( closed ) it is only with the heart that one can see clearly

[danserai]

Who: Ahiru + Residents of the Disaster House + Reaper
What: A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
When: Sometime after Fern's recovery
Where: The Disaster House

Content Warnings: N/A


[ so after much waffling and discussion with fakir, ahiru finally came to the conclusion that she needs to tell her friends the truth. well . . . her house mates at least. she wasn't going to go around blabbing it to everyone. she wasn't quite ready for that.

but if there's one thing this place has taught her, it's not safe to keep her secret all to herself. ahiru needed people in her corner and she believed her house-mates would protect her.

and hopefully . . . not too much will change. she hopes. ]

Uhm, I'm glad you're all here. I have something important to tell you guys. I've been keeping a secret.

Not like a big secret or a dark secret, but more like a secret about me. A personal, kind of weird, don't freak out sort of secret.

Comments

[no_reload]

How far along your mission did you make it before coming here?

[danserai]

[ ahiru fidgets with her fingers. ]

He said I only had a few left.

[no_reload]

[Perhaps they had all been collected now? After all, their times carried on without them. That was why he returned here.]

Your mission should be finished or close to it. You can live your life on another branch here.

[danserai]

[ can she do that? this isn't her magic. the spell would end someday. ]

I . . . have to make sure. I have to help him. If it was finished, I wouldn't be a girl anymore. I'd be . . . a duck.

[no_reload]

So you plan on going back to the sea so you can return to where you came from?

[He tilted his head to make it clear he was interesting in the answer.]

[danserai]

[ she clutches the pendant around her neck. ]

I-It's the right thing to do.

[no_reload]

[He slowly leaned forward and down so he could make it clear he was looking at her from her level.]

Love makes us do many great things, Ahiru. Also very stupid things. Make sure you know which one you're doing before you go about it.

[He pointed at the pendant.]

Is that the magic? Or something from him?

[danserai]

[ she slowly nods. ]

I know.

[ better than most, ahiru knows this best. sacrifice won't save people. it won't help mytho. her feelings may never reach him but . . . she had to try. ]

Drosselmeyer gave this to me.

[no_reload]

[He knew she was doing a good thing with her efforts, and while he might not offer his help, he could be convinced to do so.]

Is it the source of the magic that allows you to change?

[danserai]

Yes. I can't do it without the pendant.

[ she wonder if she should mention why. that drosselmeyer ultimately wants her to die for tragedy in his story.

. . . probably not. ]

[no_reload]

Do you know what would happen if it were lost, damaged or destroyed?

[He'd definitely take issue with future duck murder for love.]

[danserai]

If I lose it, I lose my ability to change into a girl. I go back to being a duck.

I don't know about the other stuff.

[no_reload]

You'd be ducking out of luck on your mission.

[So the pendant had to stay.]

How does ballet feed into this mission? You just enjoy it, or is it part of the mission?

[danserai]

I like ballet!

. . . But he goes to ballet school.

[no_reload]

Oh ho ho, you and he are in ballet school together? What an opportunity to have him hold you.

[Sorry Ahiru, he was a dad, so he was going to tease with a small assortment of people. She was one of the 'lucky' ones.]

[danserai]

[ dlfgjhdfg ]

M-Mr. Reaper! You can't just do that!

[no_reload]

I'm counting hands on your waist and tossing you in the air. Do you two do that in school?

[Embarrassment only fuels him.]

[danserai]

I wouldn't — We wouldn't do that in school where everyone can see — Though we did do that in the practice room, but I don't know if that counts . . .

[no_reload]

[He snorted in amusement.]

Oh, so he puts his hands on you in private? Oh you kids these days....

[danserai]

It — It's not like that!

[no_reload]

It's okay. I know you're just practicing.

[danserai]

[ the blush hasn't diminished and there's steam coming out of her ears. ]

Y-Yes, that's what happened . . .

[no_reload]

[She made this teasing worth every second.]

As long as everyone was clothed, no harm done.

1/???

[danserai]

C — C —

[danserai]

[ loud duck screaming in her head ]