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[The first full moon that Roxas experienced hadn't been too bad; other than his new ears, wilder hair, and new claws, he'd more or less been the same as he always had been. But with the dawning of his second full moon came more changes, and those who know him will definitely notice those changes.]

[Physically, all Roxas gets is a new tail, with grey fur to match the fur on his ears. His hair is a little wilder as well, and has started to go down his back more as well. But the biggest changes come in the form of his sudden changes in behaviours and moods.]

A - Pack Tactics

[Roxas isn't exactly a social butterfly, but those who know him may notice that he's around a lot more than normal. He still needs some time to himself, but he'll often make treks around the house, checking in with everyone or asking if they need help with whatever task they're doing. Need help cooking? Roxas is there to offer help. Going shopping or running errands? Roxas will come along with.]

[If asked about his sudden interest in his housemates's and friends's activities, he merely shrugs.]

I dunno. It just... makes me feel good, helping out.

[But the way he glances off to the side and frowns make it clear that the answer he gives isn't quite the whole story, and even he knows it.]

B - Territorial Disputes
[As eager as he is to check in on others and help out with their tasks, Roxas is quite different when it comes to his own activities. He seems to grow more protective of his own things; not aggressively, but he will be vocal if someone takes his lunch or even comes into his room without him saying it's okay. It could be seen as a teenager wanting his own space, but given how quickly it's developed after the full moon, it's probably tied to his changes.]

[What's more, if you happen to misplace something? There's a good chance it's in Roxas's room. It's not that he's stealing other people's belongings, but if someone leaves something lying around, there's a good chance Roxas will pick it up and take it with him. And given how he blushes and stammers out an apology when he hands it back, it doesn't look like he's actively aware that he's taking things.]

[A couple of times, people's shoes might find their way to the backyard, sitting atop a small mound of dirt. Roxas is probably responsible for this as well.]

C - Anger Management
[The checking in and picking up of stray items around the house are easy enough to deal with, but the biggest shift is in Roxas's mood. In the days before the full moon and a few days after it, his mood simply tanks. He's much more dour and irritable on these days, and actively avoids people when he gets the chance; when he can't, he looks downright annoyed. But if asked what's wrong, he'll merely grumble out that he's got a headache.]

[If pushed about his mood? He'll actually snap back at whoever's asking.]

I said I'm fine! Okay?!

[His words will be punctuated with an actual growl, ears angling to the sides, as well as a bristling of his hair like a dog's hackles being raised.]

[He's fine. Really.]

[After his foray with Vanitas's Flood, Roxas stomps home in shame, miserable and stinking like the inside of a trash can. He can't believe he'd been so single-minded in his chase that he didn't realize what the Flood was doing. Heck, he can hardly believe that he started to chase the Flood in the first place. What the heck was wrong with him??]

[He slips into the house, hoping that no one is nearby to see him. He really doesn't want to explain why he smells like trash...]

A: Family Planning:

[ Ienzo's settling into the new house nicely, though there's a certain thought on his mind the longer he's here: Organisation...

Specifically regarding chores. This house is lively with a lot of lively people and it'd be easy for things to get chaotic. Ienzo's not sure how he feels about that potential (hes afraid actually, afraid of the Mess) so he thinks a chart to keep track of everything would at least be a good reference point for everyone.

You can find him seated in the kitchen, pen in hand, chart empty and resting on the counter top.]

Ah, you're here!

[ He either asked you to be here or you've happened upon him. Either way, you're not leaving til your names on the chart. ]

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{tw: nail trauma!!}

B: By the moons pale light...

[ Ienzo wasn't especially fond of surprises. But while suddenly sprouting ears, a short tail and a patchy neck of fur had been startling, Ienzo liked to think he handled the changes fairly well. So as the second full moon climbs the sky he's feeling decently calm and expecting the same to a degree, especially based on the advice he'd been given.

What he gets instead is pain in his hands. Lots of pain. Enough so he ends up in the racing for the bathroom in time to watch his nails lift off his fingers and drop into the sink.

