Familiar Performs
Bat
Sinah snickers and makes a gesture towards the tropical bat.
Suddenly it takes to the air circling until it spots you and without
warning begins to swoop at your head causing you to duck the flying
bat over and over! After awhile it tires and resumes what it was
doing before.
Crow
You point to the sky. The grey crow appears to nod at you then
launches itself into the sky. As you peer up, the crow is only a tiny
spot then suddenly it vanishes. You smile to yourself and utter a few
arcane words. In a puff of smoke, the crow suddenly appears and caws
proudly while stretching its wings.
Cat
Your cat doesn't seem to care to perform any tricks.
Gerbil
Vernais winks at a tan gerbil and it quickly scrambles up her leg. It
continues up her arm until it reaches her shoulder. It then jumps
fearlessly and lands with a small tumble. Surprisingly, it seems to
have not been hurt at all.
Goose
Sinah looks directly at her red-throated goose and snaps her
fingers. The goose stretches its long neck out and loops its head
around and under, tying itself into a loose knot. Sinah snaps her
fingers again and the goose tries several times to untangle itself
before giving up and honking plaintively at Sinah. Sinah stifles a
laugh as she guides its head back out of the knot.
Guinea-pig
Vernais snaps her fingers and the tan guinea-pig gathers itself into a
ball and rolls around for a moment or two. It then uncurls itself and
resumes whatever it was doing.
Lizard
Vernais points her finger at a nearby bug and the pearl-white lizard
focuses on it. It sticks its tongue out as far as it will go then
curls the end of it in the form of a loop. With some flair, the
pearl-white lizard catches the unsuspecting bug in the loop and
greedily eats its catch.
Piglet
Sinah signals to her chubby piglet. The piglet sniffs at the
ground in the area, and after finding a suitable spot begins to dig at
the earth with its snout. Moments later, it squeals in delight and
you see it balancing a freshly unearthed truffle on the end of its
nose. Sinah gives her piglet an indulgent nod and it flips the
truffle into its mouth, chewing happily.
Rabbit
Sinah whispers into one of the fuzzy rabbit's ears and it
immediately begins to tap its foot. After a moment or two the tapping
begins to increase. Harder and harder then faster and faster until
the drone is enough to make you want to hold your hands over your
ears! Thankfully it stops after some time but your ears are still
ringing.
Rat
Sinah snaps her fingers and a chubby rat begins to nibble on
Vernais's feet. As she tries to swat it away, it scrambles behind
Sinah and begins to make a sound, not unlike snickering.
Raven
Sinah signals to her dusky raven to hop up onto her
outstretched arm and climb up to her shoulder. Sinah whispers to her
raven and is rewarded with a bemused stare from the raven and a loud
squawk of "You want me to do that trick? I told you...never again!"
The raven hops down from her shoulder and begins cackling
uproariously.
Squirrel
You wink at your sleek squirrel. Your squirrel scampers up your leg
and onto the top of your head. It sketches a tiny salute and leaps out
into the air. It zooms around the area, twisting and turning with the aid of its
bushy tail. Finally, it takes one daring swoop between your legs and lands
beside you, bowing smugly.
Turtle
Vernais nods at her turtle and it tucks its head inside its
shell. After a moment or two, it sticks its head out the other end of
the shell and then returns inside. Another pause goes by and its head
reappears out the correct hole in the shell.
Thanks to Janora and Vernais for their help with these performs.
