Part 58: Ducken's Last Stand
Part 58
Ducken the Conquerer
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We just got back from the S Cup! I may be a little overexcited, so forgive me if I gush. We rocked it, and here are some highlights of just how much we rocked the place.
Are you ready to take on the final cup, Ducken?
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He's ready! Let's go!
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Our first opponent was an evil slime. How evil? To start the match he ate ten babies. Ten. I mean, one I could forgive as an accident, but ten? That's clearly evil.
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A single punch from its demonic fist would level Ducken into plastic ducky powder.
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However, that would only happen to something far slower than my Ducken. Ducken floats like a butterfly and stings like a moth.
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A moth that also happens to be on fire.
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Quite a good start, I'd say. But we're only getting warmed up!
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Our next foe could transform into a giant dragon. You just have to turn his arms 85 degrees to the left, flip his head around, and sort of spread his legs out in a vague, wing-like shape.
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Ducken can transform too, you know...
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He transforms into a neutron bomb.
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We broke a tab on the robot, making it impossible to get him to balance when standing up.
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His owner ran out of time trying to make the re-glued tab dry faster, giving us yet another victory. And you can't spell victory without Ducken.
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...But then, the robot's owner remembered it could transform, and twisted it around until it was in Dragon Form.
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Out of sheer luck, another vital tab snapped off during the transformation. There was nothing keeping the dragon head in place.
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And with that, the owner had no choice but to forfeit to Team Ducken.
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Our final match was against... An evil clown with a giant axe. Before the fight began, it pointed at me and giggled, dragging its finger across its neck. I don't think I'm going to sleep any time soon.
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I'll admit, my faith wavered during this match. Ducken was fighting the avatar of death and all that's wrong with the world.
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Before Ducken could even think, the clown made some sort of move that drained the very soul out of Ducken. He was only barely clinging to a strand of life.
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That's when things got Real.
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Undaunted, Ducken launched a vicious counter-attack, bombing the hell out of that clown.
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Of course we'll win this! It's Ducken! KILL HIM, DUCKEN!
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Shocked by the assault, the clown couldn't defend himself from Ducken's relentless pecking.
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And then, with one second left to go...
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Ducken snatched victory like a piece of seaweed.
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We. Fucking. Rock.
That's right, I said a bad word.
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But who cares! We won! Colt's baking a victory cake for Ducken, and I'm going to get smashed off zima. We'll plan for the next phase tomorrow. Later, guys!
Why?!
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I don't know what to say now. I think all I can do is blog about it, to maybe collect my thoughts.
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I spent the night with Ducken, celebrating our victory.
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I woke up to him making a very faint quack sound. He didn't look well... and then...
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He collapsed. I tried to put him back together, but he didn't respond.
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Ducken... Ducken died.
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Colt didn't quite understand it at first. I don't think she's ever had to deal with something like this. I wish we still didn't. We held a funeral for Ducken near the woods. I made a little tribute site to him. Colt wanted me to make a shrine, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
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I'm not really sure what we're going to do now. I don't even want to think about raising another monster. We'll worry about that later.
RIP Ducken. You're with the stars now.