There's a little blood, but not as much as you'd expect. As something else has rapidly regrown in their place: claws, sharper, darker and tougher that what previously occupied his finger tips. Ienzo barely registers what's just happened before his senses are suddenly bombarded. His skin is crawling, from head to toe, itching, burning

Suddenly Ienzo's feeling a lot less calm. ]

[ Ienzo's in the garden, book in hand, surveying an empty but promising patch of barren earth not far from the residents back door.

He's not sure whether its Puca instinct, or a need for something to do (or both) but, he thinks a vegetable garden might fit into the spot nicely. Plus the Gardening lessons at the Coven have gotten his mind thinking.

So here he is, armed with 'A Monsters Guide to Backyard Planting' to be safe. Though, the longer he looks over the plot the more he realizes starting a garden here is going to be a two person job...]

Hmm...

Edited 2020-03-09 07:32 (UTC)

[The full moon was actually quite tame on Sora. Perhaps because he's had the luck of being bonded to three witches, their magic forming and flowing inside him like a protective stream. He's still developing nice, Sora's rabbit ears matched with newly growing claws and some of his own patches of brunette fur.

But one thing he has noticed is that he's really good at finding things and in comparison to Roxas' new habit of stealing things...]

Roxas!!

[Sora hunts for him in the house.]

Did you take my jacket?

[Sora will find Roxas laying down on the couch in the living room, an arm up and resting on his head. He's nursing a headache, and lo and behold, he's got Sora's jacket under his head like a makeshift pillow. When Sora comes calling he winces, opening an eye and frowning at the brunette.]

Yeah. I've got it.

[He's not moving to remove it from behind his head, though.]

[Sora comes around to see the blond on the couch and he frowns when he gets closer.]

Uhh... It's not a pillow, can I have it back? I can get you a real pillow from the other room?

[His foot might even thump in the ground a little bit just like an impatient rabbit.]

I'll give it back later.

[His frown deepens, and he goes back to closing his eye. After a couple seconds, though, his brow pinches in a frown.]

Can you quit that?

But I need it now! I said I'd get you a pillow?

[Thump thump thump...]

Quit what?

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It's comfy. And you've got more than one jacket, don't you?

[He cracks his eyes open to frown at Sora.]

That. Your stupid foot thing. Can you quit it?

Not right now I don't! Just give it back, Roxas.

[It's not a big deal?! He doesn't have more money to buy a second jacket just so Roxas can snooze on his! And he ignores Roxas' second question about his foot thumping. He takes a step forward to hold out his hand. Gimme.]

[Roxas just gives Sora's hand the stink-eye, before trying to roll over and turn his back to Sora.]

I said I will. Later.

[of course ventus had noticed roxas' declining mood and with the full moon approaching it wasn't hard for him to connect the dots. the effects it had on ven were only mildly different in that he was usually too exhausted and lethargic to be in a bad moon, but seeing roxas suffering made him want to try and help his friend somehow.

having come back from the library he looked around the house for roxas, but what he didn't expect upon finding him after asking how he was, was that.

ven flinches back, ears hidden in his hair and tail deflated between his legs.]

Oh... Okay- yeah. Okay. Sorry.

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[The second Ven’s ears lowered and his stance deflated, Roxas’s eyes widened and that growling snarl his voice took vanishes. He had just been so irritated and his head had been hurting since the full moon, and unfortunately Ven had been the one to make him snap.]

[Once the realization hits him, Roxas’s countenance shifts from irritable and snappish to shocked and regretful. His own ears, once angled to the side in anger, flatten down against his head, and those hackles instantly drop.]

Wait, Ven, I...

[it feels weird in a lot of ways ven can't fully put into words. he'd never been really yelled at back in the land of departure, but the cruelty he'd been given during his time kept in chains had filed his nerves down to nothing.

he tries to shake it off with a hesitant smile, but with his ears still hidden back against his hair and his tail stuck between his legs it's more than obvious it's not super okay.] It's fine! This time of the month is, like... stupidly hard on monsters. Don't worry about it.

