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bethanythebogwitch · 2 months
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I heard it's Superb Owl Sunday so I have prepared some superb owls for you.
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The barn owl is the most widespread species of owl, living on every continent except Antarctica. Their faces are shaped like a disk to help their hearing, giving them some of the best hearing of any owl. They mostly hunt by sound.
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Snowy owls are the largest arctic predatory birds, They are born with black feathers and get whiter as they age. Females usually have more dark feathers than males.
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Eastern screech owls have a few feather variants that make them look like completely different species.
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The southern white-faced owl can increase its metabolic rate during winter to compensate for the cold and lack of food. They lay their eggs in nests built and abandoned by other birds.
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The great grey owl is the largest owl by length, but a lot of that is feathers and they're actually very light for their size. Their hearing is good enough to hear rodents burrowing through snow and they can break through hard-packed snow to catch prey.
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Blakiston's fish owl is the largest owl by mass and eats mostly fish. Despite the name, they may be more closely related to eagle owls than fish owls.
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The elf owl is the smallest owl species, barely larger than a sparrow. They hunt bugs and play dead when caught. They like to live in holes in saguaro cacti.
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Burrowing owls live in underground burrows. While they can dig, they mostly take over burrows from other animals. Farmers killing prairie dogs has severely reduced burrowing owl populations. They decorate their burrows with feces to attract bugs to eat.
The barking owl is called that because
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Its nice to have a day to appreciate superb owls. Feel free to spread the love by reblogging with some more owl facts.
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alonglistofbirds · 10 months
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[1356/10977] Blakiston's Fish Owl - Ketupa blakistoni
Order: Strigiformes (owls) Family: Strigidae (true owls) Genus: Ketupa (fish owls)
Photo credit: Julie Edgley via Macaulay Library
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astarcis · 1 year
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Blakiston’s fish owl and eurasian eagle-owl
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proton-wobbler · 10 months
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Round 1, Poll 13
Whiskered Treeswift vs Blakiston's Fish Owl
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Whiskered Treeswift Propaganda:
"I love its little whiskers, they look funny, yet amazing. :)"
The smallest species of its genus, Hemiprocne, this treeswift is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It has been designated as Least Concern by IUCN, due to this range and common status.
A sedentary species, both due to being non-migratory, and to the fact that they seem to occupy their breeding territory all year round. Both parents aid in making the nest, using hardened saliva incorporated with feathers.
Blakiston's Fish Owl Propaganda:
"He’s fluffy and he FISHES by WADING but he’s an OWL"
Classified as Endangered by IUCN, this is due to a double-whammy of habitat loss and low breeding success. The habitat this species prefers are riperian (riverside), old-growth forests. They need access to rivers which remain unfrozen in winter, and nest in large, hollowed out trees. These owls naturally have a low survivorship rate, only succeeding around 25% of the time in fledging a full grown chick. They also do not nest every year, and sometimes only have a single egg per attempt.
Blakiston's fish owl is revered by the Ainu peoples of Hokkaido, Japan, as a Kamuy (divine being) called Kotan koru Kamuy (God that Protects the Village). In Russia, they used to be considered a source of food by the Evens people of northern Siberia, and were hunted by the Udege peoples of Primorye due to their high fat content. This practice has fallen out of favor, however.
Image Sources: Treeswift (Frédéric PELSY); Owl (Ian Davies)
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jgvfhl · 2 years
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What do you think Shrek would look like as an owl?
