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[anuncommonwizard]

[ Newt had done his level best to avoid this eventuality since the moment he'd been given the infernal device. At best, he'd responded to these odd, electronic owl deliveries when he'd seen someone mention something that caught his attention, but honestly that had been few and far between.

Well to be honest, he'd only responded to Grind ... err Mr. Graves network communication. Beyond that, he'd kept the shiny device tucked away in the pocket of his coat and had kept his coat out of Niffler range. The problem with this would be obvious to anyone who knew Nifflers; nothing shiny was ever out of their range.

It had been a carefully played chess match between wizard and creature, but eventually Newt had been distracted and the Niffler had made the most of the opportunity as it was presented.

At first, the network would be treated to a flash of video image that briefly showed what looked to be something of a rain forest. Weird, were there rain forests in this part of the world? Then the images began to flash by more quickly, perhaps too hard to really get a good view because they certainly made little sense. A wide open plain, the rocky out cropping of a dessert, more thick forest trees.

Weird.

The flashes of video feed suddenly went dark and quiet for a minute. Then it appeared again, reflecting some sort of weird, shiny cave. Another breath and a flesh colored bill loomed into the screen, tapping on the glass of the device. Soft, curious chittering and chirping noises, along with adorable snuffles came from the beak and the bright, dark eyes beyond the beak peered curiously at the screen.

This went on for about a minute, before a man's voice could be heard. ]

There you went! [ Quickly the bill and it's fuzzy owner were pulled out of range of the screen and the video jumped up into a hand, it's feed blacked out by a human palm and the microphone muffled, so whatever scolding was happened was muted. For a brief moment the video feed went from nothing, to giving a feed of a space so large that the lights within didn't seem strong enough to fill it. This image seeming to levitate and then gracefully spun around. There was a brief view of a lean figure in a white linen shirt, brown vest and matching trousers. A long fingered hand waved a ... stick perhaps. and the video feed swooped down along the figure, disappearing into the darkness of what could be assumed was a pocket.

In that moment, the device stopped sending video entirely and a voice with a British accent and a whole lot of exasperation, could be heard via audio only. ]

Uhm, yes. Sorry about that. Just dropped this device, you call it, near a duck. A very inquisitive duck.

(ooc: All replies will be audio only!)

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voice.

[glowsferatu]

Heavy looking duck, that one. [ Not that she's any expert on ducks, but the ones she's seen tend to have necks. ]

Did it wander in, or did you wander out?

[ Possibly through a complex series of portals he'd strewn throughout the world? She has no idea. ]

[anuncommonwizard]

[ Newt's learned, over his many years of employing gentle obfuscation, that sometimes if you just pretend you didn't hear something, it might get politely dropped.

As such, he was going to leave 'heavy duck' alone, and even follow up with a question. ]

Wander out of what?

[glowsferatu]

Out of doors, of course! Unless your duck is as skilled at manipulating Space as I am, it looks like you rather made the rounds.

voice

[assays]

[ Odd-looking duck. The different scenery had also caught her attention, but Peggy is letting that slide for the time being. ]

Everything all right?

[ The familiar accent caught her attention too. ]

voice

[anuncommonwizard]

[ Oh! Someone who spoke the King's English. The familiar accent was appreciated, even if he didn't recognize the voice. ]

Quite. Thank you. [ He answered, quick and assured. ] Just dropped my ... ah ... device.

[ The last word was stuttered over, as if he's still getting used to the vocabulary. ]

voice

[assays]

Oh, right. The communicator. I believe that's what most people refer it as.

[ Not that device was incorrect of course. ]

Are you newly arrived to this place?

[storyseeker]

[A duck. Huh. Kind of a weird-looking duck.]

You might want to get it checked out. It looks like it's broken.

[anuncommonwizard]

[ It was a very exotic duck! ]

What might be broken? [ Did she mean the du ... err Niffler? The Niffler was currently pouting, but not broken. ]

[storyseeker]

Your communicator? It just showed a bunch of locations very quickly, back to back. Like fast forwarding through the travel channel.

voice;

[doubleblind]

[Cosima is 99.99% sure that the animal in question is not a duck. And that is 100% exciting and interesting to her.]

You found a pretty weird looking duck, man.

[anuncommonwizard]

I'll, ah ... tell it you said so. [ Newt hedged and attempted to deflect. ]

Video

[foreshadower]

That's a rather clever duck, isn't it?

audio

[anuncommonwizard]

[ Despite trying to sell the situation as a 'duck' sighting, Newt couldn't help a soft chuckle in response to the question. ]

Too clever for it's own good.

audio

[monster_san]

My goodness! I was wondering what happened with the video display there. I suppose Mr. Duck was looking up places to go on vacation.

[she doesn't sound like she's being sarcastic]

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[anuncommonwizard]

[ Uhm ... sure, let's go with that? ]

Must have been.

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[helpline]

Let me see that duck again. [ here is another on the "son, that ain't no duck" train ]

audio;

[anuncommonwizard]

Can't. It scurried off.

[ Ducks usually waddle or fly. But to be fair, the Niffler had scurried off to sulk. ]

voice;

[heckblazer]

[ ??????

Colour John intrigued. There aren't many Brits into magic and weirdness that he doesn't know, so he has to poke his nose in. Hopefully the bloke won't mind the sound of John's rather...Northern accent coming through his device. ]

S'that a demon?

voice;

[anuncommonwizard]

[ Well, it wasn't as if Newt's accent was anything to write home about. Not after rattling around the world for the past year, at least. ]

No, it was a duck. [ Really, the lie falls easily from his lips and he sound utterly sincere. ]

Video

[dachizone]

[Current expression: See icon]

That's a duck?

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[anuncommonwizard]

Yes.

[ Absolutely not, but that was his story and he was sticking too it. ]

Video

[ret2go]

--ah! So that's what ducks look like here?

That's so cute!

audio;

[anuncommonwizard]

I suppose.

[ He'll hedge that a little and try to avoid furthering the lie by ... avoiding the subject entirely. ]

( audio )

[sidequestings]

If that's a duck, I'm a qunari. [ and he is definitely not a qunari. ] --Was that your staff? It's so small.. [ that'd be amazingly convenient in everything but a fight. after all, sometimes a staff comes in handy just to whack someone over the head with. ]

( audio )

[anuncommonwizard]

Ah, congratulations? [ What in Merlin's Beard was a qunari?

As for the staff question, Newt had to take a moment to sort that out before he realized the man probably meant his wand. ]

Fairly average size for the wizards of my world, actually.