( 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]

[ oh buddy. ]

I wouldn't go that far . . . We work together, but I don't think he likes me all that much.

[spiritwalks]

What makes you say that? He cares about you, doesn't he? He put that terrible drawing on the internet because he was thinking about you and wanted to make sure you're okay.

[Sorry, Fakir, just calling it how he sees it.]

[danserai]

I think that's more that he figured I was messing up somewhere and wanted to do damage control.

[spiritwalks]

No, it had a lot of heart. I could tell.

[That's why Vyng complimented Fakir on it in the first place.]

That day you got caught in those nets. Remember? He was so relieved when he found out you were safe.

[danserai]

He — He was?

[spiritwalks]

Yeah. Very much so.

[danserai]

It doesn't sound like him at all.

[spiritwalks]

I think he just has his own way of showing it.

[danserai]

. . . That's true.

[spiritwalks]

See? He's totally your friend.

[danserai]

I know that. I don't doubt Fakir.

I just don't think he cares that much about it.

[spiritwalks]

You weren't there when I called him. Believe me, he cares, a lot...even if it might be hard for you to see it.

You think so little of yourself, Duck. But you are loved.

[danserai]

[ loved . . . ]

Really?

[spiritwalks]

Really, really. I'd bet my life on it.

[danserai]

. . . I need to think about it.

[spiritwalks]

Hm? About what?

[danserai]

Just . . . I need time.

[spiritwalks]

That's fair. It's a lot to think about, if you're not used to it.

[danserai]

Yeah, it's . . . difficult.

[spiritwalks]

Feelings often are. Especially our own.

But hey. If you ever need a sounding board, Duck...feel free to reach out. I'm just a quack away.

[danserai]

Thank you, Vyng.

[spiritwalks]

[Warmly:]

Anytime, friend.