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[foolishwren]

_{[When the camera comes on, Heather is looking half-asleep, and very confused. It's daybreak and the sky is still pale overhead.]}

Uh.... Hey, Rise? If you get this, I got a question for ya...

<sub>[Because Rise is her buddy and she's the first person Heather remembers actually hatching something.]

[The camera turns to show a very strange object sitting at the foot of Heather's sleeping bag:]</sub>

This was... totally just... there when I woke up this morning. It definitely wasn't there last night. I haven't seen one like it before, either... I thought maybe Claudy laid it or something, but it's like... bigger than she is.

_{[Heather isn't the only one confused by the egg's presence, either-- the infamous Hoothoot, not hiding in Heather's pack like normal at the moment, is curiously investigating the egg and doing what appears to be a mildly-alarmed dance involving a lot of head-bobbing and moving from foot to foot (but minus the shitty music). The egg is, indeed, bigger than she is.]}

Any clue what it is?

... Or how it got here?

Comments

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

... Hmm. I'm afraid I am not the best at casual conversation.

[foolishwren]

Nothin' to be ashamed of, old man. _{[She's surprisingly used to awkward old guys who can't make smalltalk.]}

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

[... And he's not used to being addressed as "old man".]

...

[foolishwren]

... Did I... say something wrong?

_{[And Heather is INCREDIBLE at endearing herself to people. Really. Honest.]}

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Well... "Old man" is not a terribly polite way to address someone.

[foolishwren]

Uh-- ... aheh. Sorry. Old habit.

I have a friend back home who I kinda call that all the time. I didn't mean anything bad by it.

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Oho, I understand.

[foolishwren]

_{[Of course, she doesn't even realize how very, very different Shelly and Douglas are, that is to say, assassin as opposed to private investigator. orz.]}

Heh. Glad to hear it.

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

[It's hardly that different. Shelly just tends to kill most people he investigates~]

Are you still coming to Cherrygrove? I might still be here by the time you arrive - I am a slow traveller, you see.

[foolishwren]

_{[True, but the end result does kinda set 'em apart!]}

Well, kinda-- I'm not really going to the city itself. Just meeting my friend roughly halfway. We figured that'd make things easiest.

Maybe you've met him-- James?

[shellderkillder.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see.

James? I do not recall talking to anyone by that name, no.

[foolishwren]

_{[Well, James WAS kinda shy...]}

Oh well. Anyway, he's who I'm meeting.