[There is a duck on the second level! It's perched on one of the random blocks, preening itself. After a moment, it starts to speak and
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[Asato's voice isn't demanding. It's outright pleading. He doesn't want to look like this, all teeth and claws. He can't fit in doorways in this shape, so he can't even just hide in his nest. He's forced to walk around looking like this, like something that, by all laws of the natural human earth, shouldn't even exist. Something that, by the laws of his own world, is a feared and hated animal, a predator, something to be pursued by bounty hunters who can turn in his head for a hefty reward.
His black ears twitch until he spots the duck, jaws parted to let out a pathetic whimper quite unfitting for a creature as dangerous-looking as he.]
[Another whimper before he nudges the duck with his nose, exhaling a puff of hot air. He looks like death and reeks like a corpse....but there seems to be little aggression in him.]
[Her words encourage him more than he can really express. Just to hear someone say that it really isn't as bad as he personally thinks, when he expects only fear and loathing...it takes a heavy weight off his conscience, if just for a moment.]
I...I probably do, huh. [No amount of grooming alone would get him tidied up. He needs a good scrub with actual soap and water.]
Soap. And wash the soap off. [He nods and gently offers the duck a nuzzle in thanks, whimpering softly. It's not a sad whimper, though, it's more like the whine of an excitable dog.]
Oh, it's nice to meet you, Asato. No, I don't think we have met before - my name is Sola, and I've lived here since...goodness, I don't know when anymore. [Duck equivalent of a giggle.] It's very nice to meet you!
[Asato's voice isn't demanding. It's outright pleading. He doesn't want to look like this, all teeth and claws. He can't fit in doorways in this shape, so he can't even just hide in his nest. He's forced to walk around looking like this, like something that, by all laws of the natural human earth, shouldn't even exist. Something that, by the laws of his own world, is a feared and hated animal, a predator, something to be pursued by bounty hunters who can turn in his head for a hefty reward.
His black ears twitch until he spots the duck, jaws parted to let out a pathetic whimper quite unfitting for a creature as dangerous-looking as he.]
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I'm - I'm so sorry, dear. I'm not very good at these things as I said and, besides...
[She holds up one of her webbed feet.] It's rather difficult to do, well, anything without opposable thumbs.
[She quacks again, gently.] I promise you I will have this fixed as soon as I can. That's all I can do, right now, and I am sorry for that.
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Thank you.
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For what it's worth, you don't seem that awful...though you could use a bath, I think.
[It's almost light-hearted - she doesn't actually seem distressed by the smell. Really, it's more like she's just giving practical advice.]
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I...I probably do, huh. [No amount of grooming alone would get him tidied up. He needs a good scrub with actual soap and water.]
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Don't forget the soap, that's the important bit. And don't forget to wash the soap off, either, or it'll just cause a different problem.
[If she could frown at the prospect of such a problem, she would.]
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I'm Asato, by the way. I don't think I met you before?
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Oh, it's nice to meet you, Asato. No, I don't think we have met before - my name is Sola, and I've lived here since...goodness, I don't know when anymore. [Duck equivalent of a giggle.] It's very nice to meet you!
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