Your New Life

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Another New Life

You wake up to the sound of surf, much, much closer than you've ever heard it unless you moseyed down to Puffin Pier back in the old days. What old days...? Why, the days when you had a body, of course. The memories are probably coming back by now, jumbled along with everything else you lost. What a wake-up call.

But at least the ocean is real, unlike your dubiously fragmented remembrances. This little island out in the middle of nowhere sports a crude sign reading DUCK DAMNED ISLAND that seems like it's really railing against whatever fate you've been left to. There are little seashells and sparkling fragments amongst the sand to the left of your face. If you look further, to the left and right, it seems you're not the only one who's woken up here; it's considerably less cushy than your last wakeup, but maybe that's not a bad thing.

Here, you're free, albeit... kind of incorporeal, as you'll soon find out. The island is covered in pretty little trees that don't quite form a forest, bowed over the really beautiful sandy beach that is way prettier than the one on the mainland. One, slightly rickety treehouse -- bare of anything, because incorporeal ghosts don't need furniture, of course -- peeks out from between the leaves. This is, apparently, your home away from home now.

Finally, there's a small bay-like area on the island that leads you to a strange-looking storm drain, marked with a symbol that's not-quite-an-apple. Stepping in will wash you alllllll the way back up to Puffin Pier, right where the sewers normally let out.

Oh, and once you step onto the mainland? You're now a duck. What kind of quacking afterlife is this.

((OOC: the tldr; about death is here!))

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[aurevoirx2]

No but.... I haven't been keen on interacting with everyone.... [ Since he's been condemned, and all that. ]

[driftedaway]

I see... Here's a warning then? Furudo asked me if I was always a duck, and I suddenly felt like I just had to be a duck.

[ It was pretty bad. He didn't actually want to attack her despite her grabbing him, but fight or flight instincts sure took over. ]

[aurevoirx2]

[ ...... Not going to lie, he's amused at that. He enjoyed her antics at the trial, but her acting like his mom on a tantrum against him at the end was something else. ]

Oh? What'd you do to her, then?

[driftedaway]

[ Keito lets out a loud sigh at the memory. You'd think she'd at least ask before threatening someone like that? It reminds him of someone he's trying to keep from taking over his brain! ]

Umm, I flapped my wings really hard and tried to bite her until she let me down.

[aurevoirx2]

As willful as ever, huh...

[driftedaway]

If you mean Furudo-san, then willful enough to yank me by the hood, yes.

[ He has mild question marks showing up over his head. The joy of being absent for investigation and trial due to a case of deadness. ]

[aurevoirx2]

.... Well... she found your, um, body. So I guess, she deserves some thanks? [ Not from him, but you know. ]

[driftedaway]

What? Uhh...shouldn't that be apologies? [ Still clueless puppy over here. ]

[aurevoirx2]

[ ? ] Why, it wasn't your fault?

[driftedaway]

I mean, it can't be pleasant to come across? But I guess she did introduce herself as a detective.

[aurevoirx2]

She was quite pleased with herself, though.

[driftedaway]

Because she wanted a case? [ How is he supposed to respond to this??? ]

[aurevoirx2]

... I won't claim to understand anything she's thinking.

[driftedaway]

[ ??? ] Understanding other people is a lot harder than books makes it seem like.

[aurevoirx2]

Well, that takes work, and people don't want to do that work, right?

[driftedaway]

Some people value their time too highly to. Even though it's fun to try...

[ It's like they can no longer stop to smell the roses. But, uh, hold up? ]

...Are you trying to avoid a subject by bringing that up? [ He's getting deja vu??? ]

[aurevoirx2]

Just know, she tried her best. [ But he says it a little... With that kind of smile that doesn't reach his eyes. ] even if she went after the wrong path.

[driftedaway]

[ Wow, an actual answer. He doesn't get it, but at least it's an actual answer. Bye deja vu. ]

Sounds like she tripped on a red herring then. Not that I know what happened at all before I woke up here.

[aurevoirx2]

Well, she narrowed it down to someone from earth who would need to make up for their strength because she had a theory someone was mimicking some book she knows. [ Which he's still ? about, but it's fine he doesn't have to pronounce it, thank you. ]

But hmm, she started to think it was Dongrang-san? I think she was just bitter she was wrong~

[driftedaway]

Hmm? Sounds like a lot happened while I was...wherever I was. [ No no no, now he should. ] What book was she talking about anyway?

[aurevoirx2]

No idea.

[driftedaway]

[ He has the urge to ruffle his hair again. ]

[aurevoirx2]

[ ?

He looks up a great deal in foreign languages, he doesn't know how to say all of it, okay. ]

[driftedaway]

All right. [ He simply reaches out to pat him on the head twice. ]

[aurevoirx2]

[ ??? At being patpat again. ]

Huh? What?