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[ Minho has been spending most of his time in the Drabwurld just sort of... observing and exploring. Because he's been working to make a better map for the arrivals to use, and has been trying to figure out what would be the best way to go about sharing it. Would something over this weird network work? Who knows.

But he's gotten a little distracted by the whole feathers thing, and has been having a time of figuring them out. He appears on the feed for both courts with one of the little feathers pinched between thumb and forefinger, turning it back and forth. ]

So, before I came here, there wasn't any such thing as magic. It was all science, no... powers, or whatever. [ Thomas and Teresa's telepathy aside, considering that was science, too. ] Gotta say, this's pretty interesting.

[ Except then there's a distressed bleating - behhh! - and Minho snorts abruptly, sticking the feather behind his ear and reaching down out of the amulet's view to pick up... well, what looks like a small deer. ] Except for the part where a certain someone hasn't figured out how to turn back into a person, but y'know. Jeez, greenie...

[ But he turns his attention back to the world at large, nestling the fawn in his muscled arms. ] Anyways. The feathers are literally, like, everywhere. But has anyone figured out what all they do, or found anything else while picking 'em up? Like new places or some klunk.

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[munies]

Who am I going to tell?

[ her top 8 here consists of six pictures of one Tom Edison, followed by a picture of Effy, then a picture of Minho. and that's her trying really hard to fill up those eight spots, ok ]

Your secret's safe with me. Promise.

-- Except I don't know how I'm going to help you find answers to turn back if I can't explain what happened...

[greenies]

[ thomas knows that. okay, his manly pride here is really not important. he doesn't even really have that much pride! he just ate it because he's an ugly eater. just like chuck made fun of him for. thomas behhhhhhhhs again, and this time it's extra pathetic, dropping straight downwards and looking absolutely miserable. ] What if I'm stuck like this forever?

[munies]

I thought I told you not to deer-pout.

[ no really please stop, she's starting to feel irrationally bad for him. it's his own dumb fault!! the way he eats, she's not even shocked that he managed to wolf down a feather! but still. ]

You won't be stuck like that forever. I promised, didn't I? I'll just- ask someone with magic if they know a way to reverse the effect of the feathers. Easy.

[greenies]

[ SUDDENLY LOOKING VERY PANICKED. ] Don't ask Stiles! [ thomas has no idea if they're actually friends or not but the thought is terrifying. ]

[munies]

[ she knows he's freaking out, she can hear it in her head, but those ears. it's kind of cute, okay. ]

I won't, I won't! Not... first, at least.

[ she maybe really doesn't have that many friends here, yet. but she'll ask a few strangers first. or maybe the imps that are flying around, although they reeeaally don't seem to like her very much. ]

[greenies]

[ it's not cute, it's terrible, okay. still thomas can't hear her thinking that so at least he'll survive that particular blow to his pride. ] Maybe it happened to someone else? I don't know. There has to be something...Just, you can't tell him first. No way. [ miserably: ] I almost miss the Scorch. [ and followed by a little "beh", deer tongue sticking out of his mouth. (maybe there was a little humor to that.) ]

[munies]

I'll be tactful about it. You've already - [ she has to press her mouth shut and huff through her nose to avoid laughing again ] - this locket post is pretty. Public enough.

[ basically saying "it's too late for your pride, Tom, but I'll try and be mindful of it" ]

[greenies]

Don't laugh! [ such a sulky deer. he is actually pouting again, for real now. eventually, he adds, lifting his head, ears still flopped sideways. ] ...was it really that bad? It wasn't that obvious it was me, right? [ except lbr min doesn't have any other friends. ]

[munies]

[ totally pressing her mouth shut!! not laughing!! see? see how much she's not laughing? ]

That depends. How many people know you're exploring with Minho?

[greenies]

I don't go anywhere with anyone else except you. [ ...behhhhhhhhhh-heh-heh. he's so boned. ] Why a deer? It couldn't have even been something useful...

[munies]

Would you really want to be a horse? I mean, what else would be considered useful here? For an animal?

[ she's trying to.. help.. ]

Ah, I say don't knock it. You make a very sweet deer, Thomas.

[greenies]

I don't know...anything's better than somebody's prey. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of things in the forest that're going to eat me. [ thomas bleats unhappily because he does not!! behhhhh.] Thanks. [ tommy calm your sass. ] You're not the one who has to try and walk with hooves...

[munies]

Minho wouldn't let that happen, and you know it.

[ she grins ]

And you're not the one that's talking to a deer over a video conference right now. We're all making sacrifices here.

[greenies]

[ thomas jerks his tiny deer head in an eyeroll. it doesn't really work. ] Oh yeah, that's a big sacrifice. [ all of thomas's sarcasm he learned from newt and minho ] Why didn't you turn into anything? Weren't you getting them too?

[munies]

Yeah, see, that's the weird thing. I definitely have a feather, and I definitely spent a good deal of time just looking over it, but nothing happened.

[ and now she's leaning to pick up her feather again, twirling it between two fingers ]

Were you thinking about anything in particular before you changed? Maybe there's some kind of trigger word, or action. Remember anything?

[ meanwhile as she talks, she slowly starts to fade out until she's completely invisible. but she's too busy looking at the feather to notice there's no image of her in the locket anymore, just the background of her room ]

[greenies]

[ thomas is going to reply with a coherent, sensible reply, something along the lines of "this is payback for all of the horrible things i've done", but teresa then starts. disappearing. thomas makes an incredibly distressed noise and kicks at minho's arm, trying to get him to notice. ] Teresa, where did you--you just disappeared!

[munies]

How do you me-

Oh. Oh!

[ her chair falls back with a thunk as she stands up, holding out her hands in front of her. ]

I can see myself just fine, but- [ but now she's crowding the locket again, waving her hand holding the feather in front of it ] This is crazy!