Icarus had been wondering at her absence, but understood that Nellas didn't like to be too close to the Mansion and hadn't worried. Her things were still there after all
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He'll flinch slightly at the familiar voice and sigh. He won't respond, can't respond. Not while his voice is stuck in his throat like some kind of stone, but he won't take off either, only draw his wings farther around him until there's nothing but feathers when he stretches out his hand.
It's open and he hears her come up behind him though her sounds are a bit muffled behind his wings.
Once she gets close enough though, he'll draw them back a bit. He wants to cry, but he can't and just stays on the balcony railing, eyes closed and head bowed.
After talking with his mom, Iggy's feeling less like he's incapable of social contact but he's still not 100%. Not by a long shot.
So his voice might sound a bit horse and cracked when he does speak. "Yeah, I'm here." He's sitting on his bed, the heavy fur draped over the top of it and his fingers are buried deep in the pelt.
Duck isn't aware that people are gone. She is vaguely aware that some people she cares about are sad, but she doesn't pry. She just practices a lot and wonders what she can do. She's practicing now, determination on her round face. Why is it so easy for people to be so upset here, she wonders.
Icarus won't stay in his room forever, and he'll decide that he needs to get out, at the least so he won't be alone anymore. He doesn't like having a room to himself like this.
He does make his way into the ballroom, though it's mostly because he wasn't paying attention and picked the wrong door.
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Phedre spotted the angsty figure from afar, on a walk back from from the lake, and she'll come up to his room, will knock on the door.
"Icarus?"
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He'll flinch slightly at the familiar voice and sigh. He won't respond, can't respond. Not while his voice is stuck in his throat like some kind of stone, but he won't take off either, only draw his wings farther around him until there's nothing but feathers when he stretches out his hand.
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If it does not, she will simply call again, asking worriedly to be let in.
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Once she gets close enough though, he'll draw them back a bit. He wants to cry, but he can't and just stays on the balcony railing, eyes closed and head bowed.
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He wanders over, unaware of his friend's predicament. He found some chocolate, actually, and feels like sharing.
"Hey, Iggy," he calls after he knocks. "You there?"
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So his voice might sound a bit horse and cracked when he does speak. "Yeah, I'm here." He's sitting on his bed, the heavy fur draped over the top of it and his fingers are buried deep in the pelt.
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Which he finds weird, because it's still summer, but hey, earthlings are odd creatures in general.
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He does make his way into the ballroom, though it's mostly because he wasn't paying attention and picked the wrong door.
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