001 Ducklings - [audio]

[georgeous]

 [ The man's voice sounds distressed but stern and determined as well. ]

This is DUCK command speaking. I have reason to believe I've been abducted. This device was found next to me. I need someone to immediately track my position and give me directions to the nearest airport. I also require a video connection to Enoshima, Japan. This is urgent, the lives of people are endangered.

[ He pauses for a short moment, as if considering something ]

Any valuable help will be rewarded by DUCK once the situation is dealt with.

Comments

[he_who_kills]

Quack-quack-quack.

[georgeous]

. . .

If you're just going to fool around, disconnect this instant.

[he_who_kills]

Me watch you!

[georgeous]

This is greatly irrelevant to about everything I just said and requested.

[he_who_kills]

Me watch you! - Heh-heh!

[georgeous]

What are you, a parrot?

[he_who_kills]

Quack-quack-quack! - Heh-heh!

[georgeous]

This is ridiculous.

[Video]

[brothertragedy]

I'm afraid you cannot contact entities outside of this City.

This is a limited network.

[Video]

[georgeous]

So then, who out of those I can contact has the options to phone further?

It's hard to believe any place is still so uncivilized that even that is impossible.

[Video]

[brothertragedy]

It is not a matter of being uncivilized; we are under restrictions because we are essentially being held hostage here.

[Video]

[georgeous]

... that changes the perspective, indeed.

Is the captor known? How exactly are people restricted from leaving or contacting the outside world?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

There are no airports here.

video;

[georgeous]

[ Now that you're already on video, you can see a very wet (fountain. always the fountain.) man with kind of ruined make-up. He looks definitely annoyed. ]

No airports? How rural can a place be?

[ Looks so big, too.. ]

How far until the next one?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

[... The purple lipstick reminds him of an old lover. He wrinkles his nose for a few seconds before he replies]

Who knows. But welcome to The City. You're stuck here.

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[georgeous]

Stuck? I really don't have time to deal with any of this.

'The City' is not the most defining name either. But humor me, what is keeping us from leaving this place?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

You have plenty of time, considering you aren't going anywhere.

The Deities, as they like to call themselves, are what's keeping us from leaving.

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[georgeous]

Deity... Even for a supernatural being it's pretty presumptuous to use such a title.

[ Finally getting it into his head that his Enoshima-live-connection wasn't happening, George seems considerably calmer but still just as angered. His mouth turns to a humourless smirk. ]

Is there any clue to their real identity?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

They don't physically hide their identities. You can try to contact them but.. heh. Good luck getting any answers out of them.

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[georgeous]

Even if it's been done before, I'll try anyway. There's no way I'm silently taking this. I have a job to get back to.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

If it makes you feel better, time stops back in your world.

video;

[georgeous]

[ George freezes for a moment as he considers the possibility of this. Then he appears a little relieved. ]

That at least ensures no unnecessary deaths will occur because I'm not present.

How did you get that information, when leaving is impossible?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

Well, it's not impossible.. You can't really leave when you want to. It sort of just happens.

video;

[georgeous]

A little bit of hope, but as long as the decision stays up to those beings it remains a nuisance.

Is there at least a sort of task force working against those things currently?

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

[Raikov just laughs]

Task force... yeah, right.

video;

[georgeous]

I shall generally lower my expectations for the people trapped here, if they have yet to find an effective way of working against their imprisonment.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

We have a police force... but they can't really do much.

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[georgeous]

A police force should be a basic to any city anyway, it's hardly deserving of special mention.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

When it comes to this place, they do actually deserve it.

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[georgeous]

I suppose, I have to see for myself if I agree with this.

Either way, I am thankful for the information you provided me with. By the way, my name I George Ace. It's a pleasure to meet you, despite the situation.

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[majorcrotchgrab]

Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov but I simply go by Raikov. And you're quite welcome.

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[georgeous]

For now I have just one question left... Where can I get some dry clothes?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

The Welcome Center may have some.

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[georgeous]

Can you give me directions to get there?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

It's directly east from the fountain. You can't miss it.

[huichen]

[He is trololololing right now...]

Rewarded? In what manner? I have never heard of the order of the Duck.

[georgeous]

Whatever manner is preferred and appropriate to the help offered. Which generally means money will be the way.

[huichen]

I don't have much use for money, I'm afraid.

[georgeous]

I'm sure something to your benefit can be arranged. If you help me out beforehand, that is.

[huichen]

You are still in need of assistance?

[He's just... being a dick...]

[georgeous]

Considering I am still aducted by creatures of unknown identity into a world about which I only received vastly incomplete information... Yes, you may say so.

[huichen]

What would you like to know?