video; about half a day before Dooku's Big Moment

[secondplacescrow]

[ After all day of hearing this blasted noise, Edd finally had enough. He turned to the comm to complain. ]

So recently the Porter gave me a new power. It gave me a raven that can tell the future within a day, and it tells it by making noises that will be made in the future. Sometimes quoting someone. But ever since this morning it's been making this noise -

[ And then the camera switches from Edd to the raven that's currently on a dining room chair, making a very familiar noise. ]

Whoever knows what it is, please don't be making it in the future. It's driving me mad right now, and the raven won't shut up.

[ And then like that, the raven stopped and asked, "Hello?" Edd let out a sound of relief and tossed some bread at the raven. ] Finally, thank you.

[ After the raven gobbled up the piece of bread it was quiet for only three seconds before making the prophetic noises again. Edd let out an anguish cry, and the video ends. ]

Comments

[Private video]

[generalgrievous]

Why should this noise not be made?

[He knows very well what it is, having a lightsaber himself.

[Private video]

[secondplacescrow]

Because the damn bird keeps making the noise all day long. I don't know what it is, I don't care, and it's getting annoying.

[Private video]

[generalgrievous]

It sounds like within a day there will be a fight. But then it will be over either way.

[Private video]

[secondplacescrow]

What is it?

[Private video]

[generalgrievous]

A weapon. There are many here with such a weapon.

Perhaps it is not a fight, however. It could be training. I myself offer such classes.

voice

[killtime]

[ Dryly: ]

Have you tried killing it.

voice

[secondplacescrow]

No? It's from the Porter? It's likely to give me another. Or worst, two more.

[killtime]

Might teach it a lesson though.

[secondplacescrow]

Do you even know ravens?

[ Even Edd knows that ravens are uncanny bastards, which was why they are made the birds to exchange messages with back at Westeros. ]

[killtime]

You seem to know them good enough for the both of us.

[video]

[carbonfrozen]

...aw, kriff, here we go again.

[video]

[secondplacescrow]

Is there somebody is going to be stabbed?

[carbonfrozen]

Might be. There's a lot of people 'round here with a weapon that makes that noise, after all.

You sure that's it?

[secondplacescrow]

Very much so. I can tell which is normal nonsense the raven sprouts, and which one predicts the future. It just keeps making that noises all bloody day.

[carbonfrozen]

And it's said nothing else the whole day? Kriff. Some help your future-seeing raven is, I know more about the future than it does.

video

[knaval]

Ask it the lotto numbers! Buy me stuff when you're rich!

video

[secondplacescrow]

I can't train it to tell a specific future, mate. It's all random.

Re: video

[knaval]

Note down any numbers it says!

video

[secondplacescrow]

Why?

Re: video

[knaval]

In case they mean anything!

[acclimatized]

I can see how that could get annoying pretty quickly.

[ he sounds sympathetic. ]

What other predications has it made?

[secondplacescrow]

Two days ago it yelled at me in a woman's voice, "Watch out asshole!" Not two seconds later, one of those enormous carriages you call cars nearly run me over.

But for today, it's just that particular noise, with some crackling noise that remind me of those poles with the wire all around make when the wires comes loose.

[acclimatized]

Very succinct.

I'm pretty sure sound is a lightsaber. I might be wrong though, it's been a while since I, uh... [ he trails off. he isn't going to knock down that fourth wall. ] ... but yeah, it's just the tiniest bit vague.

[secondplacescrow]

That's the second time someone mentioned a light saber. I knew a man who claimed to have a magical sword, the Lightbringer. Didn't work out too well with him.

[acclimatized]

Really? What happened to him?