Yes, my friends, the Madhouse has been realived simply for the sake of Gerald.

More specifically, to warn you about Gerald. 

For Gerald is coming.

You're next.

But who is Gerald, I hear you asking?

Well.

Gerald is....Gerald.

Gerald is a white Pekin duck. Upon first glance, you will assume Gerald a very ordinary duck. He is the right size, the right shape, the right colour... But if you watch him for more than a split second, you will notice something most definitely wrong with Gerald.

What exactly is wrong with Gerald?

Allow me to explain: there is something wrong Gerald's diet. You see, Gerald is a very picky eater. There are only two things in this entire world that Gerald will eat.

What are those two things?

Cookies...

and people.

Yes, people. Gerald is a man-eating duck.

But let me tell you about Gerald's way of eating people. Once Gerald decides a person is going to become his next breakfast, he will hunt them down ceaselessly, relentlessly, until he has the very individual he wants. He will not eat anything else  until he has consumed that person.

Let's use Gerald's previous target as an example: Kiti. Kiti Ikari, that tiny little purple-haired Miqo'te with the giant sword and anxiety issues. Yes, her. There's a reason she isn't in the sequel to the FFXIV story.

That reason is Gerald.

Kiti is a very self-conscious person, so when she discovered that Gerald was hunting her, she didn't tell anybody, because she knew how utterly insane she would sound (a mistake on her part, because if you know the characters in the stories that exist here, you would know it's not even close to the craziest thing that goes on here). So nobody knew Gerald was trying to eat her.

It all went down on one very specific, lovely day: the day of Sarah and Thancred's wedding. Gerald waltzed on up whilst Kiti was having a grand old time at her best friend's wedding. Nobody stopped Gerald, because they didn't know it was Gerald. He was assumed to be any old duck.

And so Gerald walked right up behind Kiti, and he quacked once. It was a very menacing quacking sound. Kiti turned around, and she saw Gerald. She screamed.

Gerald ate her in one bite.

Way to ruin the party, Gerald.

Anyway, then everybody there tried to catch Gerald and seek vengeance for Kiti, but Gerald is a slippery little fish. He escaped unscathed.

And now, he's after you.

So run, my friend. Run while you still can.