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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

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

[It's Jango and someone had to say it.]

Are you sure? You might be part-duck. These things do happen you know.

[foolishwren]

I am not part duck.

_{[Poor Jango, looks like grumpy Heather is grumpy. Though to be fair, she's had some fairly traumatic experiences when it comes to the whole idea of having babies. And she's pretty sure that egg did NOT come out of her.]}

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

Bridget said that too. I don't know what's so bad about being part duck. I'd be proud of my duck heritage.

[Luckily he's oblivious. And she's usually grumpy around him with good reason. XD]

[foolishwren]

YOU'RE probably part duck.

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't that be something?!

I could quack! And duck waddle! And swim really fast!

[This coming from a man who has to use an inner tube swan FLOATIE. Not because he ate a devil fruit or grew up without water... no he just fails that much. And Billie Jean is facepalming with a sigh.]

[foolishwren]

_{[And at this exact point in time, Heather and Billie Jean share a moment of perfect spiritual oneness.]}

Yeah. Yeah, it'd really be 'something'.

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

And then everyone would want to come see me dance because I'd be the AMAZING DUCK-BOY DANCER! Pretty catchy, am I right?

[Unfortunately Heather if you don't switch Jango onto something less inane, he really will keep going forever like the energizer bunny.]

[foolishwren]

_{[She was starting to realize this, so she hastily interjected.]}

Yeah. Uh.

Anyway.

Do you have any USEFUL predictions about what's gonna come out of this egg?

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

A pokemon. Let's see it's brown so probably something brown. Those rattata are more blue. Maybe a pidgey? It looks furry though.

[Apparently abstract weirdos have a better shot of being secret geniuses? Or his bad luck has to reverse sometime.]

[foolishwren]

_{[Hey, it made sense. And when he turned out to be closer than anyone else, she'd be HELLA SURPRISED.]}

Aren't Pidgeys really small? I mean, this egg is like... even bigger that my ow-- I mean, Hoothoot.

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

[It'll be the plant-god thing all over again. wtf Jango, stop being right. XD]

Oh really? Do they have ferrets in this world? Or maybe even mammals can hatch from eggs so it could be a squirrel. A... squirrelet if it's a girl. [Giggling, yes, giggling at his own joke.]

[foolishwren]

_{[HE IS A PROPHET.]}

Yeah, they do, but it's bigger than mine was when I caught it, too. _{[She pauses to make a face at his lame joke.]} ... Maybe. It's awfully big for a squirrel, too.

[1-2-jango-zzzz.livejournal.com]

Well, let's see. Big things that are brown... Reindeer, bulls, uh, ostriches? And lions! But they're more yellow.

Oh! Or those nasty kangaskahn things the police have. [Shudders.]