Super Powered Pijies #6

[alvin]

Officers Murphy, and Murphy (No Relation) *don't you just love stereotypes* had been dispatched to check out the alarm call next door Pete's house. Pete knew nothing about the commotion, but Moe did. He had the video camera primed and pointed at the cruiser as it coasted to a stop outside his staring window. Well you never know, thought Moe, He could be the next Action News Pijie. Either that or or he could make a couple of dollars on Worlds Funniest Police Videos' or some such dross.

Oh the life of a newly fledged news pijie. He had been living there for a couple of weeks now, undercover. His first job as an intern for Action News, had been to go out and get the scoop on the treatment of sick ferals by humans. He thought, 'A couple of days roughing it on the streets, the occasional cough as a human walked by, the puffing up, and generally looking pathetic. Then it's back to the office, and make some stuff up. I mean everyone knows that 99% of humans think ferals are flying rats. - How wrong could he be????'. And at least he'd be dry and warm inside.
So there he was hanging out with the local flock, trying to blend in with the guys and look pathetic.....And a darn HUMAN scooped him up while his back was turned!
Next thing you know, he was doused, deloused, cleaned, screened, preened, and dumped in a porch.
He'd been faking PMV ever since.
He'd tossed more seed then the Jolly Green Giant (He enjoyed that). He'd been seed popped (He didn't enjoy that so much), and he'd been cuddled..........(He won't admit it, but he loved that). In the mean time, he had two stories to write. One about how this big gormless, non flying hairless monkey took in and cared for a 'Defenceless sick (But really cute) little Pijie'. He was thinking of calling it the 'Human Whisperer'. If he could get away with copywrite. He was figuring on a Booker for the book, and if it goes well, an Emmy for the mini-series.
The second one was the reason he stuck around. Other then the food, comfort, cuddles, company...but you get what I mean.
The other one was about an underground group of Super Powered Pijies who travel internationally to rescue birds in distress, and generally fight for truth, justice, and the Pijie way against those who hate Pijies. He's thinking a Pulitzer for breaking that story, and then it's on to the lecture circuit, and he's in the big leagues pulling down around 2lbs of Safflower seeds an hour.
Yup, A pijie could retire on that at 8 months, and live very comfortably.
And it was all happening right under his beak. And he still had his camera.

So he focused the camera on the cruiser, and zoomed in. He made sure the microphone was set to maximum gain, and crossed his toes. He could almost smell the acceptance speech for the Pulitzer right now...

Officer Murphy (Sr.) turned off the engine, and got out of the car. Officer Murphy (Jr.) did likewise, and they both headed towards the houes next to Petes.

Up on the roof Tater and Mary Lou peeked out amongst the guttering and watched the police approach.
'Tater!' whispered Mary Lou.
'Shhhhh'.
'They're getting closer.'
'Not Yet'.
'Tater! They're almost here'.

Down on the pavement the two police officers heard the commotion from the roof, and did what any policeman would, (No, they didn't go for doughnuts) they switched on their flashlights and shone them in the direction of the sound......To Tater it was footlights.

'Ah One! Ah Two! Ah One-two-three-four' Came a vioce from the roof. The band struck up, the backlighting came on, and the show began!

Tater launched into that old classic, with a tiny top hat, and a cane, and Mary Lou stepping in perfect time The officers heard and saw the worlds premiere pijie dancing couple give their rendition of 'Putting on the Ritz!
'Have you seen the well to do ?
Up and down Park Avenue ?
On that famous thoroughfare,
With their noses in the air ?
High hats and arrowed collars,
Wide spats and fifteen dollars.
Spending every dime,
For a wonderful time !' Started Tater, giving it that old Fred Astair

'If you're blue and you don' know,
Where to go to, why don't you go,
Where fashion sits ?
Putting On The Ritz.
Different types, who wear a day,
Co-pants with stripes, and cut away,
Coat, perfect fits ?
Putting On The Ritz.' Sang Mary Lou showing off spectaculat hat and cane work.

The police felt like applauding...Which they did.

Down below Dinkster and the rest heard the count in, and knew they were in trouble. Tater and Mary Lou can only keep them distracted for so long. Eventually, as always happens, they'd want autographs, and come in to get them. Once that happened, the seed was in the drinking bowl......(pijie euphemisim)

[karla]

I can't wait for Super Powered Pijies #7
jijijij!!

[Feather]

Alvin,

I am serious now! You really need to do something with that talent.
Not only do you have a talent for writing, but the wild imagination that you
have has pulled me into this story so deep that I almost believe this is really happening.

