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[dyingtohealyou]

Alright, I give.

[Akito is sitting in his seat, arms crossed, with a cardboard box to the side on his desk. For those that have seen him before, his eyes seem a little... different.]

Does anyone know anything about contacts? Specifically, colored ones. I got some cheaper ones, but they hurt my eyes and I can barely see. I don't know how else to explain to my parents about my new eye color - wearing colored contacts to make them this color is a little too weird. I doubt they'd buy it.

[He's spent too much time testing their limits to know what will and won't fly. And speaking of flying...]

Also, has anyone noticed all the sick birds around town? I haven't heard anything about the sickness, but this guy was sitting outside my door when I came back today.

[It's here that he picks up the box, tipping it just enough to show a very still bundle of feathers covered in part by a towel. He gently puts a hand on the cloth and reaffirms that it is indeed still alive when it gives a weak flutter in response. Satisfied, Akito will set the box to the side again.]

I'm not really sure what to do with it. It definitely looks diseased, but I've got no idea if it's something humans can catch or not.

[He leans back thoughtfully before saying one last thing.]

Hey-- Nick, right? Sorry, I got kind of busy. Would you still be up for lessons sometime?

Comments

[indy_wannabe]

Sick birds?

[dyingtohealyou]

Yep. C'mon, don't tell me I'm the only one noticing them.

[indy_wannabe]

I think I saw a few dead pidgeons today but nothing too serious. Hang on.

Huh. And then a bird just smashed into my window. OK that is a bit weird.

[dyingtohealyou]

Right?

I was wondering if it was something connected to the network, but it really might just be some kind of illness going around. Hopefully humans can't catch it.

[indy_wannabe]

All the people around here with creepy powers and pigeons dropping out of the sky. Coincidence?

[dyingtohealyou]

Could be? I don't know anything about birds, so I can't really tell.

[indy_wannabe]

I guess it wouldn't be much of a stretch if someone awakened a weird power that is making the birds go haywire.

[dyingtohealyou]

Could be.

[Scroll scroll scroll-]

Hmm... I'm not seeing anyone talking about it on the network, but it might just be that either they're hiding it or they don't even realize it.

[indy_wannabe]

That sounds plausible. Which means we may have someone running around messing stuff up without knowing it. Or they do know and are keeping quiet. Or something bad is going on.

I don't think any of those possibilities are particularly good things.

[dyingtohealyou]

Definitely not. And there's basically no way we can tell which it is right now, either.

[Which is perhaps the most worrying part of all of this.]

I kind of wonder if I should bring it to an actual vet after all. If the cause turns out to be something supernatural...