Sixth feather [video] (backdated to the 17th)

[charcoalfeather]

[The video starts zoomed in, quite closely, on a Hive badge, currently pinned to the inside of Rakka's winter jacket. Then the screen moves upward to Rakka's face proper, beaming with pride.]

Second badge is mine! It was, uh... actually pretty easy when I finally went to fight Bugsy. My Pokemon might have been a bit too strong.

[hehe... sorry, Bugsy. At least he wasn't so beat up about it.]

But now this means I can finally come back to Goldenrod, in time for that new holiday! [Perfect time for a breeze to blow through, making Rakka shiver and pull her jacket closed.] It's getting colder, so this might have to stop he-- Ah... Ah-choo!

[Sniff... Uh oh.]

Mmm.... Okay, bye. A-Ah...

[One click and the feed turns off, mid-sneeze.]

Comments

[Video]

[garbagechild]

Well, humans die very easily from getting sick.

But if you put a blanket on and drink soup, it improves your chances of survival significantly.

I know because Lust told me and she is very smart.

[Video] apologies for being lates...

[charcoalfeather]

...A-ah. [Is that all? Just what Rakka wanted to hear. Please give her a minute to control her possibly exploding heart.]

Y-you mean, just, in general... um, I'm pretty sure I'll be fine, unless it's some kind of really dangerous Pokemon cold I'm getting.

[Unless there's something she doesn't know, Wrath.]

[Video]

[garbagechild]

Well, as long as you do those things, of course you'll be fine.

_{[Wrath's understanding of the world tends towards the simple side.]}

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

[good kid.]

Yeah.... I hope so. I haven't gotten sick very often.

[Sure could use a tissue right about now though.]

In fact, the last I got sick was... [She trails off.]

[Video]

[garbagechild]

I've never gotten sick, even now that I'm a human.

_{[He says this brightly, completely oblivious to the way she trailed off like that, as though in the middle of an unpleasant thought. Puffing his chest out, he adds by way of explanation:]}

I'm too powerful.

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

...You weren't a Human before either?

[Because that's the most interesting thing Wrath has said yet.]

[Video]

[garbagechild]

Nope!

I'm a Homunculus.

_{[ALMOST HUMAN. BUT NOT QUITE.]}

Were you also not a human?

[Video]

[charcoalfeather]

Yes, I was! Actually, I used to be a Haibane!

[Yet another case of Almost Human But Not Quite.]

You're a... Homunculus? [She sounds it out. Huh, neat.] What's that supposed to be?

[Video]

[garbagechild]

_{[He perks RIGHT UP. Because oh BOY, he gets to give the Homunculus speech! HERE HE GOES.]}

A Homunculus is the abominable end product of a person committing the ultimate taboo: human transmutation. Because even if you have all the chemicals that make up a body, all the alchemy in the universe can't make a soul.

So, an abomination from Hell, pretty much!

_{[He is entirely cheerful in his delivery of this information.]}

What's a Haibane?

[Video] apologies again

[charcoalfeather]

[.....well.... hmm... She was hardly sure of what to expect with that question.]

Human.... transmutation, huh? [What does that even] But, uh, you don't.... look that bad...

[Rakka wasn't sure where to even begin with that, so, might as well move on?]

Oh.... Well, I don't really know what a Haibane is, so that's actually a really good question! [HEH. She's equally rather cheerful.] We're pretty mysterious, but the most important things are that we usually have wings and halos floating above our heads.