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[soggypastry]

[It's late. Around midnight late, when most people are asleep. And Lightning, despite being most people, is also asleep with her Riolu curled into the crook of her neck and her Rapidash sleeping nearby. So. If she didn't turn it on and Sen is asleep, who turned on the video? Well, you may note that the camera is partially blocked by a shard of

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[soggypastry]

I think it's a species thing. Leons Skarmory can screech the same way. [An annoyed glance at her bird, who just...goes back to chirping a little.]

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[soggypastry]

I think they have to be that loud, so the mother can hear them over all the noise they make just walking. [Snow-bird is just...rubbing up against Lightnings side as she steps closer, shaking her head at him. Silly bird...]

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[puppet_paladin]

...Newborns.

[Someone is now regretting the fact that he always sleeps next to his Pokégear.]

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[soggypastry]

Sen didn't make this much noise when he hatched.

[And someone is looking slightly apologetic. If she'd known he was going to hatch at night, she'd have turned off her gear.]

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[puppet_paladin]

Some are naturally quiet. And a bird that size must need big and regular meals to be able to fly. Does it seem hungry?

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[soggypastry]

[Sen, quiet? Only in comparison to the bird. And he's just rubbing himself against Lightnings side as she steps closer to check on him.] No. I think he just wanted my attention and this was the only way to get it.

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[usedninjathief]

Maaaaan, is that like a famlily trait or something?

[Yuffie is curled up in bed with her Dratini wrapped around her.]

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[soggypastry]

It sure seems that way. [Lightning is just giving the bird a stern look. Back to sleep? Not for a while.]

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[usedninjathief]

Yikes. Leon's can get pretty noisy when she wants to. [Majesty lifts her head to say a sleepy hello.]

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[soggypastry]

[Snow-bird will coo at Majesty, prompting Lightning to nod and sigh.] So I've heard. But she doesn't seem to do it when people are asleep, at least.

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[combat_butler]

Woooow... Most girls would have screamed about two octaves higher than that bird shrieked at in reply to that.

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[soggypastry]

Most women don't have military training.

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[combat_butler]

--huh? Well, um, I guess not, no-- But that was still the kind of jump scare that would even make hardened criminals yelp out in surprise! Though in that case, it would wind up being a string of foul-language not suitable for minors.

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[soggypastry]

If you jump and scream or curse at everything that wakes you up at night, you have no place in the military. [And besides. She already cursed a blue-streak into the neck of her Rapidash.]

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[restardom]

[ Rise isn't too silent in her shock, emitting a yelp and clapping a hand over one ear. What the hell-- ]

Ow.

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[soggypastry]

[Say hello to Snow, Rise. Or rather, a bird that's as noisy as he is. He'll just tilt his head at the video and chirp out a greeting before Lightning picks up her gear, looking rather annoyed.]

Sorry, Rise. [She'd have turned off the gear if she knew he'd hatch in the middle of the night.]

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[restardom]

N-no, it's fine, I've gotten used to not sleeping normally here... [ gingerly lowering her hand. ] You got a baby?

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[soggypastry]

[Rise gets a look; this is the girl who got on Lightning about her sleeping habits? Pot, meet kettle. Still, she nods.]

His mother is one of Leons. He couldn't handle six eggs and let me take one.