Hey lady! Hey! [Video]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[There's a brilliantly colored parrot on the comms, staring at the screen. After a moment, he tilts his head to the side and chirps. Then beeps. Then makes a sound that probably no one will recognize as the sound of an Eldar chainsword purring to life.]

Hey, lady. Hey, lady. Hey. Hey. Hey.

Do you like space?

Comments

VIDEO

[consulting]

No.

[ text ]

[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

not a lady, and you're a parrot.
how'd that happen?

[Video]

[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Oh, look who got ahold of a comm device. Where's your friend?

VIDEO

[tenyeargambit]

You're...Zouichi's friend, Alan, aren't you? [Either that or they're on the zoo ship.] Where's your friend?

[ text > video ]

[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ OH RIGHT, it's a parrot. It can't read, Connor. KEEP UP. Switching to video... ]

All right?

Also, you just beeped. Not a parrot expert, but I'm willing to bet that's not normal.

I'm talking to a parrot. That's definitely not normal.

Re: VIDEO

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[The parrot taps the screen with his beak, draws back. Then he opens his beak and taps it again. Hey, there's a trace of a little parrot tongue, too! Some people might assume he is trying to eat the camera, but this is not true. He is trying to eat you, Sherlock.]

Re: [ text > video ]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[The parrot puffs out his feathers, then shakes himself, doglike.]

I'm the greatest wunderkind! Pew! Pew!

[Now he is making laser gun noises. Huh.]

Re: [Video]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[What's that? Hmm, it's that gangly fellow from earlier. Alan cocks his head to one side to get a better look. After a moment, he waddles closer to the screen.

It seems he's standing on a cloth of some sort -- no, it's the corner of a sheet, one that looks rather like the kind of drab blanket that would cover a bed in the Passengers' Quarters.]

Re: VIDEO

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[At the mention of Zouichi, Alan suddenly puffs up, flapping his wings once or twice excitedly. It's that boy from before, the one who clearly must like parrots!]

Alan. Space.

[ video ]

[anomalyse.livejournal.com]

[ Squuuuuuint. ]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you need to hear this stuff before you can repeat it?

And if so—where've you been hearing lasers?

Re: [ video ]

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[Alan rolls over onto his back and continues making laser noises for a brief moment until someone reaches down to pick up first the bird, then the comm device.]

Oh -- hello. Alan wasn't bothering you, he?

[Attention! Alan loves attention! And now there are two people paying attention to him, and it is grand.]

[tenyeargambit]

I hope he knows you're using his communicator. [Now all we need is a well for Zouichi to fall down into and we'd have a total Lassie moment in the making.]

[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

Yes, hello... [The Doctor's leaning closer into his camera, all friendly-like.]

Has Zouichi run off somewhere, or are you only being a bad bird?

MEANWHILE

[testgasm]

[BIRD

BIRD ON THE NETWORK

SPACE CORE BIRD ON THE NETWORK

IS NOTHING SACRED]

Re: MEANWHILE

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[HELLO NEW FRIEND ARE YOU PLAYING PEEKABOO

Alan hides his head under his wing for a moment, then appears!]

Space! Dad! I'm in space!

[testgasm]

[OH GOD IT CAN SEE HIM

DISAPPEARING OUT OF THE FEED NOW]

No one's here! A-absolutely nothing to see.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[This is fun!

Alan 'hides' again.]

Where did that come from?

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[Alan grips the edge of the blanket with his feet, rolling over so he's covered by the blanket. It is ridiculously adorable.]

Bad bird?

[Oh, now he's sulking. There's a voice from off-screen.]

Who's a bad bird?

[Now that was definitely Zouichi's voice.]

[ihavesomany.livejournal.com]

[Directed at the off-screen voice:] Alan's worked out how to use your comm device. Or did the Tranquility gift him with one of his own?

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[A hand reaches down to pick Alan up. The bird flaps a little, but seems perfectly comfortable.]

What's this? Oh, hello. Did Alan manage to call out on this thing, or is it on the open network?

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[Zouichi picks up the comm device.]

Really? I knew he was smart, but I didn't think he could manage that. Perhaps I should try and train him to send a distress call if I should fall victim to foul play.

[Zouichi was joking, right? Probably?]

It's just mine, I'm afraid. A parrot-sized device would have to be much smaller and lighter.

video

[eeyupbuck.livejournal.com]

Well ain't you a pretty lil feller! What's your name, buddy?

[tenyeargambit]

The open network. It was a bit of a surprise, especially given the noise he was making at first. [Chainswords fuck yeah.]

Re: video

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

[Alan is pretty, and he knows it. In fact, he's preening now, basking in the sweet, sweet attention.]

Lash?

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Well, he is pretty fond of imitating what he hears. What noise are we talking about? The meowing?

[Yesss]