Trial of the Spades

[hiken]

Who: The Spades Crew + Anyone wandering by or onto their ship.
Where: Isla Empieza, The Sun
When: 12/15 - 12/21
What: Shenanigans! The Cold Curse, Sailing, Etc
Warnings: None so far. Possibly violence, given this crew.
Style: Prose/Action. Either or!
Status: OPEN

Threads below! Feel free to drop in your own, just remember to date them. More 'general' threads will come up after the crew sets sail.

Comments

Um, 17th

[heartismyown]

[Roxas sees a bird bouncing around on the deck and he comes as close as he dares, crouching down to watch it. Is it a pet? What if it escapes? He looks around to see if anyone else is paying any mind to the phoenix.]

17th it is

[fierybluebird]

[Nope the phoenix is all alone, chirping angrily in an attempt to warm up.]

[But he stops to stare at Roxas.]

[Stare.]

[Stare.]

[Stare.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas isn't sure what to do. On one hand, if it's a pet and it flies away, someone's going to be upset. On the other hand, what if the bird is dangerous?

Well, if it attacks him, he can probably fight it off. With a nod he keeps low to the ground and tries to come closer, hands outstretched. He takes his steps slowly.]

[fierybluebird]

[Tilts his head.]

[Chirps.]

[Hops backward.]

[heartismyown]

[Uh oh, it's moving away from him. He's not sure how he's supposed to catch a phoenix of all things. He's never really tried to catch anything before. Roxas tries to close the distance between them and catch the bird with a leap towards him.]

[fierybluebird]

[Squawks and flails!]

[He's going to kick Ikki for this! Stupid painting the turkey like him so now everyone thinks he's the pet if they don't know him well!]

[IT'S NOT FAAAAIIIIR]

[Oh hey it's warmer.]

[Okay. He will tolerate this for now.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas didn't see the turkey fortunately, but when he's successful he grins brightly, holding the bird in his arms.]

Sorry, I don't want anyone to be sad if you flew away.

[His hands begin to warm up which is a nice side effect. Must be like when he was hugging Lea.]

[fierybluebird]

[Grumbles in avian about how Ace is an idiot and he would worry that.]

[Huff.]

[On the bright side, less cold... yaaaay.]

[Not that he'll snuggle you yet strange kid.]

[heartismyown]

[Where can he put Marco so he doesn't get lost?]

I don't know where you go. I know, I'll take you down to my room for now and when someone comes looking for you, I can say I found you.

[Roxas starts walking to the hold.]

[fierybluebird]

[Grumbles quietly and tugs Roxas' collar to try to direct him elsewhere.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas blinks when the bird starts chewing on his collar.]

Hey, are you hungry? What do you eat?

[He looks a little worried.]

Where's Lea when I need him?

[fierybluebird]

[Head tilt.]

[Ehhhh sure.]

[Take him to the galley, maybe Thatch will get the humor of the situation at least.]

Kwee!

[Swishes his tail back and forth as his sign of agreement.]

[heartismyown]

Okay! Maybe I can find some bird food or something. Do you like ice cream? My favourite food is sea salt ice cream.

[Roxas changes direction towards the galley, at least he's memorized where that is. It's a very important place.]

[fierybluebird]

[Sea salt ice cream? Not too difficult to make, Marco made sure to remember it in order to surprise Roxas later.]

[As for bird seed...]

[Yes. He nods his head.]

[They keep a steady supply of sunflower seeds stocked around just for occasions like this anyway.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas is glad the bird seems happy enough and he's not trying to fly away or anything. He takes him into the galley and starts looking around for whatever birds can eat. He's really not sure. If he did know, he doesn't know now.]

Huh...

[He's just staring at the open cupboard, drawing a blank.]

[fierybluebird]

[Whatever. Still better than Ace.]

[Marco does his best to squirm out and get together some snacks for the both of them, nudging various cookies and crackers over to Roxas to see if he wants any.]

[heartismyown]

You want a cookie?

[Well to get them, he has to put Marco down, but to do that, he might escape again.]

Don't run away, okay?

[He steps over to the table and puts Marco down on it clumsily, his hand a bit too heavy on his feathers.]

[fierybluebird]

[Shakes his head no, and tries to gesture to Roxas to ask if he wants them, but just shrugs in the end. As for rough treatment? Ace literally punches Marco in bird form, he doesn't even notice.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas takes out the cookies and comes back over, taking one out of the package and holding it out to Marco.]

Here bird, eat this cookie!

[fierybluebird]

[Shakes his head and nudges it back to Roxas.]

[No dude, you eat it!]

[heartismyown]

Don't you like cookies?

[Hmmm. Roxas frowns a little bit, thinking. What else can he feed the bird? He can't put it back, he had his hands all over it, so he takes a bite as he looks in the cupboards again.]

What else can birds eat? Come on, I can figure this out. Birds eat...birds eat...

[fierybluebird]

[Shakes his head!]

[No cookies.]

[Now where did he put his sunflower seeds?]

[Marco rummages through the cupboards, looking hopefully.]

[heartismyown]

Careful!

[Roxas grabs onto Marco's torso and gently pulls him back from the cupboard.]

Something might fall on you. I can look there if you want. You seem like a smart bird.

[He reaches in and pushes a can or two aside before he finds a bag of sunflower seeds.]

Is this what you want to eat?

[fierybluebird]

[At first Marco is about to lightly headbutt Roxas for pulling him away. You're not his Pops! You're not the boss of him, yoi!!]

[But at seeing the bag of sunflower seeds he gives a happy chirp!]

[And swishes his tail back and forth.]

[Yes, yes, that is what he wants, yoi!]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas is only looking out for your safety Marco. He opens the bag and looks at it. He's not sure how much to give Marco, so he shrugs and sets it down open.]

Here, eat these. Just don't eat too much, whatever that is.