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[sos_pilot]

🧙 WHO: Della Duck & You!
⚔️️ WHAT: TDMs and Quest prompts.
🕒 WHEN: Throughout all of May.
🗺️ WHERE: Throughout Verens.
⚠️ WARNINGS: N/A, will update if needed.



Party Rock Anthem

[ Della loves a good party, who doesn’t? But hours of dancing even bores the most hard-going party-gal. So it’s time to actually complete the quest, and find out what the cause of this constant chaos is. So as she boogies from one room to another, she tries to find someone who can help her out. ]

“Any clues to where this banger first started popping?”

[ … She might have more success if she stops using slang. ]

A Polite Pyro

[ So, as long as she makes the building, and then burns it, that’s doable, right? And treehouses count as buildings, right? And if she sets a tree on fire, it probably won’t spread around, right? Della sees no problem with this plan. Please tell her the problems with this plan.

For now, Della is high up in a tree with supplies, hammering away as she makes a pretty shoddy treehouse. Hey, it’s not meant to win awards, so no biggie. Occasionally she’ll drop some of her supplies – hammers, nails, boards of wood – and manages to call it before it hits you. Hopefully. ]

Hey! Head’s up! Sorry about that!

Honey Over Vinegar

[ The good news, Della won that day’s cookie-grabbing contest!
The bad news, Della ate all her earned cookies. And it was a lot. Impulse control has never been her strong point.

As such, Della is laying on the ground not too far from the contest grounds, groaning in stomach pains. Her familiar, a moon bunny, sits contentedly on her belly. And she can already feel your eyes judging her. ]

Shut uuuup, it seemed like a good idea at the time! … If it helps, I don’t think I can ever even look at a cookie ever again.

A Balanced Approach

[ Della is on the hunt! And she’s pretty darn proud of how many bugs she’s captured in her net. She’s also been going toe to toe – webbed toes??? – with one determined frogger. Frog Man was just about to land his tongue on a particularly elusive dragonfly – until Della nabbed it with her Kinetic magic, lopping it into her net. She can’t help a little victory brag.]

Sorry, hippity hop, but you snooze, you lose!

[ Pleased, she turns to continue her game – until the frog sticks his tongue around her ankle, intending to trip her… except he grabbed her prosthetic leg, and it pops off. Della falls to the ground, loses all her bugs, and is this close to letting out a stream of profanities.]

“WHYYYYY YOU LITTLE…!”

A Show Of Strength

[ Della is a little less interested in winning this round, and more than happy to learn and explore. She’s taken a seat on the ground, reading from her admittedly outdated Junior Woodchuck Guidebook. She’s got a small pile of stones nearby, and occasionally picks one up, inspecting it as she compares notes in her book.

Her light? Her familiar, a now slightly-glowing moon rabbit.]

So this is what they call a rose quartz in this world, and it has magical properties… wonder if the warlocks in my world ever tried that. Hey, Amelia, can you hand me a moonstone?

[ Amelia, said rabbit, nudges a few stones forward.]

Thanks, hon. Oh, man, Huey’s brain will totally explode when he reads these notes.

A Stone’s Throw From Revenge

[ Monster fighting? Totally up Della’s alley! She’ll try not to have too much fun – after all, people are in danger – and heads for where the Minotaur’s been attacking. She doubts her magic’s at the level where it could stop the boulders itself, but she’s not one to stand back and do nothing. But to her relief, she can see there are others ready to help defend the city.]

Hey! I can make a pretty good distraction… if I play bait, you mind going on the attack? At the very least, we gotta distract this thing from attacking the people in the city!

Wildcard
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Comments

Party Rock Anthem

[konpeito_aji]

[Nobunaga blinks and stares for a little bit. Not because of the duck thing, he's just puzzling the words out!]

Just to be clear: Banger is party, popping being...? [He just gestures vaguely.] Ongoing?

[And then he glances at his gun.] Because I haven't shot anything yet, I promise. [... what.]

But no, I haven't found the item either. I'm not really sure what it would look like. I don't know what's normal for this place... I guess we could just trash everything, but I'm not sure if that's excessive.

[sos_pilot]

[ Well, she is relieved that she's not the only person who has trouble keeping up with today's hip slang. ]

Uh, yeah, pretty much. At least, I think so. In my world, I'm ten years behind what's the cool thing to say.

[ Though the gun gets an impressed whistle. ]

Sweet weapon, though, bro.

[konpeito_aji]

I'm about... 500 years behind. [If anything, he latches onto the ones he likes and abuses them! So "nerd," "cool," etc. He got told in no uncertain terms why not to use "fuck" though. That's the only reason he doesn't run around like a five year old parroting it!]

[But yes!!! He LOVES his gun! (And the giant as hell katana!)]

[So he bows!]

Thank you. Akechi Mitsuhide himself designed it. [Sparkle sparkle. Right, she has no idea who that is.] My left hand man. He's around here too looking for the cursed item. But he blends in so he's harder to find. And I don't want to him to get it before me, he kind of is too good at everything, so I have to do something better than him, you know?

[This would probably look less ridiculous without the tie wrapped around his head!]

[sos_pilot]

[ The '500 years' does get a small eyebrow raise, but that's it. After all, she's BFF with a goddess, and Uncle Scrooge is... who even knows how old. So it's not that unusual for her to hear.

But the little competitive talk does get her to smile. Might as well have fun with it!]

I bet if we work together, we can find it before he does! In my experience, hidden magical items tend to be all glowy.

