Mad Uncle
"How's your wing?" a concerned Ryoichi asked.
"Not broken, tankfully," Shanku said and touched it gingerly. "Mulloch got lucky."
"There's a cave five miles in. You'll be safe there while you heal," Ryoichi nodded his head towards a deeper part of the forest before returning his cold cat gaze back on her. "You could have died tonight."
"I know," Shanku looked down.
"You will die if you return to the ship."
"I know dat too," Shanku whispered. "It's kind o' why I tink I should go..." She paused for a moment. "What o' Turai?"
"I'll inform him of your decision, pup," Ryoichi said. "You stay low and out of sight."
"He'll have a duck fit," Shanku shuddered.
"And then the duck!" Ryoichi licked his lips. "Delicious duck."
"What!?" came the furious cry from the upstairs of the Laughing Gull the following morning.
"The pup is fine," Ryoichi repeated himself slowly. "Just a scratched wing."
"They could have permanently grounded her," Turai growled and gripped the sill of a window.
"But they were not able to," Ryoichi said firmly. "Don't do anything rash. You're still bound to the sea."
"Not anymore," Turai growled. Thick, coarse fur sprouted along his body as he changed for the first time into his feral form. With a snarl, he sprinted from the room and disappeared downstairs.
Notes & Commentary
December 13, 2012, Thursday
Mad Uncle
Ryoichi likely realizes he can go back to eating fresh bird again.
Blood is thicker than water, as they say. Wings are a bit of a sensitive subject too. What, with it being the primary way to hunt, escape, woo a potential mate, and all.
I love drawing her with her hair down. She strongly resembles her dad when she wears it like that. Not that it was intentional to ditch the ponytail momentarily. Her hair shrinks when she shifts Feral. Her hair tie is lying around somewhere...
Oh, the eyelash dilemma! Go for realism and risk making him look pretty? Draw a thick, black, angular line around the outer edges of the eyes and make him look like he's wearing eyeliner? Or don't do anything and make him look bald? Going for both is intentional. Opted for realistic eyelashes because the skin around his eyes has turned black, like a dog's eyes.
Characters - Shanku Ravenwing - Turai Specklewing - Ryoichi -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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