who thought moose guards was a good idea anyway?!

[rebella]

Who: Ella & you!
Broadcast: Audio, Fleet-wide?
Action: On Planet
When: Now

Hello? Is this working?

( Ella's keeping her voice low. Something whines near her communicator. She make a hushing sound in return before continuing to talk. )

I really hope it is... uh, if anyone's out there, do you have any... pointers... on how to escape a guard deer when you've been treed in an ice sculpture with a fox?

( Problems where children demand your assistance in rescuing their lost fox. Problems when you have to listen to direct orders. There' a loud THWACK and Ella tucks the fox in closer to her abdomen and pull her legs up while she hauls herself up another branch of the odd sculpture. There's one heck of a big moose huffing and circling this ice-carving tree-bird-angel she's climbed into. )

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[betterthananetdrama]

A guard... deer?

[rebella]

I don't know what else to call it but it's really not happy with me being here.

( With an ooph, Ella clings on tight with the fox while the moose rubs one giant antler against the sculpture. )

[betterthananetdrama]

Where are you? Maybe I could distract it!

[rebella]

I...

( Am on a street with no name, it feels good to be out of the rain??? Stop that. )

I was following a fox to the north part of the city trying to retrieve him for his owner. He slipped between the bars of an estate - I didn't see a name, but there was an impressive looking bear on the crest.

[betterthananetdrama]

Alright. I'll see what I can do!

[And off Iko goes... not having a GPS is going to be weird, but she might get there anyway.]

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[heresyandlace]

...Are you made of leaves?

[what is even going on here.]

[rebella]

( What kind of question is that? Her first thought isn't "deer eat leaves," it's, "I don't blend in that well with the tree-bird-angel sculpture! )

No? I'm made out of flesh and sadly wet wool right now, but I may be turning into ice sometime soon, so I'll have to update you if that changes later.

[heresyandlace]

...I'm fairly certain that there are no carnivorous deer, so I think you'll be fine.

Maybe it just wants to be friendly. [totally picturing some idiot getting treed by a little fawn here]

[rebella]

( Another THWACK-THUD can be hear, interrupting Ella as she's attempting to say anything in response. )

-- No, I really don't think friendly is the word. Unless getting stomped to the ground or beaten up with antlers is a sign of deer affection, and if it is, all the same, I'd rather not.

[heresyandlace]

[he's still trying to imagine this, and it's kind of hilarious. so, he has to bite back a little laugh.]

It shouldn't be that difficult to frighten off a deer. You're probably just not trying hard enough.

[parricida]

That's a rather unique problem, I must say. Though can you not simply ignore the deer?

[rebella]

( There's a pause on Ella's end. )

It's not really the kind of deer you can ignore. It's several heads taaller than I am... and it's sharpening it's antlers on the tree. I think. Or itching its antlers.

[parricida]

Then I suppose you'll simply have to wait there until it's done-- or until you can summon enough courage to try and outrun it.

[rebella]

I should be able to make the fence if it gets far enough away...

( since now she... has to now wait until the moose is done or until she can try to outrun it, and it's not a lack of courage she's feeling. it's not probably intended as an order, but the phrasing is enough that she can feel the urge take over, but with the two different conditions to balance, she doesn't fling herself down and run for the fence like she might have needed to do otherwise.

great. )

... Maybe in another five minutes.

[parricida]

Might I ask how you ended up there in the first place, or shall I regret it?

[carreau]

[ Oh nooo his crew is in trouble! One of them, anyway. But still, as the captain of the SS Bishop, he can't let that continue!

...and so a young man who is probably at least 50% snow at this time is coming over. That sure is a moose. But it's smaller than a wyvern.

..............but he kind of wants to ride it. But! Crew comes first. ]

Hey, hey, do you want me to get rid of it for you?

[rebella]

( Henry! ... Wait, what does "get rid of it" mean. Dark mage with lots of curses and magic and -- Ella holds up a hand in a stop motion. )

Only if you can do it without injuring the deer!

( given it's on an estate it might BELONG to someone and she does not want to be in trouble with whichever person on this planet that might own a giant deer because that sounds way too expensive to pay off (do their credits even add up to enough here?). )

[carreau]

[ He looks a bit put out at that, but for a captain, he's much better at taking orders, so he does not actually make any attempt to kill the moose. ]

What about other animals?

[rebella]

( Henry, what. )

Is that relevant right now?!

[carreau]

Of course~ If you don't mind any other animals dying, I can curse it to fall asleep~

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[ladiesss]

[h-hey crewmate. as quiet as she is, she sounds kind of... concerned.]

Dude... Dude.

I think that's a moose.

[rebella]

( Hey crewmate!

... What's a moose )

Is that the word for what it is? The deer that have those big, massive antlers that look like they could double as paddles?

[ladiesss]

Yeah, and the big long noses? They're, uh, kind of territorial.

You should probably stay in that ice tree or wherever you are.

[rebella]

Oh.

... I'll stay here, but... how long do you think it'll be before he wanders away?

[ladiesss]

I don't know. [a pause.] God, I wish I had the internet. I could just Google this. Um...