the wing meme

[fantastix]

[flashy image of wings goes here]

What's that? You're suddenly not feeling well? You sink down, shuddering, as you feel your blood pool in your back. There's an intense pain beneath the surface, and then---wings, extending freely from your back, of quite the inconvenience to anything you might've been wearing. They've taken on a form that reflects you...feathery like a bird's? Glowing with energy like a circuit? Leathery like a bat's? Mechanical, cloth?

Whatever it is that's on your back, regardless of how unlikely it seems with the wingspan and your body's weight, they'll work. You can fly. Call it magic, call it gravity manipulation, whatever it is...you can fly.

Have fun explaining this to your friends and sorting things out.

Comments

[misplacedxsheath]

Assuming they aren't too easy a target. But I've never had any reason to wish for flight, as I can deal with aerial opponents well enough with ranged attacks or simply by jumping.

[oncearanger]

Have you tested the flight capabilities yet? Personally, I don't see how it's possible---but no matter what, you have new limbs that can certainly attack.

[He winces and rubs at his feather, fluffy and ridiculous in comparison]

[misplacedxsheath]

Not yet, no. I was on my way outside to test their dexterity.

*He adjusts his wings as well as he can to get them further away from Billy without touching the walls.*

[oncearanger]

Maybe we should try a comparison? I'm curious about this too.

[Billy follows, his wings folded tightly against his back.]

[misplacedxsheath]

And it might be interesting to see if the flames seem to make a difference.*

*Luckily, Margulis lives on the first floor, so getting outside doesn't take long.*

[oncearanger]

[Billy follows, folding his arms. It's a little cold out here.]

It'd probably be easier to glide, but we risk serious injury if we take off from up high.

[misplacedxsheath]

*He's got his own wings curled around him now, using the flames to keep himself warm.*

Hmph, you might. I make a habit of jumping from some of these rooftops as part of my ordinary travel.

[oncearanger]

Then you're headed up?

[He's a little jealous. Okay. Very.]

[misplacedxsheath]

If I can jump properly with these things.

[oncearanger]

You're good at jumping, right? Give it a shot.