Room 505, Saturday Evening

[thatsamilkshake]

What better way to spend the first day of Christmas Break and no more finals than helping your ex-boyfriend test his swan-creating powers? Sort of. Except for the lack of swan.

Look, it was this or watch A Chuck Umber Christmas for the third time this week.

[OOC: For the Ears, but open after!]

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[thatsamilkshake]

"A delicacy you can only get in the supermarket," Francine answered. "Though it would be funny to watch him go out hunting for it."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Maybe the next time he's unbearable," Merlin replied with a grin. He took a breath and flopped down on Francine's bed to try the spell. It had been a while, after all.

[thatsamilkshake]

"How does it work?" Francine asked, scooting over to give him space to work in.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

He placed the doll carefully on the bed, crouching to hit eye level with it. "It's supposed to animate objects. Took me all night to get it to work the first time."

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine tilted her head and then mirrored his action, and the balance of clusterfuckery breathed a sigh of relief that she wasn't wearing a low-cut shirt. "Why were you trying to animate snakes? Or was that the dog?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"The dog was to make sure it worked. The snakes--" Merlin made a face. "A knight was using an enchanted shield to kill his opponents in a tourney. I couldn't prove it without having them come to life in full view of the king."

[thatsamilkshake]

"Huh. So he already had snakes in his shield? That's creepy."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Really creepy," Merlin confirmed. He took a deep breath and muttered the spell like he remembered it. When it worked.

...those two times.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine, being the smartest human ever, leaned forward to peer at the stuffed owl, which probably put her at risk of either having her face clawed off if it worked, or accidentally bringing her clothing to life. "Is it working?"

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"It should." Merlin frowned and tried again with more force behind his words and--

Oh look. the doll fell over.

[thatsamilkshake]

"...Maybe it's a really sleepy owl?" Francine poked at it lightly. (See above re: smartest human ever.)

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

The poke managed to garner a very high pitched 'scree' that was... oddly adorable as it was far too quiet to be painful to hear.

Merlin perked up, trying to get a look at the creature now. "Did it always make that noise or...?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine snatched her finger back. "No!" And then slowly, carefully extended it again. Not so pokey this time, though.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

The owl chick on the bed struggled slightly to get back onto it's feet, flailing more than a little bit as it did.

"Should we help it?" Merlin asked in a whisper. Because the owl could totally understand him, you know.

[thatsamilkshake]

Somewhere in Francine's head there was a thing about not picking up baby birds because then they would smell like humans and their mother wouldn't let them back in the nest, but... But this baby bird used to be a plush toy, and it didn't have a mother.

"Aww - it's getting its claws caught in the blanket," she whispered back, because... she had no idea. Because he had.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin was just forced to join in the aww-ing and reach over to help right the chick back onto it's feet. "It's so... fluffy."

The little ball of white fluff hissed slightly at him, trying to inform him that it was not fluffy, thank you.

[thatsamilkshake]

Yeah, that worked about as well as it had for Katchoo. Well, okay, a little better since bunnies can't hiss.

Francine was just now letting the significance of this wash over her. "You made a baby bird."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...I didn't make it. I just changed it." Merlin's statement might have more validity had he not been very gently petting the wee thing now.

Hehadababybirdomgsocute.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Has it ever occurred to you that you're kind of gay?" "Are you going to --- what are going to do with it?" Francine asked, putting out her own finger to stroke its feathers.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Well, if it sticks around for the night, I think we can safely assume the swan will. And--" Oh, it was hissing again as it hobbled on closer to Merlin. So in a completely heterosexual manner cute! "--I suppose I could ask Arthur how they raise the birds."

[thatsamilkshake]

Yes, so at least the bird was cute in a heterosexual manner. "Do you think it's a boy or a girl?" Francine asked. She hadn't actually decided, back when it was a stuffed toy.

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"...I'm not sure how to tell with birds." Other than coloring, but that didn't help with the ball of fluff that was now bobbing it's head about as it investigated the one with large ears.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Me neither." No, really? "We could look it up online..."

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin eyed the bird as it turned it's head at an angle no creature ought to. "Do you want to check when we find out?"

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine eyed the Merlin and turned her head a an angle no creature ought to. "You mean... check to see if it's a boy or a girl?"