As they approached the Bonebound's territory, they thought, for a moment, that it would probably be smart to keep themselves disguised. After all, they didn't want any of the blame falling on them, eventually, and the weird glow that the cloak created would probably be offputting. They didn't want anything going wrong.

Unfortunately, the spell didn't work. They paused to try it a few more times and sighed. What a time for it to stop working on them. Ah, no matter, they didn't need to stay hidden. After all, how was anyone going to figure out that it was actually them that was doing the plotting?

They didn't really step too close to the Bonebound, just paced around outside, sharp eyes flicking around, trying to see if they could spot a Gembound nearby. And, hopefully, that Gembound would be one that they needed.

Eyes narrowed as they spotted the owl hopping around quite strangely. They weren't really sure what it was doing but...it was here in the Bonebound territory and it didn't look particularly dangerous. That was good enough for them.

They didn't seem to have noticed them yet so they quickly crept over so that they were behind the bird and then reached forward with their magic and grasped them tightly. They could feel their body, the blood surging through their veins, their legs and head, the wing at their side. They held on tight and forced them to stay still, unable to turn their head or anything as they began to creep forward, hand stretched out to touch them. If they were lucky, they'd get in and out without anyone the wiser to their plan.

The spell was strong and the bird was frozen...but then their own strength, their own will, broke through their hold and the magic slipped away. Deli's heart leaped in their chest, eyes widening with shock, as they whirled around to see them. Shit, they'd seen. They knew their involvement! Alright, okay, time to gloss this over! Time to fix this and make it seem like a joke.

A smile lit up their face and they barked out a laugh. "Ah, shit, you got me!!" They chortled and stepped off after the bird, arms crossed over their chest. "Hey, hey, no need to freak out, I was just playin a little game on ya!" They needed to get the bird to not freak out because if they did it could risk everything. They could get in a whole lotta trouble should it end up being traced back to them. They trailed behind them, trying to figure out how to smooth this over. It wasn't hard to keep pace with Lemonface, waiting for them to stop running so they could maybe just sit down and have a chat or something.

Relief - the bird seemed to catch onto their light-hearted attempt to calm the situation. They snickered, but not in a mean way. Laughing along with a joke rather then at Lemonface. It stepped forward, meeting the vulture in the middle, wanting oh-so-desperately to just touch him, or maybe play another little joke. Stir some chaos, as they always tended to do, but no. For now, they had to play nice.

"Sorry about that!" they laughed, a hand reaching back to scratch awkwardly at the back of their head. "Sometimes I see a potential prank and I can't help but go for it! Hope I didn't freak you out too much!" They smiled wider at the mention of their magic. Perhaps usually they would give them another demonstration, but the less suspicious they were now, the better. "Ah, it's just a spell I'm still working out. Makes you lock up and stuff."

And then the bird was offering its wing to them, in a mock handshake like how the Collector had presented to them. And, after a moment of forcing hesitation, they reached forward to touch their feathers and grasp what they could to do as least awkward a handshake as possible. "I'm called Deli! Again, sorry about that! I can leave ya alone if you want. Or-wait..." They tapped their paw on their chin for a second. "I'd like to make it up for you - you need anything dyed? Or you want me to paint you a picture or somethin? I'm good at art and stuff!"

Deli's grin widened, more genuine this time, since this was something they could really get behind. Hey, it was a win-win - they made this whole thing smoothed over and got to advertise their sick tatts! "Yeah, yeah! I can do that, easy! Lemme just..." They opened the bag that was hidden beneath the cloak and began to rummage around. "Ah, don't got yellow but I can make ya some. Just hold there a sec." They turned and began wandering away, head trained down as they rummaged through the bones for what they needed.

Eventually, they found it - a bright yellow gemstone. Reaching down to pick it up, they returned to Lemonface and began to pull tools from their bag - a chunk of diamond, for one, as well as some crystal vials. They crushed up the stone and poured the tiny shards into a vial. Just a bit of water added and a vigorous shake and they had a perfectly good dye.

They held it up for Lemonface. "Here it is, then! You wanted a circle? And dipped wings? I can do that, easy!" They smiled and made a turning motion. "Turn for me, I'll put it on for ya."