isleofavalon | january catch-all

🧙 WHO: Della Duck & You
⚔️️ WHAT: Quest Shenanigans
🕒 WHEN: All throughout January.
🗺️ WHERE: Land of Maidens, throughout Camelot, her house-hold.
⚠️ WARNINGS: N/A, will update if needed.

Ice Fishing

[ Della... does not like fish. At all. She never has - she finds them to be absolutely disgusting. But this is a difficult stance to have when you find out the adorable boy you've befriended and been kinda mothering is... part fish. So, Della has resolved to at least try and overcome her fish-phobia for his sake. It won't be easy, but she has to try.

But before she and whoever she's dragged with her start the mission proper, Della is taking a precaution or two - or delaying the inevitable - by building a small fire near the water. ]

There! We'll definitely be freezing by the time we're done here, so at least this will be here and ready when we pop out after touching all those... fish.

[ She is visibly trying not to shudder. And gag. ]

With their.. slimy scales and beady eyes... which I'm totally fine with! Yes. If I keep telling myself that over and over, it has to be true. Yup. I'm totally fine.

[ She's trying, Alberto, wherever you are. ]

Yelling Yetis

[ Now this is more her speed! Monster-fighting 101! She arrives on the scene with a big grin on her face, eyes glittering with glee! She then slaps whoever is next to her on the back... ]

I'll go distract them, and you sneak up from behind! You got this!

[ She doesn't wait for you to agree, disagree, or even ask who the hell she is, because she's already running into the line of sight for the Yetis, ready to be the Best Distraction Ever. ]

Hey, you overgrown teddy-bears! You think you even stood a chance at those games? We would've totally kicked your butts with our eyes closed and our hands tied behind our backs! Nyah nyah nyah!

[ Understandably, the Yetis don't take this well, and those are some VERY loud roars... ]

Beta Testing

[ As impulsive and curious as Della is, even she knows that if you're putting blood in a magical item, there's going to be a weird time. So as tempting as it is to chuck the stone at someone and go HERE LET'S SEE WHAT THIS DOES, she does have some brain cells and empathy.

So, taking a note from her Uncle Scrooge, she decides a little profit play is in order. Pay a little now, earn a lot more later. So outside of the Duck Household, she's set up a little table and chairs with sandwiches, cookies, tea, her moon rabbit chilling nearby, and a small sign propped up on said table.

WILL PAY FOR EXPERIMENT
2,000 G for trying
+8,000 G bad result
+10,000 G good result
free lunch :)

Her business-savvy is... not great. But, hey, free lunch? She's sitting down, feet on the table, chowing down, and offering a thumbs up for anyone who stops to see what this is. ]

'Sup? You interested?

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[ Della continues to antagonize and dodge, assuming the nice lady would land a sneak attack or a behind assault aaaany minute now. Because why wouldn't you?

To her credit, Della does seem to be an experienced fighter - she dodges nimbly, using her surroundings to bounce or leap off of, ducking and dodging easily since as a duck she's light, and using her kinetic magic to lift up any nearby heavy objects to use as a shield if neccessary.

... What's taking her new partner so long? Della glances over as she begins running out of shield-material... to see the woman doing jack shit.

She's not pleased. How very dare. ]

AW, C'MON! YOU SUCK!

[ a woman in her mid-thirties, ladies and gents. ]

[If nothing else yet, the duck had some moves. Strange, from her information there weren't many fighters in their clans. Although she supposed much could have changed in the last seven years or so... Unless this wasn't one from the duck clan?

When she saw the glance in her direction, Elza stayed relaxed where she was and offerent a patient smile in return.

The displeasure was palpable, but it did nothing to move the assassin.

Instead she carelessly shrugged her shoulders.]

Hardly my problem that you made assumptions.

What, are you just here to sight-see?! If you're here, then you saw the quest-board, and - WAK!

[ One of the Yetis has grabbed Della by the foot and is holding her upside-down! Della still isn't scared or even really worried - right now, she's just super annoyed. ]

Excuse you! We were in the middle of a conversation!

