Day 2: Chase
Blathers recalls a time when him and Celeste would dig fossils together as kids. Unfortunately, today's fossil is a bug...And Blathers hates bugs...And of course, Celeste takes advantage of that...
I'm late...I know. But, whatever. Here's tickletober day 2.
“Hey Blathers! Look what I found!” His little sister yelled out from about 15 feet away.
“What is it, Celeste?” Blathers asked.
“A big hole!” Celeste was actively trying to dig into the hole with her kid-sized shovel. Seeing that his little sister was struggling, Blathers grabbed out a regular shovel and dug into the ground. One dig in, and Blathers had unearthed the fossil.
“Awww…I wanted to dig it out…” Celeste mumbled.
“You can take it out with me if you want.” Blathers offered.
And almost like magic, Celeste’s face grew excited as she let out an enthusiastic ‘Okay!”. She grabbed onto the shovel with her brother and helped him lift the fossil out of the ground. A little cheerful sound filled their heads as they held up the blue fossil together.
“Look! We dug up a fossil!” Celeste declared.
“Indeed we did.” Blathers added.
Celeste and Blathers put the fossil down, and looked at it up and down. “It looks to be a fish of some sort.” Celeste admitted.
“I don’t know…” Blathers shuddered slightly. “I-it looks more buggish to me…” He admitted.
“Buggish?” Celeste looked at it closer. “Well if it’s a bug, it would be moving more.” Celeste mentioned.
“It’s really a bug fossil, meaning this bug has been dead for a very long time.” Blathers admitted.
“I don’t know…” Celeste reached out her feathery hands and picked up the fossil.
“Ah! Careful!” Blathers ordered.
“Why? Scared that I’ll use it against you?” She asked him.
“U-uh…I meant more like…you might break the fossil.” Blathers admitted.
“I’m sure you did…” Celeste muttered with a smirk, picking up the fossil. “Because the last thing you want is a bug fossil coming back to life and crawling on you.” Celeste declared, fluttering her feathers against his shoulder.
“Celeste!” Blathers tried to slap her sister’s wing away, but to no avail.
“What’s wrong, Blathy? Don’t like the idea of a zombie bug?” She asked, picking up the fossil as she smirked at him.
“What are you- Put it down!” Blathers ordered.
“Why? It’s not alive.” Celeste told him.
“You’re gonna chase me with it!” Blathers reacted.
“Is that so?” Celeste asked with a giggle. “Yes! You’ve done it so many times!” Blathers argued.
“Well believe it or not, I wasn’t going to…” Slowly, a mischievous glint showed up in her eye. “But now that you mention it-” Celeste brought the bug closer to him.
“DON’T YOU DARE!” Blathers yelled out.
“Aww…Come on, Blathers! All he wants is a hug!” Celeste placed the fossil right onto her brother’s belly.
“EEK!” Blathers screeched and sprinted the other way. “Get away from me!” Blathers yelled.
“Just one kiss!” Celeste started chasing him with the fossil.
“NO!” Blathers sprinted as fast as his little feet could carry him.
“But Blathers!” Much to Blathers surprise, Celeste was right on his tail. “I thought you liked fossils!”
“YOU’RE SO MEAN!” Blathers yelled over his shoulder.
“And you’re being a big baby!” Celeste replied with a giggle.
Blathers kept an eye on the path in front of him. If he wanted to trick his sister, he had to be smart about it. He ran through the trees, making sure to deke through the trees. This made his moves sporadic and unpredictable.
But when that didn’t work, Blathers tried flying up one of the trees. Hopefully if he goes up high enough, Celeste won’t be able to see him. Just because Celeste was younger and a lot more spry than him, doesn’t mean Blathers couldn't make a sneaky get-away!
Blathers breathed in and out rather heavily as he held onto one of the lower branches with his owl feet. Fearing the worst, Blathers turned around to look behind the tree trunk. Thankfully, no one seemed to be there. It looked like he was safe…for now, at least.
With this, Blathers could have just enough time to come up with a plan to distract Celeste from her evil plans.
