[PRP - North] Incoming Message

[Quaji]

The flight back from the Pridelands had been a long and hard one for the small, mostly white bird, but his little wings had faithfully carried him back. There was nothing to report to the Emperor beside that the away-team had arrived safely and had begun training the Pridelands' soldiers, but that had been the first thing he had done when he had arrived in the Tianxia. That wasn't why he was back North though. Oooh no, Tie Shi had a message, rather a few that he wanted relaying back to some tan lioness in the North house.

"What a vague description to go on..." Coo-Ku mumbled to himself as he glided over the higher terrain of the North, looking for whatever lioness could possibly match the description given to him. By the time the little bird had even made it into the North's territory, nightfall had already come and now his search was all that much more difficult. Being paired with a Falconer really did bite some times.  

[Quaji]

There was a lioness down there, but she looked black. Was she brown and the lack of light was playing a trick on him? Tucking his wings in, Coo-Ku let himself fall, spreading them only in time to slow his descent and land on a branch of a nearby tree. The little white bird hopped slightly towards the edge of the branch as he leaned down to look at her easier. She was definitely brown, but how dark...he couldn't really tell in this lighting.

"Hey! You don't happen to know a Lingchen do you?" He asked, the red headcrest fanning as he spoke the name of the lioness he was looking for.  

[Quaji]

Coo-Ku's feathers fluffed as he scrunched down only to fix them before straightening up to appear much more formal. "Yes, I have a message for you that demands your utmost attention." It was late, she could easily just brush him off and tell him to come in the morning, but by the crack of the sun he needed to be come and heading back towards the Pridelands. Without giving her too much time to shoo him away, he continued speaking.

"Captain Tie Shi sends the following message to you..." Clearing his throat, Coo-Ku clicked his beak before beginning to recall the captain's words with the utmost accuracy. "I hope this message finds you well, Lingchen. I apologize for being unable to make out match, but I hope Duke Shan was able to explain to the best of his abilities the need for the haste in my departure. End first message."  

[Quaji]

"The Duke? No, I don't have any messages for him." Coo-Ku shook his head in a rather matter-of-factly manner, oblivious to her attempt of humor.

"The second message is as follows," Another click of his beak, "Now that formalities are out of the way, how is your training going? At least I think you're training now. You are, right? We were going to spar and you were thinking about becoming a guard. I only realized now that I'm here how much I miss boar. I think I've been spoiled. Insert laughter. I'm sorry for not getting a message to you sooner, but we've been on the road since I left and only arrived a few days ago." The words were much more casual than how Thrain usually spoke, which was odd enough but he was casual enough around Rumi, granted the small bird's voice couldn't convey the awkwardness Thrain had endured when trying to tell all of this to Coo-Ku.

The falconer's bird hopped a little bit, bobbing its head before saying. "End second message."  

[Quaji]

"The last message is simply, 'I can't wait to be home.'." Coo-Ku relayed the final message that had been given to him by Thrain before spreading his wings and glided down onto the ground in front of her. "Of course, that's my job after all." He said, puffing with pride. Some seed or even a bit of fruit or nut would be more than enough payment, though a ride to the North's aviary for at least a little rest before heading back to the Pridelands wouldn't be bad either.

At least he had a good memory so actually remembering all of the things he needed to say was easy enough, though there was a lot of repetition in his head during those long flights.  

[Quaji]

Coo-Ku chirped in acknowledgement as he replayed her message in his head a few times. "Message received. I'll relay it to Captain Tie Shi upon my return to the Pridelands. Until then...can you carry me to the aviary? My wings are tired and I'm hungry." The little bird was certainly blunt as it puffed itself and flew the short ways from the ground onto Rumi's back. Settling down into the lioness' fur, he chirped softly, happily even. It was nice to be home, even if it was only for a little while.