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 Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:48 am
Jester blushed slightly at the Mus's chiding. But he didn't take to to much to heart. He had never had a companion and he expected that Auze may have slipped a few times. Thank Noctua he didn't actually fall from his back.
"I apologize Auze, but it was my first time with a passenger. I promise if you ever ride on my back again I'll be more careful." Jester apologized with a slight bow.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:46 pm
Auze was completely ready to continue his tirade, but faultered as Jester humbly apologized. The gray and blue mus was not used to that, at all. Arguments between Twilla and himself could last for hours, even nights. He did not like to admit he was at fault, neither did his owner.
"Oh... Oh...'kay." The mus responded quietly, as he was almost at a loss for words.
"Why don't you ride back with me... Just don't eat anything from the pack." Twilla told him with a click of her beak. She then glanced up at the bard and grinned.
"Sorry about that... I didn't think he'd do that at you. Usually he doesn't say a word to other sentinels..."
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:17 pm
"It's alright, he must be very comfortable around me. I think I'll take that as a compliment." Jester chuckled in a sing song fashion. He gave Auze a sideways wink as the Mus scurried up in to Twilla's pack.
"So what do we do with the berries now?" Jester was curious, he had seen the collecting but never the outcome of it. Where did she deposit the goodies?
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:34 pm
The mus grumbled something that was inaudible as he clambored into Twilla's back.
"There is a drop point in Deep Woods... It is there that the Matron and her helpers divvy the food." The shadow female hooted cheerfully. She was very glad that Auze's little temper wasn't being taken to heart.
"There is more room, yet, and plenty of places to explore... Want to pick a direction?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:48 pm
"Hrm.." Jester thought a moment, then closed his eyes and spun on the branch a few times around. He came to a stop facing north. "That way!"
Spreading his wings and leaning forward off the branch, glancing behind him to make sure Twilla wasn't to far behind him. He wiggled his tail feathers, almost beckoning her to chase him. "Come on Twilla!" he shouted gleefully.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:01 pm
Twilla narrowed her eyes in determination and launched after him. "Coming! Coming!" She shared in his glee and in his confusion. She did not fully understand her drawing to him. The thought of being with him made her giddy.
Giddy like a ... Well...
Giddy like a fledgling... She thought as she gained on him.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:09 pm
Jester swooped and soared, showing off a bit. Nearly taking some feathers off his head by a low lying branch. He couldn't help but laugh at himself for that. "Wow, I nearly lost my head!" he chuckled out.
Jester hummed to himself a bit, fighting back the urge to sing once again. His muse was tormenting him, between the soaring in a new place, and being near Twilla, he felt positively giddy.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:27 pm
"Oh, be careful!" She called from his back left. "Wouldn't want to do that! Then who would sing my little ditties?" Her pale blue eyes followed each swoop and turn that the male made and a smile was on her beak.
Never before had she been distracted from her duties to this extent. Then again, she was young and this was one of the first few mating seasons she had lived through.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:27 am
Jester enjoyed both the company and the adventure of what they were doing. Glancing down at Twilla, he noticed her staring at him. He became a little self conscious and flew a bit straighter so he could think.
Why would she look at me that way? Jester wondered to himself. He had technically lived through 3 mating seasons, the first he was too young, a fledgling, and the second he was to distracted by his singing that he just flat out missed it. Thats when he realized it WAS mating season again.
Blushing from his head to his feet bright red, hoping Twilla wouldn't see the red past the green swirls on his feet. "Should we take a break for a moment?" Jester felt slightly dizzy.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:05 am
His voice snapped her to attention and she bobbed her ehad and slowed her flight.
" Sure... You alright?" She settled on a wide limb of an oak. Auze promptly poked his head out from the pack on her back.
She was very taken by him... Extremely taken by him... But inner termoil was becoming to make itself known in her mind.
Ma would be dissapointed... 'Cause he isn't a shadow....
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:18 pm
Jester came to a semi graceful landing on a branch just across from Twilla. "I um...got a whiff of something that made me a bit dizzy." Jester didn't really lie but he didn't want to say that he got dizzy embarrassed from just his thoughts.
Taking a look around, and then up at the oak they were perched on. "What a lovely tree!" He stated in vain attempts to take his mind off of the Shadow female that had his mind reeling at the moment.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:31 pm
The quick change of subject wasn't fluid at all, which made Twilla chuckle. Very obvious that he was trying to shift the conversation, but she didn't hound him. Instead, she went along with it. "It is lovely... Nice and shady, to keep the light away during the day... It woudld make fine territory for those setting out to find their own."
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:03 pm
Jester nodded, very thankful for the shade from the lovely tree to cool his blush. After straightening up a bit, he bobbed over to the same branch as Twilla. Unsure of what he was saying, it just came bubbling out.
"Twilla could I..." pausing a moment, "could I talk to you in private sometime?" Jester could almost feel himself get cold feet. He flashed his green eyes once to Auze, then met Twilla's again. Unsure of how she would respond to not being around her companion.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:08 pm
The shadow was somewhat taken aback. At first, she opened her beak as if to agree, but she faultered. She had not gone a moment without the argumentative little mus at her side. To leave him alone made her worried. What if he ended up getting eaten? Well... If she left him in the Willow Tree...
"That would be fine..." She responded after a moment of thinking. "Later, Auze can stay at my tree for a little bit."
"B-b-but don't I getta says in 'is?" The mus blurted out almost uncontrolably.
"Nope, not this time. It'll only be for a little while, anyways." She told Auze quietly. He would of retorted, only he could not think of anything witty or sharp to say at the moment.
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:30 pm
Jester sighed as if the world had been taken off his shoulders. He was already embarrassed as to what he wanted to ask Twilla, but to do it in front of Auze, he wasn't sure he was even ready to say it in front of Twilla!
"I thank you, later will be just fine." Jester exhaled, he could now cease his worrying at least for the time being. Gathering up his wits, and spreading his wings.
"Now, weren't we on the lookout for delicious treats?!" he spouted with his traditional fervor.
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