[he holds up the book he'd been carrying for roxas to see the title "1001 flavors of ice cream recipes".] I, um- wanted to ask if you wanted to try and make ice cream with me? I remember you said you've only had one flavor so I thought...

Ice cream..?

[Ice cream flavours... Ven wanted to make ice cream with Roxas? He looks at the book cover, then back to Ventus. If his ears could be flatter, they would be.]

I... yeah. Sure. I’d like that.

[But he doesn’t move right away. Instead he shifts where he stood, running a hand through his hair. Lightly gripping at the longer strands and doing his best to suppress the growl that he wanted to let loose due to his headache.]

...sorry, Ven. I didn’t mean to snap, I just...

[slowly the tip of his tail starts to wag, just a little.]

It's okay- really! You've just been really tired, right? What with the full moon and stuff...

[he sets the book down on the counter and steps over towards roxas, reaching up to gently pet one of his ears.]

It wears me out too. Even sleeping is hard for me like this.

[It was that obvious, wasn’t it? While Roxas had been dealing with his headaches, he’s been trying to keep it to himself mostly. But looks like that plan backfired, if he’s snapping at Ventus for no reason.]

[He looks up as Ven reaches forward, but unlike the time during that love festival he doesn’t flinch back or protest. In fact, he leans into the touch, the ear Ven is petting rising up a bit to meet his hand.]

I’ve had a headache for the last three days. And I keep... doing things that I don’t realize I’m doing until I do it.

[Like chasing a Flood with zero regard for anything else, or taking people’s belongings.]

Is that... normal?

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[Why is Roxas being so grumpy. Sora reaches out to attempt to take his jacket with a tug.]

Stop being so stubborn, Roxas!

[Sora manages to pull the jacket out from under Roxas’s head! But in doing so, Roxas’s head jerks a bit, causing his headache to flair again. He hisses in pain, before glaring at Sora.]

What the heck?!

[He sits up, ears angled to the sides in anger.]

I said I would give it back later! What’s your problem??

[That reaction certainly makes Sora's own nerves flare. His rabbit ears perk up tightly and his shoulder tense.]

And I said I'd get you a pillow from the other room! I don't have a problem, I just need my jacket!

[D:]

And I need some rest to deal with this stupid headache!!

[A growl touches his voice as he speaks, and his shoulders hunch, like a dog’s hackles raising. Even his tail sticks up in an aggressive manner.]

You might be dealing with this fine, but not all of us are as lucky as you, Sora!

[It’s ridiculous, getting this worked up over a jacket of all things, but he’s in such a bad mood and Sora’s actions are just stoking his irritation.]

[Sora is taken aback with that. His eyes get wide and his body tenses so much that his shoulders shake and he takes a step back. He's not sure what it is but the way that Roxas growls and looks at him like that makes Sora's nerves flare even more. Like he wants to run away.

What Roxas says hurts even more, though. How could he say that.]

What? What do you mean?

[He holds tightly to his jacket. He's still not giving it up.]

I don't see you complaining about any headaches or anything! Must be nice being used to your body changing into something else!

[His eyes grow sharp, and the claws in his hair seem to grow sharper. Even his hair seems to stick up more, giving him a wilder appearance. It's subtle, but it's enough to cause a throb to stab through Roxas's head, making him wince again.]

You have your stupid jacket, now will you back off??

[Dangerous.

All that Sora's brain does in that moment in time is register that Roxas is dangerous and he needs to be away from the danger. Those claws looking sharper, the guttural growling, the fierceness in Roxas' eyes and the hair sticking up on end. All of it tells this growing rabbit that he's in danger and if he doesn't get away he's going to die. His nerves kick in and his instincts make him tense for flight.

So without saying anything else Sora suddenly darts, running from Roxas and for the door as fast as he can. And Sora is always fast.

Get away Get away Get away Get away Get away Get away Get away Get away.]

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After the Full Moon

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