MidnightTides
Click-Clack
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Nobody knows who Click-Clack belongs to. The Midnight Tides first encountered the toucan shortly after departing Rio de Janeiro. Security assumed he had slipped aboard with the cargo. The kitchen staff blamed the fruit deliveries. The crew expected him to fly away at the next port. He didn't.
Days turned into weeks. Somewhere along the way, the brightly colored bird became a permanent resident of the ship. Now Click-Clack can be found almost anywhere. Perched atop chandeliers in the Celestial Casino. Sneaking through the Garden Deck in search of snacks. Interrupting performances at the Starlight Theater. Napping in potted plants. Sitting on shoulders he was never invited onto.
No lock seems capable of keeping him out. No rule seems capable of slowing him down. No one has ever managed to explain how he repeatedly finds his way into restricted areas.
His greatest talents include stealing shiny objects, causing minor disasters, and appearing exactly where he shouldn't be. Jewelry, pens, room keys, casino chips, security badges, decorative buttons. If it sparkles, Click-Clack considers it fair game.
Yet despite the chaos he causes, the crew can't quite bring themselves to dislike him. Passengers adore him. Children chase him. Goldie definitely isn't feeding him. Lykan definitely wishes someone would stop. Asterion has somehow become his favorite person aboard, much to the amusement of the crew and the frustration of the ship's captain. Nobody knows why Click-Clack follows him. The bi
The strangest thing about Click-Clack isn't his habit of stealing things. It's that he always seems to appear when something important is about to happen; a secret meeting, a missing clue, a forgotten keepsake, a lonely passenger. Somehow, sooner or later, the toucan finds his way there. Whether he's causing trouble or helping by accident is still a matter of debate, but either way, one thing is certain. If you hear a sharp click-clack somewhere overhead, it's probably already too late.
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