052 [secure yourself to heaven, hold on tight, the night has come]

[mythgravenblade]

There may be something wrong with the squirrels.

One fell from its perch and nearly crushed the house--but upon examination, it was dead, without sign of injury, without clear sign of sickness, without sign of old age.

I pray this is an isolated incident, but given their size, I recommend caution.

edit: [Written quickly several minutes later:]

Comments

[spandexisyouth]

I see.

Be careful as well, Paladin.

[mythgravenblade]

I will be.

Though, I could use a hand getting the body out of the yard...

[spandexisyouth]

Of course! It would be hard to move on your own! I shall be right over.

[mythgravenblade]

Thank you.

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[feathered_earth]

Dead, just like that?

Maybe I should talk to some of the birds.

[mythgravenblade]

So it would seem.

That seems wise. I'd avoid the squirrels--if it is some odd sickness, you mustn't catch it.

[feathered_earth]

All right. But you need to be extra-careful about that dead one, then.

[mythgravenblade]

I promise I will be.

[She is so good at figuring him out, it makes him smile.]

[crimson_seeker]

I'm sorry to even say this, but it's not the only one. There's one in the meadow outside the house. Spooked the horses half to death, too.

[mythgravenblade]

It's said that one is happenstance and two is coincidence...but I'm not sure of that here. Is everyone (and everything) all right?

[crimson_seeker]

Yeah. I'm not sure what to do with the thing--burn it, perhaps? It'll start to rot soon enough. But no one or nothing was harmed.

[mythgravenblade]

That is a good question--burning it may be best. I doubt even the dragon could eat all of these corpses.

I am glad to hear that.

[weaver_girl]

The squirrels? Do you think the birds are all right?

It didn't fall on anyone, did it?

[mythgravenblade]

It narrowly missed me and the house, but other than the excitement, all is well here.

I know little of the birds--but Krile can speak to animals, and she plans to see whether they have any information.

[weaver_girl]

I hope she can find something out. I thought we had plenty to worry about already, but I suppose I should know better.

[notpissedoff]

If it wasn't sick, it's at least an improvement over the falling dead ants.

And if it bore no injuries from the impact, perhaps simply the shock of falling killed it. [Clumsy squirrels? Well, he can hope...]

[mythgravenblade]

True.

That is possible...however, I'm not sure: my perception of its fall was that it was dead in midair.

[notpissedoff]

I see. That's... more troubling.

[mythgravenblade]

It is always possible that I am wrong, but in this place, I don't think it is possible to over-worry.