Chocobo mingle

[we_meet_again]

Who: anyone
Where: vid room
When: Day 295

Hey, Imeeji shut ins, wanna do outdoor activities while still being indoors? This is your chance!

How’s that? Did I sell it?



[Glacies gently interjects]

I have come to enjoy learning about all of your own wonderful, unique homes, however we often do not have the chance to experience them outside of memories. With the hope that others will be inspired to do the same, we would like to share a small portion of ours with you all today. Please, visit the video room in order to learn about chocobos, a charming animal with deep cultural significance for Eos.



Which is all to say: chocobo races in the vid room, and you’re invited!






[The inside of the vid room looks a bit like a ranch today, with a large wooden stable next to a green, grassy paddock. Instead of horses, the paddock is full of large birds in a whole rainbow of colors, all saddled up and ready to ride. Large, fat chicks wander around underfoot, picking at bugs and stray bits of grains.

Near the stables is the start of a dirt racetrack / obstacle course that loops around the ranch, zig-zagging through trees and grassy meadows.]

[ This is a mingle! Come hang out, or challenge someone to a race. ]

[ Demonstrate a unit trait for 150 points. ]

Comments

Racing instructions

[we_meet_again]

If you want to race each other using dice mechanics, here are some simple rules you can use. Otherwise, feel free to do it freestyle. I’m not the boss of you.

SUGGESTED RACING RULES

The racetrack is 15 units long.

On your turn, roll 1d6 to determine how many units your chocobo covers. The first person to reach 15 wins.

Once per race, you can spur your chocobo into a sprint, where it will temporarily zoom forward at high speed. To spur your chocobo, roll 2d4+3 instead of your normal roll. However, after your chocobo sprints it will be tired, so on your next turn, you may only roll 1d2. Use it wisely!

Feel free to imagine whatever obstacles you want — for example: sharp turns, hurdles, rocks, pools of water, etc. All chocobos can jump, glide, and swim, but all of them are physically equal, regardless of color.

[send_noods]

Glacies so diplomatic.

[snickering, and scritching a bright purple chocobo under the chin]

[runawayprince]

[Noctis will be over here, petting a black chocobo and is also currently being harassed by a blue one, also seeking pets.]

Hey-!! I'll pet you too. [Laughing and reaching out to pet the both of them.]

This was a fun idea.

[send_noods]

Getting harassed already?

[we_meet_again]

I'm glad you were able to make it!

[overworker]

Heehee... Looks like you've already made a lot of friends.

[we_meet_again]

[he's trying to feed greens to a white chocobo, but it seems more interested in trying to preen his hair.]

Chocobo, please. The leaf. Eat the leaf.

[send_noods]

Maybe you can put the leaf in your hair.

[searingedgelord]

[Silk doesn't really spend much time in the vid room, but she is, in fact, pretty curious about both giant birds people can ride and also Gladio's home world, so she is here now, quietly observing before approaching the paddock]

[send_noods]

[walks over to her, he's being trailed by his purple bird though]

Hey, babe.

[have they discussed pet names? Too late. She gets his hand on her waist and a kiss on the side of her head]

[we_meet_again]

[waves]

Hey! Feel free to pick one out, if you want!

[nohalation]

BIG KENTUCKYS.

[racing is cool and all but can she shove her face into a virtual giant chicken, find out here, live on channel 04]

[send_noods]

[BEHOLD. Also approaches Angel, holding some leafy veggies]

Yeah, I told ya, they get big.

You wanna race? Or feed the chicks?

[gestures to the round, fat chocobo chicks milling around]

[we_meet_again]

Wanna pet one?

[deicider]

[Cardinal is here IMMEDIATELY to admire the birds. They have made friends with a yellow chocobo and are politely examining it in closer detail with their hands. Excitedly,]

How fast can they go? Can they glide? Who wants to race?

[send_noods]

Very, yes, and me.

You don't have to be that gentle. They like their scratches.

[demonstrates said scratches on his purple bird]

[we_meet_again]

[Wanders over, leading a white one by the reins]

I'd be down for a race!

[586]

[ as soon as he sets claw into the vid room a swarm of chonky chocobo chicks descends on him, smothering him to not!death in their soft feathers as they chirp their victory over the monster horse! ]

[ except it's more like he's just immediately surrounded by a bunch of chocobo chicks trying to climb on, hop up, or perch on him. ]

[ HE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. ]

You're all so small. [ leans down and noses one, accidentally knocking it over. ] ... [ FEELSBADMAN. ]

[send_noods]

[oh hey. Gladio's demeanor is a little standoffish, but damn, chocobo chick swarming horse is really funny]

... Don't worry about it, they're still tough even at that size.

[as evidenced by knocked over chick getting up and trying to perch again]

[overworker]

Oh wow! They're so big... [Gentle touches--] And soft too.

[She already loves these birds.]

[send_noods]

Yeah, they're great! I'm guessing you don't have something like 'em where you're from?

[tenebraecious]

[kneeling and scattering feed for the little ones]

Hello. There is enough for all of you. Do not push.

[we_meet_again]

[watching her feed all these cute chonkers]

I'm glad we're doing this. I'm having a lot of fun already.

[justfuckingtryit]

What brought this on?

Someone feeling homesick?

[send_noods]

I want normal animals for a day.

I guess the cats and dogs count.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...whoa.

[send_noods]

Yo, come say hi to birds!

[rollplayinghouse]

...You're all from the same world?

[That's to Gladio, Glacies and Cobalt.

For mingle purposes she is looking around at the ranch like it's totally foreign to her. Especially the chocobos, but really the whole situation.]

[send_noods]

Yeah. Him, too [points to the darkhaired boy in Lilis clothes].

And that guy [thumbs at Lumen].

... and Absinthe. But I dunno if he'd show up for chocobos.

[worldlyafflictions]

Are most animals where you're from just giant??

[send_noods]

[Opens his mouth to maybe say no. Shuts it. Opens his mouth again after thinking a moment]

... yes.

Except for dogs. And cats.

[that might be it]