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[Video] (Day 60)

[Have you missed Loki? Here he is, but he's not looking his best. His clothes are rumpled, his hair sticking out randomly, and even his horned helmet seems to be flopping over. In the background are two sets of meows, one mournful and one demanding.]

My apologies for my absence. I have been dealing with- the consequences of some poor decisions on my part and who to trust.

[The mournful meowing turns to a thin wail, while Loki glares off-screen.]

I hope I have not missed too much- nor has it been that long-

[He's looking down, probably at the date on some screen, and his eyes widen. Then narrow as a tortoiseshell blur comes into view intermittently, meowing very loudly. He pushes the kitten away with annoyance, but as his helmet starts to slip off, he gently raises one hand to steady it. "I will deal with her, you may rest," he murmurs, apparently to his headgear.]

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Most of the time Day avoids using the video function of the bangles. He has seen his face on too many screens in his life and never in good circumstances. But there have recently been changes that made this easier - like the antlers curving around his head now, midnight blue and speckled like a starry night sky.

"Glad to see you're fine. This place is so big, makes it hard to keep track of others..."

From this angle one could think his wings just some wall decoration or a mantle he wears. Until they move at least, shifting as he adjusts his position.

Loki's eyes widen again and his face falls. "On your head... are those antlers? Are they growing from your head? I- might be able to reverse them, but if they have been in place for some time..." He shakes his head regretfully.

Given that the panic and surprise all are over for a good while now, Day blushes instead. "Oh, no, no need. Those are mine. That too." He'll hold his arm up to the camera, show the depiction of fern curling around his wrist, tiny scales shimmering like butterfly wings. And quickly hide it again, because there's still scars under it and he doesn't want questions about that. "That burst of magic some while back seems to have triggered it. And, well... something else." Best to get the shock over with: he takes a step back for a fuller view, spreads out the wings.

"I did not notice any burst of magic. It must have happened while I was inside a flerken," he says, with another glare at something off-screen. "I apologize. I should have been available to deal with the effects. You- are certain you are fine with how it has changed you? What of the others, have any been changed?"

"I'm alright. It's... helping. Might not look like that, but it's helping me." Hiding the scars he'd been so self-conscious about, making him look less human, less like his brother. Reminders that the forest still was with him.

"The wings aren't my magic and I'm fairly sure it's some fae joke on my surname being 'Wing', but they aren't so bad now that they're grown in." Needing a whole lot of adjusting sure, but once he'd dreamed of flying. Day didn't want to give it up so easily. "Aen'kaes hair got a pretty sheen now, that's all I noticed."

Loki shakes his head slightly. "I would distrust any fae gifts, no matter how seemingly benign or even useful, but if you are happy with them and there has been no catch so far... I will do nothing to remove them unless they are clearly causing harm." He can respect personal decisions, as long as they're not endangering anyone.

"Aen'kae's hair is different. Is that all? What happened during the burst of magic other than these changes?"

Day shrugs. "They never did me harm before. Don't think removing them would be so easy at any rate, they're about as attached as my arms are." And he only really lets Aen'kae help him with medical things.

"Uh, that whole chaos went away, I haven't seen most of the cats since, the rooms no longer turn into yarn... been generally calmer since. Apart from that bit where the gravity broke, but from what I gather that was Lucas doing."

"Before?" Loki gives him a sharp look. "Have you had other fae gifts in the past?"

He nods along. "Lucas and I dealt with the source of the chaos. Not all of the cats left with the Goose of Chaos, as some had found family here-" He's interrupted by the loudest scream yet. Family should feed their starving cats! Loki sighs and gets up.

"Excuse me. Mine certainly did not disappear, and they are utterly incapable of feeding themselves."

He's off-screen for a few minutes, and when he gets back, all of the meowing has ceased. He's holding a small plate with nutri-cubes on it, which he sets between himself and the monitor. It looks too small for him and no cats are jumping for it- then his helmet melts and flows down his arm, reshaping into a little man, which sits down next to the plate and grabs a cube.

"Well, not here. But yeah, a bunch, depending on how broad you apply 'fae'. The kelpies got me a fruit basket when I was sick. And I still got that nice tunic from when a court travelled through and took me for a night of dancing." None of that really hits as dangerous to him.

"Aen'kae kept one too, but it's not making too much trouble." Apart from making their belongings temporarily vanish. "And it seems you kept some gifts there too."

"Hmmm. Perhaps minor fae are more generous than their rulers."

The little man-figure smiles and waves, and Loki taps its head affectionately with a finger. "Indeed I have. This little one appeared on our way to find the source of the chaos and it has barely left my side- or head- since. It has been quite useful and friendly, so I am glad it did not vanish with the other chaos magic."

Day shrugs. "I'm probably part fae thanks to my magic." And a whole lot of other things in small parts.

"I'd rather believe that any further surprises are of such good nature too." Oh sure, the wings growing had hurt and scared him a bit, but it wasn't so bad at the end.

Loki's lips tighten. "I hope you are not offended if I say that, if you are part fae, I hope you retain the morality you learned as a mortal. But what is more important is ensuring you have some control over your magic, whatever its source. Have you had any training?"

"Yeah, thanks for the reminder" he mutters. There's been too much almost-death in his life already, he isn't about to forget. "Why would I? It's nothing to actively use. Figured out the tarot deck to understand it better, that's enough."

He shakes his head. "Even if you do not plan to use it, you should know how to. Otherwise may start acting on its own."

"Yes, that's the point of it. Keeping me safe, without having to know of all the dangers." He tips against his antlers. "Did know to do this before I was really aware of wanting it."

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