before the king took his tenth Medal.]

You can say that I share a bond with most birds.

[verde]

[ Pidge had gotten to sleep late, as usually, so she was sprawled out on top of the scraps that she was working with. Waking up slowly, she noticed the giant beak and proceeded to jump up and back up, grabbing her shirt. ]

W-What are you!?

[savioring]

[Odin lets out a sad trill, hanging his head. He didn't mean to scare you!]

[verde]

[ Calming down from her initial scare, Pidge seems fascinated. A bird? Moving closer, she held her hand out for the animal, making sure it was okay with her petting it. ]

[savioring]

[Oh! Attention! He chirps and bumps his head against her hand. Definitely have permission now.]

[verde]

[ Pidge's eyes widen as she immediately rubbed the sides of the bird's heads. The feathers are so soft!! She smiled more now. ]