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07:58 am: Drabble: Side Effects Verse
Title: Side Effects Tidbit
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Timeline: Takes place during the Winhill side quest.
Characters: Selphie, Harry, a chicobo
Warnings: Fluff



Selphie giggled as the chicobo cheeped and squirmed, as if it was being tickled, while Harry groomed it with his fingertips. It was so cute! “Done this before?”

“I have a pet owl,” Harry said, pulling a loose feather free and tossing it aside. “I usually do this for her once a month, and she always bites me when I do it wrong.” The chicobo made a move to nip his hand, and he tapped its beak with a finger. “No,” he said firmly, stroking the feathers one last time to check for any other dead feathers.

“Time to let him go?” Selphie asked when Harry sat back.

Harry nodded, and Selphie put the small bird on the ground. It stood still for a moment, then suddenly spun in place, twisting its head around and lifting its wings, chirping in excitement. It did a small jig and chirped again before running down the narrow path into the sunflower fields.

Selphie stared after it and let out a wail of disappointment. “I left my camera on Garden!”

Harry laughed.


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From:[info]yuenoclow
Date:November 9th, 2007 03:07 pm (UTC)
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*giggles* Too cute! Poor Selphie, all camera-less...
From:[info]nightseer
Date:November 10th, 2007 04:36 pm (UTC)
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Thank you!
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From:[info]hekelachan
Date:November 9th, 2007 10:04 pm (UTC)
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Aww, kawaii!

I love the little Hedwig information too.

cutecutecute
From:[info]nightseer
Date:November 10th, 2007 04:37 pm (UTC)
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Thanks!

I refuse to believe Hedwig died.
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From:[info]dracontia
Date:November 9th, 2007 11:12 pm (UTC)
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XDDD *dies of cute*

The thought of Harry and Hedwig and social grooming is just...*giggles*

A bit though about feathers (because I'm obsessed with them)birds don't shed feathers, the molt them. Most birds will molt their feathers in a couple of weeks every year or two. So if a feather is broken it won't grow back until the next molt. Erm yeah. *coughs*
From:[info]nightseer
Date:November 10th, 2007 04:43 pm (UTC)
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*revives*

Thanks!

I did not know that. I'm copying that down into my odd info file for this fic. What about baby birds, chicks?
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From:[info]dracontia
Date:November 13th, 2007 04:58 am (UTC)
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Depends on the species, but usually they're covered in down to start with and then (depending on the life span of the birds' species) one or several juvenile molts before achieving its' adult plumage. their are other patterns that are followed by a few species, Bald eagles for instance never completely molt in one go. You can see some that have feathers that are several different lengths from several different molts. Making classification really damn annoying.
From:[info]nightseer
Date:November 14th, 2007 07:15 pm (UTC)
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Thank you!!!! This is the kind of stuff they need to teach us in basic biology and don't.
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From:[info]dracontia
Date:November 14th, 2007 10:19 pm (UTC)
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What do they teach in basic biology?
From:[info]nightseer
Date:November 17th, 2007 08:24 pm (UTC)
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It's been a while, but from what I remember we covered the basics of the animal kingdom, plant life, cells, and the only time we went in depth was during projects. For the little interesting bits like the ones you told me depended on who did the project or the teacher teaching the course. In my last basic bio course, the one I took for college, my professor was crazy about felines. I have a composition book somewhere full of stuff on cats.
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From:[info]ravenstormfire
Date:November 16th, 2007 09:56 pm (UTC)
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*giggles* too cute
From:[info]nightseer
Date:November 17th, 2007 08:26 pm (UTC)
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Thank you!
From:(Anonymous)
Date:January 24th, 2009 06:29 pm (UTC)

Wondering

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Are you still writing this? If so, is there more at another place or what? *cocks her head* It's really good and I just found it but you havn't even updated you journal in a year.... Just wondering if you dropped out on us.


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