Arranging some girly time out.

I really need a faster way of contacting Aly. Don't get me wrong, owls are great and I love Quaffle to bits, but using owls you need at least a weeks forward planning to contact a person about meeting up, and to get their reply. More if that person's work schedule is slightly sporadic...like Aly's. It's been a while since I saw her, and I'd quite like to catch up again.

However, an owl is all I've got right now so it will have to do. No use complaining about something you can't change. I learned that just over 10 years ago waiting for my penpal to reply via snail mail. I sit down and take out my quill and some parchment to write the letter.

I fold the letter up and call Quaffle over. I haven't bothered with the proper falconers glove since I discovered that my bird ignored the glove and rode on my unpadded shoulder. He's not a big bird so it's okay as long as he keeps his balance, but I do have a couple of scars from repeated talon-marks where he's slipped.

I go to tie the letter onto his leg then stop. Aly might be working, if she is I don't want my bird stuck there until she gets back with a letter tied to his leg all the time. Him being there isn't a problem unless he starts a fight with her bird, but he'd be really uncomfortable tied to a letter for however long she was gone. Instead I look at my owl sternly.

"If you drop this, or lose this, or deliver it to the wrong person, I will personally ensure that you become spitroast." He hoots at me and takes the letter in his beak. I have the uncomfortable feeling I'm being mocked, he clearly doesn't believe me that I would spitraost him.