[ ... This is a young boy going to the library to check out some books. Carl comes out with several large novels (all mostly hard backs), and then pauses as a rubber duck hits him on the head, and bounces off.
... He freezes while he tries to figure out the source of this hit to his tophat, looking around, his hands full. ]E-eh...? What was that
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I-I think so. I tripped on something...
[ ... There are like, five ducks on his hat as he sits up (yes, he put a hand on it as he fell--IT'S IMPORTANT). He finally notices them, picks one off, and... stares at it. ... Being as he's completely clueless to things most kids probably should know, he has no idea what it is. ]
... What are they?
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It...i-it looks kind of like a duck.
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[ S-so confused. ... Until another one lands nearby. W-what is this. ]
... Did they fall on the barrier or something...?
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E-eh...? It's a duck? Wait, it attacked me... why would it do that?
[ Bam. Another falls, landing with a squeak on his tophat. It's... got angel wings and a halo. ]
Is someone... throwing these...?
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No, I don't think this is the cause of any one person. And I doubt there's groups of people on the rooftops with tubs of rubber ducks, so....
I wonder what that leaves us with.
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O-oh, I see... they're supposed to be ducks, then...? Why ducks...?
[ Blinking to Nirvana, he listens to the marionette intently before looking back to the SFC. ] ... Well, the weather HAS been rather strange as of late, though the clouds are gone... perhaps something carrying them broke open over the barrier...?
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Tophat, are you alright?
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I'm okay. I think I tripped on something, though--do you know what it was...?
[ ... Picking the duck up. He has no idea what it is. ] W-was this it...?
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It's a rubber ducky! Don't you know what rubber duckies are?
[Another squeeze and a small flag that reads "Bang!" shoots out of it's mouth.]
Haven't you heard the song?
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A-a duck...?
[ The boy shakes his head 'no'. ]
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[ Picking up a rubber duck. What is this. ] ... I'm not really sure from where, though...
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From the top of the dome I guess.
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[ IT'S CAPTAIN OBVIOUS, IN THE FLESH! ] I-I had no idea they were so dangerous...!
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