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Who: Rue, and OPEN.
When: Thursday afternoon, right around sunset.
Where: Central Park, the location of approximately half of all Tutucast logs.
Warnings: Unless you have something against birds, none.
Summary: Rue takes her baby raven to the park in order to learn him flying properly.
Format: Quicklog killed my parents, so PARAGRAPH.

Really, Rue mused, he was more trouble than he was worth. Not only had he frightened Mytho the other day, but, now that he was getting big enough, Wolfang had begun to learn how to fly, and was using his newfound abilities to wreak havoc all over her apartment. Not a night went by when she didn't come home to find that he'd either knocked something off the bookshelf, torn something up, or gotten himself stuck up there. If she were a crueler person, she would have thrown him out already, but instead, she reasoned that he needed more room to fly, at least for a little while. Maybe he'd use up all his energy that way, although she doubted it.

So, she packed him up in his towel-lined cardboard box, and rode the bus down to the park. Surprisingly, he hadn't protested much on the way, only scratching a little on the top of the box to see if it would open. Rue arrived at the park right before sunset, a good time, she thought. Not many people would be out this late. Kneeling down, she set the box on the ground, and opened it up, watching as Wolfgang hopped curiously out.

"Are you happy now, idiot?" she said. "Now you can destroy as much as you want."

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Ness often indulged himself in a walk through the park before went home in the evening. When he saw Rue letting the raven out of the box, he headed over to satisfy his curiosity.

"Hi," he said as he came near, friendly smile in place. He really like spending time with animals, so he hoped the girl wouldn't mind his presence...

Rue jumped when she heard the boy's voice, having been a little too focused on Wolfgang's seeming lack of interest in flying all of the sudden. Resisting the urge to snap at him for frightening her, she turned around, giving him a brief smile.

"Hello," she said, eyes going to the raven again as he squawked at the stranger. "Can I help you?"

"Um, I just wondered about your bird. Is it a pet?..."

Ness was certainly nothing if not polite.

"He's just a bird," said Rue. She didn't believe in the concept of pets. And, she wasn't ready to claim ownership to him just yet, even if she had given him a name.

"But you're taking care of him, right?" She must be, since she had brought him to the park in a box.

"I am until he's old enough," she said. "Then he's going out on his own."

Wolfgang, either understanding her familiar unpleasant tone, or getting bored, chose that moment to fly over to her, landing on her shoulder and giving her a friendly caw.

"He really likes you," Ness observed with a chuckle. In his experience, wild birds were never that friendly.

He knew he was cutting it close taking Rex for a walk this late, especially considering they were going to have a surprise party for Ness. Still, he couldn't resist giving the little snake-tailed puppy whatever he wanted, and it only seemed fair to give him a walk.

He didn't notice the older girl and her raven, and came dangerously close to bumping into her as he passes her. And he doesn't even bother to acknowledge that he does, completely absorbed in talking to and playing with his dog.

Unfortunately, the raven didn't quite agree. He fluttered over to the dog, hiding behind it and peering at his tail. After a few more hops around it, he gave the tail an inquisitive bite, tugging at it in an attempt to get it loose.

"Wolfgang, stop that!" Rue called as soon as she saw him bite him, but the raven went on ignoring her, determined to figure out this mystery.

Dynamus' dog head tried to get to the raven, barking and snapping at it but unable to circle around enough to catch it.

Pokey took a stance too, kicking at the raven when he could and missing. "Hey! Get out of here, stupid!" the boy shouted, trying to get the raven away from his pet.

Finally, the tail had had enough and, leering up, hissed and struck out at the raven.

Wolfgang squawked loudly and fluttered away, landing next to Rue and cawing at her in a way that seemed almost pathetic. She looked down at him and sighed.

"Serves you right," she said. "I told you to stop."

Pokey petted and mussed over his dog, calming Rex down. For his part, the chimera quickly calmed down from the minor inconvenience that had been Wolfgang's attack. Once he was sure Rex was alright, he looked quizzically at the older girl.

"Hey lady, is your bird alright?" he asked.

"He's fine," she said, as the bird in question hopped sulkily onto her arm. "He's just an idiot. I'm sorry if he caused any trouble."

"What? With Dynamus? Naw." The boy responded, looking down at the puppy which was as happy as ever. "He's super tough, and he's going to be the best guard dog ever when he's older." Extending his hand, the boy asked, "I'm Pokey Minch. What's your name, lady?"

Dynamus, being the curious little abomination he is, scurried over towards Rua and began to sniff her curiously.

Rue shook his hand, looking down at the dog with apprehension. Hesitantly, she reached her hand down to let him sniff it. She'd never liked dogs.

"My name is Rue," she said. "Nice to meet you."

"Same here!" the boy asked, excitedly. "How long've you been in the City? I've only been here about two weeks."

Dynamus sniffed the girls hand. It paused a moment, and sniffed again, as if it didn't understand something. It was odd; usually he just started slobbering on anyone after sniffing their hand.

"Hm.." She thought about it for a moment. "Nearly a year, I suppose." She looked down at the dog... thing again. Did he smell that she wasn't human?

"Man, I hope I get to stay here that long." He said hopefully. "I really like it here. It's awesome."

Dynamus continued sniffing a bit more, hesitating for a moment and twitching its head. More slowly than usual, it began to lick Rue's hand, as if testing to see how the girl would react.