distressedude | 020 ~ [Voice]

[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...

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[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.]

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That's true. Though I'm not really sure what there is to be healed. The feathers that have fallen out don't seem to leave a space behind... it's as though there's just no room for them anymore.

...How strange. Perhaps you are molting, though this should be much too early into the year.

To be honest, I wasn't aware our wings molted at all. I've never had something like this happen before...

Is that so? I was assuming because of birds, but... Unless the local molting cycle is spread over multiple years...

That's a possibility. I don't think it'd be very safe for them to lose feathers on a regular basis, since they're so closely tied to someone's life here...

I suppose damaged feathers could still be replaced as necessary along the way...

Edited 2012-01-28 16:48 (UTC)

If that's the case, then it must be what my wings are doing. It would explain why some of the feathers have grown longer, as well.

Were you wings damaged previously? Perhaps longer feathers are sturdier.

Not... recently. [...] But the longer feathers are the only ones that seem unaffected.

Is that so? Do the wings themselves seem bigger?

I'm not sure about the wings themselves, but the feathers are definitely longer than they used to be. Though I'm not sure if that's a change that'd happened quickly, or I just haven't noticed... to be honest, I don't check them as much as I should.

...Have you grown taller, recently? Taller people seems to have longer feathers and wings.

[Geez, that took a long time.]

[He actually has to pause and think about this, mostly because it's not the kind of thing Ion pays attention to.]

Not enough for it to make a noticeable difference... but I am still growing.

That would explain the wings, along with the fact that you felt sick.

[Having all the terrible puberty flashbacks here.]

...what do you mean?

[What would growing have to do with him feeling ill? Now this is just getting more confusing!]

Growth spurts can lead to aches and illness, while your body adjusts to its new size. That must also include the wings, even if they were not originally part of our bodies.

Really? I've never heard of that... but now that I think about it, it would explain a few things... [Maybe that's why he's been feeling sick so much lately!]

[...well, no, his immune system also just kind of sucks. But it explains the wings, okay.]

Never? You'd think that the white mage equivalent in your world would have warned you. It's not always the most pleasant period in one's life...

[Lucky Ion, reaching it at such a young, innocent age!]

Warned...? Is it really something so serious? Wings aside, it doesn't seem too bad...

[Just growing taller and feeling a little achey didn't seem like that big a deal!]

[...can you tell he knows like nothing about this yet?]

It is serious, though not in a dangerous way. Still, the change in your voice will be embarrassing at first, and you might not recognize yourself in the mirror after some time...

[Thank goodness he's already raised a teenage boy. He knows what to do and say! ...Mostly.]

[Plus, nothing he could say would be worse than how Asch explained things... poor Asch.]

Not even recognize myself? And changes likes these are... normal?

[Poor Asch indeed. The prickly ones are always the most sensitive about it~]

They are. Children becoming adults takes great steps, after all.

I guess it's not something I ever considered... ah, that probably sounds a bit strange, doesn't it?

["Growing up" had always been the least of his concerns, both here and on Auldrant, after all.]

Not necessarily. It merely means that you were content as you were. Not everyone looks forward to that sort of future.

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