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[woo_oo]

[Webby appears... upside-down? No, adjusting your mirror-phone won't fix it, she's actually like that - she's practicing headstands, and had turned it on so she could talk.]

Hi everyone! I heard we got a bunch of newbies, so if we haven't met, I'm Webby Vanderquack! I've been here a while, so I figured it's time I really took advantage of all the different people here. See, one day, I'm going to be the best adventurer - slash - spy - slash - explorer, and to do that I need to know absolutely everything about everything!

Plus, I like learning stuff. It's fun!

[Now she begins trying to balance on one hand, then goes back to the other hand.]

Back home, just being with my friends taught me all kinds of things! Dewey taught me about sledding, Huey taught me about the Junior Woodchucks, Louie taught me how con free juice, and Lena taught me how to take no prisoners in a pillow fight.

So what I'm asking is, what do you think you can teach me? I'll take lessons on anything! Weaponry, martial arts, cooking, sewing, photography, hacking, fashion, basket-weaving, lion-taming - uh-oh - WHOA - 

[In the middle of her list, she lost her balance and fell over right onto her side. Oof.]

... how to identify a concussion...

Comments

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[creepyoldguy]

[Living-duck-child. Correction! Amendment: Hyperactive living-duck-child. Cool! Webby will have a green haired demon waving.]

S'up duck girl?

[Despite sounding like sandpaper personified, this is Beetlejuice being friendly.]

I can teach you how to curse people out in three dead languages. Can't get into trouble if people don't know what you're saying.

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[woo_oo]

[She sits up, smooths down her hair, picks up the mirror-phone... still all smiles.]

Granny doesn't want me swearing, buuut it would be nice to expand my etymology background!

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[creepyoldguy]

[Beetlejuice considered that for a moment. He fully approved.]

Pretty smart way to look at it, Webster!

[Giving people he just met a nickname was a habit of his.]

[im_a_hugger]

[Such a cute little duck girl! Scorpia just wants to reach through the mirror and hug her! Unfortunately it doesn't work that way.]

Hi there, Webby! Great to meet you! I'm Scorpia. Just got here myself, and I've gotta say most everyone's been super nice so far.

Not sure how much I can teach you, but I do know how to fight. And I give great hugs!

[woo_oo]

[Now that Webby is right-side-up, she blinks at the person who responded. Scorpia? And those shoulders...]

... Can you do me a favor and wave your hand?

[Please have scorpion claws please have scorpion claws please-]

[im_a_hugger]

[Scorpia looks slightly confused, but doesn't see any reason not to comply.]

OK, sure.

[She raises her free pincer enough that it'll be in frame and gives it a wave. Yep, definitely a scorpion claw!]

[abys_keeper]

[he's excited! She looks like a bird and he's been eating birds all morning! Happy lights flicker under his skin like thorny stars]

I could teach you how to be eaten!

[woo_oo]

[She sits up, blinking at the response.]

... You mean like, how to avoid being eaten, or escaping from the stomach of a monster?

[abys_keeper]

That's easy. You hide or you inflate with water and sting everything and hope it hurts the monster enough. [a pause] What's a monster?

[and then]

You're a merling!

[blue_ice]

...you probably shouldn't listen to most of these people.

[ Seriously, what are you all thinking? It boggles the mind. ]

Why not learn the basics of owning a business? Or if that's too dry for you, there are games of strategy as well. Once you can crush your opponents without a thought, you become an impressive presence.

Unfortunately I lack the supplies to teach you my favorite game, but there are others here.

[woo_oo]

Oh, I love games! I'll learn any game you wanna teach me!

[She's real excited now, on her feet and bouncing on her heels.]

[blue_ice]

All right, let's start...hm. Have you ever handled a deck of cards?

[trashylittlesecret]

[oh for Chrissakes kid. he loves you but ya dumb]

Webs. How many fingers am I holding up?

[three]

[woo_oo]

Two and a half! ... Hang on.

[Give her a second to get up and look at the phone-mirror without dizziness.]

