Albert Silverberg (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chikaidestroyer) wrote2012-11-03 07:45 pm
chikaidestroyer) wrote2012-11-03 07:45 pm
∞ 104: Five years gone [voice/action]
[Forwarded to afternoon of Sunday, November 4]
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As we have entered the sixth cycle year for Luceti, there are new calendars available for the upcoming year. Copies may be picked up at the library or the Welcome Center. Thank you.
[Right before the journal stops recording, there's the sound of loud banging against a far off window, followed by said window shattering.]
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[Albert stares at his broken window. Or, more precisely, he stares beyond the broken window at the huge eyes peering at him from outside. Then there's the flutter of equally-huge wings and a resounding thump on the roof.
He hurries out of his room and into the spare room, quickly setting up the ladder and climbing up onto the roof.
And out there, standing there as patiently as can be, is a somewhat familiar giant owl, hunched over as to not look as imposing as it would at its full 12 feet of height. It is dressed with a big turquoise ribbon around its neck, which holds an envelope in place.]
...No.
[Three minutes later, after getting the owl to allow him to remove the envelope, Albert sits on his roof reading the enclosed letter.
A shame that you are still trapped in this world, my boy; we are still working away on solving this issue! Here is a gift in commemoration to when you first started contributing to the Organization. I had a feeling you would like it!
- With sympathy, Sir Catherine]
Bil.
[Above him, the giant owl clacks its beak almost understandingly at his exasperation.]
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As we have entered the sixth cycle year for Luceti, there are new calendars available for the upcoming year. Copies may be picked up at the library or the Welcome Center. Thank you.
[Right before the journal stops recording, there's the sound of loud banging against a far off window, followed by said window shattering.]
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[Albert stares at his broken window. Or, more precisely, he stares beyond the broken window at the huge eyes peering at him from outside. Then there's the flutter of equally-huge wings and a resounding thump on the roof.
He hurries out of his room and into the spare room, quickly setting up the ladder and climbing up onto the roof.
And out there, standing there as patiently as can be, is a somewhat familiar giant owl, hunched over as to not look as imposing as it would at its full 12 feet of height. It is dressed with a big turquoise ribbon around its neck, which holds an envelope in place.]
...No.
[Three minutes later, after getting the owl to allow him to remove the envelope, Albert sits on his roof reading the enclosed letter.
A shame that you are still trapped in this world, my boy; we are still working away on solving this issue! Here is a gift in commemoration to when you first started contributing to the Organization. I had a feeling you would like it!
- With sympathy, Sir Catherine]
Bil.
[Above him, the giant owl clacks its beak almost understandingly at his exasperation.]
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[Though the owl doesn't hoot, it clacks its beak audibly.]
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Where did it come from? It's not yours.
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[The owl proceeds to move across the roof to look at where Albert is looking, tilting its body to peer through the skylight. Albert leans away from it warily.]
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Congratulations. I guess.
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If, by thoughtful, you mean he had to think about me long enough to decide a gift was necessary. [He steps away from the owl as it circles the skylight, continuing to peer down at Caesar (who probably looks like a furfur bobbing around in the semidarkness of the bedroom).]
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Would you be flattered?
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[But talking like this is getting tiresome and aggravating his arm. He turns back to face the owl, reaching out and stroking its chest tentatively. The owl is surprisingly calm, taking to the petting well.]
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Somehow, I doubt that. I'm not their "favorite."
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I suppose, if I do not want to bother with it, I can let it fly free and we can see how it will fend for itself. [But that would be irresponsible, especially knowing that an owl of that size could go after humans if it was confused and desperate enough.]
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[It's just a guess, but one he's pretty darn sure of.]
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[If a giant wolf god could survive in the forests, a giant owl would be able to do so, right?]
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[Seriously, of all the things it could eat...!]
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Instead of acknowledging that, he changes the subject.]
If that is all, you can go back to whatever it was you were doing. There's no point in continuing this conversation like this. ["Like this" in reference to them talking across the distance.]
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