[Desmond]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: Desmond
Buttermilk: Takara
Prompt: "If the farmer can't listen to reason, then he is a fool." Seriously - who would refuse to let someone borrow something that was ruined - something that was only going to be thrown away - if the end result was going to protect the rest of the merchandise that wasn't destroyed? It made so little sense. If, though, he still refused, she might be able to get the remains of the trashed crop for a discount -- or for free, if he just threw it away.

"Small groups of bait here and there would lead the goose this way. If we can manage to get him all of the way to the pond itself, that'd be great, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. We can build a couple little box traps, though, or lure him into a pen so he might be contained until we can sort something out for him."
Word Count: 155

[lucas tazmily]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: Pufferheart
Buttermilk: Beth
Prompt:

Beth returned once again to try and find that meddlesome duck. It was already the third day and still nobody had found it. That duck sure was causing a lot of trouble.

When Beth first arrived, there were half eaten fruits and vegetables scattered all about. One particular Buttermilk seemed to be extra angry about it. Beth assumed they used to belong to him before the duck had an evening snack. The fruits and vegetables also seemed to be the perfect bait for the duck.

Beth walked over to the angry Buttermilk. It seemed funny to Beth that instead of her being the one angry, it was someone else. In fact, Beth felt relatively more calm about the situation than she had been over the last few days.

"Can I borrow some of these fruits and vegetables? I need some to trap a duck that has gone lose," Beth said.

The Buttermilk looked up at her. "Yeah, I guess so. I prefer if you used that box over there. I filled it with the ones that I deemed definitely unsellable." He pointed to a box next to his stand.

Beth scooped up the box and looked inside Yuck. I wouldn't eat that even if it was the last thing on Earth, thought Beth. She walked over to a trash can and threw them all away. There was one apple that still looked appetizing, so Beth held that one while she threw away all the others.

Beth found a relatively tall box and set the apple inside. Next, she put a bunch of smaller boxes next to the tall box like steps. Her plan was that the duck would be curious and climb up on the boxes and when he sees the apple inside, he'll fall in for a quick snack. Then the duck will be stuck and can't get out, Beth thought.

Satisfied with her plan, Beth walked off to check out the other booths.

Word Count: 325

[BiscuitTheDog]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: BiscuitTheDog
Buttermilk: Carmie
Prompt:
Carmie came back to the Farmer's Market determined to catch that dang duck. What she didn't expect was to see a furious bull raging over his vegetables, which appeared to be half eaten.
A few kind cows were attempting to reason with him, saying that he should've listened when he was told not to put up his veggies the day before. Steam seemed to be pouring fro the bull's nostrils and ears, and he rudely turned and flicked his tail at the cows.
Carmie came forward, picking up some of the chewed and half-eaten food, an idea forming in her head.
The bull was angrily scribbling stuff on a torn scrap of paper when Carmie came up to him, clearing her throat.
The bull turned around, eyes wide with anger. He had a shiny, golden nose piercing along with a tattoo along half of his face. Carmie's ears pinned back and her mouth went dry in fear.
"What do you want!" The bull yelled, startling Carmie and making her drop the vegetables she'd picked up.
"Oh-" Carmie mumbled, blushing and bending to pick up the vegetables. That bull was scary. One would not think he was a farmer on first look, but he most certainly was.
The bull eyed her in frustration. "Can't you see I'm trying to do calculations here?? And why were you holding my vegetables?"
Carmie huffed as she stood up with the veggies in her arms. "Well, uh, I was just g-going to ask if I could use these to uh- lure the duck that, erm, ate them."
The bull's nose scrunched up in disgust. "No, you cannot use them!"
Ugh. What was this farmer going to do with these vegetable scraps anyways? "Why do you even n-need them?" She stammered. the more this cow stared at her, the more uncomfy she got.
The bull ignored her and grabbed a chunk of carrot from the pile she was holding. The cow lifted it up and made a disgusted face. "Yeck. It has duck slobber on it."
Carmie exasperatedly groaned, "Exactly! Please, can I use them?"
Scary-bull-farmer scowled at her. "Fine, you can use it. But only because I can't use produce with slobber on it."
Carmie rolled her eyes as she turned around. Just because it had slobber? He was ignoring the fact that a duck had eaten over half of these vegetables? Carmie wanted to sleep. She suddenly felt tired.
The heifer made her way to the end of the booths and walked over to the lake, veggies in arms. She dropped a few of the most-eaten veggies by the lake's edge, walking back to the booths while dropping increasingly larger veggies along the way. Finally, she dropped the biggest vegetable she had (half of a large cantaloupe with a single bite taken out), next to the last booth (or first booth from the lake). There, she asked a group of nearby heifers to grab some things that would good for a duck trap. The three young calves eagerly trotted off, and a few minutes later brought back three armfuls of material.
Carmie and the calves got to work putting together a messy but functional trap. Carmie felt quite happy in those moments, working with imaginative, pure minds to build a contraption to catch a bird.
When the trap was finished, one of the young heifer calves donated a whole, ripe peach that she'd been saving for a snack.
Carmie smiled. "Aw, kiddo, you don't need to do that."
The calf grinned, and Carmie realized that both of her front teeth were missing.
"Naw, it's fine."
The calf leaned closer to Carmie and eyed the grey bull calf, who was chatting with the other calf who had helped. "Don't tell my brother, though. It's actually his peach. I don't even like peaches." And then the calf giggled and galloped away, flicking her brother with her tail. All three calves ran off, Carmie smiling after them.
After the children disappeared from sight, Carmie sat down a good distance away from the trap and sighed. This duck was a big pain in the rear, but she sure was going to catch it.
Word Count: 695 words hgnghgng

