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[fightforastar]

[Tifa appears on the video, looking pretty relaxed. With the lack of insanity lately, she's had time to sort a few things out.]

All the animals running around the other day reminded me -- I heard we have some chocobos here in Vatheon.

Is there anyone who wouldn't mind letting me ride theirs from time to time? It's something I really enjoyed back home. The weather's not bad for it right now either.

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[420]

Aww, hey, if you all be wantin' to catchin' a fuckin' ride up and on some fuckin' featherbros, I'm sure ours would be chill with it.


[Well, Pounce at least! She is a good bird.

Darkleer... Darkleer is trouble.]

Video;

[fightforastar]

[...what an interesting way of speaking.]

Ah, well, thank you. I'd really appreciate that.

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[420]

[So he has been told.]

Might all wanna be motherfuckin' careful like with Darkleer. Brother be a bit wild, yeah? But Pounce be fuckin' sweet as starlight, I tell you. She'd be lettin' you ride just fine.

[Pounce lets him ride, after all, and he is like... the worst at it! He's just too used to riding giant sea-goats and not huge... chicken-things.]

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[fightforastar]

...one of your birds is named Darkleer? Are you a friend of his?

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[420]

Motherfucker be family.

[Now that was one word Gamzee didn't have trouble at all picking up in the human definition. Family was people who loved you right? It was a great word.]

Video;

[fightforastar]

[Tifa will assume he means by blood unless she's told otherwise, but she knows about other families, too.]

I see. It must be nice to be here together.

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[aim_exorable]

[Well, he was going to make an offer, but...]

I see Gamzee already made the offer.

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[fightforastar]

I never would've thought you had a chocobo named after you.

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[aim_exorable]

It isn't... particularly something I expected upon arrival, either. I honestly hadn't expected anyone to have heard of me, let alone children so far in the future.

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[fightforastar]

Ah, then you're from his past?

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[aim_exorable]

Correct.

I cannot give the exact amount of time that separates us, but it is not uncommon for direct ancestor of a troll to have existed even thousands of sweeps ago.

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[fightforastar]

Thousands of... years?

That's a little mind-boggling.

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[stayb100ponyboy]

I tried to change his name once Darkleer the ancestor showed up, but the chocobo wouldn't have anything to do with it. He'll only answer to that name.

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[fightforastar]

They can be stubborn like that.

What do you mean ancestor-- you're related, too?

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[stayb100ponyboy]

In a manner of speaking.

[Equius switches to video so this new person can see his face. If she's seen Darkleer, she'll notice the resemblance almost immediately; Equius is a younger, practically identical copy.]

Darkleer is technically my clone, but calling him my ancestor is easier.

[video]

[booyaka_boom]

He-ey! Yeah, we've got a whole bunch of chocobos - there's some that don't really have an owner, they just kinda hang out at the barn. But I look after them. You'd be welcome to ride them any time.

You ever ridden a chocobo before?

[video]

[fightforastar]

Often enough, back home.

Do you have any help looking after them?

[video]

[booyaka_boom]

You have chocobos where you're from?!

*Ooh, that's exciting! And Selphie sure looks excited!*

There used to be a few people who helped out. But they're not around in Vatheon any more...

[video]

[fightforastar]

Mmhm. I didn't realize that was so unusual until Rinoa said something about it.

Maybe I could lend you a hand.

[video]

[booyaka_boom]

Oh! You know Rinoa too? From home?

*she tilts her head, looking curious*

Sure! You can come along any time!

[Video]

[blessedbyfarore]

I have one! His name is Asi, I bet he'd let you ride him. [See Link. See Link in the garden. See Link in the garden with a green chocobo peering over his shoulder.]

And I used to see a lot in the forest, too.

[Video]

[fightforastar]

[Tifa spares a look and a smile for that curious chocobo before addressing Link.]

It sounds like there are a lot more of them here than I thought.

[Video]

[blessedbyfarore]

Uh huh! This guy called Lea had a whole lot of them, and when he went home, most of them went to the forest. But I had already met Asi, so I took him with me.

[Asi butts his beak against the side of Link's head affectionately, and Link smiles.]

[Video]

[fightforastar]

He certainly seems to like you.

[Video]

[blessedbyfarore]

He's a really good friend! And I've had him for months now.

[Longer than he had Epona for, come to think of it. Hmm.]