Open Quest Log

[sos_pilot]

Who: Della Duck & You!
Status: Open
Where: All Over
What: Quest Shenanigans!
Warnings: N/A, will update if needed



This Porridge Is Just Right

[ Della is not a good cook. You know this. I know this. Della know this. So why is she here? Because Della thinks experience is the best teacher - which is why she's adding everything and anything to this porridge to 'enhance the flavor'.

Seriously. Anything. Even the things you would think "No sane, decent person would do this". But we must remind you that Della is not 100% sane. When she sees you eyeing this monstrosity, she just smiles and picks up a spoonful, offering it to you. ]

Want a bite? There's plenty! I'm more than happy to share!

[ SAY NO. ]

Bad Omens

[ In Della's world, luck is a thing that exists - her cousin Gladstone Gander is living proof of Good, and her own brother is living proof of Bad. Which has made her curious if it really does exist here! But why take baby steps and precautions? The best way to test these theories is, in her opinion, to try all the superstitions at once!

So on a Friday, she steps onto a ship with her left food, bananas going bad under one arm, a harpoon gun under the other, and her hair dyed red, as she whistles.

As she begins walking onto the ship, she looks around for any signs of of luckiness, whistling before and after every sentence. ]

~ Has anything happened yet? ~ How's your day been? ~ I kinda can't wait to see what happens! ~

Fell Hoofbeasts

[ Della has never really tamed a wild, magical beast before, but once she learns there is a possibility of taming and owning a hellhorse? More like HELL YEAH.

She knows this is one of the areas she can't go gung-ho and charge in wildly. So she can be spotted at a building's wreckage, crouched in one corner, with a basket of carrots. Horses like those, right? Now to actually find one and win it over. As she quietly begins her search, she can be heard whispering to herself something vital... what to name it. ]

... Manny Two? Nah, that's unoriginal. Nightmare? Maybe a bit too punny. I think uncle Scrooge named a horse he owned after Mom once, that might be fitting...

Painted Skull-O-Lanterns

[ As much as she enjoys the arts-n-crafts kind of quests, this one is a little difficult for her. These skull shapes are so weird... because they don't have beaks! It feels like there's a huge gap missing! So her painting is messy and awkward, but at least she's having fun with it. Also, she tends to use the quest art projects to paint her sons and family, but even she has to admit that putting her kids' faces on skulls might be a tad morbid.

So instead, she's decided to paint them after people she's either pretty sure are dead, or people she wants dead! That's much saner, right?

It might be hard to tell that's what she's doing, giving her cheerful smile and happy hum as she applies paint on her current project. ]

All right, let's get those cheek bones a biiiit more pronounced... there we go! Like his face has caved in from starvation and despair! Perfect!

Extra Extra
[ This is for Non-Quest-Stuff!

Della's still a little affected by the Bread Island curse, so she may come to you with baskets of freshly baked bread! It's a sweet gesture... but again, Della sucks at cooking, so the bread itself is gunna taste disgusting. A for Effort?

You can also catch her at Mostro Lounge, and play against her at the Game Club corner!

If there are any other quests/shenanigans you'd like to do with her, feel free to hit me up at plurk/discord melcat33 ! ]

Comments

Hoofbeasts!

[magehater928]

What are you doing, Della?

[Fenris sat perched several feet above Della, on a small ledge he’d found. He’d heard her whispering in his own search, and decided to investigate.

He was pleased to find a friendly face, even if he did look somewhat perplexed at finding her, in a corner, muttering to herself with a basket of carrots in hand.]

It seems like you have a better chance at naming the horse than catching it with only a basket of carrots.

[sos_pilot]

[ Oh, hey buddy! She offers a friendly wave, though she still keeps her voice low. ]

Are you trying to get yourself a new hell-pet too? First come, first serve!

[magehater928]

[He tries his best to give her a smile, and drops down from his little perch.]

I am. I thought it might be nice to have.. something here.

[Fenris sits down next to Della, cross legged.]

I had a friend, back home, who had a mabari- they’re like dogs- named Amrita. Despite her bad breath and rude manners I do miss her.

[He misses his friend too, but that’s besides the point. He’s recalling this all quite fondly, but his tone takes a shift for the more somber.]

I was not able to have a companion of any kind before Kirkwall. Even if Amrita was not mine, being able to care for a Mabari was.. nice.

