july catch-all

[sos_pilot]

🧙 WHO: Della Duck & You.
⚔️WHAT: July Catch-All : Quests and TDM shenanigans.
🕒 WHEN: Throughout July.
🗺️ WHERE: Medical Centers, Forests, Farms, Verens.
⚠️ WARNINGS: N/A


Summer Fever
[ Della can be found wrapping up her day in the children’s ward of this medical care center. She’s trying to help them fall asleep – and a good lullaby often does the trick. She smooths down one kid’s hair, and then begins to leave the room with a little sigh. ]

… At least I got to sing it to somebody this time.

Spotted Dicklivery

[ Camping in the great outdoors! With a dangerous monster waiting for them in the darkness! Who could ask for anything more? She’s even humming as she sets up the tent. ]

I think we made a lot of head-way today! I can take the first shift watching over the campsite if you want. My sleep schedule is utterly messed up, so it’s no biggie.

Lavaft Behind
[ To be fair, Della’s strategy AFTER freeing the slime is pretty good – using her kinetic powers to lift it up and away.

It’s the current ‘getting to the slime’ strategy that could use some work… as she is just hitting it with a stick over and over. It’s a big stick. But still. ]

… Okay, this might be a little harder than I thought it would be. Do you have any ideas?

Margaritaville Pair Challenge

[ Della rubs her hands together eagerly, wanting to make this even MORE of a challenge. This is a Bad Idea. ]

I bet I can down my drink faster than you! Sure, I haven’t done this kind of thing since my twenties, but it’s just like riding a bicycle, you never really forget.

Clean Up Chaos

[ Beaten by brooms! Sucker-punched by sponges! Torn apart by towels! There’s only so much abuse can take before the McDuck temper leaks through. ]

THAT’S IT! YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?! WELL, I WANT A PIECE OF YOU!

[ To hell with magic, she’s going martial-arts-mayhem on these items. With an angered cry, she grabs the broom, snaps it in half, and then begins attacking anything that’s trying to clean her up. No mercy! ]

WHO ELSE WANTS SOME?! I can do this all day! It’s time to take out the trash! A stitch in nine saves… uh… shoot, I’m running out of quips!

Of Wards And Worms

Well. This isn’t good.

[ Considering she and you have been swallowed up by a worm? Understatement of the century. It’s difficult to see, given there’s no light inside most living things, so she wanders around aimlessly, trying to find Person #2 and hope they have an idea of how to get out of this literally sticky situation. ]

You okay? … You here? … It’d really be a bummer if you got digested! But maybe you can do us a solid and give the big guy a stomachache?

Wildcard
[ Make your own prompt! Feel free to plot with me at melcat33 (plurk) or melcat33#1997 (discord) ]

Comments

Lavaft Behind

[forbothofus]

[ Floating the slime away with kinetic magic seemed like a fine idea to him, and two kinetic users are better than one - plus Emil had ample experience working with aggressive monsters. That said, seeing how confident she was in that part, he had assumed.... ]

You're a scientist, right? I thought you had a plan.

[ He winces, amazed the stick hasn't broken yet. With green magic, he could reinforce it but... that wouldn't do much good by itself. ]

[sos_pilot]

[ Della pauses, mid-smack, stick in the air, with eyebrows raised.

She then asks the question which, really, is on everyone's mind - ]

What in the world made you think I was a scientist?

[forbothofus]

[ Emil stares back, wide-eyed and equally confused. ]

I thought... you told me you traveled to other worlds. That makes you a scientist or wizard of some kind, right?

[ How else would someone get to so many other dimensions? ]

[sos_pilot]

[ Now that makes Della laugh. ]

No way, dude! When me and my fam go to other worlds, it's usually cause we got dragged there by someone else! Or we stumble upon an ancient cursed artifact. Or we didn't get the end result of a mystical ritual right.

Point is, it's not really on purpose when it happens. Just a fun side-effect.

[forbothofus]

Oh... that's - [ Awful, he almost says, but checks the comment at 'fun side-effect.' ] ... sounds really inconvenient.

[ And doesn't fully dismiss his skepticism. ]

But you've never had to break a rock open before?

[ Isn't that kind of a prerequisite to getting to those ancient cursed artifacts?? ]

[sos_pilot]

Well, sure I have! But usually we have my uncle Scrooge paying for some kind of device to help us out... or at least having a pick-axe, and I didn't know where to find one.

