Nananana na na na na...

[toheirishuman]

Who: John Egbert and you!
Where: The Plaza and/or the grocery store that I'm assuming Vatheon has
When: 10/17/12
Status: Open
Style: Going action because I'm feeling lazy but I'll follow whatever.

A: Plaza
[If you happen to be out at the plaza today, you may come across something small, black, and furry flapping through the air and squeaking loudly. Occasionally, it bumps into a wall or a person (perhaps even you!), almost as though it doesn't quite have the hang of this flying thing down just yet.]

[Upon closer inspection, one would discover that it's a fruit bat wearing a blue bandana. Around its eyes are square, grey markings and it...appears to have buckteeth. Somehow. Yeah, if you know him then it's pretty obvious who this little guy is.]

B: Grocery Store
[Eventually, John manages to find his way to his goal: the grocery store. Why? Because it's lunchtime, he's starving, and that totally fruit aisle has his name on it. While it doesn't take him much effort to locate the fresh fruit, he does manage to knock quite a few things over on his way there. Definitely going to need a clean up on aisle four. But does John care?]

[Nope.]

[Nor does he seem to care how potentially unsanitary it is for him to be eating an apple right in the middle of the display...]

Comments

[toheirishuman]

[John shakes his head. No, he doesn't need anything, per say, he just wants a way to communicate.]

[Not that the language barrier is stopping him from chittering away at his new companion. Maybe if he talks enough, eventually the squeaks will turn into English. That could totally happen, right?]

[rainbowarch]

[They can hope. They can only hope. But even if they can't understand each other, Cielo likes to listen and talk to animals. They always have useful or fun things to say.]

I can't talk like you do my friend. But you can understand me, ja? I'm Cielo.

[toheirishuman]

[He nods vigorously. He can understand Cielo perfectly, even with the accent. Actually, the accent is kind of cool, he thinks. It's not something you hear around Washington state a lot.]

[Now how to tell him his name in return...oooo idea! He flaps over to one of the bunches of grapes and begins pulling individual grapes off with his feet and nudging them onto the floor. Once there are quite a few down there, he drops down and starts arranging them on the floor with his feet.]

[It's a very slow process, but eventually he manages to spell out "John" and gives a very satisfied squeak. Quite ingenious, if he does say so himself.]

[rainbowarch]

[Cielo must admire the bat's determination! This bat is just brimming with batpluck! Okay, let's see what he's spelling out here.

J-O-H-N. Cielo says his name once to get a feel for the sound.]

John.

[It's a good thing John has such a short name. It looked like a lot of work to get all those grapes in place.]

Nice to meet you, John!

[toheirishuman]

[Thank god for Homestuck naming schemes. He wouldn't have bothered if his name was much longer.]

[He squeaks and gives a wide, open-mouthed smile. Same to you, Cielo. He would shake your hand if he could...oh wait, maybe...]

[He flaps back up to the fruit and plops down in front of the llama-man, extending the nub of his wing. THis is totally a handshake.]

[rainbowarch]

[What is he trying to do...um...wait. A...handshake, right? Cielo can do those! He's gotten much better at them ever since arriving in Vatheon! But how do you shake with a bat? Especially a little tiny one like the Egbat? Carefully, he reaches out with two fingers and gently takes the nub for a gentle shake.

Yay, we did it!]

[toheirishuman]

[We did indeed! Hooray! John would clap if there were any point in that and it wouldn't make him look like a total idiot. Instead, he'll just make a pleased squeaking noise.]

[rainbowarch]

[Yes, we would not want that. Looking like total idiots would be so embarrassing! As much as he enjoys his new batbro, wouldn't it be better if they could talk normally?]

Maybe we should meet up again when we're both back to normal, ja?

[toheirishuman]

[John nods enthusiastically. He would like that very much. He's sorry he can't actually talk right now but, well...he doesn't have any control over that, unfortunately. Thank you, Vatheon.]