A Familiar Sight

Flickering lights, no they hadn't been there a few moments ago. Well they hadn't been there in terms of how they'd been on the other side of the rafters, taking a small snooze until the group they'd been waiting for arrived.

With a flapping of soft wings and small chitters Dominic and the Kimasa family would find themselves surrounded by new Kirava lights, all blinking in welcome and greeting and giggling laughter and general 'hi we were all waiting for someone and we all think it's you!'

Seems like Dominic is building up a collection of glow-bats!

Bond! Light up the Night Traditional Kirava, Irawo and The Covenant of Blood Adoptive Kirava, Atuta to Dominic!

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Light up the Night Traditional Kirava, Irawo

Nighttime - dark, secretive, foreboding - is a time that many fear. There's a very good reason that it's instinctual to be wary after the sun goes down. There's just so much that could be out there. But those of the Irawo Dawn have another view of the dark:

It is only in darkness that light looks brightest and you can believe they are bringing the light!

They take their role as encouragement and hope very seriously in as much as one of their general cheerful demeanor can be serious. To Dominic, who can naturally translate their flickering glows, they are always merrily laughing and softly singing little ditties to one another. It doesn't matter how dark the night they know dawn will come, and strive every day to remind others of that.
Led by two female Kirava, the respective mothers of the adult parents, the three young children Kirava keep their elders on their wingtips with their antics designed to make onlookers laugh and cheer.




The Covenant of Blood Adoptive Kirava, Atuta

There is a version of a saying that goes 'the covenant of the blood is thicker than the water of the womb,' meaning that the bonds forged by choice in life are stronger even than those that bind individuals by ties of family. That is the motto and life-guidance of the Atuta family. Meaning 'unbreakable,' the three brothers share not a drop of blood between them but what they have endured together has formed links that can never be broken. All three were part of different families in a large colony of several Dawns sharing one area. All was well until two young Wild dragons, by sheer happenstance, burned the section of forest with acid and flame as they fought. The various Dawns were decimated and scattered. The largest of these three found the other two huddled in a burnt-out tree during the chaos and called them to himself to help them all escape which they did safely, though not without injury. They have been together ever since, quite literally; never will you find one separate from the others and should that ever happen then you know something horrendously terrible has occurred. This loyalty extends to Dominic, whom they consider another brother. They will stand (or fly, as it were) with him to the bitter end against any odds because for them their covenant is all.

Though most all Kirava look similar to one another there are some clear visual differences between these three, one being larger than the other two who although similar in size are set apart in that one has a scar on the right wing where injury was dealt during the group's escape; it manifests as a dimmer spot in the traditional Kirava glow.

((BP has been deducted.))