Heaven's BBS / Video (backdated)

[kokuyoyo]

From: Chikusa Kakimoto
Date: July 12


[Oh look who it is again. It's Chikusa! The camera is pointed straight at his face, and it's possible to tell that he's inside this time. His face is as dead as usual, and he doesn't say anything. That makes it easy to hear..... is that crunching?]

[Wordlessly, he turns the camera around, focusing on what would be a nice idyllic living room with an adorable cat with a split tail sitting on the end of a couch... if not for the fact that Ken is there.]

[Chewing on something.]

[His hands and mouth are bloody, and occasionally he pauses to spit out feathers. Yes, that is what you think it is in his hands.]

[Chikusa's voice finally starts up from offscreen.]

Ken... Why are you eating that?

'Cause the cat brought it, byon. [Ken gives Chikusa a look that has 'duh' written all over it.] You were just gonna throw it away! Hunting's not easy, byon! 'Specially not birds! And then it gave it to us, so somebody oughta eat it! [He huffs.] Now shut up, you're gonna make me choke on a bone.

[Chikusa's sigh is long suffering, and the camera shifts slightly to focus more on the cat.]

Pookie, why did you give him that...?

["Pookie" sniffs, looking condescending as only cats truly can, and looks away.]

You know full well that I don't answer to that name, dumb kappa.

I'm not calling you Ironclaw....

[With that, Chikusa turns the camera back to himself. His expression, minimalistic as it is, is very much the same as when he filmed Ken chasing a ball, only with much less things being thrown at his head. Just that dead eyed stare, and the slight quirk of his mouth.]

Comments

[small_reservations]

[That's...

Shit. That's not good. Not only is this a good way to ruin a couch, but Ken is eating a bird. Raw. On camera. Isn't that embarrassing.]

Guys. You know that'll make him sick, right?

[kokuyoyo]

[It's okay, Axel, Ken has done more embarrassing things on camera. Or, he will anyway.]

....Pookie or Ken?

[small_reservations]

Pookie's a girl. Or so she claims.

[Because clearly that's the only objectionable thing with that statement.]

Birds have germs and parasites. No shame in cooking her offerings.

[kokuyoyo]

He started eating it before I could do anything...

[and you know what, prying open ken's mouth to pull out a dead bird is not the hill he wants to die on today]

...Do you think that holds true for Far Shore animals?

[small_reservations]

I have no clue. Maybe they have diseases that wouldn't affect mortals.

[They could also be gods. Bird-gods. Worshipped by the birds of the near shore. But Axel won't say that, it sounds crazy.]

[kokuyoyo]

I have a complaint to make to the Heavens about this then...

[Seriously, people, do some damage control on your wildlife]

[small_reservations]

I can't control if some divine nematode infects a bird and I don't think they can either.

video

[talkbirdytome]

[They're relying on a cat to catch their dinner? Not the worst plan but seriously boys you need to self sufficient.]

Umm... do you guys need any tips on how to hunt? Or maybe... clean your kills?

video

[kokuyoyo]

He knows how.... But apparently you don't turn down gifts.

[Chikusa thinks this is ridiculous but. oh well.]

Re: video

[talkbirdytome]

[Squints into the camera. Because that helps you see things the camera isn't focused on... anymore...]

Are you sure? It doesn't look like he cleaned it properly....

[kokuyoyo]

I was about to throw it out...

[Implication: so Ken stuffed it in his mouth before Chikusa could manage]

[talkbirdytome]

Throw it out? Perfectly good meat? That's a waste!

[kokuyoyo]

Other animals can have it. We already have food.

[talkbirdytome]

Still sounds like a waste to me. The right skills could've turned that into a delicious dinner.

[handle]

[ You sure see some strange things here... ]

Hunting can be pretty challenging if you haven't done it before. You guys need some help? I have some experience with it myself.

[kokuyoyo]

He can hunt on his own just fine. Pookie knows this just fine. I don't get why she brought him a dead bird.

[handle]

If it's the cat's prey, couldn't it be a gift?

[kokuyoyo]

Apparently but she won't tell me why. I didn't think she liked him that much.

[handle]

Cats sure are different from dogs. At least, this could be its way of showing affection. .... Though, I'm not so sure about him eating that, either.

[kokuyoyo]

You heard him. He said it would have been a waste otherwise.

[And is just gross. Chikusa is sure of this fact.]

[handle]

Wouldn't it have been better to do something like bury it?

[ Or at least cook it properly... ]

video ♔ from Apollo

[priforprince]

Mrrrhhh!!

[ This time Hibiki hits video, not just audio, by accident. (You'd think she'd learn not to hold her hand there, but that would imply acknowledging mistakes were made.)

There is a brief ceiling shot of a cup of tea flying upwards, and then the camera lands on its side on a desk just in time to see a pair of loafers, with a person inside them, finish toppling over and vanish.

A crash, as if something extremely fragile just hit the floor in this room, can be heard faintly behind the speakers. ]

[smilingbullet]

[ Nice, Ken.... ]

Have you tried spraying water on him to train that habit out of him?

[kokuyoyo]

He'd just run away with it in his mouth, and that might get more blood elsewhere...

[gdi ken]

[smilingbullet]

That’d be a lot to clean up in that case. Would he clean up his mess after?