Midnight Pals: Grip the Raven (Patreon)

Charles Dickens: ok guys today i'm gonna tell a spooky ghost story
Edgar Allan Poe: what the
Poe: what is THAT
Dickens: oh this? this is my pet raven Grip
Poe:
King:
Barker:
Koontz:
Lovecraft:
Dickens: say hello, grip
Grip: halloa old girl

HP Lovecraft: grip? that's a funny name for a bird
Dickens: why? what would you-
Dickens: oh you sly devil
Lovecraft: what?
Dickens: you almost got me there

Poe: whoa whoa whoa
Poe: your raven can talk??
Dickens: that's right
Poe: OH
Poe: MY
Poe: GOD

Dickens: you know the raven in barnaby rudge?
Poe: yeah?
Dickens:
Poe: [in disbelief] NO!!
Poe: that was based on..???
Dickens: yup exactly
Koontz: what's going on edgar?
Poe: this is the most amazing bird that I've ever seen in my life!

Dickens: check this out
Dickens: watch what she does with this piece of cheese
Barker:
Dickens: eh? eh? see what she's doing
[Grip proceeds to bury cheese in ground]
Barker: she's burying it in the ground?
Dickens: yeah
Dickens: ain't that something

Dickens: ok check this out, grip can really talk
Dickens: ok grip what's on top of a house?
Grip: halloa old girl
Dickens: how does sandpaper feel?
Grip: halloa old girl
Dickens: who's the greatest baseball player of all time?
Grip: halloa old girl

Poe: this bird is amazing!
Dickens: oh that's not all
Dickens: i also trained her to attack hans christian andersen on sight

Poe: this is incredible
Grip: halloa old girl
Poe: holy shit she said it again!!
Poe: guys did you hear that??
Barker: yes edgar we all hear it
Grip: halloa old girl
Grip: halloa old girl
Poe: wowwwwww
Barker: its not THAT interesting

Barker: i didn't know you were so into birds edgar
Barker: always figured that for more of a Stephen Gregory thing
Poe: no listen this bird TALKS
Grip: halloa old girl
Poe: i'm going to put this in my next story

Barker: what, a talking bird?
Poe: GOD, it's gonna be SO COOL
Poe: I fucking love ravens!
Barker: oh my god
Barker: turns out that anti-subtext meme comic was right this whole time!

Franz Kafka: oh hi i see you brought a raven?
Dickens: yes
Grip: halloa old girl
Kafka:
Kafka: [blushes]