The beast leered down at the duck wordlessly until she left, finally leaving the courtyard in blissful silence. Truthfully, it had been a bluff. The little duckling was far too small to even be an appetizer. Kisei huffed, backing up a step and circling back over the pillar to find another relatively smooth, weathered spot. She flopped belly-down onto the warm, soothing rock and relaxed again for some much needed rest.
When she awoke, she was thirsty, and had to sneak in to the kitchen to get water. Like the beast she was, she didn’t care to get a glass, simply turning on the faucet and lapping up the stream as it fell.
…. no, wait, Sora did that too.
When she finished, she sniffed the air a moment, and then the counter. Meat. then she foraged through the fridge, figuring they still kept some in here. Finding it within a drawer, she held her prize in her teeth as she set about sneaking out, leaving a running faucet, an open drawer, and fridge door for a confused Akio or Tron to find when they returned to the kitchen.
She ventured outside the wall so that she might eat her meal in peace, when she saw a spot of yellow approaching. She huffed around the fish in her mouth as she sat down. So you came back.
It had taken nearly the entire duration of the other’s nap for Ahiru to find her way to the nearest shop that sold bread, find bread, and then obtain said bread. And she didn’t even get regular bread, no, she got something fancy. Ish. And it was easy too. She’d just hopped up to the counter, quacked politely, and waited.
Apparently it was a day old one that wasn’t selling, but that was just fine by her! Rhe shopkeeper at the outdoor counter had put it in a little plate and put it on the ground, probably expecting for her to just start pecking at it.
They hadn’t stopped her from carefully tugging the plate back out the way she had come. It hadn’t been at all easy, moving something that big compared to her. But she’d managed it. And very carefully tugged the plate all the way back out the way she’d come, through the forest, carefully avoiding tree roots as best she could as she went..
It had tipped over a few times, but she’d made sure no dirt or grass had gotten stuck to it. It wasn’t in the best shape, but it was still smelled of the almonds that covered it and also of fresh-ish icing.
She’d made the attempt, at least.
I said I would, qua. Ahiru always made good on her promises. I brought this for you. Bread’s always good for a snack after a nap, qua qua. Though it was clear that the other had already found a snack. Fish. Well, she had still tried. And that was what mattered, right?
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