41st Resurrection

[sanctus_dei]

[Look out below, Mayfield! There's something being dropped on you. It's small and light, made of wood... why look, it's a chess piece. It might have been dropped right on you or nearby you from above, by a large black crow. It sits on a phone wire, cawing. Does it sound just a little bit like laughter?

Elsewhere around town, Theo can be found searching for the pieces, grumbling to himself. A different crow is sitting on his shoulder, occasionally hopping or flying nearby to help look. Theo's talking to it.]

No, go over there. Higher! You're a bird, don't you have better eyes than people? He's taken almost all the pieces. Just know when I see him next time, I'm gonna wring his neck.

[They stumble across a piece every once in while, but didn't you just get hit with a chess a few minutes ago?]

[[Please just specify if you're approaching the first crow - he can talk to people - or approaching Theo and the other bird!]]

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[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Seems like the owner has just turned the corner - a small young man with another crow on his shoulder, looking around. He's talking to the bird too.]

He can't play chess. He has no hands. All he does is make a mess of the board.

[ooeeooahah]

I would guess this is yours, then?

[ She holds the knight up in her fingers, but is still keeping an eye on the crow that she is sure is laughing at her. ]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hnn? Oh. Yeah. I-- There you are, jackass!

[This was obviously directed at the crow, who flaps away when caught, making more of those laughing sounds.]

Yeah, yeah, you keep running. Flying. Whatever.

[Theo turns back to Ilsa with a hefty sigh.] Yeah. It's mine.

[ooeeooahah]

[ She turns to the young man with a smile, handing him the chess piece. ]

So, was that Huginn or Muninn?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[He'll take the piece.]

Wrong mythology. That was... Diemos. The jackass.

[He's never given anyone the birds' names before. The other bird - presumably Phobos - sits on Theo's shoulders, cuddled close to his master.]

[ooeeooahah]

[ She chuckles, ] Well, at least I chose the literary pair. My other guess was Heckle and Jekyll, but the chess piece seemed to indicate it was related to someone more... studious.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

That would've been more appropriate, I think. Dumb bird thinks he's funny. [The bird on his shoulder quietly chatters something at Theo. He turns to it.] No, it's not. He's lucky it's not my one from home!

[ooeeooahah]

[ She can't hear the crow's dialogue, but coughs lightly to cover a giggle. ]

Quite a handful, are they?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[The bird says something again to Theo. He rolls his eyes at it, put pats it on the head.]

That's one way of putting it.

[ooeeooahah]

I'll keep an eye out for other pieces. How should I get them back to you if I find more?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

I live at 339 Brady Lane. Leave 'em in the mailbox or something, I guess. At this point I'll probably just buy a new one, anyway.

[ooeeooahah]

Keep one for the kids, though.

[ She nods to the bird on his shoulder with a wink. ]

Who knows, they might come up with a new strategy.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

The new one'll be padlocked, I swear.