Deltasong Danger

An uncommonly lucky goose (very much a homage to Gladstone Gander from the Disney comics). Stubborn, lazy, and somehow always in the right place at the right time, even if it seemed like the wrong one, he lived a life of luxury as a noble until his untimely demise in an explosion.

## Personality

Self-centered and generally suspicious of others, this goose paradoxically was happy to talk to absolutely anyone and was always the life of the party, and boy he loved to party! Stubborn, superstitious, and sneaky- more likely to protect himself than others and hard to predict he would occasionally surprise everyone by doing the right thing. A strong tendency to be arrogant, and certainly vain, Delta was used to the fine things in life and the fine things in life seemed happy to find him. It made for fickle friends, however, and fate swept him along in such an unbreakable stream that he was apathetic to an alarming degree. Complicated and challenging to interact with, if you somehow managed to befriend him (which sometimes he seemed to want more than anything else in the world) he was as loyal as they come.

## Appearance

A goose-duck, duck-goose (guck?) with blonde curly hair, pearl-white feathers, orange beak and legs. His eyes were a staple black toon dot by default, but showed a vivid green iris in times of alarm... but they were also, by rumour, occasionally seen to be purple. He always wore the very finest clothes.

## Backstory

Directly between the lands of Gisnep and Tezukanada on the southernmost edge of the continent is a curiously shaped peninsula- a peninsula in the shape of the tail of a duck. This is Waddleton, sometimes referred to as the Republic of Barlcarks due to its political stance; officially it is situated in the Kingdom of Gisnep, however it is so far off from the capitol and the King's influence that the fiercely independent people who inhabit this land are largely left to their own devices. Indeed, the web-footed clan inhabited this land long before making an alliance with Gisnep. The son of Tsogoeva Danger and Pendha Duck, Deltasong Danger was part of this respected family of nobles- the Clan of Barlcarks, currently led by the ferocious and proud Scru McCodger. While Gisnep claims their nationality, most members of the rebellious breed of Barlcarksians tend to admit this alliance with reluctance. The Barlcarksians spent many quiet but lively years in close proximity to the Tezukanadans, where the ancient ways and ancient religions were the most respected- some all but forgotten in modern day Gisnep- and consequently many feel their allegiance lies more strongly with that land.

Delta suffered from a common ailment of the Frankenalie breed; that of orphanisation at an early age (a plight that many toons of that style appear to be highly prone to). Having lost both his parents in an unconventional and tragic fashion, the young gosling was taken in, and taken in turn, by various members of his extended family. An already complex, morally grey and stubborn character, this pass-the-parcel upbringing did little to modify Danger’s rather cynical and lackadaisical attitude towards life. He did, however, hold an undying loyalty towards his family, having been one of the only groups of people in his life to have provided him with love, support and stability, even with his difficult personality. In his tenth year he met Professor Wudlig Don Vrake, a friend of his family, and while he was never adopted officially the educated duck became a strong father figure for Delta and influenced much of his manner (and dress sense). On gaining independence he drifted around the many lands of Einquell on various trips which, when questioned at the borders, he loosely called ‘ambassadorial expeditions’. Considering nobody in the official Gisnep regime had told him to go on any, or even particularly acknowledged his existence, one can only suppose this was a cover for going on a multitude of touring holidays via his questionably obtained and ill-kept wealth. Although able to bring great fortune to those he favoured and very fond of fun, the aptly named Danger also had a knack for causing just as much trouble as he solved with his supernatural gifts. Consequently his face became a doubled-edged sword, as with his extensive travels it was a familiar one in many lands- though it was by no means a particularly welcome one. He was also the victim of many instances of people 'befriending' him in order to extract wealth or plain good luck from his abilities, only to be dropped the moment they had received their prize, which only further hardened the web-footed fop's scepticism (though it also increased his desperation to find genuine friends). Towards the end of his life he was talent spotted by the Engineer and appeared in two of his films;

*The Majestic Eleven;*

A comedy heist movie that turns into a partial tragedy when the eleven members of a gang (summoned by a man called O'Shawn), have a change of heart and, instead of stealing the contents of a gold mine that they had planned to strip clean, protect the nearby village which has been repeatedly forced to mine the gold by a ruthless landlord who threatens them with starvation if they do not comply, and who even brings hired bandits to 'enforce the peace'. The would-be heist gang turn on the bandits, using the dynamite and other tricks they had brought for the theft to bamboozle the villains before a huge shootout breaks out. Many are killed in the process but the village is saved, the landlord is sent to jail, and the surviving 'heisters' disappear into the sunset as heroes.

