Much Ado About Bluebottles
"don't get into a molt over it!" the friends had worked all year together, trading babysitting and odd jobs for cast-off feathers.
Chapter 1
I'm doing my best to make sure it won't molt or anything. whatever happened to that, we're on to something. as for jackie, i just hope she's okay. i wonder if that's short for jacqueline? i think that's a french name.
A Price for Everything pt 2
May your feathers molt and your skin blister! may your beak fall off! may your talons gnarl and become arthritic! you damnable beast!"
Deep in the Web
The skin had the same molted pattern as his fur but it didn't look right, like there was no muscles under it anymore. as he watched more of the fur started to fall off, the bald spot spreading quickly down his forearm and to his paw.
Going Green: Mother Nature's First Strike
He acted swiftly, his magic invading the human's body like a hypodermic needle, injecting his life force into him as his previous frame fell off like a dried out husk of an insects molt.
Food Court Flirtings
The last of a deer's white pelt molted off it as desmond took a step back to extend it even further. it was like watching taffy stretch if it could also turn grey and develop a whole new series of prehensile muscles.
Track and Field: Part 5 - Conall
I knew head-wounds bled like crazy - when my antlers molted each season i ruined towel after towel keeping pressure on my skull - but, good god, he looked terrible. i spoke as gently as i could. i knew how sensitive he could be.
Somewhere in the White Void (Patreon story)
The other displays had either been ransacked years ago or molted from age, but this one hadn't. i stepped closer to feel curiosity get the better of me, so i took my mask off.
Anthrobird considerations
molting is itchy and a mess and just generally unpleasant, but since feathers don't naturally heal, that's the only way damage is repaired is by growing new ones.
Growing Bonds
His mother's thick winter coat was molting, shedding away the heavier fur for a lighter coat. it was common practice for someone to help groom another villager, especially for hard to reach places.
ET5: Milyi's Decision
Not enough days had passed since his molt to strengthen his shell, but that made his flight all the more vital. they wouldn't even need the smasher today.
Grounded
Feathers were gone that shouldn't have been; blowed oozed out of the remains of vaned feathers that wouldn't have molted for another couple of weeks, at the very least. but her wing... it was completely mangled.