[forbothofus]

[ It does seem weird they weren't given instructions or equipment at all. A pick-axe is a pretty easy thing to supply. He bows his head, studying the lava rock. A machine could break it easily, but it would also be harsh; the monster inside could be sensitive to that. ]

If no one gave us anything, maybe they think it's better if we use magic?

Spotted... I can't say it, it's wrong

[morganknight]

[Morgan has taken on the fun challenge of lighting a fire! Which... despite all appearances, he is doing quite effectively, setting up tinder and kindling beneath a few branches in the center of a circle of stones. Turns out he has some experience in this sort of thing.]

Your sleep schedule is messed up? I don't think I've had a single lucid dream since I was here. I still don't need a lot, though.

spotted johnson-livery

[sos_pilot]

[ Della can't help but shoot him an amused look. ]

I wasn't aware we were having a contest, but I haven't had a normal night's sleep in ten years.

[morganknight]

How'd that happen? [Morgan lets a stone whack at another stone thanks to kinesis, turning to look at her.]

[sos_pilot]

The short version is, I was stuck on the moon for ten years.

... You got a moon in your world?

[morganknight]

Oh yeah, we had one back where I was born. We called it "the Moon", if you're reaching for creative names, and as far as most people knew it had only been visited a couple of times.

[The Technocracy had at least a base up there, he has no doubt.]

[sos_pilot]

Oh, thank goodness, I was in no way ready to explain what a moon is.

Anyway, when you're on the moon, you don't exactly get sunrises and sunsets, and also because of that you have no real sense of time passing, so essentially I mostly fell asleep whenever I passed out.

Summer Fever

[doctorintern]

[ The sight of the armored suit around the medical center might seem a bit odd, but the Gizmosuit was the quickest way for him to help with supply runs. He was able to go back and forth between centers to pick up or deliver things that might be running low in some places, or to go where to one that needed more volunteers.

He did have to be careful around some of the younger patients, though. While some of the kids thought Gizmoduck looked pretty cool, others were a little more intimidated by the large armored figure. So there were times where Fenton had the suit put away while helping out.

As Della is stepping out of the room, she'll come across Fenton while he's carrying a couple of teddy bears. ]

Hey, Della! They all asleep in there?

[sos_pilot]

Hey...?

[ She pauses - one, because she's not sure if it's okay to call him Fenton when he's in the suit or he prefers Gizmoduck, and two, not sure WHY he's wearing the suit in this place. ]

... They are. Quick question - why are you wearing that here? I thought that was to fight off baddies.

[doctorintern]

Well yeah, this suit is mostly used for defense against villains. But it also helps for some quick travel, so I've been going between different medical centers to pick up and drop off supplies.

[ He hasn't had time to remove the suit yet. ]

[sos_pilot]

I guess that makes sense... Man, is there anything that suit can't do?

[doctorintern]

Make coffee.

[ He's not even kidding, there isn't any room for a coffee dispenser in it. ]

Anyway, I know you just finished up in there, and they're asleep, but would you mind dropping these teddy bears off to them? [ He holds up the two bears in his hands. ] I just want to get out of this suit really quick, and I'm worried how they might react to it if they happen to wake up.

[sos_pilot]

Really? You're not that scary.

[ ... She means it as a compliment. But then again, she does know him. ]

summer fever

[agentlewish]

( Tohru's at the hospital doing whatever she can. She's helping with her own healing magic, but she's brought gifts for the children as well. )

Oh, Della! I didn't know you were here, too.

( She has some stuffed animals in her hands when she speaks. )

You have a lovely singing voice.

[sos_pilot]

Oh... you heard that, huh?

[ She rubs the back of her head, a bit embarrassed. ]

[agentlewish]

I did. ( She beams. ) ... You know, I think that your song had healing powers all on its own. They looked really happy to hear it.

[sos_pilot]

[ She looks away for a moment. ]

... I made it for my boys. I wanted to sing it to them. It's... a long story, but I didn't get a chance to do it while they were growing up... but I found out my brother sang it to them in my place.

[agentlewish]

( Tohru's heart hurts. How could it not? She... looks so sad. Her own expression falls, looking down for a moment. )

... If they knew that the song was from you, then... I'm sure they were happy to hear it. I'm sure that they felt like you were with them.

[sos_pilot]

... They didn't. Not at first. But... whenever they got really scared, they thought about that song, and it gave them courage. So... I guess in a way, I was with them.

[ ... boy, this got depressing fast.

She clears her throat, nervously chuckling. ]

Well, you didn't come down here for my sob story - you volunteering today too?