rekindleme | If Wishes were horses

Who: Cu Chulainn and everyone else
Where: The pond and the chocobo barn
When: September 21
Summary: Cu Chulainn misses his horse
Warnings: None for now

1. Chocobo Barn (Closed to Diarmuid)

[It's been a long time since Cu Chulainn has last seen Blackie, so he's decided to get over to the chocobo ranch to pay her a visit. And since he's promised to introduce his brother to his pet, he's brought Diarmuid along.]

[In the barn, Cu Chulainn heads straight for the one stall that looks a little different from all the others. The head poking out over the fence isn't that of a bird, but of a black Irish draft horse colt.]

Look, Brother, there's Blackie. She's grown a bit!

[He waves at his horse, but pouts when he sees her recoiling from him.]

I think she's scared.

2. The Pond (Open to everyone.)

[Now that autumn has come again, the weather has gotten chillier. Around the pond, birds fly to and fro, darting through the falling leaves. Cu Chulainn has been gathering the leaves to make a huge leaf pile.]

Hm...still small.

[Not satisfied with the size of his leaf pile, he starts clambering up a tree so he can tear down the leaves that haven't even dropped yet. However, in the process, he ends up stuck sitting on a branch, not sure how to get back down.]

Help!

[He starts calling for help

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[Fortuna was out with her black chocobo Violet, training her to airlift her Steel Lynx using a spare shirt as a carrying sling. Getting her to lift it into the air was one thing, but directing her to place it down in a specific spot was proving troublesome.

It seemed that would have to be interrupted as, through the Steel Lynx's camera, she caught sight of a familiar little boy stuck in a tree. Quickly, she disconnected from the drone and hurried towards the tree, hoping he doesn't fall or worse, try to jump.]

Hey! Hang on, kid!

[She reaches up to try to pull herself into the tree. Violet can't hover in place long enough for a kid to climb on her back, and a tree branch isn't exactly maneuverable ground to climb on one standing beside you... Worse comes to worst she can have Violet just grab him, but...]

Miss Fortuna?

[He looks down at the troll. However, this means he gets a clear view of the ground and how high up he is. He squeaks and closes his eyes.]

C-can't you just catch me?

I could try, but wouldn't you rather not fall at all?

[Her long arms make for an easy climb...somewhat. There's the matter of her size and her horns getting caught in branches above her. At least it's not likely she can fall, the way she can catch herself easily.]

I guess...

[He opens one eye just a wink so he can see how far up the tree she is.]

Hurry up.

Going as fast as I can, kid.

[Can she fit through - nope, she's too big. How about- no, her horns get in the way. Isn't that just wiz.

Know what, what if she just snaps this smaller branch here...wait she'd have to do that by hanging off of it.

Eventually, she reaches the branch that Cu's on and extends an arm to him.]

Okay, scoot over and grab on!

[He nods and then starts crawling toward Fortuna. Once he's close enough, he reaches to grab her arm, but almost slips off the branch and falls. He ends up hugging the branch in fear.]

I-I can't!

[Fortuna reaches out to grab him by the back of the shirt, leaning out...

Unfortunately, the branch she's holding on to can't stay straight holding more of her weight, so it bends as she grabs him - here's hoping Cu doesn't slip out of the shirt.]

Oh, drek-

[Cu Chulainn squeaks as Fortuna picks him up by his shirt. He's not slipping out of that shirt yet, but he's getting close.]

W-what's going on? Are we gonna fall?

Not if I can help it. Hold on!

[She jerks him up for a moment so she can catch him around the waist instead, but the movement forces the branch she's grabbing to bend even more and she finds herself leaning dangerously out of the tree. She holds Cu Chulainn tight against her for his own safety.

She hasn't climbed a tree since she was a child...]

...Okay. Maybe we'll have to fall after all. But we're gonna do it right, and I'll keep you from getting hurt. Okay?

Okay...

[He whimpers as he catches another look at the ground.]

But I don't want you to get hurt either! Is there some way you can fall without hurting anyone?

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Don't worry. Trolls are made of pretty tough stuff.

[Not to mention, she knows how to properly fall, at least. It's a thing you learn when you have to make split second decisions in battle sometimes.

She holds Cu Chulainn tight and lets herself drop, hitting the ground with bent knees - actually on bent knees as the force of the landing brings her down, a hand bracing her against the ground. It might have injured human legs, but hers will probably just be sore. Troll bones are dense and hard to break.]

[He squeals as Fortuna jumps down. He would close his eyes, but he didn't have the time. When they land, he has to shake his head to stop feeling dizzy.]

Th-thank you, Lady Fortuna. You really do know how to land.

Yeah. [She doesn't think an explanation is in order, really. She carefully sets him down.] You okay?

Yes, I'm okay.

[He looks over at her face.]

Are you okay?

[She seems fine, getting up and dusting her pants off.] Just fine, little guy. What were you doing up in that tree, anyway?

[He laughs.]

I was getting leaves! I wanna make a big pile to jump in! It's really fun.

[All that for leaves?]

...You know you're supposed to wait until they fall to make a pile, right?

I did wait! And a lot of leaves fell. But they didn't make a big enough pile!

[So that's a perfectly good reason to climb a tree and get more leaves.]

You know there'll be more soon. There's still a couple months left in fall.

[She pauses and shrugs.]

Living leaves aren't as fun anyway, right? They don't crunch.

[...She isn't sure how she feels about how well she's getting along with this kid. She never saw herself as someone who was good with kids.]

[He crosses his arms and pouts.]

But I don't wanna wait!

Sorry, kid. You've gotta. Nature runs on its own schedule and doesn't listen to anyone.

[He pouts for a few more minutes. Then, he starts gathering up the leaves on the ground again.]

Okay, I guess I'll have to use a smaller pile this time. Do you wanna play with me? We can take turns jumping.

Pretty sure I'm too big to jump in little leaf piles...

[Or at all. She's got to preserve some of her dignity in this place...]

Oh come on. Pleeeeeease?

[He tries to give her puppy eyes.]

Cute, kid. But c'mon, look at me here.

[She sighs, wondering what to do, as Violet trots up to her with a little wark?

As she glances over at the chocobo, she gets an idea.]

I'll let you ride on Violet here to make up for it, though.

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