Embracing One's Inner Child

The Veiled Shrine was pulling a bit of an optical illusion today. What Echo had taken as creatures splashing about in the central pool was them splashing about in a 'moat' of sorts with plenty of room to romp that surrounded the circular pool, which amazingly was perfectly flat and mirror still despite their waves. Well, one creature was frolicking in the water. The other was more darting and dashing around the edge, batting at the other in a game with indeterminate rules.

One, in the water, was a white Pureblood firelizard. With all the joy of a dolphin she dove and breeched again, shaking water droplets from her wings and sending waves cascading from epic splashes. The other, who was laughing fit to burst, was a fox with all the trademarks of a Spirit Familiar. Spying Echo the Familiar giggled louder, bounding over and wagging his tail.

C'mon! Let's play! With chirps and trills the Firelizard beckoned as well. The more the merrier!

Bond!
Eternal Laughter of the Playful Heart Male Spirit Familiar, Finnegeth and Let's Play in the Waves Female White Firelizard to Echo!

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Eternal Laughter of the Playful Heart Male Spirit Familiar, Finnegeth

Mindspeech: Color #00ff35

Laughter, laughter everywhere, and a Spirit Familiar without a care! Serious? Not in his vocabulary. He's always up for a game, ever ready for an adventure, and with a ready laugh that is infectious both in Mindspeech and in a more verbal sense. Just laying eyes upon his friends can cause a case of the giggles, set to the time of his ever-happy tail that flickers back and forth with a mind of its own. Good luck being sad with this Familiar around!

Though he took many, many forms in his search for a Bonded Eternal Laughter eventually settled down on appropriately a red fox. He's a big, fluffy specimen with russet red fur, white paws, a white underbelly, and white tip to his tail. Granted, that is the end of the resemblance to a mundane fox. What would a Spirit Familiar be without their noteworthy whimsy? First off, he has two extra tails, one sapphire blue and the other mint green though in all other ways matching his other tail. This occasionally gets him mistaken for a Kitsune until their color is noticed. Long, silky, purple fur grows from his ankles like a horse's fetlocks. Finally, the thick fur on the back of his neck is a matching purple, as are his eyes.




Let's Play in the Waves Female White Firelizard

Perhaps it's no surprise that Waves is in love with the ocean and adores frolicking among the surf. She was hatched on the beach, after all, and so her first sight of life was the sparkling sunlight over the water. Her first scent even before meat was salt air. The first sounds she heard the crashing waves and cry of gulls. Nothing delights her more, even now, than darting and diving among the waves. She skims the surface kicking up waves from her wings. She chases the glittering drops like they are diamonds. Warnings of sharks or other sea creatures that can chomp her down fail to bother her. None can catch her, she's too fast and knows the waves too well. She isn't afraid even when the surf rise up ten feet or more. Perhaps a bit reckless, sure, but it's thrilling and fun! Surf's up!

Just shy of a foot long, Waves is pure white, often glistening with salt spray from her games.