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[flapsin]

🧙 WHO: Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck and whoever!
⚔️️ WHAT: An open log with each of this month's Top Tasks!
🕒 WHEN: Throughout the first half of the month
🗺️ WHERE: Throughout Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: Probably some level of nsfw stuff for the Hot Knights prompt (but no smut); possible mentions of and attempted murder/violence for the Cult Classic prompt.

A. A Sheepish Request [Shear Determination - Drake]

[Drake Mallard is ready to undergo some quests! And the first one he chooses seems simple enough. Just shear some sheep! A... fire-breathing sheep. He doesn't have much experience with this, but how hard could it be?

Armed with a blade for shearing, he starts to approach the sheep with his partner.]

It's... easy, right? Nice, quick and easy, right? [He better hope that his own nervousness doesn't make the sheep too nervous too...!]

B. A Knight to Remember [Hot Knights - "Howard"]

[This request seems a bit more risque than his usual work! But still, there's someone to be saved, and he's here to do the saving. He decides to go undercover to complete the work. So he puts on a rental suit and tries to slick back his hair... feathers... hair-feathers, whatever they are. Once at the club, he's quickly weirded out by seeing all these scantily-clad humans. Regardless, he tries to act natural as he makes his way to the bar and introduces himself.]

The name's... Howard. [A beat.] Howard, uh, McDuck. That's right! [He snaps his fingers, ordering a drink.] I'll have it shaken, then stirred!

[There could be someone else nearby - either someone along with him on this quest or is running into him while doing his separately!]

C. Duck Flick [Cult Classic - Darkwing]

[This feels like a quest he absolutely cannot overlook. As a crimefighter, this is one eccentric and dangerous villain who needs to be taken down! And as an actor, he feels like he has the know-how to corner this villain! And so, in the guise of Darkwing Duck, he finds someone to act out a movie scene with.]

...Okay. Are you ready for this?

[ooc: Details about the kind of movie being done will be set on a thread-by-thread basis! If you have a specific movie idea in mind, you can establish that in your tag-in! If not, leave your tag-in vague about the specifics and I'll pick something. Or feel free to contact me to hash out specifics!

D. Wildcard

[Feel free to come up with an alternate prompt or hit me up for plotting! Non-quest-related prompts are also welcome!]

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[flapsin]

[His skills must be impressive, if even Minako's feeling a bit sheepish in contrast.]

...Oh. [His face droops as she brings that up.] Well, it's not too hard. You just run the blade along its wool, and be careful not to bring the blade too close to the skin. Does that sound doable to you? Or should we switch?

[reloves]

I guess I can try..

[ That's Minako's attitude to most things, anyway. She's holding back a little since this is a potentially dangerous situation if the sheep were to freak out again, but she's never been the type to shy away from at the very least giving something a try.

But she lets out a short, huffy breath, and then quickly adds-- ]

Don't blame me though if something goes wrong!

[ You know she's inexperienced now, Drake! That means it's on your hands too if something bad happens, since you let it happen that way! ]

[flapsin]

I- I'm not about to play the blame game! I'm really more just hoping that nothing goes wrong at all...

[He says that with a little laugh as he tries to reassure her. It won't help at all if she's so strung up! In any case, they can't put this off forever.]

Now, prepare to witness a dazzling display...!

[With that, Drake focuses his magic and makes light projections of other similar sheep around near the original one, in order to make it feel more comfortable among larger numbers!]

[reloves]

[ See, the good thing about these light projections is that it's still really easy to tell the real sheep from the fake ones, or Minako would have an even bigger problem here. Because she has to turn for a moment to grab the shearing tools, and by the time she looks back over at the sheep, it's surrounded by the other fake ones.

But since the real one is so recognizable, it's not too hard to step between the illusions until she's next to the sheep again, and then just.. carefully move the equipment into its wooly coat.

Does Minako look focused? Yes. But perhaps a bit too focused, because she's realising how easy it would be to screw up here and make Drake receive a blast of fire to the face. So she's focused in that near-childish sort of way - a frown on her face, the tip of her tongue almost sticking out between her teeth a little while she focuses.

And it does seem to work in the sense that the sheep has no idea what's happening behind it, but it starting to look a little confused, the more it looks at the sheep around it, as if it's slowly catching up to something.. Quick, Drake, time for a different trick! ]

[flapsin]

[He knew he could trust Minako to find her way to the real one! He watches as she gets to work, a little bit nervous. He did make the right choice by leaving this up to Minako, right? While keeping up his projection, he tries to mutter words of encouragement towards her.]

There you go... Easy does it... Keep it up...

[But he soon realizes that he has work to do on his side as well. That sheep sure looks like it's starting to put things together, so it's time to pull a different wool out over its eyes!

With that, Drake makes a new projection to keep the sheep captivated - and entertained! Now, he makes a bipedal sheep wearing a purple cape that appears to be perfectly juggling a trio of balls. A perfect, practically hypnotic motion to capture the sheep's attention!]

[reloves]

[ Minako is definitely still shearing the sheep.

Still focused. Still being careful.

But even with all of that going on, the moment she notices this specific illusion, she can't help but throw a temporary gaze in Drake's direction.

It's very much a 'what even is that??' sort of gaze. It doesn't even need the words to be audibly spoken. ]

[flapsin]

[It's fine, this is fine. This is the plan and it's working!

Drake keeps up the juggling illusion. As she gives him her look, he gives her one that seems to be saying that this is fine, everything's going according to plan! He then flashes her a thumbs up to encourage her to keep going!]

[reloves]

[ Okay, dude. If you say so. She is trusting you here!

