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[clumsyduck]

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[Duck seemed to be confused when she turned on her journal]

Uhm... Is it just me or.... Is there a bigger influx of people than normal? I'm used to seeing people come often but.... is it normal to have a lot of people at once?

I've been here for a few months now and there's still a lot of things I don't know. Still... This place isn't that bad.

[With nothing more to talk about, she promptly turned off her journal.]

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[A little later after this video, you can find in the forest. Winter time was definitely something that Duck wasn't used to, but she found it interesting. So she'll be busy playing in the snow.]

Snow man~ Snow man~ This is a lot of fun.

[Feel free to join her in her winter fun.]

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[catrimony]

[Look who's suddenly right there in the forest, his arms folded and looking decidedly unimpressed.]

Miss Duck! What is the meaning of this?

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[clumsyduck]

[Duck froze as she stopped making her snowman. What... Who just...]

[Action] 2/?

[clumsyduck]

[That voice..... Was it... and did she feel a stern look behind her?]

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[clumsyduck]

[It couldn't be.... It was Mister Cat's voice but... slowly turning around to see....]

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[clumsyduck]

[Oh crap! It was!]

M-M-M-Mister cat?! W-What are you doing here?!

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[catrimony]

That's precisely what I intended to ask - both of myself and of yourself, Miss Duck. Is this your new preferred method of skipping class?

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[clumsyduck]

Oh. You must be apart of the huge influx of people.

[And then that calm moment was gone.]

S-Skipping class?! I wasn't skipping class!

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[catrimony]

Then how do you explain all of this? Are those wings part of some new recital you're preparing for? I know that I haven't been informed!

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[clumsyduck]

Oh! No! Everybody here has them. We're in a world called Luceti now.

Just be careful though. I was told that if you injure your wings, it affects your health, too. If you hurt them too badly, you can die from it.

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[catrimony]

I can't say that I understand what you're going on about at all. I know that I don't have any wings of my own. I'd like to know what's truly bothering you, Miss Duck. Only then can we make true progress here.

Unless...

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[catrimony]

Yes, that must be it!

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[catrimony]

This must be the way in which you prepare to accept my proposal! So, Miss Duck, you're finally ready to marry me!

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[clumsyduck]

No wings...? Huh? But... Everyone who comes here has wings. I don't get it...

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[clumsyduck]

[...M-Marry?! She knew this was coming in the back of her mind but it still doesn't stop her from being completely taken aback by it.]

W-What?!

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[clumsyduck]

N-No! That's not what I'm talking about!

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[catrimony]

...

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[catrimony]

MRRROOWWWWW!

[He paws and licks at some snowflakes that drift near him.]

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[clumsyduck]

But um.... Is there any questions that you have about this place? I've been here for about 3 months now.

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[catrimony]

Hm? [He snaps out of his post-proposal daze and looks towards her.]

Preposterous. I saw you just the other day, Miss Duck. In fact, I asked you to marry me!

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[clumsyduck]

[But he always does that...]

That's because time here works differently from back home.

[fuckir]

[ it wasn't winter back in goldkrone, so to suddenly be thrown in the middle of a snow decorated forest certainly catches him off guard. fakir idly keeps his hands rubbing his arms as he trudges through the snow, looking for anyone for him to ask questions, because he sure as hell has a lot right now.

when he sees the back of a girl with red hair playing in the snow, he does a double take. the stature is so familiar, he has to remind himself that the person he's thinking of is in fact a duck right now, and probably worried about why he suddenly disappeared back at home. he needs to go back to her. besides, duck's human form never had wings like this girl's.

but fakir can still talk to this person. so he walks up behind her, keeping his hands wrapped around himself to conserve heat. ]

Hey.

1/?

[clumsyduck]

[Duck was happily making her snowman, working on the second ball, when Fakir approached her. Her first thought was that somebody was speaking to her.]

2/?

[clumsyduck]

[But wait a minute... The person. All they said was "Hey," but that's all that she needed to hear. That voice was so familiar. Hearing this, she immediately stopped what she was doing.]

3/?

[clumsyduck]

[With that, she turned around in such a hurry. She froze once she saw who it was. No! She had to be imagining things. But... It was really...]

4/5

[clumsyduck]

Fakir....?!

[Was it really him? She hadn't seen him in a few months and she most definitely missed him. Her talk with Aang made that clear.]

5/5; Finally done.