Deltasong Danger played the role of a cowardly but dapper gunslinger called Glee, who has remarkable aim but is plagued by nightmares of fallen enemies and has turned to theft, haunted by the fear that he has been cursed by those he killed. In the finale Glee finds the nerve to burst into a house where several villagers are being held, shooting their captors and releasing the prisoners to join the fight, but is gunned down as he leaves the house.

This was Delta's first appearance in any film- he was catapulted from a background actor to one of the main cast after his extraordinary ability to hit anything without meaning to opened more comedy opportunities for the movie. He also proved that he could act well (and die very convincingly) which led to his next starring role:

*The Good the Bad and the Lucky;*

Three mercenary gunmen seek out a legendary treasure haul and variously collaborate and compete with each other to get their hands on the prize. The three have to dodge both natural hazards and other weapon-toting treasure hunters, alternatively fighting, cheating, and supporting each other while they follow and solve a trail of cryptic clues.

Deltasong plays 'the Lucky', a morally grey comic character known as Cooto. He flips sides constantly as he allies with/swindles/occasionally attempts to kill 'the Good' (a character of no name referred to only as 'Ginger', played by the Engineer)- on the whole he leaves his decisions to luck by flipping a coin. 'The Bad' (a sinister character known as 'Devil Eyes', played by famous realkind actor Princent Vice) seems more or less bent on destroying them both unless it's advantageous to keep them alive for the information they can give him. The Good is a near silent character, only remaking verbally at two points in the film that the prize isn't for him. There are visual clues and other hints that he intends to use the money to reopen a derelict school, but it is never stated.

In the end Ginger kills Devil Eyes in a three-way Warnean stand-off. In this shoot-out, despite being equally placed between the two, having lost his decision making coin a panic-stricken Cooto flips his aim between both before trying to shoot Ginger, but the gun jams; an act of serendipity which frightens the superstitious bird enough for him to throw the gun away and beg Ginger for forgiveness. In fact the gun was jammed *by* Ginger ahead of the fight, as he had no way of telling which way his treacherous 'friend' would fire. Cooto suffers the indignity of having to dig up the treasure and watch Ginger ride off with it before realizing he's been tricked. The film ends with Cooto angrily yelling after the victor, cutting to the credits partway through an expletive said in Grawlix.

On the success of this role the movie adaptation of the rave success tv serial, Goose Sleuth/Private Goose, hired him and while the feature film itself received mixed reviews Delta's performance as both the lead and his own evil twin was generally applauded. How lucky.

Deltasong had been slated to appear in a third Engineer picture, but died before filming had started.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Pendha Duck was a very dedicated cleric of the holy Luck Trinity, and a devout follow of Lady Luck. Having inherited a strain of very unusual and potent magic from his mother’s side, and being absurdly lazy by default, Delta’s sorcery was never something that he fully trained to use or understand despite attending a prestigious magical school on the bequest of his late father. In a strange way he seemed appalled at the idea of study, it being a form of work, which he often claimed to be 'against his religion'. However, in recent times things have been going… wrong, in Einquell. The magic which had so unfailingly supported his free-falling style of life in acts of varyingly miraculous luck suddenly became much more unpredictable, and even appeared to turn against him on one especially dire occasion wherein he was supposed to have died. Certain related events caused the vain goose to take to hiding his face (with significant reluctance), and indeed to hiding his entire identity under the guise of Alibi Miohn-Rhouls. A talented actor, this was no difficult task; even his own family have no idea what has become of their white feathered black-sheep, and if Deltasong didn’t have such a notoriety for selfishness one might suppose that this is on purpose for their own benefit...

Now driven to taking the world, and his severe lack of hit points, a little more seriously, Delta is searching for answers to questions that he doesn’t even know how to ask. If there is one thing in the world he desires it is a friend to help him do so- or at least to hand him a health potion when it all goes wrong again.

## Shenanigans

Deltasong Danger (and the largely accepted fact of his demise) is mentioned in various games, but most notably is revealed to be **Alibi Miohn-Rouls** at the end of the 12FPS featuring Sunny.

