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Date: December 11
Status: Public?
Setting: Just Outside the Manor
Summary: A pidgeon shows up with a note, which is strange--do people send things by carrier pidgeon anymore? (Aimed to Adam, anyone can find it, but the bird may give you problems.)


The day was peaceful, in the ever-perfect Tadfield, and the stillness went unbroken for a long time. And when it broke, it was in an entirely natural way. A flurry of wings sounded, and a pidgeon landed on one of the lower branches of a tree. It seemed tired, as if it had flown a very long way. There was a piece of paper attached to one of its legs with, of all things, a rubber band. It looked around the yard intelligently, as if searching for something or someone.

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Adam read the note through twice and thought for a bit. The plea was not entirely unexpected, but it did open up some interesting possibilities. The man was no more dangerous than many others around the Manor and they really could use a new front desk person now that the Metatron had returned to Heaven for a while...

Making up his mind, he turned to the pigeon.

"Please tell the Marquis that he's welcome to come to Tadfield Manor. I have an easy job that he'll like, I think, and that work will pay for his room and board. I accept his offer of a favour and he'll be safe here. He can show up anytime."

Adam put a hand into his pocket and pulled out a handful of bird seed. Holding it up to the pigeon, he said, "Can you remember all of that, girl?"

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The pidgeon cooed in appreciation, and pecked at the seed. Then she fixed Adam with one bright eye, signaled that she understood with a bob of her head, and took of, wings making a whirring noise as she flew.