Late Morning 3/5

[sleepingknight]

[Retrospec]

[The post is by one Lily, their icon simply a picture of a red dragon lady crinum.]

Ok so

The good news is I didn't turn into an ant

Actually I have wings now?? They just kind of popped out of nowhere.

So does anyone have tips for flying/not knocking everything over trying to walk around the house? I don't want to have to buy more monitors...

[Action - Park, Evening]

[And, once it's darker out, a small figure heads out to the park wrapped up in a warm coat and a beanie over her long hair - long purple hair, though with the dark, it may be more difficult to catch the glint of color.

Casting a glance around to make sure no one's around (that she can see), Yuuki takes a breath and stretches, a pair of wings appearing from her back - and yet, mysteriously, outside of her clothes. Sparkles glimmer faintly in the air, but they disappear quickly as they're shed from the transluscent wings.]

Oookay. How do you do this?

Comments

[invocate]

I don't have wings, but I can try to give you tips on flying?

[sleepingknight]

I'll take anything

[invocate]

Depending on how high you can fly, you'll want to keep in mind the air density as well as the temperature.

Keep your hair out of your face. If you have long hair, pull it back. Better yet, braid it.

Keep your mouth shut. Bugs. That's all I'm saying.

Also, pockets with zippers. You do not want to drop your phone from 100 meters up, let alone a mile up.

[sleepingknight]

Oh that sounds really important.

I still don't know how to actually fly with these things but that phone tip is good

What do you do about the temperature? Just dress warm?

[invocate]

Pretty much. Warm layers. And having an outer layer the wind can't get through.

You probably won't have to worry about it until you get the hang of flying and start pushing to see what your limits are.

[sleepingknight]

Weeee'll see how that goes with the wings

[A pause.]

Oh wait a sec they didn't ruin my clothes at all!!

How the heck do these work??

[invocate]

They didn't ruin your clothes? That's lucky. And convenient.

Maybe they are magic?

[sleepingknight]

I think so?

They don't even look like real wings

But they can still hit things

This is so weird!

[invocate]

Definitely magic wings.

I think, even if they are magic, general flight rules will still apply.

Even if some of the rules of physics don't.

[sleepingknight]

I guess I should be happy I don't have to worry about what I wear... maybe?

[If this holds true, anyway.]

So now it's just the flying part I need to worry about!

[invocate]

Hopefully! It would be very handy if so.

Would it help to have someone around who can catch you while you practice?

[sleepingknight]

That would be really great

I still have nooooo idea how to make them move

[invocate]

That, unfortunately, I have no advice for.

Maybe visualize?

[thesettingsun]

I temporarily had wings, I can give some advice!

Okay, so, the first thing you want to do is figure out your wingspan and try really, really hard to add that to your mental picture of how much space you take up. Like when you're wearing a backpack and have to make sure not to accidentally swing it into someone's face.

[sleepingknight]

[NOT EVEN GONNA ASK WHY HE HAD WINGS TEMPORARILY (for now.)]

Ok

Ok I think I made it out of bed without knocking stuff over

Ummm do you have tips for moving them?

[thesettingsun]

[It's not a fun story!]

It's about as hard as you'd expect getting new limbs all of a sudden. Probably you're going to move them on accident more than intentionally at first, but eventually you'll figure out what it is you're doing on accident so that you can do it on purpose.

It's really hard to explain.

[sleepingknight]

Great

[There's a bit of silence, presumably while she's trying to figure out how these things work. And then:]

Whoa, they can disappear!

[thesettingsun]

That's handy, maybe you'll knock over less stuff in grocery stores than I did.

[sleepingknight]

[There's another pause. She's... she's figuring some stuff out.]

It looks like they come out if I stretch and they disappear if I move my shoulders a certain way.

That's handy!

[This might actually be less bad than originally expected!]

[thesettingsun]

Nice! You're doing way better than I did, I'm jealous.

[sleepingknight]

Looks like I was lucky!

I still have no idea how to move them though. It's so weird! They're just like... magic wings

[thesettingsun]

They're probably prettier than mine, I was stuck with bat wings.

[sleepingknight]

These look kind of bat wingish

But sparkly and see-through?

Also, why did you have bat wings?

[thesettingsun]

Turned into a demon last October. 0/10, would not recommend.

[sleepingknight]

Oh yikes

But it was just a temporary thing? Because of Vanderwheele