[sos_pilot]

[ She puffs her cheeks a bit, then exhales with an overly-dramatic but playful roll of her eyes. ]

Fiiiine, you win. You get to have it. But I still want to help out and catch it. This right here is a big memory-maker!

[magehater928]

What?

[Fenris seems.. embarrassed? He wasn’t expecting her to just give it to him. He was going into this with the idea that regardless of how he felt, it was still first come first serve.]

If you have your heart set on it Della, I do not wish to take it from you. You got here first.

[sos_pilot]

But you have your heart set on it too! And you just spilled out a way more important reason to have it than mine, which was just "it would be cool"!

[ this has the potential to turn into a very dumb argument. ]

[magehater928]

But- I- I believe finding it.. cool is a good enough reason.

[Fenris is already getting stuck in it! He feels rather uncourteous, and a part of him is genuinely on not getting things.]

I am truthfully not even sure if I want to care for a hell beast. I do not know what it even really is.

[sos_pilot]

... If you're not sure about it, why are you even here?

[ She still wants him to have it for the ~memories~, but she feels it's a fair question. ]

[magehater928]

I wanted to catch it.

[Fenris crosses his arms. It was embarrassing to admit he was partly there to chase something that wasn’t a giant snail or ghostly.. whatever.]

I would keep it if I caught it. I used to hunt for things back at home. With...

[Fenris seems to struggle for a moment to label the gaggle of people he spent his time with at home.]

Friends at home.

[sos_pilot]

... Okay then I'm definitely letting you have it, you're not getting a say in this.

[ He keeps accidentally guilt-tripping her, what does he expect??? ]

[magehater928]

[Fenris is not trying to guilt her!! He feels very terrible that she’s just letting him have this.]

I am still resistant to accept even if you insist.

[This is as close to pouting as he can get. Still, he’s determined to catch the dang thing even if he strong arms Della into keeping it.]

We need to come up with a plan to catch it.

[sos_pilot]

Yeah, you're right. Let's see if we can actually CATCH it before we decide who it goes to.

[ Even though she's absolutely sure it'll go to him. But anyway - if the carrots won't work, she'll take one for herself and have a snack. Need brain energy! ]

So, we need to wear it out without hurting it?

[magehater928]

[Fenris nods. He figures, he’ll probably just let Della take it. He’s going to feel very awkward otherwise.]

Right. If they behave like horses, or Halla, physically getting on it, or catching it might be the best way.

But I doubt either of those will be easy.

[He stops to think for a moment.]

How good are you at climbing?

[sos_pilot]

I'm a little slow at the start, thanks to -

[ She taps the ground with her metal leg. That. ]

But once I get going, I really get get going!

[magehater928]

[The metal leg did confuse Fenris, admittedly, but now was not the appropriate time to ask how it worked.]

If we are able to find it, we could trail it to tire it out, and perhaps find a vantage point to jump on it. Alternatively, we could use rope to catch it by the neck, though I am by no means an expert at lassoing.

Fenris stands, and pauses for a moment before adding:

Can you.. fly?

[He’s hoping that asking the talking duck if she can fly is not offensive.]

I am only asking because it would be a useful tactical advantage.

[sos_pilot]

[ She rolls her eyes. JFC, she needs to start wearing a sign or something? ]

... No. I can't fly. Not unless I'm in an airplane. Sheesh, at least people usually ask that when they first meet me.

[ However, that does remind her of something. She cups her beak, then digs into her satchel - pulling out a pair of winged shoes? ]

However, these babies might help us out. Got 'em on a quest - Sacred Galewind Shoes! It lets me run on air currents for a little while. I can lead it out, you follow and get the jump on it!

[magehater928]

[Hey, Fenris is pretty much the equivalent of a small shivery Victorian boy when it comes to modern tech, if you explained how the metal leg worked it would probably take him out for a while.]

My apologies. But, I am unsure what an airplane is so your comparison is lost on me I’m afraid.

[His attention is on the shoes, though. He does grimace- a slightly more severe than normal one.]

I always hesitate to use magic, but. That may actually work well… It’ll keep you out of range.

[He’s taken initiative on beginning to peek outside of the building they’re in- he’s eyeballing their surroundings to look for any sign of the things.]

[sos_pilot]

I'll explain the glory and majesty that is airplanes later. For now, we have horses to tame.

[ With permission granted, she begins sliding the shoes onto her feet - just as one of them begin to quietly walk into Fenris' line of sight. Is it time? ]

Ah sorry this is a slow one! Work’s been crazy.

