A high pitched shriek.

"GUMMIIIIIIII."

One of the Mandibuzz flew over, a wriggling purple Wurmple clamped in it's foot. It landed on a nest that was almost comically on the top of the tree, proud in it's catch- which was held over a group of nipping Vullaby.

Tearing down the road as fast as one leg and a prosthetic could carry her, one Vicki Talbot. The young teen shrieked and threw herself at the tree, right in @warren 's way (probably), and began to scale it with wild abandon. She yelled the Whole. Time.

Normally the idea of a thirteen year old girl knocking over a grown man would be super funny. Sadly, Vicki was in a very distressed shape right now and did not notice her ASSAULT against @warren. She had half scaled the tree when Warren took action, Gummi, the Wurmple, dropping from the height to land perfectly in his hands.

Vicki stopped yelling instantly, just now seeming to notice the other.

"You- ah! You saved Gummi!" Her eyes sparkled, the tears that had been threatening to spill quickly drying up. A quick glance down told her she wouldn't be climbing down, but... "Um... catch me!" And she didn't give Warren much more warning than that. He looked sturdy, after all! And Vicki didn't weigh THAT much! So she pushed off the tree, arms open, a free-fall expecting him to save her.

Gummi, the poor Wurmple, had quickly collapsed in Warren's grasp.

Vicki let's out an 'ooph!' when she's caught, grinning and giggling besides. Poor Gummi plops to the ground, her little buggy heart racing, but ultimately does end up wiggling her way back on her feet. Eventually.

"Guess so... Mom would be pretty mad if she had to buy a new one." Vicki gives a small sigh as she thinks of the last time that had happened. Aleana Talbot had been pretty steamed- more so at what Vicki had been doing to break it than the actual break itself, though...

Huffing, Vicki swings her legs and tries to hop down out of @warren's arms. She does stumble a little, on her weaker side, but manages to right herself. Hands on her hips she whirls around back on Warren.

"Hey! Are you a Ranger?" She narrows her eyes at him, assessing. "I've never seen you around before! Are you bullying those mean birds?"

Why ask so many questions?

"I'm a kid, duh, it's, like, my job to ask you stuff!" Vicki pulls a serious face for all of a half a second before she just smiles wide, laughing softly at her own joke. Teasing new people was always fun. It really showed you which people were assholes and which ones were nice the fastest.

Mom and Orion Lykos would probably scold her if they knew, though.

Kneeling down, Vicki scooped up her Wurmple and held her in her arms.

"Well, thanks for getting Gummi back. I think they would have eater her." The Wurmple shivered and moved to crawl up her trainer's sleeve. "Can I watch? I want to be a Ranger! Oh! I bet I could even help!" Poor @warren. She already had stars in her eyes.