( video | un: duckling )

[danserai]

[ the feed comes on by itself. ahiru hasn't realized she's turned it on as she's pouring over these pamphlets intently, talking out loud because that's just how she functions. ]

Okay, so to get food, I need to make money. To make money, I need a job . . . What do they have?

[ she looks over the first pamphlet. ]

Healer! That doesn't sound so bad! Something something . . . "mini . . . ministration . . ." Blood? Eugh, no.

[ she tosses that one aside. ]

Next one . . . Hunter.

[ a beat. she stares at it. it stares back at her as if it knows her secret. she immediately scrunches it up, tossing into the trash can because she's not an animal.

( just a bird. that people may hunt?? duck confit is a thing. ) ]

This one! This'll be the one! Arcane scholars . . . "They either wish to consume all the knowledge they can or share all the knowledge that they can." . . .

[ another beat. she sighs. ]

Well, I'm not smart enough to be one of those. Aaaah! I'm never going to get a job! I'm going to starve! I'll never be able to have bread agaaaaain.

[ doom is clearly at hand. ]

Comments

do u tho

[danserai]

B-But it's wrong!

[armd]

Not if you're doing it to survive.

You're hungry, you don't have anything to trade. What else are you supposed to do.

[danserai]

We could . . .talk to them about it? Come to an agreement?

Taking something would make someone else hungry, right?

[armd]

Not if they have more than they need.

Maybe you could come to an agreement, but you can't assume everything will work out so easily. Having a backup plan is important.

[danserai]

[ that's smart. but ahiru has never been . . . smart in that way. ]

Do you have a . . . backup plan?

[armd]

Yeah. I keep food on me all the time, just in case.

Working on a stash of preserves, too.

[danserai]

[ she wonders if abby ever shares it with her friends or the people she cares about. but that's probably rude to ask. ]

I think I'll be fine once I find a way to trade with others.

[ she is a duck after all. worse comes to worse . . . she has that option. ]

[armd]

Yeah.

And I can give you some, if you need it. (because she's not gonna say she has food and then not offer it, she's not that much of a dick.)

[danserai]

Are you sure . . . ?

[armd]

Yeah. I have more than I need, so. (stealing from rule now applies to her)

[danserai]

Well . . . I'm still going to try and see if I can work for it.

But thank you. It's very kind of you to offer.

[armd]

Don't worry about it.

(s'just food.) You've got my username, feel free to send me a message.

[danserai]

I'll remember that. Thank you.