Within the Treetops {OPEN}

[Shrike]

"Oh she's nothing." Thorn grinned as she took up the role if match maker. "Just a harpy eagle.

[dogzrock]

Aniya grinned as well. This was brilliant! She hated having to push away the lover bird all the time and now Thorn was getting him off her back.

[birdeye]

"What is she like?" He said looking at the both of them and then ruffling his feathers slightly.

[Shrike]

"Eh, sweet kind." She lied easily, the eagle she knew was actually very dangerous, but who knew? Maybe they could figure it out. "She's actually nearby, you should go find her! No time to lose!" The shrike flapped her wings at him. "Go! Or I'll impale YOU on a thorn!" She said sweetly.

[birdeye]

"Ok, ok... Goodness!" He said flapping his wings faster and faster until he was in the air and watching for an eagle.

[Shrike]

"Don't be silly! She's in the meadows'!" The shrike chirped, and swallowed the grasshopper that was implied on a thorn.

[dogzrock]

Aniya pondered for a moment whether she should take a look at the eagle that would soon be the center of Flame's attention but she decided to stay with the shrike.

[birdeye]

As Flame looked around, he saw a lot of birds, none of which were eagles. He finally saw her just standing there in a meadow. He flew up to her and greeted her kindly, "Hi, I am Flame. What is your name?" He said looking closely at her.

[Shrike]

(Erm, the meadow is another board...)

[birdeye]

I know but I don't want to be LONELY! - cries-))

[dogzrock]

(You won't be, Shrike's eagle is there plus I'm thinking of making a raven. I'll send him over)

[dogzrock]

"So..." Aniya said turning towards the shrike as the other birds left, "What do you wanna do?"

[Shrike]

The shrike relaxed and leaned against the branch, her brown cream and black feathers smoothed. "I really don't know." The forest was alive and warm, the air a mix between humid and dry. The scent if rich earth, decaying leaves, fm fresh fruit and the musky scent if the other animals wreathed the forest. The sun was high in the sky and its rays enriched the scents and colors of the heart.

[dogzrock]

Aniya puffed up her feathers. "Well, we shouldn't just sit here doing nothing. I don't want to do that. Instead I'm going to," Aniya said then paused to think of something to do, "Learn how to make a proper nest. I can't completely rely on this one. It'll eventually be destroyed." Aniya's eyes watched Thorn. She hoped that the shriek would help her. Thorn seemed to have a way with grasses and sticks since she used them to kill her prey.

[Shrike]

A nest? Poor hatchling! "Then lets reach you how to make a proper one!" Instead of discarding the grasses and twigs like any other bird would, she gathered the threads together. "Step one: reuse." Thorn flitted into the crook of the tree where Aniya had chosen as her nesting spot. A good choice.