6th Dive

[shortpants_knight]

[On the nature deck is a rather large, gray-green bird that seems to be looking for something. Or maybe he's looking for somewhere to get comfortable.

Obviously, this is another victim of this week's oddness, but he can't tell us anything. While most of those who have been changed have maintained an ability to speak, he has not. If he had, he would probably express some confusion over being a bird similar to one he knows from back home, but not as large.]

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[yabigfurball]

[Amaterasu is a bit interested that out of all the animals that have appeared on the network so far, this one hasn't spoken yet. She looks a bit closer.]

Hello?

[shortpants_knight]

[Unfortunately, he hasn't spoken yet because he can't speak. He clicks his bill in mild frustration and then sighs and shakes his head.

You're gonna have to ask him a yes or no question. At least he can answer those.]

[yabigfurball]

[Oh well, Ammy doesn't mind that all. In fact, she's more used to that than anything. And a yes or no question, she can do.]

Would you like something to eat?

[shortpants_knight]

[If he had eye brows at the moment, they'd be half way up his forehead. As it is, he just shakes his head. Food is not the problem at the moment.]

[yabigfurball]

[Oh well. Too bad, because Ammy enjoys feeding animals. But this probably isn't quite the same thing here.]

Then you'd like to talk, I suppose.

[shortpants_knight]

[He nods in response. Talking would be lovely. Unfortunately, it's not happening right now.]

[yabigfurball]

I have paper and ink, if you would like to write or draw with them.

[She figures if she can paint without hands, a bird with claws can probably manage all right.]

[shortpants_knight]

[He might just be able to do it with his wings, seeing as he handled a stick like a sword when they'd all been turned into Pokemon. Failing that, he supposes he could try with his talons, though he's pretty sure bird talons aren't dexterous enough for that.

He nods in response. He's willing to try.]

[yabigfurball]

[She nods back. A little while later, she shows up on the nature deck, a stack of thick paper and an ink brush and pen in hand. She prefers the brush, but she knows that most of the humans here seem to prefer pens.]

Here you are.

[shortpants_knight]

[Whiule he's waiting he experiments a little and finds that holding stuff in his wings isn't going to work like it did when he was a Pokemon. At least, not for something as small as a writing instrument. Bird talons aren't particularly dexterous, but they are more useful for holding something than wings and he does seem to have an easier time manipulating a pen-sized stick that way than with his wings.

The ink brush makes it more obvious that it's Ammy offering this help, but it's nice that she thought to bring the pens. Link's more accustomed to using an inkwell and a bird feather or similar item for a stylus. The pens many others use are closer to this than the brush, but he realizes the brush may be easier for him in his current form. Still, he decides to try the more familiar first... and manages to tear the paper right away. Which was the exact reason he was thinking the brush might be a better idea. Ah well. It's a learning experience.

There is another small problem. Even if he can write legibly, there's a small possibility that no one's going to be able to read it anyway as the writing system he knows may not be in use here. Although, he does know that Saria is from the same world, albeit a different time. Maybe she can read it, but first he needs to see if he can even write like this.]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy waits patiently while he tries out the paper, and says nothing when he accidentally tears it. She has plenty where that came from, and there's no fault in attempting something and failing. Learning is the important part.]

[However, he seems to pause on what to actually write.] I have found it easiest to draw a picture of what I'd like to say. Few here can read the language I know.

[shortpants_knight]

[What he wants to say might be a bit too complicated for pictures. But, maybe he can ask for the person most likely to be able to read anything he'd write? But what could he even draw that hint at Saria?

After thinking on it a moment, he does recall that she spends a lot of time on the nature deck and she likes music. It's a stretch, but he tries drawing a leaf, a simple face and a musical note in a speech bubble. It's recognizable at least. He considers the picture for a moment and then adds the girl's name. If nothing else, maybe they can show the picture via Cambot.

It's probably obvious that drawing isn't really a strong suit for him...]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy considers the picture for a little while. This is a person who likes leaves...and singing. And then there's the name he adds at the end - Saria. However, she's got one more question.]

Is this you, or someone you'd like to talk to?

[shortpants_knight]

[He really can't answer that question with a yes or no. The two parts of the question, maybe, but not as a whole. Sighing, he considers how best to proceed.

Doesn't Saria have an ocarina? Well, it's worth a shot. He tries drawing an ocarina. It comes come out better than he's expecting it to. Hopefully it'll clarify?]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy looks at the picture...some sort of flute. Well he doesn't point to himself or anything, so she'll just go with the assumption that this is for Saria, and that she's elsewhere.]

If she is an animal, do you know what she is? [It'd be easier to identify her that way, anyway.]

[shortpants_knight]

[Link can only shake his head here. No, he has no idea what creature Saria became for this. For that matter, he doesn't even know if she'd still be able to talk, so it might be a moot point anyway.]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy just smiles back.]

If you'd like me to, I'll do my best to find her.

[She's used to looking for people like this, anyway. Aaand...off she goes to search.]

[sylvan_child]

[Saria is in her usual place on the nature deck. She's actually gotten quite used to her new form, and she seems to be quite contentedly sitting in the grass, her ocarina tucked away in the knot of a nearby tree. It's too bad the instrument is as big as she is now and she can't really play it, though]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy goes searching around all over the Satellite, although the nature deck is one of the first places that she goes to look. Eventually, she spies the little bunny...but mostly, she sees that flute in a nearby tree. That seems the best indicator that this is Saria. She approaches the bunny slowly.]

Hello. You are Saria, right? There is a bird that is asking after you.

[shortpants_knight]

[Said bird has noticed that Ammy didn't have to go far before getting a lead. He waits, though. Even if the little bunny is Saria, he's out of luck is she's also unable to speak.]

[sylvan_child]

[Saria's ears perk a little as the pretty woman addresses her, a little spooked by the vast difference in size but listening carefully.]

...A bird? [She doesn't know any birds, does she?]

[yabigfurball]

[Ammy just smiles down at her.] Yes. I'm not sure who it is, but they drew a picture of your flute.