[ With that, she kicks the Yeti in the face with her good foot, and with a bit of wriggling... falls out of his grasp! ... While he holds onto her other foot?!

Turns out the foot he'd been holding onto was her metal one! She lands fine on the ground, albeit with one leg missing. ]

Honestly, some monsters are so rude!

[The duck's displeasure at her lack of involvement was obvious to anyone who was around the area. It didn't move Elza at all though. Oh she did happen to see the notice on the quest board, but she didn't come here to help... no she came here for the entertainment of watching others do the work.]

And what?

[The question came as her feathered companion was grabbed by the foot and held upside down. It was impressive to see no fear in the woman and she inwardly chuckled at the feeling of annoyance she sensed instead.

When the duck broke herself free, the gunner took note how not all of her feathered companion went with the move. At first she thought that the leg remaining in the Yeti's grip had been torn off, but the lack of blood in the area and smell of it on the wind threw that idea out the window. Instead she glanced at the balancing duck with renewed interest.]

[ All right, let's asses the situation. At least 2 angry Yetis, and Della is now minus one leg, and apparently fighting them on her own. ]

Okay... bad situation. Not the worst I've ever been in, but getting close to reaching the top ten.

[ Think, think, think... Why were the Yetis here in the first place? Because the snow games were cancelled.

Lightbulb!

Della leans back, arms at the ready - ]

19! 87! 22! Hut, hut, HIKE!

[ If they want games, she'll give them games! How about a game of touch football? Except her leg is the ball! She runs - well, hops, with a bit of Kinetic magic to keep her from falling over - toward the Yetis, who begin to toss the leg back and forth, starting to catch on! ]

[Elza's answer to this problem was simple... but it was no the answer anyone wanted. If it were up to her she'd just shoot the hairy beasts and be done with it. Why bother going to all this trouble?

At least the annoyance of this whole 'non-lethal' stance was the fact that she got to see how the otherworlders handled themselves. While she doubted it would ever come to a point where something might put a hit on this duck, it was still research for any potential future clients.

The duck was quick on her feet... well foot in this particular moment. The numbers called out meant nothing. She just assumed it was something to do with the world this kid came from.

The sight of them tossing the leg around to keep it away from her was... odd... to say the least. What was the point of all this nonsense? Never mind the fact that the duck seemed to be getting along quite well being devoid of one of her legs - a piece of useful information.

Did this girl figure out that these hairy beasts wanted to play some juvenile keep-away game?

Eyes sliding back to the feathered fighter, she regarded the girl in thought.]

[ But as amazing as Della is, she's only human - er, duck. She can't keep this up with only one leg. Already exhausted beyond measure just trying to stay upright for so long, Della rolls on the ground, acting as if she just trying to aim for the Yetis, but truthfully was trying to get near Eliza.

Desperate times, desperate measures, all that jazz - Della TRIES not to glare at Eliza, since what she's about to ask may not go over so well. ]

If I say please, would you help me out here? ... Or do I need to bribe you?

[The duck rolled to the ground. Watching the event unfold, she would have tipped her hat to the feathered female if she wore one as it took little time to realise what she was attempting to do.

Heh, she was an interesting one.

If she'd glared at her, Elza wouldn't have cared one way or another. In fact she'd probably be amused by the sight. As it were, the gunner's attention shifted from the duck over to the approaching yetis as the question was asked.]

I don't accept bribes. [Elza spoke calmly before glancing down to regard the desperate duck with a soft smile.] But I do accept monetary offers in return for my aid.

[The fact that there was any sense of urgency meant nothing while she calmly waited for her feathered companion's response.]

[ooc: apologies for the delay! Had my covid booster 2 weeks back which knocked me out for a week and then I was playing catchup until today. Happy to continue but if you want to drop happy with that too :)

If you do want to continue, Elza does have kinetic abilities and would most likely 'move' Della out of harms way before moving in to help. Let me know if that's okay, otherwise I'll have her focus on the Yeti.]

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Sorry for Elza but omg thanks for the laugh at the end!

sorry for della's... everything, and if i don't make someone laugh with her i'm doing things wrong

No need to apoligise for anything! She's fun :D Elza's an ass lol

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