instar | the ocean

Five pigeons, one with a beetle glued to her foot, fly to Seattle and find the aquarium and the orca tanks.

There is one with just one orca in it.

Five pigeons land on the glass edge of the tank.

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From:

aeskhyne

He giggles. "Yep! Want some?"

From:

palmofyourhand

Ethan certainly does. He helps himself to a plate, some French toast, and a seat at the increasingly crowded table.

From:

instar

Swans also want French toast. With syrup on it.

From:

morphbox

"Yes," says Ax. "Sss."

From:

aeskhyne

Trouble loads a slice of French toast onto a plate, adds syrup because why not, sets it in front of Ax, and (not without a thoughtful pause) hands him a fork.

From:

morphbox

Ax looks at the fork.

He watches the other humans eat with forks, and manages to get a large but conceivably bite-sized portion of French toast sawed off the corner.

He stabs it.

He puts it in his mouth.

And he falls off his chair.

From:

aeskhyne

"...Okay, I wasn't expecting that," says Trouble. "You okay?"

From:

morphbox

Ax gets up off the floor and picks up the French toast in his hands and crams most of the slice into his mouth. <I am uninjured! Toast!>

From:

aeskhyne

...Trouble giggles.

From:

morphbox

Ax half-eats, half-mauls his French toast, and then he steals Ethan's.

From:

palmofyourhand

"D'you bloody mind? I was eating that," he says, giving Ax a look.

From:

morphbox

<TOAST!> says Ax heedlessly.

From:

instar

Bella cradles her head in her hands. "How much of this bread do we have," she mutters.

From:

aeskhyne

"...Enough to feed everybody, but maybe not enough to feed everybody twice. Ax, man, slow down. Trust me, I know my French toast is awesome, but you are probably gonna be embarrassed about this later."

From:

morphbox

"Mmf!" protests Ax around Ethan's French toast.

From:

instar

"Ax," says Bella. "You can finish that, and then wash the syrup off your hands, and then go in the garage and demorph."

From:

morphbox

Ax doesn't say "yes, Princess Bella", but he does slow down a little, eats Ethan's French toast with an orgasmic expression on his face, accepts Bella's wordless tutoring about the use of the kitchen sink, and goes into the garage to do what she said.