Crazy huh? Everyone knows that pigeons can't buy video cameras.

You know a book may be an enlightener for those who have no tolerance for pigeons.

Every episode is as good as the first.

Feather

[mr squeaks]

Well, the plot sure is thickening, Alvin...

I DO hope you already have a solution for the SPPs to get out of this scenario!

On to the next episode!

[Maggie-NC]

Alvin, talk about a cliff hanger! Wow! I'm so glad my Tater and Mary Lou did good. They'll get an extra handful of safflour seed when they come home.

You are really, really, talented. Ever written any screen plays?

[Pete Jasinski]

NOW YOU HAVE ME CHECKING MY YARD FOR HIDDEN PIDGIE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS! OOOPS sorry for shouting Well for all I know Moe is out of service for some time, I triple locked his enclosure so there won't be any breakouts. I know hard as I try the super ones will spring him when ever they want. I have a feeling Moe and the boys have a Hogan's Heros type operation running....radio hidden in the seed, escape tunnel under his water dish.
Crafty pidgies

[mr squeaks]

Don't worry, Pete! I'm sure this may be Moe's last assignment...once he publishes and wins the awards! I think he will retire since he's found the "good life!" Who knows, there may even be a family down the road!

The Super Power Pijies have a STRICT Code of Honor:

1. Never bring harm to a living being unless to save a life
2. Always be true to yourself
3. Never force any pigeon into any action or service
4. Retire a Super Power Pij from action whenever his Owner requests. Said
Pij may always be open to re-call or possibly act as a Consultant, with
Owner's permission
5. Any Owner who feels his Pij has Super Powers, may request action by
contacting either the NarratorWriter (currently) (Alvin), Wonder Woman
(Feather) or Scorpio Power (Shi)

Wonder Woman, if I have left anything out, please add...

Thank you,
Scorpio Power

[Feather]

Shi,

That is very nice. A Code of Honor. I like that!
Speaking of Codes of Honor, Shi, Alvin, and I do not want to offend anyone.
This might be a good time to ask the members of Pigeon-Talk to let us know if they would rather not have their pets Incorporated into Alvins wild imagination.

Any information that you have posted about your pets has been the inspiration for these episodes. I know that Alvin has put in a lot of time and thought into his interpretations of our birds.

Pigeon-Talk offers life saving information by experienced rehabbers, but it also has many heart wrenching testimonies. I know that I speak for Alvin and Shi when I say these stories are for your enjoyment, and that as far as we are concerned every pigeon that has found food and shelter, or can find his way home...after being shot, or a hawk attack...is a Super Pigeon.

So don't be surprised when you log on to find out that your pet was not in his cage last night.

I hope that no one was offended because we did not ask your permission to use the talents of your pigeon in our stories. But that would have spoiled the surprise.

Respectfully
Feather

[TAWhatley]

Guys/Gals .. so far so good .. Alvin's stories have enchanted the board and all is well .. otherwise the stories wouldn't have made it past moderation. I very much appreciate you all thinking of those that might not want their pigeons used as part of the stories .. that's the right way to do it.

I do think, however, the most proper way to do it is to ask the member if their pigeon or pigeons can become part of the story .. so, please ask before incorporating any more pijjies that might not already be part of this .. if we get too many more, then truly we have PIGEON POWER

Terry

[mr squeaks]

The best way to incorporate a "surprise" SPP AND adhere to the Code of Honor regarding Owner's permission, would be to contact the Owner by PM or e-mail.

That way, permission (hopefully) is obtained AND we have our SURPRISE participant(s)!

Just love having cake and eating it too! (or, to relate to the pijies: having "seeds" and eatin' 'em too!)

I remember Sat. matinee movie "serials." The problem was that we would have to wait a WEEK to see "what happened!" Fortunately, Alvin is faster!!

[Maggie-NC]

Well, Alvin, Shi, Feather - speaking for myself, you have my unqualified permission to use Tater and Mary Lou in this fabulous story. The 3 of us are honored. As a matter of fact, Tater told me just this morning that he and Mary Lou are very pleased that their dancing and singing abilities have been recognized. He said that because he is a smaller than usual pigeon that his notoriety will help him with the other ferals when he is released. He will be able to tell them he was part of a super pidgey group that helped save ferals from the pigeon haters of the world. He is very pleased with himself.

