video; un: dellacacy

[sos_pilot]

FRIENDS! AVALONS! COUNTRYMEN! LEND ME YOUR EARS!

[ Della has slammed open the video, hands smacking the countertop - she's in Fenton's lab for this, probably definitely without his permission, but she needed a science-y background for this incredibly important announcement! To her left is her familiar, Amelia the moon rabbit, casually nibbling on some carrots. There's also wooden stand holding up a large stack of papers, meant to be folded back.]

I've been here for some time now - I haven't kept exact track because that would remind me how long I've been away from my family, again, and that's a can of worms we do not want opened - and as much as I've enjoyed learning about all the different worlds out there, I've also discovered something absolutely APPALLING! So many of your worlds... do not know the majesty that is... PLANES!

[ She rips off the first piece of paper, showing a detailed while still rather cartoony rendition of a plane - to be more specific, the Sunchaser... Er, CloudSlayer. ]

Behold! This is merely one - granted, one of the best - example of the most wonderful machines to have ever been invented for the purpose of transportation! Simply out, it can take you from one place to the other by traveling in the sky! Soaring through the clouds, weaving around mountains, defying the very wind itself!

[ Page rip! The interior cockpit is shown, Della borrows a carrot to begin pinpointing. ]

And, sure, just being a passenger is thrilling itself, but truly nothing beats the experience of taking the flight controls in your hand, running your fingers over instrument panels, and entering your destiny in the sky! Which leads me to my most important point yet!

[ Page rip! Very sketchy blueprint details, along with the $$$ symbol all over. ]

I wanna build one. FOR ALL OF YOU. A good chunk for me, but MOSTLY FOR ALL OF YOU. Because it's cruel that so many of you don't know this experience! Now, the problem is, while I've fixed planes before... I've never actually built one from scratch. I usually left that to my uncle Scrooge... who left it to his engineers... and, um, he's also the richest duck in the world, so as you can imagine, some steps in my knowledge have been skipped.

Now, I'm not expecting anyone to just hand over money and supplies willy-nilly. Which brings me to my final point!

[ The final page, which is a drawing of Della herself, with two thumbs up, and the words HIRE ME ]

Who am I? Della Duck, adventurer extraordinaire! I've mangled monsters, wrestled wraiths, and fought more pirates than there are feathers on my backside! And I've been doing it since I was a duckling! In this world, I've got Kinetic and Dark magic! Plus, during my time here, I've learned a ton of spells and potions and gotten all kinds of magical items that just build every month! I can help you on quests! I can teach you how to fight! I can babysit your kids! I can let you use me as a training dummy! I can be an extra set of helping hands for your chores! Name it, and I'm there!

Honestly, I usually spend most of December building traps for Santa Claus, but since that's no longer an issue for me, I've got tons of free time, so... let's take that first step making planes together!

Comments

[sos_pilot]

yeah like this friend is named goofy and i think we all assumed he was made up as part of the wish to be that friend who's comedic relief but sometimes gives profound wisdom

to be fair there were people in the wish that were made up

like scrooge's chauffer and employee and friend to us all, Launchpad? cool dude but anyway he suddenly was in a band and had a ton of girlfriends but they were all made up and when we "fought the wish" they went all feral and glitchy

but nope turns out goofy was the real deal

for some reason

even though we had no idea who he was

even for my life that was weird

[bakudan_bambino]

But he was real? Just showed up with all the wish-magic?

Seems about as weird as us all being brought to Avalon.

Things could always get weirder. The last world I was on had all sorts of mutated… everything! Most of the food was poison, and we had these trees that grew seizure apples. Exactly how it sounds.

And there was this strange dude who kept like… resurrecting animals and keeping them as livestock and they were all super gross looking.

Have you been on any other worlds aside from Avalon?

[sos_pilot]

fair!

and yeah i've definitely world hopped before. usually only stay a few hours or days since by then we've fixed whatever problem was going on and we can head back home

so being stuck here in avalon this long especially without the duck fam is pretty new

i mean not NEW new there was one time i was stuck all by myself for over ten years but that's major depressing and you don't wanna hear it

[bakudan_bambino]

I will hear whatever you want to share.

I haven’t been in my home world for years already, and I’ve died once, almost twice. You can’t depress me too much.

[sos_pilot]

yeah no you sound like you've been depressed enough for too many lifetimes

so let's change that

ask me any question you want

duck wise family wise adventure wise i'm an open book

[bakudan_bambino]

I’m a happier person now because of it.

Alright!

You sure?

How old were you when you first flew a plane? What was it like? Were you scared, excited? A bit of both?

[sos_pilot]

Ten years old! It was me and Donald's first adventure with Uncle Scrooge, and the original pilots turned traitor and bailed! So I took over the plane!

[bakudan_bambino]

That sounds like a lot of sudden pressure! How was your landing?

[sos_pilot]

Perfect naturally :333

Did a smooth landing on a beach! And at the island we were headed for anyway so extra win!

[bakudan_bambino]

That’s very impressive.

So, what does your brother do? You said he’s a very skilled adventurer, but is that his career?

[sos_pilot]

He prefers to think of himself as a sailor, but if you ask me, he's an adventurer through and through.

[bakudan_bambino]

Is it wrong to think that anyone could be an adventurer?

[sos_pilot]

Well, in a sense you're not wrong - because anyone COULD be an adventurer if they tried! If they dared to conquer the skies and live for dangerous moments within forbidden catacombs!

[bakudan_bambino]

Of course I’m right.

There are likely a lot of people in this world who are adventurers and don’t know it!

[sos_pilot]

Well we can't have that!!! We gotta let them know!!!

[bakudan_bambino]

My boss, then.

[sos_pilot]

whoever your boss is I WILL GLADLY TELL THEM ABOUT ADVENTURING

[bakudan_bambino]

Sawada Tsunayoshi!

He’s likely an adventurer and has never called himself one.

[sos_pilot]

[ record needle scratch ]

uh

wait

hang on

sawada tsunayoshi???

are there 2 guys with that name here because the one i know doesn't seem like he could boss around a puppy

let alone a whole actual person

Sorry I’m late! D8

[bakudan_bambino]

He is my actual boss and the strongest person in my world!

You wouldn’t be the first to make the mistake of underestimating him.

[sos_pilot]

wow

if you're telling the truth then he should also consider an acting career cause he'd win all the awards

[bakudan_bambino]

I wouldn’t lie about my boss! Of course I’m telling the truth!

[He’s honestly offended at that! But-!]

The Tenth is very talented! Don’t let his humility fool you!

[sos_pilot]

okay but you realize I need to actually see it to believe it right???

Any way you can convince your boss-man to show me his awesomeness?

[bakudan_bambino]

Oh really? It’s hard to show when this world has taken his powers and family away. Or… him away from his powers and family.

It’s something you probably aren’t even aware is awesome. You probably can’t see it, even if he were to show you.

[Because to Gokudera, Tsuna’s strength is his character. He can’t not be awesome, and even his flaws are just a part of him, so a part of the person he believes in. No matter what.]

[sos_pilot]

true true true

guess I'm just frustrated - he's a really good kid, and I'd like him to be more confident!!!