what's in a wonderball????

[thebarkside]

Who: Wonderducks and pals!
Broadcast: N/A!
Action: On the Wonderduck! IT'S A MINGLE
When: From now until whenever the next mingle is. :')

[ ARE YOU A WONDERDUCK? are you a friend of a wonderduck who might actually be on the wonderduck ship at any point?? then this mingle is for you! top-level and tag around, idgaf as long as it's on the bird ship. ]

Comments

open to everyone!

[thebarkside]

[ jade isn't exactly difficult to find, but she's not making an effort to really put herself out there, either. wonderducks and visitors, you'll probably wander into a listless looking teenage dog-girl at some point. you may notice the fact that she tends to float more than walk, or that she doesn't always completely obey the standard laws of reality -- though mostly that just means that she does a lot of things like "phasing through doors without opening them up" or "teleporting spoons over to herself instead of getting up to go get them."

the most likely place to find her will be in the kitchen, poking uncertainly at some terrifying blend of protein. whether or not she's feeling particularly social, she will look up and greet anyone who happens to wander in. ]

closed to davesprite

[thebarkside]

[ continued from here because i'm not falling into the inbox trap again ]

[ jade will just sort of look up and over at davesprite when he faceplants onto her bed. luckily, it's large enough that he's not actively disturbing her where she's sitting in the corner of it, comic book spread across her crossed knees.

she will sigh and reach over to give one of his wings a gentle pull, though. ]

Wrong room, birdbrain.

[feathery]

My bad.

[He doesn't move, voice muffled from the blankets.

And he stays like that for at least a minute more, before he finally pushes himself onto his elbows.]

What are you doing.

[thebarkside]

I was reading.

[ and now? she's trying to push him off the bed as gently as she can with her foot. ]

[feathery]

[Rude.

He lets her push him off the bed and flops on the floor. What is he even doing.

From down yonder on the floor:] Nerd. You're going to turn into Rose at this rate.

[thebarkside]

Did Rose read a lot of comic books?

[ jade looks down at him from over the edge of the bed, before she just sighs and kind of rolls down to thump next to him. ]

[feathery]

No, but she's always been all about cultivating an image of asceticism through bookishness. Which you're well on your way to emulating.

[Let's talk about Jade's possible problems instead of his own, ok.]

[thebarkside]

You don't 'cultivate an image of asceticism' through comic books, Davesprite.

[ the floor isn't comfortable. she's just going to cuddle into his wings, because they're there and so is she. ]

Draco used to read a lot of them.

[ ah. ]

[feathery]

[Ah, indeed.]

What a dweeb. [He says it matter-of-fact, like yeah, total John-tier goober.] I bet he pretended he was Superman every time he went flying. 'Cause being an actual fucking wizard was a totally normal thing.

[thebarkside]

I dunno. Probably.

[ she sighs then, bumping her forehead against his back. ]

What's up, Davesprite?

[ aka, why did you just show up in here? what do you want? :T ]

[feathery]

[He doesn't answer right away.]

Nothing.

[Bullshit???]

I guess my sense of direction is just that astronomically fucking terrible. [It's a little facetious.]

[thebarkside]

You know dogs can smell lies, right?

[ she's not really feeling it, but he's her friend. so she makes a production of sniffing at his wings like some sort of bloodhound with boundary issues. ]

[feathery]

I hope you didn't just give yourself avian poisoning.

[He half-heartedly pushes her face away from where she might pick up something toxic from his wings.]

I bet I generate enough bird dander to give the whole ship asthma. [Gross, dude, gross.]

[jamminshield]

[Steven has been noticing all of these things because Jade is such a cool friend and all those random things are amazing.

He soon walks into the kitchen while she's there and offers a polite wave. She has so many cool abilities, he wonders if he has some more abilities too and he just hasn't discovered them yet. Maybe he just has to try... and if he can look cool in front of a friend at the same time, that's the best bonus!

So, he picks up a spoon and throws it across kitchen (not towards Jade!). And then he holds out an open palm and closes his eyes in concentration as he shouts.]

Spoon powers, wake up! [This does nothing.]

[thebarkside]

[ steven's words might not do anything directly, but there will be a little fizzle and pop of green light as the spoon appears in his hand.

jade, meanwhile, is very closely inspecting her own snack, as if she's entirely uninvolved. ]

[jamminshield]

[He hears something fizzley and then his eyes pop open to see the spoon right there! And his face lights up.]

Jade, Jade, did you see that? [He holds the spoon up proudly.] Spoon powers!

[thebarkside]

Whoah, what?

[ she peers up at him from her bowl, fluffy white dog ears perked and at attention. it's probably the most she's grinned in a solid two days. ]

I don't believe it. Do it again.

[jamminshield]

[He gives a determined nod.]

Really, I promise! Look...!

[Then he throws the spoon again! Complete with an outstretched hand and closed eyes once more.]

Spoon powers, stay awake!

[thebarkside]

[ and this time the spoon will appear in his hair.

jade, meanwhile, is ducking her head and giggling a little behind her hand. ]

[jamminshield]

[He opens his eyes, all excited and then... nothing's in his hand? The spoon isn't even where he threw it. That's weird.]

Wait... it was working a second ago! Where'd you go, spoon powers?

[He scratches at his hair in confusion. And he feels something very... spoon-y there. Steven's eyes narrow in suspicion.]

Waaaaiiit a minute!

[thebarkside]

What? What am I waiting for now??

[ jade can't keep a straight face. also there are at least three spoons hiding in steven's hair now. ]

[jamminshield]

[As Steven is trying to take the first one out, his fingers stumble across the rest. And he gives Jade a flat look. Or a partly flat look, because he still can't help but smile as he tries to chastise her.]

Jaaaade! Are you spoon-powering me?

[thebarkside]

Spoon-powering you? I dunno, Steven... I don't think I have spoon powers. Those seem like really silly powers to have.

[ hello, steven. there are now at least two forks in your pocket. ]

[jamminshield]

[He laughs.]

But that's exactly why you should have those powers! You're one of the silliest people I kno-

[Then he pauses he feels some extra weight in his pockets. Slowly he reaches down and gasps as he withdraws what's inside.]

Pocket forks!! [He exclaims as if this was the present he wanted for Christmas. How did you know? Then he poses, crossing the two forks together like they're a pair of battle tridents.]

[thebarkside]

Just regular old forks, actually.

[ she folds her arms on the table, leaning down to rest her chin on her wrist as she watches him. ]

I think they're actually pretty dull, too.