Tour of the Falconry

5 January 2018

20:38 < Southern_Belle> ===start===

20:40 Southern_Belle smiles, giddy with glee as she can hear the many sqwaks from behind the door, having been invited by a friendly look earth pony to her place to check out her falcons after their conversation, and Belle's mention of her love for birds[/i] "i've never been able to see a falcon, let alone a flock of them up close before!"

20:52 Aerie Rufter nods at the mare and then opens up the door, allowing her to take a step into the enclosure. She turns back to smile at Belle as she leads them in through the double doors. Inside are several different partitions, separating the birds from one another so that they did not fight over territory. The smell of the avians is thick in the air, but a pleasant one for her, as she leads the mare around. "We've got all sorts of birds of prey here. Any you'd want to take out for a demonstration?"

20:58 Southern_Belle shakes in anticipation almost as she watches her open the door before turning to smile at her. Taking a deep breath, the all to familar scent avians put off fills her nose. "well, i'd love to see one of your falcons if you could mis... im sorry i dont think i actually ever got your name" she says, just taking in the sites, sounds and smells of the many birds surrounding her, seeming like she had died and went to heaven, surrounded by birds of many species[/i]

21:10 Aerie Rufter turns back to watch with a grin the level of excitement and interest spreading over her face. It was rare that she found someone as excited about her birds as she is, except for occasionally during a show. Aerie takes Southern's neck and leads her over to a pretty specimine of a Gryfalcon. "Oh, no? I could have sworn, oh well no matter. The name's Aerie. "

21:10 < Southern_Belle> (having issues, lol. logged out, logged in, logged out, logged in)

21:10 < Aerie Rufter> (Mostly f-chat updating xP

21:11 < Southern_Belle> (ah, lol)

21:11 < Aerie Rufter> (had to try twice, the first one failed to take

21:11 < Southern_Belle> (i'll try to update after this coming response)

21:12 < Aerie Rufter> (What, you just dled it, did you manage to snag it before it went live? silly! :P

21:12 < Southern_Belle> (the box on the top left is orange and says "update available")

21:12 < Aerie Rufter> (I guess so!

21:13 Southern_Belle giggles, looking intenttly at the bird in front of her. "well nice to meet you Aerie, my names Southern Belle, but you can call me Belle. and what kind of bird is this, it's really pretty" she says, keeping her hooves away, knowing most birds dont like being handled or being near strangers[/i]

21:19 Aerie Rufter chuckles at that question, an dturns back to her. "Well, Belle, I figured you'd know, this is a gryfalcon, biggest falcon that exists. He absoultly loves it out there right now, mad efor the cold weather and the snow. Just look at his pretty white plumage. The mare then opens the gate and steps inside. She begins to leash and hood her pet, to bring them out to Belle.

21:21 Southern_Belle watches intently as she opens the cage and steps inside. To no one's surprise what's so ever, it's trust to Aerie was strong as it did not fight the slightest as she placed a hood and a leash on it in order to bring it out to show off to her. "i never knew any avians liked the cold, but yeah his white plumage is really pretty, like freshly fallen snow"[/i]

21:26 Aerie Rufter nods her head at bell, and then finally having gotten her charge leashed and hooded, and now perched on the saddle on her back, Aerie trots on out of the container, to bring her a lot closer to Belle. She gestures to her bird, and says, "Go on, he likes head pets, as long as you're gentle. " THen with a close of her eyes,s he concentrates on a jewel she wears, and uses that to send to her bird a command to relax.

21:30 Southern_Belle giggles with glee, stepping closer to her and the falcon, slowly reaching a hoof up toward it before slowly petting it's tiny little head "like this?" she asks, continuing lightly, the gryfalcon chirping lightly as it sits on the perch, Belle still nervous about touching any kind of bird[/i]

21:34 Aerie Rufter watches as the mare reaches forward and scratches on top of the pretty bird's head and then, with one of her own hooves, draws it down against the soft wing feathers. The bird ltes out a soft cooing noise and shuffles around on Aerie's back, and fluffs its body up, indicating that she was becoming rather relaxed. "So then...you said you wanted a demonstration?" She asks, grinning at the other pony.

21:39 Southern_Belle giggles, watching as it fluffs up and coos as her hoof runs over it's wings, noting how soft theoy were. "yeah, i'd love to see one of these pretty things in action" she says, continuing to pet over it, enjoying how adorable it was[/i]

21:43 Aerie Rufter smirks at Southern, and then puts a hoof on the other's arm, gently lowering it down towards the ground. "Well then, I suppose we ought ot step outside," she says, and then makes her way out the door. The air outside is a fair bit more chilly than it'd been inside the heated hutches, and the gryfalcon fluffs herself out a little further. "Hopefully there's enough prey out here, even in the dead of winter.