[honeybunchesofoats]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: honeybunchesofoats
Buttermilk: Darian
Prompt:
When Darian arrives at the market again she makes a straight beeline to see if anyone had caught the duck. It was one of the few times Kiri had ever been behind her. "I cannot believe this! This...this...darn duck just won't quit!" She seemed to be fuming with frustration over the small creature. "Take it easier there Dar...it's ok I'm sure we'll catch the sucker soon." Kiri placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. There were very few times Kiri used a nickname other than princess for her unless she could tell how upset she was. This made Darian take a deep breath to calm herself. "I know that I just...I feel so bad for these poor workers. They spend so much time doing things to set up their booths and this stupid little duck keeps ruining their hard work!" She was a lot calmer not but you could still hear her straining to keep herself composed.

"Look over there Dar." Kiri guided her chin to the left and pointed to the food booth with the chewed up fruit and veggies. Darian rushed over and picked up a handful of the destroyed goods. "Sir, I am so deeply sorry that this duck has disgraced your booth like this. Please allow me to help you." She digs into her pockets once again and pulls out a hefty sum of money. "This is for you. It should be enough to replace all of the food twice over." As she peers over the food once again though, an idea pops into her head. "Sir, in exchange...could we use some of the already damaged goods to see if we could capture the duck?"

After the exchange, Darian waddles into the center of the market, struggling to carry the amount of food they had gotten from the very grateful farmer. She had Kiri go off to gather some sticks and strings from other booths. She plopped the food down in an open area and began to arrange it in a tasty looking pile. "I've got your supplies princess...do you really think this is gonna work?", Kiri dropped her materials down. Darian nodded her head. "I got a perfect grade in my hunting and tracking class. I know this is going to work."

In about 20 minutes she had made a contraption to trap the duck with her bare hands. While she was doing this, Kiri walked off to the pond and gathered a couple duck feathers. "Thought the scent might make him jealous and want the food more?" She placed them near the pile of food and then helped Darian rig the trap to go off when something took a bite.

Word Count: 447

[Andromeda]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: Bluebird-
Buttermilk: Hazel
Prompt:

Hazel walked to one of the stands where a cloth had been torn apart and the fruits and vegetables it had been covering lay strewn about the ground at her hooves. "Aww was this that dastardly duck too!?" she exclaimed, reaching down to pick up some of the ones that looked to be in the best shape. The farmer took his hat off and wiped his nose with his sleeve before throwing the same hat on the ground in defeat. "That dang bird! These were all ready to sell and now I've got half of the produce left!"

Hazel placed a hoof on his boot, giving him a doe-eyed look. "Hey, I'm after that duck, actually. So far though, just plain chasin' him down hasn't been working. Do you think perhaps I could use some of your fallen produce that's gone bad to set a trap for him?" She hated the thought of exploiting the farmer, but hoped that catching the duck could benefit them both. He grabbed a handkerchief from the front pocket of his overalls and bent down to gather some bruised tomatoes, green beans that had been snapped in half, and an assortment of berries and broccoli florets. He tied it up and handed it to Hazel, smiling hopefully through his thick mustache, "Make sure you get that menace."

