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Old 11-27-2013, 07:43 PM

Round 8 - Waaay too Many Snowbirds

Is everyone alright? I'm starting to get the feeling these villagers aren't as sweet as they first appeared but then again we all get a little crazy around the holidays. Today looks a lot calmer although I can't say it'll be much quieter than it was with those carolers hanging around but this time the songs are coming from millions of migrating snowbirds who were drawn in by all the seeds that giant snowball shook out of everything! If you can get through that fairly feathery cacophonous carpet of birds you'd better make sure they don't fly off with your presents!

A Run at the birds - There might be millions of them but they'll scatter at the sight of a person! Run at them!
B Throw more seeds - They're just eating... maybe if you toss better seeds out of your path they'll clear off!
C Try loud bird calls - Who knows? Maybe waving your arms and saying "CAW CAW" loudly is the polite thing to do!

Results

A Run at the birds
1 Space

Sometimes it pays to just act... this time... well it could have been worse! You charge head long at the birds, certain that they would move away as you approached and those closest to you did but those were the small birds. Maybe you felt a bit cocky getting past the fat little robins and finches but the murder of crows beyond them don't seem to be very phased. As you slow down, intent not to actually run over the birds, you find that the rest of the murder has closed in behind you. I'd suggest you just root around where you are until they get what they want!

B Throw more seeds
0 Spaces

Clearly these birds were hard up for food or else they wouldn't have flocked here in such large numbers! You grab handfuls of birdseed from an extremely convenient sack and throw it out just to the side of where you were planning to look next. The birds, however, were just looking at you and greedily flock to you in order to get the good stuff you're throwing out for them! In no time you're under a heap of little birds! It's like an adorable holiday version of a horror movie!

C Try loud bird calls
2 Spaces

Your mother told you not to do it. Society would frown on such behavior... but you thought about how often opportunities like this occur and it was clear that you just HAD to seize the moment. With arms flapping and a big gulp of air you start your battle-bird cries and wave after wave of birds lift into the air in the wake of your... "caw-ll". You still need to be careful where you step (birds can be very messy!) but your path was otherwise unhindered!

Last edited by Mythos; 01-01-2014 at 07:53 AM..