Spiritful awakening

[shiftylyingbardwholies]

One lovely Burby morning a quiet infestation of the town starts. Tiny thumbnail sized creatures roll, fly and flicker into the town. They flash around lights and flames. They flicker around being tossed around in the breeze. They huddle in puddles, lurk in bathtubs and are found in the sink in glasses. They cling to the leaves of trees and petals of flowers. And they rumble along the earth and dirt trying to find warm places to hang out, like under rocks or inside ears.

When Keldar spots them he lets out a low groan and then tosses out the water in the pitcher of his room. The little water spirits go flying out, rolling onto the ground into a puddle. They then start lurching off to the nearest source of water.

Then one of the little amberish (earth) ones gets flicked out of his ear and goes flying after the water ones. It hits a tree, makes what might be a squeeking noise maybe a squishing noise and falls into the dirt where it starts to burrow.

That done he slams his window shut with an angry grunt.

( spirit picture! )

((OCC: These are spirits from Keldar's world, hence his annoyance with them. They are, clockwise from top: Fire, air, water, earth and plant/nature. They've got the intelligence of a small kitten or puppy. Harmless beyond getting into everything like ants. Keldar's world has developed ways of keeping them out of homes and things like that. Burby, alas, has not.

Oh, and naming them is a good way to get one to stay with you for a while. Even if you call it something like "pest".))