Too late, little one, I'm on the run [OPEN]

[yatagarasu]

WHO: Kay Faraday and/or her band of Merry Crows, and YOU!
WHERE: Everywhere, actually.
WHEN: Anytime this August, forward-dating to September also accepted. This is a very flexible log.
WHAT: This! To be precise, Kay's crows are out and about, watching people, stalking people, pranking people, and making life a whole lot more interesting.
WARNINGS: None. Make your own threads and indicate whether they're open or closed. Remember, tagging around and running into people dealing with crows is very much encouraged! BONUS: Comes with open log for #007 residents and people who'd like to hang out at it.

[Despite all her general silliness and propensity for tricks and jokes, Kay actually took learning about her powers more seriously than most people thought. She made the most out of her gift of gab with the crows, deploying them as scouts, messengers and fighters...or merely companions. And everywhere she went, there was always a crow about, whether because she called one to accompany her, or just because word spread among the crow murder (or network of murders) about her.

But crows will be crows, and crows are notoriously smart creatures. When nothing much is going on, they can be found either lurking up in a tree or silently winging their way toward certain people. Or worse...gathering information, pooping on things or causing general mischief.]

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[#007; OTA]

[yatagarasu]

[Wherever Kay is in the house, she seems to be followed by three or four crows at a time. Cleaning up, cooking, making cookies, or just hanging out in her bedroom, the crows are there. And sometimes, even when she's in one room, crows are exploring the rest of #007.

Sorry guys. Have fun.]

[moded]

[It's the smell of cooking that has Bart coming out of his room. Because really, what self-respecting speedster wouldn't be the first in line to try and swipe some as they were still cooling?

Except... there's a crow. There's a crow just sort of hanging out in the kitchen and staring at Bart like it just knows what he's planning to do.

Which is why, when Kay turns around, she'll find her roommate kind of in the middle of a glare-off with a bird.]

[yatagarasu]

[Kay is making lunch! There's chicken (just waiting to be swiped) and mashed potatoes (maybe swipe-able if you don't mind holding it in your hands) and even a salad, which she is tossing for anyone not in the mood for meat. And amazingly she's good enough at cooking to make her stuff taste and smell pretty lovely.

The crow seems to stand watch over the food already done like a shadowy sentinel, and doesn't sound the alarm. It doesn't need to, because Kay turns around while mixing up the salad - ]

Uh...am I interrupting something?

Morning, 8/31, Open to Residence #35

[hands4healing]

[Winry is up early as Zoey needs to go out. She lets the dog into the yard, watching to make sure Zoey doesn't run off.]

C'mon, girl, let's get some breakfast.

[There are a couple of crows in the tree in the yard, Winry notices, but they're not swooping after Zoey, so she doesn't pay them much mind.]

september 1st - closed to Kay

[ironbuttmonkey]

[He's not actually all too far from residence 007, considering he's out here to see Kay in the first place so he can ask her out.

But he's never done anything like this before, so maybe it might be a good idea to run over what he's going to say beforehand. He's practically just down the street, completely sure nobody's around, but that's mainly because he's talking to himself.......or at least it looks that way.]

Yoooo...so, Kay. I was thinking about going to catch a movie, if you wanna come al- ...no, no, you have to be more direct. That just sounds like you wanna hang out.

Hm- [A beat.] -hey Kay, you better set a date, cause we're going on one! ...even I think that's stupid. Plus that's more like a statement than a question.

This is harder than I thought it'd be...and I haven't even done it yet. Sheesh.

[GOOD THING HE'S TOTALLY ALONE RN.]

[yatagarasu]

[TOTALLY ALONE except for a crow winging low and perching itself on a fire hydrant, observing this dude talking to himself.

It fixes its beady eyes on Sanageyama as if waiting for him to say something more. But after a while it flutters away, back to #007.]

[ironbuttmonkey]

[It's not that hard to make the connection - she's had a crow with her almost every time they've interacted, so before it even takes off he recognizes it as...]

