Yakko wasn't sure what happened to the bank, or theatre, since the incident. Oh there were some details here or there, but it was still unclear. He heard it was turned into something else. He missed the name, but he could have sworn it was done as a mockery to Duu's name.
He turned his thoughts to what Duu told him, about him and his siblings being the true owner of Warner Studios. He had some doubts in his mind. How was Duu certain they were the owners? Wouldn't have Plotz told them? Sure, the studios could have been named after them, but it was just as likely that they, the Warners, were named after the studio.
Yakko decided not to pursue this further. He had no real desire to control the studio. What could he do with it? And why would he want it? He'd seen what all that work and responsibility did to Plotz. The guy was a short fuse waiting to blow. Yakko didn't want that to happen to him and his siblings.
Wakko made a full recovery. It took a couple of weeks, which felt like years to them. It was a sigh of relief when they work up one day and found Wakko able to walk on his own without too much trouble. His feet did scar, but the doctor said they should fade away and that they weren't permanent.
Things had gone back to normal, for the most part, for the Warners. They were back to their usual pranking, joking, romping around, having a blast. They rarely spoke of the incident with Duu. In fact, they hardly mentioned him at all.
That was the way the Warners lived. Hardly living in the past, looking forward to the future. It wasn't that they didn't understand the impact of what happened. They just knew when to let go and move on.
But unbeknownst to Dot or Wakko, there were times where Yakko would sit off by himself and ponder about Duu. On these days, Yakko would shift back to his more depressed state he had been in for a while. The sight of pencils doesn't frighten him anymore; they merely reminded him of Duu. He silently wished that things would have been different.
Seeing Duu die, him being the same species as the Warners, it was like watching himself, Dot, or Wakko die. That was what had scared him the most about his demise. And everytime he remembered Duu's death, he sometimes, subconsciously, included Dot or Wakko in the scene, causing him anguish.
He shook his head. He couldn't think about that now. Tomorrow was a new day. He shouldn't dwell on the past. He should do what the Warners have always done.
Move forward.
And that is what he did.
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Author's Note: And that's the end of Running Around In Circles, my first Animaniacs fanfic.
I do want to offer an apology on one thing. I did have an explanation for why they didn't use their toon powers to protect themselves from Duu, but unfortunately, I don't remember what that was. Again, I apologize.