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Tamm finally sent the photo

Dispatches from the field

Dark blue graph paper with 'Handinote FIELD' printed in the upper left; There are two black and white film negatives taped to it, as well as what looks like some kind of telegram. The top image depicts a large, owl-beaked, ram-horned individual wearing a hood sitting at a desk waving toward the camera with a creature resting on his right shoulder. A test box reads 'Was developing my first exposure plates and forgot we took these before I left on the Armadillo Claim. Thought you might want for the office. If it counts for anything, let Seaworthy know I’m still sorry about the flash.' The second image contains the same scene as above, but it's incredibly blurry, tilted and things are falling all over the place. The telegram indicates the notice came 'inter-office' from someone named Tamm is Zone 4
"Oh that's right, you were out that day.

So - remember when we got Tamm their first field kit? Brand new, still-in-the-box Ronko PH9 photomancy pack? They needed to test it out, obviously. What they didn't tell me was they were gonna use the damn flarebulb as part of said test.

Seaworthy regularly sleeps on my shoulder while I'm at work, right? Well we thought it'd make a good picture for the Coalition report. One minute Tamm is setting it all up, we get posed, and then BAM - bright lights, teeth and claws fucking everywhere. Haven't seen the poor creature move all six of her legs that fast since I pulled her out of the water as a yutten.

Y'know, I still think It's weird that you never asked me how I got all those scratches."



Part of a series - The Ongoing Adventures of Magical Insurance Bureaucrats in a World Recovering from a Failed Alien Invasion

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