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 Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:26 pm
Miller groaned kicking about on the floor, he twisted about to look up at Awen his eyes going wide as it started to click what was going to happen in the next few minutes.
He rolled side to side moaning, "Notz againz... no no... noz..." he reached at his arm scratching the small bumps that rose up all along it, each of those little lumps swelled even more before the tips of his new feathers pushing through covered in a coating of fresh blood as they pressed through the skin.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:13 pm
"Not again?" Awen barely had time to mutter before the small pocks on his skin started to grow and feathers started to make their way to the surface. Putting a hand over to cover her mouth the manta ray could only stare.
She wouldn't dare get too close during the changes, she wanted to help, but there was no way she could. So the girl simpy had to sit and watch, as painful as it looked the initial shock of the situation faded from Awen's mind as she lowered her hand. A passive, yet sorrowful, stare rested on Miller.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:22 pm
Miller rolled over again riseing up to his knees reaching his hand out towards Awen for help, even then feathers bursted forth from his hands covering them in a matter of seconds. Never before had the feathers been this bad, sure a few extra poped in now and then but never had he gotten so many at once even the first time.
He continued to reach out for Awen grabbing her wrist crying now and smearing a bit of blood along Awen's wrist, "H-h-helpz m-mmeh..." he shivered again as the feathers down by his lower back shifted growing longer and thicker turning in to a larger tail.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:43 pm
Moved by the gesture for help Awen slowly went on her knees infront of Miller and placed both hands on either side of his head, not pressing hard but in his current state she wasn't sure what would change and what would stay the same, so it may have hurt even if she didn't intend it to.
"I can't." She said and softly ran her fingers along the edge of hair on either side of his head. "Just breathe." Her tone was calm and steady. "Breathe you will make it through this. Try not to fight it, try not to be afraid. It hurts, I can see it does, but be strong Miller. You must be strong. Just listen to my voice and don't let go, you will make it through this."
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:11 pm
Miller reached up taking hold on too her wrists shivering with each set of feather crying and moaning as well. His beak shifted growing longer causing his moans to only get louder but he bit down clenching his eyes shut trying to breath as more feathers filled in, now along his face and chest. Almost all of his body was hidden in a layer of feathers now. Some spots thinner then others showing patches of milky white skin and the pink fleshy tint he once had.
Slowly he let go of Awen thinking it was over. He sat back a bit panting, the light in the room causeing his feathers to glisen as it bounced off the thin layer of blood. "F-featherz... zo manyz..." he reached to his side checking his ribs when suddenly they shifted, something was going on like his legs, the bone pressed out against his skin causing him to scream in agony as it shifted about, new bone filling the gap and slowly pulling it in to place. When this finally ended he was once more on his side eyes wide with confusion and pain. Had his body just healed its self from its wounds quicker because of all this?
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:36 pm
Awen tried to comfort the bird at the pause in the changes but it didn't last long as the man was crying out again soon enough. Comments like "you're doing good" or "almost there" were being muttered softly hoping it would help.
When finally it was over, his legs had changed his feathers were out and everything was once more quiet Awen wrapped her arms around the man's form. Her wing like fins wrapped the boy in a calm embrace and held him gently. "You'll be okay Miller....." A hand gently stroked the top of his head. "You are okay.... I'm here."
This had been the first time the manta had seen anyone else change. Glancing about the room and the blood everywhere around the area of change Awen finally knew just how lucky her changes were. None the less, she still believed her acceptance had helped things along. For now such thoughts were set aside in favour of comforting the poor changed islander.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:48 pm
Miller hunched over slowly listening to the comforting words Awen gave him words of comfort trying to tell him it was over he remembered Kikue doing the same thing trying to comfort him and make it less painful, and indeed the words of comfort no matter who gave them made it better.
"Itz hurtz zo... zo muchz..." he said inbetween deep breaths, his side no longer hurt but all over he itched and aparently during it all his legs had grown harder in there leather like covering and more white, even shifting a bit like his rib had causing his leg to curve oddly behind and near the knee.
