Snipe Hunt!

[itsjustamike]

Characters: Anyone that signed up to go hunting!
Content: Characters do a search of various decks on the Satellite
Location: Multiple decks
Time of Day: Throughout the day
Warnings: None so far


[Something is prowling around the Satellite of Love! Can your teams manage to track it down? Now is the time to find out!]

[Each team will have a different floor to explore, and different clues to help them track down the snipe. Some results will be determined by RNG.]

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[itsjustthenpcs]

[If Link, Xion and Pinkie investigate down the hall just a couple of feet further, they'll then stumble across a green and yellow feather.]

[sailorlaughter]

"Aw, don't be silly! EVERYONE likes cupcakes!"

Pinkie scampered down the hall a little ways and stopped short at the feather, leaning down to pick it up between her teeth. "Wow, it muff be reaffy colo'ful!" Sitting, she gripped it in both forehooves and started trying to stick it safely behind her ear. "I bet Fluttershy would know what kind of bird it was if SHE were here. Oooh, especially if it was a phoenix! I don't think they come in green, but that'd be pretty cool!"

[shortpants_knight]

A Phoenix. No, Link was pretty sure they'd know if they had one of those on board. But, the feather Pinkie Pie is playing with is a clue they can use. The bird might be traveling in that direction.

"It looks like the bird might be heading this way," he remarked, "We should see if it's left any other traces."

[skysmirror]

Xion nodded in agreement. "There should be some other signs. Foot prints don't show up easily on the metal here, but there might be more feathers or something else."

Recon missions had made her good at noticing things, at the very least. They were probably lucky they weren't trying to track the bird through a forest. She'd been a bit more out of her depth there.

[itsjustthenpcs]

[A little further ahead, and a blue and orange feather floats down from somewhere above...]

[sailorlaughter]

Pinkie was listening to her partners when her tail began twitching. It was just a TEENY twitch-a-twitch, so that meant whatever was falling wasn't too big. She stood and backed up a few paces, looking up at the ceiling.

"Hey, you guys! Look out, something's gonna - oooh! Nevermind, I found it~!" The twitching stopped as she bounded forward to catch at the feather.

[shortpants_knight]

"Another feather," Link observed as Pinkie Pie caught it, "This is a very colorful bird." Odd. A large, colorful, secretive bird. It seemed likely that such creature might live in a dense forest, possibly one with a lot of colorful flora... but that didn't explain how it was hiding from them so well in the sterile environment of the satellite. Especially with EVERYONE looking for it.

He looked up at the spot that Pinkie Pie had been looking at when she'd started to warn them about something falling. He would ask later how she even knew but, for now, he was more interested in seeing if there were any clues to be found where the feather had come from.

[skysmirror]

Xion went over to get a closer look. While she might not have known a lot about nature and animals, it would stand to reason that such a colorful bird would stand out anywhere on the satellite but the nature deck, and even there it might find blending in difficult. "It could be more than one bird?"

Considering the size, that made it unlikely--she knew enough to understand that several animals would make some kind of noise and find it more difficult to hide than one. Still it was an idea. Following Link's gaze, she guessed at what he was thinking. "Do you think he's hiding up there somewhere?"

[itsjustthenpcs]

[While they are investigating, characters may get the sense that something is moving overhead. There's a sound like a THUMP of it hitting t he ceiling, and then another colorful feather drops from the source of the noise.]

[sailorlaughter]

[Pinkie cranes her head up.] Hey! You should really be more careful up there, silly birdie!

[shortpants_knight]

Well that was strange. Had they startled the bird somehow? Curious, Link started looking around for a way to climb up there. He doubted they'd really be able to catch it while it was up there, but maybe he could shoo it down from there somehow.

Climbing the storage racks it was. Which was about the same as climbing on ivy, in someways, but considerably more rigid. Not necessarily more stable, though, as one seemingly secure handhold on a box turned out not to be and that box tipped easily, nearly taking Link with it as it fell to the floor. It was full of hats, some of which might actually look quite fetching with the addition of feathers from the bird they were looking for.

He halfway doubted it would still be there when he got up there, but maybe he'd get a clue as to where it was going.

[skysmirror]

It definitely sounded like something was up there. Xion didn't beat Link to attempting the climb, but could at least try to steady the storage rack for him. Which meant dodging the box of hats as it fell. "You okay?"

No, it wasn't likely they'd find the bird, since they weren't exactly being quiet. Still, it was one step closer and they might find more information.

[itsjustthenpcs]

[From above, there's the sound of some kind of squawking and another THUMP against the ceiling. The sound is moving further down the hall, albeit haphazardly.]

[shortpants_knight]

Link got down from the racks and followed at ground level. It was making enough noise to make tracking it possible and seemed to be having a tough time of it.

"I think we scared it," he remarked.

[skysmirror]

"Maybe." From the sound of it, the bird was definitely not trying to be quiet anymore, and giving up any pretense of stealth usually meant fear.

Xion backed up to give Link room to get down safely, then fell in line behind him. With this much noise, tracking should be easy.

[sailorlaughter]

Pinkie trotted ahead of the other two, keeping her eyes on the ceiling. "Awwww, don't be scared! I'll give you something yummy if you come ouuuut~!" She wasn't entirely sure how Fluttershy dealt with all her little animal buddies, but offering treats seemed like a good start to her!

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[shortpants_knight]

It didn't seem very likely that the bird was going to stop, not even for treats. The most they could do was follow it and see where it was going.

More than likely, it thought it was being pursued by something predatory. Unfortunately, if they backed off now they might lose it and that would be annoying. Link didn't really like the idea of having to try to locate it again.

[itsjustthenpcs]

[The sound continued on down the deck aways until it reached the end. There, there didn't seem to be anything obstructing their view...but still nothing could be seen. There was just the sound of something fluttering and thumping.]

[skysmirror]

It was just like Pinkie Pie to try to lure the bird (or birds) out with sweets. While Xion appreciated the sentiment, she didn't think it would work as well as it did with some people. At least whatever they were following made enough noise to actually be followed.

The dead end made her pause, though. If it was in the ceiling, the bird could have gone on, right? So why did it sound as close as ever, but she couldn't see it, even though nothing was blocking her view?

[sailorlaughter]

"Huh!" Pinkie trotted up to the end of the deck, pressing an ear against the wall. She'd been up in the air vents before, she was pretty sure the bird should've been able to keep going if it wanted. "Do you think it got stuck up there?"