21:46 < Southern_Belle> (brb i need to restart my computer real quick)

21:46 < Southern_Belle> (gimme 5ish minutes~)

21:50 < Southern_Belle> (aight, back)

21:52 Southern_Belle shivers as the door is opened once more, the cold air blowing over both of them, watching as the falcon fluffs it's self once more as it adjusts to the cold air.
"it is fairly chilly, but what does a falcon like it eat?" she askes, steppin out next to her, looking at the falcon coo on her back, enjoying being outside again[/i]

22:02 Aerie Rufter pulls off the hood, and undoes the tether that held her to the bird. Finally she arches her butt up and tosses the bird into the air. He rises up high, scanning the ground for any hints of food that may be lurking in the dead underbrush. "Oh? Mice, rabbits, that sort of thing. They stick around all winter long too you know."

22:04 Southern_Belle , Watching as she arches her butt in the air, Belle blushes slightly and averts her gaze as her tail flips up just enough to reveal anything hidden below, though her attention is quickly brought back to the Falcon as it now soars high into the air, spreading it's wings as it glides through the air in search of any prey "that they do.
just they wouldn't be out in this cold snow would they?"[/i]

22:16 Aerie Rufter shrugs her shoulders at Southern and then gestures towards a couple tracks not too far from there. "I mean, they've got to eat just as much as the bird does. And so, they'll be out and about around this time of day, as its reachign the warmest." Just then, the falcon dives down out of the air, and hits the snow with a thump. He lets out a cry of victory to get their attention, only a dozen yards away.

22:21 Southern_Belle watches as it suddenly dives down rapidly, hitting the snow with a thump, before letting out a loud cry of victory. "did it find something?! that had to hurt!" she says, trudging her way over toward where it was wiggling and digging in the snow, pulling something out of it[/i]

22:26 Aerie Rufter holds out a hoof as she steps up with Southern Belle, careful to not allow her to get too close to the hungry bird. Once Aerie gets close enough to grab the prey though, she does, with acquiescence from the falcon. What she pulls out is a fat squirming rat, struggling to get free, which she shows off to Belle. "See, plenty ot eat out here. Aerie coos softly and then begins to feed the creature down into the open mouth of her bird.

22:29 Southern_Belle watches the Falcon hop over toward Aerie, opening it's beak as it waits, watching the rat squirm and wiggle, desperate to escape as it's instincts kick in to try and preserve it's life, though it was soon dropped down into the beak of the bird. "h-how would it even eat something that big?" she askes, watching it hold the squirming rat in it's beak, cooing before it starts to jerk it's head back, causing the rat's head to slide into it's beak. "it's can't possible swallow it whole! it's so big!"[/i]

22:32 Aerie Rufter slwoly lowers the rat down as the bird's beak darts forward. It ends up being that her beak opens just wide enough that she manages to get the whole thing down after a series of beak darting motions. "Well, you see, its a little known fact, but the part where that beak meets the face? Its actually flexible. They can puff out their cheeks much as we can," she explains. The bulge in that throat moves all the way down, till it settles in the bird's crop.

22:35 Southern_Belle watches with a blush on her face, watching that small wiggling bulge slowly move down it's throat after it's quick consumption, until it stops partway down. "so it swallows it's prey whole... so it's in it's stomach right now? and can it feel it moving inside of it?" she askes, her mind becoming cloudly from her personal fantasies, along with good old fashion curiousity, never watching a bird that size eat something, let alone swallowing it whole in just a few rough dart's of it's beak[/i]

22:39 Aerie Rufter narrows her eyes at Southern and then states, "And here I thought you claimed to know a fair amount about birds. Its in its crop right now, as you can rather plainly that the bulge is moving right there. I imagine he can feel it, but of course, I have no real way of knowing for sure. Tactile sense isnt something I get get from my birds afterall."

22:41 Southern_Belle smiles. "i uh... just love birds alot. i really know little about them" she says, rubbing the back of her head, before going back to watching the falcon, rubbing it's head once more "with a meal that size, how long would it be till it has to eat again?"[/i]

22:48 Aerie Rufter chuckles at the mare and then responds, "Well, He can probably have something else right now, if he so chose, though that'd be sure to keep him sated for several days at that. Of course, anything he had now would probably push that rat from his crop down to his stomach." With that, aerie lifts him back up to her rump, and allows Southern to pet her bird once more. She'd find that the rat bulge is still squirming as well.

