Western Mideel, Gaia, Thursday

[raspberryturk]

Chocobo Lure Materia? Check.

Sylkis Greens? Friggin' expensive, but yes, Check.

Weapons? Reno gave his baton a tap against his shoulder, checked his Materia over, and smirked. Check.

Worm-skinned dude from Arrakis? Yep, Reno had that, too.

"So, the trick is, we follow the tracks," he informed Leto, looking down to make sure he didn't miss any as they walked. "An' then we hunt around for monsters when we find 'em. Chocobos love hangin' around monsters, yo."

Somebody had asked for Chocobos, and Reno planned to deliver.

[NFB for distance, for that worm-skinned guy, and I have no idea why half of this post vanished into the ether so that I had to re-type it. Wtf, LJ.]

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[future_sandworm]

Following at a slow pace, Leto got a better view. Those bugs were odd-looking, but the bird was really impressive. "Not easily scared, then?"

[yay SP!]

[raspberryturk]

"There's the thing," Reno replied. "They're skittish. They chill with the bugs for a bit, but if it looks like we're payin' attention to the bird, they'll take off. If the bird gets hurt while we're fightin' the monsters, it'll beat you 'round the friggin' ears, and then it'll take off. That's why we brought the greens."

Reno dug into his pocket and pulled out what looked a bit like a green, segmented tomato. How it managed to survive Reno being flung from the back of a giant worm, the world would never know.

"Keeps 'em distracted while we get the monsters outta the way."

[future_sandworm]

"That makes some kind of sense," Leto replied. "And the bugs? Anything I should know about them?"

He had a crysknife. Would that be enough?

[and yay SP again, as I need to sleep]

[raspberryturk]

Probably more than enough, really. And if it wasn't, Reno had his baton on him, and they were both pretty damn tough.

"Yeah, kinda. I mean, they can hurt you, obviously, but what you gotta know is they get tougher when they curl up an' do like their name says, kinda spinnin' around. Makes 'em harder to hurt. So we wanna get in and take 'em down before they get the chance, and then grab the bird before it's done eatin'. Think you're up for that?"

[future_sandworm]

Leto didn't reply. He just moved like the wind and the next moment one of the bugs lay dead, stabbed by a crysknife.

He suspected Reno would take that as a yes.

[Sorry for slowness, bad day yesterday]

[raspberryturk]

"Yeah, somethin' like that," Reno agreed, scrambling to toss the Sylkis green to the chocobo before it could realize that its merry band of bugs was under attack. "But maybe gimmie a warnin' on the next one so we don't lose the bird?"

He wasn't complaining, of course. Not when he was letting a crackle of lightning fly from his baton toward the other bug.

One thing he had to say for the monsters in Mideel? So many of them were pushovers, it wasn't like they were going to have to worry about wasting greens.

[future_sandworm]

Leto grinned at Reno, then threw a glance at the chocobo before attacking the next bug. The bird seemed distracted enough by the food.

This spiral died quickly too. He should recommend Ghani to visit this place some time. It seemed to be a good place if you felt the need to kill things.

[raspberryturk]

Gaia was an excellent place to go if you felt the need to kill things. There was no doubt about that in the least.

After a quick glance around to make certain that was all of the Spirals, Reno gave a nod to the bird.

"Quick, man, get on it before it looks up!"

Reno figured that if Leto was the sort to leap onto giant worms, he could probably handle the bucking and flapping of a startled chocobo.

[future_sandworm]

He was more used to worms, but that didn't mean Leto wouldn't try. With a sudden leap he was on the back of the bird before it had the time to say 'wark!'

"Wark!"

The bird looked as if it was trying to figure out what had just happened. Little did it know that it's destiny had taken a different path from the moment these two strangers had set their eyes on it.

[raspberryturk]

"Hey, not half bad," Reno mused, sauntering over and pulling out more greens, offering them to the chocobo. "He's a good catch, if I do say so myself, yo."

The chocobo puzzled over how there came to be a person on his back before deciding that maybe the best course of action just then would be to eat the offered greens.

"I mean, for a yellow one."

[future_sandworm]

"For a yellow one?" Leto asked, stroking the bird's neck to calm it, although the food seemed to to a better job with that.

[raspberryturk]

"Oh, yeah." Reno chuckled a bit as the bird nudged his shoulder with his beak, looking for more greens. "The real breeders here on Gaia can do some crazy things with birds from around the world and certain kinds of food. Breed 'em off in all sorts of colors, yo. Black, blue, green, gold. Now, those are some damn fine birds, the gold ones. Hard as hell to get your hands on, though."

[future_sandworm]

Leto knew a thing or two about breeding. Not chocobos necessarily, but the principles were the same, no doubt.

"I suppose bringing different types of birds back to Arrakis would offer me the best options when it comes to breeding them myself."

He slipped off the back of the bird, assuming Reno knew how to make sure how to stop it to run off.