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[necrowmantic]

[The video opens on a couple of crows, perched along the gutter of some building in the city. Nothing strange here. Then a voice suddenly pops up--]

Hey guys look- it's an attempted murder! Nya ha ha ha! But seriously, these bracelets are so cool. You can record all kinds of things with it! We don't have magic like this back in my world. So I'm gonna waste it and record the crows some more.

[More laughter, and a young man wanders into view, looking surprisingly easygoing for someone who'd only recently arrived in the city. Another crow flaps into the scene, landing on a gate. And then another. And a fifth. It's some kind of crow party. Henry doesn't seem to notice, as he's looking at the 'camera'.]

I already have some cool gory tortures to look forward to, but what else do you all do for fun here? This is noooot the kind of warzone I'm used to! And oh yeah-

[That's gotta be a dozen crows now. Some of them are squabbling.] Anyone else wanna come and feed these guys? Bring your own meat, or else you might become it! [Another laugh.]

Just kidding.

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[voice]

[sneakyshoes]

Gory tortures, you don't say.

They seem to like you.

[voice]

[necrowmantic]

Yeah, just gonna help out with a few things!

And huh, seems like it? [There's a bit of flapping and a few caws.] Yup! Crows have always had a thing for me, though these guys have the funniest accents.

[sneakyshoes]

..You speak crow?

[necrowmantic]

Oh, sure. And dog and tree and flower- if it's alive I can prooobably tell what it wants. Though my friends here have some pretty foul mouths, nya ha!

[Or he could just be good at interpreting body language. Or it's a delusion.]

[sneakyshoes]

..Riiiight.

[ _CRAZY ]

Is that the power the gods gave you?

[necrowmantic]

Nah, I can do this on my own. Some god here gave me shadow powers. It's pretty neat! Or it WILL be once I get the hang of it. It's reeeally slow going though, nothing at all like my old dark powers!

...Much less all-consuming darkness gnawing at my soul. This just sort of tickles.

[video]

[daddyissues]

[...this guy is not the usual new arrival, no. The 'attempted murder' opening gets Connor's attention, and the rest of the subject matter keeps it. He appears on the feed looking skeptical, but keeps his opening away from the gore and violence and to the birds.]

What are you doing to attract all the crows?

[video]

[necrowmantic]

Ehh... the first ones just kind of started following me. They were complaining about the food here so I said I'd find 'em something tasty! Guess word got around!

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[daddyissues]

I didn't know there was a 'talking to animals' ability here.

[video]

[necrowmantic]

Eh? It's not an ability, I bet everyone could do it. You just have to pay attention!

[Or he's making all of it up.]

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[daddyissues]

[...you're pretty strange, ngl]

So you're in Hel?

[Video]

[timaeus_testified]

Considering this place, I wouldn't call this video feed a 'waste'. Your bracelet isn't going to run out of power any time soon.

[Video]

[necrowmantic]

Really? Good thing, since I've got no clue how I'd go about recharging the thing here! Do you know how it works?

[Video]

[timaeus_testified]

The god Loki created the system and it functions as he wills it too. Beyond that, there's little known about it other than some key features.

[Video]

[necrowmantic]

Has anyone ever tried breaking it? I bet the inside is full of all kinds of cool things. ...Well maybe not full, since they're sort of small, but it might help figuring them out.

[Video]

[timaeus_testified]

If you take it off, the grey takes you. You essentially lose yourself until the thing is put back on you. I haven't heard of anyone breaking theirs. So be careful if you fiddle with it.

[video]

[digifan]

[Attempted murder? Well then. Takato doesn't quite realize that the word murder has more than one meaning, so it's understandable that he's kind of on edge.]

Uh.... crows must like you a lot, huh?

[video]

[necrowmantic]

[There's a crow on his shoulder now; Henry feeds it a scrap of meat with his opposite arm while grinning at the recording.]

Yep! Had to break the ice by offering these guys a dead thing or five, but we're on our way to being the best of buddies!

[video]

[digifan]

I guess that's one way to make friends!

[Oh gosh, have a round of sheepish laughter. Crows eat meat and this guy is smiling, so everything's just fine. Yeah.]

[video]

[necrowmantic]

Totally! You should try it too- works on most animals! Unless you happen to be tastier than whatever you're offering. Then it'll be a pretty short friendship!

[He laughs. It's still rather cheerful.]

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[feathery]

[So he's really only interested because of the crows, being part crow himself and all.]

are you training to be a lame gothy supervillain or something

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[necrowmantic]

Nope! Though I do know how to put together some pretty sweet sacrificial altars!

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[feathery]

for real
is this considered normal where youre from
or am i looking at some kind of attempted subversion of the serial killer archetype

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[necrowmantic]

Nah, I think I'm a bit odd even back home. Never got in the way of finding work, though! There's always someone out there who needed hexed to messy little pieces.

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[feathery]

let me guess
youre in hel