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[ Angel Devil. ]
[  chatcube, or action. ]
[ if you're visiting the rose barn,
look for the door with the creepy bat-and-angel-wing sigil on it. Knock first! Or get zapped. ]

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[electricflock]

[Muffin waits and listens to the small sounds as quetzal works. he stays still and quiet, lest he interrupt and sway quetzal's direction with a misplaced chirp or flutter.

he doesn't know his old namecall, but he remembers the spaces it filled. he was the runt of the litter when he learned to sing, and he sang all the louder for it. as he grew, his call stayed sharp. he loved his flock and he sang their songs, but he wasn't going to stay sheltered in the chorus. his call demanded attention and authority.

that staccato-bright call could only have been made in that flock. likewise this new call, now, could only be made in this moment, by this person.

muffin sits up to face the cube and croons softly back,]

... Oo-woo?

[mourning_star]

[ he's careful to repeat it, just as he'd done it before. ]

Oo-woo.

[electricflock]

[...mutes his cube briefly and sings more loudly across the pasture. Oo-woo. here I am.]

[finalbows]

[ dove-cube noticeably perks up at the sound! ]

[electricflock]

[does it again]

[mourning_star]

[ Loud as he can muster, calls oo-woo back like it's a question, even though he knows the answer. ]

[electricflock]

Oo-woo...~!

[un-mutes the call, laughing]

Is perfect!

[mourning_star]

[ "I'm glad you're satisfied, Oo-woo." ]

[electricflock]

[ehehehe that's meeeeeeeee]

More than. I love it.

[mourning_star]

["Then! I DO expect to hear it, just as often as you said it is used!" ]

[electricflock]

[headbutts the cube, purring with his whole chest]

You will! I will! Will hear it every day. Listen to birds singing in morning and you'll know which song is mine.

[mourning_star]

[ "One day... I hope you will sing it in the morning... as the second part in your call." ]

[electricflock]

[he hopes Quetzal will be there to hear it


but he's already asked for so much tonight]

Will always be part of my call.

[mourning_star]

[ he thinks of empires in ashes, and a race of clumsy dolls, brimming with magic, that will have all faded out in a handful of years.

but someone will carry him with them.


...
"With that! I do think it is time I take to my rest, for the night. I am starting to weary, and you are supposed to be sleeping over." ]

[electricflock]

[sings a swooping little whistle, playfully reluctant like yeah he guesses he should back inside, then laughs]

Good night. Listen for me in morning, okay?

🎀

[mourning_star]

[ coo.

"Have to hear my hard work."

...but instead of cutting off right away, the dovecube just watches Muffin, a little longer, quiet.

and then it goes. ]