You've got trouble, my friend(open)

[sky]

It was a windy day here in St. Aggie's. 

The sharp whistling from the rocks filled the canyons with hagsfiend-like screams, puncturing the ears of any conscious owl with a painful ringing. One such owl who had woken up to the shrill wails was a tiny Flammulated, tucked away in a small shelf of rock. He had chosen to make his nest off of the canyon floor, higher up like his tree n Ambala. Knowing that he was too terrified to ever fly off, they gave him permission, and he was grateful. 

Aurelio's nest was nothing special. Straw provided frame, while his own molted feathers and down provided warmth and comfort. As a lowly pit guardian, the small male had no privilege to the incredibly soft moss from far off regions. He had woken up just before dawn, preened himself, and now sat at his current predicament. 

It was quite windy where he was. 

Aurelio's talons made soft tick!s on the stone shelf as he paced back and forth along the edge. His multicolored feathers were blown back on one side by the mighty gust- it was a wonder he hadn't already toppled over. Clearly not wanting to end up like another Pit Guardian whom he saw slam into an arch by the winds, Aurelio was trying to judge the wind best he could, waiting for a lighter gust or break in the stream. 

"Heheh, having trouble there, Aurelio?" 

Oh, Glaux, no. Aurelio partially wilfed, locking his gaze to the canyon floor below, and not the Eagle Owl hovering beside him. "None at all." The Flammulated owl replied briskly, "But thank you for your concern." 

The Eagle Owl cocked his head to the side, mockingly, "Oh, really? Then why don't you fly back to your sorry little chick now, then?" 

Aurelio tensed, "Grelth, I do not have a chick to care for at present, you see. I am on a different duty today." he had enough of the owl's bullying, honestly. But, as a lower rank, who was he to fight back? He hardly had any rights. 

Grelth parted his beak in a nasty grin, "Then let me help you get down there, eh?" 

Aurelio turned to see the owl raising his feet in the air, preparing to knock him off his shelf. Almost the size of an elf owl chick with how much he wilfed, Aurelio quickly scurried back into his niche, where he knew the larger owl could not follow. Grelth landed on the stone shelf, shoving his feet into the hole, talons extended. He was only about two inches away from the frightened Flammulated Owl. 

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NPC used

Grelth(Grell-th):
St. Aggie's soldier
Eagle Owl
-Enjoys picking on pit guardians, especially those smaller than him. 
-Has it out for Aurelio because A) he is tiny, and B) After he stole the smaller owl's meal a few days ago, Aurelio(who was fed up with this), went and snatched it back, bringing it into a small alcove he couldn't reach. 

[Gabjas]

Claudius
Claudius strolled through the main corridors of St. Aggies', folding his ears to muffle the ghastly wailing that whistled past his ears. The Fish owls talons clicked against the stone floor as he walked. Every little while he would pause to kick a rock aside before continuing.

Nothing seemed out of place this morn, which was a relief to the Lieutenant whom often was appointed to clear up any mishaps; an extremely tedious task in his opinion. A particularly strong gust of wind caught him off guard and nearly knocked the immense owl of his talons, but he managed not to topple over unlike an unfortunate elf owl that had been walking by him.

He turned the corner and closed his eyes in frustration at what he saw; Grelth, an exceptionally nasty Eagle owl, had his talon in a small nook in the wall and seemed to be groping for another one of his frequent victims.

"Grelth, that is enough." he hissed.

[sky]

Grelth, surprised by the Lieutenant's fast arrival, muttered a halfhearted 'Yessir.' he shot a glare at Aurelio's niche, and it could easily be assumed that he would be back to bullying the little owl as soon as Claudius left. However, he sparred the Flammulated this day, spreading his wings and gliding back to his post.

After a few moments to slow his rapidly beating heart, Aurelio poked his head out from the hole. Spotting the Fish Owl on the shelf, he Hesitantly emerged, wind once more toying with his oddly beautiful feathers, and craned his neck to see the newcomer.

Aurelio was startled by the fact that, of all the owls, the Lieutenant was here before him. Immediately going into a respectful bow, as best he could without being thrown off by a gust, his quiet, melodic voice began in a series of stutters.

"O-Oh... Lieutenant!" Aurelio looked up at him, "Ah, thank you, sir." he watched Grelth's massive form fly off in the distance, before looking back to Claudius, "I was only trying to fly down to the canyon floor- I didn't cause any trouble with him..." It was obvious the Flammulated had some run-ins with the less than honorary officers before. The ones that made chasing him into a game.

"Quite windy today... Too windy for me." he added.

[Felidae]

Keenai sat in Claudius' room, bored once again. He had left, as usual, before she had awoke and left her a note and some food. But, she was still bored as there was nothing that interested the little owlet in this boring room.

She could hear the wing howling outside, and she felt that she could at least be grateful to not have to go out in that weather.

Sighing, she shuffled down into her nest, waiting for the Fish Owl's return.

[Gabjas]

Claudius
Claudius tsked as the large Eagle owl grumbled slightly and returned to his post, casting a glare towards the tiny nook in the wall. He was not surprised to see Aurelio, a tiny Flammulated owl that worked in the pits; he was a particular subject of Grelth's bullying of late and it had not been the first time that the Lieutenant had intervened.

"Greetings, Aurelio." he smiled, which was quite out of character for the usually austere owl, but he had found a new companion in the yung owlet Keenai and his spirits had lifted since then. "Well, Aurelio. You are an intelligent owl, I would hardly think you could contain the stupidity to challenge such an immense owl anyway. I intend no disrespect, but if the other staff and I weren't on constant vigil, Grelth would have your head in a matter of moments." he churred. "And yes, it is quite windy this morning. It isn't a pleasant sound to the ears either."

"Well, carry on. I hope he won't cause you any more trouble." and with that, Claude had turned on his talons and in realisation of the time, he began to hurry towards the stone chambers where he had left Keenai yet again. She was probably getting very bored by now, and he couldn't have her drawing anymore attention to their little secret.

Ducking into the obsolete corridor, Claudius returned to the Elf owlet. "Hello Keenai." he said pleasantly. Little did he know that they were not alone.