22:50 Southern_Belle hmms. "wouldn't it be too heavy with that rat resting inside though?" she askes, petting over his head and feathers once more, watching the little bulge continue to wiggle and squirm "and surely everything is hiding after all that commotion he made"[/i]

22:54 Aerie Rufter shrugs her shoulders at that. "I've seen him do that before. We'll see if he's interested in going for seconds. He'll probably at least hunt for me." With that, Aerie steps away again, and then launches him into the air once more. She feels that heavy weight lifted as the bird gets airborne, and begins to pick up altitude, searching for any snack.

22:56 < Southern_Belle> (would like to get to the vore soon, running out of stuff for Belle to do)

22:57 < Aerie Rufter> (Dont worry thats the plan :P

22:58 Southern_Belle watches as it takes off once more, flapping it's wings to gain altitude as it soars around once more, circling them both as it keeps an eye out on the ground for any sign of movement that didnt belong to Aerie or Belle. "what do you mean hunt for you?"[/i]

23:00 < Aerie Rufter> (I just figured that Belle might want a rat or something to share that stomach with her, like with the fish :P

23:01 < Southern_Belle> (hehe)

23:07 < Southern_Belle> (though it is your turn~)

23:07 < Aerie Rufter> (Had to step away fro just a sec

23:09 Aerie Rufter smiles at Southern Belle, and takes her eyes off her charge. "Oh you know, its just that there are so many birds I need to keep fed. So when I take them out to exercise, sometimes i have them take extra game for me." They wait a bit, but there's no action from the bird. She gets an inkling of dismay from him at the fact that there are no other preys around in sight, and hopes she might stir up some.

23:16 Southern_Belle nods, "ah, yeah that makes sense." she says, both watching him soar around for a while, before they start to realize nothing was being seen. "i dont think he see's anything. need some help getting some stirred up?" she askes, shivering slightly "as i'd love to get back into the warmth here soon"[/i]

23:21 Aerie Rufter reaches into her pack and pulls out a stone that glows blue, and hands it over to the Earth pony. "Clutch this to your chest for me, It'll take away teh chill," she says with a grin. And then, once Southern does so, she says, "Minumineus." The stone glows brightly at that moment and its magic goes to work on Bell, to shrink her down to the size of that rat.

23:26 Southern_Belle grins. "ok" she says, taking it form her and placing it against her chest, looking at her when she hears her say something rather quickly. Looking at her confused, her gaze is adverted by a bright glow from the stone, blinding her temporaily, before finding herself in a over sized world or as the size of rat. "wh-what happened... oh this isn't good. A-aerie! what did you do?!"[/i] grins. "ok" she says, taking it form her and placing it against her chest, looking at her when she hears her say something rather quickly. Looking at her confused, her gaze is adverted by a bright glow from the stone, blinding her temporaily, before finding herself in a over sized world or as the size of rat. "wh-what happened... oh this isn't good. A-aerie! what did you do?!"[/i]

23:28 Aerie Rufter reaches down and plucks the snote away, before tossing it in her back. Then, as the spell finishes and Belle is left in a rather duminuative state, she lowers her head til her chin rests in teh snow. "Hiya there Southern Belle. You look almost like that rat that my sweetie made disapear~" She teases, before grasping the mare by the tail.

23:34 Southern_Belle eeps, feeling her get grabbed by the tail "i know! change me back to normal, please!" she yells at her, wiggling and thrashing to break free herself, hearing a caw and flapping wings, stopping as she sees the falcon land on Aerie's back, Belle gulping as she starts to realize what was planned for her. "ge-get that bird away from me. im not food for it or any of them"[/i]

23:37 Aerie Rufter grins toothily at her and swishes her tail. "You should be careful running about that size. You might catch some unwanted attention~" She continues, and then as she feels that weight settle down on her back once more that smile grows wider. "As you wish," she aggrees, and then flings the little pony out into the snow a good 10 feet away from them. Then she tosses her bird up into the air. "The spell's good for about 24 hours, by the way."

23:39 Southern_Belle eeps as she's suddenly tossed out into the snow, sinking a few inches into it while hearing the falcon flap it's wings as it takes off yet again. "please dont! keep him away from me!" she yells, wiggling to bury herself into the snow as best as she could in a desperate attempt to hide from it, knowing what would happen if she was found[/i]

23:45 Aerie Rufter closes her eyes and relaxes her mind. Suddenly she can see through the eyes of her charge as tehy sweep over the ground, looking for a meal. There, in the snow, is a bright yellow and orange creature and its moving. Down the falcon darts, droping like a stone until its wings flare out at the mast moment, seinding snwo scattering, while its claws snatch around Southern Belle, holding her down against the ground. From here, teh bird lets out a plaintive chirp.

