#power poll

I got an idea for an animula with a messenger related power, and by extension, can also be used for espionage, recording what others say through a magical messenger that the creator sends out.

The two options for this thought are Mouse or Dove that I've been going back and forth on.

Mouse would have Word of Mouse, where from their backpack, they send out a magical mouse (a little golem or toy), they tell it their message and sends it to whoever they want to receive the message, or send the mouse/mice out to listen in and record the conversation of others. When they come back to their master, I just envision them rising up like the grasshopper mouse, opening their mouth, and playing what they got to hear.

Additional details to this option:

pun off word of mouth

the tool being a backpack can play off packrat

the pack having multiple mice can play off a rat king with all those mice linked to the user

and being a messenger can be a nod to Ratatoskr of Norse mythology who delivered messages running up and down the world tree

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Dove in turn would have Little Birds, which from their book, a blank sheet of paper would turn into a paper bird that becomes animated. Words are recorded from what's spoken aloud, and it'll fly to the messenger, or fly to follow and record whoever the user wants to spy on.

Additional details:

pun off "a little bird told me"

can work off doves as guiding birds and discovering opportunities/means of progress

can have a "bird's eye view" on events

doves and pigeons do have a history as messenger birds, especially during both WW

Ok then! The people have spoken and Echo actually had Water Bending now. This will be a lot of fun to write about how she got it since there will be lots of trauma and angst tied to it :D

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New Post has been published on https://www.chiangraitimes.com/thailand-national-news/news-asia-thailand/woman-crashes-into-power-pole-causing-area-wide-blackout/

Woman Crashes into Power Pole Causing Area Wide Blackout

A 25 year-old woman driver who crashed her pickup into a power pole, causing strings of accidents remains unconscious in Hospital. According to police she had been at a year-end party the previous night and had little sleep.

Siriprapha Photmoo, the 25-year-old driver, remained unconscious in Samut Prakan Hospital over the weekend. Above all as anxious relatives watched over her.

On Friday she crashed her pickup truck into a roadside power pole in Samut Prakan.

The pole fell to the ground, dragging about 10 other poles down with it. The accident blacked out a large area of the district. Some of the power poles also smashed other vehicles and injured people. Also creating a traffic jam that streached 10 kilometres down of the road.

“My friends and I were sleeping. My elder sister Siriprapha was the driver… I woke up after the accident… I think the driver dozed off,” said Jariya Pinchaeng, 23, who suffered a cut face and chest pains.

Ms Siriprapha was a Toyota Vigo pickup truck, taking her and four passengers back home. They were visiting Ms Siriprapha’s boyfriend at Khlong Dan prison on Friday morning.

The driver’s mother, Wichuda Morakot, 44, said her daughter may have dozed off at the wheel. She had been at a year-end party late into Thursday night and left home about 6am on Friday.

Family can’t afford to pay for damages

Her mother said she was aware of the damage caused by the accident, however their family was poor and jobless. She said they couldn’t even afford the vehicle’s annual tax and compulsory insurance. However, they would do their best to pay compensation.

“I am sorry about what happened. No one would wish it to happen. I am speechless, knowing well that my child was in the wrong,” she told the Bangkok Post.

Ms Wichuda said Ms. Siriprapha suffered severe internal injuries and bleeding as a result of the crash. Not just the swollen face and bruises that were clearly evident.

Pol Col Pisut Chantarasuwan, said the driver and passengers in the pickup were on their way home from Khlong Dan prison. The passengers were all asleep when she hit the power pole.

Camera footage showed the vehicle failed to slow down. The truck ran up on a curve and hit the power poll. Witness at the scene also indicated the driver possibly dozed off.

A doctor told police Ms. Siriprapha would be ready for questioning in about a week. She would be charged with reckless driving causing injuries and damage, and driving a vehicle with expired registration and without compulsory insurance, Pol Col Pisut said. No drunk driving chargers were laid by police.

Source: Bangkok Post