Event: Mambo de Chocobo Mingle Post

[fatedhearts]

((OOC: Event posts can either be top-levels here or separate posts to the Logs or Network comms!))

It starts on what should have been another ordinary day.

“Wark?”

You may be at the hotel, shopping in a store, eating out at a restaurant, or anywhere else in Edge. A large bird is looking at you. Or walking around the building. Or trying to eat some food anywhere it sees some.

There are more such birds. They come in many different colors. And they are everywhere, getting into everything.

Soon ads go up around town about the wayward chocobos. They escaped from some trucks and the truckers will pay to get them back. Time to load up on greens, bring a friend or two, and try to bring them in!

Comments

Lilo | Lilo And Stitch | Partial OTA

[andstitch]

Locked to Stitch

"Whoa! Do you think they're more cousins? I thought we caught them all but..." This could be lots of fun!

OTA, Later

Lilo had decided to see how many of the Chocobos she could gather up on her own. She was going to get lots of cool photos of them. She was going to get more than Stitch! She just knew she was. She was...

Totally going to try to ride a Chocobo!

She got herself up onto a tall shelf of a store and was clearly about to launch herself at a Chocobo facing away from her. Someone.... might wanna stop the kid. Or, you know, grab a bag of popcorn off the shelf and enjoy the show...

Later

[imjustaman]

"That's dangerous," a tall man said in concern. "Chocobos bolt if they're startled. And bolting in here could bring the whole store down on you."

He sounded and looked like Sephiroth. But he had no wings out and there was a sadness in his eyes that wasn't present in the other Sephiroth's eyes.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Whoa! Is that what happened to your wings? Did one of them run off with them?"

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

He blinked in surprise. "No, my wings are fine.... Ah. You've met the other Sephiroth?"

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Whoa! There's two of you? Like night of the clones?"

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

"No, more like we're from separate universes," he explained.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Oh. Does that mean you have a spaceship here? Can I fly it?"

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

He quirks an eyebrow at that. "Hardly. This is my world. The other one is the visitor, but he arrived through a portal along with all the other visitors."

Strange to be asked about a spaceship, though.... He's part-alien due to being injected with alien DNA.

Stitch | Responding

[liloand]

[Stitch watched the birds, licking his lips, he was hungry and wondered if the giant yellow birds were chalk full of deliciousness.] Prolly lots more.

[No, that was bad. He couldn't eat a chocobo. They were meant for riding apparently.] Do you think they eat chocobos?

Re: Stitch | Responding

[andstitch]

"You mean Jumba lied?" she asked, excited about that idea. "If they're ohana we can't eat them. But if they aren't.... then I bet we'll need lots of ketchup."

Re: Stitch | Responding

[liloand]

or he didn't know? [Stitch wasn't sure where Lilo was going with this, but it would probably be lots of fun.]

They're prolly ohana if they're for riding like horses?

Re: Stitch | Responding

[andstitch]

"He didn't know how many 'sperments he made?" she asked, considering. "I don't know if we're supposedta ride them if they're Ohana though... Maybe try talking to them?"

Re: Stitch | Responding

[liloand]

[He walked up to a Chocobo slowly, then stopped when it got wind and walked away, then started sprinting.] I don't think we can talk to it, Lilo. We should consider rounding them up like horses!

Re: Stitch | Responding

[andstitch]

"I've never rounded up a horse, what's that like?" she asked, unsure.

Re: Stitch | Responding

[liloand]

[Stitch had no idea how to do it.] I don't know. Let's ask someone!

Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[sora_under_the_clouds]

Whoa! Sora jumped out of the way of one of the.... whatever that was! Some kind of demon?! He wasn't sure. He settled into a defensive stance, watching it, hand on the hilts of his daggers, eyes narrowed, smile gone.

Re: Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Never seen a chocobo before?"

The brunet sounded and looked bored. He apparently wasn't bothered about the demon-thing.

Re: Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[sora_under_the_clouds]

"N...no. Are they a kind of demon or something?"

Re: Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"They're just big birds. They're not vicious. You can usually catch them with greens."

Re: Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[sora_under_the_clouds]

"Oh, okay." his stance relaxed and he gave a sheepish smile. "Guess I was overreacting then, huh? So... are they delicious?" If they are big birds that could be caught with greens...

Look, someone was used to not having much money and doing the best they could to make due.

Re: Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[maybe_im_a_lion]

“Never heard of anybody eating them,” he said. “They’re for riding.”

Re: Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[sora_under_the_clouds]

"They're... horses? Wow, those are expensive. Whoever lost them must really want them back. We should help!"

Re: Sora | Not That One | Laughing Under The Clouds | OTA

[maybe_im_a_lion]

"Horses? ... Yeah, I guess they're like that."

He nodded. "I'm going to take back what I can. You want to help? I'll show you how to do it."

He took out some greens and held them where the chocobo could see. Then he threw them down nearby and waited. The chocobo soon came over to eat, warking in pleasure.

Tifa and Zack in one fell swoop Denzel and Marlene

[maternalheart]

[Tifa was surprised by the proceedings...how could they lose so many chocobos like that? It would appear she needed to help and she had Denzel, Marlene and Zack at her side, doing just that.] Let's buy some greens first, this way we can wrangle as many as possible.

[Denzel looked up through his brown fringe, blowing it out of his face. He had a growth spurt over the last few months, not surprising the amount of food he ate.] Do you think it's a lot of gil, Tifa?

[Tifa looked thoughtful.] Probably, probably more than we're thinking.

[Zack bought the greens and walked back to them, smiling.] Got what we need. Am I teaching the kids how to do this too? I don't think Marlene should be out here with us.

[Marlene pouted.] I'll be fine. I've done this before when I needed to get a chocobo.

[Tifa stuck out her tongue.] Zack, they're tougher than you think as children. They're also capable.

[Zack nodded, frowning a little. He didn't know how Marlene would do it, these chocobos were wild and that meant getting bucked off over and over again until they finally relaxed.] Hey, stick with me at least. [he didn't question Tifa's parenting skills, she had those in spades but he definitely questioned the ability to think of safety first.]

[Tifa grinned.] Listen to Zack the two of you. Let's roll out.

Mustadio Bunansa | FFT

[techgunner]

[Mustadio was clearly sneaking up on a chocobo, he bent low and moved slowly in the grass only to jump into action and jump on the chocobo's back. He was immediately bucked off, he grabbed some grashal greens from his pocket as the chocobo trouted away.] I must get this done. We can't have these chocbos grazing around here. People's lives depends on their small crops.