[♔Voltaire♔]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: ♔Voltaire♔
Buttermilk: Soot
Prompt: 1
Word Count:182
"A duck is running through the Farmer's Market? Oh, that poor thing, of course I will help you wrangle him up!" Soot replies cheerfully, his eyes wrinkling up from the size of his smile. "I should be more than comfortable weaving through the masses in order to find him; if I am being honest, i feel most safe in large crowds such as this. I am not one for strangers by any means, but because there are plenty of people around to help me if something ends up happening, I am more than happy to ask others for any information they may have on this dude's whereabouts!"

"I may just check the cafe first, ducks like food yeah? I have a feeling he may wander over there at some point trying to find something to eat, so I will start there, keep to the outskirts of the crowd unless I need to cut through! I really don't think people are going to ignore a duck roaming around, so I will definitely keep my eyes and ears peeled for any sort of disturbances!"

[Joke's On You]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: Joke's On You
Buttermilk: Lucina
Prompt:

Lucina had a grin on her face from ear to ear. The ducks were so cute! How could she resist going on such a marvelous adventure for such an adorable duck. Of course she'd be willing to help out! To top things off, Lucina wasn't the slightest bit scared. In fact, she was the most interactive Buttermilk from her barn!

"No worries! I'll help you find the duck. It'll be fun to interact with the others from the Farmers' Market as well!" She said in a tone that showed off her uttermost excitement in the upcoming challenge.

Without further hesitation, Lucina rushed off into the crowd containing both people and other Buttermilks. Lucina would stop and ask almost every Buttermilk that she came across about the runaway duck. Whenever one of the Buttermilk's gave her a questionable or confused look, Lucina would go off and tell the entire story about the booth she came across where the ducks were being temporarily relocated. Boy, she talked their ears off too. Most responses from those she asked ended up being a simple: "No, sorry. Goodluck though". And Lucina would thank them for the best wishes and move onto the next Buttermilk.

Though it wasn't until Lucina accidentally bumped into a young calf when she actually spotted the figure of a duck moving throughout the crowd. She looked at the calf and quickly apologized before rushing off after the small animal, trying not to lose it again. Though by then, it was already too late. The duck disappeared into the crowd once again.

Lucina simply sighed, feeling a bit tired after her chase. "Well, this just means that I'll have to keep searching! I'll get that duck sooner or later, that's for sure! I won't give up till I do." Lucina was highly optimistic. She continued to walk through the crowd with confidence to continue her search for the runaway duck.

Word Count: 318

[ptarmigan]

daffy’s great duck hunt - day 1
username: ptarmigan
buttermilk: buona!
prompt: living far from most people and in complete isolation apart from other members of snowdrift vale, buona was not comfortable fetching this duck for daffy. in fact, she was outraged that she'd have to stumble through a crowd and awkwardly ask around if anyone had seen a duck. as if SHE'D lost it. with a great big huff, she glanced at daffy and twitched her tail irritably. the ducks were pretty cute - but she also didn't like birds, at all. they were loud and she quite enjoys quiet and calm. being nocturnal, she rarely has any interaction with this must traffic. "i don't want to go find the duck, i don't think i can bustle through a crowd and ask if anyone's seen your duck. i'm sorry, but i could watch the rest of the ducks while you go hunting for the runaway!" she suggested, still shifting her hooves uncomfortably.
word count: 150

[Desmond]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: Desmond
Buttermilk: Takara
Prompt: Takara did not think that the duck could go far - after all, it's just a duck - but it'd probably wind up near the center of the crowd, at some point. "I'll go straight in toward the center, then spread out from there. Someone, somewhere around here, has to have seen it wandering around, and if they haven't... they probably heard it." After a moment's thought, she considered an alternative. "If we need to, there's probably some food around here that ducks like. That might attract his attention, if he's close enough. Maybe we could lay bait nearby while I search?"

It would be a little more effective to have a team to locate and wrangle the lost duck - if a team could come together peacefully. But if anyone made it into a competition, if anyone got frantic or panicked or scared... it wouldn't work. Idly, she wondered if the runaway had a name, but set the question aside; ducks were not creatures known for responding to their name being called.
Word Count: 173

[Cactologist]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: Cactologist
Buttermilk: Bedelia
Prompt: Bedelia glanced around herself at the sea of heads that continued to fill the farmers market and uncertainty crept into her mind. How was anyone supposed to find a tiny duck in this crowd? She was never one to back down from a challenge or let down a friend, though, so she pushed away the doubt and turned back to Daffodil, who always seemed to have her arms full of ducks. "Don't worry, I'll find the little rascal if it takes me all day! And as for the crowds? I'm not worried because there's no way they can compare to wrangling all my younger siblings and cousins. Besides, these folks won't be near as tricky and devilish, either! The only question is, where should I begin..." Bedelia slowly turned in a circle, squinting to see through the glaring sun and over the crowd. Just then, she caught a scent that would spark the interest of any duck she'd ever met: "Ah hah! I bet the bread vendor has seen him! Nobody can resist a fresh baked roll!"
Word Count: 177

[Black.Wings]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1

Username: Black.Wings

Buttermilk: Taibhseach (Will call her Ghostly for pronunciation sake)

Prompt: Day #1

Ghostly gasped and ran into the crowds of cows and bulls. She asked some folks if they’d seen the runaway duck to no avail. Slowing her pace she decided to look for clues. She had remembered on her way over to the ducks Pond another cow had dropped a pretzel on the ground only moments before the culprit escaped. Backtracking To the pretzel that had fallen onto the ground she noticed only a few nibbles missing from said pretzel. A trail of crumbs led out from behind another stall. She followed the trail closely, But breadcrumbs only go so far. At the end of the trail she stopped and looked around for any more clues but couldn’t find anything more. Just then a large bull walked by and she decided to walk up to him and ask if he had seen the lost duck. “No ma’am no duck around here.” He hurried away as if he had somewhere important to be. Weird.

