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[chirpchirp]

< what is this strange place? what is this? what is that? why is it not brown? or gold? or made of stone? what are these big green things above its head? what is that? where is the temple? wait, where is the buddy? >

♪? ♪♪ ♪~!!

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no answer? try again and louder this time>

♪~~~~!

< hm...alone? okay, then time to find a new buddy! >

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[the traveler has appeared on the edge of town along the road. anyone in the surrounding buildings may have heard it chirping and calling out as it runs toward the town square. and anyone it encounters along the way will have a close to three foot tall red cloaked creature running circles around them.

ooc; an example of the tonal chirps can be found here on a youtube let's play]

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[chirpchirp]

[oh, back on the ground. the traveler looks at its feet and trills, confused.]

♬?

[thebellthatbinds]

I can only do it for so long you know.

[Taking a deep breath Sabriel whistles a single simple note, counting out on her fingers the seconds she's able to hold it solidly before she needs to stop to breathe.]

[chirpchirp]

[the counting and the fingers are new to it. it's never really seen fingers before. it walks forward, peering at them curiously.]

[thebellthatbinds]

Hm?

[Following the Traveler's line of sight to her hands, Sabriel murmurs a soft 'ah' and lowers them for it to get a better look, occasionally flexing and stretching her fingers.]

I don't suppose you would have seen hands before if your people don't have them.

[chirpchirp]

[it crowds forward and looks at the fingers and hands curiously. what strange things. they move! like cloth, only...

it touches its face to one.

oh, it's hard.

the traveler backs up and chirps at them, wondering if they'll call back.]

♪?

[thebellthatbinds]

[In response to the chirp, Sabriel snaps her fingers softly, watching the Traveler curiously to see what it will do.]

[chirpchirp]

[SCARY SOUND. the traveler freaks out and runs behind the nearest structure to hide]

[thebellthatbinds]

Oh wait- I'm sorry, it's okay, it's just me...

[Straining to look behind the pillar the Traveler has chosen to hide behind Sabriel gives a low, apologetic whistle.]

♪

[chirpchirp]

[did she just break her hands??? because wow that sound. it peeks out and then cautiously moves forward again.]

♩?

[thebellthatbinds]

♪~

[This time she whistles a light note, something sweet to try and coax it back out as she shows it her hands again, slowly curling and uncurling her fingers.]

See? It's alright.

[chirpchirp]

[it comes forward and looks at her hands. nothing seems broken. it tilts its head and nuzzles her fingers again]

[thebellthatbinds]

[Huffing a soft chuckle Sabriel carefully moves a finger to rub the little thing back. She was always surprised to come across such open expressions of affection in Luceti, the hugging and all that but this seemed a lot more...innocent. Natural.]

I'm fine, see? I'm sorry I worried you.

[chirpchirp]

[it is glad the snap wasn't her breaking her funny little hand-feet. the cloak glows softly when she touches it back and it breaks away after a moment, sitting down in front of her.

what do they do now? this person is not a traveler or she would not be sitting. it is new.]