020 ~ [Voice]

[distressedude]

[Save perhaps Sync's recent arrival, Ion hasn't been as stressed as he has been these past few months. The lack of experiments has made for a nice change of pace, though he's been refraining from saying as much. Just in case the Malnosso suddenly feel like putting an end to this little break... but it's that lack of stress that makes this new condition of his all the more mysterious. Losing a few feathers when he was sick wasn't entirely uncommon for him, and he had been feeling rather under the weather these past few days, but... well.]

Perhaps this is a bit of an odd question, but has anyone ever had their wings suddenly [...] change? Aside from just the color.

[Glancing over his shoulder. He has his wings folded behind his back so they don't appear in the journal-window. Usually they weren't out at all... which is mostly why he's only now noticing the change.]

Though I guess the color would apply as well, in this case...

[...]

[What, they don't really teach about filial puberty in school! At least, if they did, it was probably one of those days Ion when was out sick. Which is a lot. Though someone Ion's age probably should have already lost most of the fluffy feathers on his wings...... he's a late bloomer, okay.]

Comments

[tsuntrader]

[... ...Alright, he'll bite. He can kind of guess at just what kind of change this guy's talking about as is.] What kinda change?

[distressedude]

The feathers look a little different from how they usually are, and I think a few of them are starting to fall out. Though, only just the smaller, softer ones...

[tsuntrader]

Birds start out with smaller, fluffier feathers, and as they mature, they lose their baby feathers and gain proper ones that let them fly.

It's probably the same thing.

[voice]

[paladinlost]

I've not heard of any changes beyond their color before. Are they causing you pain?

[He doesn't sound in pain, but better safe than sorry.]

[voice]

[distressedude]

There isn't any pain, no, but a few of them have fallen out and it's left me feeling a bit tired. I've been feeling under the weather for a few days, so I thought it might have just been because of that, but...

[voice]

[paladinlost]

I doubt they'd normally molt at this time of the year... Have you changed your routine recently? It could be a reaction to your sleeping patterns or meal times.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

Change? How did they change?

[This is like texting someone from the next room.]

[voice]

[distressedude]

When I woke up this morning, I noticed a few of the softer feathers were starting to fall out. Some of them look a bit longer than they used to be, and even the color has changed a little.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

It might just be...

May I see them?

[moehealer]

[Say whaaaa? This is the first Yellow's heard of something like this! (Clearly she still needs to read the guide but..)]

What do you mean?

[distressedude]

[Ion hasn't read the guide in far too long, obviously. And he may have sped through this section a little too quickly.]

A few of the feathers have gotten a bit longer, and the softer ones seem to be falling out. The color changed a little as well, and I know that tends to be a normal occurrence, but... I haven't heard of the feathers suddenly changing.

[moehealer]

[Clearly they both need to read it thoroughly then...]

Really? That's weird... I've never heard of anything like that before. [..well... actually...] I think that happens with bird Pokémon from back at home though.

[voice]

[seleniahymn]

[Unlike Nephry, Tear isn't in the next room over when she hears this message.]

How much have they changed?

[voice]

[distressedude]

A few of the softer feathers have started falling out, and some of the others have started getting longer.

That and the colors used to be a little uneven ever since [...] what happened during the last draft. But now it looks like they've both become darker.

[voice]

[seleniahymn]

Longer... but to what degree? [She hadn't really noticed the uneven colouring at that time, given her own health then. Ion also had the habit of hiding his wings since then therefore there was little opportunity for her to truly notice the changes.]

[Voice]

[its_rose_damnit]

[Dist takes a moment to read up on the other replies before making his own comment, though someone else seemed to have addressed his main concern. If the feathers seemingly molting didn't cause any outstanding physical strain on Ion, then there was no immediate cause for alarm. Still...if the problem persisted to a level where it did cause harm...]

Fon Master, are you within the house at this moment?

[Voice]

[distressedude]

Yes, I'm in my room right now...

[He doesn't need to ask why, but at the same time, he can't help but worry about what that one man said about it possibly being contagious... with how closely they were tied to someone's life here, a wing-illness seemed much more serious than passing on a cold or the flu!]

[Voice]

[dissonates]

[...oh, good grief. He really must be ridiculously bored to even think of addressing this...]

How old are you now, Fon Master?

[And if you say something replica-related like "4" you might get a journal slam.]

[Voice]

[distressedude]

I'm 15... why?

[personafalsify]

... Ion, are you okay? [ Because he only knows feathers falling out in the context of bad things. ]

[distressedude]

I feel okay. I've had a bit of a cold for the past few days, but when I went in to the clinic, they said it was nothing serious... [But now he is all kinds of unsure.]

[voice] DO I WIN YET

[presumablyalone]

Our wings can change? [This is news to him]

[voice] LET THE MOE BEGIN

[distressedude]

I've heard some people have had the color of their wings change in the past, but there doesn't seem to be any reason behind it. Though, this doesn't seem to be quite the same thing...

[action]

[failguardian]

[SCREW THE JOURNALS there's gonna be a loli knocking anxiously on the door of your room right now.]

Ion! Are you okay?

[action]

[distressedude]

[And Ion is going to open the door with a smile, because he's fine, just... well, now he's just confused. Plus, he actually has his wings out for once, though only because covering them when they were still so sensitive was uncomfortable.]

Hello, Anise. Did you... see what that entry over the journals?