![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
[both are still a wonderful departure from muffin's usual "keep punching the air with your wings so you don't fall"]
Yeah! The lighthouse has best view here.
Yeah! The lighthouse has best view here.
Edited 2023-09-21 22:49 (UTC)
[ then fuck yeah, they're going up to the top of the lighthouse.
The Genome gets quieter, concentrating, as he takes them up-- but he's clearly trying to play it off like he's not having to work all that hard, too, if Muffin catches his eye. He's not as good at veils as he one day will be.
...they soon land in the chamber with the lamp. I always imagine it as having an open wall or something but who knows?? Idk a window was open!! ]
...Haa-ah. No wonder it's the best view in town, it is cer-tain-ly the tallest.
The Genome gets quieter, concentrating, as he takes them up-- but he's clearly trying to play it off like he's not having to work all that hard, too, if Muffin catches his eye. He's not as good at veils as he one day will be.
...they soon land in the chamber with the lamp. I always imagine it as having an open wall or something but who knows?? Idk a window was open!! ]
...Haa-ah. No wonder it's the best view in town, it is cer-tain-ly the tallest.
Edited 2023-09-21 23:04 (UTC)
[muffin chitters happily, swinging their hands— good job!—before letting go to go look out the window]
And you got us up here so fast! I can't imagine having to climb the stairs to get up here.
And you got us up here so fast! I can't imagine having to climb the stairs to get up here.
Didn't I tell you I don't wanna do anything boring? I'd take a baking hot summer rooftop over that.
[ swing, swing, swing~. his gloveless hand is rougher right now, but still one belonging to a wizard who refuses at all times to carry a weapon. he's also much more reciprocative about touch than usual; he keeps them swinging as much as Muffin.
he looks at the lighthouse with interested eyes-- he expected magic or fire, but it seems to have a completely foreign mechanism... ]
How does this thing work, anyway? Is it magic, and I just can't tell?
[ swing, swing, swing~. his gloveless hand is rougher right now, but still one belonging to a wizard who refuses at all times to carry a weapon. he's also much more reciprocative about touch than usual; he keeps them swinging as much as Muffin.
he looks at the lighthouse with interested eyes-- he expected magic or fire, but it seems to have a completely foreign mechanism... ]
How does this thing work, anyway? Is it magic, and I just can't tell?
The rooftop was nice.
[chitters, don't lie, and bops back over to look at the lamp. tap tap tap on the glass.]
Have never looked at it before. Is it electric?
[chitters, don't lie, and bops back over to look at the lamp. tap tap tap on the glass.]
Have never looked at it before. Is it electric?
The rooftop was cute and I was four and had never seen stars before. Now I'm old~~. My tastes are more complex. Everybody's palate changes with time.
...electric, huh~... That means that nice gryphon boy I'm gonma be brewing up a thunderstorm for could make it work, right?
...electric, huh~... That means that nice gryphon boy I'm gonma be brewing up a thunderstorm for could make it work, right?
Like I said, nice.
[hops onto one foot, physically rebalancing the mental whiplash of four!?? to being charmed into a favor]
Um, he could.
[hops onto one foot, physically rebalancing the mental whiplash of four!?? to being charmed into a favor]
Um, he could.
I'm going to turn it on anyways, but you could ask.
[ the hand holding his turns into two arms coiled around his. He lays his head lightly on Muffin's shoulder, which is a move that definitely makes him have to stoop.
This close, he clearly smells like make-up powder, and really expensive soap. Red's not selling something like that for smiles and flower petals. ]
Pretty please?
This close, he clearly smells like make-up powder, and really expensive soap. Red's not selling something like that for smiles and flower petals. ]
Pretty please?
I can't say no to such a pretty please.
[turns his face to kiss mini-Angel Devil on top of his head, laughing playfully]
Will turn it on just for you.
[turns his face to kiss mini-Angel Devil on top of his head, laughing playfully]
Will turn it on just for you.