Word Count: 164

[surfingmars]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: surfingmars
Buttermilk: Locty + barn
Prompt: Right as Daffy finished her sentence Locty heard a ruckus of quacking off in the distance, “well, I guess that’s my queue to go”, he said through a cheesy smile. Shortly after, he started to make his way towards the sound of the problematic duck. As soon as he hit the crowds he knew this task might be harder than it initially seemed. He looked up ahead to see a huge crowd packed around… hmm, what were they surrounding? “Hey! Sorry, excuse me, do you know what’s happening over there?” He asked a heifer that was standing nearby. The bystander gave Locty a quizzical look, Locty then continued as he motioned his head towards the crowd, “you see, I’m on a search for a rogue du-” The heifer’s eyes suddenly lit up, “oh! The duck, yeah I saw it head that way towards the big crowd.” Locty let out a huge sigh of relief, then gave the helpful stranger a big smile, “thank you, you’ve been a really huge help!” As he started off he heard a loud, “good luck with that duck!” from behind him, he smiled to himself then started to pick his way through the throngs of people and slowly made his way towards the gathered crowd.
Word Count: 210

[lucas tazmily]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: Pufferheart
Buttermilk: Beth
Prompt:

Beth walked and pushed her way through the crowd, looking for the dastardly duck that ran away. When Daffodil had first asked her to help, Beth thought it would be an easy task, something she could do quickly and still have a lot of time left over to explore the farmer's market. The finding of the duck, however, had proven to be harder than she had thought. She was pretty mad at that duck. What could it be thinking, running away from where it was supposed to go? Now her and some of the other buttermilks were going to have to find it. She frowned.

Beth continued to push her way through the crowd. She could not be bothered to ask politely for them to move. The faster Beth found this duck, the faster she could go back to doing something else was Beth's thought process, as long as it wasn't finding another duck.

Word Count: 154

[honeybunchesofoats]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: honeybunchesofoats
Buttermilk: Darian
Prompt: Darian watches silently as the duck escapes the pond. She...did not really want to get involved with this. It seemed like a big mess and she was about to turn in the other direction before Kiri tugged on her arm. "Not so fast princess. We're catchin' that duck!" Darian almost huffed but looked back as the small animal disappeared into the other side of the large crowd. "Of course you want to go after it...I mean do you even have a plan of act-" She let out a yelp as Kiri began to run in and out of the crowd haphazardly running into different people. "This is the plan! Keep up!" Her friend yelled as she let go of her arm. Darian continued to shove her way through the crowd, mumbling a series of apologies not only for her rudeness but her friend's too.

After a couple of minutes of searching, Darian realized she was in the center of this big crowd; Kiri and the duck nowhere to be seen. She spun in a slow circle, eyeing what she could see but eventually it became too much for her. Crowds were never an issue when she was giving speeches from a balcony above but her father had always taught her to never leave herself too open. She stood her ground and took in a very deep breath and screamed at the top of her lungs. The cows went silent for a few seconds before a soft... "honk~"

Darian's ear perked and the crowd went back to its own business but not her. She chased after the sound, and her friend, with a new determination.
Word Count: 274

[Micki.]

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Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: Micki.

Buttermilk: Halley
Prompt:

“Oh?” Halley’s eyes light up, “A missing duck?”

A mischievous smile spread across the woman’s face, “So I guess this calls for a little hunt, huh?” Her smile grew into a wild grin as she watched alarm light up Daffodil’s eyes.

“You’re not going to harm the darling duck, are you? He may be trouble, but he certainly doesn’t deserve that!”

“Oh, calm down,” Halley rolled her eyes, “I’m not going to hurt one feather on him, I swear! The hunt is all about finding, not hurting - he’ll get back to you safe and sound. If I can hunt a cryptid, I can bring a duck back!” And without another word, the tall woman was off to search for the duck. There were little pockets of crowds all over the farmer’s market, which mildly annoyed her, but she managed to – quite literally – push past them and continue on her search. She wasn’t the least bit interested in anything other than her own little hunt – all she cared about right now was finding the duck and doing it herself.

As she was walking through the sideshow alley, she saw something out of the corner of her eye that caught her attention. Her eyes lit up and she rushed to the game booth, shoving past a few others on her way, and crouched down low to the ground. ‘Is that...’ she smiled to herself, reaching under the game booth to pull out a little duck feather. She was definitely on his trail now – she could feel it in her bones, the same feeling she always had on a cryptid hunt!

She pulled out her journal from her pocket and delicately placed the feather in it, scratching down a few notes about where she had found the feather and what direction the duck may have taken. ‘Who needs to ask anyone if they’ve seen a duck when you have all the clues right in front of you?’ she thought, scoffing a little. Halley grinned as she stood up from the ground.

Now all she had to do was follow the clue until she found the duck.

(358 words)