My Little Cubefall

[feminine_menace]

It’s Cubefall, again.

Which means YT is a high-speed Pegasus pony, again.

If you’re outside she’ll either buzz you or race you, depending on how fast you are.

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[configuration_birdwatcher]

There's two birds up here, a big raven and a much smaller yellow-green songbird. Neither one is really built for speed, so YT likely won't have any trouble outpacing them.

[feminine_menace]

YT is, of course, looping around any birds in flight. But not so close that she’ll make them spin out or something, because she likes animals, and she’s not an asshole.

Even so, the birds may not appreciate it.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

Ganymede, the little yellow one, hurls a burst of songbird invective at the flying horse the third time she comes around. The general themes are what the hell she thinks she's doing, who made her queen of the sky, and an invitation to take a hike.

Bastion attempts to soothe him by making similar booping noises to the ones they use in their normal robotic form, which reassures the smaller bird enough that he at least stops cursing but his body language remains guarded.

[feminine_menace]

YT dives for the ground, pulls into a flat arc, and does a sliding stop, tearing a long line in the turf with her hooves.

Now that she’s not flying, she has the headspace to notice something odd about those birds. Like, hey, they’re different species, but flying together in their own little flock. YT’s a city kid who knows fuck-all about nature, but isn’t that kind of weird?

[configuration_birdwatcher]

That is pretty weird. The size difference is especially weird; not every big bird is a bird of prey, but it's big enough that it could eat the little pigeon-sized yellow bird if it really wanted to and had a golden opportunity. Apparently the smaller creature isn't worried that the raven will get hungry.

From up above, the songbird can be heard chirping one final comment along the lines of 'And stay out!'.

[feminine_menace]

YT can’t speak songbird, but she knows when she’s getting cussed at in any language. She tries to flip the bird to, well, the bird, and then realizes she doesn’t currently have the necessary appendages to do it. So she yells “You can bite me, Tweety!” instead.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

Finally, a worthy opponent. Their battle shall be legendary. Ganymede swoops down to tree-height to more effectively curse YT out, now determined to get the last word instead of just enforcing his personal space upon the weird flying horse. He questions her heritage and flying techniques with a barrage of furious tweets.

Bastion manages to make a caw sound long-suffering and descends as well in case they have to break up a fight. They're assuming the winged horse is a patron, what with the talking and the un-equine gesturing.

[feminine_menace]

YT’s figured out that the loud green bird and their raven friend are patrons too. “Oh yeah? Well so’s your mom!” she yells at the green bird. It’s one of her standard comebacks for when a cab driver rolls down the window and chews her out in Taxilinga or something when she’s working.

[configuration_birdwatcher]

How dare! Ganymede chirps that YT should leave to do something obscene, except that she probably couldn't find the body parts with which to do so, and is then interrupted by the raven making the loudest censorship beep noise they can produce without injuring their voicebox.

[feminine_menace]

The crow noise certainly gets YT’s attention. “Excuse you?”