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nnyMore for Sophie.
Part three.
Snake was slithering cheerfully along. In fact, he wasn't overly cheerful, but he liked to give the impression of cheeriness should he happen to run into anyone he hadn't seen in a while. And then that certain person might think, oh, look, there goes Snake, looking particularly cheerful. He is coping with my absence Very Well Indeed. He'd been slithering around in a state of cheerfulness for some time, though, and he had yet to run into... anyone.
He topped a rise, looked out over the sparkling water that surrounded the mass of land on which they lived. In the distance, he could see a figure wandering around, and he headed over in that direction. As he got closer, he could hear muttering.
"...amned lack of opposable thumbs..."
"Alright, Bird?"
Bird spun around and almost fell over, clearly startled. Snake snickered quietly to himself.
"Oh, it's you. Hello." His tone of voice was rather vague, and as soon as he had greeted Snake he turned back to what he'd been doing. It was a rather odd process, and involved much to-ing and fro-ing to the edge of the water. Bird cupped his wings together, filled the hollow with water, and ran up to the beach where he'd marked out a strange shape. He never made it with more than half the water he'd started with, a trail of drips marking his erratic progress, and then he'd just watch the water sink into the ground with a doleful expression and start all over again.
Snake watched, bemused.
"Bird, what exactly are you doing?"
"I'm," Bird panted, as he puffed his way up the beach, "experimenting."
"Experimenting with what?"
"Aah," said Bird, and Looked Mysterious. Snake could tell it was an expression that deserved capitals, because Bird had clearly been practising, and was looking at him for a reaction. Snake sighed faintly.
"Well you're certainly Looking Mysterious," said Snake, "and I suppose I should leave you to it. One word of advice, though- you might find it easier getting mud from where the water meets the shore- it'll be easier to carry, for one thing." He nodded wisely, and slithered off. When he looked back over his shoulder, Bird was cheerfully patting at a mound of mud, and he shook his head and slithered on.
Part three.
Snake was slithering cheerfully along. In fact, he wasn't overly cheerful, but he liked to give the impression of cheeriness should he happen to run into anyone he hadn't seen in a while. And then that certain person might think, oh, look, there goes Snake, looking particularly cheerful. He is coping with my absence Very Well Indeed. He'd been slithering around in a state of cheerfulness for some time, though, and he had yet to run into... anyone.
He topped a rise, looked out over the sparkling water that surrounded the mass of land on which they lived. In the distance, he could see a figure wandering around, and he headed over in that direction. As he got closer, he could hear muttering.
"...amned lack of opposable thumbs..."
"Alright, Bird?"
Bird spun around and almost fell over, clearly startled. Snake snickered quietly to himself.
"Oh, it's you. Hello." His tone of voice was rather vague, and as soon as he had greeted Snake he turned back to what he'd been doing. It was a rather odd process, and involved much to-ing and fro-ing to the edge of the water. Bird cupped his wings together, filled the hollow with water, and ran up to the beach where he'd marked out a strange shape. He never made it with more than half the water he'd started with, a trail of drips marking his erratic progress, and then he'd just watch the water sink into the ground with a doleful expression and start all over again.
Snake watched, bemused.
"Bird, what exactly are you doing?"
"I'm," Bird panted, as he puffed his way up the beach, "experimenting."
"Experimenting with what?"
"Aah," said Bird, and Looked Mysterious. Snake could tell it was an expression that deserved capitals, because Bird had clearly been practising, and was looking at him for a reaction. Snake sighed faintly.
"Well you're certainly Looking Mysterious," said Snake, "and I suppose I should leave you to it. One word of advice, though- you might find it easier getting mud from where the water meets the shore- it'll be easier to carry, for one thing." He nodded wisely, and slithered off. When he looked back over his shoulder, Bird was cheerfully patting at a mound of mud, and he shook his head and slithered on.
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Date: 2004-09-16 12:02 pm (UTC)