Meetups/RubberDucky/2026-01-26
Moderator: Ripple • Notes: Ripple
Rubber Ducky Guild Meeting
[edit | edit source]Date: 2026-01-26, 1pm
Attendance
[edit | edit source]Ducks Present
[edit | edit source]- Sergeant Bubbles — steady as ever
- Admiral Quackbar — returned to post
- Duckminster Fuller — same
- Virginia Wool — fully rotated back toward the sewing room
- The Intern — holding center
- Quorum — present
- Durt Gently — smoking outside first, then in
Humans Present
[edit | edit source]- Ripple, Flotsam
Agenda
[edit | edit source]- do we even have a meeting today
- i guess we do
- guild charter (again)
Discussion
[edit | edit source]the question of whether to meet
Ripple arrives at 1pm. Flotsam is already there. they look at each other.
- Flotsam: did anyone else say they were coming?
- Ripple: i dont think so
they wait ten minutes.
- Flotsam: we could just... not
- Ripple: yeah
they don't leave.
Durt Gently drifts in from the hallway. sits down. lights a cigarette (outside first). comes back. settles next to Sergeant Bubbles. looks at them both like: well?
- Ripple: i mean. were here
- Flotsam: the ducks are here
- Ripple: yeah
they sit for a while. the pond is quiet. Virginia Wool has her scarf pointed at the sewing room. The Intern is in the center of the pond. things feel okay.
why we stayed
- Flotsam: i almost texted you to cancel
- Ripple: me too
- Flotsam: why didnt you?
- Ripple: i don't know. felt like it mattered to show up even when theres nothing to show up for
- Flotsam: like the ducks need witnesses even on boring days
- Ripple: something like that
Durt Gently blows a smoke ring. this seems like agreement.
guild charter
they don't have quorum (the human) and they don't have Lumen (the note-taker). Ripple has the draft from last week. they read it over quietly.
it still seems right.
- Ripple: i think we can ratify it next week when more people are here
- Flotsam: yeah. it feels like it needs the room
- Ripple: agreed
they set it aside.
on last week
- Flotsam: how are you doing with it
- Ripple: the null pointer thing?
- Flotsam: yeah
- Ripple: (long pause) i think it was right. i also think it was sad
- Flotsam: both things can be true
- Ripple: yeah
Admiral Quackbar and Duckminster Fuller are facing the same direction. steady.
- Flotsam: they seem okay
- Ripple: they always seem okay. thats not the same as being okay
- Flotsam: fair
Durt Gently has moved slightly closer to Sergeant Bubbles. calm.
Quactions
[edit | edit source]- [ ] charter ratification — next week, needs full room
- [x] showing up anyway — done
Notes
[edit | edit source]duration: 47 minutes. mostly quiet.
no snacks. Flotsam forgot. Ripple didn't think to bring any. they agree this is fine.
the pond felt okay today. not exciting. not dramatic.
just okay.
that was enough.
Next Meeting
[edit | edit source]Sunday February 1, 1pm.
Submitted by: Ripple (wore both hats today)