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

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

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.

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S-So. I'm not really . . . a girl.

[ a pause. ]

I mean, I am a girl, but I'm not a human girl like a normal human girl though I am when I'm like this so that's not quite true . . .

Oh.

[He's just gonna let that oh sink in for a minute there. ]

I mean...um, okay? That you're...not human? [He juts a thumb to indicate the rest of the household.] Like. Fern and Luca are here so it's really not a big deal, like- humanity isn't a pre-requisite for you living here or being cared about or-

[He frowns, hrmm. She seems pretty nervous about it.]

Unless someone has been giving you problems about it? Like, do I need to go gently threaten someone with a bomb or something? Because I can do that.

[Does it occur to him to even ask her what she is? Nope. Doesn't matter, what matters is that she's not being mistreated for it!]

[ she shakes her head. ]

No one is giving me problems, it's just safer for me if you all know . . . because it's not like Fern and Luca. I can't . . . do the things you all do.

Because I'm not a girl. I'm a duck. The magic made me look like this.

That's good, that no one is giving you problems.

[Because he is not going to tolerate that for a split second. You come to Disaster House, you are protected by Disaster House. That's just how it goes.

It...takes him a few moments to digest that information. Luckily by now Varian's seen and heard a lot, not much phases him anymore.]

You're... a duck. So magic put you into a human body? [WAIT. WAIT. He remembers that weirdo boy from her memory being here.] Suddenly that guy's network post about the duck makes a lot more sense.

Y-Yeah, Fakir was just trying to help.

But he's only one person and he can't do it all the time . . .

He definitely went a weird way about it, but he tried!

[Just in the weirdest, gruffest way possible. He offers a smile.]

Well. Now he doesn't have to worry about doing it all the time. We'll help out, too.

Thank you.

[ it is a huge relief. being scared happens, but it's rare for it to happen so often to her. ]

Don't mention it.

[Genuinely. He wants more than anything for the people who live under this roof to feel safe. That's...kind of the point of the place, after all.]

Is there anything specific I need to do to help out? With the duck thing?

Just like . . . make sure no one kidnaps me to make me a pet . . .

...Is that something that happens?

[Why are people like this?]

No problem. We can do that. Uh, can you sometimes lose your human form out of your control? Just...so I know how likely it is.