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[anagnorises]

[Here's a new face. A dead-serious, possibly even angry (or maybe that's just the eyebrows) face.

Fakir doesn't waste time. He holds a picture of a duck up in front of the Omni, taking up the whole screen. It looks...well it doesn't look entirely unlike this duck. Still holding the picture up, he starts to talk.]

If you find this duck in one of the traps around, do not eat it. Bring her to me to look after. I think she followed me from my world - I recognize her from there.

[100% foolproof cover story! Definitely impossible for anyone to poke holes in, given that people may have seen the duck last month and he's only turned up now.

He takes the picture down.]

Thank you.

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[anagnorises]

[He blinks - but that's actually correct.] ...A friend.

[wannasmash]

[ He's heard of outside cats, but he's not sure how that works with ducks... ]

It might be more expensive, but I was thinking of just going to a printer. Unless you know someone who can make prints?

[ Midoriya has no knowledge of how to go about screen, wood, or linocut printmaking, let alone anything involving a printing press. His artistic skill is only moderately better than the duck drawing on display here. ]

I've been around the city a lot, so I know good spots to put them where a lot of people will see.

[anagnorises]

[That's...actually a reassuring answer.]

Thank you.

Ah, I'm Fakir.

[enblightened]

Hello, Fakir. I'm Bigby.

Does this duck have a name? Though I suppose it doesn't matter, I do not imagine birds really react to a given name.

[anagnorises]

Thank you.

She's not magic. [Definitely no magic here! No transformations or anything of the kind!] But I saw her around the school a lot.

I'm so glad

[anagnorises]

[This person sounds...weirdly suspicious? Oh well.]

Keep her from being eaten.

[anagnorises]

[Oh. Of course. She hasn't been a girl for that long. She didn't have friends while growing up, or any experiences really separate from the story.

Well, no one is going to find out Ahiru's secret unless she tells them. If he has to tell everyone there's a flying crocodile to distract them, he will.]

You're you. You'll always make friends.

[danserai]

[ oh . . . you're you. allen had said that too. she wasn't quite sure how to take that to heart, but it settles her a little, calming the nameless fear in her heart that her time as a girl was short. ]

You think so?

[anagnorises]

[As a student in the dance division, Fakir has to admit to a limited knowledge of the printing arts. Or the drawing ones, clearly.]

I think I would have to find a printer.

Thank you. I don't know many places yet.

[anagnorises]

Good to meet you. [Or sort-of meet, really. It's a strange feeling, talking across this device.]

I never called her anything in particular. [Which is true, in a way - he didn't call the duck anything in particular before he knew she was Ahiru. And mentioning "Duck" as a name right now would be rather tempting fate.]

[anagnorises]

You're too stubborn not to.

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[danserai]

That's true, I don't really know when to give up, ehehe . . .

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[danserai]

[ but, in a softer voice, to show that she's grateful. she's so glad he's here. with fakir, everything just seems . . . easier ]

Thank you, Fakir. I know it's hard being here but I'm glad you're with me.

[imaglyphwitch]

So you're saying that a duck from your world followed you...here. Huh. That is really strange.

I'd hope that no one here would harm an animal on purpose, but you never know with some people. I'll try to keep an eye out though. There are going to be some people here that'd be willing to save the duck on principal, at least!

[Luz was one of them].

[peripheries]

...You spent time getting a duck that's not your pet out of trouble?

oh my god i forgot this was video lol

[wannasmash]

[ Midoriya didn't know a printer off the top of his head, or he would have suggested one right away. Instead, the boy wearing a plain T-shirt offers a tired but friendly smile. ]

I'm Deku. It's nice to meet you. How long have you and your duck been in Trench?

[ He's curious about someone who is apparently friends with a feral duck. Then again, he shouldn't be; he knows Snow White, who has a whole retinue of woodland creatures. ]

[enblightened]

Likewise, Fakir.

Understandable. I hope to not startle her, but I will attempt to keep in mind if I see her.

She must have some importance to you.

[laminae]

That's cool. [Friend it is!] Can she talk or anything? Or are we talking regular duck here?

thank you for this gift

[droptheious]

[So weirdly suspicious. ]

Normally, when animals from home show up, they're connected to another person. Is she your pet? Did you just get...separated when you arrived?

[swornto]

[Oh, Oz is quite aware that the mama duck claim is more silly than it is likely.

Which is exactly why he swings the conversation back around to it.]

You know! How baby ducks impress upon the first person that they see? Maybe you were there when she hatched and now she's attached to you?

Or are you just nice to all woodland creatures? I have a friend you should meet if that's the case.

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[anagnorises]

[Oh. She's doing that sincere, grateful thing.]

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[anagnorises]

A-anyway. Do you know if snow melting on you has the same effect as water?

[anagnorises]

...Yes?

[An animal doesn't have to be a pet for you to care about what happens to it. Isn't that obvious?]

lmao it's all good

[anagnorises]

Fakir. Nice to meet you.

A little over a week. [Definitely not enough time to get to know a whole city.]

[anagnorises]

[Oz, how could you.]

I was not there when she hatched. [He's not a mama duck!]

I just...[am nice to stray animals...] don't like to leave an animal someplace they could get hurt.