( accidental video | un: duckling )

[danserai]

[ it's a dark and — well it's just a dark month and ahiru never really functions well in the dark. she gets spooked easily which is sort of what happens here. a sequence of events, by a duck.

1. she enters the kitchen. the lights are off and she bumps into various furniture. ]

Ow ow ow ow —

[ 2. her hand brushes against a coat hanging on top of a chair. in her mind, she imagines a snake.

3. She panics and lets out a loud: ]

Quack!

[ 4. ahiru ends up turning into a duck on screen. gasp! not that she has realized she's being recorded.

5. she quickly waddles off and there's the sound of water and she comes back into the kitchen with a relief. ]

— Phew that was clo . . . ooooose, O-Odette! Were you displaying this the whole time?! A-Ah!!

[ ahiru immediately runs in front of the feed, waving her hands frantically. ]

You didn't see that! There's nothing to see! It was . . . uh, uh, a MYSTERY DUCK that broke into the house but it's gone now!

[ alas, ahiru has been well and truly outed as . . . a duck. ]

Comments

[danserai]

[ that couldn't be true, could it? otherwise . . . she would still be friends with rue. ]

M-Maybe. If I hurt someone's feelings, they would tell me right? I'd do my best to fix it.

[imaglyphwitch]

Well. People are different. Sometimes they keep their feelings inside and won't tell you right away. But good friends, they WILL do that, eventually.

I think anyone that knows you would tell you though. It's kinda hard to meet you and not like you right away, you know.

[danserai]

Oh, that's probably because everyone is so nice here! I've made so many friends and so many interesting people.

[imaglyphwitch]

Good! I'm glad to hear it!

I've been so out of the loop with you! What have you been up to lately?

[danserai]

Oh! Uhmm, not much. It's been so dark so I didn't go outside much because it's scary . . .

[imaglyphwitch]

Oh, right! That would be pretty scary for people!

I can cast light, so I'm not really bothered by it.

[danserai]

You don't think it's silly to be scared?

[imaglyphwitch]

Considering what could happen in the dark? Not at all.

As it is, we have to take precautions HERE, because of Fern.

[danserai]

How is he doing? I should check up on him.

[imaglyphwitch]

He's managing, thanks to Varian and everyone else, but its hard. He's a plant, so no sun is like starving him.

[danserai]

I wish there was more we could do . . .

[imaglyphwitch]

I think keeping Fern alive is a good place to start?

[danserai]

Yes, but besides light, what else can we do?

[imaglyphwitch]

I don't know. Fern is gonna be pretty run down this month.

Maybe we go on a cool adventure with him when the sun comes back?

[danserai]

Oh! Like a knight's quest!

He's a knight. I'm sure he'd like to do that.

[imaglyphwitch]

We'll yeah! Fern is a knight, so that makes sense!

He'll be into it once this nighttime stuff is gone!

[danserai]

With us working together, I'm sure we'll come up with something.

[imaglyphwitch]

Well sure! Fern's always been really fun and cool to us, he deserves to be reminded how much we appreciate him being in the house!

[danserai]

Yeah! Or a gift like . . . custom armor or something!

[imaglyphwitch]

Maybe?

Where do we go for that anyway?

[danserai]

I'm sure someone would know.

Like Mr. Reaper. Doesn't he wear armor?

[imaglyphwitch]

Right, true.

[Luz had to stifle a giggle here. The idea of calling Reaper "Mr. Reaper" was just too funny].

That might be from his own world though.

[danserai]

But he probably knows more about it! I'm sure he'd tell us.

[imaglyphwitch]

Yep, that's true. Maybe we need to find someone who specializes in it here, though.

[danserai]

Do you know anyone like that?

[ ahiru thought of flynn, but flynn is gone. ]