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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 6:21 pm
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"Well sure!" She beamed, "There's a few within reasonable distance of my house, but obviously the best ones are a little more out of the way. Nothing like back home though." Mila grinned, "I used to be a lot more outdoorsy, really. I guess I still sort of am? It was really important to my parents though—that we did stuff as a family and spent time outside and yadda yadda..."
Mila blinked. "Oh, but listen to me! I definitely enjoyed it, don't doubt that for a second. We'd hike and camp a lot and spend tons of time around the Rockies. Colorado is a really pretty place if you can stomach the cost of living." Which, her parents definitely did. Mila never had to worry about a thing in her life when it was all said and done... as far as finances went anyway.
"But anyway. It'd be a hike all by itself to go out of the city, so we should probably stay local. Hmm..." She tapped her chin, "See, this is why I wish we could just go to Waite State forest! It's not that far and it has coast line and everything. I love to watch the plovers..." Sigh. "But weird stuff keeps happening every time I go there." So much for not elaborating. She clapped her hands together, "So. If you don't mind a little bit of a bus ride, I know a decent place!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 8:14 pm
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"Oh sure, I mentioned it to Temperance." Her brow furrowed as she remembered her asking about her contacting the police too. But then she'd gone on to say she didn't trust them or like them. That was a bit of a conundrum too.
"It's really weird, that's how I know it's magic." She was whispering quietly as she explained herself, "I'll be standing in my room, and then I'll feel like I'm being watched. I know I'm being watched! And then it happens." She made a motion with her hands, "I'll be standing at the edge of the woods suddenly, watching myself! It doesn't make any sense... at first I thought I might've been hallucinating, but I couldn't find any records of things like that in my family's medical history, so..." She played with her hands uselessly.
"I've been thinking about going in there after whoever it is! I'm tired of not getting restful sleep." Mila puffed up, "But, I dunno how well that'd go. I mean, heck, I didn't even think I was magic when it started..."
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:40 pm
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"Yup, they've never tried to break in... I think they're just waiting for a good time. Like, they're learning." Mila sighed, "I always try to run outside to confront them, but I haven't been successful... ever since I learned about the other side though, I started thinking: maybe they can just slip away really fast? Or heck, if they are magic, who's to say they don't have some other crazy trick up their sleeve?"
"Anyway, I dunno. I figured if I had some people to help, maybe we could corner them! And especially if they were magic. Fight fire with fire or something, right?" She eeped, "Sorry, sorry, too soon, I wasn't even thinking..."
Grey Dragon bringing the heat with these burning references
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:42 pm
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Kaleb nodded, and gave Mila a reassuring smile. "I'm sure we'll be able to figure out what's going on, it must be really stressful always keeping up the brave face. It's pretty amazing, how well you've been keeping everything together."
He looked around them, a mostly useless gesture when it was that extra magical sense he was really reaching out with, but there were still no portals or anything within his range. "I'm still not feeling any doorways, but look, we're almost here!"
Leading the way, he turned the corner and headed into a small parkette that stretched between two streets, with a single bench next to the paved path and large trees bordering the green space. The singing of birds was clearly evident overhead.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:41 pm
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"I... didn't handle it so well, really," Kaleb admitted, sheepishly nudging his glasses up on his nose. It was getting better, but he definitely could have done without the experience.
Leading Mila a little farther, he gestured towards the edge of the park where a chain-link fence separated it from one of the backyards that bordered it. The owner of the yard had decorated it with a ridiculous number of different styles of bird feeder, and judging by the number of birds in the vicinity, they were well stocked.
"The lady who lives here really likes birds," he said with a smile. "I can't figure out what they are just by their songs either, I've seen so many different types back here that I've never been able to figure it out."
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 4:47 pm
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"Hmm, well..." Mila had fished her Sibley bird book back out, her fingers deftly flicking through the pages. The book was not very well kept; the edges were no longer sharp and some of the pages were dog-eared with creases. It didn't look old in terms of style, but it sure looked old in terms of use. "I'm sure we'll be able to figure it out. Sibley is really good for identifying birds so long as you know all the terminology and how to look for it..."
She paused for a moment, just to look wistful and reminiscent, "I really envy this lady! She has a good set up. I've always wanted to have something like this back home, but it really does seem like a lot of work... plus feed is really expensive..." She sighed. Also there was the weird woodstalker. What if they liked bird seed? She wasn't about to give them any ideas!
Just as her thoughts started to derail, a few birds—perhaps because the movement had ceased—were starting to flock back to the feeders. "Oh look Kaleb! Those are goldfinches." Easily recognizable because of the bright yellow, "And a nuthatch! Now, I can identify those by sound because they're so distinctive. They go—" Wait for it "—yank."
And then she giggled like she was a little embarrassed, but still overall having a good time.
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