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From:

electricflock

[he doesn't NEED help sitting down, but muffin's at his side, ready to assist! ...and ready to nestle himself under his wing as soon as the chance presents itself]

It was a great first go. You powered through! Other people would have stopped at hopping and flapping.

From:

finalbows

Ah... You're too sweet.

_{[ he's more tense being touched, post-flight; the usual very-orchestrated ways he'll beckon or greet cuddles are absent. That breathless feeling of high adrenaline and fast-prancing heartbeat... ugh. Right now, the transition from active to normal makes him feel extra unseemly, and any other presence beside him makes that feeling louder.

His wings are still held wide. Once they've got him sitting, he pats Muffin's upper arm in a 'need a lil space' gesture, and says, ]}

Give me... Just a second?

Edited Date: 2023-11-26 05:47 pm (UTC)

From:

electricflock

[muffin's the opposite, he gets clingier and touchier the more excited he is, but he obeys without complaint. he chirps a small acknowledgement and hops away]

Okay! I'm going to do some cooldown stretches.

From:

finalbows

Be my guest.

_{[ he's certainly not going to complain about that. ]}

From:

electricflock

[he faces away or to the side to give angel devil a veil of privacy, but he's not unaware he's being watched. his tail flicks and curls shyly around his feet, and there's some flexes that aren't entirely useful for stretching his wings.]

From:

finalbows

_{[ ~~🎵 ]}

From:

finalbows

_{[ he takes the chance to sneak out his compact, casting plenty of lingering stray glances while making sure he's looking a good kind of windswept. there's a little plastic click when he closes it. ]}

From:

finalbows

_{[ ...after he gives it some time, he's feeling a lot better. more together. less animal. he catches one of those particularly showy stretches...

whistles appreciatively at him~ ]}

Edited Date: 2023-11-26 07:04 pm (UTC)

From:

electricflock

[JUMPS— his ears had been strained to every click and rustle behind him —and laughs over his shoulder and pushes the pose, flaring his wings wide to show those off too]

All rested?

From:

finalbows

_{[ his wings fold up primly, as he rises up again to his feet. ]}

Quite.

_{[ he finally really takes in how close they got to the lakeside. It looks much more bare than their last visit; the shapes taking clearer form as all abundance of flora and fauna has receded.

Which means crunchy leaves... he meanders over to Muffin, but stops to nab one that's been left as a skeletal imprint of its old self; a delicate lattice of dry gray veins on a stem. ]}

From:

electricflock

[turns to face him, shaking out his own wings and folding them shut. chirps!]

Find something?

From:

finalbows

_{[ holds it up and gently spins it for him to see. ]}

...Nothing special. But it's interesting. Look, see? You can see the whole structure that supports it when it's alive...

From:

electricflock

[whistles, ooh!]

Is like a piece of nature-made lace.

From:

finalbows

...Even if it's going to be tougher for us...

It's sort of comforting, isn't it? With all the strange powers and demons at work around here... it's a relief to see time mark its passing beyond just our minds, and what we add to what's here.

From:

electricflock

[he gives the leaf a second look, examining it in that new light instead of as a simple pretty object. when he looks back to angel devil, the feathers in his hair and in his half-shift's ruff all fluff up unconsciously. fondly! quetzal is so smart and thoughtful...!]

Is, looking at it like that. Is so much happening all the time, but there's a whole world past us. Is still moving. Whole cycle still turning.

From:

finalbows

_{[ sees the ruffles...

he gently reaches out to pet them. ]}

Where I was-- well, I've known a few places where that's not the case. And I really would always choose... ...this. Change, seasons... If I was told, take one, or the other.

...

Though... We'll see if I'm still singing that tune if our poor pretty lake ices over, hahahahah...

From:

electricflock

[purrs and fluffs up even MORE]

Have lived in places with seasons, but never anywhere that gets that cold... Could ice skate. Is that a real thing?

Edited Date: 2023-11-27 12:09 am (UTC)

From:

finalbows

It's a real thing! Actually, I think I remember... back around Esto Gaza... the locals would make special footwear to do it using metal or animal bones. It was cold year-round on that whole continent, so in some places... there would always be water with ice.

From:

electricflock

[chatters, bones??]

It sounds so slippery! Must work if they do it, but I would have to use all my claws and tail not to fall over.

From:

finalbows

Right~? I've never really tried it, myself... but...

_{[ he makes the skeletal leaf float above the palm of his hand. ]}

...hmhmhm... What do you think? With a little insurance from your favorite sorcerous Rose... maybe it won't be too scary~?

From:

electricflock

[carefully... carefully... QUICKLY waves his fingers through the space between the leaf and angie's hand]

Maybe...! Would be safer than any helmet, shield, or training wheels.

From:

finalbows

I'll be carrying precious cargo, after all.

You'll only fall if we'll have fun~.

Edited Date: 2023-11-27 01:35 am (UTC)

From:

electricflock

[pfft, chitters]

That's safety I can trust!

From:

finalbows

From:

finalbows

_{[ looks out at the water, again, still fiddling with the leaf. ]}

...

Muffin, I have a question~. Maybe it'll sound a little odd, but would you hear it all the way through?