DUCKSWAP: VERSE ONE

stick your ass up on the air and do a funny dance. like you're searching for worms at the bottom of a trash bin pond

You pretend that the 'WORMS' are CLUES that you are dutifully gathering in order to learn enough to defeat THE GROBBLER. In reality the only things down at the bottom of this TRASH BIN POND are DISCARDED JUNK FOOD WRAPPERS and CRUMPLED UP DOODLES OF YOU DEFEATING THE GROBBLER.

First figure out what the heck grobbling even is. You need to know what you're up against.

Before you can get out there and turn your FANCIFUL DOODLES into TRIUMPHANT REALITY, you will probably need to know a little more about THE GROBBLER than its name. And where better to learn than ONLINE? You turn your attention to your computer. AX is messaging you again. AX was always kind of creepy and not much fun to talk to but he's become especially so since he was GROBBLED.

Show QuacklogShow

AX [6:35]: hello morning annich
AX [6:38]: happy day do all my chores
AX [6:40]: enjoy do my chores happy day annich
AX [6:42]: good lovely morning
AX [6:47]: enjoy annich chores happy day annich
AX [6:48]: responsible citizen celebration happy day of chores annich
AX [6:50]: hello morning annich

and it goes on like that for three more hours

You log onto THE DARKPOND and read up on recent news. Here in LOWER BEAKFORD there hasn't been a confirmed sighting of THE GROBBLER in the last couple of months. Several options on how to learn more about THE GROBBLER present themselves to you:

• If anyone is an expert on THE GROBBLER it is ADMIN RAZORDOWN. You could try to message her and find out if she has any useful information for you.
  
• Firsthand interactions with THE GROBBLED may give you some insight into the process of GROBBLING. You could try to find LOCAL INFECTED or if you don't mind a little travel perhaps visiting one of your GROBBLED FRIENDS would be less suspicious.
  
• You dimly recall the ROYAL STORYTELLER reading you THE FAIRY TAIL OF THE GROBBLER when you were a HATCHLING. Further research into the FAIRY TAIL may reveal more information. You know for a fact that the books containing the FAIRY TAIL have become something of a RARITY recently, though you would bet that THE UTOPIAN ISLES PALACE (your FORMER HOME) still has a copy. Going home would be RISKY though and perhaps it would be easier to try local libraries and bookshops and hope you get LUCKY.
  

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