Asking the real questions, here, Ang
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tanuki-kimono · 6 months
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Fantastic origami art piece depicting a Blakiston’s fish owl (found in Hokkaidô), folded by Cordialess following a model created by origami artist Katsuta Kyohei:
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sitting-on-me-bum · 1 year
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A Blakiston’s fish owl, or shima owl, flies off with a fish in a forest near the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. The Shima owl is the largest owl in Japan, with a total wingspan of 180cm
Photograph: Jiji Press/EPA
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taz-metamals · 7 months
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Here we have the aquatic chihuahuowls. Now, chihuahua + owl is incredibly vague, at least, to a biology nerd like myself it is. So I decided to find the owl that is the most aquatic. I based these guys on the Blakiston’s fish owl (Ketupa blakistoni), one of the largest living owl species (though the term large is complicated to determine because it can refer to things like height, weight, mass, or all combined.). It’s a little unclear if they are the most aquatic, but they hunt lots of fish and wade through rivers. Now, the Jungle Island creators probably didn’t base their owl animatronics on an owl I, an animal enthusiast had not yet heard of, and they probably went with something more well known like a Great Horned owl (which is in the same family), or a barn owl, or maybe a snowy owl. But when Justin leaves the door wide open for interpretation, my instinct is always going be to go for as “scientifically accurate” as possible. Yes. These are a. animatronics, and b. hybrids, so it absolutely should not matter, but the biology brain doesn’t turn off and I’m having fun.
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What is the röundest owl
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supremebirdbracket · 1 year
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Two spectacular fluff creatures, but who will prevail?
Snowy owls live on the high Arctic tundra in both North America and Eurasia. They are strongly diurnal, especially since they spend summers above the Arctic Circle. They primarily hunt lemmings but will eat anything they can catch. Unusually for owls, they nest on the ground due to the lack of trees on the tundra. Young are fed by their parents for about 3 months after fledging. Female snowy owls tend to have more markings than males, which tend to be paler. Unfortunately, snowy owls are classified as Vulnerable due to climate change and collision with human infrastructure.
The magnificently fluffy Blakiston’s fish owl is the largest owl alongside the Eurasian eagle-owl, weighing 2.95 to 4.6 kg (6.5 to 10.1 lb). They live in eastern China and Russia as well as Japan, inhabiting riparian forests. They mostly eat fish, including pike and salmon, but have also been recorded catching mammals and sometimes birds. They hunt by wading in river shallows or pouncing from a perch. Juveniles may remain with their parents for up to two years. Unfortunately, they endangered due to habitat destruction.
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candiednova · 2 years
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reworking one of my ocs !! think i finally got the wings right hrdthtesn
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herpsandbirds · 3 months
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Blakiston's Fish Owl (Ketupa blakistoni), family Strigidae, order Strigiformes, Hokkaido, Japan
ENDANGERED.
Photograph by Zoe Ashdown
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baby-jaguar · 2 months
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TF 141: Owl Hybrid HCS
Hi! I'm alive, just working on several things at once so my writing output is slow. This may be too niche but I've been thinking about this too much and wanted to share. Yes, I will be coming out with a Price x reader hybrid fic and this kinda sets the tone for it. I hope you enjoy!
A group of owls is called a parliament.
No warnings. There are some 141 x reader bits as well
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PRICE: Blakiston’s Fish Owl
Price is a big bird, and is the largest in terms of body weight and wingspan comparisons. His wings take up a majority of his space when on the ground and in his human form. His feathers are monochromatic with brown and tan, his broad and ragged ear tufts start on his temple and hang slightly to the side- still perfectly seen and sticking out when he wears his boonie hat.
The scars on his neck mark a historic battle between him and a foe. His damage? His vocal chords.
This man has a deep hoot that now sounds like a scratchy croak most nights. He feels self-conscious about it after the damage that occurred but will use it to startle or scare enemies mostly. 
If you ask to hear his hoot he gets flustered.
Being the alpha predator, he is very territorial. Not so much over his nest or room, but rather his parliament. Over the others, he tends to take care of them as a stand-in father figure that none of them have. With his big form and feathers, you can find either of the sergeants nestled into his chest like the pillow Price is.
Playing with his ear tufts is a dangerous game, as your hand will either be pecked at or he’ll give you nesting eyes depending on his mood.
Loves fish, and will even eat it raw if his owl sense is craving it.
His species spends an unusual amount of time on the ground and prefers to travel as humans do when applicable. 
When fishing, he prefers to do so as his breed does. Dive in and catch the fish himself.
Likes to nest in tight spaces (that mimic hollow trees). Will make a fort between a plethora of cushions and blankets to hide within.
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GHOST: Great Gray Owl
While Ghost is the largest member of 141, in his owl form, he almost doubles in size due to his plumage. The Great Gray has fluffy feathers and the longest tail, making him all the more threatening
He is not the type to build nests, but will often steal nests of others. He’s been found in Price’s nests when the Captain leaves for office work or has been known to crash into Soap's nest with no care to the men squawking
He’s vain to a fault. Will always preen himself in private, and the one time you pulled a cracked feather he immediately blushed snatched it from your hand, and left in a hurry to make sure there were no others
Once you got to really get close to him, he would let you do it for him.
Absolutely loses it when you call him pretty bird.
You also got him to parrot it back to you once and he almost cried with embarrassment.
Also has a deep hoot, but his come in shorter and quicker successions. 
These owls, much like Ghost, are hard to find. They tend to keep to themselves and blend into their surroundings by remaining still. There is minimal aggression in terms of territory, but when the 141 parliament is threatened, his talons are ready to maul.
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SOAP: Barn Owl
Have you heard a Barn Owls call? It can get really annoying or is beyond terrifying.
Soap’s subspecies is the T. a. Guttata; He is large for his species while having grey and orange upperparts with an orange buff. He has speckling to his underpart feathers, and his face is white.
Will sometimes take naps in a roost of his choosing (supply closet, rafters of the gym) but does tend to make his own nest when needing a deep and comfortable sleep after a good meal or long mission. 
Makes a fuss when Ghost crashes his nest. He hisses and snaps his beak at the large hybrid but shuts up when he gets to nestle under his wings.
Soap bonded with Ghost over his species being known as the “Ghost Owl” to some, but also that they have a similar lay of face feathers.
Soap is a curious hybrid in nature, and not always defensive when a different species (or human) is interacting with 141. The first time he met you, his wings splayed out while he looked you over - too closely.
While looking at your dog tags (or any other jewelry) he accidentally beat his wing feathers on your face.
You lost your balance and spooked him, causing him to hiss at you. And beat you over the head with his wing, again.
He is very cuddly when on base, likes to be by your side, and at least has his wing draped on you if it's movie night.
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GAZ: Great Horned Owl 
One of Gaz’s strong suits is his ability to camouflage. His feathers comprise a darker brown and even darker, complex markings across. He does have a patch of white feathers on his throat when fully shifted, and people make jokes that it's as if he wears a button-up shirt.
He has the classic owl hoot, and will often use it as comedic relief if a joke doesn't land. It is the most calming and subtle of the group, so he will often use it to find the other members while on base.
His eyes are big. Can give you the sweetest looks without saying anything, and is an absolute heartmelter when his tired eyes show in the daytime.
Like Price, he has tufts on the side of his head but are much smaller in comparison. They do as well peak out from under his cap.
He can adapt to the heat of the desert easily, and if in the Sonoran Desert again, he likes to sit in the sun to warm up.
Gaz does nest, but his is a bit wild and messy in terms of blankets and pillows strewn about when doing so. He doesn't need much, but when in his nesting season he can become aggressive and grumpy.
Price jokes that he can be like a parrot. Somewhat playful but has a tolerance when being preened at by the Captain himself.
Has nipped Price before.
Gaz keeps his talons well-maintained. He lost one in a fight before, and now takes excellent care of them. 
When he becomes fond of you, he will snag you by the arms and fly you in the air with him. Very cautious to not hurt you!
He one time made a nest high up in the rafters in the base but fell out of it and onto the ground when Ghost caught him sleeping.
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Cannot stop imagining Price's owl with a boonie hat on top. Like PLEASE. So cute and deadly.
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proton-wobbler · 9 months
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Round 2, Poll 7
Blakiston's Fish Owl vs Pinyon Jay
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Blakiston's Fish Owl
"He’s fluffy and he FISHES by WADING but he’s an OWL"
Classified as Endangered by IUCN, this is due to a double-whammy of habitat loss and low breeding success. The habitat this species prefers are riperian (riverside), old-growth forests. They need access to rivers which remain unfrozen in winter, and nest in large, hollowed out trees. These owls naturally have a low survivorship rate, only succeeding around 25% of the time in fledging a full grown chick. They also do not nest every year, and sometimes only have a single egg per attempt.
