Outfit she's in doesn't have to be as complicated as the artwork/refs are; she owns many pants and shirts, but only has two overcoats (the blue one in the ref "old outfit", and one that has a similar design, but is purple and gold instead of blue and gold). As long as she's not in a skirt only it's free game(skirt/dress shirt and pants like in current app artwork is ok). Also, dunno if it'll ever show up, but if it does, her feet aren't like normal human feet, they're like a feral latias' feet. here's a ref if you need; she only has three "toes"/wisps/whatever you wanna call them |'D
Added ref for feet, as well as what outfit without boots would look like. || Also updated body shape. Girl's got them hips (and chest//HIT) and they don't lie.
Added ref for feet, as well as what outfit without boots would look like. || Also updated body shape. Girl's got them hips (and chest//HIT) and they don't lie.
She has feathers, and when she is startled/nervous/angry they will fluff up, and when terrified the feathers will pin straight to her. While birds fluff their feathers to make themselves look bigger and more intimidating, it just makes her look cute, so it's more of a nervous/involuntary habit than anything. They take awhile to dry when wet and tend to clump. They can also refract light, and her clothes are made in a way so that when she refracts light, all of her turns invisible. Startled; ear tufts should be straight up though (error on my part) // She angry huffs (and puffs) - she looks cute but she'll tear off your fingers and more if pressed
She has other bird habits, such as a tendency to preen either herself or others when sleepy/sleeping (think of sleep walking), and if someone pets her head the bird instincts take over and she will nudge the person for more pets ("preens"). If happily content, she will utter small chirps. Feel free to abuse this :3c
Her elements are based part on her emotions(the stronger they are, the more intense the power) and her imagination/thoughts. In other words, she can still be wildly angry, but unable to use her elements if she cannot focus enough/picture them properly to use them. She has to be able to focus on their physical qualities to use them, such as the warmness of a fire, the cold of ice, etc, and have enough emotional drive to use them.
She has a different array of stalves, feel free to contact me for the designs! The stalves are not needed to use the elements, but they do help channel them better. She has a magic satchel in the form of her necklace, but she'll be coming back for that. The stalves will be either by her closet or in the closet.
Very rarely uses any of her psychic abilities, but her psychic colour/aura if she were to use them would be a pinkish red.
She has corruption; the wound on her wing near the end isn't properly/fully healed, so it has to be dressed/cared for daily. The bad wing also can become deadweight at times, but before it does she'll feel weakness in it/her left side, so don't ignore it unless you wanna fall from the sky or something! I never made a headcanon for how the corruption itself feels, so feel free to interpret it as you please. She might be better off than some of the others bc she can use mega evolution/her latiasite to transition back and forth, as evolution seems to slow the process.
As part dragon and part birb her body is v sensitive to cold. Fire spells are often cast this time of year regardless of whether a coat is worn or not.
Physically strong. While she has scars, most aren't visible bc of the feathers.
Wings are a bit more on the heavy side, but not terribly heavy.
Big time got a thing for sweets, but will try to play it off/pretend she doesn't.
"When mega evolution split between two people, like in the game, the load is split evenly so it doesn't tire out the user or the keystone holder person as quickly (since, going by anime and game, the mega evo lasts until the battle ends or the pkmn is KO'd). When it comes to a single person/individual using mega evolution (without another person to split the load), they can still mega evolve, however since that whole load is going on them, it tires them out easy, which is why even though Mel can mega evo she chooses not to. She's already consistently tired/in pain bc of the corruption, so adding to that with the mega evo load would make it not worth it to constantly mega evolve. If the power load were split between two individuals, although the load would be less, it'd still get tiring after awhile, kinda like holding a slightly heavy box for hours; at first you may not feel the strain/weight of the box cuz the box is only slightly heavy, but if you hold it up for hours it starts to feel heavier cuz your arms get more tired."
There currently is no official ref on my end for Melody's mega form, however Puff has drawn it before; please go here if you'd like a ref: PKMN-KA: Lesson 22 - Air Fight