Basic Cryptozoology - Wednesday - First Period - 7/30

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Lucky for her class, Abigail Irene Garrett was in fact in a lovely mood for the day. She had a date set for Friday, there was a play on the island which sounded very interesting, and her patchwork terrier Mike was up on her desk, insisting on getting a scritch from under her hand.

"Today, as I told you last week, I'll be asking each of you to present a few minutes on the subject of a creature, perhaps a cryptid, from your own world. I'll start things off for all of us...

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Re: A Creature From Your World

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"I'm going to present ogres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre)," Ella said, in a calm, clear voice. "In my world, they're not especially large -- about the size of a large man, and males and females alike are bearded and covered in fur -- but make up for that by being very dangerous."

"They travel in small family groups and cook and eat whatever prey they can catch, mostly livestock but humans, elves and goblins as well, when they have the opportunity. They are almost as intelligent as any human."

"Though their strength is a problem, their more dangerous weapon is their voices. They can lure people into almost anything. Knights riding to fight them wear earplugs for that reason. Happily, they're susceptible to their own weapon, but few humans can learn to pronounce Ogre well enough for them to listen." Ella was, luckily, one of the few, or she'd have long since been dinner.

"Knights kill them by capturing them and slitting their throats."

Re: A Creature From Your World

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"Is it their voice, or the language? And I wonder if there is something to the tonality of the words or a magical component to them, though don't mind my musing..."

Re: A Creature From Your World

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"It seems to have to be both their tone and their language," Ella said. "They don't speak human tongues, and not everything they say has the effect. They make the choice to use their words to trap."