91. [Video/Action for Cianwood City]

[foolishwren]

Okay-- OKAY, OKAY, hang on, I got it!

All right, get back.

<sub>[The sound of big reptilian feet plodding backwards through wet sand can be heard as the camera shows a wobbly view of.... Sunny the Togekiss standing on an appropriately sunny Cianwood beach. The water's lapping at the shore, the sky is bright blue, it's totally beautiful.]

[A PERFECT day to test out the new, hard-earned skill gotten from beating Chuck in a furious fist-fight (and some obligatory after-battle arm-wrestling): Fly.]

[Perched precariously on the back of the big white marshmallow-bird is Heather, kneeling and holding onto the thick white plumage with both hands. She's got a determined expression.]</sub>

Okay. Let's give it a try. I-- no, Dad, it's gonna be FINE, that's why I'm practicing on the BEACH, remember? Sand is soft!

OKAY.

Ready, girl?

Let's-- oh shit aw HELL--

<sub>[With some gentle but powerful WHOMPS, the Togekiss had begun to serenely flap its pillowy wings and take off. ... Without Heather, because Heather has no idea how the hell to ride a flying thing and was promptly jostled off by the wing motion.]

[Touching down again, Sunny trills and lovingly sits upon the face-down Heather like any caring bird mother might with a stupid bird baby that crash-landed after trying to fly.]</sub>

... Okay.

This could take a little practice.

Comments

[video]

[paladinlost]

...It's not too bad, for a first try.

[But only for a first.]

[video]

[foolishwren]

Could've gone better, though.

... You know, like in a way that didn't involve me getting sand in my teeth.

Action

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

Heather....

[Going to see if you're alright.]

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[foolishwren]

_{[From underneath all the white fluff engulfing her, Heather stuck up a hand in a thumbs-up.]}

I'm good!

... Mostly!

... There's sand in my teeth.

[video]

[shadowdive]

[Sorry Heather, this qualifies for some lols.]

You realize you're supposed to hang on, right?

[video]

[foolishwren]

I was hanging on...

Not my fault the feathers came out in my hand...

[Video]

[k9tantei]

...Ow.

Uh... Y'might want t'get a harness - makes it a lot easier t'stay on.

... [Yeah that's a sympathy wince.] Least it looks like she's not gonna think it's funny t'roll upside down in mid-air on ya?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

A harness?

They make those for birds?

_{[... That would make a lot of sense, actually.]}

And no, Sunny's like... a cloud.

A happy, twittering cloud.

There's not a mean bone in her body.

[audio]

[doitrockapella]

[Surprise, Heather, you're getting treated to audio from Carmen today! This could mean one of two things:

> You're special
> Chuckling at you didn't have the proper effect in text

...Or maybe it's some of both.]

It looks as though you could use some faith, trust, and pixie dust. Or maybe just a little more practice.

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[She can live with both-- receiving 'LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL' would be way more insulting than a simple chuckle.]

[Especially coming from THAT voice. Yeah, she knows who it is. Which may be why she doesn't get too huffy at the clear amusement in Carmen's tone.]</sub>

I've got plenty of faith and trust, but do YOU see Tinkerbell anywhere nearby?

[video]

[machinamonkey]

You might wanna get a harness.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Do they even make those for birds?

[Audio]

[meatysoviet]

[Carmen's right- amusement really doesn't come over well in text.





So just have a ROAR of laughter instead. Oh man, Heather- you should be in movies.]

[Audio]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Unfortunately, Heather's not nearly as receptive to being laughed at by Ivan as she is by her childhood idol.]

[Up the hackles go~]</sub>

Hey, shut the fuck up.

I bet you wouldn't even be able to get OFF the ground.

_{[BECAUSE YOU'RE HUGE AND HEAVY, GET IT? Okay it wasn't that funny.]}

[voice]

[thesuit]

[Lucky for you, Heather, Reese isn't mean-spirited. That doesn't mean he can't sound amused at it all, though.]

Try, try again?

[voice]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Nah, he's allowed to sound amused.]

[Heather has the good sense to know that that must have looked ridiculous on-camera.]</sub>

I guess I'll have to if I wanna get ANYWHERE.

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

... What are you trying to do with that creature?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Her answer is short and to the point.]}

Fly.

[Not here -> Video]

[impulsives]

[He's. Going to just. Laugh out loud first. Before turning on the feed.]

Having flying troubles?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

Considering I'm lying on the ground with a bird three times my size sitting on me like I'm an egg, I'm gonna go with 'YES for 500'.