Now very much revealed to be who he really is, (especially after losing his nose accidentally while in public talking to Doc Acne in *What's Up? Doc!*) Delta is trying out new disguises and personas to further evade the Hyukuza. In *All Washed Up* he appears as **Dougan**, a lackadaisical surfing dog, who winds up helping a trio of strangers survive and escape a hidden Hyukuza base. In *Get A Horse!* He appears as **Seamus Ahlwais**, a rather sanguine rabbit in the market for a good getaway vehicle and travelling companion. He meets Bob, and helps both him and Rad thwart the double-headed scarecrow 'Chess and Checkers', but again his disguise is blown by the fact that Bob, as a Nobody, does not abide to the usual toon rules of accepting changed appearances, and sees through his disguise. Seamus threatens him to remain silent as the consequences will be dire, but gives little explanation other than this before he rides off on his new friend, Watt the horse. Despite this he does send Bob money to buy the Engineer an animus present on his behalf, as Bob stated the fact that he was missed.

In *Blind Luck*, stung by a short argument with Watt about trusting others, Deltasong creates a new personality as **Brock O'Lea**, a blind and very helpful badger. Created with the intent of proving that people will simply take advantage of you, Delta is variously proven wrong and run ragged by solving problems in the town of *Yadda Yadda* with Blink Lightly. Overlapping with this are the events of *Face to Face*, where Bisig unknowingly encounters her former friend 'Dougan' as Seamus, Brock, and finally Alibi, their respective journeys coinciding at various points as they make their way to Ghibli. Wishing to visit a local temple, the two are confronted by an Otoroshi, who declares that 'Alibi' is a liar and is therefore unworthy to enter this sacred place, before revealing his disguise to Bisig.

'Following' this game there was a unique fps, *Birds of a Feather*, set more than a year ago in a flashback to when Deltasong and Sally Forth attended and excruciatingly boring party. Being already acquainted as members of prestigious families (and therefore required to attend such events, whether or not they wished to), the two joined forces and thwarted various obstacles before beating a hasty retreat to a much more lively and toonkind friendly establishment, *The First Drafthouse.*

Back to the future, the long awaited collision of the 'Luck Trio' occurred in *A Chance Encounter*. Lucky Jack, Mersel and 'Alibi' ran into each other at a funfair- Delta having resumed the identity of the laconic fox having run as far afield as Ghibli, where the Hyukuza rarely venture. The trio, after some initial competitiveness and suspicion, quickly get along famously. Delta is particularly reminded of two of his cousins, and despite his wariness finds himself enjoying the company of these two Luck Trinity related magic users so entirely that he forgets to be careful about replacing his hood (after having been transformed into an actual fox). When the transformation wears off his identity is revealed, and a fight is just barely avoided. The trio are now bound by a very hefty secret, but Mersel and Jack accept his reasons for staying 'dead' surprisingly easily, and as with many toons Delta finds it simpler to just go with the flow, and- as ever- to trust his luck. After this Sel and Alibi reunite in *Sel-Eepover Shenanigans* for... well, a sleep over. Delta is the one who does most of the sleeping, while Sel and and the newly acquired familiar Cloverwyrm have to deal with some uninvited guests. After this, Alibi decided he hadn't caused enough misery for the stall vendors at the fair so returned and encountered Tobias and Primrose in *Fair Play*, wherein another of those pesky rogue transfiguration spell sheets turned the trio into toys! Various mishaps ensued before they eventually gave poor Sham yet another horrible day, and while Tobias has some suspicions Delta's rolls were better than Mod's roleplaying, so he doesn't know who he really met... yet.

(Owing to real life time the chronology of this gets a bit wonky) Sketchy Situation resumed- back before any of this with a still wonderfully low HP level five version of Alibi- and in part two 'Operation Greasy Seagull' saw our haphazard heisters attempting to retrieve Charlie and Elle, who had been kidnapped at the end of part one. They succeed in obtaining the child, but lose Vincent in the process. Part three almost promised to be as disastrous as the first two, with flaring tempers and dire rolls threatening to expose the whole group while they investigated and infiltrated the HQ where Charlie and Vin had been taken to, but somehow the rule of threes played out and the group finally successfully steal something- namely, the two goobers who hired them in the first place.

