The Winged Wonder

[Sometime after the announcement for the latest mission goes up, this particularly raucous, squawking voice sounds over the journal.

Kazooie sounds nothing short of exultant, and possibly a tad more arrogant than usual.]

Looks like the Malnosso-guys got good taste for once!

[She smirks into the journal - it looks kind of silly, with a beak.] Guess who's going on this awesome mission? That's right - me! Only makes sense that they'd pick a real hero for the job. This monster thing sounds like it needs one heck of a beatdown! So I'll just have to give it one.

[She's not so sure on being accompanied by the creepy droids, though.]

Those dumb-bots they're sendin' with us had better not try anything funny, or I'll turn 'em into scrap.

[Yes, she is entirely too cocky. Judging by her casual-sounding air, this whole concept - going into a completely-new place to face a foreign hellbeast - is old hat to her. But she's probably exaggerating her own abilities by... a lot.]

Wonder if they'll let me bring a few Nests of Eggs with me? Or maybe my backpack? They'd better give us plenty of cool stuff if they want us to kick butt for 'em!

And what else do you guys usually bring on these missions, anyway? Gotta make sure I'm ready to go. Usually I'd just get Banjo to do that for me...

[After her little chat with the villagers, Kazooie will head out, intent on making the rounds in the village and saying hi to anybody she needs to meet before her mission. In particular, she'll be seeking out these people she's supposed to go with, if she hasn't talked to them already.

Also, her friends. Gotta reassure them that she'll be just fine... even if she isn't entirely cognizant of what she's going to be up against. But she's a hero, right? She can do it - no matter what the odds are, she'll make it. She's done it before; she'll do it again, as many times as it takes.

That's what being a hero is all about!]

[Today, there is a little red bird in the snow.

( Kazooie playing Freezeezy Peak annoyingly on her kazoo~ )

It's awhile before she stops, tucking the kazoo away safely under one wing before addressing the journal.]

There's a buncha those 'New Feathers' coming to Luceti, right? It's pretty lame here and stuff, what with the dumb Malnosso-guys and their even dumber experiment things that they do all the time...

So, I figured the plaza needed some lightening up! [She grins widely, something that could easily be construed as a casual challenge.] What better way than a big ol' snowman, right? [As she speaks, she pats the side of the oversized snowy form she's constructing; it's done up in the traditional way, albeit rather imposingly oversized. (Not quite as large as its namesake from the real Freezeezy Peak - Kazooie's not that patient, not by a long shot - but definitely a lot bigger than the average snowman.)] This guy's kinda like the one I had back home, at Freezeezy Peak. Luceti looked like it when all those lights and junk like that were up at Christmas, but it doesn't have any background music, so I had to make some!

[She pats another mound of snow into place on the snowman's side.] I was thinking to make 'im life-sized, 'cause the one there had this awesome red-and-yellow scarf and you could go sledding off of that! It's a real blast; there's nothing like it! [She pauses to grin widely into the camera then, smirking at her presumed audience.] Now how much more awesome can you get than that, huh?

We could be doing that right now if you guys'd get your butts down here and help make the biggest snowman ever. It could be even more awesome than the one I'm thinking of!

[Satisfied that her faux-sales pitch has totally grabbed everybody's attention, Kazooie actually goes back to work, pushing the snow into place. From the looks of things, she's going to be here awhile, trying to work on her snowman...]

Man, all this work and I'm not even gonna get a Jiggy out of it. It better turn out as great as I'm hoping!

[So what shall you do, fair citizens of Luceti?

Will you get annoyed at the kazoo playing? Wonder why there's a giant snowman in the square? Pitch in to help? Suggest better options for sledding that are significantly less foolhardy and don't take up the entire plaza?

The choice is yours.]