cinderella's pumpkin had it so easy • video

[unladenswallow]

( vines would have to do to replace her arms whilst she was forced into this egregious form of a jack-o-lantern. she was definitely going to have to remember that, apparently, magic could get to her even if she weren't in the same room as the casters.

the pumpkin-hero was more than a little aggravated and using the vines to open the mirror compact, she huffed into it when it began to record. )

I don't suppose I can trouble someone to keep the crows away from me? Yelling only seems to work so much and I'm running out of seeds to spit at the bastards.

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[unladenswallow]

Apparently communication with them of any kind results in this sort of ridiculousness. I'd be grateful, truly.

[ace_of_hearts]

I can't say I'm surprised. Some people just feel the need to be really heavy-handed to prove they can.

No problem! Sorry this is your first month here.

[unladenswallow]

It certainly has been quite the welcome wagon albeit not nearly as terrible as I've ever been met with if you can believe it.

[ace_of_hearts]

I can! My world is really crazy, but I'm really curious if you feel like talking!

[unladenswallow]

Let's just say I've seen worse, ( she wasn't all that keen on getting into the hunt. she worried that talking about them would just somehow lead them to her. she might get over that, eventually. ) although these crows are getting higher and higher on the list of assholes I've run into.

[ace_of_hearts]

Yeah, birds in my world are usually all jerks.

[unladenswallow]

It must be a personality trait for birds. What I wouldn't give to eat a chicken directly in front of them right about now...

[ace_of_hearts]

I could stop and get some. Or better idea, get you and then we can go get some.

[unladenswallow]

Honestly? I'm not certain how eating works as a gourd but it sounds hilarious either way. And much, much better than sticking around these avian assholes.

[ace_of_hearts]

We can put it in your mouth and you can shred it!

[unladenswallow]

I can definitely do that if nothing else.

[ace_of_hearts]

[Picks her up and aims a few fire bullets around the crows, not actually hitting them, just giving them time enough to scatter and keep away.]

Sup?

[unladenswallow]

( he must be a wizard for how fast he had got there. jk. the fireballs just made her laugh, amused at the birds losing it and flying off. ) Very nearly dinner with those fireballs.

Oh you know, just, gourding about.

[ace_of_hearts]

Nah, crows taste terrible. [He sounds like he speaks from experience... he probably does.]

[And a grin at the pun.] Wanna gourd some chicken?

[unladenswallow]

Not enough meat on their bones for my liking, really. ( he wasn't the only one. when times got tough and all that... )

How can I turn down such a charming offer?

[ace_of_hearts]

Exactly.

My pleasure. [And off to the cafe to get chicken! \o/]

[unladenswallow]

( it might be a little droll to sit down in a café with a pumpkin, but, ciri wasn't above glaring at anyone giving them looks. besides, at this point she really just wanted to eat any sort of fowl as vengeance for the crows. it might not sort the problem properly but damn it'd feel good. )

Remind me to pay you back once I'm capable of using hands again.

[ace_of_hearts]

It's nothing.

[Ace waves a hand and laughs, giving her a piece to "munch" on.] But if you get a job, I'll take leftovers. I'm that shameless.

[unladenswallow]

( digesting wasn't a thing that was going to happen so it might be considered something of a waste, but, ciri still used her vines to hold the food in place and dragged it back and forth along the points of her so-called teeth to shred the meat. she might not taste it but it was fantastically satisfying. )

Well, there's something altogether classy about being able to admit it, really.

[ace_of_hearts]

[Ace laughs!] I'm not sure about that! I mean I'm a pirate, and there's a reason I'm against shirts -- as Lydia put it.

[unladenswallow]

Well, I'm used to hanging about people akin to pirates. Not all against shirts though.

[ace_of_hearts]

Yeah? What are they like in your world?

[unladenswallow]

Thugs and warriors, I suppose. Bards, dwarfs — anyone looking for a drink and willing to pay for it. I don't really know that many who go about without their shirts though. That one I'll leave to you. ( a chuckle. )

[ace_of_hearts]

Sounds like the mountain bandits. I was raised by them, you know.

[unladenswallow]

I was raised by a multitude of people. ( after a moment she added: ) None of which were gourds.