Hazel nodded to him and smiled back, hoping it would ease his frustration. She headed back towards the pile of crates she had last seen the duck flee behind and tipped one upright, dumping the fruits and veggies into it and draping the handkerchief over the top, leaving a corner pulled back. This duck seemed to like getting into things it shouldn't be, maybe a half covered crate of food would be tempting enough!

Word Count: 296

[Elliad.]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: Elliad.
Buttermilk: Melody
Prompt:
Melody walked up to the stall with the half eaten fruits. “Good morning, good sir. I noticed you’ve got some fruit you can’t sell. I don’t suppose I can take it off your hooves for a coin.”

As Melody walked down the alley of stalls, she held the back of half eaten fruits within her mouth, going back to where this all started: the lake. She laid out the fruits, any and all that were partially eaten, carefully right by the entrance of the lake, making sure they were blaringly obvious for anyone passing by, especially any unsuspecting ducks. Once the fruit were laid out, the heifer took herself to the bushes, making sure that she was not spotted as she made the retreat.

The cow laid down, making sure that she had a clear view through the bushes before laying in wait. So, she waited and waited and waited. She waited until the duck decided to pay a visit, ready to catch him in the act.
Word Count: 163 Words

[Namida_☾]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 1
Username: Namida_☾
Buttermilk: Adalind
Prompt:

Still in a bit of a shock that the duck yet again caused so much chaos, Adalind trotted off to the farmers stand. “Hello sir, I know that the duck caused you a lot of chaos and I’m really sorry for that, but I wanted to ask if you could help us to catch that duck. Since some of your fruits and veggies are already half eaten, would you mind if we could get them to bait the duck? I mean, you can’t really sell it anymore and the duck really seemed to like your fruits and veggies, so I think it’ll make a good bait and would help us all out a lot. Thank you very much, and if there are any other troubles that the duck caused you, please let me know and I’ll help you to fix it.”
The duck really ate a lot of different fruits and veggies, but Adalind decided to go with the ones with the brightest colour, because she thought it would catch the ducks attention the most. So Adalind decided to pick the strawberries. You were able to see the strawberries from really far away because of their bright red and they were very sweet and tasty, so the duck must take the bait. Adalind decided to lay out a small pile at the pound with a trail leading to where the other ducks where, in the hope that it would follow the trail and bring itself to the others, where it could not cause any more harm to anyone.
[258 words]

[Venatici]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 2
Username: Morghettio
Buttermilk: The Holy Trinity
Prompt: 3 - “Yesterday, the duck muddied up several booths. Despite our warnings, one of the farmers left his produce at the market covered overnight, hoping he would return ready to sell some fruits and veggies today. However, the duck has struck again, and many fruits and veggies have been half eaten. Maybe you could use some of these fruit and veggies to lure the duck over? How would you convince this farmer to let you borrow some produce? What fruits or veggies would you want to take and why? How will you use the food to try and trick the duck?”


Another day, another duck problem. Aside from just property damage, this duck got into food too! Morgan is found standing in front of the booth, scratching his head with how exactly he is going to make this work. There are a lot of questions here, but to start off, he approached the farmer to try and figure out something with the vegetables.

"I will pay for all of your damaged vegetables... I would also like to purchase some of your undamaged produce too, so that I may catch this duck."

After bargaining everything out, Morgan now has a little bag full of uneaten gods. It consisted mostly of kale ("I mean, sir, most people do not eat kale anyway..."), three peaches, and watermelon. After a little while of scoping things out and perusing a booths as they opened, Morgan found a little spot by a booth that did not have a lot of foot traffic. Setting down two bowls he bought, he poured a bottle of water into one of them (making sure to recycle the bottle later) and set down some hay from a loose hay bale.

Then, he pulled out a peach, cut it open, and placed it in the bowl. It was very strong smelling, in hopes the duck might smell it and come this way. He cut open an end off the watermelon (in totally improper watermelon techniques) and placed it down. Hopefully this would keep the duck from moving too much in the times Morgan was not watching!


As his last trick, he laid down small pieces of kale in a few different directions, trying to lead the duck to this spot.

Now, he just... waits.