Blakiston's fish owl is revered by the Ainu peoples of Hokkaido, Japan, as a Kamuy (divine being) called Kotan koru Kamuy (God that Protects the Village). In Russia, they used to be considered a source of food by the Evens people of northern Siberia, and were hunted by the Udege peoples of Primorye due to their high fat content. This practice has fallen out of favor, however.
Pinyon Jay
Pinyon Jay get their name from their diet- seeds from pinyon pine, which they'll pull from the still green cones and then stash for later in various places. This behavior results in sprouting pinyon wherever the stashes have been forgotten. Because this species is so dependent on these pines, they'll almost always nest in areas where the pinyon crop was good the year before so they've got plenty of seeds to raise their kids on.
Pinyon Jay are seriously monogamous. One study I read for work found that when a nest fails (often a reason for bird divorce), pinyon jay will stay together as a pair and try again- even if they fail multiple times! One example of extreme monogamy was an instance where a female pinyon jay was removed from the flock (for an undisclosed reason), and her male found another mate within the breeding season. When she was returned to the flock, she immediately sabotaged the new nesting attempt and her mate still returned to her side! Serious Monogamy
Pinyon Jay live in huge flocks, which can range between 40-500 members! Most jay only tolerate having their kids around the next season, while pinyon jay are likely to live within their flock their whole life.
They sound like you told someone to mix a jay and a squeaky toy, I mean come on that's so perfect.
Images: Owl (Ian Davies)
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valentinetypewriter · 4 months
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Me And My Husband - Chapter 6
Masterlist / series masterlist
Word count: 2,156
Warnings: swearing, violence - people start punching each other, Walburga Black, blood/injuries
Taglist (let me know if you want to be added): @ashlynnmalfoy @ashisabitgay @rainychaosmiracle @Lafrone @uarmysingularity @remussbitch @ell0ra-br3kk3r @spiderman-stilinski @boo8008
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It took a long while before Regulus was able to coax Y/n back to their common room, pulling the girl along as they made their way down into the dungeons. Silence consumed them throughout their walk, only quiet sniffles heard from Y/n. As they made their way up the steps to Regulus’s room, the young boy stopped, turning around to face his friend. “Y/n, I am truly sorry that you got stuck with him of all people, though I suppose we both knew this day would come, when you'd come of age for something like this” Regulus paused for a moment, looking down at his own feet. Y/n could tell he was incredibly nervous, the young boy always made an effort to make eye contact, even when uncomfortable. It was more of a respect thing he was raised to do. “You know I always hoped if you'd be stuck with anyone, it'd be me, or Evan. I always thought that if it was one of us, it'd be easy. To be with a friend then someone you hate…” Regulus finally looked back up at Y/n, who held a small but sad smile. “Reggie, I'm glad you're my friend” the two teens pulled each other into a tight hug. “Who knows, maybe now that I've cut things off with Sirius, I could find someone who really cares about me”. They pulled away smiling at each other “come on let's get upstairs before Evan starts tearing apart my room again” the girl giggled at the memory of their friend rummaging through Regulus's room, because Merlin forbid ‘The Evan Rosier’ is left alone bored.
When they enter the room they're both surprised to find their friend asleep on one of the beds, Regulus moves over to the taller boy, gently shaking him awake. Evan groaned as he sat up “I got bored so I decided to sleep to pass the time” regulus let out a breath of air “Did it work well for you then Rose?” he asked, shrugging off his coat and throwing it onto his own bed “well you're here now aren't you, so I'd say it was pretty successful” Evan looked over at the girl standing by the doorway, taking off her own jacket and placing it on the desk by the door. “Hey N/n, you holding up ok?” she shook her head as she trudged over to the bed he was sitting on, she threw herself onto it, burying her face into the pillow. “Has he spoken to you yet?” Came Y/n's muffled voice, she didn't need to say who, Evan knew who she was talking about “not yet, I'm thinking of cornering him or something” the girl curled up on herself facing away from the two boys.