[action]

[darkenedgales]

[Sitting nearby on the sand is Crow, who is clearly having a lot of fun watching Heather's first attempt at flying, as he... bursts out laughing at her failure and doesn't really bother trying to hide it.

It takes him a moment to calm down enough to actually comment on it with words, but here it goes:]

Not bad... though I thought we've already established Sunny can fly?

[action]

[foolishwren]

YEAH, she can fly, and if I hear another laugh out of you, so help me, I'll...

_{[It's really hard to sound threatening when you're flat on your stomach, twisted uncomfortably around to face someone, and there is a giant white owl grooming your hair.]}

[Video]

[dreamtamer]

...Are you okay?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

My dignity has sand in its teeth, but I'll live.

[video]

[newberktown]

[Hiccup's grin is small, but it's still there!]

That happened a lot, when I first flew. And I even had a saddle.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Yeah?

I've never even been on an airplane, much less a flying animal.

How'd you learn?

[video]

[bluedespitebeing]

That...was interesting.

[Well, Lisa still felt like she was the girl's nurse... Just in a more positive way, now.]

Are you okay?

[video]

[foolishwren]

I think I have some sand in my lungs and my dignity just ran screaming down the beach away from me, but otherwise I think I'm okay.

_{[It's lucky that Sunny is surprisingly light for something so huge.]}

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

[Envy's not bothering to hide how amused he is at all.]

Well, it could've gone worse.

[video]

[foolishwren]

Yeah. I guess she could've gotten over some sharks before she dumped me.

Or sharp rocks.

Or sunbathing tourists.

{Video}

[bamfsecretary]

{HOPEFULLY IN A MORE CHEERFUL TONE THAN LAST TIME..!}

Well, practise does make perfect.

{Video}

[foolishwren]

_{[HOPEFULLY!!! We'll see how the other thread goes...]}

Well, less humiliating, anyway...

[video]

[used_fireblast]

Well, you did better than I would've.

[Being a freakishly-tall adult in a world where all the mounts seem designed with middle-schoolers in mind is a bit of a disadvantage.]

[video]

[foolishwren]

That's comforting.

But I still gotta somehow learn to fly on this thing without my weight turning her into an airborne teeter-totter.

[usedsuitup]

[Laughing? You bet]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Uh oh.]

[Different from normal, the only response Barney is gonna get is a cold stare.]

[Guess who's still pissed off about that conversation around Valentine's Day?]</sub>

[Actions]

[metatrolled]

[He really had little better to do than watch from afar for a while, the sight entertaining him more than you could imagine.

And now he stood by a tree, the usual smirk and raised brow.]

You look like you had fun...

[Actions]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[GOD VINCENT YOU'RE SUCH A STALKER.]

[Heather almost doesn't notice him as she passes by with her shoes in her hands, heading for where the sand elevates into wooden steps back up to the streets, and might not have at all if he hadn't spoken.]</sub>

... Ugh, don't you have anything better to do than to creep on us?

_{[It's spoken with exasperation-- although the levels of venom usually present are a little lower than normal. Ever since they had that conversation following Claudia's disappearance... well, she still doesn't consider him a friend, or even honestly like him all that much, but there's a certain understanding at least.]}

Video

[burntforhersins]

[At first, there is only the awkward sound of halting giggles, as if Angela isn't sure if she's allowed to laugh or not.]

Maybe... you should try holding on tighter?

Video

[foolishwren]

_{[YOU'RE ALLOWED TO LAUGH, ANGELA. Hell, Heather thinks you seem like someone who could stand to laugh a bit more.]}

I was holding on tight...!

It just... turns out these feathers come out real easy.

[video]

[combat_butler]

. . .

You make me want to try flying on mine again.

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Her tone's a little wry.]}

Fond memories of faceplanting?

video;

[ripped]

Pretty sure failing that hard takes some skill.

[Erika's badge was the first one he got, so he's just going to quietly lord his ~flying experience~ over her.]

video;

[foolishwren]

I spent my whole life training for that fall.

Don't try it at home.

[video]

[thinkimsuperman]

[Douglas is super happy to see something besides sadness coming through a feed by his young friend and he's beaming from ear to ear and trying really, really hard not to laugh at her. She looks pretty comical lying in the sand like that]

You okay, kiddo? Looked like quite a ride.

[video]

[foolishwren]

You kiddin'?

We hardly got three feet off the ground.

_{[Yes, she IS doing better. She's Heather. She doesn't stay down for long. ... Well, at least not all the way down.]}