love is a laserquest

"More like you don't know anything." Grumbling to himself, Ty really had to admit that this whole alien-type roommate deal was really working out for him. No one to question his knowledge and authority, even though there was probably an element of falsehood in most of the things he said. Levi more or less believed everything he said without question, and Ty had to admit, that was pretty good. "Oh yeah? Hey you're right, maybe I'll finally find my true love in there."

Faking an excited interest, Tyberius paused to scan the map again. "Do you see any reptile houses on here? Maybe it would be close to the fish..." He didn't really care a whole lot for frogs, but he wondered if they would have any open enclosures for the fish. Hungry. He quickly decided he should probably avoid the fish and reptile enclosures. With Levi back onto his arm, Tyberius absently reached over with the other to pat the boy's head, steering them onto the path that would take them towards the elephants. "Look, they're handing out food for different animals. We can go feed some of the nicer animals. I'll feed you to the lions if you don't behave." Tugging on one of Levi's horns, he made his way towards the little animal food stall, looking at the options they had out. There was fresh fruit and vegetables, dried pellets, and even a cooler full of fish for the aquatic animals. "Look, you can feed seals and things too. "

Tyberius shrugged, "Doesn't matter what they do and don't let you do, if you do it before they can stop you." More or less his philosophy in life, Ty wondered if this was a bad thing to tell Levi. Quickly, he tacked onto the end, "As ... Long as you're willing to face whatever consequences, I guess." If he chose to toss someone in with the lions, it would be hard to catch him if he turned into a bird and lived out the remainder of his life in that shape. He hadn't ever bothered to see how long he could go, but he bet it would be for a very long time.

The people attending the food booth had turned to them by now, waiting for their requests. Figuring that there would be other such feeding stations dotted around the park, Ty didn't worry about loading up with all the different kinds just yet. Paying for one of the large containers of leafy things, a small ticket of what animals could be fed with it came with it. An assorted list of animals, Tyberius turned to the nearest enclosure, filled with both exotic and common looking tortoises. Low to the ground, they more or less looked like giant rocks if you didn't look close enough. "They've got tortoises, look at them all." Trotting over to their fence, Tyberius tilted his head as he stared. He ... Kind of wanted to eat one. The creatures were long accustomed to being fed by visitors, and all at once started to converge upon the place where he stood, trying to crawl over each other to get the prime feeding spot. "They're... I didn't expect them to be so big up close..."

Watching the giant creatures steadily move closer, Ty leaned even further out over the fence, his eyes fixed wide on the things. One of the bigger ones was in the lead, shoving the others out of the way as he came closer. His neck extending, Ty shrank back a little. He hadn't really known that their neck would extend out that far, and it looked a little disgusting.
Quickly, he reached into his bucket of leaves, and tossed the handful on the ground at the tortoises. The biggest was quick to snatch his offering, holding the leaves in his mouth for a moment before making them disappear. "It's like he's... Showing off to the others..."

Reaching back for another bit of leaves, Ty tossed them towards the smaller ones, hoping that they got enough leaves. It seemed like the biggest one didn't enjoy sharing much, and the smaller ones were stuck watching him eat all the guest offerings. "What... Do you think he tastes like?" A giant tortoise shell would look impressive, pinned up on that wall of presents Levi had started. His eyes sparkled, thinking of stealing the shell off the thing. "I wonder.... If you can just.... Pull off the shell..." It wasn't like the tortoise would feel anything. With luck, it would already be dead and mostly consumed. Do it before they can stop you. A few seconds away from clambering over the fence to destroy a tortoise, rationality struck him once again. "There's other animals... Here as well we should go see them. Bigger ones." The small animals he had always felt an urge to eat. Hopefully the big ones would be different.

Feeling himself pulled back, Tyberius reluctantly allowed Levi to wrestle him away from the animals. Despite feeling awkward about it, maybe having his roommate attached to him wasn't such a bad idea. Before he realised it, he was being pulled along down the road that pointed towards the elephant enclosure. Had he known Levi was so passionate about elephants, he would have gone straight there. "You really want to see the elephants that badly?"

Tossing one glance back behind him at the lost tortoises, Ty sighed faintly as he resigned himself. He would have to find other foods along the way. "Elephants...?" Blinking down in surprise at the creature that had quite openly attached himself, Tyberius puffed out his cheeks for a moment, squinting as he decided whether to let Levi stay or not. Figuring that he wasn't doing too much harm, Ty refocused his attention on watching where they were going. "They're big. Bigger than a horse. They have big floppy noses that can pick things up. They've got horns, too. Except their horns are by their nose. Their horns are valuable, people kill them just for the tusks. Sad." A big enclosure was starting to loom in the distance, and Ty imagined that some type of large animal was housed in there. "What's in there, can you see? I don't see any elephants yet."

Levi wanted to saw off his horns, and that prompted a funny look from Tyberius. He ... Sort of liked Levi's horns. They looked cute on him, and he usually had to refrain from touching them a lot. Though, a lot of times he did not do very well with keeping his hands off. "I ... Like your horns... They're sort of a little bit... Well... They're kind of ..." Dancing around the word cute Ty wrinkled up his nose, unsure of how to express himself at the moment. Deciding to let it go as a lost cause, Ty crossed his arms tight to his chest, seemingly his preferred stance when he feels defensive.

Sliding away from Levi, Ty kept his arms as high as he could manage, trying to keep the smaller boy from reattaching. "It says.. I don't know, your fat head is in the way." Tyberius stared at the word written at the top, accompanied by some random facts underneath. "Giraffe ...?" His eyes flickered up, staring at the barren plot of land. There was no sign of any type of animal, common or exotic. Giving up quickly, Ty figured that they must be ... Down for maintenance or something. Did giraffes require maintenance? Shrugging, he was about to turn away when a tawny, long-limbed creature crept into view. Emerging from a massive barn far in the distance, it hesitated for a few moments before heading towards the fence, another animal that was probably very accustomed to food. "I wonder if you can ride them."