[clumsyduck]

[Once her mind grasped the idea that this was really him. She couldn't help but get emotional. God she had missed him so much!]

Fakir! You're here!

[Not wasting time on that hug. She embraced him tightly, as if afraid this was all a dream.]

[fuckir]

Wait -

[ the girl that turned around has not only a familiar shape, but a familiar face. and voice. and is undeniably duck.

give him a second as he stares down at her, his arms held out around her as if hesitating to return the hold - his mind is running too fast for him to keep up with anything. what is she talking about, him 'here'? why does she have wings? why is she a girl again?

unfortunately the only thing that runs past his lips is ]

What?!

[clumsyduck]

[Pulling away, she realizes he must be really confused right now.]

Oh uhm... I guess I should explain where we are. This is a world called Luceti and everybody has wings here.

[Looking for his.]

Wait... Why do you not have any? That doesn't make sense....

[fuckir]

[ give him a minute. he's just a little flustered and trying to keep up. ]

That's not what I'm concerned about, idiot - [ except no he is pretty damn concerned about where they are but more importantly!! ] When did you become a girl again?!

[ and he would think NOT having wings on his back would make complete sense thank you very much ]

[clumsyduck]

[Oh right.... That was a hurdle she'd dealt with when she got here. She didn't think about that until he mentioned it again.]

Oh... Uhm... I don't know. When I got here... I saw my pendent in one of the shops... I'm also able to become Princess Tutu here. I don't know why though. Realistically speaking, the pendent shouldn't exist anymore....

[Just give it a while, Fakir.]

[fuckir]

[ his brow furrows as he glances to the side, then back at her. ]

Nothing about this fits within the realms of 'realistic'...

[clumsyduck]

But then... When has it ever been realistic I suppose?

[fuckir]

What're you talking about? Things were completely normal just a few hours ago, when we were back at home and you were still a---

[ he then stops, recalling the way she hugged him, said "you're here," and proceeded to answer his questions as if she already gathered so much information in such a short amount of time when this is duck of all people. ]

... Duck, when did you get here? [ he's expecting something along the lines of a few hours or so, just as he has ]

[clumsyduck]

[Oh.... He asked....]

Oh uhm... I think it's been about 3 months... Maybe 4 soon?

[fuckir]

[ beat ]

That's impossible.

[ LIKE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CURRENT SITUATION FITS WITHIN POSSIBILITY ]

[clumsyduck]

This place... It takes people from random times. I no longer had my pendent before I came here.

[And then a long pause before she broke the news to him.]

Mytho seemed to have lost some of his heart shards again, so I've been trying to get them back for him.

[fuckir]

Mytho's here? [ this catches fakir's attention, as up until this moment he's figured it's just been between him and duck finding themselves here. mytho was supposed to be in a story right now. how could you kidnap someone from a story?

unless ]

... This is all beginning to sound like a story, itself. [ a poorly written one with no regard to timelines smh ]

[clumsyduck]

[Nodding to that.]

And so is Rue.

Perhaps it is but... Mytho.... Mytho here never got to return to the story with Rue yet.... We're from a different time than they are...

[fuckir]

[ fakir is silent for a long moment, unsure how to process all of this.

hesitantly, he asks ]

... What's the last thing you remember, then? Before you were sent here.

[clumsyduck]

The last thing I remember?

Mytho and Rue had gone back in the story about a week before.

[fuckir]

I see. [ around the same time he's from, then. ]

... What about Rue? [ she had been the enemy for a long time, and only recently helped in defeating the raven once and for all. oh god how would he deal if she's right back to antagonizing all over again ]

[clumsyduck]

Oh well... I haven't really been able to see Rue much lately...

[And the mun just doesn't remember. But rather than standing around, she knows he's going to have a lot of questions.]

Why don't we go somewhere warm? I don't live too far from here.

[And with that, she leads the way.]

[fuckir]

[ fakir's about to say something when she mentions returning to where she lives, and it provokes a strange feeling in his chest. she's been living here all this time - her and mytho and rue - and he had no idea at all.

so giving an acknowledging grunt, he nods and follows after her. ]

[clumsyduck]

[She continued on as she tried to tell him about this place. The weirdest thing was... she didn't live with either of them. She lived with Sheena and Zelos. Ever since Suki went home, it had been a little lonely there.]

But I am a little confused. How do you not have wings? Everyone here gets wings when they come here.