23:51 < Southern_Belle> (she has no orange btw :P)

23:53 Southern_Belle eeps as she feels sharp, hard claws grasp around her, pinning her as she begins to struggle more, hearing the plaintive chirp. "fuck.fuckfuckfuckfuck. LET ME GO!" she yells out, doing her best to wiggle her way free from it's grasp[/i]

23:56 < Aerie Rufter> (I suppose you're right, its just your avy's light :P

23:59 Aerie Rufter steps forward to where the mare is situated beneath the claws of the bird, and after a brief exchange, gives him the all clear sign. The claws tighten around his catch now, and that head lowers, getting right up in Belle's face. The beak opens wide, allowing her to stare down the dark tunnel before her, where, at least, warmth did radiate out from it.

00:01 Southern_Belle shudders as those talons grip against her once more, her vision quickly becoming nothing but the inside of the birds beak, the tongue wiggling as the warm breath washes over her, reaking of digesting meat from days past, along with the stench of the previously swallowed rat. Thinking of it, she looks at it's body, watching the bulge it made still struggle inside of it's crop, desperate for escape which it would get, but in the wrong direction. "Please, Aerie, stop this! help me please!"[/i]

00:08 Aerie Rufter grins down at the mare from above, casting yet another shadow over her as she stands tall. "But, dont you know how nutitious you little ponies are for growing birds? You'll help sustain him for a good long month at least," she says with a grin. Just at that moment, the beak darts down and grabs Belly by the chest, with her head pushing down against that bony tongue of the burd. Then she's snapped upwards, so that gravity wants to draw her down that throat, just like had happened with the rat before.

00:13 Southern_Belle yelps as the beak darts down and grabs around her chest, lifting her up as her head rests on that tongue, pointing down toward that tight, pulsating throat, eager to accept her as it's next meal. Feeling him snap upwards as gravity pulls her down into that throat, she is snapped back to what is happening, starting to kick her legs, anything, to prevent herself from following that rat down to her gaurantee'd death. "n-no! not like this!" she yells before getting muffled by a swallow,
the throat squeezing her expertly, obvious it has had practice on multiple prey before, sending them down to meet their fate in his stomach, adding to him in useful ways[/i]

00:25 Aerie Rufter still reaches down and gives a gently shove on her rump as that beak darts forward, opening in each thrust in order to accept a little bit more of her down that tight slippery tube. Its a lot more slick inside of there than it had been in the beak, and the deeper she gets, the more the muscles squeeze around her. The mare helps her charge get that pony all the way inside, wher ethe beak closes with a clack. All around her she can hear the incredibly rapid beating of the creature's heartbeat and her powerful lungs as shes propelled down the crop.

00:25 < Aerie Rufter> (to the(

00:32 Southern_Belle continues to wiggle and fight the whole way down, each jerk of the beak bringing her deeper inside of the wet cavern. To her horror the walls get even tighter, compacting her further along down it's throat, the rapid heartbeat drumming away as her hooves loose contact with the cold air, telling her that she was just one swallow away from being a pony to being lunch... and then it happened, with a quick gulp and flick of it's head, the falcon swallows her hooves down, sending that squirming bulge down to join the rat in it's crop[/i]

00:35 Aerie Rufter ruffles the falcon's feathers and then lifts him up onto her back once again. From there she begins to trot the satisfied bird back towards the shed. As she does so, that bugle in the neck begins to press into the crop. The still struggling, though much weaker form of the rat presses against her, and then seems to displace some, slipping deeper into the bird towards the growling gurgle she could hear below her.

00:40 < Southern_Belle> (may have to pick up the pace, im getting sleepy as hell having been up almost 24 hours straight)

00:41 < Aerie Rufter> (We could pause perhaps, I'm losing steam. Pick up tomorrow.

00:41 Southern_Belle squirms as her head is pushed through a tight opening, slipping in to her horror against the rat, it still struggling weakly inside the crop. As the rest of her slides in though, she can hear the stomach gurgle and growl below, before the rat suddenly slips through a hole in the bottom, a gulp resonating as it's swiftly brought from the crop and to the stomach below[/i]

00:42 < Southern_Belle> (would love to at least get to where Belle slides into the stomach to see the rat digesting though)

00:43 < Aerie Rufter> (Could give ya somethin to look forward too~

00:43 < Southern_Belle> (hehe, yeah. at least pause with a good birb belly rub~)

00:46 Aerie Rufter travels back to the hutch where the birds are kept and deposits her charge back into her enclosure. The mare then lifts up her hoof and gently rubs at the bulge in the crop where Southern Belle is stored away. The bird lets out a soft chirp, and pushes up into it, enjoying the motions her wiggling prey is making. Down below, the gurgling grows ever louder as liquids begin to fill that chamber, working to strip the hunk of meat of all its nutreints. That smell backwashes some, drawing the scent of bile up back into the crop.

00:47 < Southern_Belle> ===pause===