His friend's greeting was met with a grin, and he returned the shoulder clasp with only a little of the awkwardness he might shown at a hug. "It really has. We have some catching up to do! But first, I hear you've got a little project for us?" he teased his friend. It was good to hear that the smith had been working on his own forge for a while, and the bard's brow arched in admiration for what he'd already managed to accomplish. There were still quite a few things needed to bring the forge to working order, however, and the list wasn't as short as he had been hoping. Jigano tilted his head to the side thoughtfully as he categorized each task into something he felt confident in doing, or that was beyond his skills. Most, as it turned out, were within his ability, and he broke into a chuckle at the final item.
"Those bats do tend to get into everything, don't they?" he asked with a wink, remembering another shop he and Caiside had helped to open, and the lion's roar that had been used to frighten bats and people both from the premises! "I can probably shift them a bit more peacefully than our last experience with them though. Let me see if there's a place nearby they can be moved to instead." For he quite liked the musical little creatures, even if they could be pests to the local builders, and he hoped to find them a new home rather than simply order them away.
With a nod toCera , Jigano settled his bag of baked goods in a clean corner of the shop where they wouldn't get disturbed, and sent Isuma to investigate the chimney and get a count of the bats living there. Meanwhile, he set out to explore the ruined buildings nearby to see if any would serve as an alternate roosting place. Finding one that he thought would do, he shifted into his raven form and flew back to the roof of the new forge, poking his head down the chimney and croaking a wake-up song to the bats, reaching out with his mind to tease and tickle them awake. Using his Beastmaster ability, he led them up and out the top of the chimney and then flew ahead, a pied-piper of bats instead of rats, guiding them to their new home and making sure they were safely settled before he shifted back to his human form and sauntered back in the front door of the forge.
"The bats shouldn't be a problem anymore," he called cheerfully. "What else do you need?"
"Those bats do tend to get into everything, don't they?" he asked with a wink, remembering another shop he and Caiside had helped to open, and the lion's roar that had been used to frighten bats and people both from the premises! "I can probably shift them a bit more peacefully than our last experience with them though. Let me see if there's a place nearby they can be moved to instead." For he quite liked the musical little creatures, even if they could be pests to the local builders, and he hoped to find them a new home rather than simply order them away.
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"The bats shouldn't be a problem anymore," he called cheerfully. "What else do you need?"
