Accidental Video - Backdated To Mother's Day

[sos_pilot]

Type: Video
Sender ID: perfpilot (Della Duck)
To: Public
Subject: missing another mother's day
Warnings: Sads!


[ The feed turns on abruptly, with the image jostling - as Della had violently thrown the device on her bed and not realized it turned on. Everyone is treated to her yelling mid-rant, as she kicks furniture and stomps about, pulling at her hair. ]

- Missed it AGAIN, and this time, it's not even MY FAULT! How is that FAIR?! Haven't I done enough? Why can't I just... why? Is this someone's sick idea of a joke?! Am I just not... allowed to be with them? In any world? In any universe? Why? Why? I... I just...

[ Her voice breaks, and she sits on her bed, burying her face in her hands. After a moment, she shuffles, and pulls out a piece of paper from her jacket. From this angle, it's difficult to tell, but it could be a drawing of three little duck boys. She runs her fingers down the image, and then begins singing softly.

Fair to say a good number of people here know Della as an adventure-loving nutjob. But here and now, her voice is filled with genuine love. ]

Look to the stars, my darling baby boys,
Life is strange and vast,
Filled with wonders and joys,
Face each new sun with eyes clear and true,
Unafraid of the unknown...
Because I'll face it all, with you...

[ Then, out of the corner of her eye - which may be tearing up - she spots the device. And can guess what happened. ]

... Aw, phooey.

[ With a swallow, she reaches over, and weakly smiles. ]

... So. Uh. Anyone know any good jokes?

[ ooc: if you'd like to tag della but not interested in something this depressing, feel free to hit me up for a quest-starter! ]

Comments

[withermarked]

[ That first bit gets a small laugh, but then--]

You're friends with a god?

[ He already knows they sound... very different in other worlds, when other worlds even have them. But it's still wild to hear someone say that, all the same. ]

[sos_pilot]

Oh, sure! Selene's a real sweetheart. She's helped out my family a bunch of times, and even offered to let me take over Zeus' position once.

[ said super casually. just her bestie. almost became ruler of a pantheon. as one does. ]

[withermarked]

Is Zeus another god, where you're from?

[ Said with no idea how funny it could sound that he's never heard the name. It truly means absolutely nothing to him. ]

[sos_pilot]

[ Groaaaaaan. ]

He is, and he is the worst. So, he's Selene's dad, and ruler of the Greek Pantheon, but he's really just a big baby who gets upset when people prefer others over him. And considering he's used to throwing lightning bolts at people who beat him at games and releases ancient monsters to make himself look better? It's no wonder people prefer others.

Last I heard, the dummy got himself stuck in Tartarus, the underworld. Fully deserved.

[withermarked]

[ He listens to all this with a kind of bemused head tilt. ]

Your gods sound... much more like people than ours.

[ Unless she's just anthropomorphizing interpretations of their actions in the way people tend to do, but that's not really what it sounds like. Then again, more than one person has made it sound like gods in other worlds are closer to people. ]

[sos_pilot]

Well, I guess in the end, there's not much difference between us normal folks and the gods.

... Well, aside from enough strength to move a planet, incredible amounts of magic, ability to use lightning, force over the moon, creation of intense illusions, eternal youth and invincible immortality.

... Might be a few differences.

[withermarked]

[ This gets a laugh, at least. ]

...Maybe a few. And a few between yours and ours, from the sound of things. Not sure the ones I'm used to could move a planet.

[ They'd probably be even worse, if they were that powerful. ]

[sos_pilot]

[ She chuckles as well, glad he's entertained at least. ]

If it helps, it was for a good cause? Aliens were trying to take over the planet and it was part of the clean-up effort.

[withermarked]

I am... fairly sure aliens are not real where I'm from.

[ Technically he has no proof they aren't out there somewhere, but he'd still be incredibly surprised if they were. ]

[sos_pilot]

Hey, you never know. Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it's not there.

[withermarked]

...I guess I can't argue with that. Plenty of things I've never seen out there.

[ That was true even before coming to this place. Now he's given up on thinking he understands anything about the universe. ]