just keep swimming;

[feathery]

Who: Wonderducks and any visitors!
Broadcast: nahhh
Action: all aboard the bird ship
When: from now until whenever the next crew mingle goes up, probs

[Time to get our ducks in a row! Whether it involves cat scrutiny, waystation avoidance (gotta protect those credits), or interior decorating, it's time to find out what y'all are up to. We're doing it, man. We're making shit transpire.]

Comments

[feathery]

Still doesn't tell me how you know there's gonna be a full moon, but ok.

[He doesn't actually care how it works; he just does this shit to bug Isaac within acceptable bugging parameters. Should have been a beetlesprite, tbh.]

Do you think the next system will have mozzarella sticks. I really want mozzarella sticks.

[frigidaire]

I was guessing, it would be a full moon on Earth. I wrote it down.

[ Well, he did some shoddy math so his dates are probably all off, anyway. It's just in his head. ]

Mozarella sticks sound good, though. Or a hotdog, maybe. Any real food, actually.

[feathery]

Do you think Eugene could make mozzarella sticks.

[These are the important questions of their time.]

[frigidaire]

Maybe. If he could figure out a way to make really good cheese. But I guess even okay cheese would be good fried, right?

[ Isaac shrugs and slides down, slouching in his chair. ]

Ask him.

[feathery]

Nah. I left my communicator in my room. I'll get it later.

[And obviously he's too busy balancing his chair on two legs to find Eugene right now.]

[frigidaire]

[ The temptation to tip his friend's chair is almost too difficult to resist, but he does. ]

When you fall and crack your thick skull open, I'm gong to laugh my ass off. [ He gestures vaguely to the chair then idly looks around. ] I bet Eugene will, too. Or maybe he'll just blow up because you're interrupting his cooking or something.

[feathery]

K. I'll worry about it if that ever sounds likely.

[Davesprite sets his chair down with a dull thunk and it is really obvious he's about to do something from the way he turns to Isaac. What that something is becomes clear a second later, when he uses the shadow from Isaac's chair to abruptly balance it on one of its back legs. He isn't trying to tip Isaac out of it (yet), but. That sure is a thing.]

[frigidaire]

What do you—

[ Isaac yelps and reaches to grip the table when his chair tips to one leg. Unfortunately for Davesprite, though, the table is metal and in Isaac's panic, a tiny shock runs through it. Surprise, Davesprite. ] Dude.

[feathery]

[Davesprite pushes himself back from the table, surprised. It's a pretty minor shock, but it's enough that he gets distracted and loses control of the shadow. It slaps back down to the ground and Isaac's chair immediately goes out from beneath him.]

[frigidaire]

[ Isaac falls, even though he'd tried to hold onto the table. He ends up folded over on himself instead before he hits the floor. ]

I hate you. [ There's no malice, just resignation. This is his life. ]

[feathery]

[Davesprite starts and ducks to look under the table, as soon as he realizes what happened.]

I didn't do that on purpose.

[frigidaire]

I don't believe you.

[ He rolls to sit up, looking across at his friend. ] Like seriously, you had me balanced on one leg, and then just... accidentally let go.

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[feathery]

I got—zapped or something, I dunno what happened.

[He gets up and flips the upended chair back onto its legs.]

If I was gonna knock you over, I would have just done it.

[frigidaire]

Zapped? I didn't get zapped.

[ At least he doesn't think so? He was more focused on falling, though. ] But whatever you say. [ He stands, stretching his arms over his head. ] Guess I'm wide awake now.

[feathery]

[...How long is it going to take them to realize Isaac is a walking static shock. Of the non-superhero variety; I liked that show as a kid.]

I'll keep that in mind next time I gotta wake you up.

[He sticks the remainder of the dinosaur magnets on the fridge.]

Are you bored. I'm bored.

[frigidaire]

[ Who knows how long it will take. But Isaac still doesn't believe it was all some accident. ]

Yeah, but it's always boring here. I mean, I got some new alien movies we can watch I guess. But we always watch movies. I watched Snow White with a friend that movie was so freaking weird.

[feathery]

What are you talking about, it's a Disney movie.

[He starts to move the magnets up the fridge, stops, and opens the door. He closes it a few seconds later, mostly going through the motions out of restlessness.]

Kinda doubtful it can out-weird your actual life.

[frigidaire]

Her voice is pretty weird. And I was watching it with someone who doesn't even know what a movie is, so that was also kinda weird.

[ He shrugs. ] I mean it's not as weird as my actual life, but my actual life is me living in space and my best friend is a bird kid, so. Pretty sure nothing can top that. Oh, I'm a werewolf, too. Surprise.

[feathery]

And that dramatic reveal earns you a month's bonus in sweet audience cred. You're rolling in the dough like Newt rolls around in dead things, if you give him half a chance.

[In any case, he finally settles on getting himself a nasty drink of mixed flavors.]

Living in space isn't that weird.

[frigidaire]

Right, except for the fact that we have pretty messed up foods, we go to some really weird planets, and it's boring. I'd say that's pretty weird.

[ Nevermind him, he's just being cranky. ]

There's nothing for the audience to be shocked by, surprised they still tune in at all.

[feathery]

[Davesprite shrugs.]

Maybe they brought us in as extras. We just stand around in the background while all the exciting shit happens elsewhere. You know, I'd almost be down with that if they fucking asked.

[frigidaire]

Right, because they saw a teenage werewolf and a space traveling bird kid and thought we'd be a great boring background for this place.

[ ... really, Davesprite? He gives his friend's drink a suspect look. ] Do you even need to drink that?

[feathery]

[Isaac gets a look from over the top of Davesprite's glass.]

Why. You want it?

you wanted unused icons so

[frigidaire]

No. That looks disgusting. How many flavors did you put in that thing?

[ He doesn't really trust any of Davesprite's instincts on food and flavors after he watched his friend be lured to eat bugs. There's always a moment of doubt. ]

so thoughtful

[feathery]

All the colorful ones.

[So orange, green, and blue. What does that actually taste like? It is a mystery.

But Davesprite shrugs and drinks it like it ain't no thing, because there's no way he hasn't done this before.]

God, I miss apple juice.