[Voice]

[espigeonage]

[Julien is being so careful to keep his voice light, but someone sensitive might pick up the sheathed edge. He's irritated.]

Okay, I hate asking this, but can I completely take over anyone's hot tub or like... small pool? Something not chlorinated. Or would help me set up and fill one of those largish inflatable pools on their property somewhere.

[Pause. Yeah, he probably should provide a reason.]

It looks like I'm molting. It's - annoying.

Comments

[Voice]

[youngestone]

Well, that sucks.

...would you kill me if I asked for a few feathers for a cat toy?

[espigeonage]

Tsh.

...Fine. Take twenty. They are everyfuckingwhere.

[youngestone]

Hey, I can't offer a pool or anything to collect the feathers in. Might as well recycle them, right? Does it hurt or itch or anything?

Voice

[arrowpoint]

Uh... dude you okay? That's kinda normal, right?

[espigeonage]

Probably. It's never happened to me before.

[He flaps his wings audibly.] Christ...

[arrowpoint]

[There's a long pause and an exhale.]

Okay... so, you need like a big tub or something? What will that do for you?

[Voice]

[sylvanguard]

Do you need any help? And also do you mind if I get some of the smaller feathers for cat toys?

[has 4 cats to deal with.]

[espigeonage]

Go to my apartment, help Killian gather them up, and I don't care what you do with them. Stuff pillows, I don't care anymore.

[sylvanguard]

[Noe she sounds a little more worried.] That doesn't sound like the usual you.

voice;

[saviorsoul]

Molting? You mean like a bird?

[espigeonage]

Kind of, yeah.

[...exactly like a bird. Julien doesn't like being called bird, though.]

[Video]

[radiantchicken]

Oh, dear. It passes quickly enough, though it is unpleasant enough in the process. Do you need any help? Advice?

[espigeonage]

I hate the ones that are too sensitive and start bleeding. [New feathers emerge in sheathed quills and shouldn't be handled at first.] Do I have to pull those out?

text;

[shortspoken]

Have you considered running a dust buster over the molting areas to suck up all the loose bits

[ ELLIE NO ]

[espigeonage]

it would clog up if weak and if strong idk it would break one of the new ones. then there would be blood everywhere. again.

Voice

[mimicery]

You are molting?

[Sigh] That's it, I've seen everything on this network now. That's what we need, a giant bird too.

[espigeonage]

I'm not a bird. I'm just... more like one now.

[He's a bird now, but he's touchy about it.]

They get bigger than me, just ask Anais.

Video

[thebalrogslayer]

[Gabriel knows Julien well enough to pick up that something's wrong, but his usual attitude to that is to keep his own tone light.]

Would heading out of the city help? We can head out to the beach house a bit early.

[espigeonage]

[It's harder to tell from the front, they're more on one side and in the back. Among Julien's fluffy hair there are bluish tubes, some unravelling and tipped with white. Some smaller ones are speckled among the short feathers on his shoulders. Julien's pupils are extra small, a hint that he's exercising self control.]

No... I don't know. It would for a bit, but then we'd have to come right back, and... I can't just spend weeks zigzagging there and back, it's too far.

[proudbraveandtall]

[This is Julien, and this is Julien who's ... well, not happy. He's not really "sensitive" per se, but having to make a weird request like that and for Julien to actually say something's "annoying" is a pretty big deal. From what he's heard about molting, it's not a pleasant experience.]

I couldn't do anything with my apartment, but if Þór says it's okay we could set something up for you behind the forge. At least it'd be more or less hidden in the back of all the buildings, there.

[espigeonage]

I don't want to get set on fire.

[Pause. yeah okay that's way too sulky. Think!]

Sorry, I know you don't mean... close to the forging part. [Julien controls a sigh, keeping it from being too big.] That might be good. Closer than Liam's cabin, and if it's outside it doesn't matter so much if everything is splashed.

[video]

[mistakesmakeuswhoweare]

Sorry to hear it, Blue. You're always welcome to get wet over here. But I want some of those feathers. Preferably bigger ones.

[espigeonage]

I know, but I get everything soaked...

Everyone wants a piece of me suddenly. [he tries so hard not to huff.] Why do you want them? You don't have a cat.

voice

[moreweaponsthanyou]

...Is that normal? You're not sick right? Sorry, I don't know anything about...birds.

[espigeonage]

It's normal. Apparently.

[He sounds uncharacteristically sulky.]