[Destiny] Karl and Athena - Feathers (ft. Lantern and Nene)   [4]

Karl: Ah, Captain. Have you seen Set around recently?

Captain: Set? Oh, your falcon. Can't say I have. Isn't he usually with you?

Karl: Yes... But I haven't seen him since last night.

 

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Athena: Bird? What is your business with me? You've been stalking me for quite a while now.

...

Athena: Oh...? You're looking at my shoulder?

Athena: Well, it's not as broad as Karl's shoulders... (blush) But you can take a perch here if you like.

Athena: I don't mind having more feathers on m-

Athena: !!! Huh? Wait... Wh-why are you attacking me now!??

 

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Nene: Ouh! I hear it! The sounds of a fight! Count me in!

Lantern: Shouldn't we be trying to stop them?

...

Lantern: ... and she's gone already.

Lantern: Yea, I can't expect that of Nene.

Lantern: Well, I better follow her to make sure everything's all right.

 

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Athena: Uurgh! Fire Blast!

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Karl: Stop, Athena! Don't you dare hurt Set!

Set: Kaw kaaww kaaw kaww!

Karl: Can't you see how you are scaring him!?

Athena: No, you got this wrong! I'm just... reacting in self-defense!

Karl: Self-defense? Don't make things up! Set would never attack a person unprovoked!

Set: Kaw kaaww kaaw kaww!

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Nene: Oh yea! Go get him, Athena! You get her too, Karl!

Lantern: ... uuugh... This is a mess.

Nene: Yes, this is fun!

Lantern: Is Athena making things up? Say Nene, can you ask Set what happened?

Nene: All right, trust your polar bear animal translator on this!

Set: Kaw! Kaaw kaaaww kaw kaww!

Nene: "The feathers of my kin are on your attire!"

Set: Kaaaww!

Nene: "I must avenge them!"

Lantern: That's right, the shoulder trimmings on Athena's jacket are made from feathers...

Lantern: ... really now!?

Lantern: This means... Even though Set started the fight... It is really Athena's fault, isn't it?

Nene: Hahaha yes!! A fight to the death shall decide who is right and wrong!

Lantern: No! We can't have that! Do something, Nene!

Nene: Why stop this? Battle is the only way to sort this out, isn't it?

Lantern: ... I guess that leaves me to stop this.

Lantern: Hey, Set! You can actually gather feathers without anything bad happening to the bird, did you know that?

Lantern: You shed feathers sometimes too, don't you?

Nene: Kah kaaw kakaww ka kaaaww!

Set: KAAAWW!

Nene: "I don't believe you!"

Lantern: What!? Who could have known Set was this unreasonable...

Acerola: Um... Hold on...

Lantern: Acerola...?

Captain: (grins) I heard the cause of the fight and got her to come.

Acerola: K-karl! Athena! I think Set is mistaken!

Acerola: I believe, the feathers on Athena's jacket are from a completely different species of bird from Set!

Karl: ...

Athena: ...

 

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Lantern: That was a brilliant move, Captain! I couldn't have dispelled that fight myself.

Captain: Yea! It was a good thing we have a biologist on our team, huh?

Captain: What a relief! So it wasn't really the feathers of Set's kin on that jacket.

Acerola: (smiling meekly) ... ...

Lantern: ... umm, why aren't you saying anything?

Lantern: C-could it be, that you only... said that just to-

Captain: (loudly) LALALALA~ There are some questions that we don't really need the answers to!!!