Aack! Shhhhh! Not THE CONSPIRACY! We cannot talk HERE, or NOW! (Loads JSBach into CD player and raises volume to fill the room with music)
"Ah, harpsichords." Cannot you imagine medieval-type gryphons listening with approval to harpsicord music?
Maybe now we can talk. Rustling your feathers helps too. Anyway we are talking THE CONSPIRACY of them all here. The one designed to relegate
gryphons to obscurity. Do you realize most humans do not even know what a gryphon is these days? 500 years ago everyone believed in gryphons, and
knew what we were. This involves a worldwide brainwashing of billions! If Oliver Stone ever got a hold of this, we are talking major blockbuster movies,
20-part miniseries, seasons of X-Files episodes! UFOs/Area 51? Kennedy? Whitewater? THEY ARE NOTHING!
Ooh, sorry about the ranting, my gryph temper tends to get out of control. Greetings to all who do not know me. I am Bry, the Osprey-Gryphon. I live on the
Chesapeake, close by the near-mythical land know as The Beltway. This land is home to many strange creatures and legends. Anyway, I felt my familiarity
and proximity to this place gives me a natural affinity to all types of insider games and conspiracies.
I am developing theories on what I call "The Anti-Gryphon Conspiracy". Notice strange missing e-mails, The Lady losing her account, knowledge of
gryphons denied? Thought these were coincidences? No way! I hope to someday submit my thesis concerning The Conspiracy. I know it involves the Equine
Lobby, for one. Others try to paint gryphons as dumb beasts only, not intelligent, honorable creatures. They are not omnipotent however, and they regard
Mercedes Lackey as their greatest defeat in years. Just be aware that they are out there. For now, gryphon brethren, remain vigilent!
Bry, Osprey-Gryphon of The Chesapeake
(So this messageboard is where everyone is hiding?!)
((Later, he wrote:))
Well of course I am a gryphon (if not in body at least in spirit) and I know that humans are not to be trusted. But do not interpret my rantings on The
Conspiracy as a condemnation of all humans. I call myself an "osprey-gryphon" as my forparts are derived from a fishhawk, and my osprey cousins are
raptors most tolerant of humans. Give them a platform near water and they will nest there, even evil, human-dominated realms such as New Jersey.
I see The Conspiracy as a secret society dedicated to disenfranchise gryphons. They work to conceal our existance and downplay gryphon virtues. Most
humans are purely ignorant of gryphons, not actively working against them. If you asked most humans what their impressions of birds-of-prey are, it would be
favorable. The same goes for "great cats" like lions or panthers. But many humans have been influenced by anti-gryphon propaganda and cannot accept a
combination of the two.
Of course I can understand why some gryphons totally hate humans, and I at least have never been shot at (although this female Fed agent wants to give me a
biopsy), and I would love to hear of other gryphons' interactions with humans because even I am not sure how long "The Conspiracy" has existed. But I
would hope that not all gryphons' experiences have been as negative.
Bry,
Osprey-Gryphon of The Chesapeake