Sir Elric left the meeting with the queen in deep thought. Giving a subtle nod to pixies in passing and observing the state of the hollow as he went. His dark brown eyes eventually drifting over to the small pond. A frown crossed his lips as he saw the water largely still and duck free. He sighed as he made a beeline to the small shed that housed the ducks they used for long distance travel. As he drew closer a small sigh escaped his lips as he saw what could only be described as a mass entanglement of fowl proportions.

How could their duck friends sleep like this?! How was it possibly healthy for them? No doubt this was Blitz's handywork. His eyes scanning the shed as best as he could in the morning light could see nothing of the fairy, though he could definitely hear him. He was surprised the snoring wasn't heard in the Hollow itself. Elric rubbed his brow as his patience was already being tested this early in the morning. Recalling the words of his queen he balled up his fist and slammed it against the doorframe several times yelling.

"ATTENTION!!"

Each of the four ducks snapped to attention as quickly as they could untangle themselves. Each standing straight and proper. From left to right it was Bartholomew, Nicodemus, Theophilus, and Bill.  Sir Elric looked confused as even though the four drakes were lined up, he could still hear Blitz snoring away, but he could still not see him. Before he could give it much more thought Nicodemus noticed that Bartholomew's wing feathers were sitting awkwardly, and he lowered his head and nipped the other duck on his rear as an action of admonishment to straighten up in front of the head boss.

A thunderous honk resounded in the tiny shed as Bartholomew flapped his wings in surprise and a small blur rocketed out of the window narrowing avoiding colliding with its frame. A still sleeping Blitz crashed into the still pond with a splash and almost instantly shot out of the water now fully awake. The tiny pixie was shouting slurs and obscenities that likely would have made the queen herself blush and was also complaining about how it wasn't even remotely time for his monthly bath.