||014|| - accidental video

[hejhej]

[The video feed opens up to something colorful and blurry. Soon, the video autofocuses and one can see a pair of bird's legs walking across the keyboard of a laptop. A disgruntled 'no' comes from somewhere in the room and soon a whistle follows. The bird moves away from the camera, climbing onto a finger. Lisbeth is soon in the video feed as she lifts Walt to her shoulder. Oblivious to the video, she opens up a math book and scribbles away inside.]

Comments

video;

[motioned]

[Bird +_+]

It's so pretty! What kind is it?

video;

[hejhej]

[The voice makes Lisbeth lift her head, startling Walt who flaps her wings to steady herself on Lisbeth's shoulder again.

oh damnit the bird started a Network post.]

An african grey parrot.

video;

[motioned]

It seems really friendly! What's it's name?

video;

[hejhej]

[A really dumb name now that she's met the man with it.]

Walt.

video;

[motioned]

Oh, I like that name! How'd you come up with it?

video;

[treehopping]

Oh a bird! I've never seen one like that before!

video;

[hejhej]

[oh. she's the girl who talks to Jesse all the time.]

Where are you from?

video;

[treehopping]

District 11, in Panem.

video;

[hejhej]

[Okay obviously not from her world. Or anything similar.]

What kind of birds do you have in Panem?

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[treehopping]

There's blackbirds and sparrows, crows, grooslings fly over sometimes, robins, woodpeckers, swallows... I've heard owls. Lots more, my favourites are mockingjays.

video;

[momchester]

You have- something on your shoulder.

video;

[hejhej]

[She clicks around distractedly, not looking at Mary when she spoke.]

I know.

video;

[momchester]

[There's a pause while Mary looks at the bird, lulled a little by the sight of it playing with her hair, before she snaps out of it.]

What are you doing?

video;

[hejhej]

[She's been typing quickly the entire time until Mary asks her question. She stops suddenly and glances in the other woman's direction in the video.]

Coding.

[Hacking.]

a bird for a bird? I think so. (video)

[olderthandirt]

[A soft coo of a dove wisps up from the feed. Behold the fluffy underbelly of a white dove. The low angle shot means those two little bird feet appear magnificently large, pressed against the screen (because what-do-you-know, the NV device was a book and its screen..the pages). Destiny read from the adjacent page. He will remove the bird when the time came.]

video

[hejhej]

[Walt was a little defensive so she raised her wings threateningly when she saw the bird on the screen. She squawked and jumped down from Lisbeth's shoulder. She charged at the screen.]

Valt, no.

[She picks up the bird.]

She gets jealous.

video;

[olderthandirt]

Like many others before her...

[The dove gives one last coo before hopping onto Destiny's hand without a verbal cue. Destiny reads from the next page.]

It is a fault all entities, mortal or likewise, fall pray to.

permavideo;

[doeswhathewants]

Hey! Hey Lisbeth! Can your bird speak? Can you teach him to say funny things?

permavideo;

[hejhej]

[oh how she's missed you.]

Yes, she can. She picks things up from Jesse.

Bitch!

Like that.

permavideo;

[doeswhathewants]

Best bird ever.

I wonder if I could teach Thora how to speak aloud. Perhaps not.

What are you doing, anyway?

permavideo; private; unhackable

[hejhej]

Hacking.

...so late.

[inthejunk]

[Watching shamelessly and with great amusement for a few moments. Eventually, he taps the screen obnoxiously and whistles to get Lusbeth's attention.

it's okay!

[hejhej]

[Walt squawks at the whistle before Lisbeth finally looks up at the screen.]

Hey.

...oh good typos and HTML fail I AM SUCH A WINNER. /headdesk

[inthejunk]

[Yosuke laughs, bright and loud as usual, delighted by the non-reaction.]

Did you get a new pet? You should train her to do something more useful, don't you think?

[hejhej]

She's been here for awhile.

And I am.

[Like charging the real Walt whenever Lisbeth utters a Swedish word.]