In *"Who Framed Alibi Miohn-Rouls?*" we meet a brand new duo, Griffin Left and Ida, whose services are required by Alibi when he is arrested on suspicion of a crime committed within the temple of Hont-Oni. Before he can trust them to be his legal representatives, however, he decides to test them by asking them to deduce what he was actually doing on the night of the crime, refusing to tell them himself. Eventually, after much investigating and talking to locals, they return having accurately figured out what, or rather who, his 'alibi' is, but as he suspected all of the evidence they produce to prove it is circumstantial or coincidence. He explains that, as they cannot prove his alibi in a court of law, they will have to find out who actually committed the crime instead... fortunately things work out for the best, and Alibi's identity is protected alongside a (rarely) deserved Not Guilty verdict.

*Geritheatrics* saw the debut of Isaspella's new player, Breaks, as Alibi and Spella ran a 'heist' in a recently deceased wizard's room... in a retirement home. The staff didn't seem to mind this morally ambiguous quest too much and the luck gods ran amuck with some incredible dice rolls and coincidences. This little escapade also appears to have rebalanced their relationship to a neutral standing. *Libraries are for Research* was a happy, if short, reunion for Lucky Jack and Alibi, who attempted to figure out some of Delta's spells: owing to its lackadaisical nature (and that of the sorcerer), Delta has never been too certain of the details. Continuing to let Watt lead the way, the traveller finally came to a semi-permenant stop at the infamous Ramshack based in Bottomless Heighters, and made quite an impression on the owner in *Dis Guise a Lie Ability*. Now a somewhat spontaneous tennant of the gravel-voiced host, it seems that at least *some* of his wishes are still coming true, as while he is still seperated from his original family Alibi is at least assured good company and a roof over his head for Animas.

A portrait of Deltasong Danger commissioned some years ago.A photograph Deltasong Danger and Wudlig Don Vrake taken while the professor was researching ruins in the Warne Desert.Model sheet for Deltasong (note- the original colour of the coat, which Delta often changes via prestidigitation to suit his latest look)Wanted poster- these were put up after Delta's disappearance by his wealthy uncle, who to this day refuses to accept his death.Isaspella Booke and Deltasong Danger during their college days.The transformation between Alibi and Delta- simple but effective.'Dougan''Seamus'title card for Get a Horse! featuring Bob, Rad and SeamusSeamus meeting Watt, an unfinished rubberhose horse.Character reference sheet for Watt the horse.Doc Acne and Alibi catching up during 'What's up? Doc!'Poster for the movie The Good the Bad and the Lucky (art by Gwin) which Delta starred inDeltasong and Watt making deliveries (as an excuse to get out of town...) at animasA touching moment between Sunny and Delta shortly after his reveal (art by Cel)Deltasong Danger in formal clothing (art by Gwin)Deltasong Danger in formal clothing (default colour scheme)Deltasong Danger in formal clothing (colour variants)Deltasong having to bid farewell to Alibi as a persona was a complicated affair.Brock O'Lea (muppetborn persona of Deltasgon Danger)An explanation on Delta's creation of Brock (pettiness can be inspiring)Deltasong Danger and Sally Forth in formal wearLady Luck: Goddess, and Doggess. She has a habit of favouring Deltasong (whose mother was a devout cleric of her order) which perhaps accounts for how many nat 20s he gets.Lady Luck: sometimes referred to as Lalu.Delta, Mersel and Jack have a great deal more in common than was initially supposed.Lucky Jack and Alibi bonding over Mersel's misfortuneThe (very beautiful) Cloverwyrm summoning pin Delta won from Chance Encounter (art by Whirl)Cloverwyrm; a mysterious creature familiar that Delta can now summon using the ribbon-bow pin.Delta, or Alibi, having been transformed into an actual fox.Delta/Alibi in fox form: colour versionDelta's new look; a year of wearing a hood will change your hair somewhat.Deltasong post redesign, with an extra nod to Alibi...Alibi and the spirit locks that appeared in part one of Who Framed Alibi Miohn-RoulsAlibi in the detention centre doing his best to look as innocent as he is (he actually is)the performance of Swansong/title card of Who Framed Alibi Miohn-RoulsCygnorita Swansong- this dame gets Alibi into a lot of trouble.Fenry Hastel- a high energy husky created as an alternative to Alibi during Sketchy Situation.Sunny and Alibi (I am an idiot and didn't save who drew this but I love it)