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Govoni · 07-31-2017, 02:12 AM

New year, new me. New year, new me.

Holidays spent in the Cook Islands had been exactly what Olivia had needed, and she'd come away from it with a newfound appreciation for her mother. After alienating herself due to poor decision-making, falling back into her mum's arms and sobbing out all the heartbreaks and sadness had been purely cathartic. She'd been forcibly reminded that for all her shortcomings and mistakes (which were all a part of the great cycle of growing up and being a teenage girl)...that she was strong. A fighter and survivor. And sometimes, a girl just needed the empowering women in her life to make them see sense. Thanks to it, this Gryffindor felt more than ready to tackle her school work again. But only her school work. There was no longer any space left for the...excess. The stuff that simply didn't matter at the end of the day.

WHAT DID MATTER, THOUGH...was Elphie.

Slipping into the creatures' nursery, Olivia had a bigger sack with her than usual. No books or pet distractions this time. Nope, she'd been thinking....as her augurey was going go start getting much, MUCH bigger...and with cages not actually being ideal homes for birds, that she might try and make said cage more....enjoyable? Was that the word she was looking for? More...home-like? Yes, that was it. It'd stated in the book that these specific birds preferred nests made with rough shrubbery and thorns. So, with that in mind, Liv had uprooted some bramble and had spent the better part of a week weaving rose stems into it. Thorns, you know?

Hopefully it'd be okay, as....Olivia was too scared to set her augurey free to build a nest on it's own. What if it didn't return to her?! There were enough disappointments in her life and she didn't want to lose Elphie on top of everything else. She loved the bird. Already felt a connection with it... Eh, not 'it', but 'her'.

"Hey, Elphie. Mama brought you something today." Settling down on the ground just beside the cage, as she'd done so many times over the past several weeks, the blonde carefully pulled the cloth material from around the gift inside. "How do you feel about a nice nest to live in?....Don't escape." It was probably pointless to say as much, but...Olivia wasn't up to chasing a bird down if she didn't get loose. And no, she 100% wouldn't use magic on her newest child.

With careful fingers, she slowly opened up the cage, using magic this time to scourgify! away all the droppings, but leaving the cedar. For odor purposes. Then she slid the nest, made of twigs and thorns, into place beneath the perch. It took a bit of maneuvering, and louder crying from Elphie, but eventually it covered the entire space of the bottom.

Okay. Here we go.

"What do you think of that?" The blonde watched with wide eyes. Would it like the nest? Reject it? Er...

Actually..."I'll come back tomorrow and if you haven't taken to it, I'll remove it for you. It'll be like it never existed." As...obviously, Olivia couldn't read the bird's thoughts. They'd just have to wait and see.

Til tomorrow.

07-31-2017, 02:12 AM	#80 (permalink)
Govoni MO & DMLE Blast-Ended Skrewt Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dragonstone Posts: 15,583 Hogwarts RPG Name: Lyric Bayliss-Black Slytherin Fourth Year x12 x12	Post 3: Female Augurey 5 January, 2093 Zombie Apocalypse Team Leader ★ ★ in a crown of pepperoni and artisan cheese New year, new me. New year, new me. Holidays spent in the Cook Islands had been exactly what Olivia had needed, and she'd come away from it with a newfound appreciation for her mother. After alienating herself due to poor decision-making, falling back into her mum's arms and sobbing out all the heartbreaks and sadness had been purely cathartic. She'd been forcibly reminded that for all her shortcomings and mistakes (which were all a part of the great cycle of growing up and being a teenage girl)...that she was strong. A fighter and survivor. And sometimes, a girl just needed the empowering women in her life to make them see sense. Thanks to it, this Gryffindor felt more than ready to tackle her school work again. But only her school work. There was no longer any space left for the...excess. The stuff that simply didn't matter at the end of the day. WHAT DID MATTER, THOUGH...was Elphie. Slipping into the creatures' nursery, Olivia had a bigger sack with her than usual. No books or pet distractions this time. Nope, she'd been thinking....as her augurey was going go start getting much, MUCH bigger...and with cages not actually being ideal homes for birds, that she might try and make said cage more....enjoyable? Was that the word she was looking for? More...home-like? Yes, that was it. It'd stated in the book that these specific birds preferred nests made with rough shrubbery and thorns. So, with that in mind, Liv had uprooted some bramble and had spent the better part of a week weaving rose stems into it. Thorns, you know? Hopefully it'd be okay, as....Olivia was too scared to set her augurey free to build a nest on it's own. What if it didn't return to her?! There were enough disappointments in her life and she didn't want to lose Elphie on top of everything else. She loved the bird. Already felt a connection with it... Eh, not 'it', but 'her'. "Hey, Elphie. Mama brought you something today." Settling down on the ground just beside the cage, as she'd done so many times over the past several weeks, the blonde carefully pulled the cloth material from around the gift inside. "How do you feel about a nice nest to live in?....Don't escape." It was probably pointless to say as much, but...Olivia wasn't up to chasing a bird down if she didn't get loose. And no, she 100% wouldn't use magic on her newest child. With careful fingers, she slowly opened up the cage, using magic this time to scourgify! away all the droppings, but leaving the cedar. For odor purposes. Then she slid the nest, made of twigs and thorns, into place beneath the perch. It took a bit of maneuvering, and louder crying from Elphie, but eventually it covered the entire space of the bottom. Okay. Here we go. "What do you think of that?" The blonde watched with wide eyes. Would it like the nest? Reject it? Er... Actually..."I'll come back tomorrow and if you haven't taken to it, I'll remove it for you. It'll be like it never existed." As...obviously, Olivia couldn't read the bird's thoughts. They'd just have to wait and see. Til tomorrow. __________________ We live in cities you'll *never* see onscreen..._______________________________________________ So very pretty, and we sure know how to run things..._______________________________ Livin' in ruins of a *palace, within our dreams...____________ We're on each other's team*._____