Ringling Injuries

Scarring and blood

Ringlings are so gentle in their own communities, and so fast and agile when visiting the ground, that it's almost an oddity to see a ringling with any injuries. When a ringling is injured, however, their blood is revealed as being a variety of colors on the spectrum. They're commonly multi-hued, and supposedly match the color of the wisp that a ringling turns into when it reincarnates. It seems to twinkle faintly.

Cultural impact

Due to the relative rarity of conflict and means of injury (tripping on a cloud is less harmful than tripping on concrete) in sky-based ringling society, ringlings with injuries are treated as a peculiarity by their own kind. Expect to be bombarded with questions on how and why you got your injury if you are a ringling, and expect to tell them the whole story of what exactly happened. They always seem amazed to find out, even if it's from something silly like falling over.

As cloudfaring ringling society slowly gets accustomed to injury and scarring, it's inevitable that with time they will begin to change their views, and injuries on ringlings will become normality. While used to the possible wounds of other species, especially since they often act as their healers, ringlings themselves are really not used to facing such damage at all.

General injuries

Ringlings have more legs to work with than species like sqwaguls do, and it often reflects in how they can treat and handle leg injuries. Nonmagical aids are more common due to ease of access, with wheelchairs and other aids able to make up for the loss of mobility that losing a limb can cause.

Ringlings are particularly more likely to survive injuries from falls-- or at least escape relatively unscathed from these accidents. However, they're not immortal, should they suffer a great plummet. For this reason, ringlings who cannot fly are monitored closely when they visit the sky. Firstly, to prevent tragedies that may arise to begin with, and secondly, to safely rescue the individual before it's too late.

While durable with injuries from certain heights, ringlings seem to be particularly more vulnerable to damage from pointed objects, as their skin and musculature is rather thin. Their skin also seems to bruise rather easily, but the thickness of their fur means these injuries tend to be less visible.