Raven's woods (open)

Elijah often found himself out here. He was still trying to map out as much of the forest as he could; being able to know exactly where he was and where to go in a certain situation would definitely give him an advantage in a chase, or another scenario. He wouldn't just be able to shift as easily since leaving his crutches behind would leave him in worse shape than before. He limped around the clearing, pausing for a few moments here and there in order to take out his notebook and write down notes. He tapped his pencil against his chin once or twice before looking up, not expecting to see a teenager a few years older than himself dangling halfway on a branch.

He put his notebook away and smiled a bit, waving before setting his crutches down on a tree and shifting into his golden sparrow form. It was easy enough to tell this guy was also a bird half-blood, since he had wings, at least right now, anyway. As soon as he perched on the branch, Eli shifted again, finding it harder to balance when he couldn't use his legs all that much, but managing to stay on anyway.

"Watcha doing?"

"Meh, if I fall I can shift again," Eli shrugged off the question without much effort. He wobbled on the branch for another moment before regaining his balance. "Or you could catch me, too, since you are here, y'know." Eli gave a smirk. "What, you worried about me after just meeting me? That's sweet." While Eli might be normally annoyed by somebody being worried about him because of his physical state, it wasn't the same here. The other guy was making an observation of what somebody might call Eli making a stupid decision.

"Got a name, bird boy number 2? I'm Eli."

"Can't take a joke? Good to know," Eli huffed, blowing caramel blonde hair out of his face, though it just floated back down to where it was before. "So, I haven't seen you around before. I guess I haven't been here long enough, but I've still seen a lot of people. Are you new, well, newer here?"

(OH boy that got lazy. I'll try to be better next post xD)

"Well we're gonna have to fix that," Elijah said. "No place for loners here. I'd say you're already making progress, talking to me. Or at least not trying not to talk to me." The teen swung around on his branch, propelling himself forward and shifting mid-air into a sparrow. He fluttered down to the ground and landed beside his crutches, using them to pull himself up and get balanced properly on them.

"Hey, not all of us can spend time up there in a tree as long," Eli joked. "Can you come down?"

Eli gave the older teen a strange look for a minute before shrugging it off. People could believe what they like, it wasn't his place to judge. "Then I guess you have a lot of family here. So far we don't have all that many bird half bloods, but they're pretty outgoing from what I've seen," Elijah replied. "I think...Damian? Is that his name? And Adam; Damian's a snow owl and Adam's a hawk."