With Bethberry off to call to her falcon, and Gandalf engaged in speaking with the Halflings Olo and Holly, Birdie decided now was as good as time as any to get out of the common room and find her a spot to sleep outside.
As she morphed into the form of a Neekerbreeker, the blanket Holly had thrown over her collapsed silently into the chair. Bird struggled through the folds of the throw to the edge of the chair and jumped down, still amazed after many years at how far she could fall in this form without harm.
Creeping to the edge of the hearth, she could not help but let out a few muffled "neek-breeks" before she managed to control herself. It seemed to be something that these creatures were drawn to do.
Scanning the now vast and cavernous room, she looked for the best route outside. The doorway seemed to be busy at the moment, with the last of the late night strollers coming in to claim their rooms for the night. The window then, beside the table there.
She made a last check for spiders; this inn was clean and such predators did not seem to be a problem here. The inn's cat was asleep on the bar, and would be oblivious to her presence. So Bird set out across the floor of the inn, traveling in leaps that, if she had been in human form, would have equaled 50 feet each.
[ July 22, 2002: Message edited by: Birdland ]
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