Slowly he started to stand up shuffling about the room trying to stretch thinking the worst of it all was finally over. But it was far from that. His shoulders, they felt so sore, and suddenly they cracked and burned as the bones shifted, what was once a simple lump of bone was uncurling growing pushing against his skin stretching it, his small back wings slowly becaome apparent trapped under his shirt which he clawed at ripping off and tossing it aside. He continued to stumble about crying out as the wings twitched and shifted uncontrolabley as his brain fought for control over them.
Then he was falling, over and down in to the cold water linking Awen's duplex to the water that kept her alive, he thrashed about kicking and trying to scream giving up what little air he had in panic and pain as the feathers started again in larger thicker amounts covering the new wings and tinting the water red as they brought forth blood.
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:28 pm
"Miller?" Awen had asked softly as he stood up and ventured wobbily about the room. The tone of concern was justified when she saw his back buldge under the pressure of new growings. Watching his trash and rip the shirt away the girl almost cursed but refrained.
"Miller!" She cried again when she saw the newly feathered man fall into her pool. Moving as quick as she could to the edge the manta looked over into the water but more and more it was getting hard to see anything amidst the blood swirling into the water. Without another thought Awen jumped into the pool after her friend.
There was nothing now on her mind except for getting the bird out of the water. The bloodied mix when taken into her gills definately was not right it itched and tingled and jsut felt completely wrong to her. Regardless Awen pushed on and grabbed ahold of Miller's arm giving a mighty kick to push the both to the surface. Dragging the weighted bird to the edge she could do little more than flop his haphazardly half onto the pool's edge.
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:18 pm
Miller thrashed about a bit more but between the blood seeping out of him slowly over the change and the pure shock it puts on ones body he found him self slowly loosing sight of the world around him.
He could barely make out the form of Awen diving in to the water among the cloud of red and his slowly fogging vision. Even after Awen got him up on the dry ground of her duplex he barely moved his breathing shallow and easily missed if not for the fact that his exposed chest was moving ever so slightly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:24 pm
"Miller, come on..." Pulling herself from the water she sat looking worridly at the bird man laying half on land half in water. She grabbed under his arm and haulled him the rest of the way onto the dry part of the duplex, carrying the water and excess blood to muddy her carpet.
Looking the man over she was slightly confused at what to do next, he was breathing and seemed alright... but was he really? How much air had he swallowed? Awen was glad he was still breathing though, she had no idea how to preform mouth-to-mouth on the man with a beak.
"Miller, can you hear me huh? I didn't mean the comment about dying litterally come on, you know it's jsut gamer talk, wake up man..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:47 pm
Millers wings twitched slightly with each tug and whisper from Awen. He sighed again coughing a bit more spitting a little more water up and giving a bit of a shrill whistling tweet in the process followed by more coughing.
He shivered slowly as the changes settled down a bit more, his body ached but oddly his rib and shoulder felt normal again, it made no sense to him but the ache free ribs were nice. He shifted slightly, "A-aw-awenz..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:15 pm
The manta smiled hearing her name, this was a sign at least that he was okay. She chuckled a little bit and moved close again to hold his head and ruffle his hair. "I told you bird brain, you're not suited for this style duplex! Aquatics only, ya?"
She tried to liven the mood a little bit, this time a little more certain that the changes were over. She had always figured a bird serum would give a person wings for arms not wings on their backs and she never quite noticed the little nubs before. This was quite the awakening for the both of them it seemed.
"But you'll be okay Miller..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:33 pm
Miller coughed a bit rolling over to look at Awen with a bleh face, it's not his fault he couldn't stand straight while his body has a change spasm moment. He sat up very slowly moaning as his head spun about him.
"Wellz... d-datz wasnt too funz..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:39 pm
"I wouldn't imagine so...." She said softly stroking his hair. "I'm sorry Miller...."
A braod smiled graced the womans lips. "On the possitive side you look pretty neat, those feathers are pretty....painful...but pretty."
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:42 pm
Miller slowly laid back down figuring the ground was a much better place to be then sitting upright at that moment. He rolled his head slightly looking at Awen with a shrug before rolling back to examin a hand and arm held up in the air.
"It hurtz zo much... whyz couldn'tz I get fuzz or somethingz..." he let out a sigh which came out more as a low whistling tweet.
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