Three! Definitely three.

[trashylittlesecret]

Well, that's good at least.

[it's a good thing Eddie isn't there to tell him that's NOT how you check for a concussion]

What the hell were you even doing, anyway?

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[sitt_hakim]

It's good to meet you Miss Vanderquack, I'm Mrs. Amelia Peabody Emerson. [Musing at the likeness between Miss Vanderquack's name and her dear friend Cyrus Vandergelt.]

[Well. Amelia was just going to have to get used to the notion of all this conversing wildlife wasn't she...? Also this Webby Vanderquack looked decidedly more civilized in her colorful frock than some of the other examples of this phenomenon had been. Besides- there was something they could find common ground on; that was the desire to seek adventure. The aspiring explorer had not included her qualifications so Amelia wasn't sure if she held any prior experience with any of the subjects she listed]

Considering the interests you mentioned I could teach you about proper excavation procedures. It's not enough just to go gallivanting out on the premise of seeking some treasure but all artifacts are important for keeping an accurate historical record, they must be properly described, cataloged and preserved for future generations right down to precisely where they were located in the first place.

[To that last part.... she also had an answer]

Symptoms of a concussion can take a considerable amount of time to present themselves. If you are not currently experiencing dizziness, fuzzy vision, or nausea you could develop them later.... however I don't believe that you're in any danger falling from that height.

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[woo_oo]

[Now that she's sitting up properly, she pauses to check out the symptoms Amelia described, and then nodded approvingly.]

None of those, so we're in the clear! But yeah, I definitely want to know those procedures! It'd be a bummer to find a hidden treasure only to accidentally destroy it when trying to get it out, after going through all those booby traps and cursed doors.

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[sitt_hakim]

[How Emerson would have lamented Amelia playing the role of doctor again but he wasn't here to complain was he? Not that he had ever dissuaded her before mind you]

Excellent! [Since it was indeed good news that this young fowl was unharmed] I admire your enthusiasm however the existence of traps and curses are more a fabrication concocted by the more devious minds of those in the press. [It was impossible not to think of Kevin O'Connell when such things were mentioned. He had a flare for infusing his articles with sensationalism, and it was always a struggle to curtail his inclusion of her family in them]

That's not to say that excavation does not come fraught with it's own dangers and considerations but not so many as you suppose.

[Action, if Webby's in the apartment. If not, say he recognized the background.]

[beancounter]

[Forget responding over the video. Fenton heads over to where Webby was, leaning over her and looking her over, warily. She did mention something about a concussion... He was afraid of actually helping her up, in case she was badly hurt, so he was hovering rather awkwardly.]

Webby? Are you okay? Are you hurt? Can you move? Do you need a doctor? I mean an actual medical doctor, not our roomate Doctor.

[woo_oo]

[She blinked up at him, but was instantly all smiles as always.]

Hi, Fenton!

[Oblivious as to his panic, she rolled over onto her stomach, then crawled into a sitting position.]

Yeah, isn't that weird he calls himself Doctor but isn't a doctor? Maybe we'll meet someone named Plumber who doesn't know how to fix a sink.

... Oh, I'm fine!

[beancounter]

[Oh. She wasn't hurt. That was a relief. Okay, so she just toppled over, he should have realized she'd be okay by that, but still... The comment about concussion hadn't helped.]

[He couldn't help but chuckle at her comment about the names, though, grinning.] And a Banker who doesn't know the first thing about money?

[rathersophistical]

[Mary had been walking by when she saw the odd child on her head. Then the odd child tumbling to the ground. She sighed and strode over, looking down at her.]

Really. This is a street, not a circus ring. What ever are you doing?

[woo_oo]

[Webby blinks up at her, but then smiles and begins sitting up.]

I was trying to practice walking on my hands, in case I ever get my feet chopped off.

And it's fun.

Hi, I'm Webby!

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[not_so_different]

[Cue one laughing Time Lady.]

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[woo_oo]

[it takes her a moment to recognize the laughter.]

... Hi, Missy!