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!

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Re: Later

[andstitch]

She blinked a few times, then nodded sagely. "Let me guess, the orb got wet? That's what happens with the 'speriment pods. But you're one too? That makes you Ohana!" And if he does not move fast he will get a flying tackle hug as Lilo launches herself at him.

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

He ponders that. "I don't know.... I suppose water could have come in from one of the portals...."

He could move fast enough, but he's too stunned to do anything but stare in disbelieving shock. Someone would still embrace him, knowing he did this? A stranger would embrace him, even?

"I'm ... I'm what?" he stammers.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

She hugged him, which mostly meant hanging from his neck given their size differences. "You're Ohana now. Ohana means family. And that means no one gets left behind or forgotten. I'll help you figure out where the orb is and what came out of it. Then we'll figure out how you can make portals again and then you can come home with me an Stitch until we fin your one true place!"

It'll be fun!

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

He finally, slowly hugs back. "Family," he repeats softly. "That is a beautiful concept."

He'd had a family, once. Or he'd thought he had. Angeal and Genesis had both left. But then Zack had been there.... Zack, who has deserved so much better than Sephiroth losing his mind.

"I've been looking everywhere for the orb. I don't know why it's gone. Maybe it even went through one of the portals and now is somewhere else."

He of course wouldn't want to impose on anyone by really going home with the little girl, but she is sweet and it is a soothing thought. He would love to have a family again, even if he doesn't deserve it.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Well then we'll find it together!" she said with perfect confidence. "Though I'm not used to 'Speraments having their own names already, just numbers. But I'll forgive you for ice cream!" she said, happily. "Ice cream till we burst then we fin the orb and get everyone home. You'll have to sleep in the spaceship though. At least until we can sneak another bed inside. But it's okay, the spaceship is really nice now that it is a bed an not breakfast!"

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

Sephiroth finally looked amused, a trace of the other Sephiroth. "Ice cream? I believe they have soft-serve here...."

He tilted his head. "The spaceship?"

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Uh huh. Now that they're Ohana they aren't going into space anymore. So they turned it into a bed and not breakfast to help Nani make money."

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

"... I see. That's ... nice of them." He wonders how many were using the spaceship.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

She nodded. "Uh huh. So you can sleep in there till we figure out how to add another bedroom to the house without it tipping over."

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

He smiled in gentle, touched amusement. "You are very generous. I wouldn't want to impose, especially without talking to your sister first."

Of course, he had no intention of taking her up on her offer, even if they could get to their homes. This was his home and he wanted to stay. But he was very moved by her kindness to a stranger.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"She understands ohana. It's okay. Even if she has to yell a bit before she realizes I've been right all along."

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

He was intrigued by that. "She accepts you being right?"

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"After a lot of screaming. Sometimes I have to bite her." She nodded sagely.

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

He stared at that. "You're not punished for such behavior?"

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Sure I am. She sends me to my room while she sits downstairs and does whatever Nanis do to calm down. Then she comes up and tells me she loves me and I was right all along," she said with a nod.

She might be glossing over a few annoying details in her summation.

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

Sephiroth was very concerned, both at such behavior and that it was apparently being enabled by Nani giving in all the time. He couldn't imagine such a thing with his own upbringing. His has been horrible, but one of the few things he could agree with was that biting wasn't allowed.

"Biting should never be a way to try to win points for your argument," he said in concern. "That could seriously hurt someone."

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"My teeth are too tiny for that. I'm not my dog. If he bites someone it hurts. But I guess I could go back to just licking her. But sometimes I can't escape that way."

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

"... Your dog bites as well? Hasn't there been trouble over that?"

He couldn't imagine a creature like that being allowed back home.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Well he mostly bites bad guys. And sometimes cousins before they are good."

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

"... I see. Would he be inclined to bite me?"

He would not just stand there and allow it to happen.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"If you're not evil, then probability not. Unless you took a bath in coconut cake. He likes coconut cake."

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

Was he evil? He had been when he had unleashed so much chaos. But now he was sane, and hurting, and only wanted to make things right.

"... I have never taken a bath in coconut cake," he deadpanned.

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Then you're probably safe."

Re: Later

[imjustaman]

"I would hope so," Sephiroth replied. "... Is your dog here with you?"

Re: Later

[andstitch]

"Uh huh. He's trying to figure out if the birds are ohana or are food."