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it's cold! (video/action)

(Utsuho is paying little attention to the device, which is watching her as she sits shivering on the side of a fence. Very birdlike, perched on the post, her feathers are exuding a cold mist instead of fire, and steam is puffing from her nose with each breath, as the City's ice neutralizes her fire. She's just a big sauna steam-bird today! You could probably get the wrinkles out of clothes just by hanging them over her, and whenever she's in an enclosed space, she fills it with fog.]

WHY AM I COLD

WHY IS MY BREATH COLD

WHY AM I FREEZING

WHERE'S MY FIRE

(Every line results in her blowing a cloud of water vapor out her mouth, like a big steam gun. Her cannon is gathering a thin layer of frost. Her wings, if they're still, gather a little bit of ice too, and every so often she flaps them and shakes it off.)

You guys, it's freaking cold! Take the ice away! I'm fine in this weather.

(She jumps off the post and starts a lazy flight into the City proper, leaving a huge and obvious plume of mist behind her.)

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[ Isn't this overreacting a bit much? Yes, it is cold, but ...surely, there are worse things to be facing. ]

Please calm down, my lady. Have you a hearth to stand near or some furs to cloak yourself with?

Furs? No, I have feathers. Also, hey, no need to be all formal, I'm just a pet raven.

It's not just that -- it's that all my magic is turning to ice! I'm a hell raven; we have fire magic and can breathe fire and all that; and I'm basically made of fusion fire to boot...and now it's all getting doused.

[Hence the big plumes of steam coming out of her mouth and fogging up the camera with condensation. She wipes it off but it just keeps coming back.]

It feels really weird and really cold.

Edited 2013-05-30 15:52 (UTC)

[ She feels a little foolish for missing the feathers ... not that these tiny screens offer much of a visual. ]

My apologies. I meant no offense, but if you could find a coat or blanket made out of animal pelts, it will keep you and your wings warmer. I also reiterate finding a hearth to stand near and rekindle your powers, if possible.

[ Hell raven...that's a new one, she must admit. ]

Are you able to fly around this land? I know ravens are known to be migratory birds...

Interesting...

[Naoi is sweltering and for some reason, the City's opted out of giving him ice breath. Still, he stubbornly clings to his gakuran and refuses to change out of it.]

This must be quite unnatural for you.

Perhaps, if you beg me, I will relieve you of this burden. [Yeah, uh, not that he can do anything to help himself.

But he can totally convince her she's nice and warm instead of cold! Mind over matter and all that.]

Yeah, it kind of is. I'm full of fusion fire, after all!

Wait a second...dammit, who are you again? I know I've seen you somewhere.

Oh yeah! You're the kid who says he's a god and stared at me a lot. Well, I'm not going to beg you for anything, but I can cool you off.

[She demonstratively flaps her wings; bits of snow and ice flutter off them.]

Fusion fire?

[That's quite alarming, but he's not going to ask how that works.

Ah. She forgot his name, but remembered what he claimed to be and what he could do, to a certain extent. It would hurt if he weren't so used to it and that he never brought much attention to himself otherwise. It's why he needs this persona, because there is perhaps just one person who will ever acknowledge Naoi Ayato and he is not here.]

... [He doesn't want to ask for it, but...] If you will. [Head raised high, trying to sound proud even as he accepts her offered help.] Where might I find you?

Nuclear fusion. Hotter than Hell, that's for sure.

Ha! I can fly, so I'll drop in on you. Where're you at?

[That's one hell of a grin for such a simple statement...]

... very reassuring.

[He doesn't trust that grin.] No, I insist on being the one to visit.

[He's worried her "dropping in" will be too literal. ~~Like an N-bomb.~~]

[Darn. She was so going to dive on him.]

Yeah yeah, okay. I'm at Oh Aces. They have a nice lobby. Want to hang out there?

Couldn't be worse than the place I'm stuck in... why not?

[He'll make his way over!]

[Utsuho is waiting on the roof for Naoi to come by so she can 'drop in' on him. She's in raven form, although she has conveniently failed to notice that it will be really obvious wherever she is by the trail of steam hissing out of her beak and feathers all the time today.]

[Fortunately, Naoi is much too hot to pay it much attention, tugging at his collar as he stubbornly faces the heat in his stuffy uniform. He's making his way to the front door, walking a bit unsteadily.] Damnit...

