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

[bethehugejerk]

[And now he... has a sock in his mouth. If Vatheon had its own YouTube (GlubTube?), this would be perfect for it.]

[He drops the sock.]

A part of me will never in all your sordid existence find it to forgive you for involving me in this. Thank you, you shitweasel, for making me a part of your stupidity.

Where were you going, anyway? Unless you really flapping around like a dope for no good reason.

[toheirishuman]

[That or someone could screencap it and add some silly captions. I HAZ A SAWCK. The possibilities are endless, really. Good thing there's nobody around to go through with it.]

[John blinks a few times then points in the direction of the grocery store with a squeak. He was working on lunch, Karkat. That's what he was doing.]

[bethehugejerk]

[Karkat can at least recognize the direction, or else that would have been a meaningless gesture. You luck out for the moment, John.]

Do you want a ride, or do you want to flap your way there in the must ungainly way you can? Ten points for each person you hit, and you couldn't even make it to the store you got the sock from without hitting one.

[toheirishuman]

[He scowls and gives a short, offended screech before holding his wing up in front of him in the closest approximation of a middle finger he can manage. Which isn't really much of a bird flip at all since he doesn't actually have fingers.]

[But hopefully the message got through.]

[Without warning, he pushes himself from the ground and flaps over to sit down on Karkat's back. You offered, dude. It's happening. Beep beep, meow, let's live up to both parts of your name simultaneously now.]

[bethehugejerk]

You know hand gestures mean nothing from that wing you've got, right?

[Mostly he's being disingenuous. He got the meaning, more or less.]

[Either way, he soon has a bat seated on his back. He shifts a bit, gauging the weight and feel of him there.]

Hold on, and I mean it, because if you fall off I'm carrying you by the scruff the rest of the way.

[Pause.]

If bats even have scruffs. The point is, either stay on me or you get to go the stupidest way I can find to carry you.

[toheirishuman]

[What about sticking his tongue out? Does that have a meaning? Oh wait...he can't see that when John's on his back whoops.]

[He squeaks in acknowledgement and then kinda...]

[Uh...]

[Wow how to do this. Okay...what if he just kinda of puts his wings around Karkat's neck in an awkwardly positioned hug-type deal? This will work, right?]

[Yeah, he's probably going to fall.]

[bethehugejerk]

[This is weird. It's like having a particularly ridiculous collar stuck around his neck. That, and there's the warmth and presence of a bat body against his back.]

I feel like we belong in one of those stupid GrubTube videos that morons wind up watching for hours because they have nothing better to do with their lives. But whatever, let's just get to the store and forget this ever happened.

[And for the moment, he sets off at a trot - better than a slow journey of walking with his short little cat legs, without the risk of jostling him loose by running.]

[toheirishuman]

[John "giggles" and squeaks in agreement. Yeah, this is basically a dumb youtube video in the making right here. Or at least it would be if there were anyone around to film it.]

[He slips and slides a little, but thanks to the reasonable pace, manages to stay clinging to Karkat's neck.]

[bethehugejerk]

[So long as John keeps hold like that, and if no big conversation comes up along the way, it should only be so long before they get to the grocery store. Granted, it certainly takes longer than if they were their normal sizes, but Karkat mitigates that by taking the most direct route he can.]

[So. Doors. Karkat sits down a space away from the entrance.]

Fly your graceless mammalian behind up there and make the motion sensor work. The only other option is me jumping around like an idiot and hoping I leap high enough to catch its metaphorical attention, and we are not going this route when I already carried you across town. You owe me, by the way.