high_seas | Supply Stop at Serenes

[But the scritches instantly calm Marco down and he quietly cranes his head over to get a good look at Roxas, look him right in the eye, and shakes his head to make sure Roxas knows that he neither came over to swim, or for food.]

[Then he relaxes back on Roxas' shoulders and gently steers him with a nudge as though to suggest the kid play along the shore.]

[To be fair, Roxas wasn't going to throw him in the water or anything. At the nudging he blinks a little and moves in the direction he's nudged.]

I haven't seen you in awhile. You like to hide, huh? I told Kairi about you but she didn't know you either. You should come over to our ship sometimes. It's a lot of fun, sometimes. Lea and I cook food together.

I tried what Ikki said, not getting mad at him, but he didn't like that. Lea's kind of weird, isn't he?

[Marco must really enjoy listening to Roxas babble. Really. He reaches the edge of the water, standing on the damp sand.]

[Marco adores listening to Roxas babble you have no idea.]

[He chirps softly, unable to completely shrug, but instantly relaxes, getting comfortable and listening.]

He was kind of confused I guess cause I usually yell at him a lot when he's pissing me off but Ikki said maybe that's why he won't ever tell me anything, so...

[He shrugs a little bit under Marco.]

We went and fought some Navy people. It was fine I guess. I'm not sure how many of them I got. Lots I think. I had a cut on my forehead but it's gone now. It was weird, since it was bleeding a lot but I wasn't really hurt. I'm not hurt now so don't worry. I'm pretty tough! [He grins.]

I think that's all I've been up to since the candy. I haven't really had any since...oh! I should have saved you some birthday cake! I made a cake for Lea myself.

[Marco gently pets Roxas' forehead where the cut would have been with his wing as though healing it better, even though as Roxas said, it was all gone.]

[He gives another long low whistle, and pats Roxas' head again. No need for cake, but that was nice of him!]

[He smiles and scratches under Marco's chin in retaliation.]

Oh, and I was learning to cook with that chef....um...

[His name...well he doesn't remember. Not important.]

He showed me how to cut up a chicken. Did you know birds eat different from people? I'm sure you do, 'cause you're a bird. He said birds can eat lots so they don't have to eat as often because this part inside them that had corn in it.

It was okay, but he likes to kick me in the head and I don't really like that. He doesn't like questions either and he doesn't want me to write anything down so I don't know...

I sparred with Aya too, oh and the black bird! It was a lot of fun. It's really hard to fight a bird you know because he was flying all over the place. Aya likes to teach me new tricks, that's pretty good.

[Oh damn yes. This is why he loves you kid. Marco leans up at the scritches and chirps happily.]

[Zeff, and indeed, birds do eat differently. Leanne had to stick to a vegetarian diet, Marco still found it creepy to eat eggs, and he had to be careful about meat so he wasn't as violent.]

[Zeff kicking Roxas in the head didn't completely worry him because from Zeff it was a sign of affection, and that's how he'd treated Sanji. That's how Sanji learned to fight. But he'd try to make sure Lea kept an eye on it.]

[As far as sparring with Aya and Naesala, Marco laughs lightly and snuggles the top of Roxas' head.]

[Roxas flops down on the sand.]

This is my first time at a beach. It's pretty cool, right? What am I supposed to do though? Swimming is good, but you don't want to. Why not?

[He reaches up to scratch his head, but since Marco is there, he scratches him instead.]

[Chirps and shifts around, leaning into the scritches and then moving to Roxas's chest.]

[How to explain...]

[He takes a deep breath, and FWOOSHES up all big, fiery spiky looking, and rains sparkles down on Roxas.]

You try getting fire feathers wet in salt water. It's very hard to dry, yoi.

[But he's in a much better mood, enough that some of his deadpan is back and he snuggles the top of his head to Roxas' chin.]

[He flops onto his back easily when Marco puffs up. He kind of looks like fire, just like his namesake really.]

Doing that makes you look like fire, Xifer. I guess fire and water don't go well together.

[He giggles a bit when his chin is nuzzled.]

That kind of tickles. Even if you look like fire, you don't feel like it.

[He can't help but slide his fingers through the feathers lightly.]

I pet the black bird too, but I don't think he likes it much. He feels a little different from you.

[He nods a couple of times about the fire thing, and laughs at the idea of Naesala being pet. Yeah, the crow king probably would find it more uncomfortable than not.]

[But that's okay, fire feathers love pets.]

[He rolls over, enjoying the pets and sprawls out in the sand next to Roxas on his back with his tattoo facing up and chirps a little.]

That's okay, if he didn't claw your eyes out, it's a pretty good sign. Naesala's been through a lot you know.

[The sun is warm and relaxing and he couldn't help but stretch out, pulling his arms up behind his head instead.]

It's really nice, isn't it? I like the beach, a lot. Lea was right about it.

Kwee!

[Wriggles in the sand and flails his feet in joy for a bit.]

[Roxas grins, looking at him before he went up on an elbow instead to scratch at Marco's stomach instead.]

I guess you like the beach too. I know Sora used to race at the beach, but I don't think I can race you....umm...

[What else could they do?]

[He melts completely at the touch, closing his eyes for a bit, but he forces himself out of the lazy pose with a quick flip and a flap of wings.]

[He scratches at the sound bracing himself and looks up expectantly at Roxas.]

[He'll totally race you man.]

[Just don't be surprised if he cheats.]

[Pirate and all that.]

Kwrreeee!

[Let's do this.]

You want to race Xifer?

[He grins.]

Okay, but you have to run, you can't fly.

[....]

[DOH!]

[All right, all right.]

[He'll only cheat a little, making his legs extra springy. It's to make up for the size he currently picked.]

[OKAY!]

CHEEP!

[FIRM NOD.]

[Say when.]

[And to where.]

[It's only fair and in return, Roxas won't fly either. He seems to think about that, it's true they need a place to run to. Finally he points to a tree.]

Over there okay?

[Roxas grins and stands up. He dusts off some sand from his bare legs. He didn't have shoes on either so it should be an interesting race.]

Ready?

Set?

Go!

[With that, he pushes off and begins to run.]

[A nod, and Marco's off like a shot at the word 'Go!' running like a spazzy little sandpiper of turkey-size.]

[Better keep up kiddo!]

[Admittedly, Marco is a lot faster than he would have thought with his little legs there.]

Ah!

[Roxas picks it up, running as fast as he can. It's going to be embarrassing if he's beat by a bird.]

[Halfway to the tree, Marco starts faltering. He forgot to make sure his lungs had greater capacity too and breathing is already troublesome as a bird. It's extra troublesome as a phoenix since he consumes oxygen almost as much as if his flames were burning it up.]

[Hoo boy.]

[Okay, well he probably has enough of a lead to slow down, right?]

[Not that he can check, but he'll have to do it anyway!]

[JUST A LITTLE CLOSER!]

[Also he could probably breathe better if he stopped making jet sound effects.]

[And trailing sparkles.]

[But you don't know man.]

[They're just so awesome.]

[Marco is faster then he expected, but Roxas tries to close the gap the best he can. He's not used to running too much, but he is relatively athletic.

He buckled down and pushed. All he had to do was pass Marco. It can't be that hard!]

[Alllllmost.]

[He reaches out a wing to tap the tree, but that actually buffets him back a little.]

[Think you can snag that spot in the last second Roxas?]

[He's close, but not quite that close. The race over he flops on the sand, breathing hard.]

Wow. You're way faster then I thought!

[Laughs, nods, and flomps on top of Roxas.]

[AW YES.]

[Cheaters always win.]

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