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 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:04 pm
Quote: Hey Ducky,
Thanks for comin' on by for dinner last week; the girls were so thrilled ta see you and Blush sweetie again. Feels like it's been ages.
Your tot there's been growin' so fast! Seems like just yesterday she was still on the teet, hardly even to do nothin' without one of us ta help. An' now look at 'er. Hell, she 'bout comes up to my height, and she even does laundry and some of the weedin' on her own. 'Bout damn time if ya ask me! You done spoiled her near rottin'. 'Course, I ain't one ta talk. Ya know it took me forever to train my young ones to do it. The two girls just whine 'bout how their fingers get all wrinkly or dirty... Maybe I should send em over to live with ya a few weeks so you can whip em into proper shape. Their older sister must'a been a bad example.
At least she done fussin' over that one boy, but now all she does is whine if'n I try 'n get her to do anything... Guardian's help me I can't stand all this drama she tryna create.
Now, for some reason it seems like I can't find any more young men to send down your way ta help with the farm. They all says they was busy fishin' or tiling' their own plot or helpin' some lost second-cousin's baby daddy with some business venture or somethin'. Pretty sure they full'o cowshit, but I ain't know em well enough to whine. That last one especially sounds pretty seedy. Boys today, am I right? They all bad, the lot 'o em. Anyways. I sent for my oldest ta come help instead. He should be there in the next couple 'o days, and if he ain't, send me word. I'll send 'im some hell instead.
Toodles,
Rudo
(P.S. Thulani's been givin' us tha slip recently; see if'n ya can figure out what's up for me and let me know. It ain't like 'im) Quote: Thulani dear,
Ms. Ducky needs help with tha farms again and all the boys down here are no good. We can't spare the twins, so take some time off from up there an' come and help.
Also, why ain't you been respondin' ta my letters recently; you got me worryin' my feathers away. Ya used ta be so good with gettin' back ta us too. Did somethin' happen up there? Me and your pops are always down here if'n ya need anythin. Or if'n ya don't. We'd love ta see ya again.
Anyways. Go be a dear and go help her out for a few days 'til the fields are ready ta go.
Love,
Mama
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:59 pm
 In the time between the last, the previous, and the now, Blush had grown into a rather youthful sprite-like teenager with only dedicated things on her mind like: building a better trap for the boys that Grandma Rudo had been sending over, eating, and helping her mama out on the little farm that she has now. Pickings had been slimmed; at first, it was excellent, the twins from Grandma Rudo's place had taught her lots of fun things, some of which were condoned by her own mama as being mean and downright spiteful. In her mind, it was grand and glorious! As the young lady grew, so did her traps become more elaborate. At first, it was a simple sling that the twins taught her. She started pelting the young men coming to help out with rotten potatoes. Whew! those things stink! And then she moved on to in-ground traps; with all the while with a smile on her face and an innocent mask on to please her mother. The older female had spent her days tilling, planting, and watering the rows of seedlings. The sweet potatoes, were as always, the best of her crops and can tolerate the cold weather better than most and of course, they are one of the few crops that she send over for free over to Rudo's property, to Rudo herself, for her family in thanks for watching Blush every now and then. Not to mention, the cabbage is coming up nicely with the bright green coloring! With the most recent letter from Rudo, Ducky had been hoe-ing in the isolated cabbage patch with a second wind. She smoothed back her hair and tried to brush it into a silky cascade, but with sweat and the sun plastering it to her scalp, she gave up on making herself look rather presentable to the sweet Thulani; if he ever shows up nowadays. In the present time, Blush was working on an improved in-ground trap. Much as she loves Grandma Rudo, she did not like the men coming over, looking to help and possibly court her mama. They looked so not acceptable to her. She didn't need any daddy around, telling her what to do! Definitely not! So they had to go. With the first one, he got pelted in the face with rotten sweet potatoes; the second one, to the back of the head with a potato; and the third one just got plainly dumped with rotten cabbage from above when he tripped a rope. It was all fun and games until she got yelled at for doing such a mean thing. But it did not deter her, all she had to do was plaster on a somber look and apologize, but glare at the recoiling men.
