A dainty… guy? Girl? Well- whatever, a nice person put me down in a storage room of some sort.
(PR: So MC can't but the experienced Jake can tell ;) )

They put some seeds and water in my cage before leaving the storage room.

Looks like I'll manage to survive another day.

The nice person came back into the room holding the scarecrow that was inside the carriage.

Now that I get a better look at this thing… it's kind of eerie for some reason.

It's almost as if there's an evil aura emitting from it.

Ugh, looking at this thing is making me uncomfortable… is it because I'm a bird?

Is this what all birds feel like when they see a scarecrow?

I had no idea they were this effective…

(!)

The eerie aura suddenly feels like it's being targetted at me.

P- please stop…

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The nice person that fed me is dressing up the scarecrow.

It looks a little less like a dishevelled horror movie prop now, but it's still emitting a scary aura despite the makeover.

"AAAH!! COLD!" (???)

(WAH!)

"Weh!"
Ah- I made a weird bird sound again…

That was the voice that I heard in the carriage!

Where did it come from?

Ugh- I feel chilly all of a sudden…
Why'd the temperature in the room suddenly drop?

A- and why is the eerie aura a- aimed at me again?!

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Oh!

I've been picked up!

Is that nice person planning to play with me?

I used to have pet budgie, so I understand the desire quite well. (PR: Budgie (Budgerigar) is a species of bird commonly kept as pets)

Hmph. How nostalgic.

I guess I can indulge you for a while.

I'll be expecting some seeds as compensation though.

Oh? Are you going to rub my belly with your finger?

That's not my belly-

(AAAAAAAAAA)

"KAW! KAW! KA KAW!!!!"

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(…)

"I'm sorry" (???)

Huh? It's that voice again…

(…)

I'm all but certain it came from the…

Scarecrow?

Is my natural enemy feeling sorry for me?

"Ka kaw…"
Even an inanimate scarecrow is feeling sorry for me…

I want to go home…

(…)

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*Pshhht*

Huh?

The sound of a stream of water woke me up.
It looks like the water I heard is coming from the groin of the scarecrow.

(What are you doing…)

It looks like it's pissing on the floor…

Ah-

The terrifying person that enjoys animal cruelty just came back into the room and caught the scarecrow defiling the floorboards.

 

My abuser left the room for a moment and came back with something she attached to the scarecrow. It's a small crystal. I'm not sure what purpose it's supposed to serve…

Some disturbing scenes unfolded after my abuser filled a cup with water from the scarecrow.

And after once again rushing out of the room and running back in with a faucet-

(I can't believe what I'm seeing right now…)

She attached the faucet to the sorry scarecrow…

Is this a comedy act?

My abuser seriously has a screw loose.

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Yes!!

A fat wealthy-looking man just bought me together with a whole bunch of other stuff!

Keep me as far away from that monster as possible, please!

"KAW!"
I make a bird sound at the demon, masquerading as a nice person that likes feeding birds seed.

That meant fuck you in bird language!

I got loaded onto a luxurious-looking carriage by what seemed like an army of neatly dressed servants.

Oh man, I'm going to get fed so much seed, I can't wait!!

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I- I can't eat anymore…

For some reason, the fat man keeps force-feeding me all kinds of weird seeds that I've never seen before…

It's as if he's a Pok*mon trainer trying to evolve his pet with an evolution stone…

The seeds are seriously delicious though…

Ugh.

Every time a seed is digested, it fills me a deep cosy warmth.

What an exhilarating feeling…

Is this what it feels like for obese people to eat?

I feel so comfortable…

Ugh…

I'm gonna die if I eat any more…

This might be the best way to die though.

I doubt I have that long of a lifespan anyway.

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We're going somewhere today!

How exciting!

I haven't been outside in ages!

And to my surprise, the kind middle-aged lady that first fed me seeds is here as well!

She's carrying my birdcage while on foot alongside a luxurious carriage.

I hadn't paid much attention to this before… but…
Is this lady a slave?

Her clothes are super tattered and she's got a collar around her neck.

I doubt very much this is just the local fashion…

Isn't this abuse? Someone should do something…

Several other people around me are dressed in a similar dingy outfit.
They're are diligently following alongside the carriage.

Don't these people get a carriage to sit in as well?
Even if they're slaves, having them walk alongside a vehicle seems almost akin to torture…

(Oh!)
My birdcage has been put down onto the ground.

Seems like we've arrived at our destination?

Huh?

Isn't that the sorry scarecrow?

What is this guy doing here?

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I- I've been thinking t- this for a while-

B- but… isn't this- a different world entirely?!

The fat man sent a bunch of the slaves out to fight weird slime-like creatures.

After that, we encountered a bunch of wolves that I've never seen before.
And after that, a bunch more freakish monsters appeared… 
But nothing compares to the overgrown rodent that we're facing now.

For some reason, the fat man won't retreat despite the copious amounts of deaths that we've suffered trying to get here…

This huge rodent…

Isn't that?

A sugar glider?

Yeah… I can just about vaguely recognise what this is supposed to look like.
But it's enormous… they're not supposed to grow bigger than a house…
It also looks rather terrifying due to it's missing fur and discoloured skin.

(?)

The fat noble took me out of my cage.

What are you-

"Ve Ferdinand!" (Fat man)
The fat man assertively whispered something in my ear.

He suddenly violently threw me at the enormous sugar glider.

Do- DON'T JUST THROW ME INTO BATTLE LIKE A POK*MON!!

(WAAAH!)
I immediately crash-landed on the floor a couple of meters in front of the fat man.

Despite being a bird, I've never actually used my wings to fly properly yet.

I tentatively looked up to the enormous terrifying rodent.
Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have any interest in me right now.
It's looking at something else off to the side.

This is my chance!

I'm not about to get killed here!

I desperately flap my wings and scamper away in the opposite direction of where the enormous sugar glider is looking.

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Freedom!!

I'm flying!!

I'm actually flying!

This is such a freeing feeling.

It's a good thing the direction I ran in has such vast open spaces.
This way I can fly despite being inside a cave.

(ARGH!)

Suddenly I got a paper cut?!

When I looked at my plump bird body, there was a clearly visible cut that's drawing blood.

How?!

I looked under me and suddenly noticed the enormous train of wolves that are chasing me below.

Whe- where did these guys come from?!

(UGH-)
Some sort of invisible blade suddenly grazed me again.

Another cut appears on my body.

What is happening?!

I started flapping my wings harder but just kept getting hit by invisible blades out of nowhere.

Eventually one of the blades managed to cut my wing fairly deep, causing me to go plummeting to the ground.

I crash-landed and incidentally got surrounded by wolves.

Isn't this overkill…

How are all you going to feed on a single small bird like me?

Ugh… so this is how I end up dying…

I should've eaten more seeds.

The dense crowd of wolves suddenly split in two to make way for a scary looking wolf covered in scars.

It casually approached me and just as it was about to bring its teeth near my neck to bite me-

A familiar-looking scarecrow came flying into the scene…