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[Morning of the Eighteenth of October] [un: redkey]

Well this is new.

[The video shows Kairi looking mildly perturbed, turned slightly to her side so she can properly show off her new additions.

A massive pair of white wings.]

It's a good thing I own a couple backless dresses. But I somehow don't see what this transformation has to do with Halloween. I mean, unless the moons want me to go as an angel or something. Anyone else have these?

And, if so, can you fly with them? Cause that'd actually be really cool.

Either way, I'm clearly only gonna have these for today, since the three-moon phase is almost over. Kinda weird for the moons to give out a special transformation for only a day, isn't it?

Well, whatever. If anyone sees a girl flying around like a maniac later today, don't be too worried. It just means I got these wings to work. Gonna go try them out now!

[And, indeed, she will be findable testing the wings out during the day.]

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Kairi just... ignored all the chatter about killing eating birds. One, she wasn't really a bird, and two, it's not like she hadn't devoured plenty of fish in her time, and yet she wouldn't try to eat a mermaid.

Sora would be terribly upset with her, for one thing.

At any rate, as she balanced herself out and did her best to catch the wind beneath her with those wings, Kairi laughed in delight. The feeling was so freeing, so delightful!

Granted, she was still sinking, but pretty slowly. She definitely wasn't in any danger of hurting herself when she landed.

"I'm feeling pretty great just doing this right now!"

Koishi glanced down. They were kind of straying far from the beach at this point, and while there was no real worry as of yet, if they kept trying to go straight the wind was going to keep pushing them and it would eventually result in hitting something. Either the trees further up on shore or some deep water though the latter was probably preferable since Koishi could fish her out if need be.

The little youkai sped up some so Kairi could hear her more easily. "You're doing really good Miss! Try to turn. Shift your weight a little bit. Nice and slow." She sounded lucid. "Try to make a wide spiral."

Koishi had a pretty good point. She was heading out into the ocean right now, and if she just kept going the way she was, she'd get out to depths that were dangerous even for her.

Fortunately, she had plenty of time to fix that. Banking her wings a bit, she started to turn herself to the right. Slowly, gradually, in a wide, open arc.

"How am I doing?"

"You're doing really well! Once you get good we can go fishing like this. We can use a net and catch a whole bunch and bring them home. I like fish." Koishi glanced down. They were getting lower. They would probably make it to shore at their current rate but better safe than sorry, right?

"The wind is working against you in this direction. Do you need some help? You could also use your magic again if you get too low. You could try flapping too if you feel comfortable." Even if Kairi lost her stability Koishi would be there to catch her.

As slowly as they were drifting, Kairi knew she had enough time to think it over. What would be the best way to approach this...

"I'm gonna try flapping!" She answered. Worst case scenario, she'd lose a little more altitude than she wanted. Besides, that was something else she really needed to practice, and it was way more likely she'd be able to pull it off than trying to boost herself with a mid-flight spell.

So, she breathed deep, and pushed her wings down. She rose up, but with her wings now down she could feel the air wasn't pushing her up anymore. Quickly, she snapped them back out. It worked, but the action was so quick, it sent jarring pain through her.

"Okay!" Koishi quickly turned in the air, keeping her eyes on her friend. Even if she wasn't really poised to do anything special, Kairi knew how quick Koishi's reaction time was. It was fairly clear she was ready to grab her at a moment's notice should she fall.

"You know if you get really good at flying I could teach you to play danmaku. I bet it would be lots of fun. You're already good at magic so it wouldn't be too hard for you to learn how to do it. Besides, its a lot of fun. We could also teach the other two how if they ever learn to fly. I bet that would be really fun, don't you?"

"You mean that magic game that you and your friends play back home?" Gritting her teeth as she waits for her wings to stop sending pangs of pain to her brain, she tries to concentrate on what Koishi's saying, if only to have something else to think about.

"Is that really something you can just teach someone?"

"Well, of course. It's designed to let anyone duel anyone on a fair playing field. It's not hard to make danmaku. It just needs to be non-lethal. People express how they feel by making beautiful patterns and dazzle their opponent while trying to hit them. It's better than fighting to the death and it gives weaker humans and youkai a fighting chance against the stronger ones when there are disagreements." A pause. "Also, it's really fun!"

Koishi glanced over at the shore. It was gonna be tight. She drifted over and under Kairi, drifting up and providing extra lift but only a little bit. Kairi was still flying under her own power and they were still sinking. But far more slowly than before.

"I don't want you to land in the water." She clarified. They would certainly make it to shore like this. "Do you want me to help you land or do you want to try on your own?"

"I just don't know how to make magic that's set on stun. Or that personalized, for that matter" That was the best analogy she could come up with, anyway. She could just cast first-tier magic, but the fact was, that was only non-lethal because it was weak. And it was just like anyone else's spells of the same type.

But they had other things to consider, as Kairi's one flap hadn't been nearly enough to get her all the way to shore. Fortunately, Koishi was there to give her a boost.

As to the issue of landing... "Uh, I might need some help, seeing as I've never done it before and I don't want to twist my leg or something."

"I'm sure you'll figure it out. Humans are very clever. I bet you'll figure out all sorts of interesting things to do with magic like how you used wind to fly. I bet you'll figure out ho to do all sorts of interesting moves like hover and dip and turn and fly really really fast!"

Koishi sounded extremely confident. She believed every word.

"Alright. I'll help you land. Don't lock your knees and try to land on the ball of your feet. It's better to fall than it is to hurt your leg."

They were over the beach now. Koishi turned mid air, tentacles sliding out to wrap around Kairi's torso. The little youkai dipped quickly forward and up so she was behind Kairi, supporting her with those tendrils and forcing her to angle herself more upright. That brought her wings up, increasing drag, and making her fall far more quickly, but have less forward momentum. She was supporting Kairi some and making the landing slower but not taking all of her weight. Kairi would still have to land on her own albeit much more easily than if she was unassisted.

"I can't take too much credit for the wind thing. Sora's used it to leap into the air more times than I can count, and he can glide around without wings. I'm still not sure how he does that."

If she could figure it out, then combine it with these wings... well, assuming she gets them back next transformation, that would make flight downright easy.

But first she has to figure out this whole landing thing. Listening carefully to Koishi's advice, she moved her legs up a bit so she could point the front of her feet downward as Koishi had suggested. With Koishi's help, she shifted to the point where she was basically standing up in midair, wings spread wide to catch the wind as best she could.

As she came down, her toes brushed the sand and she lifted them up a bit, worried about injuring them. The bottoms of her feet made contact next, and she basically ran herself to a stop until her momentum exhausted itself, then stood there with her eyes wide open.

"I did it..."

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