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[Winter Shores]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: Winter Shores
Buttermilk: Antheia
Prompt: Antheia approached Daffy hoping to hear good news that maybe one of the other moos had caught the rogue duck. Daffy sighed deeply, “Yesterday, the duck muddied up several booths. Despite our warnings, one of the farmers left his produce at the market covered overnight, hoping he would return ready to sell some fruits and veggies today. However, the duck has struck again, and many fruits and veggies have been half eaten. Maybe you could use some of these fruit and veggies to lure the duck over? Can you convince this farmer to let you borrow some produce? What fruits or veggies would you want to take and why? How will you use the food to try and trick the duck?” Antheia nodded not really saying anything she was fed up with this duck. He was so annoying! She smiled at Daffy and walked away from her to go find the farmers booth who's produce got ruined. As she was walking around trying to find the booth she threw people kind smiles. She wasn't really in the mood for talking right now because she had a long day and barely slept. She spotted a farmer furiously throwing things into a bin. That had to be him!

She ran over to him, "Excuse me sir? Do you need any help? What ruined your produce?"
The farmers head whipped around towards her, his checks where a flushed pink out of anger, "That stupid darned duck! He just loves to destroy everything he comes in contact with! I can't open my booth now because all of my produce is ruined!!"

"I'm sorry that the duck got into your produce but I was wondering if I could maybe have the produce that the duck ate the most of? In turn I will see if Elizabeth could restock you with fruits and veggies."

The farmer paused for a minute, "I suppose old produce for new produce seems like a fair trade, just keep that duck away from me and my booth!" He handed her the bag of half eaten goods and smiled, "But don't forget to get me my new crops!"

Antheia nodded and took the bag, "I'll get you the crops before the day ends so you have some time to open your booth and self some items." Antheia spun on her heals and stalked off in the other direction. She sat down on a stool and looked through the goods there were berries, melon, grapes bananas, watermelon, lettuce, corn, cucumbers, cabbage, and broccoli. She could vouge that these were all things that ducks liked considering she had to take care of a few. She got back up and started placing fruits and veggies on the ground asking people to steer clear of the path. She made it so hat fruits and veggies had lead back to the place where the rest of the ducks where. She didn't want to wait so she hurried across the farmers market to where Elizabeth usually was, she told her about the situation and how she need crops for someone who lost most of their produce. Antheia offered to pay for the crops but Elizabeth refused and said that her hard work was good enough payment for her. Antheia placed a bunch of fruits and veggies into a wooden basket, sure they weren't all the same produce as before but this could work for one day. She raced in the other direction, back across the field full of people and to the farmers booth. She handed him the basket full of goods and ran back over to the trail full of food, half of it was already missing! She had hoped the duck wasn't too smart and that this would work. As she waited she could see the white feather duck approach and eat the little pieces of goods she had left. At the end of the trail of food the duck looked up and saw the place where the rest of the ducks were. he definitely did not agree with this statement as he turned around quickly. Antheia wouldn't have it, she sprang from the bushes and grabbed the duck except it did one of the things she was afraid of, it bit her straight on the face! Antheia let go of the duck in fear and watch as it waddled off. "Stupid duck!!" She screamed...
Word Count: 729

[Black.Wings]

Daffy’s Great Duck Hunt - Day 3
Username: Black.Wings
Buttermilk: Ghostly

Prompt: Ghostly strolled up to the farmer's stall where the duck had made quite a mess. He looked quite distraught, and, she felt bad for him. But at the end of the day, they did warn him about the duck. "I can help make this whole mess up to you sir, I just need some of your produce!" Looking around there wasn't even that much leftover. Just some scrapes and a couple of lucky fruits that remained whole. "You go ahead and take anything you'd like, as long as it has been chewed on I can't sell it." Ghostly took all the scrapes and left the sellable fruits with the farmer. Having some duck knowledge, she knew they couldn't eat without water. So, she made a trap, baited with the fruits and a nice kiddie pool full of water. Although hopeful, she wasn't sure this terror with wings could even be caught. He was smarter than the average duck and that was a fact. After the trap was made and set there was no use in guarding it. Either it would work or it wouldn't. One thing she did know though, she was starving! Wandering back to the farmer's stall she decided to help the poor guy out. "I'll take 2 of everything you have, and ill pay double what you'd usually charge as well." He seemed ecstatic! He handed her the produce and waved her farewell as she walked over a large oak tree. "Mm yummy!" She plopped down and began to eat her lunch. Something white flashed from the corner of her eye. Wrying her neck she saw him for only a moment. "There you are!"

Word Count: 277