morningdewsvalley | WEEK THREE

WEEK THREE

19 Villagers

They say nothing is healthier for the mind and body than physical labor - especially if you can hold the fruits of it in your hands and store it in your kitchen. Whatever cruelties you have witnessed or endured in the past week, your fields need tending to and they reward you with as quick as harvest as always.

If drowning your grief in work is not enough for you, there are new spots to explore in Puffin Town. Allow the novelty to distract you from your dwindling numbers!

Always remember, the value of a community is not measured by it's size.

(( OOC: Murder proposals are due by Tuesday at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST for this final week! Get your bloodthirst in or forever hold your peace! Gift submission is still open as well!

If your character has been planting Astera, here's a reminder to report it at the Astera tracker - this does not need to have been threaded, we're just taking stock on an OOC level.))

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... Oh. Was that what that duck was trying to tell me with the diamond?

[ hold on mio they can talk serious things later, he just has to have this flash of sleep-deprived connecting the dots (he didn't connect shit). ]

Edited (oh wait since mio knows now i can leave it at the duck thing) 2024-03-20 21:41 (UTC)

Wait. Was a duck trying to propose to you?

I don't know, it just showed up at the farm with a bag, asked to be let in, then just... ran around everywhere before showing me some scribbles and giving me a diamond?

I even asked it if it was sure. It quacked at me and wandered off...

So now I have a bunch of gold and a diamond from the ducks.

That definitely sounds like a confession, yo. And you totally accepted! I can't believe you're getting married to a duck.

[ Just... stifling a laugh at the way Nine says it so casually. ]

Are we invited to the ceremony, Vayne?

I really don't think that was what they meant...?

[ help. ]

You're going to break their heart if they hear you saying that.

[ distressed whine in the back of his throat... no, not disappointing people and making them unhappy...

his worst enemy... ]

[ Looks like he has no choice but to be a duck bride

pfft ]

Don't worry about it, yo. If they haven't showed up with a suit, then you're probably safe.

[ He laughs. ]

Probably not. Though I think it could have been a clue about the information on weddings you found.

Honestly, now I'm wondering how I was supposed to know it was supposed to be a hint...

[ were the scribbles a marriage contract? duck wedding vows??? he has so many questions. ]

...At least they tried.

[ That's really all they can do. ]

I wouldn't have gotten it either.

[ the duck trying to get vayne in a marriage contract ]

You know, the more you talk about it, the more it sounds sus, yo.

[ does he have to gently let down a duck now how does he handle this information ]

[ good luck nine has no advice on letting down people gently ]

The duck wanted to get married to you?

[Her sharing the same braincell as Nine is probably a problem, but... to be fair, she did just learn what they were two weeks ago from two of the unhappiest marriages in film.]

These papers make weddings sound so happy, though, instead of a source of pain.

Err, I don't think it ... I mean ...

[ help why is he getting married to a duck ]

I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be a hint about not... needing to kill people, I think... maybe...

Mm, I guess ducks don't get married.

[She says it like THAT'S the logical hole in this story and nothing else about it.]

If they were trying to tell you that before you found the notes, that might mean the ducks know some other things they haven't been able to tell us. We might want to try getting everyone on the same page.

... One of the ducks looks like it was suspicious of Adela since before ... um, the other day. Then when we were all there for ... Beelzebub, it seemed scared of them both.

So yeah. They probably know things before we do.

Have you noticed that there's more ducks every time someone dies?

[Just making conversation~.]

Pretty sure they are spirits, right?

[Like she's speaking to a child.]

So what does that tell us~?

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They know things they can barely share with us, and they're stuck watching us instead.

[This is actually making her mad at popcorn duck all over again. If she sees it again, she'll have some choice words for it...]

Does it feel to you at all that there's just one piece we're missing, like if we find it out most everything else will fall into place?

Yeah. It ... sure feels that way, doesn't it?

I can't help but wonder, if we knew what the ducks do, would we be that much better off right now?

[ it seems like they're still so lost. ]

...Maybe if the ducks didn't also seem to be trapped here.

[Getting that piece in place isn't going to give them any more strength, and while power can come in many different forms, Mio thinks that it's ultimately what they need to make a difference.]

Maybe it's something like...erm, what the ducks want?