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Nov 26, 2010 22:43

Would someone mind telling me what kind of birds these are? I have never seen the likes of them before.

[pause]

And they get rather upset when you try to pluck them.

cassandra of troy, cmt: morgana, cmt: guinevere, cmt: anathema device

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[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 06:04:02 UTC

They're turkeys. I'd suggest not plucking them and....well, not doing anything to them, but that doesn't seem to work either.

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 06:07:30 UTC

Turkeys? I have never heard of them. Are they edible?

[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 06:17:36 UTC

Edible and rather tasty, yes. You've never had any?

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 06:19:21 UTC

No, never. In general, the only meat we ate in Troy came from sheep or bulls. Never from birds.

[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 06:22:41 UTC

Well, I'm sure somebody is bound to try and cook one of these up, if they ever stop trying to eat us instead.

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 06:23:39 UTC

Is this typical behavior for these birds? If so, I daresay they're far more trouble than they're worth.

[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 06:27:21 UTC

No, not normally. I've never seen any that were so aggressive before....

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 06:28:04 UTC

[Cassandra sighs heavily]

I suppose this means magic is involved somehow?

[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 06:33:55 UTC

[Anathema will join her there] That or the birds in this world really know how to hold a grudge. I can't say which would be worse.

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 06:34:49 UTC

A grudge would imply we did something to offend. Do you suppose the caravan is traveling through territory sacred to the turkeys?

[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 06:40:10 UTC

[small pause. well, given everything else that's happened, sacred turkey grounds probably isn't that strange] It's one theory. Shame there's no one we can ask.

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 06:41:12 UTC

I knew someone in Rowan who could talk to animals. Not that that will help us much here.

Oddly enough, I also knew someone who turned into a bird on occasion.

[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 06:44:11 UTC

....turned into one? Really?

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 06:46:08 UTC

It was actually quite unusual. During the day, she was a fully functional, if not somewhat less than confident, witch. At night, she turned into a red bird. Which came in handy when a group of us had to sneak out of the city one night, smuggling a hostage.

[voice] thebooksaysso November 27 2010, 07:04:10 UTC

Only at night? Was it some sort of curse, or just how her power worked?

[voice] cassie_of_troy November 27 2010, 16:19:07 UTC

A curse, as I recall. I believe she said vampires were responsible.

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