time for birb

[alreadyhuman]

Who: Vivi and you!
What: Vivi finally gets out of his room. And he's got a new....friend in tow?? (It's a chocobo)
Where: Around campus!
When: Early June
Warnings: Shouldn't be any. I'll match your format!



A. Egg

[ Vivi has been dutifully going to classes and really not much else for the past month, and staying in his room the rest of the time. But around early June, when the weather is well and truly warmed up, you can see him trundling across campus determinedly with a well-swaddled bundle. The sled he'd used for Jailbreak's class a few months back has been repurposed to hold this vaguely spherical burden.

What is it? What is it for? It's a mystery, at least if you don't just ask him about it. He can be found towing it everywhere, and anxiously checking on it. ]

B. Chicken(???)

[ About a week in, the sled has stopped containing a bundle of blankets, and now contains a nest. Vivi is still dragging it around and anxiously checking on its wellbeing, but the creature within seems far more active.

This is because it's a fluffy little bird of some kind. It seems to be enjoying the sun, at least, and the amount of freedom it has, though its rapid, urgent chirping and peeping at various points of the day indicate that it's almost constantly hungry, and is probably a major source of Vivi's visible anxiety.

If Vivi knows you, he might ask you for tips on bird or pet care, completely unprompted. He's doing his best. ]

C. Wildcard

[ Anything else? ]

Comments

[alreadyhuman]

[ Vivi looks up from his near-constant station by the egg. It's currently occupying pride of place in his bed, at least during the day. ]

I don't think so-

[ But he's interrupted by a cracking noise, immediately proving him wrong. He scrambles to pull the blankets and wrappings off, but he's having some trouble with it. ]

[hattersgonnahat]

[C-cracking noise? Normally when eggs make that noise it's bad for them. ...But neither of them were touching it.]

[She went in to help pull the blankets off. Please be okay, little bird!!]

[alreadyhuman]

[ The egg has cracked, but as they both watch, it starts to wobble and crack seemingly for no reason at all. The chick inside is fighting to get out, and it doesn't take long for that to be obvious. ]

Oh! It's hatching...!

[ THIS IS AN EXCITING AND WORRYING MOMENT ]

1/2

[hattersgonnahat]

It's--

[She could see a little itty bitty hole crack through the shell now.]

It's hatching right now?! [THIS IS VERY EXCITING.]

[hattersgonnahat]

[BUT ALSO--] Sh-should we help it?

[alreadyhuman]

Aren't birds supposed to do it by themselves...? It makes them stronger or something...like if they can't break out of the egg on their own, it messes up their muscles and stuff later. [ He's been reading a lot of bird stuff lately. ] I don't want to hurt it by accident...

[ But it's still kind of concerning!! The egg cracks some more, revealing sodden feathers and furiously scratching claws. It appears to be doing its best. ] Do you think we should...?

[hattersgonnahat]

[Bird does seem to be doing its best. Puella can hear some peeping inside.] Oh... We could give it some more time then.

[If the bird looks like it is about to give up...then they go in. Like good parents would. Bird needs to be strong enough to break out on own but what if it wasn't???]

[alreadyhuman]

Yeah... [ He does sound pretty anxious though.

There's a louder-than-usual cracking sound as, suddenly, it kicks its way out of the egg. A black-feathered chick stares up at them like it's never seen anything like them (which, to be fair, it hasn't). ]

[hattersgonnahat]

[Wow...baby chicks aren't nearly as cute when they first hatch.]

[But.]

...Happy Birthday!

[That is the appropriate thing to say maybe?]