[konpeito_aji]

[If she asks or explains hers, he'll explain his!]

[He's instantly excited though!] You have experience with them!

[So relieved! AT LAST!] Okay! I only have experience with cults, not actual magical items. What do you think it would look like? Hopefully not a lamp or lightbulb... Or we could trash them anyway.

[sos_pilot]

[ A proud eyebrow waggle, she does love to brag. ]

Experience? Dude, I do this for a living back home, ever since I was a duckling! Adventure and exploration is in my blood!

But let's put a hold on the smashy-smashy. That'll draw too much attention... It needs to be an item that they can keep an eye on, while still being blended into the background.

[konpeito_aji]

[Brag forever to him, Adela. He wants to hear every single detail!] Ahhhhh no way! I'm so jealous!

[Laughs and nods, thinking it through.] So... probably a lamp, huh. [ >:( That is so hard!]

[sos_pilot]

Honestly? That's not impossible. C'mon, follow me.

[ She walks, but makes sure to keep rolling her arms around to keep up the illusion of dancing. ]

Do you see one that's surrounded by one too many people?

[konpeito_aji]

[Nod nod!]

[Also dances!]

[Doing the Bangles' Walk Like an Egyptian, doesn't even matter the song, he just thinks it's cool.]

[sos_pilot]

[ Hey, it is cool! ]

... I think I've got a way we can break it without making it look like that's what we're trying to do.

By making "break" dancing literal!

[konpeito_aji]

[Thumbs up!] BRILLIANT!

[Get ready to trash shit... "accidentally" on purpose!]

[Nobunaga starts break dancing where he is, inching a little closer. They are definitely going to have to swap stories after this though, because he is so damn proud of actually knowing how to break dance despite being 500 years or so behind etc.]

[sos_pilot]

[ Della naturally follows up with her own purposefully disastrous moves, with hard elbows and swinging kicks. But she also makes sure not to make it look too obvious by shouting WOOOO and trying to sing along to whatever lyrics she can actually hear.

Several destroyed properties later, one well-aimed hip-check knocks a lamp over - and it explodes in glitter. ]

Got it! I think we're good!

[konpeito_aji]

Sweet!

[BUT OH-- a bunch of the people disappear, and the rest look confused, and exhausted.]

Uh, guess the party's over, folks?

[sos_pilot]

Phew! Mission accomplished!

[ She offers a high-five! ]

Honey Over Vinegar

[doctorintern]

[ That sure is a familiar dog that comes sniffing around where Della's lying. When it finds her, it pads up to her and begins licking her face.

Not too long after, Fenton comes trailing behind. ]

Atom, I really need to put you on a leash.

[ Then he pauses, as he finally takes in the scene he's stumbled upon. ]

...Uh, Della? Are...you okay?

[sos_pilot]

... Define okay.

Also, Atom really needs a few breath mints.

[ She can't even muster the strength to push him off. ]

[doctorintern]

[ Walking over, he tugs on Atom's collar to pull the cocker spaniel away from Della, before leaning down to look at her. ]

You don't look so good. What happened?

[sos_pilot]

... I participated in this game where you collected cookies from trees, and the one who got the most, won.

... And you got to eat what you collected.

[ and here we are. ]

[doctorintern]

[ ...Oh, Della. ]

How many did you eat?

[sos_pilot]

... Let's just say I won the game.

[ and had a... huge... victory feast. ]

[doctorintern]

[ ...which one of them is older again?

With a sigh, he leans down. ]

All right, c'mon...I might have something for an upset stomach back at my place.

[ Her crashing on his bed is gonna be a regular thing, isn't it? ]

[sos_pilot]

[ honestly, she may just move in at some point.

She tries to get up, and grooooaaaaans. ]

... Ten years of nothing but oxy-chew. Ten years, okay? It makes you appreciate real food!

[doctorintern]

[ Taking her hand, he carefully helps her to her feet and lets her lean on him. ]

Okay, sure...but you know what also helps you appreciate food?

Eating it slowly.

[sos_pilot]

What are you, my mom? It's done and done already!

[ Because forgetting the past and ignoring mistakes always works in the duck clan! ]

[doctorintern]

[ Well if you're gonna act like a child... ]

I'm just mentioning it for the future. So, y'know, you don't eat yourself to bursting again.

[sos_pilot]

I won't!

[ she probably will. ]

Besides, it was for a good cause! You know, the whole voting deal?

[doctorintern]

The voting...? You mean about the trials and everything?

[sos_pilot]

Yeah! So, in a way, me getting my gigantic cookie intake was a push for democracy!

[ ... she's pushing it, all right. ]

[doctorintern]

[ Fenton just stared at her a moment. ]

Uh...? How are they connected?

[sos_pilot]

The guys who put up the cookie contest are pushing for us to have peaceful negotiations! Which is what I'm cool with. Aren't you?

A Polite Pyro

[policedefective]

[Its a good thing he's good at dodging at just the right moment. A slew of nails drop on the ground where he was about to step up to.]

The hell was that--[he looks up at the 'cabin' (he'll use that word very loosely) being built by a human-sized duck-like creature. Well it can't be completely rude to strangers. At least not yet.]

What are you doing?!

[It's rather obvious but he'd rather hear it out of her mouth...beak?]

[sos_pilot]

I'm building a treehouse! ... Kinda thought that was obvious.

[ She then shrugs it off, not insulted. ]

Good thing I didn't nail you, though, huh?

[ Get it? Get it? IT'S A PUN. She grins, thinking herself so clever. ]