The two boys looked at each other, the look on Evans face was downright miserable, their group had felt incomplete since Barty stopped talking to them. The three of them all felt the void that was left in his place. Though the look on Regulus’s face almost had Evan feeling worried, it was a dark and hardened look, the same look that reminded people of who exactly he was related to. Regulus moved over to his desk as Evan layed down with the girl, pulling her into him in a means to comfort her. The room was quiet, except the sounds of a quill writing on a piece of parchment. Evan may not have known what the boy was writing, but he could easily guess by the rushed pace of the quill.
And of course it didn't take long for Walburga Black to write back to her son. The Black family owl furiously scraping it's beak against the window early the next day. It was Peter who woke up to it first, he was after all the lightest sleeper in the room. And he was annoyed, the four boys had planned on sleeping in after staying up most of the night, and he was woken by such a grating noise. He flung the window open, and perched on the window was the Blakiston's fish owl he had become familiar with since his first year. It dropped the howler into the room and flew off. Peter just stood staring down at the now shaking envelope, the shaking seemed to get more violent as the seconds ticked on, making more noise then the owl waking up the tallest of his friends. “Pete what the fuck are you doing” Remus's tired voice sounded more like an accusation then a question. Peter looked over at the dishevelled boy who was sitting up “it's a howler… for sirius” Remus looked down at the shaking letter “shit, I'll wake him up, you should probably wake James, think he'll throw a fit if he gets woken by a howler again”. Peter hurried over to James shaking him awake, despite being an early riser he was the deepest sleeper, which meant waking him took a bit longer than it should have.
As James finally got up, he saw Remus sitting on Sirius's bed, the boy holding an angry red letter. The black haired boy shook his head “I can not open this Moons” Remus sighed “you're going to have to, unless you want it to blow up our room, and this time we won't help you clean up” tears threatened to spill from his stormy eyes. He hates getting letters from home let alone a howler. He slowly opened the letter, hoping it would disappear. As the seal finally broke the letter shot into the air in front of him. And out came the screeching of Walburga Black
“SIRIUS BLACK, YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE ON OUR ENTIRE FAMILY, DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU HAVE RUINED AN ENTIRE ENGAGEMENT MEANT TO BENEFIT OUR FAMILY, YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE BRAT. I DO NOT CARE IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THAT L/N GIRL BUT I HEARD WHAT YOU DID TO HER AND HER FRIEND, AND YOU WILL BEING FIXING THINGS, AND YOU WILL BE GETTING MARRIED TO HER. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR”
Harsh sounding words that the other three boys didn't understand started spewing from the letter. At that moment Sirius was glad that he never taught his friends any French. The letter soon tore itself up, the shredded pieces fell into the boys laps. The room was filled with a tense silence, Peter and James staring at their friend, completely confused and unaware of the situation. If Sirius wasn't full of burning hot rage, he probably would have stayed to explain his situation. He probably wouldn't have rushed out of bed throwing on the first set of clothes he grabbed from his closet. And he probably wouldn't have brushed off James who tried calming him down. Sirius slammed the door shut on his way out, quickly being followed by his friends. He made his way through the castle, he knew where he was going, he knew where the girl he was looking for would be. The black lake, her and her little friend group would always hang around the dock during their free time. And today was no exception, he saw the three Slytherins sitting on the old wooden boards, talking about something he didn't care for. His still half asleep friends had lagged behind him, the stormy eyed boy was being fueled by his rage.
