i was ever chasing fire flies // o, attempting to fly (take #1)

[charrie graveyard]

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[div style="text-align: justify;"]It had been some time since Joel had even tried to change into his Noivern form. His perspective on it had been why even bother? One of its wings was broken, so even if he switched forms, the Noivern form would be completely useless. Of course now, a week or so later, he was starting to feel better. Perhaps it was risky, stupid even, but... the wolf had the urge to try something he hadn't done in a very long time... he was going to try and fly. There was no way this could wrong, right? Yeah.

Joel had waited until it was nearly dusk to sneak his way out of the observatory, hoping no one had seen him as he pushed his way through the tall grass of the territory. It was a major risk for him to try and use the cliffs by the Pebble Shore as a launchpad of sorts, but it would have to do. Hopefully, if he crash landed, it would be in the water and not the rocks. Eventually, Joel made it to Trickling Falls, the soft mist of the cascading water below blowing in his direction and hitting his face. "Ok, you got this Robinson... you remember how to change forms... that's the easy part..." Closing his eyes for a second, it didn't take long for the wolf to change shape, growing in size as he become the bat dragon hybrid that had crash landed in the starpool all those days ago. With that done, he would move back, following the river backwards for a while before deciding he had gone far enough. Heart pounding in his ears, Joel took a deep breath, shutting his eyes once more in an attempt to calm himself. "You can do this... it's in your blood... remember..." He mumbled. Then, after a few moments of silent breaths, in and out, the hybrid began to run toward the cliff, building speed. Just before he ran out of cliff, he spread his wings, grabbing hold of the rocks with his talons to send a few rocks tumbling down, then pushing off, rising into the air with grace.

He was doing it... he was doing it! He was flying!

"YES!" Joel cried out with joy, a grin forming on his muzzle as he flapped his giant wings, rising slightly higher. However, it wasn't long before pain started to shoot through the previously broken wing, causing him to yelp and lose all sense of focus. With a surprised screech, he was soon tumbling out of the air. With a giant thud, the hybrid slid violently across the rocky beach, stopping only when his face was touching the water's edge. For a minute, he didn't move, unconscious for several moments before he finally let out a painful groan, attempting to stand back up, only to stumble and fall over. "S-Shit..." He grumbled, head raising to gaze at himself in disappointment, Once again, his body was littered in scratches, although the damage wasn't nearly as hefty as it had been before. He was lucky he hadn't been any higher, or he would have really hurt himself.

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