Especially since Minako has no idea how the sheep is reacting to the illusion. Sure, she can tell whether it's keeping still or starting to move, but she can't see its face from where she's working on getting the wool off this thing, so she has no idea whether it even likes the illusions or not. That's all on his shoulders right now. ]

Sheesh, why is there so much of this stuff.. [ At least Minako is sensible enough to mumble this, rather than say it too loudly and startle the sheep. But still - there's so much wool! And this is just one sheep! She's pretty sure she's only halfway through this one, and there's already so much wool all over the ground around her feet.. ]

[flapsin]

[He feels like his shoulders are the place to be right now! So far, the sheep does seem to be mesmerized by the juggling motions and eating out of the palm of his hand. Of course, he's still not completely sure how long he'll be able to keep the sheep captivated. He likes to think the answer could be forever!

He spares glances towards Minako at the same time, monitoring her progress. Halfway there! He flashes another thumbs up towards her.]

There you go. Keep it going, keep it going...

[reloves]

My arms are getting tired.

[ Now she's just whining.

Granted, it's a bit of valid whining, since she is working hard over here. But apparently unless it's a total emergency, Minako is incapable of working without at least whining a little bit. Is this truly the Grand Purpose they were brought to this place for? To help with sheep shearing? ]

Next time they need to give us something more fun to do. [ Or at least something more worthwhile than this. ]

[flapsin]

Better tired than fired. [He gently chides, with a little chuckle.]

I'd suggest switching places, but I think that would be pretty precarious right now. And you're getting so close... just finish this, and hopefully next month will be bring some more exciting quests!

[reloves]

[ Is that the only hope she has right now? Just continuing to shear sheep, and then hoping next month won't involve milking dangerous cows or something like that?! ]

What do they think I am, some sort of farmer? [ Yes, she's still grumbling. But at least she's slowly getting closer and closer to being done. Only the last pieces of wool to go now..! ] If they want to kidnap beautiful and cute girls like me to this place, they need to give me something appropriate to do for a beautiful and cute girl!

[flapsin]

[Hope can be a tricky thing like that!]

I mean, nothing wrong with farming! [He shrugs lightly while he tries to reassure her.] To be fair, this - this whole thing's optional. I'm sure there's something out there to do there's more your niche?

[reloves]

All of the tasks sounded like this though..

[ Maybe not exactly like this, but.. well, the choice was between this and potentially killing innocent animals, okay, and Minako knows what side of that divide she would like to fall on. ]

.. are you saying you're happy with doing farmwork like this?

[flapsin]

I don't know, it seemed like there was a fair variety available... well, one of them seemed a little too adult, but other than that...

[Still, Drake himself doesn't seem to hate this.]

I wouldn't say happy. But it just feels like no big deal. Maybe a little bit fun! Just as an 'every now and then' kind of thing!

[Although while he's getting into this conversation, his focus on his illusion is shifting. Now the juggling sheep has Minako's face!]

[reloves]

How is this--

[ Minako can't finish that sentence.

Because she's looking over. Oh, how she's looking over, and that's when she notices the thing about the illusionary sheep Drake has created.

And right the moment the last piece of wool falls to the ground, this sheep now being done, Minako bursts like a vulcano. ]

Why are you making THAT THING LOOK LIKE ME?!

[ She's definitely startling the sheep, let's be real. Better get ready to dodge that fire blast, Drake! ]

[flapsin]

Wh-what??

[He doesn't even realize what he's done! Before he can look at it, he's busy leaping out of the way of that fire, singing a few feathers in the process! The illusion than dissipates completely.]

I didn't mean to!! Oh great, now we gotta calm it again and get out of here!! [Time to keep on nervously ducking some fire!!]

[reloves]

[ Minako doesn't even seem concerned about this total fire hazard over here. Maybe it's since the sheep keeps firing off to the front, and she's next to it, safe from the danger zone for now.

.. or maybe it's just since she's that upset. It's more likely to be the latter option here, honestly. ]

Nuh-uh! No way! Apologize to me first!

[flapsin]

[Drake just yelps and keeps running in different directions while dodging the continual flames.]

Wh-what do you mean? I didn't even mean to do it! ...Um, sorry? I'm sorry!

[reloves]

Sorry for what?

[ Apparently Minako has found a new deadly weapon.. an indiscriminately firing sheep. ]

[flapsin]

[SHE SHOULD NEVER BE GIVEN SUCH POWER]

For making an illusion look like you apparently???

[reloves]

[ There's a pause.

For a moment it seems like Minako might just accept the apology - this time.

But then her eyes narrow, and the moment is done. ]

That's not good enough! What part of that apology is supposed to be genuine?! I don't sense any real apologetic emotion in it at all! [ .. maybe since he's too busy jumping around in the most panicked way, Minako.. ]

[flapsin]

Sorry, but I'm also kinda busy right now... y'know, trying to stay alive?!

[More dodging, dipping, ducking, diving and dodging!]

N-no offense, but I feel like that should maybe the higher priority right now!

[reloves]

I'm taking full offense!

[ Because excuse you, Drake, how could living possibly be more important than soothing the feelings of a beautiful young girl? Minako sure can't understand that!

But despite the whining and melodramatics going on here, the girl does move to pat the sheep, carefully rubbing a hand over its head until said sheep seems to calm down. At the very least enough so to no longer be firing at Drake. ]

There, there, little thing.. You're my only real friend around here, huh? [ Not like that BETRAYER Drake!!! ]

[flapsin]

[Drake sighs and slows down as the fire dies down. He slumps his shoulders in defeat as he approaches them.]

H-hey now... I'm your friend, too. I'm sorry about that, alright? It was just an accident! ...And thank you, too, for all of your help! [And some of her not-help.]