Second Floor Common Room, Sunday Afternoon

[not_a_parakeet]

There were monsters outside. And there was fog that made people crazy. And heaven only knew what else was out there.

Warren had been out in it once, and once was more than enough. He just didn't have the tights for this superhero stuff. What was he supposed to do? Flutter the monsters to death

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[life_inshadow]

Right, so Kennedy was out doing ... something. Tara had promised to let her go, and she wasn't nervous.

Right.

In an attempt to distract herself, she wandered into the common room. "Warren," she said, with a little wave. "Ooooh, we're watching elephants fly?"

[not_a_parakeet]

"Tara," he replied, smiling her way. "Grab some popcorn? I was in the mood to watch something flapping around, and the little elephant with the big ears fit the bill."

Even if he did kind of wince in sympathy every time they plucked the magic feather from that poor crow's butt.

[life_inshadow]

Tara took a handful of popcorn and flopped onto the couch. "Having a hard time being grounded?" she asked sympathetically. "My -- Kennedy went to be a hero so I'm kind of ... waiting."

Waiting, incidentally, sucked. You could quote Tara on that.

[not_a_parakeet]

"Waiting sucks," Warren sighed, frowning in a bit of sympathy of his own. "Part of me feels like I should be out there doing something to help, but having wings isn't exactly the same as being a superhero."

It just meant that there was more of him to cramp up while he was hiding from the giant dinosaur.

[life_inshadow]

"Try being a witch," Tara commiserated. "There's nothing in any of my books about creepy monkeypony creatures, and the spooky fogs are the wrong kinds of spooky fog."

She gave him a half-smile and added, "But your wings are very pretty."

[not_a_parakeet]

Warren gave his feathers a little ruffle at that, cracking a momentary grin. It wasn't long-lived, but it was there.

"Pretty and functional," he offered. "You can't really beat that combination. Usually."

[life_inshadow]

"M-maybe if they dispensed chocolate ice cream too?" Tara suggested. It was nonsensical, but she was trying.

[not_a_parakeet]

"I stand corrected," Warren chuckled. "Anything is made better with the addition of chocolate ice cream."

Well, okay, his wings would probably get very gross, very quickly. But, you know, at first.

"Except broccoli."

[life_inshadow]

"No, with broccoli you really have to add cheese," Tara said. "or, like, ranch dressing."

... speaking of things that would make his wings gross quickly.

[not_a_parakeet]

Warren was going to need a moment to seriously consider this tangent that they'd gotten themselves on.

"I don't think cheese would improve my plumage any," he offered, helpfully.

[life_inshadow]

Yeah, Tara couldn't explain it either.

"Some people really like ranch dressing smell?" she offered hopefully.

[not_a_parakeet]

"I prefer the kind with peppercorns," Warren decided. "I'd be okay with ranch dressing so long as there are peppercorns."

Considering the conversation they were having, it was a wonder the two of them weren't seeing more pink elephants than just the ones on the TV.

[life_inshadow]

Tara nodded, trying to think of what to say next. "Are there people with that, um, mutation?" she asked. she had an idea it was the proper word, but it still didn't seem polite. "D-dispensing food could be useful. Even if it wasn't ranch dressing."

[not_a_parakeet]

... That would be the coolest mutation ever. But, alas, that power was totally reserved for some Japanese cartoon character, instead. Darn you, Japan.

"Not that I know of," Warren confessed, shaking his head. "But maybe that's for the best. I think food dispensing could probably get... um. Awkward."

Warren was overthinking this again.

[life_inshadow]

"Depends where it comes from," Tara offered helpfully. "If it was just your thumb or something, it ... wouldn't be that bad?"

They could start a team for overthinking!

[not_a_parakeet]

"Huh," grunted Warren. "Finger food."

... He couldn't help it. He'd been hanging around Bobby this week.