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[crittersheep]

WHO: all of you
WHERE: day 74
WHEN: through the day tbh

[there's trauma approaching in the distance but it ain't showing up quite yet THIS day!

it's a really beautiful day, actually. sunny and deeply pleasant weather. maybe sometime today people might return from a snadventure (snake adventure), or maybe not? the wildlife and your lil resident sheep are all perky and up and at 'em and full of energy. hopping.

what about you?]

Comments

[audacity]

It's a big beach.

[rugpull]

True.

Hope yer feelings get better.

Or I dunno worse if ya like t'wallow.

[audacity]

Is this your way of shading me till I help you with the crabs? Because it's working.

[rugpull]

Worse m'being sincere.

[audacity]

[ considers that as he gets up and dusts himself off ]

Yeah, that is worse.

[rugpull]

Rest in peace, nerd.

[audacity]

Shut up and show me where your crabs are.

[rugpull]

Okay but pause for us to both acknowledge how strong I am not making the obvious joke.

[audacity]

[ fond eyeroll ]

Acknowledged.

[rugpull]

Wow that grumpy huh....ah well.

[time to roll grab his broom and basket off the ground]

[audacity]

[ goes to follow him!! ]

[rugpull]

Want on m'broom?

[gonna have the handle of the basket hang off the end near the bushy part, hopping on and the broom hovering

witchy shit]

[audacity]

You have a flying broom?

[ he's getting on, tho ]

[rugpull]

Naw I got a broom and I can make it fly. I think there's some brooms that are always flyin' brooms but I ain't got magic that strong, t'permanently enchant something.

Someone like Tart or Aides or Belle or Rubato....they probably got the juice for something like that. But magic ain't actually my strong suit.

[upsies we go, to a little further out into the water and to the side, more out of the way

traditionally crab traps are marked with big floating bits, easy to see. for some reason (the reason is greed and distrust) this hyena has used rather flat, hard to see floats to mark where his traps are. the broom is more so he doesn't have to wade waist to chest deep into water]

[audacity]

What is your strong suit?

[ gives the obscured floats a thoughtful look before leaning off the side of the broom and dropping to the water. he lands on the surface and stands there (what a showoff!!!!!) and looks up to biscuit ]

Want me to hand them up to you?

[ the water underneath his feet is turning darker than the rest of the sea, but that's probably normal ]

[rugpull]

That'd be great! Nice water walkin'! Damn.

My strong suit is grunt labor and physical stuff really. Lotsa those magic boys ain't know how to do shit for themselves WITHOUT magic. Hell, Tart doesn't even undress himself by hand anymore. Fucker just magics his clothes off.

Magically I guess flyin' is one of my best skills. Though my best class is animal languages. I ain't gonna talk to crabs though I dunno their language.

[grabby hands give a cage]

[audacity]

[ he laughs ]

You have a good point. It's really hard not to get reliant after a while. So it's great that you're not like that.

[ starting to pull up the first cage and hand it over!! ]

Trust me, you don't want to know what these crabs are saying about us.

[rugpull]

[dumping out crabs into his basket dont worry its deep]

Enh its eat or be eaten, lil' guys.

One day m'corpse will be gnawed on by all kindsa critters like you. Fair is fair. Circle of life!

[putting some bait into the trap and tossing it back into the water. then moving to the next trap a bit away]

Yer real good at yer magics huh.

[audacity]

[ walking along to the next trap with him ]

I've just had a lot of practice. I've been at it since I was twelve.

[rugpull]

And ya could just do it....?

[audacity]

I guess...? I didn't have to study or anything. It's more that I had to learn control.

[rugpull]

Magic sure is different person t'person....

[next trap lets do it again]

[audacity]

[ doing it again!!! ]

How did you learn animal languages?

[rugpull]

Oh, that ain't magic...

Anyone can learn it if they got the ear for it. And patience.

The patience is the part most people fail with. Ain't worth it to 'em, ya know? But mmm...there can be a lotta value in forming alliances with street cats and wild dogs. Especially in my homeland, where the wildlife are also considered citizens of the country in many ways. Preservin' nature is important to the king. Which sounds nicer than it actually is.

[audacity]

That sounds way more impressive than magic, for the record.

Why isn't it nice?