[doesn't pull his hand away]
You're going to want to look away. Will hurt your eyes being this close to bulb.
You're going to want to look away. Will hurt your eyes being this close to bulb.
[chitters, reaching up to tug one of those red locks while his eyes are covered]
A bulb this big will. Not as hot as a fire though, do want it to make more light than heat.
A bulb this big will. Not as hot as a fire though, do want it to make more light than heat.
Do you want to try? Don’t know Holy, but is at least partly a magic light.
[meanwhile, muffin’s reaching out with his free hand to touch the glass. he has to concentrate here— he doesn’t zap the bulb directly, but reaches his senses out for the wiring to feed his lightning through to the filament.]
[meanwhile, muffin’s reaching out with his free hand to touch the glass. he has to concentrate here— he doesn’t zap the bulb directly, but reaches his senses out for the wiring to feed his lightning through to the filament.]
Am only heating the filament, so this is lighthouse’s normal color. But if you want…
[a massive, blazing light. a brightness burning without color.
the light dims slightly, and. angie’s shadow is backlit by a faint purple corona]
[a massive, blazing light. a brightness burning without color.
the light dims slightly, and. angie’s shadow is backlit by a faint purple corona]
Oh! Lookit that! That's a cute splash of color!
[ he's so fawning like this... like a familiar drink, filled with a whole bunch of an unfamiliar kind of sugar. ]
Heh, heh, heh. I like purple a lot. It's a color of nobility, so I'm told... what do you think? Do I look good with such a crown?
[ he's so fawning like this... like a familiar drink, filled with a whole bunch of an unfamiliar kind of sugar. ]
Heh, heh, heh. I like purple a lot. It's a color of nobility, so I'm told... what do you think? Do I look good with such a crown?
[the corona’s light flares up, flickering together with muffin’s chittering. he likes the sweetness.]
Is very stylish. Any rich man can get gold, not everyone can get lightning.
[though muffin does prefer a feathery crest to a crown]
Is very stylish. Any rich man can get gold, not everyone can get lightning.
[though muffin does prefer a feathery crest to a crown]
Only have to watch out for gryphons messing with power surges. That part not so heavenly.
[he's only one catbird and that's a big bulb, so after another minute or so he lets the lighthouse turn off. the charge he freed for the corona lingers on a little longer, glowing like ghostly candleflames on the points of the roof and the edge of the railing]
[he's only one catbird and that's a big bulb, so after another minute or so he lets the lighthouse turn off. the charge he freed for the corona lingers on a little longer, glowing like ghostly candleflames on the points of the roof and the edge of the railing]
[ he watches it until the last, knowing it's not an experience he'll soon have the chance to repeat. then... he stalks over to the bulb, too. he holds a hand some few centimeters from it, looks over at Muffin, and purrs, ]
My turn.
[ the light of Holy running through the bulb isn't all that different in appearance from its baseline, ultimately. Holy is pure and cleansing, after all.
But...
There might be...
The faintest hue of blue to it, too.
...he doesn't hold it as long. This isn't quite the conduit this sort of power is meant for.
The curling shadow of the Genome's tail can be seen as the light shines, though it can't currently be seen by the naked eye. ]
My turn.
[ the light of Holy running through the bulb isn't all that different in appearance from its baseline, ultimately. Holy is pure and cleansing, after all.
But...
There might be...
The faintest hue of blue to it, too.
...he doesn't hold it as long. This isn't quite the conduit this sort of power is meant for.
The curling shadow of the Genome's tail can be seen as the light shines, though it can't currently be seen by the naked eye. ]
[whistles softly, gazing at the cast light and its brush of blue as if entranced. he’s familiar with many elements, like Fire, Ice, Mind, Lightning, and so on, but Holy isn’t one he’s ever seen before. he’s never felt energy with that kind of clarity before.]
Pretty…!
Pretty…!
Page 5 of 30