( 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

[imaglyphwitch]

He does seemed pretty determined. Very dependable too.

I like him. He seems nice.

[danserai]

[ she perks up at this. very few people take to fakir easily, herself included, so it's nice to hear that. ]

He is! He's not always good at showing it, but Fakir always cares.

[imaglyphwitch]

Oh no, I can tell! I have experience with people who act all gruff but are actually super nice.

[danserai]

In this place?

[ everyone ahiru has ever met has been so nice and polite . . . it hasn't clicked for her that this is abnormal. ]

[imaglyphwitch]

Well yes, but also NOT here too!

The Boiling Isles were full of interesting characters!

[danserai]

Because it's a place of magic, right?

[imaglyphwitch]

Yeah!

Also, it's technically a demon realm too. Lotsa demons.

[danserai]

What's a demon?

[imaglyphwitch]

You've never heard of a demon? They sort of look like monsters, but they're...well honestly, it depends. They kinda vary out here.

[danserai]

All those things are just in stories. I've never met anyone like that.

[ and she probably hasn't realized there are demons here. ]

[imaglyphwitch]

Hmm? I mean, not just in stories! There are some here too!

[danserai]

Really?

[ sorry peter graham, it never occurred to her. ]

[imaglyphwitch]

Sure! I'm sure if you asked, they'd tell you right away! I don't think they really have any reason to be ashamed about it.

[danserai]

. . . I think I have to apologize to a few people . . .

[imaglyphwitch]

Why?

Did you do something recently?

[danserai]

I didn't realize Mr. Graham might be a demon. I have to apologize!

[imaglyphwitch]

I think you're fine!

Besides, Peter is a little different. His situation is...complicated.

[danserai]

Complicated?

[imaglyphwitch]

Uh huh.

The demon was planted in him, I believe. That makes things very different.

Also, Paimon can be pretty intense, to be nice about it.

[danserai]

Paimon?

Planted in him?

[imaglyphwitch]

The demon's name.

Yes, there was a whole ritual. I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to go into detail, but it was pretty messed up, from the gist of it.

[danserai]

. . . Is he in pain?

[imaglyphwitch]

Peter? No, I doubt it. He can still be him and share a body with a demon.

I just don't know how long he'll be able to do that.

[danserai]

I didn't know he was having such a hard time . . . He didn't tell me!

[imaglyphwitch]

He has Luna, so trust that he's not doing as bad as he could have. She's probably a big reason why he's doing not so bad!

You'd be amazed at how much difference it makes when you have someone by your side.