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[mikangirl]

[As the day breaks on the 7th, the sun hot and the sky clear, there is a small black and white shape occasionally seen flying over Luceti.

Oh look, it's a magpie.  Big deal.

Except it's an exceptionally greedy magpie, with an exceptionally familiar marking on one wing.  And if you have something that's overly bright, or something that so much as

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[justaddmarbles]

[ gotta love a good orchard! Glitch certainly does, especially now that he doesn't have to worry about getting jumped by longcoats every five minutes.

jingle jangle jingle goes the shiny silver tab that is attached to the shiny silver zipper that is attached to...well, embedded in his scalp. good luck with that, magpie. ]

oh dear god

[mikangirl]

[Two for the price of one. GET OUT, GET OUT OF HER MIKAN GROVE GET OU--

oh, shiny jingle jangling thing. The long screeching caw is no less murderous-sounding, but now she has a more specific target. How are your reflexes, Glitch?]

could. not. resist.

[justaddmarbles]

Aaah! [ is it a monkey bat? oh gods don't let it be another monkey bat!

the reflexes are pretty darn good actually, and he ducks, dropping the mikans he'd gathered as his hands flail up around his head. who knows how effective that'll be. ]

I can see why |D

[mikangirl]

[Mikans go everywhere, and it only serves to annoy the magpie more. Why it cares about mikans is anyone's guess. Flailing is an excellent deterrent, though! He might feel her little magpie claws rake across the back of one hand as she swoops by and rounds back, but whatever scratches she leaves behind are shallow.]

[justaddmarbles]

[ nope, not a monkey bat, the scratches were itty bitty and he hadn't been picked up and carried off. which left the question of what in the Nome King's kitchen had just come after him, which would mean stopping and looking up and Investigating.

...smartest man in the O.Z., ladies and gentlemen. ]

[mikangirl]

[Ohoho.

You look up and investigate. Here comes the magpie for round two, gliding up silently from behind, claws extended for that shiny, shiny zipper.]

[justaddmarbles]

[ yeah, Glitch is going to be oblivious to that approach. the shiny is yours, birdie! only it's...the opposite of portable and guarded by a tangle of curly, matted dreadlocks.

you can try for the tab, though. jingle jangle and all that. ]

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[mikangirl]

[AHAHA, SUCCESS! Her claws latch on with a victorious caw as she takes off--]

[mikangirl]

[...she takes off...]

[mikangirl]

[Flappita. Flapflap--

WHY IS EVERYTHING NAILED DOWN IN THIS TOWN]

[mikangirl]

[...B|]

Done |D

[mikangirl]

[FLAPFLAPFLAPCAWFLAPFLAPGODDAMMIT SHE WILL TAKE THIS THING EVENTUALLYYYY]

....1/4

[justaddmarbles]

[ ...que? ]

2

[justaddmarbles]

[ oh gods it's got-- ]

3

[justaddmarbles]

[ MERCIFUL GLINDA'S FRILLY KNICKERS IT'S GOT THE ZIPPER. ]

DONE

[justaddmarbles]

OW! No, no no no, let go letgoletgo--

[ Glitch claps his hands over the crown of his head to KEEP IT FROM OPENING and starts to run. from the thing which is on his head.

welp. at least he's leaving the orchard? ]