#(also. somethign something social anxiety and scripts and i dont know how to translate void-screaming persona into DMs)

[branmuffins22]

Brannn. You don't respond to DMS :c. So I must take to a public forum. Masha's palisman- possum! That's My suggestion. Or a raven

oooo, possum palisman is another great idea. funny little trash marsupial with emo stripes and fingerless gloves; relatively inconspicuous to humans (although incredibly strange to keep as a pet), and downright mythical to witches... lots of potential there, very fun!

and a raven is always perfect, but its one of those things thats almost too perfect to me. it's the forgone conclusion, like luz getting a snake (love u stringbean. mwah). if i play it too straight, it loses its impact! theres gotta be some kind of surprise about it!

the corvid i personally had in mind for the job was a rook, since i think their calls are the spookiest. like the tone of a crow but with a little more buzz, and it hangs in the air for a second, as opposed to crows' and ravens' quick caws and croaks. human bird enthusiasts would even be clued into the strangeness, since their habitat is all the way in europe; a long, long way from connecticut.

ultimately, since ive got at least 2 (but maybe 3, and probably more on the horizon) separate stories where theyre liable to get some kind of palisman eventually, i may end up going with a different idea for each one. probably only gonna be able to give their palisman any amount of narrative weight in one of those stories though, which brings us right back around to the dreaded decision making... not my strongest suit.