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[velocityraptor]

Type: Text
Sender ID: velocityraptor (Hawks)
To: General Public
Subject: Small PSA
Warnings: None


If you see the big not-quite-a-bird in the sky circling around please don't shoot.

I mean. You're not going to hit me, but it's kinda rude.

Also, I'm Hawks. If you need anything at all, just let me know.

Comments

[Text] UN: emberized

[emberized]

Anything?

That's a pretty tall order, chief!
What if someone just wants a snack or something?

[velocityraptor]

Sure, why not? I'm really fast, I'd make a great delivery service.

I'm a hero. No job is too small for me.

[emberized]

Well what if they don't even know and are asking you to decide?

[The point is that he's trying to help you realize you're being way too lenient, buddy!]

There's gotta be a limit

[velocityraptor]

Then I would recommend chicken skewers! Or fried chicken.

[ Don't mind his terrible raptor tastes. ]

Uh, not really. I won't do anything criminal, that's about it.

[emberized]

You're not supposed to just agree!

[Yeah, spoken like a true hero type all right; what Axel knows of them anyway.]

Whatever floats your boat I guess.
Wouldn't catch me being that careless.

Lemme guess. Paladin?

[velocityraptor]

Why not? There's no harm in getting someone a snack if that's what would make them happy.

I'm curious what's careless about it.

Yeah, happen to be, but I don't like being on the boat that much. The floor moves under my feet. It's so creepy!

[emberized]

I don't know about less creepy but Corsair ships sure don't

[Floor moving??? Oh. The reasoning suddenly clicks into place.]

Heh You really are most at home in the air!

Hey wait a second
You're not the guy from the tattoo parlor?

[velocityraptor]

Oh well if they don't maybe I should check out the Corsair ships.

[ He can make friends with people who are ideologically opposed to him, can't he? ]

I also like the highest places I can find.

That would be me, I assume. I was there and made a huge mess with my wings. Didn't really think that through. It was on me.

[emberized]

Can't say I don't prefer them myself

[He has perched upon many a rooftop, come to think of it.]

That was you.

[Axel confirms.]

I didn't see the point in getting inked up, left after our little chat.

Little did I know I'd end up back there after all

[velocityraptor]

Sorry about that, I didn't mean to drive you away, if I did.

I'm not thrilled about the tattoo, I bring that home and my handler is going to really give it to me. They'd have to cover it up next time I had to do a photo shoot.

Ah well, I hope your tattoo wound up okay. I'd hate to be quirkless myself.

Text, UN: 🖕nunya🖕

[telepathicignorance]

(Oh. They're pretty sure they know who this guy is.)

People are shooting?

voice / un: general-affairs

[general_affairs]

Oh shit, you weren't yankin my chain after all. Thanks again for getting me out of that cloud though.

You'd make a killing as a courier. There's always juicy gossip in it, too.

[velocityraptor]

Yeah, someone was. Like I said, they didn't hit me, but it's probably weird to have someone like me lurking around. Don't really want to spend my time dodging.

Voice

[velocityraptor]

I wasn't, at all. Why, you wanna come flying?

No problem, any time.

There's juicy gossip? Do tell.

[telepathicignorance]

Aren't there like, multiple kinds of bird people native to this world?

(Like the Peacocks and shit? Or do people just see "not a bird I'm familiar with" and immediately start shooting?

...It's probably some asshole deliberately shooting at bird people for some reason.

Fuck.)

[velocityraptor]

So I've heard, but I haven't seen any yet. It's not that big of a deal, I probably startled someone.

[telepathicignorance]

There were a bunch of peacock people living on a giant starfish a while back.

(They think it was the starfish, at least.

As for the person shooting birds... for now they just make a note to look into it later. If it is someone doing this deliberately, they're about to get beat up, robbed, and handed over to law enforcement.)

un: bountyfull

[bountyfull]

"Not-quite-a-bird" huh...

So, what's that mean exactly?

[velocityraptor]

It means I'm a person who flies like a bird because I have really big red wings. They're my quirk.

[velocityraptor]

I just got here, I'm still exploring, but in most places so far I haven't seen any bird people.

[general_affairs]

Oh, you're offering to whisk me off my feet now? It was just one card trick.

[ A huff of a laugh. ]

Oh plenty. You wouldn't believe how catty the librarians get about trading stock.

[velocityraptor]

Well you did call me pretty~ [ Don't think he missed that. ]

I always enjoy the good gossip.

[general_affairs]

I call it like I see it, yo.

[ He hummed thoughtfully. ]

Depends on how you like it. Any gossip's good gossip if you've got shit taste.

[velocityraptor]

I'll listen to just about anything really, never know when it can become useful later.

[ Good thing Reno can't see him flutter his wings a little bit at the compliment. No one's watching him, it's fine. ]

You're not afraid of heights are you?

[general_affairs]

Nogard's your place. The crowd's a little rough though, just a warning.

What kinda pilot would I be if I was?