"Ok... this should do it!" Blush grunted, pulling the rope tightly as possible, giving a squeal, sounding much like Yzcema from Emperor's Got a New Groove. "Come over here and trip the rope, he'll jump over out of the way, trip that rope and a bucket will come swinging. Knock him right into the trap!" she cackled loudly.Letter to Rudo, From Ducky Dearest Rudo... It is most wonderful to hear from you again, and so soon after dinner last week. You did my sweet potatoes so good, they were tender and yummy. I got cabbage growing in my tiny patch, but I need to till my big patch for the sweet potato seedlings again! They're ready to be planted, and soon enough they do before they rot out! I am so sorry about the young boys you sent. They seem to not want to come near the place anymore. I don't know why! The last one just ran off, and no answer for it. It is sad that nobody wants to help out these days. I have been trying to get Blush to act lady-like, but all she wants to do these days is build those infernal traps of hers. 'For protection' she said. I don't believe her one bit! Perhaps I should send her over to your place for a while so she could learn better manners because she certainly doesn't have them here with the men. All my love, Ducky
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Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 12:05 pm
The skies were clear and the sun blared overhead as a single, feline-featured angel made his way over the plains.
His destination: a small farm not too farm from his childhood home.
It had been a number of seasons since the last time he was down... or had it been a year already? The fact that he couldn't remember was an indication that it had, in fact, been quite some time. That said, it was still a smaller gap than the last period he'd been away from home. And even so, his mother had been sending him letters near every week with her grand schemes of setting up Ms. Ducky with some nice boy or trying to meddle in his own love affairs. It was starting to wear his patience thin - something that was pretty hard to do. He was pretty sure the whole situation was his mother's fault.
100% sure in fact.
Not that the twins probably had helped much... No. They were more likely to think it would be funny to watch the aftermath and only escalated things. How very much like them.
Seemed he'd reached his destination as his mind wandered. With a careful decent, hands on the straps of his backpack, the slightly damp ground greeted his return to solid land. The rest he could do on foot. He offered a wave and a cheerful, "Howdy Ms. Ducky~!" as he walked over.
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 10:12 am
Ducky stretched up after pushing a pole down into the ground. "Now that will get me some good beans," she said, proud of her work, looking over her shoulder at the last four poles she had put in and then wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. The sun was really high today, she thought absently to herself, giving a deep sigh before turning her gaze horizontally to the fence, seeing a leopard-spotted pae'il come walking her way. "Why, Thulani. It had been too long! You look wonderful!" she called out. "Blush, it's Thulani! He had come to visit!"Blush tampered the trap, making sure that it remains undisturbed. At least until her mother shouted, rolling her eyes in response. "Yeah, sure!" she shouted. "Trying to get me to stop. No way, lady," she huffed. "I'm busy, Mama!" the pink-colored pae'il said in return, shaking her head.
"Blush, it is Thulani. Stop messing with that contraption and get your pink butt over here!" Ducky shouted, giving a deep sigh before giving the male a pained smile. "Hi, come in, come in! You must be thirsty!" she said. "Your mama and I kept up a course of letters about you and your adventure. How are you? You are looking rather peaked. You want to sit down, talk? Eat? I'm making roasted beans and fish tonight for dinner."Blush rolled her eyes, waving her mother off. At least until she heard a familiar voice, she looked up her eyes going wide. "Thulani!" she trilled. And that was when she made the huge mistake, stepping on the spring, which activated the swing. The pail knocked her upside the head, sending her spinning, stepping over another spring, and then went down into the shallow hole that was covered by leaves. "AHH!" she screeched. "CURSES!!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:55 am
A regular old smile shone of the angel's face as he shifted the pack in his back and continued over. Guess his mom wasn't kidding when she called him over; just from looking around he could tell it was planting season alright. And at this time of the year she'd probably be going for those early-summer crops. Her "plot" of land wasn't all that large, but it must have been quite a handful for a single pae to do it - woman or not. His family had more land, they also handled a fair number of livestock, but they had several more to handle it.
He laughed and waved off Ducky's concerns. "Ain't got much to talk about in the way of 'adventuring.' It's just been tha same ol' same ol' up there. Ma sends me some leather an' I make it into gloves 'n stuff. Nothin' excitin' there." That said, he'd never say no to some drinks and snacks. It was a far flight, and he didn't get as much exercise as he used to now that he was up in the city.
His brows shot up as he heard another voice; that could only mean... "Blush! How've ya bee--..." His voice trailed off as she spectacularly fell into one of her traps. It didn't look like she could have actually injured anything more than her pride though, so he simply offered an exasperated laugh. "Guess ma wasn't jokin' about em."