We have many, many more qualified pigeons that would be honored also - Ringo, Katrina, Simon, Onslow, Frosty, Cookie, Cosmo, Ginger, Snow, Gingersnap, Rio, Me 3, Bert, Candy, Glenda, Whitey, Ken, Boss Hog, Beulah, Katie, Holly, Augusta, Pinto. etc., and that's not counting all the crack house babies. Be my guest.

[alvin]

I read the tules for posting stories in the forum before I began to write this little tale of mayhem, madness, and mystery. So I did indeed know about the correct ettiquette for charactors in them.

Having said that, I would like to take the opertunity to explain the confusion that seems to have arisen, and apologise if I have offended anyone.

It started back in the Here we go again thread, when I started to 'sex up' the Doodles updates to make them less - well, boring. As we know post after post of 'pijie not eating, poop looks better, weight remains low' day after day as is the fact with PMV, would tend to put the reader to sleep. And there is only so much 'Hang in there' posts that people can reply to. So I decided tgo have fun writing it, and maybe make it fun to read. We know that PMV is most deffinatly not funny. Think of it as gallows humour if you will.

Then Pete asked in one of his posts for a flyby of the Super Powered Pijies.
Both Shi, and Feather agreed which gave me, what I thought was my first two charactors. I knew from previous posts that Tooter was the boss, And I wrote the first installment.
I made a couple of assumptions, and one blatant mistake.
I thought that Dinkster was Feather's bird, not Rollow's. So when I included him in the story as Feather's, she quickly correct me, and I edited the story to reflect that. I could have pulled it, but by then it had been read, and very well recieved. It was that one mistake that made Dinkster a central part of the story as it developed. And I should have come clean there.
I also assumed (Yes, the 'A-word') that since the group of charactors, and their personalities were already well established, that the owners would not mind them being revisited. I did my best to keep them in charactor and to do as much justice to the rolls that they had already been assigned. When an owner either posted or contacted me regarding their birds (I even got a few suggestions) I amended the story line to reflect this. For example Tooter now has a curfew.
I deviated a little to bring in Bubba. But I thought that Shi would like to have her little friend remembered, and it was also my way of telling her that Bubba is still with us in some manner. I hope that worked.
The only 'New' charactors which haven't been suggested, or included in the Super Powered Pijies, were Moe, and indeed Gertrude, and Doodles. I considered that Pete would like to see Moe in here from his replies, and of course the fact that he was the one to come up with the idea however indirectly. Moe's charactor I made up from whole cloth, and for that I should have asked Pete's permission.
The only birds that could in any way come across as unsuitable are Gertrude, and Doodles. That was by intent, because not only do I consider them rather loveable rogues, but any ill feeling about that fact I will deal with personally with the owner. Who is, of course, me.

I hope this clears up the issue.
I hope to finish the story in another installment, or at max two. I would like to do that, as I have so enjoyed exploring with these little guys. I would ask your permission to continue.

Once again, if I have offended anyone, I am very sorry. Please accept my apologies.

Alvin.

[alvin]

Originally Posted by Lady Tarheel

We have many, many more qualified pigeons that would be honored also - Ringo, Katrina, Simon, Onslow, Frosty, Cookie, Cosmo, Ginger, Snow, Gingersnap, Rio, Me 3, Bert, Candy, Glenda, Whitey, Ken, Boss Hog, Beulah, Katie, Holly, Augusta, Pinto. etc., and that's not counting all the crack house babies. Be my guest.

Two things;
1. Thanks.
2. The What?

[Pigeonpal2002]

Originally Posted by alvin

I hope to finish the story in another installment, or at max two. I would like to do that, as I have so enjoyed exploring with these little guys. I would ask your permission to continue.

Once again, if I have offended anyone, I am very sorry. Please accept my apologies.

Alvin.

Hi Alvin,

I don't think Terry, Feather or anyone meant to infer that you were infringing on anyones rights or their pigeons I also can't imagine that anyone would care or object to having their pigeons brought to life in your continual. I think the members are enjoying the stories and you do have a knack for these stories and quite an imagination.

You're right, the hum drum stuff that goes on in here can be depressing, heartbreaking, and yes boring at times. We all need a little humour and fun to lighten the mood and make people forget their worries.

All posts in this forum are moderated, just meaning that one of us have to approve the posts but we will continue with your stories

[Victor]

Alvin~

My family and I are very honored as well that Tooter is a character in your Super pigeon adventure.You are a talented writer and we are deeply enjoying the stories. My only regret is that you said it would end in the near future.You have a great ability Alvin.

Tooter's dad