The Circus Is For The Birds

[Leroy]

Leroy breathed a sigh of relief when Emily decided not to try anything crazy. Or, at least he would have if he wasn't too busy being shoved along by a squirrel. <<Alright. I get it. I'm going,>> he said as he waddled along.

Once he had a big enough pathway to the open sky, Leroy began pumping his wings and got ahead of Emily on the ground. It was difficult flying as a duck. Sure, it was really cool, but it was a lot of work too. The entire time you were in the air you had to paddle your wings really fast, as if you were swimming through really thin water.

<<I'll meet you by the front entrance. This morph doesn't know how to fly slowly.>>

[emilyorion]

Emily took off at a dead run after him, quite impressed with her new speed. Just for the heck of it she tried some acrobatics. Before she knew it she was a ball of fur, tumbling over and over. Way too confident. When she finally stopped rolling, she was weaving a bit, and feeling more than a little sick. Wow. Suddenly she found herself in a dog's mouth. Shadow! She let herself sag in relief as Shadow carried her to safety.

<Sorry about that> even her thought voice sounded sick. She was never much of a tumbler... she liked rolling in mud as a dog, but actually rolling in a ball? Way too much. She looked up at Leroy after Shadow set her down gently.

[Leroy]

<<Well, it seems like our night was a success,>> Leroy said to Emily when he landed. <<We snuck into the circus, got you two new morphs, and nobody suspects a thing. Oh, and nobody died. That's always a plus.>> Leroy hated to think about what could have gone wrong when Emily acquired the tiger.

<<So what do you say we head back to the apartment and watch a movie or something? I think there is some ice cream in the freezer too. How about it?>> Leroy had had just about enough of turning into animals for one day. As interesting as it was, he felt like sitting down and doing something normal for once.

[emilyorion]

Mmmm nice and cozy. Emily pondered it for about half a second before nodding. <Sounds great. Though popcorn is my thing for movies. Can we become humans now? If I'm gonna get sick I'd rather be human when it happens. Puke is so hard to get out of fur!> She leaned against Shadow, still feeling nauseous but her stomach was slowly starting to settle.

She felt a slight urge to try out the tiger, but doubted it would be a good idea. She still hadn't acquired a bird, but maybe next time. She wondered how long the circus would be in town. And of course there was the acquarium. But right now a movie sounded just right.