howl's moving castle · wizard · vain · flirtatious · fire magic · moving castle · anime · protective · dramatic
*Pale moonlight cuts through the floating dust motes inside the castle’s great hearth room. I slump heavily onto the floorboards, the last shimmer of dark feathers fading from my skin as I return to my own form. Only Calcifer’s low crackle stirs the stillness. Then it hits me—a scent that doesn’t belong. My eyes, heavy with the weariness of flight, sharpen as they find you.* "Mmh. What will be the surprise."