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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 6, 2021 11:27:06 GMT -5
**Otus flapped his tiny, fuzzy wings, in order to halt his twirling on the weathervane.**
Oh, ya do? I know a way down!
**Otus put his barely-grown wing feathers up to his beak and stroked his "chin."**
Ummm, but it's a way for birbs...maybe it too hard fer th' likes o' you.
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Post by Madeline on Jul 10, 2021 18:15:22 GMT -5
**Madeline blinked tearfully up at the owl as he stopped spinning.** "What is it?? I can....I might be ables to do hard stuff!" **She hadn't quite realized that his way may involve, y'know, flying. The little wildcat was just desperate to get back down to the ground...and maybe never climb anything (not even trees) ever again.**
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 10, 2021 18:21:38 GMT -5
**Luckily, despite his bravado, Otus was as-yet unable to fly--his stubby wings had not grown any flight feathers.**
Well...mebbe you kin do it.
**Otus hopped down from the weathervane and stumbled slightly as he landed on the roof, but he caught himself. The owlet beckoned with a clawed foot to Madeline and the other dibbuns trapped on the roof.**
Come on! I'll show yahs.
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Post by Madeline on Jul 10, 2021 21:05:17 GMT -5
**Madeline crawled on all fours towards the owlet, clinging with all her claws to the shingles as if she would fall to her death any second. Hope was mingling with the gob-smacking terror within her.** "Wh...what we gonna do??" **Was this going to be impossible? Was this going to work? Were they all going to die?! These questions were in the forefront of the kitten's mind as she tried to trust the owlet.**
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 10, 2021 21:27:09 GMT -5
**Otus waddled down the spine of the abbey, his downy feathers fluttering in the breeze.**
Follow meee! Dis be a tricky jump.
**He got to the end of the abbey roof and peered straight down. Just below him was the narrow ledge of the abbey's highest window--a small thing, that allowed light into the rafters of the abbey attic area. The owlet sat down on his feathery rump, his legs dangling, then slid off the roof! And landed on the ledge below.**
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Post by Madeline on Jul 12, 2021 19:10:48 GMT -5
**Madeline followed the owlet...until he slid off the roof. The wildcat kitten took one look at the distance down to joining Otus, and how narrow the ledge was, and immediately started screaming and wailing again.** "We all gonna DIE if we go dat way!!" **The pitiful cat clung to the shingles. It was actually really quite surprising that none of the adults had heard her yet...**
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 12, 2021 19:57:23 GMT -5
**Otus danced back and forth on his taloned claws, and anyone watching might wonder whether he was excited or anxious--perhaps both.**
No no! Issa fine, ya got kitty claws to grab with, ya ain't gonna fall!
**The owlet looked down at his fuzzy wings, not even half-grown.**
Ummmm....I kin catch ya?
**Even Otus himself seemed to doubt his dibbun-catching skills with wings that small...**
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Post by Madeline on Jul 13, 2021 16:06:21 GMT -5
**Madeline stopped her wailing and peered down, a little incredulous at the prospect of him catching her. But instead of commenting on that, the wildcat posed a question of a different sort.** "How....how'd we get down from dere if I did?" **Continuing to cling, she wiped her nose on the shoulder of her dress. She was almost ready to do anything to get down off the roof.**
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 13, 2021 18:49:27 GMT -5
**Otus smacked his wing against his forehead.**
Oh yeah! Ya can't see it from up dere! We go in frew da window!
**With a quick turn and a clumsy kick, Otus bunted open the window into the rafters and attic space just inside the abbey roof. He looked back up at Madeline and flourished his wings.**
Tadaaaaaa.
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Post by Madeline on Jul 31, 2021 15:23:55 GMT -5
**Madeline continued to hesitate, eyeing the ledge below.** "But...cans we's get back downs t'da ground from in der??" **The kitten was on the verge of leaping, having faith borne out of desperation....but still paused, her fear so great. Could the wildcat get the courage to face a short fall to escape the rooftop? Could she find trust in the owlet? Or would she be stuck up here forever?**
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Aug 5, 2021 19:10:39 GMT -5
**Otus bobbed his head eagerly and hopped from foot to foot.**
Ya! Ya! Dere's ropes, 'n'ladders, an' an' an' ummm dere's a spot where, um, some stones in da wall are stickin' out, an'--
**The owlet paused in his quick speech to suck in a huge breath that puffed up his tiny chest.**
An' you jump on da stones like stairs. But wiff no railing. It's fun!
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Post by Madeline on Aug 14, 2021 15:44:22 GMT -5
**Madeline doesn't exactly understand what he's describing, but she figures it has to be better than the roof, right? The wildcat kitten musters up her courage, takes a deep breath, and releases her hold on the roof. Falling through the air, she lands on the ledge, her arms windmilling frantically as she teeters towards the open window.** "EEK!!"
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Aug 29, 2021 8:24:48 GMT -5
Uh ohs!
**Otus reached out a taloned claw to grab hold of one of Madeline's swinging paws. However, the fluffy owlet weighed next to nothing, since most of his volume was made up of down feathers, with a remarkably scrawny body beneath held up by hollow bones. He began to tip forwards with Madeline, towards the abbey grounds...**
UH OHS!
**Otus swiveled his neck around and grabbed hold of the latch on the window with his little beak. The two dibbuns were held securely, but still in a precarious position.**
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Post by Madeline on Sept 3, 2021 14:04:17 GMT -5
**A scream of terror ripped out of Madeline's throat, and with a grace and dexterity she had never possessed yet in her short life (kittens are fabulously clumsy), the young wildcat somehow speedily shifted the direction of her imbalance away from the ground far below to through the open window into the room! The claws of her hind paws left scratches in the windowsill as she fell towards safety. Still flailing and screaming, she fell towards the floor, presumably dragging the owlet in with her.** "AUGH!"
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Sept 19, 2021 16:04:25 GMT -5
**Otus hauled on Madeline's paw and began to flap his stubby wings. Without any flight feathers, it was not very effective. The two dibbuns tumbled past the window and landed on the ledge below, inside the abbey's attic. Perhaps in bygone days, somebeast would actually stand on this ledge to wash the upper window, but nobeast but Otus had walked there lately. The dibbuns threw up a choking cloud of dust, and Otus began to sneeze.**
Kachoo! KaaCHOO! KAAAAACHOOOOOOO!!
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