Wonderducks: The Monthly Mingle

[jamminshield]

Who: The crew of the Wonderduck and any visitors!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: S.S. Wonderduck
When: After this shuffle! And throughout the month?!

[Look Wonderducks, you have a new crewmate! And lost some others! And maybe other things happened?! Hooray!]

Comments

[stickupherforehead]

There isn't much on the ships that I was willing to test, [heavens forbid it works and then everybody gets sucked out into the vacuum of space] but I did some testing on the planet.

When the outcome is of little or no consequence, it works perfectly fine. Otherwise, [she presses her thumb hard against what should be the edge of the blade] it might as well be blunt.

[she shows her palm to Steven. No cuts here.]

[jamminshield]

Ohhh, okay. [He frowns as he glaces at her palm. Actually, he's pretty glad that she didn't get cut by her spear, but otherwise this account is troubling. And it sounds like she really tested it a lot. Like science!]

I... I'm sorry to hear that, Pearl. I never thought that they could mess with things this much. I... wonder if my shield will still work right, too...

[stickupherforehead]

I honestly have no idea, but we can test it out later. [her spear vanishes into a few motes of light] Some of the others have complained about losing weapons, but otherwise I wouldn't know.

[there's a half shrug here] I didn't tell anybody else either.

[she doesn't depend on it to fight, but it certainly doesn't help either.]

[jamminshield]

[Steven makes a motion to zip up his lips.]

Your secret's safe with me, Pearl!

[A reassuring smile.]

I don't think we need to worry too much about it. You don't need your spear to be one of the strongest people I've ever known!

[stickupherforehead]

It's not exactly a secret. [it's just that confiding in humans is surprisingly difficult.

But that gets you a smile in return.] Thanks, Steven. It's a good thing I've got you.

[jamminshield]

Okay, but I still won't tell everyone. [Now he makes an unzipping motion at his lips. And he goes on bashfully.]

Y-you're welcome. And I think it's a really, really great thing that I've got you! [He scurries over to hug her again.]

[stickupherforehead]

[and he's getting a big ole' squeeze.

Here's a grin now.] So you've got your own office, huh? That sounds important.

[jamminshield]

[He smiles proudly as he pulls back.]

Yep! I guess I'm a pretty important guy right now. I get to be a personnel. Any kind!

[stickupherforehead]

Are there different kinds of personnel?

[she knows a couple from her own ship, but they don't seem to do much counseling]

[jamminshield]

Um... yeah, I think so! Apparently I can be like a counselor, or a teacher, or a personal assistant... Maybe I should try them all on for size!