Hey, isn't that-

[...and then it flies off towards her place.]

H-hey! HEY, GET BACK HERE!!

[HE'S DOING IT HE'S CHASING A CROW. Not that he has much chance of catching it, but.]

[yatagarasu]

[Run, Sanageyama, run. That crow will just fly higher so he can't reach it, before landing on Kay's windowsill as if taunting him.

Taunting him like, "I'M GONNA TELL."]

[ironbuttmonkey]

[Aw shit no. He's now pointing dramatically at the crow in question and yelling up at it.]

Oi, don't make me come up there! I've climbed tougher stuff than this before!

[...which might just look like he's pointing and yelling at her window.]

[yatagarasu]

[The crow looks down on him, turns to face Kay's room, and emits a sharp caw answered by a very familiar girl's voice.]

Huh? Hi, Shadow, what's up?

[ironbuttmonkey]

[Oh hell.

Okay, time to make a decision here. He can either call up to Kay and just move on to the more important stuff, or he can continue his pursuit of this crow.

...

So naturally he finds the nearest foothold he can, then scales the side of her place like a pro. Like, there's a reason they call him Monkey, and even if this isn't it, he's still climbing like one. He's up to her windowsill in a few seconds, and once he's close enough swipes out a hand to try and grab the crow.]

C'mere...!

september 1st - open!

[ironbuttmonkey]

[Following that, even though it went well, he's still pretty pissed the crows gave him away before he was ready. Anyone passing by may catch sight of him running at a bunch of crows on the street and waving his arms frantically to scare them.]

YOU GUYS THINK YOU'RE FUNNY, HUH!?

8/31 at residence #007 and ota!

[moded]

[Look, it's been a month and Bart has been pretty good at keeping the whole 'Hey I have superspeed!' thing under wraps. Sure, it was pretty stupidly obvious with how impatient he was and how sometimes he was either just there in a gust of wind or completely gone when someone turned their back. But he hadn't, you know, outright showed it.

Until today.

The day the crows he'd seen kind of hanging around the house since he'd first gotten had decided to come inside. In force.

He'd managed to get a round of lightning quick texts out to just about anyone he could think of sos i have a crow infestation pls help before the things actually took his phone and tried to go hide it in their hoard.

Which is how Bart has gotten to the point of running at superspeed through the house, trying to scare them out windows or through the doors and really only succeeding in the stubborn things finding new and different resting places.

And from the red marks on his hands, grabbing them wasn't having much success either.]

A TEXT FOR U

[slingshots]

did you try crow b gone

SO HELPFUL

[moded]

DFLGHKDSSDF NASDO(*)@ OLSAKDJF9823

[Give him a second to, you know, get his phone back from the crow nest]

no do they sell that??

[slingshots]

internet says y

[moded]

where do i buy it???

[Carrie you're mean]

[slingshots]

[ it's what friends are for ]

how bad do you need it anyway?

[moded]

there r 4 of them& theyre guarding the kitchen

[Translation: the situation is dire. Except not really, they're just really weirding him out.]

More texts look at how popular u are bart

[khajidont]

Are they killer crows?
or giant crows?
or mutant crows?
or at all unusual beyond being inside your house?

[look man, he just has to check]

this isn't popularity this is being left to die

[moded]

i dunno theyre black and dont have 2 heads so i think theyre normal crows who wont leave dude theyve been here for an hour

don't be a baby you'll be fine

[khajidont]

So that's a no on the last two at least.

[optimism]

What are they doing anyway? Are they just sitting there

[moded]

no on the last 3 maybe on the 1st they have sharp beaks

yeah its weird

[This is his crow emergency. They're staring at him and occasionally stealing his phone. Share his pain, Jaime.]

[khajidont]

Well that is weird. But they're not biting you or anything? Or pecking I guess? It would probably be pecking

[moded]

pecking and yes when i try and grab them it hurts its not fun

i dont think youre taking this seriously amigo