closed 🌠 hey girl, we can make it easy

[starshower]

🧙 WHO: Tifa Lockhart & Jade
⚔️️ WHAT: A pair of punchy girls trying to wrangle scorpion crab things to make a buck; for the Invasive Species quest.
🕒 WHEN: Early August
🗺️ WHERE: Near the Broceliande
⚠️ WARNINGS: N/A

Comments

well, SUCCESS!

[feisticuffs]

[Jade follows suit, getting down on one knee to do her part in doling out some of the meat to these new friends of theirs, fox and carcinus alike. She carefully divides some of the meat into smaller bits so that it can be spread among them, and a fox gratefully nuzzles at her fingers to sniff for more while a carcinus affectionally bumps up against her leg.]

And look at that, they're all getting along just fine, too.

[Admittedly, it probably helps that these carcinuses are smaller than the rest, and foxes are certainly wont to take care of themselves.]

Unexpected results or otherwise, I'd say this is a job well done. I suppose there's nothing to keep the others from returning to this area, but I'd think that now they're a bit closer to home, they'll remember how fond of it they are.

[Even animals must get homesick.]

[starshower]

Yeah. I'm sure they'll wander back here eventually, but... [Tifa looks to the trees, only for a moment before she's knocked over onto her bum by a fox.] At least we got them out of there for now.

[It might be a short victory, but it's one nonetheless. She has no doubt that the carcinuses will be back to look for more food. They didn't seem like the smartest creatures around Camelot, and they'll follow wherever their noses take them, and if it led them here once, who's to say it won't do it again?]

Might not hurt to come back and check on them once in a while...

[feisticuffs]

I'm tempted to agree. If they wander back in search of food, we can usher them elsewhere again— I would much rather that than let someone else do the job using other methods.

[She'd like to avoid a true culling, if at all possible.]

Besides... we've certainly made some new friends today.

[She smiles again, gently patting a small, affectionate carcinus on the head.]

That I definitely didn't see coming, but they're not so different from people, I suppose— happy to be fed.

[starshower]

[Tifa's holding up a piece of meat for one of the foxes, who eagerly leaps up to snatch it from her fingers while its sibling barks excitedly next to it, climbing with its front legs up onto the back of a carcinus. This entire thing just feels silly, but she'd be remiss if she said she wasn't completely endeared right now.]

You think we should find the rest of them? These little guys might get lost if we don't get them home.

[They're only babies, and who knows whether or not they're able to find their own way...]

[feisticuffs]

[Jade nods in agreement, drawing back up to her full height— the carcinus she'd just been showing some affection tries to get up on its back legs to follow her upwards, but falls just a bit short.]

Good idea. We'll lead them in the rest of the way. Once they're back with their families, they'll be in good hands.

[She pauses, considering.]

... claws?

[starshower]

Claws.

[She nods in agreement before rising to her feet with Jade, although she can barely move when they're stepping on her feet begging for another piece, and she gives them all a pat on the head as well as she can before tossing a small piece several feet away to give herself some room. All of them follow, including the ones around Jade.]

Shall we?

[Guess this is how they're going to do it now, as she tosses another piece of meat even further for them, and watches them chase after it.]