LRAB Chapter 97 Nightly Routine
Chapter 97 Nightly Routine
Turning his body and swinging a leg over the log so as to straddle it, Aoni looked on with an amused expression as his summons happily appeared while singing together.
"It seems they've gotten closer; that's good," the moment Glacia spotted Aoni, he flashed a grin, then patted his lap and stretched his arms out, hugging the air, the universal sign to Glacia for cuddles, and as expected, much to the shock and dismay of Nyria, the floof accelerated fast enough to send the poor fledgling flapping.
"GAooooOOoOoo!"
THUMP
Since he was ready to receive a full-blown tackle from his furry missile, Aoni easily caught Glacia and gave her plenty of scratches and pets while looking at Nyria as she gracefully landed on the ground not far away.@@@@
"No need to be shy; you get cuddles, too," said Aoni, while tilting his head to the side and looking at the fledgling with tenderness and compassion
Nyria, completely unaccustomed to any sort of affection, hopped once in her lord's direction before stopping and looking on with longing. After spending time with Glacia and hearing all her stories about Aoni and how kind he was, she truly wanted to believe it all, but her cautious nature wouldn't allow it.
Yet, as she stood there less than six or so feet away from the pair, she, too, wanted to enjoy being pet and having her feathers preened.
"You're one of us, Nyria, and nighttime is always cuddle time, so if you don't get your spot quickly, Glacia will hog up all the attention; I mean, Look at this face. Does she seem like someone lacking love?" Catching Glacia as she squirmed to get comfortable, Aoni held the poor floof out on display as if she were a lion cub being shown to a kingdom of animals.
"GAOOOO!" earning the Lad a discontented gao, as Glacia huffed and tried to return to her favorite second favorite spot beside Aoni's shoulder.
Sure enough, the second he brought Glacia back to his embrace, Nyria spotted the content look on her sister's face and the fledgling through caution to the wind and with a mighty...
FLAPPP!
"Tomorrow, I'll have to make a new one and upgrade the others,"
"Gao?" (Gone?)
"Yeah, I blew one up..."
"Chee? Chee chee?"
'Exploded...Like...boom?'
"Gaoooooo, oOooo gao gaoo," (So thatsss where it went,)
"Mistakes happen, oh, I guess you don't know about that, but I can power things up, myself and you guys included," looking at Nyria on his shoulder while narrating, Aoni jiggled the bone used to keep the containers closed.
"Gao, chuff, GAO," she said, rolling her eyes and looking away from Aoni; Glacia seemed to be teasing him, making Nyria chee in laughter.
"Cheechee cheee."
"Hey, I can make a new one; I made all the other ones right; the next ones gonna be even better, mark my words." Feeling wronged by Glacia's apparent accusation, Aoni booped her nose, causing the floof to sneeze and Nyria to continue laughing.
Upon finishing his checks of the containers, the final chore on the nightly list was to feed the campfire and ensure it had enough wood to last through the night, and once that was complete, all that remained was the ACTUAL heading into the cave.
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"Alright, everyone hop off the Aoni-Taxi; I gotta get my gear off," the Lad said, which was the worst part of Glacia's night; even so, she still obeyed like a good girl and, with a huff, leaped down onto the hardwood floor before looking up at Nyria as if saying 'come on little sister.'