#short funny one for today because I woke up hella groggy again... just another foggyyyyyy fridaaaaaaaay ♪

[zenmai--jikake--no--komoriuta]

MiqoMarch'24, Day #15: - favourite minion -

This is Jaffa the dodo, D'nyr's fishing companion! He is rotund, always hungry and not very smart (as far as dodos go). His favourite things in all the world are honey worms, toast crumbs, getting underfoot and honking all the while, and fishing with his master/best buddy D'nyr of course. D'nyr first found him when he was 16 years old, stuck headfirst in a hollow at the base of a tree and honking loudly enough to alert all and sundry! He had been enthusastically foraging for bugs was chasing a big caterpillar when he overestimated his own girth and couldn't get free… he was swiftly rescued from his predicament and the rest is, as they say, history. When his master is adventuring far from home, Jaffa stays behind in the care of D'nyr's foster mother Aster. But don't let his unassuming appearance fool you, he has a number of ways he helps out around the house! Here are just a few of his many lofty titles:

. Garden Groundskeeper & Pest Control Officer (when not napping, the majority of his time at home is spent eating bugs, pushing soil here and there with his beak and enjoying the odd ripe fruit on occasion) . Quality-assurance/FIFO Advisor of Fishing & Bait (when he accompanies D'nyr on his fishing outings, he loves to snuffle through the baitbox; while he usually goes for the stinkiest/oldest baits, this nonetheless adds an extra level of challenge for his master in trying to wrangle his pet, not run out of bait prematurely, and still hook the fish!) . Royal Taste-tester for Kitchen Affairs (he always gets the scraps when someone's cooking-- whether they want him to or not!)

BONUS! My wonderful sister @arty-ffxiv commissioned a plush of Jaffa for my birthday back in 2017, made by the talented @blackash!

behold, the borb!