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[daikonrose]

Good afternoon! This is just a general question and it's not important, but if you had (or actually do have) wings, what would make you want to NOT have wings anymore?

Anyone can feel free to answer, regardless of experience with wings.

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[awooligan]

She never came up

[ughhhh]

I hate it but yeah kind of

[daikonrose]

I WILL GUARD THIS MAGICAL ANIMAL SECRET!



And I won't be weird this time, I promise!

[awooligan]

You're always weird!

You home or what?

[If he waits to say it in person...then he doesn't have to tell her right away. He can put it off. Nice.]

[daikonrose]

Yes, I'm home. We can't trust private messages for something this serious, huh?

[awooligan]

Don't want to leave behind a record

[It's a joke, but it's also true...

At any rate, it isn't long at all before there's the sound of a boy climbing through the window. Not even he can dilly-dally forever.]

[daikonrose]

[ Wow, this is very serious! So serious that when Cliff arrives, Kyoko is sitting patiently at attention on the couch, hands folded and eyes round. There's a little start at the sound, but she quickly calls out. ]

Hello! I'm here!! We can go somewhere more secure if necessary!

[awooligan]

[uhhh... He raises an eyebrow at her.]

I can’t tell if you’re kidding or not...

[Please be kidding... Cliff doesn’t seem to be looking for her to confirm or deny, instead crossing the room to start, uh, slowly pacing. Hrmn. Hrrrmngh!!!]

Ugh, look, okay. This isn’t something I tell people, but Kai and Shinji know, and a bunch of people found out, and it should have been you instead. But even if others know, that doesn’t mean I want that, you know? So you can’t tell anyone.

[daikonrose]

[ There are a couple of confused blinks--why would she be kidding? It's clear that this is a very important secret!

But she watches him pace, and slowly tilts her head to one side as he talks. This... hm. Her brow creases a bit. ]

I won't tell anyone, whatever it is... But you know, if it's just that you feel an obligation to tell me... you're not obligated. Even though Kaito and Shinji and other people know, if telling me too is going to be a regret, then... you can still hold back, you know?

[awooligan]

[He pauses mid-step, looking over with vague surprise before frowning and shifting his wait. His hands find their way to his pockets.]

No, it... I mean, I trust you.

[...It's complicated. If he were to tell anyone, of course she would have been one of the top choices. Why did he have to go and show everyone else instead? She was right in that he didn't have to show her now just because of that, or because of some mysterious force making him... But if anyone should know, it's her. Right? Augh, what a headache.

Oh. Right.]

...You've seen it before anyway.

[Midnight...............

Well. Here he goes. In the place of where the boy had stood as if it had been to waltz in there in the first place now stands a wolf with red-brown fur the same color as Cliff's hair. The eyes are the same, too, and somehow more fitting when hes like this than as a human.]

My fur was different before, though. I was in someone else's body.

rolls back in here a week later, oops

[daikonrose]

[ Oh. Trust, huh?

That feels like a pretty weighty admission on its own, from someone like Cliff. Kyoko's folded hands come up to rest over her chest. She'd better be worthy of it.

There's not much time to wonder what he could possibly mean about that second part-- what has she seen?? when? is she supposed to be remembering something right now???--before there is suddenly a very large dog in her house. ]

... Huh? Ah??

[ ???????? ??? ?

??

She doesn't fully process this development, face staying very still, until the dog speaks up.

The dog? speaks up??

The dog! speaks up?! in Cliff's voice?????

There's a moment in which she leans back, as it hits her, but then just as quickly she's on her feet. ]

Huh?? What? Not--no--M-Midnight-chan?!

the shock was too much

[awooligan]

[She stands and the wolf tenses a little, bracing for an impact he would do everything to avoid, if it were coming. To his relief, Kyoko stays put. His voice still has a defensive edge to it, and there's a moment where he tries to subtly glance around to make sure they're alone still.]

I told you, it wasn't my body! Do not call me Midnight in front of anyone, I'll actually die. Just don't call me that at all.

[daikonrose]

[ Her hands are clapped to her cheeks now, as if she needs to keep her head from departing her body and ascending into the sky. ]

Sorry... but...! [ why did she promise not to be weird about this, oh no, what should she do ]

I was... just way too excited!

[awooligan]

[He told her!!!! She's always weird!]

Why are you excited?!

[god she's SO WEIRD, look, okay, he's a human again, with hands gingerly half-raised like he might need to tame these emotions of hers or shove her away. Still, excited...is better than freaked out, at least. Even if this qualifies as freaking out, of a sort.

Ah, he should steer some of this enthusiasm away.]

No petting.

[daikonrose]

Because! It's just unbearably exciting!!

[ please understand sir ]

Aah--right, of course not! [ a hand goes to her chest, solemn] That would be weird.

[awooligan]

[no!!!]

Jeez, you're as bad as Darcy...

[Except Darcy had rushed to him and squeezed him tight in a hug before Cliff had even known she was told about him. Kyoko at least understands boundaries without being snapped at.]

And remember, I know I'm amazing, but you can't tell people about your cool werewolf friend unless they already know. You being weird is something I can handle...

[daikonrose]

I, Kyoko Mogami, will not tell! [ The one hand stays at her chest, but the other goes up in a clear oath-swearing motion. ] This information won't even leave my death bed! I can't prove it, but I have kept amazing secrets before!