un: man's greatest treasure (video)

[reparo]

[-- a scramble of images: sky, trees, rooftops. And noise: flapping of wings, birds cawing, and in the distance, for those who recognise her voice, Hermione Granger yelling-]

Give that back! I don't want to hurt y - ow, you little - Accio communicator.

[Whatever projects image with the communication talismans/crystals/what-have-you goes decidedly zoooom as it gets yanked, bird holding it in its beak and all, back into Hermione's outstretched hand. She wrestles it out of the beak, and sends the mad bird flying with a shielding spell, on camera.

Then finally, harried and disheveled, her face appears in the video in full glory: the scratches at the edge of her face, and neck, and the mad look. It melts into concern, when she notices the device is transmitting.]

Oh - balls. [A sigh.] There's something wrong with the birds. They've been attacking all morning - and no, these aren't mine. I've seen farmers try to chase them from the crops, so everyone please be aware.

[ooc; LET'S GO PLOT, LET'S GO.]

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un: c a t o [voice]

[unpurposed]

[ A pleasant, gentle young man's voice on the other end: ]

Ah. Yes. They have been attempting to disassemble my arm.

[voice]

[reparo]

[What.] What? That's ghastly of them.

[unpurposed]

Most have had little success but this one has a very small sharp beak. I am concerned for my circulatory system.

What is Accio Communicator? Have you augmented your device for mobility?

un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[somebadnews]

[ ...Five absolutely does not believe she has nothing to do with this. Didn't he warn her? ]

They just started attacking for no reason?

un : deft hand of little deaths (voice)

[scrapgege]

So... that's probably a new curse. Yet another one. First the foxes, then the snake, and now the birds.

Are the villagers scared or do they seem used to it?

un: absterge

[downswing]

Perhaps allured by harvest.

[reparo]

[A pause, little, but there.] You heard that? Drat, the stupid beak must've turned video on...

[And then the sigh, too.] It's - as simply as I can put it - a spell. It summoned the device back to me. It doesn't work all that well here, so it also summoned the bird.

audio

[reparo]

It looks like - they're focusing mostly on the fields and on the poles, but - I've already heard one villager warn against killing them.

[Sceptic:] Apparently, they "remember".

(voice)

[reparo]

Honestly, they seem scared? But they also do not seem surprised - I've been scolded for shooing one off already. Apparently they have memory, do with that what you will.

[Now, Hermione. Crows have memory, too.] No, alright. I believe them. You think it's another curse? What is wrong with this place?!

[reparo]

Something drove them to this point - some of the birds are not predatorial at all. It's like they've gone mad - like the foxes.

[unpurposed]

A spell. Like magic? Interesting.

[ There’s a pause. ]

Such things are generally considered superstition, but I have had to readdress my assessment of that recently.

[reparo]

As recently as finding yourself in Ke-Waihu?

[downswing]

Their tally grows.

[reparo]

...what?

[downswing]

...in the horizon. The sky has darkened.

[reparo]

Oh! Well - that's concerning.

un: qishan

[silverneedles]

Do any of those scratches require medical attention?

[unpurposed]

From when they retrieved me from the ocean on their way here, yes.

Forgive me for any ignorance, I have been running constant diagnostics to ensure I have not formed patterns of delusion, and am slowly attempting to adjust to the changes that reality has suffered.

I understand from your original warning that the birds of this area are not traditionally violent?

1/2

[reparo]

Probably, but none of my potions have made them go away. They seem to stubbornly linger, unless I deal with my curse.

2/2

[reparo]

Which reminds me, would you read my pamphlet?

[downswing]

Hostile.

[reparo]

No, don't worry about it - I don't judge. I know magic isn't really a phenomenon that happens for everyone in their homeworlds.

Anyway - the birds were rather pleasant until recently. I had a handful of friendly, social crows follow around from time to time, so this is unusual.

[reparo]

Do take heed of the villagers' warning. If the birds remember at all, I doubt it'd be a good idea to dispense them.

1/2

[silverneedles]

I thought they were from the birds. But if they're from the curse, I have no suggestions. Nothing has cured mine.

2/2

[silverneedles]

Yes, of course. Send it to me and I will read.