She's Been Sleeping with the Chocobos

[booyaka_boom]

Who: Selphie and anyone.
Where: Chocobo barn
When: Any time!
Style: Any!
Status: Any! I mean, open!

Selphie had been pretty quiet lately. There was that curse, and that was weird, being so tiny and so small. She went places and was completely unnoticed. There there was Valentine's Day and all of the confusion that was brought with that. And now, now Selphie is pretty exhausted. The chocobos eggs are due to burst open soon, at least they should, and Selphie's been hiding out in the chocobo barn waiting for them to hatch, to make sure everything goes okay.

Maybe you haven't seen her around in a couple of days, not at the plaza, or at her usual cafes. Maybe you've noticed that she hasn't been home lately. Or maybe you don't know who she is, you don't care, and you're just walking past the barn and feel like looking in. But there's a Selphie in there, and she's got some blankets, a small pile of books, her guitar, and a box filled with empty takeaway tea cups and empty sandwich wrappers.

Find her in the morning/early afternoon and she'll be fast asleep on the hay. Later in the day she'll be grooming the birds, maybe playing with them outside, or singing to them. At night, she'll be keeping vigil.

Comments

[by_my_will]

"How soon do you think they will hatch?" He moved closer to get a look. He'd never seen birds hatch before, let alone chocobos, which didn't exist on his world, so he was kind of curious now.

[booyaka_boom]

"Mmm... in a week or so I'd guess. Something like that. But could be any time, really."

Selphie too leaned in closer, reaching out to stroke lightly on one of the eggs, "We're talking about you, baby! We can't wait for you to come out and play!"

[by_my_will]

He stared for a moment. Was she talking to the eggs?

"Can they hear you in there?"

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie stood back and smiled at him, though she gave a kind of half shrug, "I dunno. But I don't see why not! Like how babies are supposed to hear stuff even inside their mommy's tummy!"

[by_my_will]

"They are?" Tieria'd never really paid attention to the habits of expectant mothers. It really wasn't an area of interest for him. Plus, Innovades couldn't reproduce anyway, so he supposed it didn't matter in the long run. "I have never heard that before."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie glanced at Tieria, who obviously knew less about this than she did, and she gave a small nod. "That's what I've heard anyway. I don't know too many pregnant people." But those she had met, she'd asked a whole bunch of questions, including if babies could hear.

[by_my_will]

"Oh." He nodded a bit. Not that it really answered his question, but she'd probably heard more about this than he had.

"So, things are going well, then?"

[booyaka_boom]

Yeah... Selphie is quite good at not answering questions. She looked at Tieria and gave a wide smile, "So far, so good!"

[by_my_will]

He nodded. "That is good to hear then." He looked over everything. "You should try not to run yourself out of energy, though." It couldn't be very comfortable to sleep here all the time. Plus... it smelled... barn-like.