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 Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:32 pm
Happy quickly kicked most of the cogs to one side after the two witches came in, just to make a little more room.
She watched as Noctural settled down to study the bones, she knew better than to ask questions to her while she was deep in thought like this. So she quickly looked to Rocks and grabbed a large silken hankerchief and wrapped it around the little witch like a blanket.
'Not a worry love, you're here now and we'll soon have this all sorted, dont you dwell on it too much'
She said that, but she diddnt know what dreamseeing was like one bit.
She sat still watching as Noctural kept on muttering and staring, she was right this was going to be a long night.
She soon heard wing flaps outside and silently slipped outside for a second.
'Signal, River sorry for calling you out so late, this is serious. Could you two stay at the door? If you see anyone around suspicious, come in and tell us.'
She looked grim and very serious as she spoke and the two guards knew better than to ask questions right now.
'Sainsbury you better come in'
The older patrol leader looked to Happy as he moved slowly indoors.
'This is one of these things we prepare for, and yet hope never happens isnt it?'
He could see right through her some times.
'Yep, I hate to say it, but ....I think were dealing with Murder, whats even worse is it may be multiple, and the killer may even be from our flock'
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:46 pm
Rocks had seen the older pidge read her bones many times. She pulled the blanket around herself. "Feast." she whispered, then she began to cry, not wanting to imagine if feast meant 'cannibal'.
She held her kerchief tight around herself and clicked her beak a few times. She couldn't sleep again...no, she couldn't live the dream twice, even if the feather was somewhere in her nest and she was safe up here.
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:58 pm
Happy came back into the den and led Sainsbury in.
'This is Sainsbury, leader of the Patrol, He should be here to hear this.Don't worry he is very trustworthy, I would happily ensure him with my life.'
Sainsbury nodded to the two witches in turn Nocturnal and then Rocks.
'Glad to meet you both, though unfortunately I hear we meet on very grim matters'
Happy motioned for him to sit near Rocks. She then peered to see if Nocturnal had finished her readings of the bones.
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:02 pm
Nocturnal looked up and blinked as if she had just woken up from a very deep sleep. She looked at Sainsbury, recognized him and nodded a greeting. "My bones say that the killer has come from our flock... And that pidge, whoever they may be, plan on killing again. But I do not think that you are the target, Happy Hour," she said, assuring her leader.
Nocturnal carefully put her bones back into the leg pouches, then walked up closer to the other pidge. "However... That does not mean that we are not all in danger. The killer may feel the need to silence anyone they feel is onto them..." With this ominous statement, she fell silent.
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:20 pm
Sainsbury ruffled his feathers slightly, he wasnt as reliant on witches craft as Happy was, he would much rather see things for himself.
'Okay, that I understand, but who is our victim? do we have proof of the murder?'
Sainsbury spoke calmly and with respect, he did need to have a good reason to gather his patrol and if they were dealing with a murderer he would want to call in birds from less vital jobs and assign more on guard and patrol. To do that though he would need more than the speculation on witches. He would in the ideal situation like to have a body or a murder scene to rally his patrols, they would work much more effectivly knowing they had to protect thier loved ones.
Happy hour however looked slightly disapproving of his impatience.
'Give them a chance, Sainsbury. Can't you see Rocks is troubled as it is? Don't push her'
She looked apologetic towards Rocks and Nocturnal.
'I'm sorry to have to ask this, but what did you see Rocks? what can you remember?'
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:01 pm
(my gaia is being handicapped in the thread, but i will let me post here. <.<)
On the Rocks was intimidated by this guard. She slunked away from him and gave a soft chirp as she cuddled against Nocturnal. She felt very small again...like she'd just hatched and all she could say was 'poop'.
She clicked her beak, not wanting to remember...but it was vital.
"I saw the dream through the eyes of the murderer. I was flying through the park...and I was angry." she closed her eyes. "I...was too angry to even remember why I was so angry. Its like my rage was forcing me to block out my memory. But I WANTED to kill......" she shook again.
"I saw a pidge flying around the park fountain....It was very cold out, but the fountain wasn't frozen. The pidge....." she closed her eyes. She couldn't remember what the pidge looked like. All she remembered was the blood, staining it pink. That meant the pidge was white! "It was a foggy pidge. I can't remember the gender, but it was all alone. It landed to drink. I didn't know them....And I landed beside it. And it was friendly enough. It gave me a warm gesture...but that just made me even more angry."
Here she began to sob. "And I sort of threw myself on it. It was a very young bird. Couldn't have been more then just a newly grown adult. And...I....ripped all the feathers out-" she put her head under Nocturnal's wing and cried a moment.
When she calmed a little, she continued. "I ripped all the feathers out of its left wing so it couldn't fly away. And then I pushed it into the water. When it pulled itself out, I took its head in my beak and claws and started pecking." she was shaking so hard that the floor made clicking noises. "And when it was staggering around, I tackled it again and...." she went to a whisper. "I skewered its heart on my beak. And then I put it under a bush and covered it with sticks and mud. And then I flew away with the heart in my beak....feeling just as angry as I had before." she buried her head once more. All of this because of one little feather...
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:05 am
Happy was obviously shocked silent by this, she sat wide eyed staring straight ahead of her. If they were dealing with a killer, they were dealing with a murderer who was clearly out of thier mind.
Sainsbury coughed,
'Right so if we were to be searching for a body we should scope out the park. We'll have to leave the search till' morning the light will be clearer and I havent enough patrol and gaurds here in the roost for me to happily watch over rthe rest of the flock under nightfall.'
He closed his eyes as he thought, this all needed to be done carefully.
'Ill take out a team of eight and we'll do a full sweep of the park. If we can find a body I can then start upping the Patrol and Gaurd. I think we'll have to pul out some Male pidge from the less vital jobs.I dont want any of the girls in the way of this madbird, I'd hate to think my mate was bieng placed in harms way, let alone any others.'
Happy looked up, her head resting on her wings. She looked completely dejected. She felt ten times less the leader in a situation like this.
'So It looks like our killer is a coffee pidge then? That is, it doesnt seem dyed does it?'
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:07 pm
Nocturnal hugged OTR tightly. Such an awful thing to witness! And yet, when she spoke, her tone was even and calm like Sainsbury's. "It did not look inked; it was a natural brown. I believe it's safe to assume that the killer is a coffee, or a coffee mix at the very least. I'll need to consult my bones some more, but I believe that this won't be the end of the murders. This is only the beginning..." Nocturnal gently preened Rocks, trying to console her.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:01 pm
All Rocks could see when she closed her eyes was the blood as the pidge's neck was almost pecked in half...and the heart on her beak, small as a walnut and shriveled, still trying to beat for a second.
Being so young, suspicion automatically hit her brain and she looked about wildly, as if the murderer was around them. The preening calmed her a bit. She felt like she could think straight. "Miss Happy Hour....and S-S-s-Sainsbury, sir...I think I should come w-with you to the park. It has many f-foun-t-t-tains and many bushes. But...but I know which one the body will be under.."She said. She had a petrified. Or whatever was left of the body.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:37 pm
Sainsbury looked to Happy as the little Rocks spoke qiuetly, He looked concerned.
'Right then, if you are happy we will call in on you in the morning before we take off for the park.'
Sainsbury spoke in that same slow deliberate slow calculated way. Happy butted in slightly.
'I'll come too, I want to see for myself. If we are dealing with a killer.
...Nocturnal will you be joining us?'
Happy could'nt help but feel very unnerved by the witches findings, they were usually not far off the mark, especially Nocturnal. If she was concerned then Happy was really quite bothered.
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