[Wouldn't be much fun if your target were to collapse prematurely of heat exhaustion, would it be?]

[A four-foot raven dives off the side of the roof and plows straight into him, covering him in steam and feathers and sending them both flying across the ground and rolling to a stop.]

Told you I'd drop in.

[The voice sounds distinctly more animal, rather like what one would expect from a talking bird, but it is still identifiable. Though it's probably uncomfortable being smothered with feathers, there is a cold aura coming from them, and the mist from the clash of fire and ice is pleasantly cool and also dampening his skin. The bird comes as close as a bird can to snuggling him.]

You're so warm!

Oof! [He recognizes his "assailant" from the steam and feathers alone, but he doesn't manage to say anything while he rolls. He certainly does enjoy the cooling effect and compared to the sort of things that happened to him in the afterlife, tumbling with a giant bird on top of him isn't too bad.

When they stop and she speaks, he makes no effort to remove her. He sighs in relief, settling comfortably (as comfortably as possible, under all those feathers) into the cool.] I should've expected that. [He sounds more amused, than annoyed really. He reaches up to feel out some of her feathers, in a gesture that's half-curious, half-affectionate.]

Am I?

[Then, he'll snuggle the raven back; she's cooling him down, so he might as well share his warmth.]

[She's not soft like a cat or dog, but feathers are smooth, and she's used to being a pet and being stroked. The plumage fluffs up a little under Naoi's hand, sort of a bird's smile, since her beak doesn't actually change like a mouth does. Reorienting a little, she folds her wings over him and turns her head so the cold breath from her beak blows across the back of his head and neck.]

Yeah, people are warmer than weather up here. Also, being next to people is comfy -- I miss my old flock and my best friend Orin. She's a cat, but it worked out anyway.

[He smiles at the ruffling of feathers, enjoying the dreamlike strangeness of the situation nearly as much as he's enjoying the cool. Never did he imagine he'd be cuddling with a giant, talking, shapeshifting bird.

The breath down his neck gives him chills, so he can't help but shiver, and he's starting to forget just how hot the weather was. If he weren't already dead and incapable of falling ill, he wonders if the quick change in temperature would have made him sick.]

Flock? Have you ever had to huddle up for warmth there, then?

How amusing. [He smiles at the idea of a cat and bird getting along, but his voice sounds genuinely sympathetic when he speaks again, rather than lightly teasing:] I'm sorry she couldn't accompany you here...

[He also had a very dear friend he had to leave behind in order to move on. Just the thought of him is enough to soften the look in his eyes.]

[Hope you turn that birdy head to get a good look at him, Utsuho, because this is probably the most genuine you'll ever see Naoi be:]

From now on, whenever you need it, I'll be your warmth. [He clearly means every word. Naoi has a surprisingly strong sense of gratitude.]

Sometimes underground water gets into the caves and cools things off, so we huddle. Now that I work down in the fire itself, I don't really have to, but it's just nice to be close to the others sometimes.

Orin will be fine, don't worry about it. I miss her, but she'll be there when I get back. She won't forget about me. Friends don't do that.

[Her palm-sized eye watches him now, half-closing in happiness. Even if he was kind of a jerk before, and told her she was a wash-basin (what?), he's nice. The other people she's met are pretty nice, but they're all busy and seem to be older, like Satori. Naoi seems more like her, and that's nice. Her feathers fluff up around him, and she lays her big head on his shoulder.]

Thanks.

Edited 2013-05-30 18:58 (UTC)

[He likes that sentiment. Even if it's certain that he won't remember his life or death when he's reborn, or the friends he's made, he wants to believe some part of them will remember.

He watches her round, half-lidded eye and smiles back, soothed.

When she puts her head on his shoulder, he brings his hand up to stroke the back of her head, closing his eyes.]

... no, thank you, Utsuho-san. [Because the heat really was too much for him then.]

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action; because I love pestering Naoi; he's such a good target

action; and I love Utsuho pestering him! Even if he doesn't approve at all xD

Re: action; and I love Utsuho pestering him! Even if he doesn't approve at all xD

action; ... and suddenly, this wound up strangely adorable

action; I don't even know but yes it did XD

action; 1/2-- that makes two of us 'cause I don't know either!

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action; oh my gosh the adorable is so intense XD

action; SO MUCH ADORABLE. ;3; ... wonder how long they'll stay out there like that, fff.