ORIGIN

Deli sat themselves down as Lemonface turned, dipping a couple of fingers into the dye and beginning to carefully draw a circle on their back. They went slowly, so that it was as round as possible and, once he was satisfied, moved onto the wings. He was less careful here, grabbing each feather and getting the tips well-covered in the dye but not dripping. They did this until the dye had been used up and they'd done what Lemonface had asked - a circle on the back and tips of the feathers.

They rubbed their paws together. "Alright, lookin good! Now I just, give ya one more little touch and you got it for life." They reached a paw forward, using the back of their hand and touching the circle they'd drawn. Magic sparked from them over to Lemonface, holding down the dye onto his feathers and drying what had been wet moments ago. Once it was done, they leaned back. "There! Now you got a cool circle on your back and wing tips."

Deli flashed Lemonface a thumbs up and a wide smile, allowing the bird to get them into a side-hug, despite their sudden desire to not be touched by anyone. But, hey, keep playing up the act, huh? They'd done a good job so far of getting on his good side. Hopefully he actually was part of the Bonebound after all.

Deli nodded and clapped their paws together. "No problem! Glad I could help ya out!" They glanced behind them. "Anyways, I've got some things to get to in the meantime. I hope ya enjoy your fun new markings!" And with that, they turned to stride away, cloak sweeping behind them, raising a paw one more time in farewell. This put a bit of a curve in their plans but...ah, no matter. Everything would work out.

*exit