01 duckling ; video

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[ Like probably many people in hadriel, Duck hasn't had the best few months lately. Distractions are really good when things suck though. And of course hadriel is usually pretty good at throwing some kind of distraction at him - and this one actually isn't a bad one. Not really.

So, that brings him here; a skinny boy of around eleven or twelve, freckled face a bit too close to the video feed. ]

Hi everyone! My name's Duck. Those new houses in the city are pretty cool, right? I decided to move into one of them - look, it's this one - [ The camera moves to the side, showing that Duck is standing next to this slightly unsettling little house. It swings back to Duck again a few seconds later. ] See the face on it?

Anyway, it's really cool, but it's got nothing inside, and I was wondering if anyone would come and help me move some stuff? Not that I'm not strong enough, but... [ But he's not strong enough. Not to bring in all the funny looking furniture he wants anyway. ]

Well, I'd really owe anyone who helped me! I have some canned carrots, I could give you them as payment if you want.

Also... if anyone, like, wanted to live there too, that'd be okay! I wouldn't mind. Especially if we're friends already. Living by yourself is kind of... [ Insanely lonely and sometimes a little scary. ] ...I don't know, boring.


Oh, and also if any of you ever find any comic books around here, or if you have any from before you got here - you should show me! I'll show you mine too! Besides the ones I borrowed from Ellie, I haven't found any around here, and it sucks.

So. Yeah, that's it. Thanks to anyone who helps! [ And with a friendly wave, the feed cuts off. ]

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Right?! [ Duck looks like Harlan has just told him some special secret; indeed, that's how it feels to Duck, as silly as it seems. There aren't many around here who know of Batman. ]

Wait, you mean you've never read any Batman comics? Oh, man, you've gotta see the ones I have! I can lend you them, if you want. They're really cool! I can only give you one at a time though, and you've gotta really look after it, and give it back after - uh, two days. I've seen the movies too. I had all the videos back - before. [ There's a brief flash of something on his face, his heart clenching briefly as thinks of those videos lying forgotten now next to the television back at his old home, but he pushes on before he can think about it too much - ] I even had Batman and Robin, even though it sucked.

[ As a kid from the early 2000s, he's unfortunately not thinking of the later Nolan Batman movies. ]