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Wait. You'll be too short. And next feather down your trajectory is quite far away. Panic is settling.
>Caught up by 45 : cleared success threshold by 0 (thanks to your spirit giving +5 to all Hawk related rolls)
A strong push in your back sends lance of pain in your wounded midsection. It's enough for you to grasp stone of the almost-missed feather-island.
You muster your strenght, grit your teeth, and pull yourself up. Raw strenght is not your forte. Never have been. But you remain a Nose-Aperture cultivator. It is enough for your feets to reach a ledge. You cautiously let a bit of weight on your toes, shifting said weight left and right.
It will do. You close your eyes, draw-in the abundant Spiritual energy with a breath, send it through your aperture, transform it into Qi and Blood thread attuned to your needs. Energy gather in your legs, starting from your toe, rising through your foot sole, ankle, splitting in the shin and calf, mergin again on the knee, separating again following aductors, quadriceps and glutes.
All those carefully spinned and collected threads instantly explose, letting you rise once again thanks to your <span class="mu-s">Unlimited Rising Star Kick</span>.
You undershoot a bit, with both your arms on the top of the ledge and your body dangling under it - cutting your breath once again when you belly collides with the rock.
Coughing and weezing, you pull yourself back up. You're glad no one witnessed the shortcoming and less-than-gracious recovery.
Hands on your knees, panting, your gaze lingers on the treasure prize of the island
>Found a Golden Hawk Feather (2nd stage)
That will certainly be useful. You smile. Luck might not have completely abandonned you today.
>57 : Good Luck + 68 : Divine Protection?
A gut feeling makes you gaze up, from where you came down. Where exactly does this spiritual realm end?
Where spiritual realms are, to begin with? Far away from Eastern Harbor, but reachable by foot or flying? Or somewhere completely different?
Why do you let your body behind during Spiritual Realm explorations - as you've seen Snake Mistress meditating body while her spiritual self was in Snake realm - but you can still bring physical items back?
You're blinded by a golden sight, far away - farther than you'd have charted the artificial limit of what belongs in Hawk realm and what doesn't.
You reconize instantly the avian figure shrouded in a golden light and flames, shining with all colors of the rainbow. You bring a hand to shroud your eyes from the bright light.
Said light instantly disappeared - you feel there is a deeper meaning. Wait, a firefly remains.
It's going down, with a side-to-side motion. You extend your hands, cuped ready to receive the precious spark.
You take a deep breath. Sure, there are hints of Gold and Fire energy. But they are not separated - mingled together, forming a greater whole.
Your hunch was correct. This feather belonged to a Phoenix.