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:02 pm
Ducky sighed heavily, rubbing her face when Blush fell foul of her own trap. She knew someday the girl was going to meet a bad end, but not fatal in that regard. Maybe it is karma kicking wee Blush's butt right now, telling her to knock it off. But alas, that is only wishful thinking, the pink pae'il thought to herself, giving a deep sigh. "You have no idea," she said, turning to look at Thulani. "I'm starting to think she is the reason why the boys keep running off," she murmured, biting her lower lip. "Please, come in, sit down in the shade. I'll bring you some cool drink," and with that, the angel disappeared inside the house to fetch a parched Thulani something to wet his throat.The young female muttered colorful words to herself while scrambling to get out of the trap. Once out and standing on her own accord, she brushed off the dirt from her legs and proceeded to scramble once more to meet Thulani and that she did, make an impression. "Thulani!" she shrieked, beaming, practically barrelling into the poor guy out of sheer excitement. "How's the city? Is it cool there? Do you got a girlfriend? If you don't, I know a few. Mama needs someone. All those other boys were too dorky. Grandma Rudo keeps sending them over, but I send them packing!"
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:12 pm
Thulani's laugh this time was merely a formality; even before seeing the work for himself, he kind of figured that was what had happened. He didn't voice anything else though as he followed after her just until he could lean against the house in a patch of shade. With the additional breeze, it was rather nice outside.
Hearing his name again from the newly-resurfaced Blush - Blush 2.0 remastered edition - he offered a smile and a wave of his hand as he placed one of his paws against the wall of the house. "Now ain't you a regular chatterbox," he laughed; looks like she caught her mom's bug. And in doing so, the culprit of the mystery disappearance of the single men from the farm was caught. "Now, now, now..." He began as he pulled his bag off of his back and started to pilfer through it. His hand stopped as he looked up with an almost-impish smile, one he was purposefully wearing to make the next sentence more fun for the teenager. "How 'bout you guess what I've got in 'ere. If'n yer right, I'll answer one of your questions."
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:47 pm
Blush sighed deeply, folding her arms against her chest, in the response of this lagging that Thulani is doing to her on purpose. She stomped a foot, giving a whine. "You didn't answer my questions, Thulani," the female said, giving a light pout in his direction. "Oh, alright! What's in the bag?! Something for me?! Goodies? Sweets? I hope something that would match my color," she sighed, looking at herself before looking at the opposite male."Ok, two glasses of lemonade. Sweet," Ducky said, smiling as she exited the house, closing the door with her foot and regained her composure before moving forward to where Thulani and Blush were located at the moment. "Lemonade. It's fresh. Whatcha doing?" she asked. "Blush been pandering to you?" the female asked, raising her eyebrow. "What's in the bag?""We're playing guess whats in the bag. Thulani won't tell me what it is. Please! Is it candy?" Blush asked peppered the male quickly, licking her lips. "Ohh, lemonade!!" she squealed loudly, doing a little dance in her spot.
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:31 pm
Children were easy to handle when the acted in the ways you expected, or perhaps Thulani was just particularly skilled with them considering his younger siblings.
"Oh, thanks Ms Ducky~!" he offered her a smile as a way to continue prolonging the grand reveal, very likely to the displeasure of the teenager. He figured he could keep it going for a little longer before she'd actually start getting mad. He nodded in agreement with Blush's statement. "Just a fun game of 'guess what's in tha bag,' care ta join?" With that he reached forward and took one of the cool drinks and gave it a sip. "Y'all's lemonade is always tha best~ They ain't make it right up in tha city. It's like it's made fer people who ain't ever known what a good drink ought ta taste like, and they sell like nothin' ya ever seen too! Wish I could get me some of this up there more often, but I ain't no good at makin it." For such a simple drink, it was easy to go wrong with the ratio of water-lemon-sugar-other additions.
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:48 am
Ducky beamed, giving a happy clap in response to Thulani's response to the lemonade. She always did enjoy seeing the pleasure on others' faces from things she made for them; this was no different. "Trick is rolling the lemons before squeezing them. Gets more juice out of them," she giggled. "So what's in the bag, Thulani? You make Blush wait any more, she'll start tackling you and take the bag to look for herself. That, I don't think you want to deal with."Blush slurped at her lemonade, dancing around in her usual sugar high mode."Mm!" she sing to herself, doing a little leap here and there."Any chance you want to watch a teen for a few weeks?" Ducky asked, raising her eyebrow at Blush's antics after slurping her drink down like itw as nothing.
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:54 pm
Thulani laughed lightly as he responded to Ducky, his hand reaching around in his bag. "I think I'm good, thanks." He had to be wary of the ways of these older women; if he made the wrong word choice, she'd be trying to sick young Blush on him. One false move and he'd be forced into taking responsibility by returning down to the farm, not that he'd ever do anything to warrant that.
Of course not.
But if the women were plotting it, well, there was always the possibility of a slip up or two if he wasn't careful.
