6th Protocol--[Action]

[idkmybfforin]

[Oh hey what's that on your roof?

Depending on the time of day and how much snow is on it, it could be a.) absolutely nothing, b.) a raven of slightly unusual size skidding down it like a penguin or c.) a six-foot woman with gigantic raven wings on her back rolling down the roof and making remarkably ravenlike cawing sounds.

Utsuho has discovered snow! Again. She probably should be doing something else but she's...pathetically easy to distract sometimes.

Whenever she's knocked down one rooftop's supply of snow, the hell raven lazily flaps off to the next to start the process all over again. It might be your roof next! Or your neighbor's. She's pretty flexible.]

Comments

C.

[walking_nuke]

[All that noise coming from the roof sounds like someone's holding a pro wrestling match on top of the house. Which obviously bears investigation!]

[And stepping out from under the porch to look up at the roof, Balin gets a big thick wad of snow right on his face.]

Aghf—! What'a fuck?!

[In the middle of trying to get the snow off his face and out of his shirt, he overhears the cawing coming from the roof. He'd ponder why it sounds less like a bird and more like a woman trying to imitate a bird, but holy crap this is cold can't think straight.]

c

[nyancrophile]

[Rin's in her humanoid form because she doesn't like getting her fur wet or her paws cold - but that turns out to be a useless tactic as a pile of snow abruptly falls on her as she leaves her house.

She lets out a catlike screech and shakes herself off furiously, looking upward toward the offender.

When she sees it's Okuu, she just sighs, her anger all but forgotten, and waves to get her attention.]

Oy! Okuu!

Re: C.

[bantorain]

-From the garage/stable-

What's going on out there?!

[idkmybfforin]

[Rolling somewhat to a stop, this time turning perpendicular to the edge of the roof so she can curl her hands over the side and her wings draped over the gutters.]

Why are you standing there? You're not supposed to stand there.

1/2

[idkmybfforin]

[...oh shit she knows that voice.]

[walking_nuke]

[Balin was about to answer Virginia when he looks up just in time to see Utsuho peeking out from over the ledge. Making that same face from the last time they met!]

You!

[He looks both very surprised and somewhat agitated!]

What'a fuck are you doin' on'a roof?!

[bantorain]

-Virginia walks out to check on the commotion... but then can't help bursting out laughing.-

Friend of yours, Balin?

2/2

[idkmybfforin]

[OH SHIT SHE KNOWS THAT VOICE and is not responding in the proper manner since Orin is apparently not angry now.]

Orin, Orin!

[Okuu rolls to her feet and flutters downwards.]

There's this crunchy water stuff everywhere!

[...it has a name Okuu.]

[idkmybfforin]

What are you doing down there?

[...oh hey a visitor. Or at least someone Okuu doesn't recognize. She shakes some of the snow off the top of her head and her ribbon.]

[shoulda_toined]

(Watching from the yard of "his" house.)

Hey, dat looks like fun.

[walking_nuke]

[Balin glances back over to Virginia, looking a little sour.]

Friend? No, not really. Ran into'er when she was eatin' cannibals durin'a Thanksgivin' charlie foxtrot.

[That's reporting name lingo for "clusterfuck." But after saying that, he glances back up to Utsuho.]

What am I doin'—this is where I live—!

[He holds up an arm to shield himself from some of the snow Utsuho's shaking off.]

[bantorain]

Eating... -Virginia paid a quick glance to the girl. And then it clicked.-

She's a bird, Balin. A scavenger. Probably one of those 'youkai' I heard about, which explains the human appearance. So try not to be so mean to her, huh? She probably doesn't know any better.

-She calls up to Okuu.-

You hungry, honey?

[nyancrophile]

Yeah, it's called snow. It usually happens aboveground, but sometimes it'll even snow in the streets down in Hell! Once we go back home, if Miss Satori will give ya a break next time it happens I can take ya to see it.

[She pauses here to brush away a small patch of snow from her hair - clearly, she didn't get rid of all of it when she shook herself off.]

B.

[photonicfighter]

[The thumping on the roof didn't bother Dakki at first. She had been knitting. It required a bit of focus and concentration, especially because she was consulting a book to ensure that she was doing a particular stitch right. But the thumping continued, to the point that she could no longer ignore it.

It was probably a bad idea to ignore thumping, in this town. So with a sigh she set the knitting down, popped a head out the door to see what she could see, and then backed away from the house to see just what was on the roof.]

...ah! A bird? A bird! [She laughs and calls out to it.] Are you having fun, bird?

[idkmybfforin]

Unyu!

[The bird seems to agree!

...then actually stops and looks around to see who exactly she was agreeing with.]

B.

[idkmybfforin]

Quork!

[It would seem so!

The raven slides off the eave of the roof like a feathery toboggan, straight at her new spectator.

At least in this form she doesn't weigh that much.]

[best_weapon_ever]

[Tsubaki heard the commotion at her neighbor's house, and made it outside in time to see the raven hop onto the roof of her house and skid down it, sending a sheet of snow raining down the edge of said roof.]

You're an unusual raven.

[idkmybfforin]

[Oh oh food FOOD

...that easily distracted thing, yeah.

Her form blurs and shimmers and shrinks as she launches forward off the roof--as a much smaller raven. A perfectly ordinary one except for a slight increase in size and the rather obvious red eyes.

She flutters down--and while Balin is distracted, lands on his head. Or at least tries to.]

Unyu!

[FOOD]

[idkmybfforin]

[Her head tilts.]

...where does it come from, then?

[IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY but now she is not sure.]

1/2

[walking_nuke]

[Glancing back over to Virginia. Looking a little surprised that Virginia knew all of that.]

It ain't just'at. I mean if it was just her goin' after'a cannibals? That wouldn't bother me.

[Judging by his tone of voice, he doesn't really want to talk about it in front of Utsuho, though. Especially since he doesn't know how long the hell raven's been here and just what she's regained. If she were back up to full power while he still didn't even have his combat gear, pissing the youkai off would be a bad idea ...]

2/2

[walking_nuke]

[... In fact, he was looking over to Virginia the whole time Utsuho was busy shapeshifting and flying down to land on his head. Too busy talking to do more than wonder why he was hearing wing flapping right before getting raven talons to the head.]

WHOA! What'a—

[He flinches, but doesn't reach up to swat at Utsuho, but he is trying to look up, with the dawning realization that the hell raven's shifted back into her original form and ... is now chilling out on his head. SO glad he's wearing scratch-resistant shooting glasses right now.]

[idkmybfforin]

Unyu!

[THIS IS JUST SO MUCH FUN.

Though the raven stops when she gets back to the top of the roof again, turning to face the source of the voice.

A perfectly normal raven, of course. Except for the red eyes, atypical behavior and the fact that she seems to have three legs (though the "third" looks a bit spindly and more like a stray foot than anything).]

[bantorain]

-Virginia whistled, lifting up her arm as a perch for Okuu-

Calm down, Balin.

[idkmybfforin]

[Okuu wobbles a bit on her perch as it has the audacity to move, caws at it--and then pokes her head over in Balin's face.]

Unyu.

[Message delivered...whatever that message was, the raven lifts off his head with a bounce and flaps over to the woman's arm, a much less fidgety perch.</>]

[best_weapon_ever]

[She's been here long enough to know she's not the only one around who can transform into something that isn't exactly human. And that is obviously no normal raven.]

Are you able to transform, or are you a pet?