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[It's such a nice day out that Okita has decided to take the House 50 pets for a walk. Around mid-morning after he finishes his training, Okita can be found wandering around the village with the yellow chocobo Tammy in tow. And on her back? A disgruntled Saizou, wishing he could be down from the heathen bird. Tammy doesn't seem to care since Okita keeps plying her with treats to ensure she follows.

As he walks, he'll open the journal and turn on the video, showing him and the bird in the background.]

It's such a nice day out~

I wonder if everyone's in school or if they're on break~?

Are all the New Feathers settled in? If anyone would like a tour around town today, I'll be out with Saizou and Tammy~ Dog, unfortunately, can't take walks. Poor thing. But! That's okay~ He's happy at home. Come say hello! I really want to meet all of you.

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[Oh, right. In retrospect, that was nooot exactly the most tactful thing to say in front of the bird like that. Wally winced and tried an apologetic smile, trying to push aside the instinct to think of it as a bird and think of her like just a different looking alien instead. It wasn't like he lacked experience with those.]

Man, I'm really sorry, Tammy. I wasn't thinking how that would sound.

[He added a few more apologetic strokes and glanced over at Okita.]

It's Wally West. New arrival and has a hidden talent for sticking his foot in his mouth.

[Tammy is busy eating and Saizou is simply staring at Wally like he's a doofus. But that's how Saizou looks at everyone.

Okita laughs and shakes his head, patting Tammy on the head.]

It's alright. I'm sure she'll forgive you.

It's nice to meet you-- [Western names...] West-san. Are you settling in here well enough? Minus the foot in mouth part?

[Wally's sort of used to getting that look from people, but from a pig is a new one. He reaches out to prod the pig's snout in retaliation without really thinking about how that might look.]

Huh? Oh, uh, Wally's fine. Most people don't call me by my last name unless they're mad at me for some reason.

[He glances away from Saizou briefly to smile at Okita. She's pretty nice and he's warming up to her already.]

Yeah, I think I'm getting everything down okay. I mean, other than the not really wanting to be here part, I guess the free food and housing's cool. Way easier than trying to find a job and all here. Somehow I don't think a place this small is going to have stuff like I did back home.

[OOOOOOH. The pig takes a snap at Wally's hand and stands up on Tammy's back, squealing and oinking at him.]

Saizou, stop it. [That only makes the pig angrier.]

Wally-san then. And yes, it is a bit of an adjustment. People try their best to make this closer to home, but...

[Okita shrugs slightly as if giving up that train of thought.]

Do you have any questions about this place? I work at the Welcome Center, so I might be able to help if you need anything.

[A slow, devious grin spreads across Wally's face at Saizou's reaction. That is just too good to pass up. Though he waits for the right moment, quickly switching to a too-innocent smile and answering Okita instead while he plans.]

I don't think so... I mean, it's hard to tell what to ask when I don't know a lot about this place to begin with. Hey, can we actually fly with these things? It seems really dumb to give us wings that don't do anything.

[Feigning total interest in Okita for now, Wally waits until he thinks the pig is at ease again (...as near as he can tell with a pig) before suddenly spinning around and trying to tweak that snout again.]

It's possible to hover with them an--

[Okita stops when Wally goes to tweak Saizou's nose. The pig backs up and snaps again, then simply launches himself at Wally's face - causing Tammy to startle and screech before running off in the opposite direction.]

Ah! Saizou! Tammy! No!

[Wally yelps as he finds himself suddenly facing an airborne pig bent on vengeance, which is not something he'd ever thought he'd have to come up against, really. He could easily dodge the attack, pluck the irate Saizou out of the air before he even knew what was happening, but he's not in costume and that would raise a lot more questions than he's willing to deal with right now.

So instead he moves just enough to minimise the impact, going down with a cry of-] Oh yeah? Now you're asking for it, porky!

[Torn between going after Tammy who is running circles in the road and trying to pry his pig from Wally's face, Okita decides to go after the one the most in trouble.

He runs over to Wally and manages to pluck Saizou off him. The pigs hooves are going a million miles an hour as he tries to stamp at Wally.]

Saizou! No!

I'm sorry. He's still a baby. Teasing him makes him very angry.

[He holds the pig to his chest and leans down, holding out a hand.]

Are you alright?

Hey, it's no big deal, really. [Wally laughs, taking the hand for balance more than anything and pushing himself up.] I'm fine.

[He'll have a few bruises, that's for sure, but he's had way worse than a cranky pig stomping on him and his metabolism means he heals fast, so it won't take long at all. Dusting himself down, Wally indicates the chicken frantically running circles not too far away.]

Since this is my fault, do you want me to help out with that?

Still, I'm sorry. [He looks down at Saizou and frowns.] Saizou, apologize!

[This only seems to upset the pig more and he grunts and squeals, waving his front hooves at Wally in an attempt to scratch at him.]

I'm glad you weren't hurt.

[With Saizou held firmly in his arms, he looks over to Tammy who is still running circles.]

...If you would?

Hey, no harm done, right? [And possibly just to bug the pig more, Wally tries to pet his head before following Okita's gaze towards Tammy.]

Other than that. Guess I better fix my mess.

[He carefully heads over towards the bird, hoping if he's slow and careful enough - so much so that it's way more frustrating than normal - he can catch a hold of it without having to do any tricks with his speed.]

[When Wally tries to pet Saizou, the pig snarls and bites at him again. Souji just sighs and pats Saizou's head instead.]

He's in a poor mood today, I'm afraid.

[But so is Tammy. Oops. Souji turns and watches as Wally tries to maneuver the bird.]

Tammy! It's okay! Calm down, you silly thing!

[Okay, so the slow isn't working so well for either of them, but Wally can't exactly bust out the superspeed right now with Okita watching. It'd end up being a pretty awkward conversation, and they'd been doing so well so far.

So he throws himself at the bird, hoping to catch a hold of her by using just the smallest bit of his superspeed.]

[When Tammy feels an unfamiliar person's arms around her, she starts to run faster, warking and crying. Meanwhile, Okita's trying not to die laughing at the sight.]

Didn't think this through! [Wally yelps, which feels like the understatement of the year right now. The bird's stronger than he expected and drags him off his feet just enough to throw his balance and ruin any advantage his superspeed could have given him, so he has to cling to Tammy even harder and scrabble not to fall over and get trampled.]

Any pointers?

[Aaaaaah someone is still clinging to her neeeeeck!!! Tammy leans heavily to the side Wally is clinging on and slows, still trying to drag him around.]

It's alright - just let go and she'll calm down.

[Meanwhile, Okita shifts Saizou to one arm and pulls a small handful of feed from a bag at his side.]

[He's not sure about this but frankly? The giant chicken is probably understandably more worried about the guy grabbing her, so letting go won't exactly make things worse.

...he hopes.]

If you say so...

[Now to just hope this didn't end with him getting pecked to death by a rabid chicken.]

[When he lets go, Okita will come over and shake the feed bag. The sound of it catches the bird's attention and she stops suddenly, standing tall at attention. With her distracted, he holds a hand out to Wally and smiles.]

Thank you for trying though. It was kind of you.

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