8th Protocol--[847 Goldberg and the surrounding property]

[idkmybfforin]

[As hollow as her head was at times, even Utsuho couldn’t not notice the changes that had come over the town lately.

It made her realize she had been slacking in chasing intruders off of “her” territory…mostly, because she was confused as to where that was supposed to be. The old house…there was no one in it she recognized as family in it anymore. This other house had a Satori-like figure in it and was a place to get food, so it probably counted…

In any case, it was reason enough to get the hell raven perched on the roof in her humanoid form, wings spread and braced against the peak of the roof like bipods. Her crouching posture doesn’t stop her from glancing furtively down the roads whenever something goes by—a person or a car. As long as it keeps on moving—or she recognizes the person in a favorable way—things are rosy and Okuu does nothing.

It’s if whatever-it-may-be doesn’t that things might get festive, as this is obviously a challenge! And made Okuu puff up her feathers to look twice as big as she already did and hiss.

…yes, even if you just stopped at the mailbox. Or with the daily paper.]

((OOC: Okuu is unaffected by any AUs.))

Comments

[spinningorange]

(Okay good. The last thing Chen needs is more AU wackiness from her friends.

And since she's happily unaffected, she's totally Chen-like, as she should be.)

Almost everyone's acting weird, like they're suddenly bad or good or breaking a lot of things! Have you noticed it?

[idkmybfforin]

No.

[...well kinda but she can't really figure out how to put that uneasy tension-whatever feeling into spoken words.

Utsuho's feathers are still mostly fluffed out, though.]

But I'm out here anyway.

[spinningorange]

...oh.

(...

...so a cat brain and a bird brain walk into a bar...)

You might see stuff while you're out here. You'll see it better out here than indoors.

[idkmybfforin]

[Together they fight crime!

...occasionally.]

There are a lot more drones around than there used to be.

[People acting strange = CLEARLY, DRONE]

[spinningorange]

(When they don't have anything better to do!)

You're right about that. (No, she's not.) There's a lot of drones and lots of people being weird! Good thing most of them can't fly, though. They're creepy!

[idkmybfforin]

They'd be easier to see if they did, though.

[Utsuho glances this way and that up and down the street, as if reminded.]

[spinningorange]

But then they'd be harder to escape from! And there are some people that should stay on the ground.

(But then she decides not to think about that because...well, she's not interested in the idea anymore.)

What do you think we should do?

(Because if all else fails, she has a stash of catnip back home. CAN BIRDS GET HIGH OFF OF CATNIP?!)

[idkmybfforin]

I'll just set them on fire.

[...probably best not to try this at home.]

[spinningorange]

(At least they're outside the home!)

All of them? But that could be bad!

[idkmybfforin]

They won't come back, though!

[...SHE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE SO ENTHUSIASTIC.]

[spinningorange]

(SHE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T. DOESN'T THIS NORMALLY LEAD TO MINI SUNS FLYING EVERYWHERE?)

But not all of them are bad; we want the good ones to come back! The good ones are the ones that are okay!

[idkmybfforin]

But they won't get close if I hiss at them!

[Her feathers puff out as if in emphasis.]

[spinningorange]

(Just taking a moment to think this over...)

...I think you're right, Okuu! Only the bad ones would want to get closer if you hiss at them; they cause more trouble than the good ones!

(No Chen, just...no. She's confusing good and bad with smart and dumb.)