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[tsunbird]

video;

[Well someone certainly looks smug. That someone is your not-so-friendly neighborhood Shit Bird, and there's something a little different about him today. He's always had random feathers mixed into his wild curled mop of hair, but today there appear to be more of them than usual. There is also some very minor scaling along his jaw and the sides of his neck that wasn't there before, and when he brings one hand up to smooth the side of his index finger against his lower lip his hands are more drastically bird-like than they were.]

So while all of you were off dreaming about nothing and everything, I've been actually accomplishing things in my life.

[He sets the Warp Band down, video feed still on, and grins crookedly before shifting. Except he doesn't shift into a Fletchling like most knew he was-- instead he's a Fletchinder. And a very, very proud-looking one, at that.]

[For anyone at the Hikawa Shrine, this is all taking place just out front, and there's now a smug Fletchling strutting around in front of the video feed of his Warp Band like a pleased chicken.]

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[faithfulflame]

[Well, she can't just let him strut around like that without saying something. So she'll wander outside, in all her own newly evolved glory with a few poffins in flavors she's gathered that he likes.]

Congratulations, Ankh-san.

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[tsunbird]

[You truly know the way to this Shifter's heart, Rei. He trills, turning toward her with interest.]

You can drop the san, you know. It makes me sound old.

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[faithfulflame]

[Rei gives him a bored look.]

It's just proper etiquette, but if it bothers you...Ankh-kun, I'll just go with that.

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[tsunbird]

[A vague huff, but at least kun is less formal. He doesn't like formality.]

Better.

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[faithfulflame]

Is it?

[Alright then, featherbutt.]

Here are your poffins, too. And there are more inside.

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[tsunbird]

[An affirmative chirp, and he moves towards the poffins. Hell yes poffins.]

[He pauses before going to actually eat them, glancing up at her and nodding his head a little in thanks. He won't actually say it, but it's something.]

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[faithfulflame]

[She watches for a bit before asking]

When did this happen, anyway?

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[tsunbird]

[He takes a moment to ingest a poffin, possibly whole, before preening a little.]

While you guys were all dreaming.

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[faithfulflame]

Doing anything special? Or just the usual?

[Her own recent experience with evolution was...harrowing.]

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[underwearfortomorrow]

[Eiji is heading into the room having just gotten off from work. He has a small bag in his hand and he ...stops to kind of stare at Ankh strutting in front of a warp band.]

[He passes a glance to his wrist- ok his is still there.]

Tell me you didn't steal that.

[Hi I have been here for a while watching you be a loser.]

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[tsunbird]

[He squawks, irritated, and uses a talon to shut off the video feed, snatching the Band and flying over to Eiji with it.]

[He probably drops it conveniently on his head.]

No, it's mine. I have Pokemon now.

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[underwearfortomorrow]

[Huff! Eiji ducks as the band is dropped on his head and he catches it with a disgruntled expression.]

[Hold up.]

You bonded with other Pokemon?

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[tsunbird]

[At that particular moment, Ankh's Shuppet, whom he may or may not have taken to calling "Spooky" for lack of anything better to call it, meanders down the hall with a pillowcase over its head, wailing quietly like a ghost. Ankh peers pointedly at it, expression flat.]

"Bonded" may not be the right word, yet.

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[underwearfortomorrow]

[There's a stiffling silence as Eiji turns and watches the floating pillowcase pass their doorway with muffled "oooOOOoooohh"s in the distance.]

Awww.

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[tsunbird]

I think it's in the midst of some kind of existential crisis. I don't know Ghost types, but I'm pretty sure it's trying to be scary.

[He sounds a little vexed by this.]

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[underwearfortomorrow]

I suppose it wants to get into the spirit of the upcoming holiday? I recently bonded with a ghost type, I could see if the two will talk and maybe suss out the issue.

[But really, it's being really fucking adorable. Hehehe.]

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[tsunbird]

If it gets him to stop making that awful noise, sure.

[How is a bird capable of looking this irritated.]

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[3rdpartyprick]

[ A skarmory that was passing by spies the cocksure fletchinder and dives to investigate. Near the ground he spreads his wings, sunlight glinting off steel feathers, and lands just beyond the warp band's video feed. ]

You seem proud. What's the occasion?

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[tsunbird]

[There is a brief moment of absolute horror on Ankh's part, and he stamps the Warp Band to shut it off. Holy shit that was a metal bird and one that was considerably larger than him.]

...someone I know was taunting me for being a higher level than I am, and now I've evolved over her.

buh I need to make more bird icons

[3rdpartyprick]

[ Metalhawk cants his head, peering down at Ankh with increased interest. ]

That is cause for celebration. Congratulations on your evolution.

[ he'll never know the feeling of what it's like to EEVOOOLLLVE 8'( ]

you and me both. this one never gets used save for in jest.

[tsunbird]

[Despite the fact that birds don't have mouths to smile with, there's totally somehow a smile playing across his beak. He fluffs his feathers and bows a little in an overly-thankful gesture because he's a complete little shit.]

Naturally.

shame cuz it's adorable. (switching to normal userpics for wider expression range ;3; )

[3rdpartyprick]

[ He does the skarmory equivalent of squaring one's shoulders and frowning at Ankh's little display. ]

What will you do now?

[ He imagines a wall banner reading "Happy Evolution Day" and wonders if that's actually a thing. ]

right? he's not a visibly-happy enough creature for it regularly though.

[tsunbird]

Probably continue to train, to continue to get better. It's also made an ability easier to use--

[He proceeds to shift back into his human shape, and the smug grin remains and is much more shit-eating.]

Which will be useful.

I have no clue who your character is, but that hair is super fab

[3rdpartyprick]

[ He watches the shift and decides to follow suit. He folds his arms over his chest, powerless to hold back a creeping scowl. The grin was that shit-eating. ]

As long as you're not using it to get into any mischief.

[ HE'S KIND OF GETTING THAT VIBE ]

Ankh is pretty much walking fab

[tsunbird]

[He seems to enjoy the suspicion his grin causes, tossing his head ineffectually to temporarily get his curls out of his face.]

Mischief? Me? Never.

[Always mischief.]