Ocellus: Everyone loves hugs! Even you.
Gallus: Shaddup.
Ocellus: That’s not a nooooooo *giggles*
Gallus: ….shaddup…
Silverstream: I always wondered why you’re very open to hugs, Smolder
Smolder: I’m not open to hugs. I’m just not very resistant to them. There’s only so long the cliff can hold up against the waves.
Sandbar: Poetic. But next time you give me a hug, can you not try to break my ribs?
Smolder: *snickers* Just showing how much I care.
Yona: Yona told Sandbar he should not have eaten Dragon’s biscuit.
Sandbar: But it was sitting right there on the table! It cried out to me in anguish.
Smolder: Somecreature must be having a good dream. Her tail is wagging.
Gallus: Doesn’t your jaw hurt? That bag contains all her books.
Sandbar: Nah. Pony jaws are quite strong.
Silverstream: Probably comes from all that singing you do!
Yona: Makes sense to Yona.
Smolder: But why not put it around your neck?
Sandbar: Meh. Too much effort. At this point I want to just get someling to bed and then snooze.
Ocellus: *snuffles and mumbles sleepily*
Gallus: So does that make me a good changeling or you a bad changeling, if you can’t tell if I am one or not?
Ocellus: It’s not as easy to quantify as it is with a griffon. It’s like trying to pick the lock on a door with your mind.
Yona: Yona know if Yak is Yak. Because Yak has Yak horns and Yak instincts!
Silverstream: But what if a changeling turned into a Yak?
Yona: Then Yona headbutt Yak. If Yak returns greeting, then they are Yak! If not, Yona headbutt again for good measure.
Smolder: *whispering* Make sure you never turn into a Yak. You may not recover from the concussion
Sandbar: Or turn into a Yak with wings and fly away first.
Gallus: Why a Yak with wings? Why not just…. a bird?
Sandbar: Are you honestly telling me you don’t want to see a Yak with wings now?
Gallus: …maybe I do…
Smolder: Wait. Is that book titled “The Science of Snuggle”?
Gallus: Why even was such a book written?
Sandbar: Clearly so troglodytes like you two can learn a thing or two! I’ll read with you, ‘Cell!
Silverstream: *bounces* Me too! Me too! I want to read the book about snuggling!
Yona: Yona does not need book to know how hug work! Yaks know best. But Yona stay with friends.
Ocellus: *giggles* You’re all big softies.
Smolder: -Says the most saccharine one of us.
Ocellus: *pokes tongue out*
Silverstream: At least he said good intentions… right?
Smolder: I actually found his talk interesting. Then it became… Gallusified… towards the end
Gallus: Myeh. Was worth a shot. Changeling wings don’t make all that much sense to me. They look too fragile to provide lift at all!
Ocellus: My wings beat at a far faster rate than yours do. Griffons and Hippogriffs flap at around 2-3 flaps a second when hovering. I’d have to beat my wings at closer to 100-200 times.
Yona: Wow! So changeling moves really fast when hovering!
Sandbar: Sounds exhausting. What happens when you get tired whilst flying?
Gallus: Eh. We wing it.
Yona: Also why does Ocellus have seaweed on her face.
Ocellus: It’s not seaweed! if I try to change species without a specific creature to copy, I have to base it’s design on my own!
Silverstream: Oooooh. That explains how you could turn into Professor Rarity, but then turn into a turquoise bugbear!
Ocellus: Exactly!
Smolder: Must be weird to change into creatures who all have different attributes. Like going from a flightless creature to one with magic
Silverstream: So if we asked you to turn into an Alicorn, but didn’t specify an Alicorn, we’d get an Ocellicorn?
Sandbar: Ocellicorn sounds like something you’d get when you step on a thorn or something…
Gallus: So. Question. We saw you turn into a rock. Does that mean you could also turn into a box? And if so, can we ma-
Ocellus: You cannot mail me!
Gallus: Darn.
Sandbar: Only you could get excited for a Monday.
Ocellus: What’s not to love?!? First day of School a week. Homework hand-ins. Results from the previous week. It’s everything I could hope for in a day!
Yona: Changeling has very different idea of what is enjoyable to Yona.
Gallus: Phshaw. The day I’ll be happy it’s a Monday is the day I become ruler and restructure the week so Monday marks the beginning of a 6 day weekend.
Smolder: What happens on the 7th day?
Gallus: National Holiday.
Silverstream: So *scratches beak*… does anyone know how to untangle a Changeling death-hug? I kinda need breakfast.
Ocellus: Eep! S-sorry!
Ocellus: Isn’t that a little harsh to a… clock?
Silverstream: Yeah! Who knows, maybe your life one day will depend on being awake at certain times on the dot!
Gallus: The day I decide to tie my life down to a… ugh… schedule… is the day I hang up my sketchpad.
Smolder: Besides, you couldn’t wake up on time to save your life.
Gallus: Righ- hey! I can wake up on time If I want to!
Sandbar: Dude, you are impossible to wake up without a loud noise. It’s like you turn off your ear…flap…things.
Silverstream: They’re just called ears, silly!
Yona: Well bird ears look weird compared to Yak ears! Pony ears look alright, but stick in wrong direction.
Smolder: Starting off the year on a tangent… yeah, this will go well.
Ocellus: I have a headache already.
Sandbar: Does this mean we need to do one of these for each celebration?
Ocellus: Well we celebrate Hearthswarming anyway.
Yona: Yona would like to do one for Snilldar Fest!
Smolder: I really doubt it’d make much headway in the Feast of Fire either. It’s a few weeks out regardless.
Silverstream: I’m sure manygriffs know about Hearthswarming at Mount Aris! But the Three Days of Freedom Celebration is pretty crammed as it is! Not that I don’t enjoy doing more songs!
Gallus: Yeeeeah. No. Not even going to try this in Griffonstone. They’ve improved, but still grumpy.
Students will return in the new year on the 6th of January. Happy Hearthswarming! <3
Sandbar: That pun was snow terrible.
Ocellus: *pouts* I tried!
Gallus: I blame the cold.
Smolder: Strange that the most dictionary-like of all of us struggles at word-plays.
SIlverstream: Huh? I thought it was funny!
Yona: So did Yona!
Ocellus: Humph! At least I know who here appreciates me *throws a snowball at Sandbar*
