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[ 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.

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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. ]

[ 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. ]

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

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

[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.

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

[ 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?

[ 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. ]

[ 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. ]

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

[ 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.

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]

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

[ ??????

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?

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

Must have been.

Can't. It scurried off.

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

[ 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. ]

Pity. It looked a bit like the Ungulated Echidna of the third moon of Clom. I'd have loved to see one of them here, been ages since I visited that area.

[ that is not a real critter or a real moon. The Doctor is just making shit up to see how Newt reacts. ]

[ The doctor can't see it but Newt is blinking rather rapidly as he tries to digest that information. ]

I'm sorry. A what?

[ He's never heard of such a thing or a third moon of Clom but ... a creature? ]

Ungulated Echidna of the third moon of Clom! They're cute little fellas, tiny little hooves, sort of a fleshy snout, eat lava rocks and breath carbon dioxide.

[ he can keep the bullshit going for a DAMN LONG TIME, sorry Newt. ]

[ And given that he's been tossed into this very strange world, ~~with infernal devices~~ he is picking up the line the Doctor is spinning. ]

Do you have a picture of one? What sort of habitat do they live in, if they're eating lava rocks?

[ The questions are genuine, full of curiosity rather than sarcasm of skeptic. ]

If you can find that duck again, I might. Like I said, he looks like one! Who knows, this world might have made non-Porter based first contact and the lucky species to do so is that little chap.

[ and great, now the Doctor feels like an ass for lying about echidnas, he'll just have to show Newt a bunch of other weirdo critters to make up for it. ]

[ There is a pause, the sound of foot steps and then a door closing. Then the video is pulled back out and instead of reflecting the darkness of an inner pocket, it transmits the image of a small wooden .. shack?

Yes, definitely small and shack like but stuffed to the brim with all sorts of brick-a-brack. Newt's face pops into the frame then, blocking out much of the rest.

He briefly glances at the Doctor, before immediately looking away as he speaks. ]

I doubt that's the case here. But it's an interesting theory. Does the ... Porter do that?

[ John does not skip a beat, hardly relenting. ]

Woz it a duck from hell, mate?

Bring in aliens? Course it does--you're looking at one.

[ just said oh so casually. ]

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?

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