41st Resurrection

[sanctusdei]

[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

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[headedforhope]

[Approaching Theo and the other bird! She's holding a rook that was dropped on her head.]

Pieces...? Excuse me, sir, is this yours?

[sanctusdei]

Hnn? Oh. Yeah. Damn bird... This is what happens when they get bored. Too smart for their own damn good.

[headedforhope]

You've got some mischievous pets, huh...? [hands the rook over] And that's part of a Western game, right?

[sanctusdei]

That's crows for you though. He does this kind of stuff all the time.

Yeah, it's a chess piece. He's made off with almost my whole set.

[headedforhope]

Animals can be just as pushy as some people, looks like.

I guess you play often? I've always wondered how that game works.

[sanctusdei]

I play when I can. It's not hard to learn.

[headedforhope]

Is that an offer to teach I can take you up on? Because I'd like to learn.

[sanctusdei]

[Blinkblink]

Hnn. Well, I suppose, if you wanted to. There's not enough people to play around here anyway.

[headedforhope]

So that's a yes! Oh, thank you, mister...?

[sanctusdei]

[He's not sure why he's agreeing to this.]

Theo.

[headedforhope]

[because he's weak to moe- OH NO WAIT NO HE'S NOT]

And I'm Mami, so now we aren't even strangers.

[brief curtsy] So, how long have you had those crows?

[sanctusdei]

[He's is secretly thrilled to have someone to teach.]

Hnn. July or August, I suppose. About when I got my magic back.

[headedforhope]

[mentally calculating- he means last year?!]

Wow, that long?

[sanctusdei]

Yeah. Though, I have to redo the spell every morning as Mayfield likes to reset things back to normal every few days. They're not from home, they're from here.

[headedforhope]

Does that mean it's not a terribly complicated sort of spell, if you can cast it that often?

[sanctusdei]

No, it's an easy one. It doesn't take a lot.