( 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]

[ she remains a little somber, unlike herself. ]

Because you can still do the things people do even when you're different.

Sorry, I missed this reply!

[schoolingfish]

Well...yeah, I guess you're right, but I don't see why anyone would think of you any differently because of that.

no worries!

[danserai]

Wouldn't they?

Ducks can't talk or make friends. People don't connect with ducks.

[schoolingfish]

Well, no, so I guess in a way it is different, but...they can still talk and connect with you when you're human, and none of that connection goes away just because you're a duck. Even though you might not always be human, people will remember all the good things you said and did when you were.

[danserai]

. . . You really think so?

[schoolingfish]

I really do, yeah! And I think you'll see that for yourself soon enough!

[danserai]

I hope so.