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What happened?

    You may ask, looking upon your screen as you scroll down to this chapter. 'How'd Duck get like this?' Well..... It all started since..... The ringing noise.

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       Duck awoke, in a type of hospital bed. Though.... It wasn't no ordinary hospital bed, he could tell. A ringing noise blasted in his head, as well as his stomach churned. If he even still had a stomach, at least.  Nearby, he could hear the faint sound of music, but for now... He needed to remember what happened...

      'T-There was a can... and u-um... A steak..... a-and...... Manny..... T-They were singing about uh....'

    His fuzzy memories didn't tell him much, and only gave him questions and the ringing noise getting louder... Suddenly, a man... A yellow man with... Stringy blue hair and overalls appeared at the foot of his bed. "I don't think you should be thinking to hard.... Your mind might go either silly, blank, or mad." The man chuckled. 'Wh-What the- how'd he know about me thinking?!' Duck thought, staring up at the man.

       "I know about everyone who thinks, Duck." He responded to Duck's thought, grinning in a very erie way. "H-How'd you-"  "How'd I do what? Read your thoughts?.... Eheh, you know, I didn't 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅  them, your silly mind 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 me them." The man interrupted.... Breathing heavily. "W-Well..... W-Who are you?! W-What do you want with me?! A-And who in the bloody hell ate me, and how'd you fix me?!?!"  Questions flowed from Duck like running water. "....My dear 𝒑𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒕.... You'll get to know soon... But for now..... You must know our ways." The man chuckled, putting a hand on Duck's shoulder, seemingly shaking with either.. A twisted happiness or a power well greater than Duck's simple bird strength.

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