"Alrighty, for Blush I've got...." a pause, "Some honey lemon candies an' a hair tie! Lookie here, it even got a flower decoration on it." He handed off the gifts before feeling around once more. "Now, I planned on bringin' ya some more pasta, but I waited too long an' they sold out on me. I hope this'll do ya well enough." He was talking to Ducky as he produced a small bag filled with a bar of something. If she were to look at it, she'd see it was colored to be a light purple and seemed to have a number of flower pedals imbedded in it. "It's some kinda fancy soap; the shop owner helped me pick one out they figured you'd like. Lavender and chamomile is what they said it is, but it smells like there might be a couple 'o other herbs inside." He passed the bag up to Ducky. "It's supposed ta help ya relax; I figured that'd be what you was after when washin' up after a long day."
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:11 pm
"Ok, I'll keep that in mind," Ducky said, smiling a bit mischievously at this point. She had a plan in mind, and her face reflected that for just a moment before she erased it from existence. "Oh, what did you get?" she asked, smiling brightly. "Oh. Did you get me soap? It's rather cute," the female tacked on, taking the gift and sniffed at it. "Mm! That smells like a lovely spring day! I love it, Thulani, you're so thoughtful, honey!"Blush was next in line and after finishing slurping down her cold lemonade, she stuck by Thulani in sheer anticipation of what she could get. Her mother got soap. Big deal, soap was ok. She was curious, oh so curious that her face took on the look of anxiousness, causing her feet to pitter patter around a bit. "What is it?!" she shrieked by mistake, clasping her mouth with her hands. "Sorry, Thulani," the young teen said, biting her lip. "Candy?! Hair tie!? So cool!" Much better than smelly soap!""What Blush means... thank you, Thulani. These are very thoughtful of you," Ducky said, smiling as she gave the young male a parting kiss on the cheek.
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:58 am
Thulani decidedly did not like the look that briefly passed over Ducky's face. He'd have to be a bit more wary of elderly shenanigans at this point.
He laughed as he reached over to ruffle the teens head at her excited outburst. "Now I'm just happy y'all like em. I ain't so good at this gift-giving stuff, so I'm always worried I'mma come back an' y'all ain't gonna like something." His eyes glanced up and away at Ducky's peck, a very light blush noticeably appearing on his cheeks (hidden in no part to his very white skin). It'd been a while since she did something like that; must be trying to get a ruse outta him like with that smirk and previous questioning.
At that he flung the bag back over his shoulder and took another drink of the lemonade to calm his nerves and get things back on topic.
"Now ma said you was needin' some help with the seedin'? What'cha about plantin' right now? Figure we might as well get to it before the sun starts settin' on us."
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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:22 pm
Blush was so excited, just like a kid in a candy store, so to speak. Her mere behavior switched from deviant to an exuberant teenager. She popped in a piece of candy, working it into a wad around inside her mouth, relishing the taste that the sweets were giving off. She was in heaven. Her eyes were rolling back as she just stomped the ground in pleasure."Think you just hit Blush's sweet spot. Now she'll be begging you for more the next time you come around," Ducky reminisced, smiling brightly at Thulani. "Mm, I just finished harvesting the sweet potatoes of the season, so I'm doing a next one. The ground needs to be tilled and then put into rows. I was thinking of trying some tomatoes. If you would like to try planting those seeds," the female added on, watching the young male and put her hand on his shoulder."Now this was awesome, Thulani!" Blushed exclaimed, interrupting the conversation between her mother and the beloved Thulani."Mama never lets me have sweets here." the young teenager pouted, swinging her arms while her tongue finishes licking off the sweets that were left behind in her mouth, making her look like a chomping horse.
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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 9:13 pm
Looks like he'd nailed it - good job Thulani.
"Well, if that's all, it ain't so bad. There's a couple o' sweets shops up here that trade em for a good price. I don't really eat em myself, but the kids and girls seem ta fawn right over them." His eyes ran over the largely emptied fields as he gave a nod of understanding. "In that case, how 'bout I start with tha tilin' an' you can get the shoots an' seeds ready ta go in the meantime? I think my ma'd throw a fit if I had ya do the hard labor."
At Blush's interjection, he offered her a warm smile. "Well, if'n ya keep on bein' a good girl, maybe I'll bring ya some more next time I'm down. Careful though, my ma's quite the gossip. Ya do anyhin' crazy an' I'm sure ta hear 'bout it." He looked back over to Ducky. "Lemme toss this back inside right quick, grab ma gloves, an' I'll get ta work. We only got so many more hours til the sun breaks."
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