Uniquely Qualified

[beautyrest]

🧙 WHO: Princess Aurora, her many animal friends, and you!
⚔️️ WHAT: Aurora is going to help with some of the fae and clean up after the storm
🕒 WHEN: Early January
🗺️ WHERE: All over
⚠️ WARNINGS: None I can readily think of



A. A Knocking We Will Go:

There was, perhaps, some weird twist of fate that Aurora had just been explaining fae, brownies amongst them, and not even a few weeks later, would need to help get rid of them.

Still, she comes up to the next address that was begging for assistance, her eagle owl comfortably sitting on her shoulder, though his size and weight must have surely been uncomfortable, but Aurora gave no indication of pain.

She looked up when she heard someone come towards her, about to knock on the door and paused.

"Oh, is this your home?" she asked, smiling.


B. After the Storm:

Aurora was no stranger to hard work and getting your hands dirty. She had lived her life as a peasant in the woods. Literally, everything was dependent on her and her aunts doing things for themselves from chopping wood for the winter, hatching the roof from leaks, gathering water, and everything else in between.

So something as simple as removing debris and helping with a mess was not that difficult a task.

The princess was currently on top of a roof along with several birds, squirrels, and even a raccoon or two as they were getting large branches from felled trees off the shingles.

As she was headed back to the ladder that had let her up there, though, unfortunately, it had been blown down by the wind.

So as you are going about your day, you may notice a group of animals trying to get a ladder out of the snow and back up against the wall or, you may hear yourself being called to from above.

"Oh! Excuse me, could I trouble you for but a moment?"

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[bakudan_bambino]

Gokudera looks down at her hand on his own and then nods in understanding. He follows her, watching as she moves to the ladder. Okay. Just gotta go down.

Knees still on the roof, he leans forward and grabs the top rung above her hands, misunderstanding entirely that his body won’t work the way hers does because he has no idea he’s human. It seems shaky, and he moves one hand back, the other pushing a little on the ladder and making it shift, which startles him. He feels he might knock her off, then backs up and lets go, prioritizing her safety over his own. Seems even as a dog, he doesn’t value himself like he should.

[beautyrest]

Aurora does suddenly tighten her grip when the ladder shakes at his movement. She takes a deep breath, though, and lets it out, smiling even though her heart was racing just a bit faster from the movement.

"It's alright, you're alright," she soothed. "Step back a bit, do you think you could try going feet first, dear?"

[bakudan_bambino]

Gokudera whimpers gently in apology and sits down, looking off the roof and wondering if he could jump off safely. Again, he doesn’t think they’re too terribly high up...

At her assurance, he moves forward once again, mistaking his hands for feet. This time, however, he grips the ladder firmly as though holding it still for her, even turns his head and bits at the side of it. See? Go ahead, Aurora. He’ll come down after she’s safe below.

[beautyrest]

"We'll get down, you'll see, now, do you think you can watch me and how I go?" she asked, not sure how much he understood even if should have understood everything.

"Just watch how I go down the ladder, and then do the same, alright?" she soothed as she began her descent once more, surer in her climb with him holding the ladder. She reached the bottom, holding it there.

"Do you think you can come down just like that?" she called up to him.

[bakudan_bambino]

He's watching her alright, and very firmly holding the ladder still. There's no nodding involved, and he lets go when she's below safely. Relieved to see her there, he beams.

"Bark!" Sure, he'll come down!

And he crouches, jumping off the roof which is not at all what she asked of him. There's a strange bubble that forms up out of the snow, shifting debris around, and acting as a sort of trampoline. Gokudera lands on it, and then bounces off of it.

"Oof!" He's on his back in the dirt, confused and a little sore, but not in too sorry a state. "What happened?" Gokudera rubs at his shoulder and sits up, looking around. He doesn't remember helping move debris.

[beautyrest]

"AH! NO!" Aurora called out, but it was too late and her heart pounded in her ears as she watched him leap off the roof. What brief relief there is from the bubble is quickly changed by him ricocheting off the thing.

Aurora hurried over to Gokudera's side, kneeling beside him. "Are you- are you alright?"

[bakudan_bambino]

At least the bubble took most of the impact, so he's not injured much except for being a little sore. He's curiously looking around when Aurora moves to his side, and he gives he a slightly startled look.

"I'm fine! What happened?!" Did he get hit with some debris or something? That would explain the amnesia.

[beautyrest]

Well, this was... new.

She glanced away for a moment and then took a breath, smiling.

"Well, as I have no desire to lie to you, the short answer would be that you jumped off the roof."

[bakudan_bambino]

"Ugh, but there's a ladder," He says, sitting up. Gokudera can see it just fine. It isn't that he doesn't believe this woman saying that he jumped off a roof, but he doesn't remember doing so and wouldn't under pretty much any circumstances.

"Good thing this ground broke my fall." The boy gets up and starts brushing himself off. He's going to make to leave, since clearly everything is alright. He's just a little sore and confused.

[beautyrest]

"I am aware, that would be how I got down. Your decision, however, was to be so inclined as to not use it. Admittedly, it was much faster."

[bakudan_bambino]

"Tch! Obviously!" Unless he gets the wild idea that she pushed him off the roof, then climbed down. Given her concern when he snapped back to himself, he won't even humor the thought.

"Well, whatever! It's not like I chose to do that!" He's fine. Just going to resume being a grumpy teenager about most everything.

[beautyrest]

Aurora is many things, but not that.

"Here," she stood up and held out a hand to him for him to take. "Where are you staying?" perhaps she should walk him home in case he happens to be taken over by such a mindset again.

[bakudan_bambino]

What a wonderful person!

It's a real shame that Gokudera is so prickly and refuses most help. He brushes her hand away with the back of his own and wipes at his mouth. Tastes weird, and it's kind of gritty like dirt. He spits off to the side and gets out a cigarette.

"None of your business, lady."

[beautyrest]

Aurora lets her fingers curl and her hand falls to her side. Gokudera may suddenly feel an acorn thrown at his head, or perhaps it was just an accident of the tree dropping it. Either way, a nearby squirrel if it COULD whistle, would be.

"My apologies. I hope you get home safe, then."

[bakudan_bambino]

The acorn hits him right in the temple, and he claps a hand to it with a small "ow" before he's looking around. He should have just gotten up and ran off before ever talking to anyone. It's probably some karma or something. He has no idea, but he's walking away and lifts a hand in farewell to her over his shoulder.

[beautyrest]

Aurora watches him leave, waving goodbye, and then looks up at the squirrel, wagging a finger before said squirrel climbs down.

Oh, she realizes, as she gathers up the debris for disposal or reuse, she had not exchanged names with him.