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Maxwell adjusted his collar and rose to his feet. "It's fine. Though I don't Imagine The reason I'm here is happy." And then He looked toward the front doors where the truck waited beyond. He Then moved tofollow the Red haired woman to the elevator. "I hope Mr. Cobblepot is still as much as a bird enthusiast as I am. Because If he is, He'll love the deal I have for him tonight."

Maxwell stepped into the elevator with her and smiled after he had heard her answer. "Very nice. Then I think He'll love the sale I'm here to make. In the Truck Outisde I have a very rare bird of prey who is absolutely remarkable. Never seen anything like him before." Maxwell said as he waited for the elevator to reach the right floor. He would let Her lead the way, as it had been far too long since he'd done Business with Oswald for Maxwell to remember which way to go.

Maxwell bowed to the woman as she held the door for him. "Thankyou miss." and then he stood by a wall, waiting For cobbled pot to show himself. He knew the man was a timely if ever so slightly theatrical fellow.

Maxwell moved to sit down and said, "Thank you. And it's quite alright my Fellow Bird enthusiast. I have come here tonight to sell you a rare bird of prey. The pride of my collection. A bird like no other on this good earth." then he paused for a moment. He reached into his coat and pulled out a disc in a container. "This disc contains video footage of him. I Want to sell him to you, because as a fellow bird lover you'd be able to take proper care of him, and I think he'd be useful for drawing new customers to your fine establishment."

"His name, Is Chanticleer."

"As I have said. He is unlike any other bird on this good earth. I have tried to breed more like him through him and various female eagles, owls, and condors with no success. As far as I can tell, He is one of a kind, the rarest bird in the world and the largest by far." Maxwell said before sighing. "My main reason for wanting to sell him is that he just plain doesn't like me. He's tried on more than one occasion to get me with his talons. He never liked me from the moment he first saw me. Not entirely sure why."

When the video began to play it showed a an eagle sitting on a perch, then it panned to the right and showed a condor one aseperate perch in another enclosure. Both birds seemed on edge and then as the video continued to pan to the right a massive bird was revealed. It stood on the ground on two powerful looking long sturdy legs, with feet like those of a very large owl. It had a longer than average tail covered in feathers and both lined and tiped with beautiful black flight feathers. The wings were massive, and looked more like those of a giant pterosaur but without a wing membrane, and covered in huge flight feathers. The wings also had a trait very few birds have, an external thumb. Each wing had a thumb with a devestating looking railroad spike of a claw. The bird in the video tood 7ft tall and had a posture more like what one would expect of a predatory dinosaur than a bird; standing in a way not dissimilar to cassowaries, emus, and ostriches. Its neck was long but not too long and his head had a hook tipped beak with serrated sides.

His eyes were large, a bright intense orange, and were almost forward facing despite behind on the sides of his head. His body was covered in a beautiful pattern of black feathers with white underside and markings not unlike those of a penguin. In the video the bird then stood up taller and craned his neck, to stand at full height. Then Maxwell himself came into view in the video and judging from the difference in size between him and the bird, this Chanticleer was 10ft tall when he craned his neck and stood straighter. He was a truly massive bird, resembling almost a cross of modern bird, pterosaur, and velociraptor.

Maxwell stayed quiet as he waited for the video to end and for Oswald reaction.

The video continued to play; showing how large Chanticleer's wingspan was as he decided to spread his wings and fly up to his own perch in a simulated baobab tree. He had to have a wingspan of 30ft at the very least and judging from how easily he took to the air, he had to be a very strong flyer.

Then the video ended.

"He was part of an estate sale. His previous owner died in a chemical fire that nearly destroyed the estate and sadly killed several rare creatures; including, supposedly, a fully grown 3 headed albino king cobra. Chanticleer was one of the few surviving animals from his previous owner's collection."

Then Maxwell sighed and took out a picture. He stared at it before placing it on the desk. It showed the burned wreckage of what had been a beautiful mansion.

"From what the police told us, battery acid from the poor man's car burned a hole straight through an oil line in his garage. If the pictures the autioneer showed me were any clue, the house was built of the most luxuriously carved and properly treated red wood. It looked just like bricks, but according to the cops, it burned like pine fat lighter. Took a week to put out he fire."