open rp post.

[bestfeature]

[ open rp post! also for continuations from elsewhere / overflow / whatever. drop a prompt here or make me drop a prompt or whatever. please rp with me okay. ]

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[bestfeature]

— hey. Hey kid, you okay?

[ never mind the weirdness, something is up and if something is up, well. making sure all the little shitheads in the area are okay is near the top of the priority list. ]

[clipped_wings]

I didn't do anything!

[dropping his phone in surprise oops]

[bestfeature]

Uhh . . . okay.

[ raising his eyebrow at the phone there. ]

No one said you did?

[clipped_wings]

[picking up his still ringing phone]

Not yet uhm uhm excuse me mister uhm.

[waves...hand... Unable to complete the thought apparently]

I don't know you?

[bestfeature]

Steve.

[ as if that!! answers everything. he points at the phone. ]

That yours?

[clipped_wings]

Yes.

Papa is calling.

[bestfeature]

[ what is more concerning about this picture: whatever the hell that is, a kid being out like this on his own, or the fact that he's reluctant to even pick it up? or. something.

the gears are slowly turning okay. ]

On that? [ wait. ] You gonna answer it or what?

[clipped_wings]

...

[answers the phone]

Hello, Papa.

[a pause as he listens]

I know, Papa. I wasn't suppose to leave...

[the conversation keeps going, the boy growing increasingly anxious. He explains in his conversation--papa, i wanted to see the birds. i havent gotten to see the birds in so long. the house is stuffy and crowded and lonely and papa you haven't come home for three days so....

he kind of sinks down to the ground as he listens to the response]

[bestfeature]

[ WHY ARE ALL THE CHILDREN I MEET LIVING IN SAD AND TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

or stashing pet-eating pets in their basements.

he scuffs his foot at the ground, waiting for him to finish. ]

[clipped_wings]

[hanging up eventually and]

I think I'm in big trouble...

[bestfeature]

So. Birds, huh.

[clipped_wings]

[nods]

I like birds. I use to visit the birds. But then I wasn't allowed anymore.

[bestfeature]

There's a park nearby, right? I bet there's a bunch of birds there.

[clipped_wings]

...? There's a place besides the zoo to see the birds???

[bestfeature]

Well— yeah. I mean, they're birds. They're everywhere. Park's no different.

[clipped_wings]

Birds aren't here and here is somewhere.

[bestfeature]

It's a street! Where're they gonna go, huh? They need something to perch on, dingus.

[clipped_wings]

No, my name is TK. Not Dingus.

[bestfeature]

[ LIKE, WHAT DO YOU EVEN SAY TO THAT.

just stares for a long moment before shrugging. ]

Okay.