Familiar Performs and Oddities
Performs
Bat
Sinah snickers and makes a gesture towards the tropical bat.
Suddenly it takes to the air circling until it spots you and without
warning begins to swoop at your head causing you to duck the flying
bat over and over! After awhile it tires and resumes what it was
doing before.
Bear
Talonkarde begins clapping a rhythm and nods to his lean bear.
It rears up on its hind legs and begins to dance around the area,
growling in time with Talonkarde's clapping. It begins to approach
Talonkarde with the obvious intent of making him its partner.
Seeing this, Talonkarde stops clapping and his bear ends the
dance with as much grace as a bear can muster.
Cat
Your cat doesn't seem to care to perform any tricks.
Others see: A cat looks lazily at Dyanara and yawns.
Others see: A cat looks lazily at Dyanara and yawns.
Crow
Dyanara points to the sky. The russet crow appears to nod at
Dyanara then launches itself into the sky. As you peer up, the
crow is only a tiny spot then suddenly it vanishes. Dyanara
smiles to herself and utters a few arcane words. In a puff of
smoke, the crow suddenly appears and caws proudly while
stretching its wings.
Falcon
Dyanara glances over at her russet falcon and nods.
The falcon launches itself into the air and flies off.
Moments later you hear a high-pitched squeal coming from
that direction, and the falcon returns and lands beside
Dyanara, holding a bloody scrap of striped fur in its talons.
Gerbil
Vernais winks at a tan gerbil and it quickly scrambles up her leg. It
continues up her arm until it reaches her shoulder. It then jumps
fearlessly and lands with a small tumble. Surprisingly, it seems to
have not been hurt at all.
Goose
Sinah looks directly at her red-throated goose and snaps her
fingers. The goose stretches its long neck out and loops its head
around and under, tying itself into a loose knot. Sinah snaps her
fingers again and the goose tries several times to untangle itself
before giving up and honking plaintively at Sinah. Sinah stifles a
laugh as she guides its head back out of the knot.
Guinea-pig
Vernais snaps her fingers and the tan guinea-pig gathers itself into a
ball and rolls around for a moment or two. It then uncurls itself and
resumes whatever it was doing.
Leopard
Talonkarde inhales nervously and nods at his spotted leopard. The
leopard assumes a relaxed stance, and you notice its spots begin to
blur and move to mimic the background. Soon it fades completely from
sight. Suddenly, you hear a roar and see a blur flashing toward
Talonkarde and you see him get knocked flat on his back. You
recognize the leopard standing on Talonkarde's chest, the needle tips
of its claws making just the slightest indentations in his flesh.
Lizard
Vernais points her finger at a nearby bug and the pearl-white lizard
focuses on it. It sticks its tongue out as far as it will go then
curls the end of it in the form of a loop. With some flair, the
pearl-white lizard catches the unsuspecting bug in the loop and
greedily eats its catch.
Lynx
Talonkarde reaches down to scratch his lean lynx behind its ears.
It purrs, then begins slinking around between his legs and pushing
its head at his hand to get him to pet it some more. Finally, it
takes a more direct route and stands up on its hind legs, putting
its front paws on Talonkarde's chest and staring up into his face
in a demand for more attention.
Owl
Talonkarde whistles at his owl. The owl smoothly swivels its
head around to face him and winks at him with seemingly all-knowing eyes.
Panther
Talonkarde grins mischievously and nods at his black panther.
The panther prowls off silently. Moments later you hear a
bloodcurdling howl and a feral feline whine that is suddenly
cut off. The panther slinks back into the area and sits beside
Talonkarde, a basso purr rumbling from its throat as it licks
shreds of grey fur from its fangs.
Piglet
Sinah signals to her chubby piglet. The piglet sniffs at the
ground in the area, and after finding a suitable spot begins to dig at
the earth with its snout. Moments later, it squeals in delight and
you see it balancing a freshly unearthed truffle on the end of its
nose. Sinah gives her piglet an indulgent nod and it flips the
truffle into its mouth, chewing happily.
Rabbit
Sinah whispers into one of the fuzzy rabbit's ears and it
immediately begins to tap its foot. After a moment or two the tapping
begins to increase. Harder and harder then faster and faster until
the drone is enough to make you want to hold your hands over your
ears! Thankfully it stops after some time but your ears are still
ringing.
Rat
Sinah snaps her fingers and a chubby rat begins to nibble on
Vernais's feet. As she tries to swat it away, it scrambles behind
Sinah and begins to make a sound, not unlike snickering.
Raven
Sinah signals to her dusky raven to hop up onto her
outstretched arm and climb up to her shoulder. Sinah whispers to her
raven and is rewarded with a bemused stare from the raven and a loud
squawk of "You want me to do that trick? I told you...never again!"
The raven hops down from her shoulder and begins cackling
uproariously.
Squirrel
Talonkarde winks at his lean squirrel. The squirrel scampers up his leg
and onto the top of his head. It sketches a tiny salute and leaps out
into the air. It zooms around the area, twisting and turning with the
aid of its bushy tail. Finally, it takes one daring swoop between Talonkarde's
legs and lands beside him, bowing smugly.
Turtle
Vernais nods at her turtle and it tucks its head inside its
shell. After a moment or two, it sticks its head out the other end of
the shell and then returns inside. Another pause goes by and its head
reappears out the correct hole in the shell.
Oddities
A lean bear stands up on its hind legs and begins pawing at its neck. Carefully removing its skin like an overcoat, a hazy bipedal shape emerges from inside the bear skin. Neatly tucking the skin under one appendage, the blurry shape flickers out of sight.
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Thanks to Janora, Vernais, Dyanara, and Talonkarde for their help.