[video] Back with the chocobos / All the jokes

[fierybluebird]

[In a scene that might be familiar to some, Marco is back in the barn, with five baby chocobo. Not quite so baby now, he might be able to fit one of them in a bag on his back, but not all of them. He can't even fit them all under one wing, but that's all right, the others he's dealing with in different ways. It might not be immediately obvious, but the loss of Ace is hitting him hard. Normally he'd go into a rage to kill things, but he doesn't seem to feel it's worth it.]

Ace's name is up on the memorial wall. He might come back... I hope so.

[There's a much too long pause in which he looks a world away and scoops up a chocobo fitted with a Spade collar.]

Ah so how about some bird jokes, eh?

You've probably all heard this one: Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.
Why didn't the turkey cross the road?
He didn't want to be a chicken.
Why did the ducks cross the road?
To prove they could do it better than the chicken.
Why did the chicken cross the road twice?
It was a double-crosser.
Why did the rooster cross the road?
To prove he wasn't a chicken.

A phoenix walks into a bar filled with a bunch of turkeys. He gives them a polite nod and then buys everyone a round of drinks. They crowd around their new friend and offer some peanuts. "Gobble gobble gobble?" they suggest. "No thanks," he politely declines, "I'm allergic." They offer him pretzels. "Gobble gobble gobble?" He takes a few of those and they continue on for hours. Eventually they run out, and just as he was about to leave, they look him up and down and ask, "Gobble gobble gobble?" He gives them a horrified look and explains, "No way! I'm not into that!"

Why did the marines arrest the turkey?
They brought it on suspicion of fowl play!

Comments

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs. Oh, he loves this logic.]

Maybe it would help if you got rid of what's irritating you? [He means via talking, but this totally explains all of Hong Kong's pranks now, yup.]

[bauhinia]

[ Hong Kong crosses his arms over his chest, his expression settled in that weird place between no expression and something undefinable. Anger? Irritation? Something like that. ]

That'd be a lot right now.

[fierybluebird]

All right, start a list?

[bauhinia]

Is my family an okay answer or do I have to be more specific?

[fierybluebird]

I guess that's a good enough answer. They're a little hard to get rid of though. What about them bugs you? Everything??

[bauhinia]

Not usually, but right now, kinda. Korea says stuff without thinking and Japan thinks too much. And it's weird being around China when he doesn't know about all the stuff that's happened in the last forty years. I guess I can't come up with a reason to be mad at Taiwan though.

[fierybluebird]

[Chuckles softly.] Japan really does think too much. Maybe he doesn't want to be Korea. In that sense, it's almost like they balance each other out, right?

[bauhinia]

That's honestly totally disturbing to think about. [ He stares up at the sky while he walks. ]

[fierybluebird]

Sorry, eh. Maybe concentrating on things you like about them?

[bauhinia]

Korea's got good music.

[fierybluebird]

Seriously? That stuff he goes on and on about?

[bauhinia]

Yeah, it's not bad.

[fierybluebird]

Huh. Maybe I'll listen sometime, but I tend to picky about music.

Bird hearing and all that.

[bauhinia]

Oh yeah, well, it's mostly pretty loud. There might be something you'd like though.

[fierybluebird]

You think so?

[bauhinia]

I'm not saying it's better than my music or anything, but it'd be a lie to say it's bad.

[fierybluebird]

I'll keep that in mind, eh?

[bauhinia]

Yeah, in case you hear it someday. [ It could happen. It does happen, doesn't it... ]

[fierybluebird]

Aye. For that reason of course.

[bauhinia]

And maybe you'll get to hear some of mine.

[fierybluebird]

I'd like that. Do you do any singing yourself?

[bauhinia]

Not really, but I can play the pipa a little. I guess I could sing if someone wanted me to.

[fierybluebird]

Pipa? Eh, I'd listen.

[bauhinia]

Yeah? If I find one, I'll let you hear.

[fierybluebird]

I'll keep my eyes out.