Thirty Minute Ponies

by Arcainum

Show Me What You've Got, My Ducklings

Prompt #326: I stood up, my heart pounding, the lump in my throat refusing to be swallowed, my legs shaking with each timid step. I crossed the room and looked in their eyes, finally saying what I’ve needed to say all along, and they replied with a hollow smile and the words I knew would tear my world apart.

(Your story must embody the core of this prompt, not expand it. Take the most important idea from these two sentences and bring it to bear in your stories.)

Quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack. Quack quack quack Quack Quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

“Quack! Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”

Quack Quack, quack quack quack, Quack quack quack quack - quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack.

“Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”

Quack quack quack.

“Quack.”

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“Quack quack quack quack!”

“Quack, Quack Quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack.”

“Quack quack quack quack quack! Quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack?!” Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack Quack Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack - quack quack quack quack Quack quack quack quack quack quack Quack Quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

Quack quack.

“Quack, Quack Quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack… Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”
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“Quack quack quack quack quack, Quack Quack. Quack quack quack quack.” Quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.

“Quack quack quack quack Quack Quack…” Quack quack quack quack.

"Cluck."

Author's Note:

... Okay, FINE, you can have the context. Baby Seal Burritos' prompt post signed off with "Show me what you've got, my ducklings," and I basically couldn't not do this. It's okay, they liked it.

I think. The resultant proxy discussion with the mods was highly amusing, at least.

PS: The last line originally was another quack but I just realised that's way funnier.

Comments

[Arcainum]

2472909 I posted it in a blog post because I couldn't be bothered uploading it properly but wanted to show it to people somehow. You'll notice it's like, suddenly appeared halfway through the chapter list =p

[RTStephens]

Cockadoodledoo!

[Arcainum]

2472945 It's mysteeerious.

No, I mean, that's literally what it is. I have no idea what I was aiming for with That Which Sings in terms of actual concrete mythology. The idea was "the ponies know what they're talking about AND YOU DON'T WANT TO"

[Misterf]

2472974 My guess is that a duck just introduced his bigoted parents to his chicken girlfriend.

[Arcainum]

2472990 Oh, no, I was talking about Bestiary a bunch of chapters ago, but I forgot that if you comment on the main page of a story it automatically attaches it to the latest chapter.

Believe me, I know EXACTLY what's happening in this story. And it is heartwrenching.

[Misterf]

2473000 As for Bestiary, I was thinking that the storyteller was a changeling, and That Which Sings is both their torment and their food source--ponies

[Exuno]

2472974
Oh, okay, I was doing that thing, then. I thought you were going for something deep and metaphorical about it being hatred or somethin'. Y'know, a warning that even though there's a ton of monstrous stuff out there that will kill you, giving into base impulses of panic and trying to wipe them all out isn't really the path to a good future.

Also, Quacks don't even compare to 'That Sound That Geese Make'. I mean, there's not even a real onomatopoeia for that. It's the best sound.

2473014
oh man that's a pretty awesome interpretation too

[Firebirdbtops]

Undeniably pony related.

[Arcainum]

2473023 Honk.

OH GOD, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER