Day 255 [Open] First rule of Pillow Fight Club: Never talk about Pillow Fight Club

[scary_music]

Who: Ibuki and you! And pillows!
Open: Open
When: Mostly noon/afternoon.
Where: Everywhere in the Bastion.
What: Ibuki's bored and is attacking everybody with pillows
Format: Action but ok with switching
Warnings: Pillow abuse


[Sometime after lunch, Ibuki's voice will ring out from everybody's amulet that is within the Bastion's communication range-]

IBUKI IS DECLARING IT NOW. THIS. IS. PILLOW WAR!!!!!!!

[Ibuki will not be responding to amulet network messages that reply to her]

[Rather, she is running around with a bunch of pillows. Should she spot you, prepare yourelf, for she could do a number of things]

[1: Should you not notice her, she'll try to sneak up behind you and bop you on the back of the head with a pillow. If it looks like you're in the middle of important work, it'll be a very soft bop]

[2: If you're watching her, she'll run up to you and try to pillow bop your face]

[3: There is no 3]

[4: She may be hiding around a corner, and when you get close... "BWAH!" Pillow to the face!]

[5: Even dragons aren't safe from pillows.]

[6: If she knows you fairly well, especially if you're a member of her band, she might be coming into your bedroom directly to pillow fight you.]

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[scary_music]

Right! Right!

So, please teach Ibuki, Zuko-chan-sensei! Ibuki wants to learn how to ride a chocobo!

[daughterofursa]

[Well, this is not the first time she's been called sensei. She's guessing Ibuki is Japanese.

Zuko starts to guide one of the chocobos out of the stable.]

First, calm down a little. You don't want to startle them or get them overexcited.

[scary_music]

Huh? Huh? Calm down?

Ibuki? Calm down?

Oooh, that's hard! Tough! But okay, Ibuki will calm down!

[daughterofursa]

It also helps if they like you. The ostrich horses like to be scratched right... here.

[Seems like chocobos do, too, as the bird gives an appreciative warble and leans into it.

Zuko draws back. Come on, Ibuki, make friends.]

[scary_music]

Oooh, cute, cute! Okay, Ibuki will try her best!

[Ibuki approaches the chocobo, trying not to vibrate with the seemingly limitless energy she appears to always be full of]

Who's a cute chocobo-chan? Who's a cute choco-chan?

[And she scratches it right where Zuko show's her. Her hand/finger dexterity is ridiculous considering her position as SHSL K-on, so it's possibly one of the best scratchings ever]

[daughterofursa]

[Yes, this is a very nice scratching, don't mind the chocobo nuzzling into you Ibuki.]

..I wonder if they've been getting enough attention lately.

[scary_music]

Who knows, who knows?

But we're here now, Zuko-chan! We can give them all the attentions, right? Right!

That's right, Choco-chan! So much attention, you won't know what to do with yourself!

[scratch scratch~]

[daughterofursa]

You still want to learn how to ride?

[She's not going to judge if Ibuki wants to keep showering the bird with affection, but, well. Yeah.]

[scary_music]

Ooh, that's right, that's right! Ibuki got caught up in the moment, but Ibuki would like to learn how to fly! ... she means ride! Riding a chocobo!

Hopefully she won't fall off the chocobo and get another case of amnesia! Once was enough! So terrible!

[daughterofursa]

You.. got amnesia from falling off of something?

[Maybe she should take this a little more carefully.]

[scary_music]

No, no, not that! Not from that! It was from something else, but Ibuki doesn't want more amnesia!

Ibuki still has some amnesia right now, but let's not talk about that, let's play with the chocobos!

[daughterofursa]

[Um.]

Would you rather I ride with you at first?

[scary_music]

Would you, Zuko-chan, would you? Ibuki hasn't ridden anything before, she'd feel so much safer in your strong arms, Zuko-chan! Please watch over her!

[daughterofursa]

[Something about that sounds a little weird. Maybe she should stop wearing things that show off her arms?]

S-sure..

[scary_music]

Thank you, Zuko-chan! Please, instruct Ibuki! Her life is in your hands!

[daughterofursa]

[Uhhh, right. She's just being overdramatic.]

Let's get you up first.

[Zuko will move to hold the chocobo steady for her.]

[scary_music]

Okay, okay, Ibuki's going up! Wish her luck!

[She carefully climbs up onto the chocobo. Ibuki, fortunately, has natural dexterity on her side, so she gets on board easily enough. Except-]

Ooh... this is the wrong way, isn't it, isn't it?

[Yup, Ibuki got on backwards]

[daughterofursa]

...

Climb down and try that again.

[How do you get on backwards??]

[scary_music]

[she was hoping to elicit an amused reaction, but oh well-]

Wait, wait, Ibuki's got it!

[Let it not be said that Ibuki is not flexible, as she manages to turn herself around on the chocobo without having to dismount]

Okay, Ibuki's ready!

... ooh, who's a cute Choco-chan-

[And she starts scratching the chocobo again...]

[daughterofursa]

[Incompetence, feigned or real, is not generally something that Zuko finds amusing. She gives a sigh and hauls herself up behind Ibuki, reaching around her for the reins. The chocobo warks and dances a little, worried that the pettings are coming to an end.]

Easy.

[Well, so far so good, it hasn't thrown either of them.]

[scary_music]

Kyan~

[Ibuki no, don't make this more awkward than it has to be-]

Okay, okay, what does Ibuki hold onto? The fluffy chocobo?

[daughterofursa]

[What even was that noise she just made.]

Uh, yeah. For now.

Now.. If they're trained well, it should be less about forcing them to do what you want and more about guiding them.

[She nudges the chocobo forward with her heel. It balks a little but starts into a walk.]

[scary_music]

Ooh, okay, okay! That sounds easy! Is this Choco-chan trained well? How can you tell?

[She's squirming a bit on the chocobo, but otherwise she's paying close attention to what Zuko is doing]

[daughterofursa]

Don't squirm like that.

You can tell from how it responds. It's used to riders.

[Guiding with the reins for a nice walk around the Bastion. She'll offer the reins to Ibuki once she settles down.]

[scary_music]

Ooh, sorry, sorry. Ibuki will try to sit still...!

[She somehow manages it, and carefully accept the reins]

Okay, okay, Choco-chan, let's fly~

[She'll gently nudge the chocobo forward. Ibuki's quick on the take, though her technique obvious is sloppy. She just needs practice]