64 sparksChapter 7: Little Lady, Part One
This chapter and the two after it are set before most/all of the previous chapters, and introduces Nega-Gosalyn and Nega-Launchpad.
It's a regular old Sunday when someone knocks on the hideout's door.
I headcanon Negaduck's favorite alias as being Nigel Lord. I as well headcanon that Lynn (Nega-Gosalyn) is a germaphobe/mildly OCD
Despite Liquidator's worries, Lynn is not abused.
It was a regular, boring old Sunday in the Warehouse Hideout. Negaduck was locked in his office, plotting, while the Four played a card game. It might've been poker, might've been go fish, who knows? -- certainly not them.
Quackerjack had just been about to call out 'Uno!' when the front door rattled under the force of heavy knocking. The Four went silent, unsure what to do (you don't get many visitors when you're a supervillain in a secret lair).
Megavolt got up, carefully approaching the door. He opened it, sticking his head out. "Sorry, but we have enough salesmen already, and we could just steal it anyways."
"Er.... We're not here ta sell anything." A large pelican in a rather ripped-up outfit was outside the door, a scar over one of his eyes. His face twisted in confusion. "We're looking for Nigel?"
"We?" Megavolt asked, though maybe he should've asked who Nigel was instead.
"We don't mean to be an inconvenience, Sir!" A little goose chick -- the pinkest little girl he'd ever seen -- popped out from behind the pelican, smiling sweetly. "But my Papa said he'd be here, and I really need to talk to him. Please, Sir, it's important!"
"Alright, calm down, kiddo." Megavolt smiled, trying to soothe the child. He opened the door wider, letting them in. "What's your Papa look like?"
The pelican answered for her. "Well, he wears a lotta red and yellow, 'bout average height, blue eyes-"
"And he's a real Mr Grumpypuss." The gosling added, still cheerful.
"Wait a second..." Quackerjack blinked, sharing looks with Bushroot and Liquidator.
"She couldn't possibly mean-" Bushroot shook his head, cutting himself off.
"Four in five CPS workers would sure hope not." Liquidator mumbled, staring at the kid.
It was a very unfortunate fact that the kid in question happened to trip at the moment, falling. Megavolt reached out to catch her, keeping her from hitting the ground, but accidentally undid one of her hair ribbons.
When the ribbon touched the ground, the girl burst into tears. Megavolt tried to calm the child, picking up the ribbon, but that somehow made the crying worse.
"What the shell's going on he- Lynn?" Negaduck burst out of his office, staring at the little girl.
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I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT AT FIRST OMG LIKE YEAH HE CAN LITERALLY JUST REMAKE BANANA BRAIN
IKR? He's literally used Mr Banana Brain as a bomb before!
God I heavily dislike how the comics wrote him
I do as well. He just didn't feel like himself, and they didn't explore it in a way that actually made the change interesting. He did have some interesting moments, though.
Also Claire is such a nothing character and it's sad because she could have been really interesting
Ikr? I'm a hardcore Quackervolt shipper, but a girlfriend for any of the Fearsome Five would've been FASCINATING. It could've shown us a softer, more human (or duck, whatever) side to him. Instead, she was a bit of exposition. She could've been a LOT more.
Legit if you replace her with Megavolt nothing changes
Yes! Megavolt would've been a much more epic choice for the role. In fact, when I originally read it, I thought they were leading up to just that. But instead we got Claire. :(
Granted, she could be an interesting character on her own, maybe even a therapist. But she doesn't feel like someone Quackerjack would date, civilian mode or not.
They just aren't willing to commit to literally the single most popular ship in Darkwing Fandom (it's even more popular than Drakepad, and that's saying something). They're cowards.
Legit Quackervolt has been like my number one ship since I joined this fandom
Finding out that other people shipped them was one of my favorite parts of getting into fanfic.
Are you going to continue this work? I don’t mean to stress you to make the next chapter but I’m curious if you’re planning to write more short stories or not
I do plan to eventually, but I'm not much in a writing mood recently. I'm glad you enjoy what's posted so far 😊
I added three new chapters, about Nega-Gosalyn, if you want to check them out. No pressure, though.
Oh I love everything about this! Like how NegaLaunchpad is called Crasher because, genius! The last text admitting Lynn has pink dart guns as weaponry, The idea of Negaduck’s (fake) civilian name being Nigel Lord, and generally just everything is fantastically written
Thank you! Though I have to admit I didn't exactly come up with Crasher; I read a fanfic a while back where he was called Crashpad, and liked the idea of his name being different.
I like to interpret Lynn as being genuinely sweet and nice, but as well an excellent liar who's good with weapons. She is Negaduck's daughter, after all.
XD Bud is such a character, isn't he? Hahaha nice chapter
I feel that he's a lot goofier/less business-y around the Fearsome Five, because he's more comfortable with them than he is with others.
Safe, adjective." Bushroot told him. "Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost. Antonym: your plan!"
🤣🤣🤣 that was a genius move. And didn't see it coming from Reggie hahaha
I feel like Bushroot is meek until he gets fed up with something, then he's bitingly sarcastic and snarky.
Hello! Just wanting to remind you that this fic exists cause I’m super paranoid about you forgetting it, don’t wanna rush you but don’t wanna let you forget either
Wow, I can't believe someone actually likes one of my fics enough to check up on it. I actually just added another chapter. 😊
If you are still looking for it I think that fic is called Duckham Asylum and it is on fanfiction.net. If it ever was on AO3 it must have been deleted because I could not find it for the life of me.
Anyway I've really been enjoying your works. Particularly the ones based on the Fearsome Five. They've always been comfort characters for me and I always like seeing how different authors write their interactions and inner party dynamics.
So great work and I hope to see more from you!
Thank you, both for the fic name and for the nice comment. I'm really glad you enjoy my work so much! 😊
Okay, that boop moment is everything. Boop!
Don't go in there!!!! Thunk! Lol
"...we didn't right?" Omg best brain fog moment ever!
It's playtime!!!!
great fic, very funny first chapter!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 😊
LOOOOOL this is amazing, i love it
omg i adore this!!
LMAOO weaponized jealousy
Weaponized jealousy! 😂
Glad you liked it 😊
Hello! So, remember me? I'm not offended if you don't but I remember that you still haven't updated this work of yours and I really hunger for some new chapters this year. I don't wanna put any pressure on you to continue this work if you don't wanna cause I really do not want you to feel burnt out but I do hope that you get some inspiration and/or motivation to continue on this fic. PS. I would really like some more ship involved chapters if that's okey
This request is perfectly okay and normally I would feel happy to oblige, as I do plan to continue this story, but I have a lot on my plate right now. I'm approaching both my 200th fic and the one-year mark since I started posting fics, and am working really hard on a few different projects because of it.
So, this is not discontinued and will be updated eventually, but probably not soon. It's really flattering that someone likes my fic enough to ask about/request more chapters, so I am really sorry I cannot provide right now. :(
I do have many other Darkwing Duck fics, including shippy ones. I hope that helps. :)
That this work of yours isn't forgotten is enough to brighten my day
😊
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