Hmm...a pet duck?

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In his travels for the day, Dick managed to stumble upon (and almost fall in) a pond, alive with none other than fish ducks.

He grinned, and, not having much else to do at the time, reached into his pocket to pull out bits and crumbs of cookies to feed the cute little guys. He thought he should maybe take a trip to Tomorrowland's theatre to continue looking for that Sara girl, but right now he was also worried about the condition of Leon; he didn't come home last night, and Gumshoe would have liked to keep out of his business, but the fact that Leon wasn't...quite happy the past few days had him slightly concerned.

But dang were these ducks cute. He chuckled as he played with his new feathery friends; they were so cute, how could someone NOT smile when they were around them? That was when an idea was born in Dick's head...

He should take a duck home to Leon! That'd cheer the guy right up, he was sure of it!

And as gentle as the big man could, he carefully scooped up one of the more friendlier creatures into his arms with full intent of heading straight back to the apartment...




((Yay, nay? Leon, I DO have my facts right, right? I remember someone asking about the duck thing but I don't remember hearing anyone trying it? Either way, I wouldn't put it past me that Gumshoe would go for it anyway.))

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The duck honked in alarm and wriggled out of his arms, smacking him in the face with one of its wingbeats.

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Dick jumped, quite surprised by the sudden actions of the cute little duck. He rubbed where the duck had given him a 'what-for' and watched it, a bit confused.

"H-hey, little guy, I'm not going to hurt you. Really!" he said quite innocently, and reached into his pocket again to look for another duck-like treat as he stepped towards it again.

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It honked indignantly and waddled and flapped off to land in the water, where it watched him with an air of great suspicion.

Some of the other ducks were still interested in the possibility of food, though the clusters they formed, nipping at each other lightly and squabbling, were somewhat more tightly formed than before.

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Gumshoe did not understand the strange behaviour of the ducks--still grinning, he blinked at them, and began taking more careful steps toward the now gathering crowds of ducks.

He managed to find a couple of more crumbs to toss out in front of him, and kept his hands out, opened wide in a way of trying to show them that he brought them no harm.

"Hi, duckies..."

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Which gesture worked about as well as it ever does with wild animals. They dashed in after the crumbs and then shied away, waddling and waggling their little duck tails.

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Dick frowned a bit at the ducks as they ran away again. He edged closer to the pond and knelt down--leaning over a bit, however, and his gun happened to had fallen out of his pocket. He was happy he had remembered to keep the safety on, but it was still kind of inconvenient for it to "leap" out of his pocket at the time.

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One of the ducks tapped its beak experimentally at the muzzle of the gun, to see if it were edible at all.

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He chuckled nervously as he slowly reached his hand out to retrieve it, saying, "Hey, little guy...you don't want to play with that, I think..."

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Nope, not edible. It lost interest in the gun and tapped his hand instead.