“Y/N!” The three teens looked over at the person yelling out to her. And upon seeing Sirius, Evan had shot up from his seat “you should piss of Black, before I do something you'll regret” Sirius now stood in front of the small group, who like their friend were now standing. “I'm not here for you Rosier, I'm here for Y/n” Evan glared down at the intruding boy, his height would be intimidating to anyone else, the boy was incredibly tall, possibly even taller then Remus. “Well she doesn't want to talk to you” he stopped staring over at the other three boys who had just made their way over “or any of your pathetic friends, so run along little lion” an offended ‘Oi’ came from James. Sirius just sneered up at him, too stubborn to move away. Y/n moved closer to Evan, seemingly tucking herself into his side “Sirius can't you just leave me alone, you've done enough damage” the boy just scoffed “oh I've done enough damage, because you're so innocent, I mean seriously, writing a letter to my mother. How did you think I would react” Sirius was fuming, even more so when the girl only looked at him in confusion “Sirius what the hell are you talking about, I never wrote a letter to her” he just rolled his eyes, not believing the girl. Regulus had finally stepped in, moving in front of Y/n to shield her away from the four Gryffindors “Actually I wrote the letter to mother” Sirius seemed almost shocked “what is wrong with you, why on earth would you do that” now Regulus was the one who was angry “are you kidding me! After what you did to my friends, you think I'd just let you get away with it. That I'd just ignore the fact that you hurt them” Sirius clenched his fist, looking just about ready to explode.
Remus had grabbed his arm, pulling him away rather harshly “let's just go Sirius, they aren't worth getting in trouble for” Sirius let the taller boy pull him away, well until Evan opened his mouth “yeah Sirius, listen to your dirty half-blood friend, oh how tainted you've become”. Sirius saw red as he turned around, his fist landing square against Evans jaw, Evan was lucky he wasn't wearing the obnoxious amount of rings he usually wore. Sirius wasn't as lucky though, just as his fist collided with Evans face, and the boy fell back. A ringed fist shot right into his own face, he felt the sharp bits of metal cut into his face. His brother now standing above him, specks of blood cover his hand and rings. “don't ever fucking touch one of my friends again, dont even look at them, because next time I don't think mother will simply leave her wrath to a howler”. The other three Marauders pulled Sirius up, James holding onto him looking between the three Slytherins “you're all fucking crazy” Evan simply replied to James taunt by spitting the blood that pooled into his mouth at the Gryffindors feet, a small Splatter landing on his shoe. The Marauders rushed off, dragging their injured friend to the hospital wing.
Regulus and Evan stared at each other in silence for a few moments, before laughing with each other “is your face ok Rose?” The tall boy nodded, spitting out more of the pooling blood “think I lost a tooth, though is your hand ok Reggie?”. The younger now nodded back “hurts like a bitch but it was so worth it, I've been wanting to do that for a long time now”. The boys continued laughing as Y/n sighed at her friends “what the hell and I gonna do with you two” Evan pulled her in-between the two boys “love us forever, because we're the bestest friends in the entire world”. The girl laughed at the boy “Rosie I don't think ‘Bestest’ is a word” Regulus chimed in “you see Y/n, our friendship is just so amazing we have to make up words just to describe”. Y/n sighed at her friends again “I love you both too, but we should probably get you both cleaned up before it gets infected. And with that Y/n dragged her two friends back to their common room. She really did have great friends.
The three had arrived in Regulus’s room, his roommates were always out during the weekends, so it was perfect to hang out together and patch up her injured friends. After a few healing spells, potions and bandages, and a kiss on the forehead that Evan said he wouldn't get better without. The three friends lounged around on Regulus’s bed, Evan falling asleep rather quickly due to the effects of the Potion he drank, his head resting on Regulus’s lap. The young boy had been reading a book he may or may not have stolen from Y/n. She didn't seem to care though, tucked into Evans side and her head leaning against his chest. It wasn't long before she fell asleep to the steady sound of her friend's heartbeat. Regulus was the last to fall asleep, placing the book on the bedside table, grabbing his wand to close the curtains surrounding his bed. Falling asleep in the comfort of his friends. Though no matter how easily the three fell asleep, there was still something missing. Someone that made them feel whole. And they were all determined to get him back.
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geolyte · 3 months
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personal katana design :] he's loosely based on the blakiston's fishing owl
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