puubuu | [Voice] Fluffy New Feather

[A high-pitched, almost cartoony-cute voice comes out from the journal. Fattycakes records his first journal entry where he woke up, some distance away from the village. He doesn't seem to be aware that others can hear the recording, however.]

Puu! Hello! This thing has a record button, so I guess it's recording! Yoo-puu! Yuppuu, I think it's working!

So... Hello, strange new diary! My name is Fattycakes, and instead of going home, I seem to have ended up in a new world! A new world where I have wings and can talk to humans! I'm excited to be able to talk to humans! Normally all I could do is puu and buu, but now people can understand me!

And wings! They are fluffy and white! I want to be able to fly, buu! But they kind of hurt right now... maybe I'll wait to try and fly later.

I see a village... that seems like the perfect place to scoot to next! With my new talking power, it'll be easy to ask the humans where I am! So, I will be scooting off to the village now! I'll tell you what I find there later, new diary! Bye-bye!

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We weren't sure if he was around, but we were short on time, so we had to go in no matter what. He ended up putting me in his pocket! I got out, though. We were able to report the layout of the castle so the humans could come in and save the day! Hooray!

Good job! [Another head pet.] What kind of villain was he?

I didn't catch all that he did. I just know he was a bad man who was attacking my friend's fortress, and he was bad for the kingdom.

[He gives a small hop.] Puu, how close are we to the place now? Sorry, sometimes it's hard to tell how close or far things are when traveling by human. I've got a good sense of distance, but I get a bit thrown off when moving faster sometimes.

Oh ah, let me think. How far are your hops? Or do you measure via the time it takes you?

[Marco has a weird system of measurement, see also Norma's recent freak out post.]

Um... puu... I never really thought about that... I just know whether something is close or far. But I think I'm closer to measuring it in time than in hops, since my hops aren't very far. Are we a few minutes away, or more minutes away? [Well, it's not like he has a watch, so he can't give a precise measure of minutes...]

A few minutes by my normal pace. Running would be seconds, but you might fall off.

Puu, a few minutes? That's good! I can't wait to start building~ [He's looking around from his shoulder perch, taking in the sights of the town.]

You like constructing, huh?

[Marco suspects it's more that Puffskis, or at least Fattycakes, are very excitable and enthusiastic, but that's cool too.]

Hmm... a little. It's just a thing I do quickly, but I'm always excited to settle in a new place. It's always fun to set up a community in a new world.

And to do missions right? [Now that they've reached the building, Marco looks around for a good safe area to help set up the hut.]

Puuu... missions are fun every once in a while. I mostly like to follow humans around as they go about their business, though. And sometimes, their business involves missions like fighting and things. [He hops off of Marco's shoulder and begins to search for a good place for his hut.] Let's see, let's see, where to put it... somewhere sunny is nice...

Sunny? [A head tilt and then checks up in the sky to check where the shadows are for different parts of the day.]

How about over here. The building won't cast a shadow on it here, but will that be too hot?

Puu... you're right... Where would you put it? [Fattycakes doesn't seem totally sure where to put the hut himself.]

[Strokes his chin.] I'm part bird, so I'm more partial to shade for protection, but with the hut, it's already is like that, ne?

Hee~ Marco's a birdie~ [After his little moment, Fattycakes scoots over to a spot next to a tree.] I think I like this place. It's far enough away for privacy, but close enough for me to scoot into town. There's also enough sun for the Pura leaf here.

[Grins.] Yes, I am.

[Nods his head in agreement.] All right, that looks like a great place to me. Let's see... [Sets everything down to start building the hut and hands Fattycakes pieces and the seeds so he can help too.]

Puu! Now you get to watch my magic in action! [Fattycakes begins standing up pieces of the circular walls and, with a flash of magic, putting them together.] See? I can make walls!

[Eyes widen a little and then laughs in delight.]

Wow! That is some pretty amazing magic, eh! Do you have other kinds?

It depends on the situation. Our magic is mostly stuff that protects us. [He puts another few boards together.] Puu... building is a bit tiring sometimes, though. This is why Puffskis help each other.

Tiring? Well, if you need help with it, let me know where you want things put, eh?

Hmm... puu... I don't know how you can help me with this, buu... Unless you have some way of helping me put this together, I might have to do this myself. [With a few more flashes, he puts more boards together, forming a semi-circle that will soon be completed.] I know what you can do! Can you put the carpeting under what I've got? I can attach it easy-peasy once you put it there.

Sure thing! [Carefully leans the walls up to set down the carpeting and make sure it's all smooth.]

All right, how's that?

Puufect! Thank you! [With a flash, he attaches the carpeting to what's currently there of the walls, then adds a few more boards onto the walls.] Puu... almost done with the walls... soon comes the roof.

Awesome. How big do these get when there's a bunch of you working on it?

Oh, it depends on whether we're building it for a family or for a single Puffski. A family gets a bigger hut. But they go up much faster when there's a bunch of us. Just a few more... [Flash, flash. Up go a few more wall panels.]