Hey lady! Hey! [Video]

[zouichi]

[There's a brilliantly colored parrot on the comms, staring at the screen. After a moment, he tilts his head to the side and chirps. Then beeps. Then makes a sound that probably no one will recognize as the sound of an Eldar chainsword purring to life.]

Hey, lady. Hey, lady. Hey. Hey. Hey.

Do you like space?

Comments

VIDEO

[deducings]

No.

Re: VIDEO

[zouichi]

[The parrot taps the screen with his beak, draws back. Then he opens his beak and taps it again. Hey, there's a trace of a little parrot tongue, too! Some people might assume he is trying to eat the camera, but this is not true. He is trying to eat you, Sherlock.]

VIDEO [1/2]

[deducings]

[ Curiously taps the screen a few times. Zouichi's friend. The first one to point out he was fictional. ]

TEXT [2/2]

[deducings]

[ Quickly cuts the feed and reverts to text. He prefers to text. ]

Your parrot is having fun with the network.
Just to warn you about it's current activities.
SH

[ text ]

[anomalyse]

not a lady, and you're a parrot.
how'd that happen?

[ text > video ]

[anomalyse]

[ OH RIGHT, it's a parrot. It can't read, Connor. KEEP UP. Switching to video... ]

All right?

Also, you just beeped. Not a parrot expert, but I'm willing to bet that's not normal.

I'm talking to a parrot. That's definitely not normal.

Re: [ text > video ]

[zouichi]

[The parrot puffs out his feathers, then shakes himself, doglike.]

I'm the greatest wunderkind! Pew! Pew!

[Now he is making laser gun noises. Huh.]

[ video ]

[anomalyse]

[ Squuuuuuint. ]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need to hear this stuff before you can repeat it?

And if so-where've you been hearing lasers?

[Video]

[ihavesomany]

Oh, look who got ahold of a comm device. Where's your friend?

Re: [Video]

[zouichi]

[What's that? Hmm, it's that gangly fellow from earlier. Alan cocks his head to one side to get a better look. After a moment, he waddles closer to the screen.

It seems he's standing on a cloth of some sort -- no, it's the corner of a sheet, one that looks rather like the kind of drab blanket that would cover a bed in the Passengers' Quarters.]

[ihavesomany]

Yes, hello... [The Doctor's leaning closer into his camera, all friendly-like.]

Has Zouichi run off somewhere, or are you only being a bad bird?

[zouichi]

[Alan grips the edge of the blanket with his feet, rolling over so he's covered by the blanket. It is ridiculously adorable.]

Bad bird?

[Oh, now he's sulking. There's a voice from off-screen.]

Who's a bad bird?

[Now that was definitely Zouichi's voice.]

VIDEO

[tenyeargambit]

You're...Zouichi's friend, Alan, aren't you? [Either that or they're on the zoo ship.] Where's your friend?

Re: VIDEO

[zouichi]

[At the mention of Zouichi, Alan suddenly puffs up, flapping his wings once or twice excitedly. It's that boy from before, the one who clearly must like parrots!]

Alan. Space.

[tenyeargambit]

I hope he knows you're using his communicator. [Now all we need is a well for Zouichi to fall down into and we'd have a total Lassie moment in the making.]

[zouichi]

[A hand reaches down to pick Alan up. The bird flaps a little, but seems perfectly comfortable.]

What's this? Oh, hello. Did Alan manage to call out on this thing, or is it on the open network?

MEANWHILE

[fourpartplan]

[BIRD

BIRD ON THE NETWORK

SPACE CORE BIRD ON THE NETWORK

IS NOTHING SACRED]

Re: MEANWHILE

[zouichi]

[HELLO NEW FRIEND ARE YOU PLAYING PEEKABOO

Alan hides his head under his wing for a moment, then appears!]

Space! Dad! I'm in space!

[fourpartplan]

[OH GOD IT CAN SEE HIM

DISAPPEARING OUT OF THE FEED NOW]

No one's here! A-absolutely nothing to see.

[zouichi]

[This is fun!

Alan 'hides' again.]

Where did that come from?