[magehater928]

[Fenris nods. He’s locked into the horse’s movements once it appears, and he waits for it to have its back to them.

Once it’s at a good point, fenris turns over his shoulder and quietly nods. It’s a silent go ahead, and he crouches in a running position, ready to kick off and follow.]

we're good!

[sos_pilot]

[ She takes one more carrot for the road - gotta have energy! - and then begins to run!

The shoe's magic kicks in almost instantly, and soon, she's mastering the air currents... and is having a lot of fun with it. ]

Hey, neeeeeighbor~!

Re: we're good!

[magehater928]

[And like that, they’re off. The horse spooks, and Fenris takes off not far behind the two. He’s no distance runner, but years of fighting had built him up enough.]

Della!

[He’s trying his best to shout between breathing enough to keep up his gait.]


I need you to call out if there are places it could escape, or if there’s a vantage point I should go to!

[sos_pilot]

Got it! Eyes open and feet moving!

[ She's not sure how long these shoes last, so she's got to make the best of what time she has - zigzagging and purposely going over rocky paths to wear down the hellhorse as much as possible.

Ah, vantage point spotted! But if she goes too fast and misses it, the whole things moot. Thinking quickly, she unwraps her scarf and throws it in that direction, hoping he gets the idea. ]

I rolled to see what he’d get with a threshold of passing if it’s above 16. He rolled a 17

[magehater928]

[Fenris locks in on the scarf, no hesitation to what it meant. He scales up to grab it, and giving a barely calculated leap…

Scarf in one hand, Fenris sticks a rough (and painful) landing, straddling the beast. He grabs the mane, holding on for dear life as he’s thrashed around as it attempts to buck him off.]

THE WALLS!

Fenris shouts, hoping that’s enough to get her to understand as it veers to try and hit him off using said walls.]

[sos_pilot]

[ She begins turning right back around, guessing the time on the shoes is running short. She's going to think quickly, and digs into her satchel for another Earned Inventory Invention! ]

I got you! In fact, I've got the both of you!

[ Thanks to her Pocket Dimensional Carry-On, she's allowed to pull out a whole SHIELD from that tiny satchel. But she doesn't plan on shielding herself, not in the traditional sense. She gets to horse and rider - ]

This won't last forever, but it'll give us time to come up with the next part of the plan!

[ and SLAMS down the shield - and it unleashes a gigantic bubble! The Bubble Shield, aptly named, covers Horse and Rider, safely protecting the two of them from the walls... for now. ]

[magehater928]

[Hes bracing himself for impact from the horse, and the bubble. Both go fine, but it’s still not fun to be thrown around on the back of a horse.

Unluckily for the both of them, (and because I forgot these horses are in fact aggressive) the bubble deployment causes the horse’s attention to swing from getting fenris off to Della.

It makes a sharp turn, and starts to follow Della instead.]

Kaffas- Della!!! Be careful!!

[sos_pilot]

Just keep hanging on! We'll wear this big guy out!

[ Hopefully??? How much stamina does this thing have?

But while her shoes have run out of juice, Della herself has a lifetime of adventuring experience to make up for it. Which means she knows how to duck (hahaha), roll and dodge while still keeping in range. She's working up a sweat, but also enjoying the ride. ]

Not today, long face! You gotta wake up extra early to take out Della Duck!

[magehater928]

[It is, in fact, starting to slow down. Fenris is trying his best to fashion the scarf as a lead around the beast’s neck.]

We should get it back to where we started! I think the carrots may actually come in handy.

[He should definitely have told her to hang onto them. Luckily, it’s responding to his pull well enough now that he can kind of steer it.]

[sos_pilot]

On it! Be back in two shakes of a duck's tail!

[ woo-oo!

She dashes off to grab the basket and a few scattered carrots - she doesn't want to leave Fenris alone too long, so she doesn't try to grab them all. This is a matter of time! She rushes back, holding one carrot out like a sword. ]

[magehater928]

[Fenris steers himself back to where they started, but halts the hell horse as soon as Della comes back out with the carrots.]

Do you want to give it the carrot or.. shall I?

[He sounds unsure.]

I would rather not take an experience away from you if it’s what you want.

[sos_pilot]

You stay where you are, make sure this guy's not going anywhere! We'll settle who gets this guy once we're both sure it doesn't want us dead!

[ Okaaaay. Niiice and eeeasy... slowly... moving forward... to offer the carrot... ]