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[prospectornimbat]

Steadfastly refusing to wake up, Fidget shifts about on the branch. Stupid light. Stupid bird song.

...wait a second. Those are actual words. Not at all nice words.

"Shut up, Dust," she gripes, dramatically covering her head with a wing. "That is a disturbing song. Stop it."

Dust doesn't stop it. Instead, somehow, he sings with multiple voices.

"Dust...?" Fidget looks up. She looks up at the giant tree. She looks down at the complete lack of campsite at the base of the giant tree. She hears the bird song continue, singing of murder via mothers and family cannibalism.

Screaming at the top of her lungs, Fidget shoots to the door of the tower holding the tree. She bashes against it, orange wings pumping, white paws pounding. "Dust! Somebody, help! Let me out! DON'T EAT ME! WHY IS THIS A PULL DOOR?"

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[dustless]

It'll take a bit for anyone to come by, unfortunately--but someone does!

Or maybe a something--they're something she's never seen before. But they were going to check on the birds anyway, and hearing someone panicking behind the door just made them run to get there a little bit faster.

Frisk drags the door open.

[prospectornimbat]

Exhausted, Fidget flits through the opening, nearly smacking her wings on the door frame. She lands on the floor, panting, and looks up at her savior.

Who is...

Something.

"Whoa, what happened to you?" she asks. Did someone shave this child? And are those ears?

[dustless]

A few of the birds take a chance to exit through the door as well. Frisk ducks down to avoid getting wings--or worse--to the face.

They stare at the...tiny monster from a bit closer, glancing at their clothes and such to see if they look roughed up, or something. "...nothing?" Puzzled.

Anyway, what's more important: "You alright?"

ooc: Fidget doesn't wear clothes (because she is perfect the way she is)

[prospectornimbat]

"No!" Fidget shouts when she has the air to shout. Tiny lungs: easily filled! "No, I am not alright! What part of waking up in a tree with birds singing cannibal lullabies is alright? That is the worst kind of lullaby."

makes sense! frisk was lookin @ their own clothes there tho. no idea wtf she thinks is wrong with em

[dustless]

Frisk jumps a little.

"Oh. Yeah. I don't know where it learned that...did they try to attack you, though? They do that to smaller people," they inform her.

[lostlegacy]

The birds are being really noisy today. Sophie can hear them from way farther away than usual. Why are they so upset now?

...Wait. That isn't a bird, is it?

Sophie hugs her basket of bread crumbs closer to her and starts running for the door. Once she reaches her destination, she drops the basket and pushes on the door with both hands, shoving it back. She doesn't know who's screaming, but they need rescuing and she's gonna do it!

[prospectornimbat]

Fidget dives through, skimming over someone's shaggy head. "Close it, close it, close it! Scary birds! Scary birds!"

[lostlegacy]

Sophie's hands clap onto the top of her head--what was that? --but then she grabs the door and yanks it shut again. Was it angry bird with the huge tail again?

She lets out a breath, then turns around to see just what had gone hurtling past her head, and--

"Whoa! What're you?"

[prospectornimbat]

"Me? What are you?!"

[lostlegacy]

"I'm a Ferines-Orerines." Sophie tilts her head. "Are you a monster?"

Is this one of Sans' friends?

[systematicsupport]

So... S-4 is used to not so nice sounds coming from the aviary, but screaming isn't usually one of them. He practically jumps as he passes by it, but quickly registers the voice as something unlike the bird song, and he hastens to open the door. He stands back behind the door so no one runs into him, while keeping a careful eye to make sure he doesn't accidentally let a bird out.

[prospectornimbat]

She zips out through the gap, glances back to see if there's any pursuit, and lets out an even louder scream than before.

"SKELETON!"

[systematicsupport]

S-4 lets out a quiet gasp, stepping away from the door, and holding his hands up defensively.

"I-I'm not going to hurt you!"

Maybe he looks a little strange, but that's no reason to scream...

[prospectornimbat]

Fidget double-takes so hard, she tumbles in midair and nearly hits the floor before recovering. Just to be on the safe side, she rockets up to the ceiling. "...hi...?"

[systematicsupport]

Goodness, this little... creature is fast. S-4 cranes his neck to look at the newcomer, offering a shy wave.

"H-Hello."

[whataprettyname]

Screaming is frequently audible when coming from the aviary - a lot of the birds here are not nice. Even Chihiro knows this by now. The screaming is usually audible from a fair bit of distance.

...though not usually with words. It takes a second for the words to be audible, but it happens before she beats her usual hasty retreat from the vicinity. The forests are rather vast in this part of the castle, so she sometimes wanders nearer to the aviary without realizing it.

Sounds like someone else made the same mistake. She gulps, clenches her fists at her side, and then hastens at a quick sprint towards the structure. "H-Hang on! I can let you out!"

[prospectornimbat]

Oh, thank goodness. "Hurry!"

[whataprettyname]

Chihiro hurries so quickly that she almost smacks into the door. But she recovers quickly, with the benefit of painful past experience. And immediately upon doing so, she goes to work fumbling with the latch on the door.

"There!" she finally cries, after a few seconds that seem to stretch on for an eternity. Chihiro flings the door open the best she can. "Run!"

[prospectornimbat]

"Thank you!" Fidget shouts as she darts out the stupid doorway and away from the murder birds.

[whataprettyname]

A few of the murderbirds come darting after her. Chihiro stares at them for a moment, and then lets out a startled shriek and slams the door shut as fast as she can. One bird hits the glass hard enough to make a sound. The others flutter to an ungainly stop in midair, before flying off in high dudgeon.

Panting, she slides the latch back home, and then looks around for whoever or whatever she's actually rescued. "Are you okay?"

[andthebat]

If there's one sound the Batman definitely can't ignore, it's the sound of someone screaming in sheer terror. The moment he hears Fidget he's off, a streak of black fur zooming towards the aviary.

Fidget might want to actually move towards the birds she's so frightened of, actually: Within a half-second of spotting the door the Batman's going to slam it open and burst into the aviary with an unnecessary amount of force.

[prospectornimbat]

THERE'S ANOTHER THING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR!

Fidget's screaming only increases.

[andthebat]

Unfortunately for Fidget but fortunately for the Batman, a fuzzy orange flying thing that's screaming her head off is very easy to spot, even in a place like the aviary. (Resident to many other flying loud things.) His gaze zeroes in on Fidget immediately, and Batman isn't exactly pleased with what he sees.

"Stop," he snaps.

[prospectornimbat]

Paws crammed against her mouth, Fidget darts behind the giant dark not-quite-a-nimbat. Relative safety!

[andthebat]

Wh- the Batman twists around until he's facing Fidget again, although it might reassure her that he's at least still between her and the birds.

He gestures at her, rather vaguely. "...Why?" he asks. (He means 'why the screaming.')