The Onsen - Tuesday afternoon.

[spectre_alenko]

After a morning practicing sword forms, Kaidan headed to the Onsen for some relaxing in the hot water. He was not prepared for the chickens.

There were chickens of all shapes and sizes, some very tiny and some the size of large dogs. Strutting around or sitting on the warm rocks, they were on every surface except the water itself.

Kaidan blinked and laughed a little. "Ok, well. Sure. Sharing the hot spring with some birds. Why not." He stepped carefully through the poultry until he could sink into the water. One of the chickens, a fluffy little Silkie, came bobbing over while making little churbling noises. It clearly wanted attention. Or it was worried he was going to drown, one of those. Kaidan tentatively held a dry hand out and the chicken scooted under it immediately. He offered very gentle petting/scritches and the chicken made some contented little noises. Stepping from side to side, it eventually sank down and fluffed out, eyes half-closed with happiness and tilting its head to get the scritches exactly where it wanted them.

There were worse ways to spend his time. It was oddly relaxing, the almost purring noises the chicken was making.

[Open! Happy National Poultry Day!]

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[biotic_psychotic]

"Haruspicy," Jack repeated, "Trying to divine the future by reading entrails of sad barnyard animals or whatever. I dunno. The Romans were real fuckin' weird, man."

[what_the_shock]

"Yeah, no." Miguel held up his hands. "If I killed one, it'd be to eat. And I'm not a fan of cleaning my own meat, so let's just say no all around."

[biotic_psychotic]

Jack shrugged, "I would but Kaidan made a point that these might be people. That'd be a shitty thing to find out afterward. Butcher and eat 'em, I mean. Entrails never said much to me but 'squish' and 'stink'."

[what_the_shock]

"...Okay, yeah, that'd suck," Miguel agreed. "Can we shove them all in a corner or something, though?"

[biotic_psychotic]

"You go right on ahead and try," Jack smirked at him, "I'll watch."

She knew what birds did when they were startled or upset.

[what_the_shock]

Miguel eyed Jack suspiciously, then the birds warily. "If they leave me alone, they can go wherever they want."