“BOO!”
Blathers SHRIEKED and spun around, holding his chest in shock! Quickly, his big eyes fell on his playfully evil sister, and the creepy bug fossil! NO! He’s DOOMED!
“I gotcha, Blathers~” Celeste teased, still holding the bug fossil in her hand.
“No! NO!” Blathers covered his eyes with his feathers, fearing the worst. Though, covering his eyes would end up being a terrible idea, due to the large amount of surprise that he felt when the fossil touched his feathers.
“Boop!” Celeste chirped playfully.
“Whahat-?” Blathers squeaked as he felt the fossil against his side. “CELESTE NO!”
“What’s wrong? Ticklish~?” Celeste asked, giggling.
“YEHES!” Blathers reacted as he tried to run away. Since Blathers was naturally stronger than Celeste, Blathers was able to get away. “Leheheave me alohohohone!” He started running.
“Aww man…” Celeste muttered. “Well, here we go again!” Celeste declared. It looked like the chase was afoot once again.
Blathers ran around the yard once again. Unlike last time where he twisted through the trees, he decided to go up their outdoor playground. He ran up the stairs, and walked across the red bridge. But his anxiety began to worsen when he heard the clicky steps of his sister’s feet filling the wooden bridge behind him. Just one little peek behind him, told him everything:
Celeste was right on his tail!
Realizing he had no other choice, Blathers jumped over the handrail of the bridge, and opened his wings to slow his fall. The moment he landed on his feet, he sped off running forward.
“GOTCHA!” A pair of wings wrapped around Blathers and tackled him to the ground.
“NO!” Blathers screeched as he felt her evil claws tickle his sides. “GAAAHAhahaha!” Blathers laughed.
“Tickle tickle tickle!” Celeste teased.
“WHEHEHERE’S THE FOHOHOSSIL?!” Blathers asked.
“It’s on the bridge!” Celeste told him. “I placed it down so I could go down the slide.” She told him.
“Ohohohoho…” Blathers rolled around, unable to stop his spry sister. The running had rendered him exhausted, and the tickling was only further weakening any strength he had left in him. “Plehehehehease stahahahap!” “Only if you say ‘I win’!” Celeste declared.
“NOHOHO WAHAHAY!” Blathers covered his eyes with his wings. “NEHEHEVERRR!” He shouted next.
“Alright, fine.” Celeste leaned in a little bit. “I’ll just go for your worst spot then~” Celeste winked, creating a little yellow star beside her closed eye.
Blathers gasped and froze. “WaitNO!” Blathers wiggled around all over the place as squawks and shrieks filled the yard. “EEHEHEEEK! STAHAHAP! NAHAHAHAHA- GAHAHAHAHA!”
If it wasn’t evident before, Celeste had decided to use her favorite mischievous maneuver on him: She had started pecking at Blathers belly. If Blathers wasn’t laughing before, he was certainly laughing now!
“EEEEHEEEHEEHEEHEEE!” Blathers struggled to push his sister’s face away.
“You give up yet?” Celeste asked.
“HAHAHAHA- NOHOHOHOHO!” Blathers shouted back.
“Well, suit yourself! Om nom nom nom nom!” Celeste resumed nibbling and pecking her brother’s belly. The laughter felt like it was NEVER gonna end!
But slowly, the laughter began to muffle slightly…And a new face began to fill his eyes.
Wait…this isn’t Celeste.
Is this one of Celeste’s friends? No, that would make no sense…
Wait…I recognize this person!
“Hooooo… WHO?!” Blathers widened his eyes and dropped his beak, staring almost behind you for a moment. Blathers quickly pulled himself together and scratched the back of his head. “Oh dear. Pardon me…” He muttered. He lit up. “ Good morning, [Player]!” He greeted. “Welcome to the [Name] Museum.”
You give Blathers a curious look.
Like magic, Blathers notices this look and tilts his head to the side. “Oh? What was I dreaming about?” Blathers asked out loud, a question mark appearing beside his head for a moment. “Hehe…Nothing of importance.” He muttered. “How may I be of service?”
