Third Strike - Video

[kendo_taisho]

[Heiji's in his room, which hardly looks like your average teenager's room. There's very little stuff in it and it's neat and organized. The biggest mess is a folder of papers on the bed behind him.

The teen himself looks a little worse for wear. There's a bandage on his cheek and the hint of bandaging wrapped around his arms under his sleeves, and he looks incredibly tired like he's been pulling constant all nighters for the past week.

He seems to be distinctly uncomfortable, but trying to hide it as he straightens the camera and addresses the community.]

Hey, anyone out there good with animals? Rescued a dog a couple weeks ago, an' they said he was gonna be fine, but I wanted t'make sure.

[There's a small crash as something off camera...peeps? Heiji looks just a little embarrassed.]

An'...I got another problem. I don't know what t'do with it!

[He moves the camera to where the lamp on his desk had been knocked over by...a chick. The size of an infant. It chirps at him again and then, oh so casually, rolls the lamp the rest of the way off the desk. There's a bit of horrified silence, and then a quiet 'help', before the video ends.]

Comments

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[hands4healing]

That's not a dog.

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[kendo_taisho]

Yeah no, that's very much not a dog. That's my second problem.

Th' dog's lying at my feet. He hasn't been movin' around much. Not sure if his lungs've fully healed or not.

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

What's wrong with the dog's lungs?

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[kendo_taisho]

Some pretty severe smoke inhalation. He was trapped in a third floor apartment during a fire.

[Audio]

[hands4healing]

Oh my gosh! Have you taken him to a vet?

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[nakatsu]

wtf that bird is BIG

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[kendo_taisho]

Yes, yes it is.
the hell does it even eat??

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[nakatsu]

is it trying to eat anything already?

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[kendo_taisho]

Every small thing it could manage to fit in its beak.
i've had to childproof my room. Twice.

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[honeyxlemon]

Oh, my gosh! Look how cute it is!!

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[kendo_taisho]

It's a menace. [Hissed between his teeth as he dives to make sure the thing doesn't just walk off the desk. It peeps adorably when it's caught like a fluffy basketball.]

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[honeyxlemon]

No, it's just a baby! [ AWWW. FLUFFY BASKETBALL. ] Do you need help with it?

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[kendo_taisho]

Please. [The chick flails its little legs until Heiji puts it down, and promptly bounces it's way off frame to the other side of the desk. Heiji is beginning to look desperate.]

[Audio]

[eastdetective]

Should a pet detective really be so useless with pets?

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[kendo_taisho]

[Ya wanna GO??]

Yeah, you try wakin' up with a mutant chirpin' in yer face at three oclock in th' mornin!

[eastdetective]

Where did it come from, anyway?

[kendo_taisho]

I...won it? It's from th' swear-in. [Yeah, he doesn't sound entirely sure.]

Got a greenhouse out've it too, though I haven't had the chance t' go check it out.

[There's a minor explosion of adorable peeping in the background.]

[voice] /Kaito Kuroba

[tuxedo_magician]

.... you have a giant chicken.

I'm not sure whether to think that's the coolest thing ever or just back away slowly.

[Voice]

[kendo_taisho]

Ya want it?

[No, Heiji. No one wants it. No matter how cute it seems, it is a menace to society. Why would you offer to put that on anyone else's shoulders?]

[Voice]

[tuxedo_magician]

I dunno.

Think it could be trained? I could always use it in one of my shows at the casino.

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[kendo_taisho]

It'd prolly eat all yer cards. This thing is a disaster.

[resipiscent]

Is that a chocobo or something?

[kendo_taisho]

That's a genetically modified chicken that I, allegedly, won at my swear-in.

What's a chocobo?

[resipiscent]

It's a big yellow bird. You can ride on it.

[kendo_taisho]

[Suddenly imagining this thing big enough to ride, and he goes pale at the sheer horror of his imagination.]

L-let's hope it's not.