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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[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~

[rebella]

( it's that whole SACRIFICES THING from before, she knows it! )

Look, if you were going to do that for something to eat too, or something like that, then yes, it's fine, but if it's just to put this deer to sleep, that's a little much, don't you think?

( ... then again her only real objection is are we being wasteful so... )

[carreau]

Eh~? It's hard to do any sort of magic without help, you know~?

[ Let him heeeeeelp... ]

[rebella]

( What's even around here to... Actually. Point. )

What's even around here to use like that?

[carreau]

There's birds~

[rebella]

How are you planning on catching any of those?

( Welcome to awkward half-shouted conversations. Ella slips a little on her perch, the moose thwacking his antlers against the sculpture again. Come down here! )

[carreau]

I'm really good with birds~ And most animals!

[ There's a reason his not-entirely-official tumblr tag is "disney princess henry." ]

[rebella]

( Good with animals, ready to sacrifice them for crewmates. Actual gritty Disney princess Henry the Dark Mage.

Ella falls silent while the moose attempts another shakedown. It's when the moose is trying to jump up and place massive hooves on the sculpture to see if it can get her down that she finally decides no. No, this isn't going to work, and she does feel the compulsion to run anytime now. It's making her a bit sick to her stomach as she tells herself I'm not feeling courageous enough yet and accepts... this may be happening. )

If you think you can, then... we should give it a try.

[carreau]

[ Hey, he also has no qualms about killing people. :|b ]

Okay~ I'll be right back!

[ It won't take long, actually, from when he disappears off into the woods, to when the moose starts slowing down, tiring. ]

[rebella]

( Once the moose is moving more slowly, Ella adjusts her hold on the resigned fox. It's chance timing that has her slip and go falling out of the sculpture and landing in the trampled snow with the fox crying out just as she does. She's not sure how she managed to keep the furry critter in arms, but she doesn't bother spending time mulling it over, instead regaining her feet and bolting for the fence.

Once out away from the moose, Ella has a struggling fox in arms as she hesitates in following the footprints leading out after Henry.

Then steels herself, because what the hay. )

Henry?

( it's always a good idea to go into the woods right )

[carreau]

[ He's strolling out of the woods, casual as can be. He's more at home here than he ever will be on the ships. ]

Yes~?

[rebella]

( Ella can empathize. Open air and a sky above her head is far more natural than living constantly confined by the environment, not just commands. )

Ah - it, er. Worked.

( ... )

[carreau]

I thought it would~ That's great~

[ All cheery and stuff. ]

So, so, what are you doing with that?

[ The fox. ]

[rebella]

( She looks down at the fox. He looks back up at her. )

Trying to get this furry escape artist back to his little boy. Foxes are apparently common pets in this kingdom - er. On this planet. In this world

( Look there's a lot of wording to adapt to around here still. )

[carreau]

Ahaha, wow~ You sure are helpful!

[ He doesn't sound like he means it in a bad way, though. ]

Can I pet him?

[rebella]

His owner was very upset. Not to mention persuasive.

( Plus like children do at times, he'd demanded assistance, and she'd flirted around helping out before deciding okay, she can, just her way. )

Children can be that way.

( As for petting, she tries to shrug, fails given her arm load of fox, and settles on: )

I won't make promises about him nipping, but you can if you want.

[carreau]

That's okay, I won't mind!

[ omg yay he loves animals ;~;

And he will totally fall silent in favor of petting the fox. Wow. He can actually be quiet. ]

[rebella]

( The fox bears up under it, mostly looking disgruntled and impatient to be off on his business of mischief again. Ella lets Henry pet the fox before suggesting they move along - she doesn't really mind if he keeps this up. It's distracting her otherwise squirming armful. )

We should find his owner again so he can get home. Are you... fond of animals?

( When not slaughtering them for dark magic??? )

[carreau]

Ahaha, I love animals~

[ Yeah. ]

Especially ones like this.

[rebella]

Like what?

( Domesticated? About an arm full? The kind he can pet? Half wild animals? Furry beasts? There's too many options, she has no idea which he means in particular, or how he can both love animals... and yet have no qualms in killing them for magic??? )

[carreau]

Soft ones like this~ It reminds me of the wolf that raised me!